720 Kohler Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021 | 213.627.9621 | Fax: 213.627.6469 | Map | inner-cityarts.org
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ProgramsAt Inner-City Arts, we have created a unique visual and performing arts center, geared towards developing the creative potential of all participants. We see creativity as the essence of the human experience -- it shapes the future. It is the building block that connects our human experience to life itself, a core discipline for developing human potential. Our programs are offered free of charge and provide life-changing opportunities in the arts to inner-city school children with limited English language proficiency, where the harsh conditions of economic disadvantage create barriers to school achievement and to reaching their full creative potentials. We offer a full visual and performing arts program where students can experience, explore and develop their own creativity in a safe and supportive studio environment. |
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Arts classes provide children from 32 local elementary schools and two middle schools in the downtown Los Angeles area hands-on activities in the visual arts, dance, drama, animation, music, and ceramics. Each class is approximately 20 hours of instruction and taught by professional artists-educators.
In all of the classes we appreciate the unique potential that lies within each child and work toward nourishing that potential. The artists are facilitators who bring students together to provide possibilities so that exploration can take place. Classes give each child in-depth exploration in an art form and emphasize skills that will assist them in all areas of their lives. Language development is strengthened through these arts experiences, and designed to improve student’s academic performance and increase parent and family involvement.
As a member of the
Arts Community Partnership Network (ACPN) of the Arts Education
Branch of LAUSD, the arts curriculum is developed in accordance with the
State of California's Visual and Performing Arts Framework, with classes
integrated into the core academic curriculum. Utilizing arts education
strategies, Inner-City Arts implements arts programming to effect improvement
in educational achievement among at-risk English Learners. In the ACPN
classes, students and teachers develop and explore their creativity. Artists
and educators on staff assist teachers with specific challenges for incorporating
the arts into different areas of study for all grades. All Inner-City
Arts classes are created with sequential and grade appropriate lessons.
Arts standards that are listed as goals, or incorporated into the lessons,
are specific to the building blocks necessary for achievement. The ACPN
program 1) links arts with literacy to transform the education of participating
students, 2) provides K-6th grade students in-depth, standards-aligned
learning experiences in the arts, 3) provides differentiated instruction
designed to improve English reading/writing/verbal skills, 4) offers teachers
effective arts-education strategies for teaching within all core subjects,
and 5) offers schools opportunities to impact the full school community
through professional development and additional family activities.
To enroll in the ACPN program, please contact Beth Tishler, Director of
Education: beth@inner-cityarts.org, 213-627-9621.