OTHER ARTS RESOURCES

BEYOND BAROQUE LITERARY ARTS CENTER
http://www.beyondbaroque.org
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center is a legendary center that provides public readings, free workshops, project room, bookstore, publications and chapbook/small press archive.

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
http://www.welcometolace.org
Founded in 1978 by a small group of artists, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) has become an internationally recognized pioneer among art institutions. Uniquely positioned among commercial galleries and major art establishments, our nonprofit organization provides a local venue that advocates and exhibits innovations in art-making.  By encouraging experimentation, LACE has nurtured not only several generations of young artists, but also newly emerging art forms such as performance art, video art, digital art, and installation-based work. LACE has presented the work of over 5,000 artists in over 3,000 programs and events, which have provided the impetus for dialogue about contemporary arts and culture for over 30 years.

SELF HELP GRAPHICS www.selfhelpgraphics.com/
A community visual arts center located in Los Angeles.  It is a nationally recognized center for Latino arts that develops and nurtures artists in printmaking. SHG seeks to advance Latino art broadly through programming, exhibitions and outreach to diverse audiences in East Los Angeles and beyond. SHG seeks to identify and engage young and emerging artists from the community in all aspects of its activities.

THE WATTS TOWERS ARTS CENTER
www.trywatts.com/art_center.htm
The Watts Towers Arts Center was founded by a number of citizens concerned with the restoration and preservation of the historic Towers of Simon Rodia and the cultural well-being of a community ravaged by the civil unrest of 1965. From its earliest beginnings in 1965, the Center offered free, though informal, art classes. The first of which were held under a canvas tarp on the original foundation of Simon Rodia's house. The arts center then moved into an abandoned house and finally into the building where the arts center is housed today. During the early years, Noah Purifoy provided guidance and direction with aid from other artists in the Los Angeles Community, Judson Powell very prominently.

SOCIAL AND PUBLIC ART RESOURCE CENTER
www.sparcmurals.org/
A non-profit arts organization based in Venice, California, with art projects city-wide, committed to socially responsible art making.

TIA CHUCHA’S CENTRO CULTURAL
www.tiachucha.com/
Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural is a not-for-profit cultural arts center and bookstore. We support and promote the continued growth, development and holistic learning of our community through the many powerful means of the arts. The Centro provides a positive space for people to activate what we all share as human beings: The capacity to create, to imagine and to express ourselves in an effort to improve the quality of life for our community.

ST. ELMO VILLAGE
www.stelmovillage.org/
St. Elmo Village has been providing art workshops, festivals and numerous enhancement programs in the surrounding neighborhood and the Los Angeles community at large. The Village emphasizes pride in self as well as in our environment, which instills a desire to build up...

 

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