Tag: arts
Arroyo Arts Collective to showcase 71 artists across 8 venues
The Arroyo Arts Collective, a grassroots, community-based organization of artists and writers, has been working to bring together local artistic communities in Northeast LA...
With the People’s Pottery Project, formerly incarcerated people tell their stories...
Content warning: This article contains discussion of suicide. When Ilka Perkins was 17, she woke up in a state prison lying on a cold slab...
Filmmaker Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi kicks off this year’s Cinematheque series
For the first event of this year’s Cinematheque series, the Media Arts & Culture (MAC) department hosted artist and filmmaker Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, a filmmaker...
‘Music is kind of like journaling for me’ — Musicians and...
COVID-19 has presented Occidental's student musicians with both challenges and artistic breakthroughs. While some student musicians have enjoyed the process of creating music in...
The Art of Frogtown continues to connect artists and community
The Elysian Valley Arts Collective (EVAC) is hosting its first virtual Frogtown Artwalk, "The Art of Frogtown,” Oct.16–18. The event will include free crafting...
Pandemic grants keep NELA arts organizations afloat
The California Community Foundation (CCF) alongside the Getty Foundation launched the Relief Fund for Los Angeles County Visual Artists in May 2020. This fund...
Eagle Rock Music Festival transitions to series of community events
In response to community feedback, the 2019 Eagle Rock Music Festival will be restructured into a series of community-organized events for its 20th anniversary. The...