Dance Downtown

Dance




ACTIVE ARTS
Sing
Dance
Make Music
Tell Stories

DANCE


FAMILY PROGRAMS


GERSHWIN GALLERY


Dance Downtown
Two left feet? Learn how to dance and shake it, move it and groove it under the stars with live music/DJ and beginner dance lessons sprinkled throughout the evening. No experience necessary.

July 29 - Disco
Aug 12 - 60s Night
Aug 26 - Zydeco
Sept 09 - Samba


6:30pm-10pm

Music Center Plaza

Dance lessons at 6:30pm and throughout the evening

Information is subject to change.

SpaceFinder LA

A new resource for the ARTS Community!

Arts for LA is excited to share this new resource, SpaceFinderLA.org. The site provides a long-awaited service for our arts and cultural community, enabling artists and organizations to seek and post information about venues countywide. Please feel free to to distribute the information below to your friends & networks.

SpaceFinderLA has arrived!
• “Where can I find a good rehearsal space?”
• “I need to a ‘wow’ location for our fundraiser.”
• “Where can I go to record songs?
SpaceFinderLA.org is the go-to Web site that can answer these kinds of questions. There are venues all over LA County that spark and serve the creative imagination but trying to find the right one can sometimes seem impossible. SpaceFinderLA – Creative Places for Creative People – offers the ability to search by dozens of criteria and an inventory of over 300 venues and growing! This service is free for both renters and seekers!

Please take a few minutes to test drive this new resource for yourself.

If you have a space to rent, list it! It takes only a few minutes and it’s free.

If you know colleagues with spaces to rent and/or space needs, please forward this email to them.

The success of this program relies on you. If you have comments or questions about SpaceFinderLA, please contact at LA STAGE Alliance at info@lastagealliance.com or call 213.614.0556. Your feedback and comments will help to make the site stronger and more useful to the LA County arts community.

SpaceFinderLA is a partnership of the LA County Arts Commission, Fractured Atlas and LA STAGE Alliance. The Arts Commission is leading the partner engagement and marketing effort. Fractured Atlas is providing the back end programming and infrastructure for the database, which is based on the system created for NYC and sibling sites in Austin, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington DC. LA STAGE Alliance is providing the ongoing management, marketing, maintenance and customer service for the project.

SpaceFinderLA is made possible, in part, by support from The Angell Foundation, Arts Council for Long Beach, California Community Foundation, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division, City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division, City of Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, MusiCares Foundation, and Ralph M. Parsons Foundation.

What's Happening at the GRAMMY MUSEUM

The Drop: Dee Dee Bridgewater
Presented by American Express
Thursday, August 11, 2011; 8pm

The GRAMMY Museum welcomes Tony and three-time GRAMMY Award-winning artist Dee Dee Bridgewater to The Clive Davis Theater. As a legendary vocalist, acclaimed Broadway actress, JazzSet host, and Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, Bridgewater has achieved considerable success across her dynamic forty- year career. With the upcoming August 23rd release of her newest album Midnight Sun, Bridgewater celebrates the fourth release on her own label, DDB Records. Join us for an intimate discussion, moderated by GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli, followed by an exclusive performance by the artist herself.

BUY YOUR TICKETS
Doors open at 7:30pm. American Express presale tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the Museum Box Office (213.765.6803) or online. Public onsale is Monday, July 25, at noon. American Express is the exclusive payment method for presale tickets, and includes a free gift. All proceeds benefit the GRAMMY Museum.

Call for Entries

This is a call for entries to the 2011 Latino International Film Festival Youth Filmmakers' Showcase.

It will be held on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 10am. We are looking for high-quality video projects from your students. The top three entries will receive a prize including, a copy of Final Draft 8 and Final Draft AV. The director of the top entry will receive recognition at the closing night ceremony of the festival.

The deadline is June 30th. (Yeah, I know, in one week)

Attached is the application. Also, even though the application asks for a DVD and because of the short notice, we would prefer to have completed applications scanned and sent as a PDF with a link to the project on Vimeo.com. You can choose to keep the video private and password protected so that only the LALIFF jury can see the film. Please also set the video to be downloadable.

So, please send the following to mediaeducatorsla@me.com:

• Completed, signed, and scanned application form (PDF)
• 2 digital stills (600dpi)
• Link to downloadable video on Vimeo.com


If you need to send a DVD, please send it to:
LALIFF
c/o Youth Program
6705 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028


And of course, if you have any questions, feel free to email me.


Antonio Manriquez
Youth Advisory Board Member
LALIFF latinofilm.org

ARTS Benefit Show and Auction

The Save The Arts Benefit Show and Art Auction
at
Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools in the historic Cocoanut Grove Theatre
3400 Wilshire Blvd. LA, CA 90010
Phone: 323 935-9744
Enter on 701 S. Catalina Street, LA CA 90010

Saturday, June 11th at 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Tickets: $25.00

Art Auction
Auction Items
Performance in the historic Cocoanut Grove

Performance Highlights:
A special performance by Debbie Allen Dance Studios
A performance by Chester Whitmore
A musical performance by Michael Johns of "American Idol"
Original theatrical performances developed, written and directed by the elementary students of LAUSD.
Theatrical presentations by the students of Van Ness Elementary
Poetry by the students of Wilshire Crest
A theatrical performance by the students of Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools
A performance by members of the District Dance Ensemble
The Wilshire Park Elementary Chorus
And more......
ARTISTS
Olivia Armas
Kim Baylyff
Michael Blasi
Castillo
Paul W. Evans
Deborah Krall
Isabel Martinez
Adriana Munoz
Katherine Ng
Synthia Saint James
Kristin Vanderlip Taylor
And more.....

Save the Arts is an organization created by parents, teachers, students, and the community. Their express purpose is to ensure that all Los Angeles Unified School District children from grades K-12 receive a well-rounded education which, naturally, includes the ARTS: Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual and Media Arts.

Due to the current economic situation and budget cuts to education, our children are in danger of losing wonderful Arts Education Programs (please see attached Friends of the Arts flyer for details). All of the arts come together to help educate the whole child and allow children the opportunity to be creative and imaginative in myriad ways. The arts teach empathy, kindness, tolerance, patience, teamwork, and compassion. The arts are the great equalizer. You don't have to be rich or an academic scholar to be creative and gifted in the performing and visual arts, you just are. The arts keep students in school. For many children, the arts are a lifeline.

If Arts Education Programs are cut as drastically as planned, our children will lose this important component of their educational experience. Some students' parents will have the resources to expose them to the arts through other means, while most other children will be left without this important part of their educational development. Come, be a part of our "Save The Arts" Benefit by attending the event on June 11, 2011, at the Historic Cocoanut Grove Theatre. If you cannot attend, please make a donation and help save the arts for a child. http://savetheartsla.eventbrite.com/

- Suzanne Nichols, Executive Director, Save The Arts
http://www.savethearts.net
helpsavethearts@gmail.com

August Arts at LACMA

August Arts for NexGen programs at LACMA!

Andell Family Sundays
Artful Food
August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 | 12:30—3:30 pm
Check out the special installation of art from LACMA's permanent collection, Fallen Fruit Presents: The Fruit of LACMA. Then make your own food-inspired art (paint your own still life using fruit and vegetable juices!) in artist-led workshops with Sean Gall, Katie Bachler, Jenny Ly, and Marylene Camacho.

Special on August 1 | 12—4 pm
Public Fruit Jam


Winter Art Camp | Ages 6-13


LACMA offers seasonal art camps in the winter, spring and summer coinciding with school breaks. Kids from ages 6 to 9 explore the museum and their creativity in painting, drawing and mixed-media projects.
Winter Art Camp registration begins on August 27.

NexGen | 3rd and Fairfax
This month NexGen will be leading art workshops at these two family friendly spots:
The Farmer's Market
Sunday, August 8 | 12 to 3 pm
Inspired by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's Weeping Coconuts, families will work with artist June Edmonds to draw still lifes of fruits purchased from the Farmer's Market. Kids ages 17 and under can become members of the museum for FREE by enrolling in Arts for NexGen LACMA.
The Grove
Tuesday, August 31 | 2 to 4 pm
Join us in an art making activity inspired by So Cal artist John Baldessari whose artwork is currently on view at LACMA in the Pure Beauty exhibition. Kids ages 17 and under can become members of the museum for FREE by enrolling in Arts for NexGen LACMA.
Just for Teens | Enroll Now!


Teens explore the museum's collection and learn fundamental approaches to making art.
Life Drawing
Five Sundays, October 10–November 7 | 12:30–3:30 pm
Digital Photography
Five Saturdays, November 13–December 18 |11 am–2 pm
Sign up for art classes in person at the box office, by phone at 323-857-6010, or by mail.
Studio Art Classes


Get to know the art and artists in LACMA's collection while making your own art work. New classes start October. Enroll now!

See class listings for more information. Sign up for art classes in person at the box office, by phone at 323-857-6010, or by mail.
The Boone Children's Gallery | Free!
Come paint with us! In the Boone Children's Gallery kids and families learn about brush painting and Korean art. Korean Art Galleries, Hammer Building. Pick up your free ticket at the Box Office.

Artist Demo
Saturday, August 21 | 4 to 6 pm
Come see artist Oegil Kim Kyeong Ho demonstrate the traditional Korean technique of sutra painting.
Artwork of the Month
Each month a work of art from LACMA's permanent collection is highlighted. Read about the works of art online and then come see them in person at the museum! Visit Artwork of the Month to learn more!

Gift Certificates | Art Classes
Art classes make great gifts anytime!

Attention parents and grandparents: An art class or gift certificate is the perfect gift for your child, grandchild, or a friend.

For more information about studio art classes, please see class listings or call the box office at 323-857-6010 to purchase a gift certificate.
Visit us!
To date there are over 117,000 NexGen members!

Arts for NexGen LACMA is the museum's free youth membership for everyone ages 17 and under.

Scan your NexGen card at the box office when you visit. This is how we know that you've come—and we love it when you visit!

Enter Your Film NOW!

Ovation, the only TV network dedicated to the arts, will be hosting a month-long on-air event in July featuring career-making films by a selection of directors. We also want to showcase the next generation of revolutionary film directors as well! Submit your short film (under 20 minutes) in one of these four categories:

Comedy
Drama
Animation
Documentary

You can submit more than one film and there is no entry fee. All submissions must be postmarked by May 7, 2010.

A panel of judges consisting of film curators and film industry leaders will select the winning film. Both the winning film and the Viewers' Choice will be shown on-air and screened at LACMA

Printmaking Positions Available

We have 3 Printmaker positions available. One position is for our South LA location; one for our Downtown LA location and one for our San Pedro location. Please indicate which location you are interested in applying for.

We nurture gifted artists with developmental disabilities. Our success is due to the chemistry between the Artists and Art Instructors who use their personal artmaking process to guide our artists through their projects.

We are looking for individuals who:
1. Are technically skilled, but not obsessed with it.
2. Can think outside the box with projects
3. Is intuitive and creative
4. Has an extensive portfolio and strong work ethic
5. Loves contemporary art and has a strong knowledge of contemporary artists.
6. Has patience
7. Loves working with people and is comfortable with adults with Developmental Disabilities
8. Can take initiative with projects

The following skills are required:
1. Expertise in all printmaking techniques (Lithography, etching, linocuts, metal plates, woodcuts, screen-printing…etc)
2. Can operate and maintain a professional litho combination etching press
3. Can operate a foot squaring metal shear
4. Can install gallery shows
5. Can organize and maintain the workspace

We offer:
1. Primary schedule of Monday-Friday: 8:30am – 4:00pm
2. This position will not begin until late January 2010
3. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, life insurance, 401K, vacation, and sick time
4. $10 - $12/hr
5. Freedom to create your own lesson plans
6. The opportunity to teach extra curricular art classes for the general public on evenings and weekends
7. The opportunity to assist with curating shows in our Downtown Gallery
8. Opportunities to network within the local art scene
9. A nurturing and creative environment

We are a non-profit, but the environment is creative and we allow a lot of freedom with our projects. We are looking for working artists with an extensive portfolio. A primary part of our consideration will be based on your portfolio.
Please go to our website to get know us: WWW.ARTCENTERECF.ORG and our gallery website is: WWW.DACGALLERY.COM

Send your resume, cover letter and images to: hr@kayneeras.org
If you have too many images to send, reduce the file sizes and send as many as the attachments will allow. PLEASE DO NOT CALL! We will contact you if we are interested in interviewing.

CALL FOR INSTRUCTOR OF WEBPAGE DESIGN

CALL FOR INSTRUCTOR OF WEBPAGE DESIGN
HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT MUSEUM, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Overview and Requirements
The Hollywood Entertainment Museum (HEM) is currently seeking an afterschool instructor to teach students how to design their own web pages using MAC computers in a state-of-the-art classroom. This position is open immediately. The program is located at the Hollywood Media Arts Academy, a Community Day School operated by the Los Angeles County Office of Education, which encompasses media arts education in acting, screenwriting, music production, video production and dance. Instructors teach students two days a week during the hours of 1:30 – 3:30 pm onsite in the media district of Hollywood, near Highland Avenue and Santa Monica Blvd. The program provides technical training to at-risk high school students who are dropouts, credit deficient or on probation. It is a small learning community with an average student class size of 15-20.

Instructors are required to create an 8-week unit (with an objective for each day written into their course’s syllabus), leading to a project-based outcome for students at the conclusion of the eight weeks. Eight week units are able to be repeated to new students throughout the year, or teachers can elect to create an advanced class that furthers content and training in a particular media arts subject. Beyond direct instruction, teachers are required to create pre-, post- and midterm tests, take attendance and attend all HEM meetings/trainings.

Application Process
1. Submit the following items to the Education Department at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum via email:

A cover letter that addresses your interest, skills and relevant background
A resume that outlines your teaching background and experience
Names, email addresses and phone numbers of three professional references

Note: If called for an interview, be prepared to bring: Three samples from your portfolio as a teaching artist or professional. These can be scanned images, digital photographs or electronic documents.

2. Cover letter and resume will be reviewed. Qualified applicants will be contacted for interviews with the Director of Education. A qualified applicant may be contacted prior to the submission deadline for interviewing and hiring.

3. Chosen applicants will be selected based on availability, need, interview and qualifications. Selected applicants will be offered immediate employment, or be placed on a hirable list for upcoming work.

Submission Deadline
Open until filled

Submit to:
Kenton Haleem, Director of Education and Development at khaleem@hollywoodmuseum.com

For information contact:
Kenton Haleem at 323-960-4802