artworxLA

Cause Area

  • Arts & Culture
  • Children & Youth
  • Education & Literacy

Location

1930 Wilshire BoulevardSuite 800Los Angeles, CA 90057 United States
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Mission Statement

artworxLA combats the epidemic high school dropout crisis with long-term sequential arts program offering a pursuable life path that inspires students to stay in school, evolve as unique individuals, and flourish as creative adults.

Description

artworxLA offers four levels of increasingly advanced arts programs to students in continuation high schools. Students are provided with support to succeed at each level.

Level One:Art Workshops and Public Presentations

Level Two: After-school Arts Residencies and Leadership Development

Level Three: Scholarships

Level Four: Alumni Support

Our Core Value: Lasting change in our students and communities requires long-term investment.

artworxLA was founded in 1992 as The HeArt Project, a series of art-making workshops in a community center on Skid Row. Today, artworxLA provides curriculum-based arts programming to over 1,000 students in 33 alternative high schools throughout LA County.

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