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Magic Moments from the Annual Youth Camping & Rehearsal Retreat!
BY Lauren DECK, Senior program manageR Middle school students from P.S. ARTS’ after-school theater program, Inside Out Community Arts (IOCA), recently returned from a three-day overnight camping and...
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It’s Teaching Artist Appreciation Week!
This week is Teaching Artist Appreciation Week! As a follow-up to our recent Teacher Appreciation Day blog post, we wanted to take this opportunity to feature more of the movers and shakers of P.S....
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Cabrillo’s Ceramic City (and more!)
BY Lora Cawelti, PROGRAM MANAGER featuring Teaching Artist Nicole Fisher This year, P.S. ARTS expanded into all eleven elementary schools in the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) as...
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TakePART Art Festival 2015
BY GABRIELA HERNANDEZ, EDUCATION & PROGRAMS ASSISTANT On Saturday, May 30th, 2015, P.S. ARTS hosted the fourth annual TakePART Art Festival: Building Bridges – Connecting Communities at Leuzinger...
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Meet Our Summer Interns!
Madeleine Kruener, Program Intern (through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission’s (LACAC) Arts Internship Program) Briefly introduce yourself and explain your new position at P.S. ARTS. This fall, I...
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The Alumni Mentor Film Project: Untitled
BY Lora Cawelti, PROGRAM MANAGER For the past eight years, the brightest spot of my career has been my work co-leading the Inside Out Community Arts (IOCA) Alumni Mentor Program. As Mentor Program...
View Article25th Anniversary Endowment Challenge Brings P.S. ARTS Funding from Herb...
For Immediate Release 25th Anniversary Endowment Challenge Brings P.S. ARTS Funding from Herb Alpert Foundation to $5 Million Santa Monica, CA (July 1, 2015) – The Herb Alpert Foundation announces a $1...
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One Year Later . . .
BY Lui Sanchez, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, Inside Out Community Arts July 1st, 2015, marked one year since P.S. ARTS’ merger with Inside Out Community Arts (IOCA). As the Program Director for IOCA, it’s been...
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5-6-7-8! Dance at P.S. ARTS
BY STEPHANIE KISTNER, SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER This past year was full of new opportunities to move and groove for our P.S. ARTS dancers! Take a look at some of the highlights of our 2014-2015 school...
View ArticleALL THE COLORS I AM INSIDE
By Amy Knutson, Programs Associate At the end of the past three school years, P.S. ARTS’ Teaching Artists and Education & Programs staff have gathered in Grand View Blvd. Elementary’s Art Bungalow...
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#WhyIGive | Heather & Ben Arnold
On our first #WhyIGive Wednesday, longtime P.S. ARTS supporter (and former staff member) Heather Myrick Arnold shares why she and her husband, Ben, invested in the future of public school arts...
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Tamie’s Tactile Tiles!
Over the summer, while students were busy spending time out in the sun, vacationing, and enjoying their time away from school, P.S. ARTS Teaching Artist Tamie Smith was still at work envisioning and...
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CA’s Arts Education Renaissance
By Communications Associate Jacob Campbell Earlier this month, I had the privilege of attending California: The State of Creativity, a statewide summit on arts, education, and the economy. The...
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#5womenartists
In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Museum of Women in the Arts launched a social media campaign called #5womenartists to help the public answer the question — without hesitation — “Can you...
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Getty Arts Summit Review
By Education & Media Intern Vanessa Chung Can you spot me on the right? I took this photo at the Getty two years ago (July 2, 2014!) On Monday, June 27th, I, along with 100 other Getty...
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Learning Community Hub
By Education & Media Intern, Vanessa Chung Sketches of Lenin from the Wende Museum As I mentioned in my Arts Summit Blog from a few weeks ago, a component of the Getty Multicultural Undergraduate...
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Family Art Night
By Education & Media Intern, Vanessa Chung As a part of our Community Engagement program, P.S. ARTS has been hosting Family Art Nights at our partner schools for the past six years. This year, I...
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Black Theatre Network Conference 2016
by Donzell Lewis This summer I was fortunate to attend and participate in the Black Theatre Network’s Annual Conference that took place in Chicago, Illinois. As an artist and an educator attending...
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Inside Out Community Arts Goes Camping!
by Program Coordinator, KT Leuterio I started working at P.S. ARTS this past summer, and since then I’ve been spending my time getting to know the Inside Out Community Arts program, Artist Leaders, and...
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#MarathonMonday | P.S. ARTS Staff
The Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon, Charity Relay, and LA BIG 5K are less than six weeks away. Follow #MarathonMonday to learn more about our amazing runners and why they are running for...
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