Featured Neighborhood Organization: Inner-City Arts

The Derby Dolls are so lucky to have our community support us, we couldn’t play roller derby without the wonderful fans and Los Angeles community! We love to also support our neighbors and fellow community organizations, so we are happy to have the opportunity to feature other neighborhood organizations doing great work.

This week’s featured neighborhood organization is Inner-City Arts - an organization dedicated to engaging young people in the creative process in order to shape a society of creative, confident and collaborative individuals.

They offer a variety of visual arts & performing arts classes to children grades K-12, and Professional Development for Teachers, Educators, and Graduate Students. Located in the Art’s District of Downtown Los Angeles, Inner-City Arts programs are available to students as part of 7 or 8 week sessions through LA Unified School District or  local charter schools as well as afterschool and weekend classes for middle and high school students.

Through a wealth of partnerships with professional art teachers as well as companies such as; Boeing, Dreamworks, Sundance NEXTFEST, J. Paul Getty Museum, The Broad, and Geffen Playhouse, Inner-City Arts is able to offer a range of programs to excite and educate Los Angeles's young people! 

In October Inner- City Arts will be hosting the 2016 Imagine Awards Saturday, October 15th. More information and tickets can be found here. If you are interested in helping them achieve their mission you can find additional information on their website.

The Derby Dolls have so many members with backgrounds in the arts, encouraging the continuation of art programs to develop our community is something we are thrilled to support! Inner-City Arts will be at our September 10th bout, stop by their booth in our vendor village to learn more about their programs.

All images belong to Inner-City Arts