PROGRAM BOOK 2022
Thank you for joining us at Gala30 as we celebrated artworxLA’s 30th anniversary! The evening at the Skirball Cultural Center felt magical as we gathered together, reconnected after a two year in-person pause due to the pandemic and recognized the incredible work of our students. It was truly an honor to have our founder, Cynthia Campoy Brophy, share along with artworxLA alumni, Gabriel Perez, the impact that our community has had on over 15,000 students over the years. It was also a gift to have Rory Pullens, former Executive Director of the Arts Programs at Los Angeles Unified School District, to MC the night and share some inspiring and challenging words. This being my first Gala as artworxLA’s newest leader, I was most inspired by several things. First, seeing our students making art in our two art installations during the event. It was fun to watch them at work as well as watching them connect with one another and our staff as they made art for our guests to enjoy. Second was watching the two Little Docs of our current student/alumni Board members, Nayven Alcantar and Jasmine Guevara: to hear their stories and see their resilience, passion and drive was truly inspiring. Lastly, it was such an honor to meet many of you, who have invested in the mission of providing excellent arts education to some of the most overlooked and underserved students in our city. To hear of our passion as a main reason as to why you choose to invest in our students was humbling. A special thank you to our event sponsors, our dedicated staff and committed Board of Directors who help guide and advocate for our students so that artworxLA can continue to fulfill its mission. As we prepare for the 2022-23 school year, we remain committed to serving alternative high school students and reminding them that with your continued support, they can rediscover and reclaim their purpose, calling and destiny. Here’s to another 30 years of serving students together!
Jaime Zavala Executive Director
Board of Directors: Nicole Barnette, Chair Lisa Kring, Vice-Chair Jordan Cerf, Treasurer Nayven Alcantar, Student Representative Ned Brown Jasmine Guevara, Alumni Representative Sabrina Garba Shari Holly Grant C. Kirkpatrick, FAIA Leo Quintero Raymond Leon Roker Ronald D. Rosen, Esq. Corky Hale Stoller Frances Terpak Eddie Valcin Marc Webb Jaime Zavala
Sponsorship Levels: $25K signatureworx Support as an event sponsor Sony $15K iconicworx Support arts workshops for students most at risk of dropping out of high school KAA Design William Robert Estate Wines $10K masterworx Support the exhibition of student artwork at various cultural institutions around LA Secret Hideout The Johnny Carson Foundation $5K photoworx Support after-school art residencies in music, fashion design, and visual art Endeavor Education Make Something!! Union Bank $3K performanceworx Support mentorship and coaching for our alumni network Nicole Barnette and Page Buckner Advanced Color Theory Ned Brown, Florence Michael Pinto, NAC Architecture
Thank you 2022 sponsors:
DES I G N
Nicole Barnette & Page Buckner
Ned Brown Richard Holz Inc.
Alex Kurtzman & Sam Kurtzman Counter
FUN AND FUNDRAISING Location: Skirball Cultural Center Date: May 5, 2022 Featuring Little Docs By Jake Oleson Andrew Schwartz Tunes by DJ Mamabear Kokedama Led by artworxLA Youth Development Specialist Carlos Gacharná and advanced program students, Gala30 guests connected while creating Japanese kokedama or moss-ball garden art. Silkscreen Printing Local artist Dalia Palacios demonstrated and let participants try their hand at silkscreen printing, a printing technique where mesh is used to transfer ink, producing a colored image or design.
DJ Mamabear
GALA30 PRESENTERS
Cynthia Campoy Brophy | artworxLA Founder Cynthia Campoy Brophy founded artworxLA (then The HeArt Project) in 1992 to address LA teenagers’ lack of arts education programs. The program began at Para Los Niños (a community center in Skid Row). It soon grew into the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) Options program, which serves alternative education students. In 2002, The HeArt Project was approached by the Los Angeles County Office of Education to work with its alternative schools, and it expanded to 15 sites. By 2008, the program was in 25 sites, and in 2010 a partnership with LACOE established Los Angeles’ first arts academy for alternative education students, the Hollywood Media Arts Academy. In 2012, we went through a re-branding process to convey who we are and what we do more effectively. Our philosophy and methodology are the same, but we have changed our name from The HeArt Project to artworxLA to describe better the work we do and the beliefs that guide it.
GALA30 PRESENTERS
Rory Pullens | Master of Ceremonies Rory Pullens has spent his life engaged in making a positive social impact. For the past five years, Pullens has been an entertainment executive, including Pull & Row, his creative management company that currently produces underserved minority creatives in television, film, and stage projects for studios and streaming platforms. Before that, Pullens was the Senior Executive Director of Arts Education for the Los Angeles Unified School District, where he grew alliances with community arts organizations to support the work of arts education. He involved LAUSD to forge a deeper relationship with artworxLA to help fill the gap in serving alternative school students and help stem the dropout rate.
WHY WE EXIST
MISSION:
artworxLA combats the epidemic high school dropout crisis by engaging students in a long-term, sequential arts program offering a CREATIVELY
educate alternative high school teenagers with sustained arts exposure and immersion.
CONNECT
students to a network of peers, artists, cultural partners, higher education, creative industries, and supportive adults.
pursuable life path that inspires them to stay in school, evolve as unique individuals, and flourish as creative adults. We achieve this by: INVEST
human and financial resources for ongoing, persistent student and alumni support.
PHOTO: artworxLA students and staff with guest presenter actor Aldis Hodge in front of artworxLA offices
WHY WE EXIST CREATIVE PROGRAMMING
WHY WE EXIST
OUR VALUES
Alternative high school students are intelligent, creative, and powerful people possessing the capacity to channel creative impulses and exceed expectations. • Art is indispensable, enables us to communicate, and inspires a compassionate society. • Cultivating effective partnerships between artists, educators, and community organizations amplifies our collective impact on the students we serve • Lasting chage in our students and communities requires long-term investments. • Successful work in the community starts with a creative, participatory, and respectful artworxLA workplace. • Our students should contribute their voices to the city, given full and equal access to its resources.
PROGRAMS • Serve 30 alternative high school classrooms, reaching over 800 LA County students • Ascendable “ladder” of arts-based dropout prevention programs • Influenced by partnerships with working artists, cultural centers, art venues, and institutions of higher learning • Opportunity to re-engage promising youth at risk of dropping out of high school in their education and future.
A LADDER TO CLIMB Level 1 Arts Workshops & Student Exhibitions Level 2 After-School Arts Residencies & Creative Career Skills Workshops Level 3 College Prep & Summer Scholarships Level 4 Career Prep Internships
CREATIVE PROGRAMMING
DESIGN + MEDIA ARTS ACADEMY Central High School - LAUSD artworxLA’s Design and Media Arts Academy is a LAUSD multi-site, district-wide dropout prevention and credit recovery school. The DMAA welcomes all students into a safe and supportive academic environment focused on preparing students for college and career readiness while supporting them in becoming selfmotivated, contributing members of our global community. The DMAA offers amplified Level 1 programming, preparing students for media arts-based technical careers. Students earn certificates from Career Technical Education (CTE) classes, with specializations like Production and Managerial Arts, preparing them for careers like: • • • •
Sound Engineering Technicians Reporters and Correspondents Set and Exhibition Designers Film and Video Editors
+ creative careers in filmmaking, podcasting, photography, advertising, and more!
OUR IMPACT
MAPPING OUR IMPACT: SCHOOLS AND CULTURAL PARTNERS artworxLA provides weekly multi-disciplinary arts education workshops at 26 alternative high schools from Sylmar to Lynwood and San Dimas to Mar Vista. Our programs serve students in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles County Office of Education, Inyo County Office of Education, Culver City Unified, and Lynwood Unified School Districts. We are proud and honored to continue our work at these schools and look forward to connecting more students to Los Angeles’ vast cultural web of career opportunities!
SCHOOL PARTNERS
LAUSD
CCUSD/LACOE/LUSD/PUSD
Richard Alonzo Community Day School
Afflerbaugh - Paige Camp School
Central High School–Bellevue Branch
Boys Republic of Monrovia CCS
Central High School– East LA Skills Center
Culver City High School
Central High School– LA Academy
Dorothy Kirby Camp School
Central High School– Melrose
Glenn Rockey Camp School
Central High School– Panorama City
Jonas Salk CCS
Central High School– Roybal Learning Center
Mujeres y Hombres Nobles CCS
Central High School– Silverlake Branch
Pathway IS
Central High School– Sotomayor Branch
Rose City HighSchool
Central High School– Sixth Avenue
Second Chance IS
Design and Media Arts Academy at Central
Tri-Community CCS
Continuation High School
Valley IS
Duke Ellington High School
Visions Learning Center CCS
Metropolitan High School,
Vista Continuation HS
Stoney Point Continuation High School, Will Rogers Continuation High School
CULTURAL PARTNERS LEVEL 1 Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Metro Art ADVANCED PROGRAMS Create Now Getty Research Institute Make Something!! USC School of Architecture Otis College of Design and Art Young Producers Group
WANT TO PARTICIPATE? Take a look at our list and let us know how you or your company would like to partner with artworxLA!
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CAREER DAY
FIELD TRIP
Company employees participate in our annual career day. Join a panel of representatives from creative careers in Los Angeles to share your career path and details of your profession with the students. Previous industries have included: fashion, architecture, toy design, filmmaking, music production, game design, marketing, and visual arts.
Offer the opportunity for a class to visit your company‘s headquarters and observe first-hand how your creative industry works in Los Angeles.
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SET SHADOWING
SPONSOR OUR ANNUAL GALA
Offer the opportunity for an advanced student(s) to go on set and observe the workings of a production or exhibit.
Buy a table at our annual gala and support our work financially. Bring your staff and/or clients, introducing them to how they can become involved.
CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS
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GUEST SPEAKER
INTERNSHIPS
Share a more in-depth presentation, and be the featured speaker of a classroom workshop.
Provide paid or unpaid internships for artworxLA students ready to succeed in the workplace. Internships are invaluable for our students to gain experience in creative industries.
7 SHARE YOUR LOVE Be sure to like us on LinkedIn and Facebook, and follow our Instagram and Twitter accounts. Show your support for artworxLA by tagging us in your posts or link us on your website with a line that says “(Corporation Name) supports artworxLA.”
8 SUPPORT OUR SPECIAL EVENTS artworxLA produces four intimate events throughout the year. Host an evening at your business with a special speaker and invite guests to learn more about the program. It’s an excellent way for a company to offer a fun and engaging evening for their clients and/or staff and benefit the work of artworxLA.
MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
artworxLA is proud to share our press highlights showcased on national and local media outlets. The content below provides a look at artworxLA’s contribution to the field of arts education and the accomplishments of our students.
LA OPINION
El arte: una motivación para terminar la ‘prepa’ By: Jorge Luis Macías Learn more here
ZÓCALO PUBLIC SQUARE
artworxLA alumni had the opportunity to create artwork illustrating poetry selections by Zócalo’s poetry editor. These poems, The Hull of the Muscadine Grape written by Alayna Powell, Soneto LXIV by Camilo Roldan, and Climate (1) by Sheila Black, were the inspiration for the alumni’s illustrations, all of which were chosen to be included in Zócalo’s online publication! Learn more here
METRO - THE SOURCE Metro Art Inspires LA Youth This past fall semester, students from 26 alternative high schools across L.A. County looked to Metro Art for inspiration to create artworks about people and places of significance in their lives.
THE AFRO-EXISTENTIAL PODCAST. Creating Art in Crisis: artworxLA During a Pandemic Tune into artworxLA’s Executive Director Shelby Williams-Gonzalez’s interview. You can find the episode here
Los Angeles Sentinel
artworxLA artworxLA’s 30TH Anniversary Highlights Arts Education for Youth
Telemundo52
Estudiantes presentan obras inspiradas por “La Raza.” Usted puede leer el artículo
Teen Vogue
Kids of Immigrants Designers Talk Xenophobia, Fashion, and Giving Back. by: Jared Michael Lowe Learn more here
2021-2022 SPECIAL EVENTS
Sip. Support. Stay home. This year’s Holiday wine tasting supporting artworxLA’s annual fund was a smash! Participants enjoyed Milkfarm cheese boxes, a selection of white, red, and bubbly wines, and a stunning view of Los Angeles. Special thanks to: Shaya and Grant Kirkpatrick for Willam Robert Wines, Andrea Onofre, Sommelier, Bailey Westerhoff, Silver Lake Wines, Milkfarm William Robert Estate Wine Mixer An online exploration of the Paso Robles region, the 2022 Wine Mixer entranced participants with William Robert Estate Wines and the relatable, impartial style of advanced Sommelier Joshua Plack. Special thanks to: Shaya and Grant Kirkpatrick for Willam Robert Wines, Joshua Plack, Caroline Duffy, Milkfarm
STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
Joshua Rose City High School
Q: Tell me a little bit about your project? A: I chose the character from Jujutsu Kaisen because he’s a really cool character and I wanted to challenge myself, and I wanted to go beyond my expectations to see what I can do and what I’m capable of. Q: Earlier you described some of your favorite workshops, please share your favorite parts and any challenges you faced? A: We did flip and roll animations which was very interesting because it was something I haven’t done before. I realized my project from thoughts to animations and saw that I was able to make some well and others not too well and enjoyed the learning process. And then we also did 3D scenery with paper, and unfortunately I wasn’t able to complete it but it was cool to learn about it!
STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
Q: Was there anything that you learned about yourself from these projects? A: Yes, I feel like I am now more vocal, I enjoy doing my work now, it kept me engaged, and it helped me bring my ideas to life. Q: Do you feel like this has made you want to engage more with art making? A: YES! It was something I found interesting before, but I never really got to do and this helped me out by allowing me to do that and it is something not I do not regret and I enjoy.
STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
Jose
LAC Dorothy Kirby Center
Q: What was your favorite part about your project? A: My favorite part was mixing the colors together to make newcolors happen. I was able to paint sunsets and environmental landscapes because they look cool to me. Q: Do you see yourself exploring this medium? A: Yes, because it adds more to details to paintings in general. Q: Do you see yourself pursuing this as a career? A: I want to become a tattoo artist, and studying watercolor painting has allowed me to mix different colors to create new ones, I want to explore how watercolor and tattooing can come together. Q: What else are you interested in learning about in your workshops? A: I want to learn more about portraiture and like how to draw eyes, and more human things like faces and noses to help me develop as an artist and tattoo artist. Q: Do you think that learning about film and animation has inspired you to go into a career in film making or learning it as a hobby? A: I have thought about it as a career, but more so in terms of car designs and car wrap-pings and I think now I want to create my own designs.
STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
Michelle
Design and Media Arts Academy
This was my first time working on filmmaking. Experience wise, I learned so much the way we directed our own film in just one day was so crazy! One challenge that I had with this experience is that sometimes I would forget to say action or forget when to say cut. It felt so real and it was fun, the experience that my teacher gave me to actually be able to direct, and write my own film, and meet real actors, and work with a director of photography. be the best I could make it. I especially appreciated working with a mentor who was really fun as he helped me better organize my story. And over all this experience was very cool and fun. In class we read each other’s scripts and gave one another input and feedback on them and that was nice. Writing the story was one of my biggest challenges and getting it how I wanted it to be. Also when working with people I tend to get shy so I had to overcome that and have some kind of confidence in myself. I can also say the retakes of filming were hard for me because I wanted the finished cut to be the best I could make it.
Student testimonial:
STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
Edwin
Design and Media Arts “I felt like the format of the short film was kind of challenging, but my mentors made it easy for me. We were working on a program called Celtx and it helps you format short films in a better way. That was challenging part, just formatting it. It challenged my thought process more on trying to get my story out. So there were some challenging things but my mentors made it very easy for me. Writing with somebody else was very helpful, made me think more made me expand my thoughts and visualize the moments of what I was trying to write down or say to her. Yeah, she helped me a lot. It helped me a lot so next time I do make a short film I know what I’m getting into. The acting is my favorite part because now my story is being displayed. The acting brings it all out so the acting’s my favorite part. And I like the editing also. To look back at [all the takes and scenes] edit mistakes and just learn from it. You can learn a lot too in the editing. It makes you even think more about [the directing part] because you’d be all like, “Oh you did this, that, yeah next time, I could do this.” I’m really interested in a job in animation. I would like to be a voice actor. I’m really interested in voice acting. I got influenced in anime and the voices sound so cool behind the character. It’s just really interesting. I’ve never filmed anything before this. I’ve written stories before but this is a new experience on filming. I like this experience, I like the process of it. And I’m learning from it so I do like it a lot. I had a whole story already written down, and my mentor like, exceeded the limits that I went to. She made it even better and made me think about better outcomes, raising the stakes on the story. Yeah she opened up a lot of ideas for me. I like what I learned. I liked the process of it and the progress that I made. It was a great experience. They helped me a lot with it [Michelle Silver, Teaching Artist and Stephen Hardy, Workshop Coordinator] I couldn’t have done this by myself. I really enjoyed every moment of it. Michelle breaks down complicated parts and make it so simple and just helps you a lot with it. Like you can overthink a situation on your short film and she’ll just give you an idea to help it and diminish the overthinking. The advice I have is to just be patient. It’s a process on making arts and if you rush it the quality is just going to go down. You gotta be patient with it so you can have that quality high. Where can you go without patience? Everything is time.”
PHOTO: artworxLA DMAA student
Trinity ADVANCED PROGRAMS | Concept Art | CREATE REALITY High School: La Mirada High School Teaching Artists: Sorie Kim and Matt Jordan
Dorian INVENTING WORLDS | Academy Museum High School: Metropolitan High School Teaching Artists: Jovanna Briscoe
Alejandro ADVANCED PROGRAMS | Concept Art | CREATE NOW High School: The Education Corps, Pico-Union Teaching Artists: Sorie Kim and Matt Jordan
Make Something!!
Angel INVENTING WORLDS | Academy Museum High School: Metropolitan High School Teaching Artist: Jovanna Briscoe
Gregg Kirkpatrick
Gabriela INVENTING WORLDS | Academy Museum High School: Duke Ellington High School Teaching Artist: Cynthia Navarro
Gideon Raff
Gina Knox
Darlene INVENTING WORLDS | Academy Museum High School: Richard Alonzo CDS Teaching Artist: Cynthia Navarro
Viva ArtworxLA!!! Lisa and Tim Kring
Congratulations on another successful year. Grant, your vision and execution is unparalleled. Lauren and Rodney Freeman
Steve INVENTING WORLDS | Academy Museum High School: Metropolitan High School Teaching Artist: Jovanna Briscoe
Frances Terpak
Jesus INVENTING WORLDS | Academy Museum High School: Richard Alonzo CDS Teaching Artist: Cynthia Navarro
Ron Rosen and Judi Lawenda
Josue INVENTING WORLDS | Academy Museum High School: Culver City High School Teaching Artist: Jovanna Briscoe
Guild and Lisa Copeland
Dear Students of artworxLA, Your unique voices are the life of your communities. With your intelligence & character, you are building a stronger and more diverse society. You propel us all forward with your passion and creativity. Your art inspires us – and most importantly, it inspires empathy in a world that needs it. We salute you and your remarkable achievements! Secret Hideout proudly sponsors artworxLA – Gala 30
Samantha
Advanced Color Theory Florence
ADVANCED PROGRAMS | Concept Art | CREATE REALITY High School: Stoney Point High School Teaching Artists: Sorie Kim and Matt Jordan
Kennedy ADVANCED PROGRAMS | Concept Art | CREATE REALITY High School: Renaissance High School for The Arts Teaching Artists: Sorie Kim and Matt Jordan
NAC Architecture Sarah Solis Design
Bella INVENTING WORLDS | Academy Museum High School: Metropolitan High School Teaching Artist: Jovanna Briscoe
I-Grace, Builders & Advisors Richard Holz, Inc.
Nicole
Sophia Waugh
INVENTING WORLDS | Academy Museum High School: Richard Alonzo CDS Teaching Artist: Cynthia Navarro
Kennedy ADVANCED PROGRAMS - Concept Art | CREATE REALITY High School: ?? Teaching Artist: ??
Sarah Solis Design
Kennedy ADVANCED PROGRAMS | Concept Art | CREATE REALITY High School: Renaissance High School for The Arts Teaching Artists: Sorie Kim and Matt Jordan
Jaime Zavala
Super proud of our students and staff at artworxLA!
Fred and Perla Fudacz Jordan Cerf and Jordan Moblo Sarah McNerney
To artworxLA and Students: Together you make the world a better place through your creative efforts and hard work. Thank you!
Araceli Castillo Andrea and Mark Andrews Jasmine Guevara Marc Webb
Cassie Riger Lorraine Alexander Michael McGowan Patricia and Gilbert Martin Sabrina Garba Caroline Duffy Guadalupe Rivera Linda Yudin Taliia Matthews
Ruby ADVANCED PROGRAMS | Concept Art | CREATE REALITY Teaching Artists: Sorie Kim and Matt Jordan
Jada ADVANCED PROGRAMS | Concept Art | CREATE REALITY Teaching Artists: Sorie Kim and Matt Jordan
CREDITS
ARTIST DONORS
ITEM DONORS
STAFF
Mike Alonso Alcala Gabriel Alcaraz Shey Ayinde Sheila Baird Gilbert Bazan Jannette Beckman Guillermo Bert Jovanna Briscoe John Boudreau Michael Carter Chi.Casso Jessy V. Castillo Rossi V. Charmoli Deedee Cheriel Trevor Coopersmith Katy Crowe Alexa Kaul Dodson Shepard Fairey Robert Gunderman Darious Hart Matthew Heller Javier Hernandez Alexandra Lopez Iglesias G Imaginations Eric Jenkins Joan Kahn Tatiana Kharina Kathleen Kralowec Nery Gabriel Lemus Larry Li Marcos Luytens Tanah Madongo Corisa Moreno MRSN Toti O’Brien Sheila Pinkel Kat Powell Cassie Riger Yaretssi Rodriguez Darlene Roker Ed Ruscha Randi Russo Sebastian Sarti Kelley Schei JD Shultz Diana Simon Janet Soliman Rennie Solis Jus Usher Gustavo Alberto García Vaca Ruby Vartan
Paramount Pictures Nomadix SPC Lexaswim Mark Robert Halper Portraits Silverlake Wine K&L Wine Merchants
Cristal Alba Caroline Ashkar Robert Briseño Jocelyn Casas Caroline Duffy Makeda Flood Fabrizio Flores Raúl Flores Carlos Gacharná P. Stephen Hardy Javier Hernandez Loren LeBlanc Eva Minh-Chau Liebovitz Robb McMillan Claudia Mercado Cynthia Navarro Angelica Ruiz Eddie Ruiz Aya Seko Michelle Silver Pablo Simental Penelope Uribe-Abee Alma Villegas Bailey Westerhoff Jaime Zavala
SPECIAL THANKS DJ Mamabear, dublab Jake Oleson, LittleDocs Director Andrew Schwartz, LittleDocs Director Mickey Corcoran, artworxLA 30th Anniversary Video Editor
CREDITS Sarah McNerney & Norah Mortenson, Graphic Design for artworxLA Dana Smith, GiveSmart Celine Chai & Truman Rae, NinetyEightLA, as artworxLA’s social media agency
IN-KIND DONATIONS Cerf Family Ned Brown
VOLUNTEERS Amanda Bray Gustavo Garcia Vaca Nathalie Sanchez
2022 ADVANCED PROGRAM STUDENT INTERNS Juliana Aguirre Nayven Alcantar Ruby Alvarado Kevin Blanco Samantha Duran Josue Garcia Justin Hester Zionna Hoyt Camoni Alaysia McClellan Gabriela Rivas Jada Sparks Gwen Velasquez
2021-2022 INTERNS Los Angeles County Department of Arts & Culture Internships: Grace Ciacciarelli, Development and Fundraising Taylor Garcia, Design and Communications The Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship: Rory Hayes, Arts Education
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