Sites:

Banning’s Landing Community Cultural Center

100 East Water Street

Wilmington, CA 91303

Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock

2225 Colorado Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90041

Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center

10620 Graham Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90002

Pacoima City Hall

Pacoima Public Library

13605 Van Nuys Boulevard

Pacoima, CA 91331

William Reagh Los Angeles Photography Center

2332 West Fourth Street

Los Angeles, CA 90057

Cost: Free

Info: Students from all over Los Angeles participate in this media arts program. Students will read Dinaw Mengestu’s The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and create original short films. The program culminates in a public exhibition and screening of the artwork produced by the students, to be presented at the Gallery Theatre, Barnsdall Park, on Saturday, June 8, 2019.

This 30-week, tuition-free media arts program, held after-school twice a week, is for middle school students aged 10 to 14. Students learn drawing and painting techniques and how to draw from a model, animate, put together an art portfolio, and create artwork on computers.

This program is part of the Sony Pictures Media Arts Program, a partnership between the CalArts Community Arts Partnership, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), and Sony Pictures Entertainment. For more information please call 661.222.2708 or visit calarts.edu/cap