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Current Programs
Our programs and community events have directly served thousands of youth and tens of thousands of audience members.
Multi-Disciplinary Arts Programs
Our free after-school programs immerse middle and high school youth in a spectrum of theatre, movement, arts and media based curricula. Sessions culminate with free public presentations of participants’ original plays, artwork and films.
The School Project (TSP): was initiated by co-founder Jonathan Zeichner in 1993, in response to the 1992 civil unrest following the Rodney King Incident and Verdicts. The School Project remains our flagship program and, in partnership with LAUSD schools in diverse neighborhoods, it currenly serves up to 220 middle school students each year.; our Alumni Mentor Program welcomes dozens of high-school and college age alumni back as youth leaders; and performances attract audiences of up to 6,000 peers, family, and community members every year.
Neighborhood Arts Project (NAP): Operating since 1999, NAP is an after-school and Saturday program that bridges social divides in Venice's storied Oakwood District and on the Los Angeles Westside. NAP serves up to 80 middle school youth from ten local schools, six high-school-age Youth Artist Leaders, and a combined audience of 500 peers, family, and community members every year. Community Partners include the Venice Community Housing Corporation, Boys & Girls Club of Venice, Neighborhood Youth Association, Oakwood Recreation Center, Venice Arts in Neighborhoods, and additional local organizations with a focus on gang prevention.
Dubnoff Center for Child Development: An in-school program working with youth challenged with serious emotional and developmental disabilities. Inside Out provides a theater-based arts curriculum exploring improvisation, creative writing, performance art, voice, movement and painting. With the support of our artist leaders, participants apply newfound creative tools to write and perform plays about important issues in their lives.
KidVid: In partnership with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, our filmmaking program for high school students provides professional training and culminates with the creation and screening of original short videos about youth-centric social issues.
Teen Media Initiative: In partnership with Junior Achievement, our social enterprise program provides technical, vocational, financial literacy and philanthropy training for high school Teen Media Mentors who work as Web 2.0 consultants helping adults get up to speed on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Skype, LinkedIn, etc.
The Possibility Project (formerly City at Peace-Los Angeles @ Inside Out): The Possibility Project engages Los Angeles teens in an intense, 10-month creative process to create and perform an original musical about their lives and the issues they face, that includes their visions for their futures. Participants also execute team-designed Community Action Projects based on current issues important to them in underserved communities throughout Los Angeles.
The Youth & Family Courtyard at The Abbot Kinney Street Festival: Inside Out conducts ticket sales for this annual festival within a festival, featuring rides, games, art projects, and an all-day stage with family entertainment and fun for all. The Festival always takes place on the last Sunday in September.
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