Elemental Villians: The Works In ELEMENTAL Progress Presenting the Fall 2011 Venice Arts Comics <<<< ELEMENTAL VILLIANS >>>> THE WORKS IN ELEMENTAL PROGRESS :::::: Using the Venice Arts theme, the elements of the earth, the students of the comics workshop have taken a road with writing, plotting and now, penciling their way in to new discoveries. Here's the works in progress!... Curated by Michael | Items: 8
	Movie Madness Fall 2011 In this beginning level class, students learn the fundamentals of filmmaking and storytelling using video and incorporating a variety of other media (sound, writing, basic graphics) to tell a story about the four elements. This 10-week session, we focused on one element for, Water. Students either made a one-minute PSA about water or a narrative one-minute film about water. Curated by Matt | Items: 6
	Compared To What Can you see what I see? Here is my perspective on life. What I saw at that moment and how it made me feel. Look through my eyes and you'll see what I saw.  Curated by Carlos | Items: 13
	Everything I Know So Far Photographs of people are the most interesting, because of what they have to say. They can tell you stories, not only about themselves but also about where they come from. They have the power to create emotion, where emotion wouldn't normally be found. People are what make places interesting. People are what make life interesting, through bonds and attachments to the intertwined relationships or lack thereof. Curated by Jeanette | Items: 12
	My Life in Pictures First multimedia projects from 10-12 year old students Curated by Cathy | Items: 4
	Filmmaking in Action Fall 2011 Short videos from the Intermediate-level teen film students at Venice Arts Curated by Brigid | Items: 5

Untitled Genevieve

Cheat Sheet: Th Venice Arts

brother Alfredo Estrada

Timmie Escobedo

simons blog Simon

stupid vlog Roman Acosta

Don't Get Wet! ella rose

Chena River Alex

Fireworks Mai

Wind and Snow Gabriella

Trashing Our Beaches Ashi

Ocean Waves Ashi

Free Teaching Artist Trainings Cathy Thursday, January 05, 2012 at 12:41PM Want to receive FREE teaching artist training and connect with a group of fun, creative artists committed to advancing media arts education? Commit to being a Volunteer Artist Mentor for 2-3 hours a week and you are invited to attend our 2-day Teaching Artist Training in January, along with other monthly professional development offerings throughout the spring. The training will be a two-day, interactive training that engages participants through an interactive learning environment that engages artists around theory and practice Venice Arts mission is to ignite youths’ imagination, mentor their creativity, and expand their sense of possibility through high quality, accessible media-based arts education programs. Venice Arts also serves as a catalyst for people of all ages, living in low-income or underrepresented communities, to create and share personal and community stories through photography, film, and multi-media. Venice Arts is always interested in finding qualified volunteers who can assist with our youth media arts programs. Qualifications include a background in any of the following: photography, film/video, animation, comics/literary art, multimedia and/or visual arts. Many of our volunteers use volunteering as a way to gain teaching experience in their field; while others simply want to inspire young people to hone their craft. Volunteers will be trained by Venice Arts and given artist mentor assignments, on an as-needed basis, in our programs for youth in Venice and at our Art Partners locations in Los Angeles. Winter/Spring Workshop Structure: The next academic session runs from February to May. Each workshop has 8–12 youth and meets once a week. Workshops are taught by a team of artists comprised of a paid Lead Artist, with background and experience in education, who works collaboratively with volunteer artist-mentors. Our goal is to provide a teaching and mentoring ratio of no higher than 1:4. Volunteer artist-mentors are asked to come to their assigned workshop at least 30 minutes early to work with the Lead Artist on preparation for that day’s class and to review the lesson plan. If feasible, volunteers are also asked to stay after class for 15–30 minutes to debrief. Volunteer artist-mentors are welcomed, and encouraged, to also lead lesson plans and present their own work when appropriate, and are asked to closely mentor a designated number of youth in their assigned class. Qualifications: Must be a photographer, filmmaker, animator, multimedia or visual artist. Experience teaching or working with youth preferred, but not necessary. Must be able to commit to volunteering 2–3 hours a week for 12 consecutive weeks. Summer 2012 placements are also available. How to Apply: Please email Cathy for an application ("Volunteer Artist Mentor" in the subject line). We will try our best to respond to every applicant's submission in a timely manner. You can also download the attached PDF of the volunteer application here.

Spring Youth Workshops Begin February 18th! Rosalyn Tuesday, January 03, 2012 at 12:34PM Spring youth workshops are beginning soon but you still have time to register! Call (310) 578-1745 or send me an email info@venice-arts.org to make your appointment. Click here to see the spring schedule. See you all soon!

Lynn's Year-End Reflection Lynn Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 11:01AM Dear friends and artists young and...older, As the year comes to a close I wanted to thank every one of you who have made made Venice Arts such a wonderful organization, in particular, the talented youth in our programs, our dedicated teaching artists and mentors, and our supporters. As a community, we have so much to be proud of: being honored by the President's Commission on the Arts and Humanities as one of the best arts education programs in the country; enrolling 400 kids across all of our programs and projects; accommodating 120 youth in our Summer Media Arts Camp; filling 9 internship placements for our Advanced Studies students, including special projects for the Venice Family Clinic and Hollygrove; and launching a two-year pilot program in Southern Merced County. As proud as I am, personally, of Venice Arts' progress, I know that our story is best told by our accomplished young artists and their mentors. So, I invite you to forgo reading the rest of my letter and, instead, explore our wonderful, new website. Or, use this opportunity to make a meaningful, year-end gift and donate, here. Only $60 supports a child in a workshop; $300 provides a full week in Media Arts Camp. Want to learn more about this extraordinary year? Keep reading... If you visit us in 2012, the first thing you'll notice is that we have doubled our space thanks, in part, to the generosity of Board member Bob Hayward of Summit Entertainment. We will be adding classrooms and expanding our darkroom (we love film!), upgrading our labs and equipment, and adding a pocket garden. Inspired by the changes, we are putting the finishing touches on our 2012 Gallery & Public Programs schedule of exhibitions, workshops, screenings, and performances. If you'd like to receive early notification, or are interested in renting space, contact Program Manager Elysa Voshell. We have also been busy with consultation and training services. We curated an exhibit of Hong Kong youths' photography for the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation at the Hong Kong Arts Centre and worked for a second year on curriculum development and artist training, including hosting Hong Kong Teaching Artists in L.A. Next year, we will be collaborating on a project that creatively links Hong Kong and Los Angeles youth. This fall, we released the beta version of our Online Library, stocking it with over 200 teaching resources. It forms the online core of a newly designed Teaching Artist Training Program, provided free to our artistic faculty. We invite you to join the library. Tell us what you think! Your feedback will be critical to Library v.2. Finally, in 2011 our Institute for Photographic Empowerment (IPE), a collaboration with USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, featured great work online by participant-photographers from around the world, and shared interesting research in the field. We also worked on the launch of a first-ever Minor in the field and are in our second year hosting USC student interns through the gracious support of Jon Samet, Medical Director of the Global Health Institute. Thanks, again, to each and everyone of you for your ideas, time, financial support, friendship, and belief in what we do. We could not do it without you and look forward to continued success in 2012. Happy New Year! Lynn

Teensource.org Features Venice Arts' Picturing Health Project Elysa Friday, December 09, 2011 at 1:44PM Teensource.org, a project of the California Family Health Council is featuring photographs and multimedia pieces made by teens in Southern Kern during Venice Arts' Picturing Health project in a three-part series on their blog. We're so excited to see the work being used to spark conversations amongst youth from various communities about the impacts of teen pregnancy. Check out the first two posts in the series here and here.

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