City Hearts: Kids Say YES to the Arts

Founded in 1984, City Hearts provides high quality, holistic Arts Education to PK-12th grade students in Arts under-resourced areas of Los Angeles. 💜

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City Hearts is thrilled to share that we're a National Endowment for the Arts grant recipient!

We join the ranks of 1,474 other recipients totaling $36,790,500 to support the Arts in communities in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC.

Thank you, @neaarts! 🫶🏽💜

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Our annual Activity Report is now LIVE!

We are also thrilled to announce that after many months of labor, we just also launched the 1st ever City Hearts store in our nearly 40 year history!

Links to the report and store are below!

https://t.co/aOeVWzQLCI

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Check out this incredible monologue performance from The Bard's, "King Lear." 🤯🎭

Also: this kid is going places. 💜😮‍💨👏🏽

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We are so proud of our Musical Theatre & Dance students from Compton for their production of THE WIZ! Also, a huge shoutout to our Photography program students for these fabulous photos that they took of the performance! #CityHeartsLA #ArtsEducation

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Inspired by the life-size photographic sculptures of renowned South African artist Lebohang Kganye (b. 1990), our Compton Photography students created their own photographic dioramas!

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Thank you to the talented Melvin Ward (from Dhar Mann Studios) for sharing his wisdom and Acting journey with our Compton students from our Young Actor Club program! This will surely be a day that these students will never forget! 🫶🏽💜

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Everyone deserves the joy of performing, especially our KINDERGARTNERS. Here are a few captures from their recent Theatre Games showcase in Burbank! 🫶🏽💜 #CityHeartsLA

📸: @photosbyjamaal

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TODAY is the big day! You're gonna' be blown away - see you at 12 PM!

#AugustWilson #WilliamShakespeare #CityHeartsLA 🫶🏽💜

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TOMORROW! Literally just 24 hours away! 🫶🏽💜

#August Wilson #Shakespeare #CityHeartsLA

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Shoutout to all of our Teaching Artists who are constantly working hard for their students - even on the weekends!

Our phenom of a Performing Arts Teaching Artist, Gwendolyn, is prepping costumes for her dance students in Burbank for their upcoming performances! 🫶🏽💜

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💜 Recent Artwork from our Compton 1st Graders 💜

After analyzing one of Alberto Giacometti's famous works, Walking Man I, these 1st graders were given bendable craft wire and guided through the creation of their own figures!

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Check out the latest work from our Photography students in Compton!

In this activity, the students experimented with slower shutter speeds to capture the path of movement through a long exposure. Beautiful work by the students who are led by the INCREDIBLE Ayda Gragossian 🫶🏽💜

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Last week, our Visual Arts Teaching Artist, Quinlan Lewis-Mussa, guided a group of our wonderful 4th grade Special Education students from Long Beach through MOCA Museum! A special thanks to California Arts Council for providing funding to make these Arts experiences possible!

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Our 2D Design/Printmaking Students are now applying what they learned in Fall to the art of Printmaking. They are now creating designs to carve into rubber linoleum stamps for making small prints.

Soon they'll carve larger blocks & dive into textile design & fabric printing!

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Our 1st graders in Compton Unified School District were recently introduced to Claude Monet, and then created watercolor resist drawings that were inspired by Monet's "Water Lilies"! Such beautiful work done by these young Artists! 🫶🏽💜

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Check out the latest work from our Photography Program students from Compton Unified School District! These young Artists explored the artistic techniques of collage and montage, drawing inspiration from the work of Deborah Roberts.

Such incredible work! 🫶🏽💜

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Dear City Hearts Family,

Happy 39th birthday to us! It's a joyous occasion as we reflect on nearly 4 decades of building community where the Arts truly transforms lives. Check us out on Instagram to see how we've been celebrating all week: @CityHeartsLA !

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We are a few days away from the 39th Birthday of City Hearts! 🎂✨ Join us this week as we look back at a few of our many incredible moments including those with @StacyKeach1 , Jane Seymour & @CindyCrawford !

Here's to the artful journey and bright years ahead! 🥳 #CityHeartsLA

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We are thrilled to announce that we raised over $8,000 during our Giving Tuesday & End of Year Giving campaign! There is so much in store for the 2nd half of the school year and we thank you for your support in helping us close the Arts Education gap!

Happy New Year 🫶🏽💜

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We hope that you all are enjoying your Holiday season! In this collaborative project, City Hearts Photography students hand-created the letters that make up “Happy Holidays from City Hearts”. The final video is a compilation of 180 still images that create the illusion of motion!