Cabrillo’s Ceramic City (and more!)

By Lora Cawelti, Program Manager featuring Teaching Artist Nicole Fisher This year, P.S. ARTS expanded into all eleven elementary schools in the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) as a part of SMMUSD’s efforts to provide arts equity to all of their elementary students. One of the most exciting results of the expansion was the addition […]

It’s Teaching Artist Appreciation Week!

This week is Teaching Artist Appreciation Week! As a follow-up to our recent Teacher Appreciation Day blog post, we wanted to take this opportunity to feature more of the movers and shakers of P.S. ARTS. Please join us in thanking all of the Teaching Artists who allow our 20,000 students to access their creative potential […]

Magic Moments from the Annual Youth Camping & Rehearsal Retreat!

By Lauren Deck, Senior Program Manager Middle school students from P.S. ARTS’ after-school theater program, Inside Out Community Arts (IOCA), recently returned from a three-day overnight camping and rehearsal retreat in the Santa Monica Mountains. IOCA’s camping retreat was designed with two key goals in mind: to provide focused time outside of the 18-week after-school […]

LA Modernism Opening Night 2015

A Modernism Opening Night held at 3Labs in Culver City on April 24, 2015 featured over 40 exhibitors of 20th century furniture, decorative, and fine arts. The proceeds from ticket sales, catalog pages, and sponsorship went directly towards our arts education programs. The event was hosted by Maria & Bill Bell, Julie Bowen, Kristen & […]

Happy Teacher Appreciation Day!

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day, we’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our faculty of 80 professional artist educators. They are truly the heart and soul of this organization, working tirelessly to ensure that our 20,000 students receive the high-quality arts education that they deserve. We asked a few of our Teaching […]