It’s P.S. ARTS’ 25th anniversary and to celebrate we are launching “the pARTy!,” a new fundraiser that embodies one of our core organizational values — to inspire creativity and confidence in the students we serve. This event will offer guests an evening of innovation, imagination, and play for adults — all to support our public school arts education programs.
Here’s a sneak peek at the “Studios” at this year’s event!
Amanda Demme
Amanda Demme is a photographer and artist known for portraits, still life photography, painting, sculpture, fine prints, design, music, video & film production. Demme was described by The Los Angeles Times as an “expert at ‘building a room,’ choosing a precise mix of guests, sculpting space with light and shadow, and cultivating a mood something akin to performance art.”
We are now taking reservations for exclusive 10-minute portrait sessions with her at the pARTy! For $500, you and a friend can step in front of the camera, experience Demme’s creative process, and walk away with a digital album of one-of-kind images. Only 13 sessions remaining on a first-come, first-served basis!
The Bumbys
A Fair and Honest Appraisal of Your Appearance. By: The Bumbys
Colette Miller
American Artist Colette Miller, is painter and musician, also filmmaker, and renown for her interactive street art, Angel Wings. Her interactive street art Angel Wings project started in 2012 and has since gone global. The first few pairs were “self authorized” in the gritty streets of downtown LA, the City of Angels, and human sized, so people could wear them. Global Angel Wings Project was created to remind humanity that we are the Angels of this Earth. A pair of Colette’s wings will be featured at the event for guests to interact with.
Edoughble
Edoughble is handcrafted edible cookie dough, in one-of-a-kind flavors, made using the highest quality ingredients. We leave out the scary, raw egg and use heat-treated flour to bring you bites of deliciousness one spoonful at a time. Edoughble is hosting a make your own cookie dough bar. Choose your dough, choose your toppings and close your eyes to savor your sweet creation!
#flowersonyourhead
Since summer 2011, an incredibly dedicated team of volunteer teachers and students has been converting 2 acres of the John Muir High School campus into an urban farm. Any student of Muir can participate in hands-on learning at the Ranch by enrolling in one of three classes or applying for the after school internship program. The vision is for the Ranch to be integrated into every discipline taught at Muir High School, including science, math, english, art, and environmental studies.
Muir Ranch CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is the social enterprise of the nonprofit. The mission of Muir Ranch CSA is to teach the students important business and life skills, provide them with meaningful employment, and improve access to fresh, affordable, locally-grown produce. Learn more at www.MuirRanch.org.
Hudson & Tonia CalderonHudson & Tonia Calderon: Hudson Jeans is a designer denim company based in Los Angeles, California. The brand was founded in 2002 by Peter Kim, with a mission to create fashion-forward designer jeans that reflect the company’s slogan, “London edge meets L.A. glam.”
Tonia Calderon is a Mexican-Dutch-Indonesian painter and designer. She is best known for her music inspired “Black&Gold” series; paintings of icons with lyrics written through hand painted images of the icons. She is well known and respected by the top musicians and producers in the music industry today. Her work is featured at the Tupac Afeni Shakur Museum in Atlanta, Georgia and the National Museum of Contemporary Art in San Francisco, California. Her work is on displayed in some of the top music recording studios in the country including Interscope, Epic, and Def Jam.
Hudson Jeans has generously donated a selection of jean jackets to be custom painted by Tonia. These jackets will be sold at the event; as always, all proceeds go directly to our program, serving 25,000 students weekly.
Ice Cream Lab
The Ice Cream Lab is an LA based ice cream shop which serves made-to-order liquid nitrogen ice cream. Ice Cream Lab’s idea revolves around the molecular gastronomy cooking concept, utilizing liquid nitrogen as the style of preparation to instantly freeze different natural ingredients into ice cream.
Israel Martinez
Israel received an Associates in Art at the California Art Institute, and later moved on to teach art schools, including LAAFA (Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Arts). His art instruction focus on solid fundamentals in Figure Drawing and painting. He has a strong background in both fine and commercial art, having trained under talented artists such as: Glen Orbik ,Mark Westermoe, Glen Vilppu, John Watkiss, Steve Huston, Jeremy Lipking, Neil Boyle, and Ryan Wurmser among others. He was one of the advanced students selected to be in the masters program designed by Mark Westermoe in 1999. Israel has been an active art instructor since 1999, teaching at different art studios as well as hosting private classes. In addition to doing commercial work, Israel creates his own paintings for galleries.
Luster
Luster creates world-renown event amplification technologies. Starting 5 years ago with the invention of hashtag-printing, our products have been featured at over 1,000 events across 150+ cities.
MakersKit
MakersKit is all about experiencing creativity. By creating fun, all-inclusive DIY project kits, MakersKit makes it easy for anyone to be a maker. Come by and get your hands dirty by muddling your very own Maker Mojito or pARTy Pineapple Cooler cocktail.
Oculus
Step into Rift – Rift is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. Whether you’re stepping into your favorite game, watching an immersive VR movie, jumping to a destination on the other side of the world, or just spending time with friends in VR, you’ll feel like you’re really there.
Offerman Woodshop
Offerman Woodshop is a small collective of woodworkers and makers based out of Nick Offerman’s kick-ass wood shop in East Los Angeles. We focus on hand-crafted, traditional joinery & sustainable slab rescue–working with fallen trees from throughout northern California & our urban LA environment. We like to carve spoons, chainsaw stumps, plank canoes, keep our chisels sharp with stones, build pinball machines & fine furniture. From refined modern designs to enormous Middle-Earth masterpieces, we build it all while smiling a lot.
