By Amy Knutson, Education & Programs Assistant
On June 1st, 2014 we held our 3rd Annual TakePART Art Festival at Prairie Vista Middle School in Hawthorne, and it was a huge success! More than 2,000 people attended, 24 student groups performed, there were 18 art booths throughout, and over 500 pieces of student artwork were displayed in a student art gallery.
We’d like to give a big shout out to all of our TakePART partners, booth participants, and the 80+ volunteers who made it possible! We couldn’t have done it without all of your help. At this end of this article you will find a photo gallery of some of the pictures taken at the Festival by myself, Senior Program Coordinator Lauren Deck, and Amy Philips from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. We are also thrilled to share this video created by our Getty Foundation Programs Intern, Benin Marshall!
The TakePART Initiative, facilitated by P.S. ARTS, is a collaborative partnership between arts education, philanthropic, health, and community organizations, along with five school districts in the Centinela Valley region (Centinela Valley High School, Hawthorne, Lawndale Elementary, Lennox, and Wiseburn Unified) who have come together to ensure that the over 20,000 children in this region have equal access to high-quality, sequential arts education from Kindergarten to 12th grade.
Finally, I am also excited to announce the launch of the very first TakePART Initiative website (takepartinitiative.org) created by the Teen Techies in our newly acquired Teen Media Initiative, an Extended Learning program of P.S. ARTS. The Teen Media Initiative gives teenagers exposure to digital media education and opportunities to assist local businesses in creating websites and marketing materials. The TakePART Initiative website created by our Teen Techies will be a great resource for all of the organizations involved in this collaborative partnership.
Once again, thank you to all our partners and supporters who have helped make the TakePART Initiative such a success! We all feel so privileged to be working with a group of such dedicated partners!
