Venice Arts Hiring in Merced County
October 13, 2011
Venice Arts is looking to hire a project manager/teaching artist in Merced County. Read more
Venice Arts’ Mentoring Program a Finalist for Presidential Award
October 13, 2011
Venice Arts’ Art Mentoring Program has been recognized as one of the top programs of its kind in the country by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the White House announced Thursday. Read more
Free “Mozambique” Film Screening at the Egyptian Theatre for 7th Artivist Film Festival
November 23, 2010
We are happy to announce that a documentary short by teenager Alcides Soares, a participant in Venice Arts’ project in Mozambique, The House Is Small But The Welcome Is Big, will screen at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood as part of the 7th Artivist Film Festival on Saturday, Dec. 4. The film, titled “Mozambique,” is about finding home and family after losing both parents to AIDS. The film will screen along with “Coexist” and “Maasai at the Crossroads.” Please spread the word to your friends and we hope to see you there!
Neal Baer, M.D.: Mash-Ups: Merging Photography with New Media for Social Change
October 18, 2010
Drawing on the work of Venice Arts and other organizations, photographers and writers, Neal Baer, M.D. will give a visual exploration of how photography and new media are acting as compelling advocacy tools for community storytelling and social change.
Baer is a Harvard-trained physician, practicing pediatrician and award-winning television writer and producer. Since 2000, he has been the showrunner and executive producer of the NBC series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Before his tenure at Law & Order: SVU, he was a writer and executive producer of ER. Baer is a board member at Venice Arts, where he has been a co-creator of Venice Arts’ current, international documentary projects, and a co-founder of the Institute for Photographic Empowerment, a joint project of the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and Venice Arts.
When: November 10, 2010 – 7:00 p.m.
Where: Venice Arts – 1702 Lincoln Boulevard, Venice, CA
Photograph courtesy coloradocollege.edu
