2019
![26th Anniversary Gala (Copy)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593ac9e359cc682192dd7444/1571333475133-API29476V026MPSG5W8M/Fink.jpg)
November 2 | Our signature event includes wine and cocktails; specialty tastings, heavy hors d'oeuvres, and desserts from the best local restaurants; live music; our student-run photo booth and caricature stations; and our silent auction featuring collectible photographs by noted professional photographers and Venice Arts’ talented students, as well as items from local artisans and creative businesses.
![First Vote (Copy)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593ac9e359cc682192dd7444/1571270137217-KSE5F2O3YM6T6IWI7C4J/first+vote.jpg)
September 21 | Our First Vote exhibition includes a student created short-film, in addition to photography and comics that explore issues of importance to young people as they ready themselves to cast their first ballot in 2020.
![Culminating Exhibition (Copy)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593ac9e359cc682192dd7444/1571270190226-31FOT8XKVVYX30LAMSNA/culminating.jpg)
May 18 | This fun-filled community celebration showcases the best of our students’ films, photographs, comics, animations, and multi-media pieces from our award-winning Art Mentoring & Education workshops.
![Diana Markosian - Month of Photography Los Angeles (Copy)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593ac9e359cc682192dd7444/1571270236680-LRZLAVMQZLG7X2JVEBUG/markosian.jpeg)
May 18 | This fun-filled community celebration showcases the best of our students’ films, photographs, comics, animations, and multi-media pieces from our award-winning Art Mentoring & Education workshops.
![American Native (Copy)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593ac9e359cc682192dd7444/1571270241521-2OUWY4DT3KMIM2K3N4S3/american+native.jpg)
March 21 | Filmmaker Steven Oritt’s documentary American Native tells the story of the Ramapough Lenape Indians, a tribe shrouded in mystery and living just 30 minutes from New York City, as they fight for recognition as Native Americans.
![Home + Away (Copy)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593ac9e359cc682192dd7444/1571270245981-QO80CCU411OZG31OPTII/home+%2B+away.jpg)
February 21 | Documentary Home + Away follows students who cross the border each day to commute from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico to their school in El Paso, Texas.
![Jinn (Copy)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593ac9e359cc682192dd7444/1571270249104-EB8Q6W6C0JWI197CLE1J/jinn.png)
January 17 | Join filmmaker Nijla Mumin, for her feature Jinn, telling the story of Summer, a 17-year-old black girl whose world is turned upside down when her mother converts to Islam, prompting her to reevaluate her identity.
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![First Vote (Copy)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593ac9e359cc682192dd7444/1571270137217-KSE5F2O3YM6T6IWI7C4J/first+vote.jpg)
![Culminating Exhibition (Copy)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593ac9e359cc682192dd7444/1571270190226-31FOT8XKVVYX30LAMSNA/culminating.jpg)
![Diana Markosian - Month of Photography Los Angeles (Copy)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593ac9e359cc682192dd7444/1571270236680-LRZLAVMQZLG7X2JVEBUG/markosian.jpeg)
![American Native (Copy)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593ac9e359cc682192dd7444/1571270241521-2OUWY4DT3KMIM2K3N4S3/american+native.jpg)
![Home + Away (Copy)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593ac9e359cc682192dd7444/1571270245981-QO80CCU411OZG31OPTII/home+%2B+away.jpg)
![Jinn (Copy)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593ac9e359cc682192dd7444/1571270249104-EB8Q6W6C0JWI197CLE1J/jinn.png)