Creative sector Partnerships

Many creative companies—including large studios, small- and mid-size production companies, and post-production houses—partner with Venice Arts, including through its partnership with the LA County Department of Economic Opportunity, to foster a shared commitment to building equity and opportunity for low-income young people. Among other things, they:

• Contribute their time and talent to programs such as Creative Conversations, or to mentoring young creatives

• Dedicate paid internship and work opportunities to our students, or give their applications priority review

• Build employment pathways through apprenticeships and jobs

Want to learn more?

• Reach out to Director Ajani Amiri to learn more, or to inquire as to whether our County partners are offering wage offsets, or other incentive programs, to support placing our graduates in your internships, apprenticeships, or jobs.

• View our deck, below, or our 1-sheet, here

• Read our report: Expansion of Pre/Apprenticeships Into The Film & Digital Media Industry

Help build creative equity & opportunity

• Host a field trip for a small group of students, or a job shadowing opportunity

• Provide access to life-changing, paid internships at no initial cost to your company.

• Join us for our virtual series Creative Conversations, designed to demystify the many pathways that people take to success in their professions. [Creative Conversations is underwritten, in part, by Los Angeles County’s workforce development agency (WDACS), United Talent Agency and California Humanities.]

• Provide 1:1 mentoring to support a young person's college or career aspirations

• Explore the benefits of an apprenticeship program. In 2022, Venice Arts will launch LA’s first Arts2Work Training Center, one in a national network of pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, with two tracks: Multimedia Producer and Digital Video Editor. Contact us for information, here.

learn more

1-Sheet | How to Set-up An Internship Program

Explore how you or your company might be involved. Email Ajani amiri, Director CCWE, or call 310-392-0846

Thank you to the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity who, through the support of the American Rescue Plan Act, has been a lead partner in the development of pre-apprenticeship and creative sector job placement programs.

We are also grateful to the following companies and foundations for their generous support: The Golden Globes Foundation,; NBCUniversal Creative Impact Lab; NBC Launch; the Perenchio Foundation; the Snap Foundation; United Talent Agency; Sony Pictures Entertainment.; and the W.M. Keck Foundation.

> And to our many creative sector partners who provide both learning and work experience to our participants—we couldn’t do it without you!