WIDENING HORIZONS

Creative Pathways

“ Venice Arts gave me the confidence, skills, and tools to pursue a creative career...allowing me to learn from people in creative industries and to see that it was possible to be successful. ”

Supporting teens’ creative aspirations and access to life-altering opportunities. FREE to low-income families; available to all teens enrolled in our Media Arts Education + Mentoring programs. Activities include:

Creative Conversations with professionals working in a variety of roles including artistic, strategic, business, production, talent, and trades.
Awards + Competitions Support for national, state, and local awards, competitions, and film festivals. Check-out past student success, here.
Career-Directed Field trips Taken at least once per semester, includes field trips to artists’ studios, exhibitions, and creative sector companies.

Law&Order: SVU editor, Nancy Forner, with Intern Jocelyn Ramirez. (Copy)

Law&Order: SVU editor, Nancy Forner, with Intern Jocelyn Ramirez.

Panelists (l-r) Lauren Whitney, President of TV, Miramax; Dennise Williams, Global Head Video Content, Apple; Datari Turner, Producer. (Copy)

Panelists (l-r) Lauren Whitney, President of TV, Miramax; Dennise Williams, Global Head Video Content, Apple; Datari Turner, Producer.

Sony Studios career-directed field trip. (Copy)

Sony Studios career-directed field trip.

Advanced film students learn from the creatives at innovative, content design studio, Adaptive. (Copy)

Advanced film students learn from the creatives at innovative, content design studio, Adaptive.

Disney's VP Post Production, Berenice Robinson, during Creative Career Day. (Copy)

Disney's VP Post Production, Berenice Robinson, during Creative Career Day.

Artist Mike Jasorka discussing how VA's sequential arts program can lead careers in storyboarding. (Copy)

Artist Mike Jasorka discussing how VA's sequential arts program can lead careers in storyboarding.

Fresh off of finishing their own creative marketing endeavor for LADWP, our students took field trip to advertising/marketing agency Zambezi LA. (Copy)

Fresh off of finishing their own creative marketing endeavor for LADWP, our students took field trip to advertising/marketing agency Zambezi LA.

A team from VICE + Pulse Media discusses "the pitch" at a young filmmakers workshop. (Copy)

A team from VICE + Pulse Media discusses "the pitch" at a young filmmakers workshop.

Magnum photographer, Diana Markosian, discusses long-form documentary projects. (Copy)

Magnum photographer, Diana Markosian, discusses long-form documentary projects.

Oscar-winning documentary producer, Caitrin Rogers, discusses her creative career pathway. (Copy)

Oscar-winning documentary producer, Caitrin Rogers, discusses her creative career pathway.

Behind the scenes at the Grammys, learning what it takes to produce live TV. (Copy)

Behind the scenes at the Grammys, learning what it takes to produce live TV.

Special effects house, The Mission, hosts a field trip. (Copy)

Special effects house, The Mission, hosts a field trip.

Learning about shooting with green screen at the YouTube space. (Copy)

Learning about shooting with green screen at the YouTube space.

Career-directed field trip at partner Motive, a national marketing/ad firm. (Copy)

Career-directed field trip at partner Motive, a national marketing/ad firm.

Nailing your cover letter, résumé, and portfolio. (Copy)

Nailing your cover letter, résumé, and portfolio.

Interested in getting involved?

Artists + Companies

We offer opportunities to mentor, present your work, teach a master class, and more. Creative sector businesses host field trips, job shadowing, and internship opportunities, as well. Check-out what’s possible.

For more info email Jaime Zavala, Executive Director or call 310-392-0846, or sign-up for our eNews Mailing list, below.

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