To ignite, expand, and transform the lives of Los Angeles’ low-income youth through photography and film education, and use our participatory storytelling practices to amplify the voices of underrepresented communities around the world.
Venice Arts’ programs are designed to develop the next generation of Los Angeles' storytellers and visual media artists. From beginning workshops, to Advanced Studies’ programs offering college-level classes, our standards-aligned curriculum teaches photography, filmmaking, animation, and sequential arts to young people ages 10-18. We offer a dynamic, experiential learning environment, with no more than 12 kids in a class and an artist-to-youth ratio of 1:3. our high-impact programs foster creativity, arts knowledge and skills, and visual, digital, and media literacy.