Our Programs

Barnsdall Arts Sunday

Artist in Residence Program

Artist in Residence Program provides outstanding custom-designed art education programs integrated with curriculum to schools, libraries, hospitals, museums, housing projects, community centers and social service agencies from pre-school through high school. We offer a range of multicultural and environmental themed classes as well as skill- and literacy-based curricula. Our teachers are practicing artists, and our curricula conform to VAPA standards. To design an artist residency for your site or for more information, please call Executive Director, Shelah Lehrer-Graiwer at (323) 363 4629. (more…)

Arts Community Partnership Network

The Arts Community Partnership Network (ACPN) is a LAUSD program to increase the efficiency and clarity of choices for schools from a list of carefully selected arts partners. It allows that schools can see precisely what services are available similarly between providers and to compare and contrast the services as meets the needs of their arts education plans. (more…)

Professional Development

Professional Development workshops foster creativity and competence in arts instruction for educators K-12. Please contact Executive Director Shelah Lehrer-Graiwer at (323) 363 4629 to schedule.

We offer a Staff Development program designed for educators. Teachers will explore art through discussion, exercises and hands-on arts experiences, as well as receive educational art information and curriculum ideas to incorporate into their classrooms. Each staff development workshop is taught by a professional artist-educator at your school site. Workshops can be provided in a variety of different art media designed to meet the needs of your school.

Festival and Special Events Program

Festival and Special Events Program offers children and family art workshops communitywide.

In the past few years we have participated at: Barnsdall Arts Market, Big Sunday, Brewery Art Walk, Cinco de Mayo, Hollywood Arts Council Festival of Children, LA Sister City Festival, LA Greek Festival, LA Jewish Book Festival, UCLA ARTS DAY LA and various street fairs.

Please call Executive Director Shelah Lehrer-Graiwer to schedule (323) 363 4629.

International Child Art Collection

International Child Art Collection (ICAC) consists of a global collection of over 1,000 artworks originally created by children from fifty countries for UNESCO and now used for exhibitions and as a teaching tool in conjunction with the A.I.R. Program. Exhibitions of framed artworks are loaned to schools, museums, institutions, businesses and other public venues. Last major exhibition LA City Hall Bridge Gallery November ‘06 to January ‘07. (more…)

Ragan Art Academy

Ragan Art Academy is a unique two-year sequential program providing students ages 12 and up with a rigorous foundation in the visual arts through a curriculum of life drawing with professional models, design, painting, sculpture and art history. Classes meet one evening per week between October and June at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, Barnsdall Art Park in Hollywood, and Clinton Middle School in Downtown L.A. For more information, please contact Program Director, Quan Trang at (310) 402 3511. (more…)

Cotsen Artist Fellowship

The JoAnne Stolaroff Cotsen Memorial Fund was established in 1979 in honor of the late JoAnne Stolaroff Cotsen. A dedicated volunteer and supporter of arts education, JoAnne Stolaroff Cotsen was one of the founding members of Friends of the Junior Arts Center (FOJAC), the nonprofit organization that provides volunteer and financial support to the Junior Arts Center in Barnsdall Art Park, while producing art programs in the community that serve 8,000 children annually.The Cotsen Memorial Fund funds an artist fellowship once every two or three years which enables FOJAC to invite a widely-recognized artist for a residency with local children and youth. The Cotsen Artist Fellowship is committed to providing a working, creative experience with artists of great stature to expand the vision of young people, and to nurture increased understanding and respect for their own artistic expression. (more…)

Project Silver Lining

Project Silver Lining is a new multi-disciplinary project incorporating yoga, film and visual arts to reach at-risk youth that aims to be a useful tool in boosting graduation rates as well as violence prevention. It is adaptable to elementary, middle and high school classes. To create an individualized Project Silver Lining for your site please contact Executive Director, Shelah Lehrer-Graiwer (323) 363 4629. (more…)

Griffith Park Grows Art - Free Family Art in the Park

Free family weekend “green” art workshops at the ponies and trains. Saturday 2:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m. from April to October. A collaboration of the greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council and Barnsdall Arts Sponsored by the GGPNC.

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Art Birthday for children.