OUR MISSION
ARTWORXLA COMBATS THE HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT CRISIS BY ENGAGING STUDENTS IN A LONG-TERM, SEQUENTIAL ARTS PROGRAM OFFERING A PURSUABLE LIFE PATH THAT INSPIRES THEM TO STAY IN SCHOOL, EVOLVE AS UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS AND FLOURISH AS CREATIVE ADULTS.
WE ACHIEVE OUR MISSION BY
Creatively educating alternative high school teenagers with sustained arts exposure and immersion
Connecting students to a network of peers, artists, cultural partners, higher education, creative industries, and supportive adults
Investing human and financial resources around ongoing, persistent student and alumni support
OUR ULTIMATE ASPIRATION IS for all students to graduate high school with an expanded sense of community, with an awareness of their agency in society, and on a path to a living wage.
Our Core Values
Art is indispensable, enables us to communicate, and inspires an empathetic society.
Cultivating effective partnerships between artists, educators and community organizations amplifies our collective impact on the students we serve.
Our society is stronger and more inclusive when our students have full and equal access to its resources and can contribute their own voice.
Lasting change in our students and communities requires long-term investment.
Successful work in the community starts with a creative, participatory and respectful artworxLA workplace.
IT WAS ARTWORXLA MAKING SURE THAT MY VOICE WAS VALID, AND THAT WHAT I SAID MATTERED.
—Alfredo, artworxLA Alum
I CAME TO SCHOOL TODAY, BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WOULD BE HERE.
—Alanna, Rose City High School Student
ARTWORXLA IS THAT LITTLE NUDGE OF ENCOURAGEMENT THAT STUDENTS NEED TO GET OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE.
— Yaretssi, artworxLA Alum