We have the chance to win a $100,000 from the LA2050 Grant Challenge and the Goldhirsch Foundation to rebuild our art gallery after we were forced to close due to harassment. Unfortunately, the harassment only serves to underline why a space like this is so necessary in South LA. Read about it in the LAist here.
Heart of Art Gallery is a conscious space run by women in South LA that provides a safe, unfiltered space for the creation and presentation of art made by women, youth, and members of the LGBTQIA community.
I put together this proposal with the hope that I can help the girls who inspired me to try.
Ms.3 and the CamCreature have done so much for me and all of the female and LGBTQIA artists of Los Angeles.
Heart of Art Gallery is a necessary thing, and I dearly hope it can continue to beat.
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The Heart of Art Gallery proposes: 1000 New Artworks made in & by LA in 2016!
With a grant of...
100,000 dollars, we will outreach to the over
10,000 women, youth and LGBTQIA artists in LA, to ask them to help produce
1,000 new works of art in 2016, to exhibit at one or more of our
100 community art events during the year, and continue our outreach at at least
10 university events, all by rebuilding our