Professional Develpement

A Community Learning and Networking Program for Arts Professionals

Program Description

The DCA Evening Webinar Series for Arts Workers, in partnership with Arts for LA, is an opportunity for the local arts and cultural community to build networks through listening, learning, and exchanging insights. This year, the program comprises three cohorts.

These evening exchanges offer opportunities for attendees to ask questions, share comments or recommendations, and interact at the end of the sessions. If interested, local artists and arts workers are welcome and encouraged to join multiple cohorts throughout the course of the series.

These meetings (starting at or after 6:30 p.m. PST) are virtual and held on regular intervals to encourage consistent enrollment, continuous participation, and evolving benefits. Please note that all the cohort meetings will be recorded.

2025 Cohorts

(attendees can join any cohorts at any time)

Leadership Cohort for Artists with Disabilities

Dates: March 26, April 23, May 21, June 4, June 25, 2025
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Registration: https://bit.ly/3FjfIU9
Speakers: Laura Brody, Socks Whitmore, and Vanessa Cruz

Important information: This cohort will include American Sign Language interpreting and real-time captioning throughout the five sessions. For registration assistance or additional support, reach out to mouna.benbouazza@lacity.org. To request a reasonable accommodation in advance, please contact (213) 202-5503 (Voice), dial 7-1-1 for CA Relay, or email mouna.benbouazza@lacity.org at least five business days before the event. We’ll make every effort to accommodate requests with less notice. Copies of documents are available in alternative formats upon request.

Outdoor Festival Producers

Dates: March 27, April 16, May 14, June 11, June 26, 2025
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Registration: https://bit.ly/4kXOTW0
Speakers: Pierre Arreola, Tanisha Hall, Diane Robertson

Entertainment Industry Writers of Color – Coordinated by Arts For LA

A Community Learning and Networking Program for Arts Professionals

Program Description

The DCA Evening Webinar Series for Arts Workers, in partnership with Arts for LA, is an opportunity for the local arts and cultural community to build networks through listening, learning, and exchanging insights. This year, the program comprises three cohorts.

These evening exchanges offer opportunities for attendees to ask questions, share comments or recommendations, and interact at the end of the sessions. If interested, local artists and arts workers are welcome and encouraged to join multiple cohorts throughout the course of the series.

These meetings (starting at or after 6:30 p.m. PST) are virtual and held on regular intervals to encourage consistent enrollment, continuous participation, and evolving benefits. Please note that all the cohort meetings will be recorded.

2025 Cohorts

(attendees can join any cohorts at any time)

Leadership Cohort for Artists with Disabilities

Dates: March 26, April 23, May 21, June 4, June 25, 2025
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Registration: https://bit.ly/3FjfIU9
Speakers: Laura Brody, Socks Whitmore, and Vanessa Cruz

Important information: This cohort will include American Sign Language interpreting and real-time captioning throughout the five sessions. For registration assistance or additional support, reach out to mouna.benbouazza@lacity.org. To request a reasonable accommodation in advance, please contact (213) 202-5503 (Voice), dial 7-1-1 for CA Relay, or email mouna.benbouazza@lacity.org at least five business days before the event. We’ll make every effort to accommodate requests with less notice. Copies of documents are available in alternative formats upon request.

Outdoor Festival Producers

Dates: March 27, April 16, May 14, June 11, June 26, 2025
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Registration: https://bit.ly/4kXOTW0
Speakers: Pierre Arreola, Tanisha Hall, Diane Robertson

Entertainment Industry Writers of Color – Coordinated by Arts For LA

A Community Learning and Networking Program for Arts Professionals

Program Description

The DCA Evening Webinar Series for Arts Workers, in partnership with Arts for LA, is an opportunity for the local arts and cultural community to build networks through listening, learning, and exchanging insights. This year, the program comprises three cohorts.

These evening exchanges offer opportunities for attendees to ask questions, share comments or recommendations, and interact at the end of the sessions. If interested, local artists and arts workers are welcome and encouraged to join multiple cohorts throughout the course of the series.

These meetings (starting at or after 6:30 p.m. PST) are virtual and held on regular intervals to encourage consistent enrollment, continuous participation, and evolving benefits. Please note that all the cohort meetings will be recorded.

2025 Cohorts

(attendees can join any cohorts at any time)

Leadership Cohort for Artists with Disabilities

Dates: March 26, April 23, May 21, June 4, June 25, 2025
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Registration: https://bit.ly/3FjfIU9
Speakers: Laura Brody, Socks Whitmore, and Vanessa Cruz

Important information: This cohort will include American Sign Language interpreting and real-time captioning throughout the five sessions. For registration assistance or additional support, reach out to mouna.benbouazza@lacity.org. To request a reasonable accommodation in advance, please contact (213) 202-5503 (Voice), dial 7-1-1 for CA Relay, or email mouna.benbouazza@lacity.org at least five business days before the event. We’ll make every effort to accommodate requests with less notice. Copies of documents are available in alternative formats upon request.

Outdoor Festival Producers

Dates: March 27, April 16, May 14, June 11, June 26, 2025
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Registration: https://bit.ly/4kXOTW0
Speakers: Pierre Arreola, Tanisha Hall, Diane Robertson

Entertainment Industry Writers of Color – Coordinated by Arts For LA

A Community Learning and Networking Program for Arts Professionals

Program Description

The DCA Evening Webinar Series for Arts Workers, in partnership with Arts for LA, is an opportunity for the local arts and cultural community to build networks through listening, learning, and exchanging insights. This year, the program comprises three cohorts.

These evening exchanges offer opportunities for attendees to ask questions, share comments or recommendations, and interact at the end of the sessions. If interested, local artists and arts workers are welcome and encouraged to join multiple cohorts throughout the course of the series.

These meetings (starting at or after 6:30 p.m. PST) are virtual and held on regular intervals to encourage consistent enrollment, continuous participation, and evolving benefits. Please note that all the cohort meetings will be recorded.

2025 Cohorts

(attendees can join any cohorts at any time)

Leadership Cohort for Artists with Disabilities

Dates: March 26, April 23, May 21, June 4, June 25, 2025
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Registration: https://bit.ly/3FjfIU9
Speakers: Laura Brody, Socks Whitmore, and Vanessa Cruz

Important information: This cohort will include American Sign Language interpreting and real-time captioning throughout the five sessions. For registration assistance or additional support, reach out to mouna.benbouazza@lacity.org. To request a reasonable accommodation in advance, please contact (213) 202-5503 (Voice), dial 7-1-1 for CA Relay, or email mouna.benbouazza@lacity.org at least five business days before the event. We’ll make every effort to accommodate requests with less notice. Copies of documents are available in alternative formats upon request.

Outdoor Festival Producers

Dates: March 27, April 16, May 14, June 11, June 26, 2025
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Registration: https://bit.ly/4kXOTW0
Speakers: Pierre Arreola, Tanisha Hall, Diane Robertson

Entertainment Industry Writers of Color – Coordinated by Arts For LA

Learn about Los Angeles-based artist Betye Saar’s assemblage art and discover how to integrate her work into your K-12 curriculum. Hear from curator Lauren Cross about Betye Saar’s recent installation at The Huntington, Drifting Toward Twilight. Explore her artistic process and the meaning behind the work, which speaks to racial oppression, mysticism, family, memory, and identity.

The program will dive deeply into the fascinating work of Afro-Brazilian artist Vitória Cribb. In this session, we will discuss the confluence of physical and digital life, her work in AR, and how to use open-source 3D blenders for animated films.