We are happy to announce that additional positions for the 2025 Arts Internship Program are now available on our website! Students may visit to apply. These internships are for 400 hours of work at $17.87 an hour.

Below are some of the program features your interested students can take advantage of:

·??????? New Internships will be posted on a rolling basis: Interns should check our website at the beginning of each month starting on April 1, 2025 as new positions are posted monthly.

·??????? Extended internship window: Interns will be able to work from June 1, 2025 through March 1, 2026.

·??????? More flexible work parameters: grantee organizations may elect to have interns work as few as 15 hours a week, and interns may be able to work remotely for a portion of their hours.

Opportunities to connect! Interns will not be working in isolation and will be able to attend monthly virtual and in-person events to meet leaders in the field of arts and culture, network with one another, experience arts and culture and more.

If you are in contact with interested students, please let them know to visit our website for the first group of available positions. Students will apply directly to the host organizations via the information found on our website. Positions will be posted on our website starting April 1, 2025 and will continue to be posted on a rolling basis at the beginning of each month through July 2025.

Dear colleagues,

Do you want to design workshops, courses or community events that genuinely include and empower everyone—while also turning your skills into income? Join our??module, a 90-minute online session where you’ll gain practical tools and peer support to create trauma-informed, accessible learning experiences. Drawing on years of delivering workshops, residencies and community events worldwide, Intercultural Roots brings tried-and-tested methods to this session.

??Wednesday 11 June 2025
??17:00–18:30 (UK time)
??Online (Zoom link upon registration)
??Only 29 places available

What to Expect

• Inclusive Workshop Design:?Learn strategies to plan and facilitate events that welcome neurodiverse and marginalised participants, ensuring everyone feels safe and supported.

• Efficient Scheduling & Resource Management:?Map out timelines, budgets and materials; anticipate challenges so your workshops run smoothly and effectively.

• Trauma-Informed Facilitation:?Build a toolkit of step-by-step methods for holding space that honours learners’ backgrounds, needs and passions—helping them engage meaningfully.

• Peer Collaboration:?Exchange ideas with fellow practitioners and benefit from real-world examples of accessible, impactful workshop planning.

• Turn Skills Into Income:?Discover how to transform your expertise into paid offerings—workshops, courses, residencies—that generate revenue and sustain your practice.

Practitioner Partnerships Programme

We’ll also share details about?, our income-generating programme. As a partner, you can propose classes, courses or residencies; Intercultural Roots will co-develop, publish, promote and help administer them—so you can focus on creating and teaching. This is a chance to amplify your reach, tap into new audiences and earn while you build community impact.

Who Should Attend

• Artists, educators and facilitators?who want to ensure all participants feel welcome and valued.

• Project coordinators or programme managers?seeking efficient ways to schedule, budget and resource learning activities.

• Practitioners eager to monetise their skills?through co-developed, co-promoted offerings.

• Anyone committed to trauma-informed practice?and eager to foster truly equitable spaces for diverse learners.

Why This Matters

Thoughtfully planned workshops can transform how people engage, learn and connect. By the end of this session, you’ll have:

1. A checklist for inclusive design that addresses accessibility, cultural context and safety.

2. Concrete methods for mapping timelines, resources and potential obstacles.

3. Practical tools to facilitate trauma-informed, learner-centred activities that empower every attendee.

4. A clear overview of how you can earn income and deliver paid offerings.

Ready to Get Started?

Secure your place before the 29 spots are gone.

??Fee:??5 General | ?3 GIRIC Members?

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Warmly,

The Intercultural Roots Team
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HaGomel Seeks Experienced Bilingual (English/Spanish)?Part-Time Expressive Arts Workshop Facilitator

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HaGomel's?mission is to provide free expressive arts programs that support emotional and psychological healing for women who have experienced sexual and other trauma. ()?

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Position Description

HaGomel is seeking a Spanish-speaking Facilitator who can lead in-person multi-modal expressive arts programs involving visual art, writing, music, movement, mindfulness, and/or theater arts.?All of our programs include at least two modalities.

Our immediate need is for a Facilitator to lead a 4-5 session series of workshops (every other week) for one of our community partners in the Pico-Westlake area.?If this initial series is successful, we plan to continue this program for additional workshops and recommend this facilitator to lead workshops at other locations as well.

Facilitator must have reliable transportation and be able to bring the necessary supplies (to be provided or paid for by HaGomel) to the community partner location for each workshop.?

Position Type

Part-time (5-10 hours/month); non-exempt. Payment per workshop (ranging from $150-$200) based on applicant experience.

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Reports To

President and Program Director

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Responsibilities

·??????Create multi-model expressive arts workshops for 90-minute time periods.

·??????Prepare written descriptions of each workshop to review with HaGomel supervisor.

·??????Obtain workshop supplies as necessary – supplies to be provided by HaGomel or reimbursed by HaGomel.

·??????Lead workshops with community partners.

·??????Complete follow-up report for each workshop to share with HaGomel supervisor.

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Qualifications

·??????Bilingual in Spanish and English.

·??????Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably?in arts, education, expressive arts therapy or related field of study.

·??????Expressive arts and trauma-informed facilitation training required.

·??????Experience/competency in the arts such as drawing, painting, artmaking,?fabrication, writing/poetry, movement, yoga, and/or music required.?Our workshops are multi-modal, so skills in more than one area are necessary.

·??????Minimum of two years of experience in expressive arts workshop facilitation.

·??????Compatible interests to our field and mission.

·??????Strong interpersonal skills.

·??????Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

·??????Two positive professional references.

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How to Apply

To apply, please send a cover letter and résumé to info@...?with the subject header “HaGomel Expressive Arts Facilitator.” Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

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HaGomel?does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or any other restricting classification in the selection of employees.

"The absurd juxtaposition of the sacred and the synthetic , the ancient and the mass-produced, exposes the unstable foundations of Western modernity and its aesthetic logic." -Mark Chavez and Ina Conradi

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Come into Avenue 50 Studio June 7th 3pm-6pm for our new exhibition by Mark Chavez and Ina Conradi, "The Serpent and the Dragonfly". The exhibition will be up until June 5th 2025.

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THE MUSIC CENTER

135 N. Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90012

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The?PlayGround Innovator Incubator?is a multi-year intensive incubation program to support new theatrical production companies and their pursuit of theatrical innovation. In July, PlayGround will present the?Innovators Showcase, a multi-week new works showcase, featuring world premiere productions, workshops, and staged readings highlighting the work of Innovator Incubator participants.?To date, 16?companies have been launched through the Innovator Incubator, helping to employ more than 400 local theatre artists and fostering the development of more than 30 new works for the stage.?

Program details and application link: https://playground-sf.org/incubator/

2025-26 INNOVATOR INCUBATOR APPLICATION

Last year’s initiative supported four production companies and provided more than $50,000 in tools and resources including fiscal sponsorship, one-on-one mentoring, free and discounted performance and rehearsal space, and co-marketing.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants must:

– Be a rising theatre company with 0-3 years of producing history with a Leadership Team consisting of at least three members. Leadership team need not be full-time nor paid, just committed to the success of the company.
– In the?San Francisco Bay Area?and?Greater Los Angeles Area,?all?rising theatre companies are invited to apply.
– In?New York City?and the?Greater Chicago Area, theatre companies must have at least one PlayGround-affiliated artist (Company Member, Writers Pool Member, Writers Pool Alum, Monday Night PlayGround Actor/Director, Board Member) on their leadership team in order to apply.
– Have at least one theatrical project in mind to produce or develop as a part of the July 2026 Innovator Incubator Showcase at Potrero Stage in San Francisco OR at another venue of the applicant’s choice. If not taking place at Potrero Stage, the applicant will be responsible for securing their own presentation venue. This performance can be a reading, workshop, development production or other sort of public presentation as determined by the individual Incubator company.
– Commitment to taking full advantage of the opportunities for peer learning and 1-on-1 mentorship to advance the development and growth of your new company, including monthly subject-specific workshops (marketing, public relations, financial management, production management, crowd-funding and grant writing, etc.), access to PlayGround professional staff, etc. (August, 2025-July, 2026).

Program details and application link: https://playground-sf.org/incubator/

Now through June 30, 2025, applications are open nationwide for Levitt Music Series Grants to activate underused public spaces and build community through the power of free, live music.?Levitt Music Series Grants are an?exciting, multi-year matching grant?bringing the joy of free outdoor concerts to towns and cities across the country, creating vibrant, inclusive community destinations. For the 2026–2028?grant cycle, the Levitt Foundation will award U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofits up to $40K per year, for a?total grant of up to $120K over three years, to present 7-10 free concerts per year.?The deadline to apply is June 30, 2025.?

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Interested nonprofits?can learn more, view the eligibility criteria, and register to apply at?.?

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**Join us for a , to learn more!!***?

Join us at Elysian Valley Community Garden for an open house & crafting day with our friends from Frogtown Arts!?

Admission is FREE, but we encourage you to RSVP here:?

Indulge in free crafting activities, light bites, and refreshing beverages while connecting with EVCG gardeners, LA Compost staff, Frogtown Arts, fellow volunteers, and community members. Let’s celebrate the spring season together! ??We'll also have opportunities to tour?the garden, learn about compost, and get our hands dirty with crafting and gardening!?

FREE ACTIVITIES:

• Patchwork mending: Come bring an item in need of patching! We’ll have sewing machines and free patches (*one clothing item per person)
• Rock Painting: Help us beautify our remediation area by painting a new addition to the rock wall
• Compost Sifting: LA Compost staff will be leading demos about the compost process and how to get involved with volunteering!
• Garden Tours: Come meet the EVCG gardeners and learn about how you can join the gardening community.
• Flower arrangement making: We’ll have free flowers and ribbons for you to make your very own bundle to take home.

Our Annual Institute at the Autry Museum of the American West is on Monday, May 19 from 9AM to 3PM. Score major savings on ticket prices by registering TODAY!?

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Member pricing $40 | Non-members $75

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Join MESC on May 19, 2025, for a crucial discussion on how museum educators can adapt to a changing landscape, take action, and inspire communities to do the same. This event is more than just a gathering— it's a call to action, a platform for sharing ideas about the accountability of museum education and educators, and an opportunity to organize as a field to take meaningful action.

Through keynotes, breakout sessions, and poster presentations, we’ll examine the evolving responsibilities of museum educators, share strategies for adapting to change, and build networks of support to sustain impactful work.

Secure your spot today! Register at

Please join the City of West Hollywood’s Arts Division for a virtual arts grant program workshop. The City of West Hollywood’s Arts Grants Workshops aim to help potential applicants learn about the application process, understand the City’s funding priorities, and ask staff questions to aid in the submission of strong proposals. On May 21, join Arts Division staff to learn about the 5 grant categories offering funding for projects in 2026. On May 28, join Arts Division staff to learn more about the specific budget section of the grant application. Both of the workshops will be available online after the virtual session. Make sure to come and get your questions answered!

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City of West Hollywood Arts Grants are OPEN NOW - the deadline is July 1st.

You don't necessarily need to be a resident of the City of West Hollywood to apply. Find out more at a workshop.

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RSVP for the zoom link.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 1pm

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 1pm (Budget specific)

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Register for the workshop here: