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Dear friend of Hollywood Arts!
What good news! Guess what I have to report? For
those of you who don't know this, Hollywood Arts was
metaphysically blessed by being recognized as a
California corporation on Valentine's Day 2006. And
in only two weeks, we will be celebrating our
six-month anniversary!
So we are throwing an imaginary party! What are we
celebrating? $80,000! Thats how much we've
raised in just five and a half months to get our
programs to the teenagers living in the shelters or
on the streets of Hollywood.
But, as always, there is more to do...so instead of
giving us books or candles or other anniversary gifts we
may never use, we would like to ask you to send one
of our clients on a very
special field trip or help us get that much
closer to building
them the art center they really want.
Thank you!
Dylan Kendall
Executive
Director
Forward
to Friends
Persia White is a real friend to
Hollywood Arts |
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Persia White, actress, musician, activist, and best
known
for her role on the TV comedy series
Girlfriends, shows she is a real friend to
homeless teenagers. Persia comes to theater classes
and works with the teenagers
I can honestly say the arts saved my
life. As
a troubled teenager, music, painting and theater became
the ray of light that pulled me off a dark path of
self destruction and confusion.
It's my great joy to work with Hollywood Arts and
bring that same light into the lives of teenagers in
need. Hollywood Arts recognizes how important and
healing the arts are and that together we can make a
difference in the lives of youth who are our future.
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| Question: What mixes video games, classical music and lasers? |
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Answer: Video
Games Live!
Renowned video game composers, Tommy Tallarico and
Jack Wall, present the most popular video games
performed by top orchestras and choirs around the
world, combining exclusive video footage and music
arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo
performers, electronic percussionists and unique
interactive segments to create an explosive
one-of-a-kind entertainment experience.
Why do we care? First, Tommy Tallarico is the
honoree for our first annual Hollywood Arts Dream
awards (1/27/07)! Second, a generous and
anonymous donor has purchased FIVE TERRACE BOXES
for our youth! That's 20 seats right in the front
to see this amazing show! But we can't choose which
20 teenagers should go, but we could choose 35 or
more so please help us buy another 4 boxes by using
the coupon below....
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| Variety-The Children's Charity has heart! |
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Variety- The Children's Charity shows it has
heart for Hollywood Arts!
Long considered the "Heart of Show Business",
Variety-The Children's Charity finds its roots in
the entertainment industry. The Variety Club,
established in 1927 by eleven Vaudeville showmen,
still exists today for one reason - to help children
in need. In their 7-decade legacy of caring for
children, they have become the largest and most
effective children's charity in the world. The
organization has grown to 53 chapters in 14
countries raising over $1 billion worldwide.
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What is Hollywood Arts and how does it work? |
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EMOTIONAL HEALTH
How I feel about
myself.
Hollywood Arts uses creative
activities to stimulate self-respect by creating a
safe place to
process trauma and life challenges; to offer
opportunities for public validation critical to
improved self-perception; and to create a new
community of supportive friends and mentors.
LIFE SKILLS
Soft
skills.
Hollywood Arts uses creative
activities to teach our clients how to communicate
non-aggressively with a partner or in a group; how
to control impulsive and disruptive behavior; how to
trust peers and adults; how to bring creative
and analytical thinking skills to problem solving;
and other soft skills we take for granted.
JOB-READINESS SKILLS
Hard
skills.
Hollywood Arts uses creative
activities as a dynamic way to stimulate
intellectual curiosity and to teach vocabulary,
English, math, basic HTML, computer literacy,
marketing, design: all measurable, curriculum-based,
job-ready learning.
Let me give you an example: in our theater class, we
set up an scene. A teenager picks a story from his
life. A cop pulls over the driver of a stolen
vehicle. One youth plays the cop, one youth
plays the alleged thief. We push our clients to
think empathetically about the cops life and try
different behaviors. We push our clients to think
about different ways to solve the problem of being
pulled over: resist, confess, use logic skills etc.
Throughout the class we also teach vocabulary such
as protagonist, dramaturgy, and staging techniques
such as cheating to the audience. Let me tell you
what happens--the youth shoot up their hands to
answer our questions.
WHY DOES IT WORK?
Because before we
started programming, we asked our clients what they
wanted, what was important to them, and here's what
they replied: Video-gaming, fashion, drawing,
photography, hair and makeup, acting, rap, poetry,
animation, tattooing. What a perfect fit that all
these activities are creative...
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