{"id":1977,"date":"2016-03-30T18:21:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T18:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/arts-culture\/arts-council-awards-5-000-grant-to-filmmaker-documenting-long-beach-punk-rockers-of-color\/"},"modified":"2016-03-30T18:21:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T18:21:43","slug":"arts-council-awards-5-000-grant-to-filmmaker-documenting-long-beach-punk-rockers-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/arts-council-awards-5-000-grant-to-filmmaker-documenting-long-beach-punk-rockers-of-color","title":{"rendered":"Arts Council Awards Grant to Filmmaker’s Vision to Depict Punk Rock Youth of Color in Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"anarachy2\"The Arts Council for Long Beach announced Wednesday the addition of a $5,000 Risk and Innovation Grant to its roster of funds given to the local arts community. The grant is designed to spur innovation in communities through \u201cexperimental, art-based problem solving,\u201d stated the release.<\/p>\n

Local filmmaker Donovan Vim Crony was awarded the grant to complete Anarchy Nowadays<\/em>, a narrative short film about young punk rockers of color from Long Beach. Crony said it would have been \u201cincredibly difficult\u201d to approach the film without the Arts Council\u2019s generous grant.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung people of color around the world have been stuck in the same narratives of tragedy and pain through media and film for many years now,” he said in a statement. \u201cOur collaborative effort to create something that shows we can grow, experience love, create art and learn from each within the context of a rock and roll film will be such a great experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"anarchy1\"Arts Council President Marco Schindelmann said that the grant offers the Arts Council a way to fund projects outside of mainstream culture and they are happy to set that precedent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis grant not only offers risk to the grantee but also allows the Arts Council to invest in risk as an alternative mode towards future innovation,\u201d he said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alongside the Risk and Innovation Grant, the Arts Council announced that a record number of Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) classrooms were awarded an Arts Education Enrichment Grant for the 2015-16 school year, tripling the number of recipients to 32 classrooms at 24 schools. The increased funding came from the Ruth and Joseph C. Reed Foundation for the Arts, while ongoing funding is made possible by support from Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe\u2019s office, according to the release.<\/p>\n

\u201cArts education is integral to the lives of youth in Long Beach,\u201d said Executive Director Griselda Su\u00e1rez in a statement. \u201cWhen we fund arts education, we invest in our future creative sector. I am pleased that, through this grant, the Arts Council will serve 3,533 students in all nine council districts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2015\u201316 Arts Education Enrichment Grant recipients are Barton Elementary, Bixby Elementary, Cabrillo High, Franklin Classical Middle, Fremont Elementary, Garfield Elementary, Gompers K-8, Hudson K-8, Hughes Middle, International Elementary, Jackie Robinson K-8 Academy, Kettering Elementary, Lafayette Elementary, Lakewood High, Longfellow Elementary, Marshall Middle Academy of the Arts, Millikan High, Muir Elementary, Powell Elementary, Prisk Elementary, Renaissance High, Stevenson Elementary, Washington Middle and Wilson High.<\/p>\n

For more information about the Arts Council for Long Beach, click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Images from Anarchy Nowadays courtesy of the Arts Council for Long Beach.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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