Website:http://www.plazadelaraza.org (Website)http://www.plazadelaraza.org/history (Our History)http://www.plazadelaraza.org/event-rentals (Event Rentals)
Description:Plaza de la Raza's School of Performing and Visual Arts has been a popular event venue since its inception almost 50 years ago. Founded by prominent labor, business and civic leaders as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, it offers affordable after-school, intergenerational arts education programs to nearly 5,100 children, teens and adults each year. Since 1970, Plaza de la Raza (Place of the People) has been a cultural oasis for the Eastside neighborhoods of Los Angeles, providing year-round programs in arts education and a space for cultural enrichment. Our site, located in historic Lincoln Heights, has hosted such events as Quinceañeras, wedding ceremonies and receptions, graduation parties, birthdays, funeral receptions, concerts, album & film release parties; everything from close-knit family parties hosting as few as 50 people, to big music festivals featuring 5,000 attendees and a 20-band lineup. Directly adjacent to Lincoln Park and its beautiful lake, Plaza de la Raza has it all: a gorgeous lakeside view, a decorative fountain, full kitchen, two outdoor courtyards, a dance hall, a 40-space private parking lot, and a 200-seat auditorium.
Site Condition:Situated in the century-old Lincoln Park, Plaza de la Raza is the only multidisciplinary cultural arts center serving Latinos in Los Angeles. The organization was founded over 33 years ago by prominent labor, business and community leaders and incorporated into a non-profit cultural arts and educational center in 1970. Today, Plaza provides year-round programs in arts education and fosters the enrichment of all cultures. Through the arts, Plaza provides a vital human resource service, bridging geographic, social, artistic and cultural boundaries of Los Angeles and beyond. Plaza de la Raza's principal community-based program and crowning achievement of its 33-year legacy is the School of Performing and Visual Arts (SPVA). Since its inception in 1975, the SPVA has grown to provide 500-600 students each week with a full curriculum in theatre, dance, music and visual arts. Plaza recognizes the ability art has as an alternative to the often harsh experiences that come with growing up and living in Los Angeles' inner city and is committed to providing a space where every student can give life to self-expression, innovation, creativity and individuality. Plaza also presents an energetic list of programs including performances on the Willie Velasquez outdoor stage and the Margo Albert Theatre. In the Boathouse Gallery, the school has exhibitions of work produced by its students ages five to adult. Large dance studio with skylights and oak floors. Modern and well-ventilated. Mirrors on one wall, barres along three. Piano and storage closets. Interior Features: Dressing Rooms, Ballet barre and office Space.
General Notes:Updated 6/13/23 jj
Jurisdictions::FILMLA / LOS ANGELES FILM OFFICE - FLICS, Los Angeles City
Within 30-Mile Zone: Y
State Property: No
Closed/Vacant: No
GPS Source:Google Maps (interactive), x coordinate: 34.0673803, y coordinate: -118.2032641
Building Materials: Brick
Contacts: Jimenez-Torres, Maria *Executive Director, Plaza de le Raza Cultural Center for the Arts & Education323.223.2475 Phone 1323.223.1840 Fax[email protected]
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