
Happy New Year! Our online classes are back for a six week Winter session. In case you are burnt out on zoom and schedules, we’re continuing our video tutorials from last spring. If you never got a chance to take some of our classes, take a look at our WilliamGrantStillAC page or follow our IGTV to catch up on everything we offered once we had to close up the art center physically and go virtual.
Starting January 11, we will be rolling out daily video tutorials, for six weeks, Monday – Saturday that you can learn from at your schedule. Our offerings for this season are a continuation of Drums and Percussion with Delton Davis, Keyboard with Kevin Goode, a new class, Vocals with Cydney Davis, African Martial Arts with Professor Jahsun Olufemi and Low impact workout with Byron Mapp. One class, Line Dancing with Nawili Gray will be offered every Friday at 11am on Zoom. Registration and the Zoom App is required for Line Dancing. All classes and videos are free and for all ages to enjoy.
To catch up and keep up on our classes, follow us on our social media:
YouTube: WilliamGrantStillAC
Instagram & IGTV: @wgsarts
Facebook: William Grant Still Arts Center
To register for Line Dancing Fridays, 11am PST or if you have any questions regarding our video tutorials, please email monica.bailey@lacity.org for further information.
Upcoming Events
Free
Grand Park continues its tradition of lunchtime in the park by providing downtowners and park visitors a wide variety of food trucks three days per week.
Free
Part two of the virtual 40th Annual Black Doll Show, “Going to the Club” starts Saturday, January 9 from 4 to 6:00 p.m. While the dolls can have a have a night out, we will have a night in, with a Zoom dance party, and visits with special guests, all to celebrate William Grant Still Arts Center’s‘s signature exhibition. DJ Novena Carmel @novenacarmel and Host Quami Dushon will give us the inspirational vibes. In between dancing we will present a page from our,…
Poetry and spoken word open MIC event. Currently hosted virtually on Instagram line every Tuesday night. All ages and performers welcome. Please sign up every Tuesday at 12:00 noon (PST) at instagram.com/da_poetry_lounge.
Free
All Dolled Up: A 40 Year Celebration of the William Grant Still Arts Center’s Annual Black Doll Show, is one of the longest-running displays of Black Dolls in Los Angeles. The show will roll out with three themes and premieres on December 12, 2020, and will run through February 21, 2021. This community tradition honors the diversity and uniqueness of the Black community through an exhibition of historical, artistic, and commercial Black dolls. The retrospective reflects forty years of Black…