Art Share LA
Art Share LA creates equitable access and opportunity for emerging artists by providing a creative environment for them to live, work, develop, perform, and exhibit. We believe artists, as individuals, must be valued and supported as a vital part of a culturally rich, vibrant community.
Automata
Automata is an artist-run non-profit organization located in Los Angeles, California, dedicated to the creation, incubation, and presentation of experimental puppet theater, experimental film and music, installation, and contemporary art practices centered on ideas of artifice and performing objects.
Coaxial
Coaxial Arts Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit, multi-disciplinary media arts organization devoted to media, sound, and performance arts. Located in Los Angeles.
Crawlspace LA
CRAWLSPACE LA is a DIY venue and art space in the heart of the LA Arts District, founded by CalArts alumni Max Martin, Mandolin Burns, and Jes Vesconte. CRAWLSPACE LA aims to be a home for experimental creation and improvisation, performance and research, as well as a space to foster community and authentic connection.
Departure From Music Venues (DMV)
The DMV is a space dedicated to the free exhibition of experimental music in Los Angeles. In 2023, the DMV expanded its operations to become a small-batch tape label, releasing experimental and under-recognized music of all genres.
The Fulcrum Press
Founded in Los Angeles in 2014, The Fulcrum Press is a publisher exploring the interplay between photography and other media. We are committed to expanding the possibilities of the publication format through our approach to the photo book as a curatorial project that exists both on and off the printed page.
Heavy Manners Library
Heavy Manners is a lending library, gallery, and bookstore that seeks to provide a space for developing, sharing, and discussing artwork and creative practice. Located in Los Angeles, CA.
Highways
Highways Performance Space is Southern California’s boldest center for new performance, film and visual art.
In its 36th year, Highways continues to be an important alternative cultural center in Los Angeles that encourages radical artists from diverse communities to develop and present innovative new works. Highways promotes the development of contemporary socially involved artists and art forms.
Human Resources
Human Resources was founded in 2010 by a team of creative individuals who seek to broaden engagement with contemporary and conceptual art, with an emphasis on performative and underexposed modes of expression. Located in Los Angeles, CA.
Los Angeles Performance Practice
Los Angeles Performance Practice is a non-profit organization devoted to the production and presentation of contemporary performance by artists whose work advances and challenges multi-disciplinary artistic practices.
Monk Space
Established in 2007, Monk Space has helped hundreds of creative visions come to life. Whether you’re shooting independent film, documentary, newscast, interviews, music video, photo shoot or recording artist, podcast, and ADR, Monk Space is your playground and sanctuary.
Oracle Egg
An artist-run incubator for experimental music and performance in Los Angeles.
REDCAT
REDCAT, CalArts’ downtown center for contemporary arts, is a multidisciplinary center for the visual and performing arts in Los Angeles. Through performances, exhibitions, screenings, and events, REDCAT presents new and innovative work across the arts, both from Los Angeles and around the world.
Scribble
Scribble is a nonprofit counseling center and community events venue located in Highland Park, Los Angeles.
Something Poetic
Experimental Art Studio located in DTLA.
https://www.instagram.com/something_poetic_/
Solarc Brewing
Solarc was born from two friends in the LA arts community who bonded over a batch of mead, which they brewed while listening to Gregorian chant in the companies current headquarters, a barn like garage in Highland Park. Host multiple live music events throughout the week.
Stomping Ground LA
A community arts center for people to gather and create. We believe everyone is creative and should have the opportunity to express themselves in the arts. SGLA provides a safe space for the development, creation, and sharing of artistic work by both professionals and the communities we serve.
Trade School
Trade School is a project space building worker power through creative experimentation and education.
2591 N. Fair Oaks, Altadena, CA 91001
The World Stage
The World Stage is an educational and performance art space in Leimert Park Village, the heart of Los Angeles’ African American cultural community. It was founded in 1989 by the late world-renowned master jazz drummer Billy Higgins and by poet and community arts activist Kamau Daáood, in an attempt to fill a cultural void in the L.A. community. Initially formed as a loose collective of artists and arts supporters, The World Stage has grown to assume a pioneering and pivotal role in South L.A.’s music and art landscape.
Zebulon
Intimate venue for live music, including theater-style seating, with food and a patio.
2220 Arts + Archives
Operating as a volunteer-run community arts center, 2220 is an interdisciplinary event space that is focused on experimentation, improvisation and adventure across a broad spectrum of artists and art practices. Its calendar is curated and cooperatively programmed by roughly a dozen LA-based independent programmers and cultural nonprofits, including many that are longstanding in the city.