One of our limited goodie bags will have a gift card for the awesome Soda Pops Sandwich shop in West Hollywood!
All goodie bags will all have $10 Gift Certificates for some yummy sushi from Toro Sushi Bar Lounge in Pasadena! Thanks to their amazing manager for being a giveaway sponsor! Get Yo Sushi On 😉
All goodie bags will have a few passes for a FREE class at UFC Gym Lakewood!
Arturo Gayosso is a friend and a Photographer based in East Los Angeles, he has photographed some of our previous events including our April 2013 Monday Night Residency at Los Globos.
Arturo Gayosso
Photo By Arturo Gayosso
Photo By Arturo Gayosso
Photo By Arturo Gayosso
Photo of Nodigga By Arturo Gayosso
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Meet: Stephanie Antonio
Stephanie has been photographing since a camera was put into her hand. Professionally, she has photographed numerous events from folk to punk. Currently, she is the primary photographer for The Radioactive Chickenheads and has numerous self produced music and art events under her Subculture Girl Productions company. Stephanie is also a multimedia artist, performing live painting for The Chocolate Art Show, First Fridays Art show in Ventura, and other charity events.
Photo By Stephanie Antonio
Photo by Stephanie Antonio
Photo By Stephanie Antonio
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So awesome, thanks to Lyft LA our Charity Music & Arts Festival has been given the offer for FREE RIDES!
For those that have or don’t have the app on your mobile. Enter the coupon code JJMXRB in the payments section before taking your ride(s).
A BIG thanks to our 2014 Giveaway Sponsors!
Kiki Van Ness has been an ongoing giveaway sponsor and we are thrilled to have small business owners support our charity events.
Betty Elektro Interview with owner of Kiki Van Ness
Rockin’ Bones Clothing from Austin, Texas has been a supporter since 2013 and our limited goodie bags will have discount codes for their site and some bags will have some of their items.
Betty Elektro’s Interview with owners of Rockin’ Bones Clothing
Darling Of Mine is a new giveaway sponsor and has graciously donate a couple of handmade pairs of earring for our limited giveaway bags. Jessica Wilkerson is the owner of this small business and sells new, vintage clothing, accessories, jewelry and artwork.
How It All Began
Originally founded in 1977 as Free Arts Clinic, Free Arts for Abused Children was born out of the determination of two women who understood and appreciated the inherent therapeutic value of the arts. Carolyn Sargent, a woman who, as a child, used art to emerge from the sadness and isolation of hearing loss, and Elda Unger, an artist and aspiring art therapist. Both women recognized the need for children in foster care to have meaningful engagement with the arts. By conducting art workshops, Carolyn and Elda gave the gift of creative self-expression to children in need of positive outlets for their experiences.
Free Arts Mission & Vision
Free Arts programs inspire hope in the lives of children who have experienced abuse, neglect, poverty and homelessness through innovative creative arts programs and positive interactions with caring adult volunteers.
Free Arts envisions a society of individuals from different communities, cultures and life experiences connecting through the healing power of art to interrupt the cycle of violence, create understanding, build self-esteem and nurture better lives.
Growing Programs
Free Arts started with a single program at a residential facility. As Free Arts grew, thousands of children participated in the Free Arts Day Program and soon thereafter the Weekly Volunteer Program. In 1993, the organization began coordinating art activities in the waiting areas of the Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park, a courthouse dedicated exclusively to child abuse, neglect and abandonment cases. In 2009 we expanded to the McCourtney Juvenile Justice Center in Lancaster. Free Arts also introduced the Parents and Children Together with Art (PACT) Program in 1994 to help families in crisis.
Today, Free Arts has four thriving cornerstone programs, each of which relies heavily on the dedication of community volunteers who use art as a bridge to connect with vulnerable children.
Reaching Out Around the Country
Free Arts for Abused Children is the legacy organization for a network of affiliates across the United States. After experiencing success in delivering our program models for more than 15 years, an expansion effort was launched in 1993 when an affiliate agency was founded in Arizona. Since that time, several Free Arts affiliates have been established including Free Arts Minnesota and Free Arts NYC. Please contact them directly for information about their local programs.
Note: Out of respect for our founders, we have chosen to keep the name that reflects their original intention: Free Arts for Abused Children. However, in conversations with volunteers, partner agencies, and other supporters, we often go simply by “Free Arts”, and this is always the intention for interactions with children and families participating in programs.
We hope to see many of you at our Charity Festival on 2/22/14 and lets raise as much money as we can for the AMAZING organization!
Back in 2012 I had a dream of having my own Charity Music & Arts Festival and bring together the community. I just happened to connect with Ruben Beltran one of the managers from The Airliner that year and he believed in my vision and in 2013 our first ElektroPR Charity Festival was born. The venue is spacious and has 2 great rooms where our bands/ DJ’s will be, a cool remodeled Patio area, 2 bars and the kitchen will be open the night of our event. Below is the menu for the kitchen and stay posted on some drink specials that will also be announced close to the event.
Greg Paquin
Greg Paquin grew up in the greater Los Angeles area and has been interested in art from a very early age. Coming from collecting comic books and replicating the frames, to pursuing a degree in Graphic Design. His dabbling in Graffiti and a love for underground music led him to the rave scene and more so underground house music culture. He began dancing and eventually made his way into “The World Famous Funny Bones Crew.” After putting together a few art shows, popping battles, and doing some community work, Greg also became a part of the Calafia chapter of the Universal Zulu Nation. Sitting behind a desk wasn’t Greg’s idea of a fulfilling career, so he left Graphics behind for a career as a Tattoo Artist. Greg’s trials and tribulations have taken him full circle back to his home town. He now tattoos out of Skanvas Tattoo in Artesia, CA.
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A BIG thank you to Seansay Clayton of Royal Red Velvet Cupcakes for donating her time and her marvelous cupcakes for our upcoming Charity Festival!
Cupcakes will be $3 each and 100% of sales will also be donated to our benefiting charity!
Check them out here and get some sweets for your sweetheart!
~ The Tastiest Cupcakes In The South Bay ~
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