EXPERTS AND ENTHUSIASTS
When our learners aren't out in the city engaging the civic community where it thrives, we are bringing its fascinating members to our school location.
Through frequent visits by Experts and Enthusiasts, our learners meet and work with an exciting range of speakers and collaborators. Artists, activists, entertainment professionals, faith leaders, scientists and educators share their life stories and collaborate with our learners.
Some recent Experts and Enthusiasts:
- Jack Black, blockbuster actor and comedian, star of School of Rock and Nacho Libre
- Michael Kelley, JPL Engineer working on the Mars rover
- James Spooner, creator of AFROPUNK Festival
- Dr. Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Popular Science's Brilliant 10 of 2015
- Amanda Sage, Fantastic-Realist painter and pupil of Ernst Fuchs
- Rabbi Lisa Edwards and Juval Porat, rabbi and cantor of Beth Chayim Chadashim, the World's first LGBT synagogue
- John Densmore, drummer of The Doors
- Dr. Peter McLaren, revolutionary educator, Co-Director of the Paulo Freire Democratic Project
- Anya Adams, assistant director (Black-ish, Insecure, Fresh Off the Boat)
- Amelia Butler, indigenous Māori performer, dancer and choreographer from New Zealand
- Mark Rein-Hagen, creator of VAMPIRE: The Masquerade role-playing game
- Joey Liu, indigenous Hakka documentarian from Taiwan
- Dan Attias, director (The Wire, Alias, Sopranos, Six Feet Under)
- Brett Newski, folk-punk singer-songwriter from Milwaukee
- Garry Schyman, BAFTA award-winning composer (BioShock, Dante's Inferno)
mutual aid
OUTREACH
SANDWICH MAKING
SANDWICH MAKING
Every holiday season, our students write hundreds of cards through Just Detention International for incarcerated victims of abuse. Additionally, we have sponsored students with Children International, and maintained a micro-lending program through Kiva, having single-handedly funded many small business projects by women in developing nations.
SANDWICH MAKING
SANDWICH MAKING
SANDWICH MAKING
Every month, all the students of Angeles Workshop School roll up their sleeves and make dozens of sandwiches for the homeless youth who visit Safe Place for Youth.
GIVING SHELF
SANDWICH MAKING
GIVING SHELF
Angeles Workshop created and maintains a "Giving Shelf", an innovation that works much like a Little Free Library but offers much-needed items such as clothing, canned goods, and hygiene supplies to our local unhoused neighbors on a daily basis.
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Angeles Workshop School accepts tax-deductible donations. Our fiscal sponsor is 501(c)(3) nonprofit Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS).
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