Community Residencies
Through collaborative efforts with local youth-oriented organizations, Community Residencies aims to broaden the opportunities available for emerging professionals in the arts and beyond.
Alongside our existing partnerships, The Ford has piloted three extensions of the Community Residencies program with the following organizations.
The Ford's Community Residencies program focuses on:
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Workforce development
Supporting emerging professionals across LA County through targeted professional development, portfolio development resources, and paid hands-on opportunities onsite.
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Community engagement
Through a youth-centered approach, The Ford collaborates with local organizations to provide and amplify opportunities available for professionals from underrepresented communities, on and off the stage.
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Professional visibility
Ensuring that participants' work is properly uplifted. Work from our participants is published on our websites, across our social channels, used in LA Phil marketing materials, and made available to participants to showcase in their own portfolios.
Las Fotos Project
Each season, The Ford invites 5 photographers from Las Fotos Project’s Creative Entrepreneurship Opportunities (LFP CEO) program to capture selected concerts. LFP CEO guides teenage girls and gender expansive youth to expand their professional skills and portfolios through hands-on experiences.
Black Image Center & Las Fotos Project’s Creative Career Center
Through Our Lens photo essay seriesThis partnership leverages the skills and knowledge of emerging professionals and provides a valuable network of professional development opportunities to advance their careers in the creative industry.
LA Commons
In conjunction with The Ford’s LA Soundscapes family concerts and LA Commons’ community-based art programs, The Ford provides local craft artists with opportunities to develop pre-concert art activities.
Kawenga Pass Project
The Kawenga Pass Project, developed with Artemisia Nursery, the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, and SAMO Youth, gives young adults hands-on professional development in horticulture consulting, native and drought-tolerant planting practices, and environmental stewardship at the Hollywood Bowl and The Ford.
