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Join your business peers and positively impact kids' lives through art and mentoring. It's an easy way to invest in a preventive strategy that makes our neighborhoods safer, and builds our community and economy.

This year (2009-10) our Business Art Circle will be part of our innovative marketing and community-wide story telling campaign called "What's Your Story". The campaign is a unique effort that will invite the community–at–large to tell stories—personal or community—or to suggest compelling stories that youth in our programs might tell through video, audio, writing, and photography. The project will be supported by an interactive website that will launch in late–September. Stories will also be gathered by youth at community events, such as the Abbot Kinney Festival where we will launch the campaign in September 2009.

The print and electronic campaign for What’s Your Story includes a series of 5 beautiful print pieces that will be mailed, over the course of one year, to over 6,000 Los Angeles–area households. Each will feature art created by a student in our programs and tell the young artist’s story. Each will also be sent electronically to over 3,000 unique email addresses. Both will share the impact of Venice Arts’ work on the lives of low–income youth, and serve as an invitation to support or get involved with Venice Arts and the What’s Your Story campaign. The logos of Sponsors giving $5,000 or more will be included on these cards, as well as on our websites and other collaterals. We also plan a media awareness effort targeting print and online outlets.

Our Culminating Celebration, scheduled for October 2010, will feature student work from the project, as well as the most compelling pieces by community participants; a photo auction by some of the most outstanding photographers working in the field; delicious food, wine, and entertainment. We will also be honoring several of our “Angels” — individuals and corporations who have made significant contributions to the lives of children through their support of Venice Arts. Sponsors of What’s Your Story will, of course, receive tickets to this event.

Your support makes the difference.

Giving is easy. Donate on line by clicking here.

For more information, or to schedule a personal tour of our programs, call 310–578–1745.

Business Art Circle member, Joe Miller &
Alexa Adamo at Family Art Festival, 2003

Give $100	Sponsor field trips for local youth to local galleries, museums, media arts companies and artists' studios. Receive acknowlegement on our website and at gallery exhibits.

Give $250	Sponsor a child for one session of free art workshops. Receive acknowlegement on our website.

Give $500	Sponsor the annual youth art exhibit, featuring work from students across our programs. Receive acknowlegement on our website and at gallery exhibits.

Give $1,000	Sustain our state-of-the-art equipment, materials and supplies for our programs serving over 400 youth each year. Above, as well as your business name included as a program sponsor at an average of three events per year, acknowledement on the Sponsor page of both What's Your Story and Venice Arts' websites and on the event signage, plus 2 event tickets.

Give $2,500	Support one child exploring their creativity and developing their skills through a full-year's enrollment at Venice Arts. Above, plus inclusion on the home page of our web site and 4 event tickets.

Give $5,000	Support 3 young artists pursuing college and work by supporting one year for each in our Advanced Studies Program. Above, plus your business name on external signage at our Gallery on high–traffic Lincoln Boulevard. As well as, logo/name on all What's Your Story cards (print and electronic), plus 6 event tickets.

Give $7,500	Give 5 paid Youth Art Internships at Venice Arts or with a creative business of the Venice Media District. Above, plus your business name on external signage at our Gallery on high–traffic Lincoln Boulevard. As well as acknowledgement on all other collateral materials; 8 event tickets.

Give $10,000	Sponsor 25 scholarships for low-income youth in our photography, film, or multimedia programs. Above, plus your business name on external signage at our Gallery on high–traffic Lincoln Boulevard and 10 event tickets.

Give $25,000	Lead Sponsor -- Launch the Youth Media Crew, a team of talented, low-income teens who will receive intensive training to create compelling film, multimedia, and still stories for What's Youtr Story? and will be paid a stipend for completing the project. Above, plus your business name on external signage at our Gallery on high–traffic Lincoln Boulevard, acknowledgement as a Lead Sponsor (limited to 5) on the home page of both the project's and Venice Art's website; on all cards (print and electronic), and on all other event and collateral materials; 16 event tickets.