ArtGroup LA

Give us your dreamers, your creative outcasts, your huddled masses. We are not just another arts organization punch-drunk on making the world a better place. We are an inclusive group of artists, musicians, educators and intellectuals with big ideas and benevolent intentions. And above all else, we believe in the POWER of artistic expression as a proponent of cultural and personal growth. 

It is almost sacrilegious to let art be defined only by what sells in galleries, online stores or by what hangs on the walls of the wealthy. Our cultural perception of art is badly damaged and in need of reform. We want to inspire YOU to write, speak out loud, make, create, and compose… no matter what your background is, no matter how you choose to express yourself. We believe that one of the most important things in this world is allowing yourself the freedom to “play”, which on the surface seems like a relatively easy thing to do, but ask any “professional” artist how important and illusive this freedom is to maintain, and you will get quite a complicated answer… more on that below. 

Ok… enough with the smoke and mirrors, ArtGroup LA’s main purpose is to promote social change and individual growth through artistic expression. Each month we will be focusing our members (and the larger community) on a different topic by curating a series of creative challenges, relevant artwork, fun facts and easy-to-follow tutorials meant to engage, educate and inspire our members into creating art. We will continue the conversation throughout the month with group chat discussions and online activities. And at the end of each month, we will aggregate all of the artwork, comments and insights on the given topic, and add them to the members area of our website. It is here that you will be able to see our monthly progress, get access to exclusive content and resources. You will also be able to enter your artwork for a chance to win prizes and have your art featured on our blog and social profiles. 

If you are already an established artist, musician or influencer in the LA area - you can think of us as an artist collective or guild. Once we are up and running, your membership will give you access to our shared network of artist resources, pro level workshops, and opportunities to use communal equipment and shared creative space. Our goal is to accelerate your progress as an artist by helping you learn new ways to promote and profit from your work. We would also like to support the formation of smaller groups within the collective, in order to promote the exchange of information and new ideas, build relationships with other like minded artists, develop better collaboration skills, and win more prizes... ultimately pushing each other into producing higher quality and more meaningful work. 

If you are a humanitarian, art lover or philanthropist - you can think of us as a media savvy liberal think-tank. Each month our community will focus on a different social / humanitarian topic in order to promote awareness, spawn woke discussions, and create relevant artwork and social memes. We will also be planning out and participating in a type of “art activism” where we will be using our most strategic minded members execute operations meant to seed ideas that people will organically want to share with their social networks and relations. We want to try to flap the butterfly wing that creates the tornado, if you know what we mean... 😉😉 

Ok, back to our dream... that is to say, back to the importance of giving yourself the freedom to experiment with creative expression. Ever since you were a child, regardless of the environment or circumstances, you had a lot of experiences that helped defined your own personal set of preferences, strengths and weaknesses. Everyone plays this game with themselves and after years and years of repetition, many of us develop a pretty rigid idea of what we can and can not do. As if new expertise could not always be developed, new skills always learned. We believe that great art has no specific form and requires no great technical know-how to be meaningful… great art is about looking inward and following your heart, figuring out what you are passionate about or what you want to say, and then finding a creative outlet to express it. You just have to give yourself permission to be like a child, to try something new, make mistakes and try again... you will be amazed at what you will soon produce and how it impacts the people around you, not to mention your own personal growth - and the perpetuation of this principle, is why ArtGroup LA exists. 

So there it is, feel free to contact us if you have any questions. And please consider funding our dream to whatever tier you can afford. All membership levels get the same access to the site, but if you can manage a more significant contribution - we will send cool art and science gift boxes (perfect for sharing), give you sponsorship status, and you can even specify a cause that we will make meaningful art about. Our Website: <a href="https://artgroupla.com">https://artgroupla.com</a><a href="https://artgroupla.com/"> </a>And be social: <a href="https://twitter.com/ArtGroupLA">https://twitter.com/ArtGroupLA </a><a href="https://artgroupla.tumblr.com/">https://artgroupla.tumblr.com</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/artgroupla/">https://www.instagram.com/artgroupla</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/artgroupla">https://www.facebook.com/artgroupla</a>

Free

ArtGroup LA Member (starving artist)

ArtGroup LA Member (discounted)

Access to the members area of the website, artist resources, the newsletter, discord chat, and your chance to submit work and win prizes.

ArtGroup LA Member

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<li>Members access</li>
<li>Sponsorship status</li>
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Friends of ArtGroup LA

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<li>Members access</li>
<li>Sponsorship status</li>
<li>Monthly gift</li>
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Friends w/ Benefits 

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<li>Members access</li>
<li>Sponsorship Status</li>
<li>Monthly gift</li>
<li>Art on topic of your choosing (bi-yearly)</li>
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ArtGroup LA Patron

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<li>Members access</li>
<li>Sponsorship status</li>
<li>Monthly gift</li>
<li>Art on topic of your choosing (quarterly)</li>
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