Self-Help Graphics and Arts Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2009 to Jun 30, 2010

Signed

Feb 14, 2011

Return Version

2009v1.4

Gross Receipts

$373,916

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Professional print making programs: self help graphics & arts (shg) professional print making program is the foundation of the organization. The program has produced 51 editions of silkscreen prints by an ever-growing number of local and visiting artists. Through its collection, shg serves as a resource for academic research and scholar for historians, teacher and students. Shg remains a key institution in the culture of east los angeles and california as cultural nexus of development for emerging artists who use its facilities to bring their artistic skills and ideals to maturity. As a result, shg brings to the community the proud tradition of alternative education models that instill in its youth models of future hope and career aspiration.

Activity 3

community and youth programs: SHG PROMOTES AND SUPPORTS THE WORK OF EMERGING, ESTABLISHED AND MID-CAREER CHICANO/LATINO VISUAL ARTISTS AND PROVIDES A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN WORK IN A EGALITARIAN ATMOSPHERE OF CREATIVITY AND COOPERATION. SHG'S PUBLIC ART WORKSHOPS ATTRACTS ALL LEVEL ARTISTS TO COME AND WORK AT SHG IN A VARIETY OF ART MEDIUMS SUCH AS INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING, DIY SILKSCREENING, AND MANY OTHER FORMS. SHG IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES IN LA THAT OFFERS ARTISTS A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN DEVELOP ARTISTICALLY REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE AND ETHNICITY.

Filer

EIN

23-7311837