For the past six weeks, GRoW @ The Wallis’ Inaugural Summer Performing Arts Intensive brought together a powerful group of emerging artists, ages 8-16, from the surrounding Los Angeles community. Students participated in daily dance, […]
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Finding my joy through Creative Aging at The Wallis
By Gail Gordon In my eighty years, I have marked time by its life changing experiences, the most recent being the discovery of the Creative Aging Program at The Wallis directed by the amazing Debra […]
The Wallis Receives $1 Million Dollar Gift to The Wallis’ Arts Education and Outreach Programs from Gregory Annenberg Weingarten
On the heels of reopening with its 2021/2022 Season, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to announce a $1 million-dollar leadership gift from Gregory Annenberg Weingarten through GRoW @ Annenberg, a philanthropic initiative […]
Community Book Reading Project Presents: Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Thief
This new audio series, as part of the Community Book Reading Project, celebrates the french writer Maurice Leblanc and his classic short stories about the master thief Arsène Lupin. The Community Book Reading Project is […]
FROM THE DIRECTORS’ CHAIRS: A Q&A with Kimberly Hébert and Camille Jenkins of “Unmasked”
In light of The Wallis and Black Rebirth Collective’s co-production of Unmasked: A Theatrical Celebration of Black Women’s Liberation, co-directors Kimberly Hébert and Camille Jenkins lend us some insight into this powerful theatrical event that was filmed inside The Wallis’ […]
EP 1. Stories with GRoW: In Conversation with Elaine Hall
Ep 1. Stories with GRoW: In Conversation with Elaine Hall Elaine Hall, the Artistic Director of The Miracle Project, speaks about her family’s personal journey with autism, the work of The Miracle Project, and her […]
EP 2. Stories with GRoW: In Conversation with Kendell Byrd
Ep 2. Stories of GRoW: In Conversation with Kendall Byrd Kendell Byrd, Animation Coordinator with DreamWorks and actor with the Wallis Studio Ensemble, speaks about the early influences of science and technology, her journey from […]
EP 3. Stories with GRoW: In Conversation with Mark Slavkin
Ep 3. Stories with GRoW: In Conversation with Mark Slavkin Mark Slavkin, the Director of Education for GRoW @ The Wallis speaks about his own journey to becoming an arts education advocate and specialist, and […]
Films.Dance Takes the Globe: A Q&A with The Artists
Through films.dance, Jacob Jonas The Company successfully leverages international collaboration, the internet, and technology to create new methodologies for artmaking in a time of extreme social isolation. Every Monday through May 3, a new short dance film will […]
The Walter and Peggy Grauman Fellowship in Music
It gives us great excitement to announce the Walter and Peggy Grauman Endowment Fund at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and the establishment of The Walter and Peggy Grauman Fellowship in Music […]