Join us in celebrating the arts, culture, and creativity with free events and opportunities all month long to create, uplift, and advocate for the integral role of the arts in our lives.
Check out our compiled list of virtual and in-person events and resource guides here in Los Angeles and throughout California.
Featured Guides & Resources
Check out Arts for LA Arts Month Calendar of programs, events, and weekly advocacy efforts.
Read the CA for the Arts Event Guide, which includes registration links for both the CA Arts & Culture Summit as well as Arts Advocacy Day.
Celebrate with the City of Santa Monica and cultural partners in one of their many scheduled events
Featured Free Events
April 12: Sound is Medicine at the Camera Obscura Art Lab
April 16: From Isolation to Belonging: A Journey in Embodied Mindfulness, an online, experiential session from our monthly HOPE Series that draws on the innate power of the arts to foster mental health and well-being
April 17: Art + Meditation: Austrian Expressionism and Otto Kallir at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
April 17: Arts for LA for Arts Advocacy Day at LA City Hall
April 18: Movn salon, a free, softly structured evening where conversation, listening, music, and food unfold around a 45-minute salon talk at the center of the night
April 18: LAUSD Art Fest features student artists showcasing their work with a focus on building community by uniting the creative heartbeat of greater Los Angeles
April 19: Pop-up Poems: Collecting Impressionism at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
April 19: Dancing Abolition, Community, Care, Justice, a multi-disciplinary arts performance, the 18th Street Arts Center
April 19 & 20: CA Arts & Culture Summit in Sacramento
April 21: Join CA Arts Advocates and bring your voice to Sacramento for Arts Advocacy Day
April 21: EARth Listening, an experiential playshop, at the 18th Street Arts Center
April 22: Maya Salameh presents Mermaid Theory at Santa Monica Public Library APR Main Library
April 25: 12th Annual Arts and Literacy Festival: A Day on the Farm at Virginia Avenue Park
April 21: Head to Franklin Canyon Park for Convergence, a visually stunning, intimate outdoor experience where art and nature converge, presented by Dance and Dialogue
April 29: From the Los Angeles Department of Arts & Culture, Arts Datathon: Knowledge explore show to use data to improve access to the arts