Applications accepted between November 4, 2020 and February 26, 2021
Interested persons will be required to file the application using the LACCD’s web-based software to create an applicant profile account, allowing documents to be saved and uploaded as attachments. Please apply at the following website: LACCD Application
For more information about the program, please visit their website or continue reading this post.
On February 11, hear from award-winning, LA-based cartoonists Lalo Alcaraz (La Cucaracha), Darrin Bell (Candorville), and David Glenn Brown (Los Angeles Sentinel) on how they’ve used cartoons to promote social good in a year that’s been anything but fun. In a conversation and Q&A moderated by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Patt Morrison of the Los Angeles Times, the artists also share how they’ve amplified unheard voices and sparked meaningful conversation in a divided country through their cartoons.
WHAT: Virtual Talk
WHEN: Thursday, February 11, 7:30 pm (PT)
TICKETS: FREE
SHARE ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/690080404998274/
Brazilian heritage brand Melissa is releasing the first US edition of Melissa NEXT, and educational competition and incubator program calling on aspiring student designers for contributions. Conceived to spotlight up-and-coming visionaries, NEXT contest invites young designers to submit their concepts, showcase their skills and win the rare opportunity to work with an established international brand.
Judges currently include Jason Wu, Marz Lovejoy, HauteLeMode and InternetGirl. The winner receives $10,000 cash prize and designs will be produced and launched as part of an official Melissa collaboration, with a percentage of sales royalties for the winner also.
For more details about the contest, judges, and submission area, please visit their website: http://melissanextusa.com/ Submissions are due February 28 at 11:59PM ET. The winner will be announced March 18, 2021.
I’m writing you today to encourage you to please send your best students and their writing our way––to Zaum––Sonoma State University’s award-winning literary magazine. We’re thrilled that this year will be Zaum‘s 25th anniversary.
Beautifully produced, carefully edited, Zaum is a student-run publication that presents the work of any writer or visual artist enrolled at any university anywhere in the world. This semester we’ll be publishing student work in a stunning new print edition of Zaum. Last semester we accepted work for our online edition.
Submissions should be sent to zaummag@gmail.com with a maximum of 15 pages of prose, up to 5 poems, and/or 5 pieces of artwork. Please note that art titles should be included in the body of submission email. Art should be sent in png, jpeg, or pdf format, with a dpi of at least 300.
The deadline for our print edition is February 28th, 2021.
Please visit our website at https://zaum.sonoma.edu/. Follow us on Twitter @ZaumPress, and on Instagram @zaummag. Our faculty advisor is poet Gillian Conoley.
Looking forward to hearing from your students, and sending my very best,
Liv Monroy
Senior Editor, Zaum
JusticeCorps: Providing Equal Access to Justice
The California JusticeCorps Program offers an innovative approach to solving an insurmountable challenge facing courts around the country. JusticeCorps recruits and trains university students to serve in Los Angeles County’s legal self-help centers which specialize in family law, housing, and small claim matters. Join us for an info session to learn all about our program!
For more information, email: ccanseco@lacourt.org
Program Benefits
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/95046270723
