For more information
about IHOBF-Los Angeles
please contact:
IHOBF-Los Angeles
Anne-Marie Gregg
Program Director
6255 Sunset Blvd.
18th Floor
Hollywood, CA 90028
323.769.4622
email:
ihobflosangeles@hob.com


Promoting Cultural Understanding and Creative Expression Through Music and Art
 

Blues Ambassador Scholarships

Blues SchoolHouse - a multimedia classroom where students learn about American culture and social history through an exploration of blues music and folk art

Make An Impression Guitar, Drum, Percussion, & Art Programs - hands-on opportunities for students to play music and create art

Moving Blues SchoolHouse - off-site Blues SchoolHouse program, music component only

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Program

Teacher Workshop: Learning About American Culture Through Blues Music and Folk Art

Since its inception in 1995, IHOBF-Los Angeles has reached tens of thousands of local students with the Blues SchoolHouse program and awarded 2 Blues Ambassador Scholarships annually to Los Angeles area high school students. In 2002, IHOBF-Los Angeles expanded its Make An Impression program to include drum, guitar, drum circle and visual arts programs. IHOBF-Los Angeles hosts numerous community-building functions throughout the year and in 2002 was awarded the John Anson Ford Award by Los Angeles County for effective human relations programs. IHOBF-Los Angeles has developed partnerships with the Los Angeles Unified School District-Arts Education Branch, the UCLA World Arts and Culture Internship Program and the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations Youth Initiative &Youth Education campaign.



















































Stephens Middle School student participants in the IHOBF-Los Angeles Make An Impression Drum Circle Program performed during a special Blues SchoolHouse program in February 2003. The students were awarded certificates of achievement for learning to both play percussion instruments and work together to create music within a drum circle.

As part of an IHOBF-Los Angeles Make An Impression Art Program and in partnership with the Village, students from Alliance Community Day School in Inglewood, CA honored legendary bluesman Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown by creating an 8-foot tile mosaic likeness of him. Mr. Brown, along with a participating student, IHOBF-Los Angeles Program Coordinator Karama Carter and local artist Ramsees (who directed this project) are pictured above (from left to right) with the artwork, which is currently on display at the House of Blues-Sunset Strip.

In connection with the annual IHOBF-Los Angeles Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. “Living the Dream” program, students at Washington Preparatory High School worked for four weeks under the direction of local artist Ramsees to complete a 4 x 8 foot mosaic image of Dr. King. The mosaic was unveiled during the “Living the Dream” program at the House of Blues-Sunset Strip and later mounted at the school.