Inner-City Arts
Javier Hernandez is a seasoned teaching artist and cartoonist with extensive experience in arts education and the comic book industry. Currently serving as a teaching artist at artworxLA and a substitute teacher at Inner-City Arts, Javier conducts workshops and lessons that integrate storytelling with various artistic mediums. As a co-founder and creative director of the Latino Comics Expo, Javier promotes Latino creators and highlights cultural narratives in comics and animation. With a prolific career as a cartoonist and publisher, Javier has produced numerous works since the launch of EL MUERTO in 1998 and has contributed to arts education through various organizations, including A Place Called Home and the Children Youth and Family Collaborative. Javier also has experience in leadership as a member of the board of directors for the Nuvein Foundation for Literature and the Arts.
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Inner-City Arts
Inner-City Arts, widely regarded as one of the nation's most effective arts education providers, is an oasis of learning, achievement and creativity in the heart of Skid Row, and a vital partner in the work of creating a safer, healthier Los Angeles. Under the guidance of professional teaching artists, Inner-City Arts’ students are immersed in a safe and supportive environment where they engage in a variety of visual and performing art forms in studio and theater settings. Children who attend Inner-City Arts develop skills that are highly valued in the 21st-century workforce such as collaboration, creativity and critical thinking. Inner-City Arts’ services include classes during the instructional day for elementary students, after-school, weekend and summer workshops for teens, and creativity-based professional development for educators.