Lincoln Heights Youth Arts Center (DCA)
Lincoln Heights Youth Arts Center is a Neighborhood Arts and Cultural Center of the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs. LHYAC is dedicated to providing high quality, low-cost, multidisciplinary arts classes such as music, theater, visual arts, and yoga, as well as cultural events year-round for local youth and families. We believe that everyone is an artist. We know that whether our students learn to play the guitar, compose a song, or recite original poetry, for example, they are not only activating their creativity as well-rounded individuals, but also developing their self-esteem, ability to work well with others, and so much more in a positive, safe, supportive and optimal learning environment.
LHYAC has always developed programming and curricula that embrace the vast and rich cultural traditions and artistic contributions of all people, especially Black, Indigenous and/or People of Color, so that our students see themselves in the artists they are introduced to and are celebrated at their cultural arts center. We have a renewed commitment to pursuing anti-racist practices and centering our curriculum on art, cultures and experiences that resonate with our students and parents.
Together with our families and community partners, LHYAC stands strong in its efforts towards building an empowered community of Angelenos in the historic Northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Lincoln Heights who not only appreciate the arts, but see themselves as creative, artistic beings who can access the arts as a vehicle to create positive change in their own lives and in the world around them.
LHYAC is part of the Lincoln Heights Youth Center complex, a renovated two-story church building originally constructed in 1930. The facility is jointly operated by the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Department of Recreation and Parks.
For more information, please call 213.224.0928 or email at dca.lhyac@lacity.org or visit our DCA page.