LA Freewaves is a Los Angeles nonprofit that produces free, site-specific public art to engage artists and audiences on current social issues. It produces art online and in the streets with our intersectional network of artists, staff, and curators, challenging society’s ideas about race and gender. LA Freewaves began in 1989 as a multicultural video art festival on TV and in venues throughout SoCal. Since then, it has grown to host performance art events, IG Live dialogues, and one of the largest digital video art archives.

Funds will support HEAL HEAR HERE, a one-day event on May 6, 2023 at the Los Angeles State Historic Park featuring more than 25 artworks and performances. It will explore healing art methodologies by a broad community of arts organizations collaboratively creating a central event to help Los Angeles heal from the years of the pandemic, racial injustice, and economic disruption.