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  • An installation at the "Ashes and Snow" exhibit in Los Angeles
  • "Ashes and Snow" consists of more than fifty large-scale mixed media photographic artworks and three film installations, created to explore the shared poetic sensibilities of human beings and animals.
  • Charlie talking with artist Gregory Colbert at his "Ashes and Snow" exhibit
  • The "Ashes and Snow" exhibit has attracted more than 10 million visitors, making it the most attended exhibition by a living artist in history.
  • Artist Gregory Colbert documented interactions between human beings and 130 species of animals, including elephants, whales, manatees, gibbons, royal eagles, and saltwater crocodiles.
  • The "Ashes and Snow" exhibit is housed in the Nomadic Museum, a structure that can easily be redesigned and adapted to each new location.
  • New Directions provides support services to veterans in the Los Angeles area, including substance abuse treatment, job training and placement, parenting and money management classes, legal and financial assistance, counseling, remedial education and resources for alumni.
  • A New Directions facility in Los Angeles
  • At the entrance to the SPCA-LA, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - Los Angeles
  • There are approximately 20,000 homeless veterans living on the streets of Los Angeles.
  • The reception desk at a New Directions facility in Los Angeles
  • Toni Reinis, Executive Director of New Directions
  • Each year New Directions provides outpatient care to more than 800 men and women and round-the-clock service to 225 veterans.
  • At a New Directions facility in Los Angeles
  • Chess set and beds at a New Directions facility
  • A prop used on stage by students from Plaza de la Raza
  • Students from the Plaza de la Raza School of Performing and Visual Arts performing at the Roy and Edna Cal Arts Theater (REDCAT) in Los Angeles
  • Plaza de la Raza is a member of the Community Arts Partnership with the California Institute of the Arts
  • Rocky in the boys' dressing room before the CAP/Plaza de la Raza performance at REDCAT
  • explore crew filming during rehearsal night at the REDCAT
  • Plaza de la Raza student Samantha performing at the REDCAT
  • Plaza de la Raza students on performance night at the REDCAT
  • Plaza de la Raza students on performance night at the REDCAT
  • Glenna Avila, Director of the CalArts Community Arts Partnership
  • Plaza de la Raza students rehearsing at the REDCAT
  • Performance night at the REDCAT
  • At the offices of the Panda Restaurant Group in Rosemead, California
  • Panda Cares is a community involvement program established by the Panda Restaurant Group.
  • Artwork in the Panda Restaurant Group's office in Rosemead, California
  • Charlie and Lucky at artist Gregory Colbert's exhibition entitled "Ashes and Snow"

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With the support of the Annenberg Foundation, explore has made funding possible to many non-profit organizations in Los Angeles, such as the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater program and New Directions, which provides services to veterans returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq.

United States
United States
Location:
Los Angeles, California
Date:
May 2007
Grants Awarded:
New Directions ($25,000)
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