We know it isn’t over. If you are a fire-impacted artist in need of resourcing, LAPP is here for you.
Los Angeles Performance Practice announces BRIDGE THE GAPS, an emergency initiative supporting artists and arts workers impacted by the devastating January 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles. Designed with feedback from nearly 200 local artists through LAPP’s “Are You Okay?” survey, this initiative directly addresses the critical needs and funding gaps experienced by our creative community, with special consideration for performing artists.
BRIDGE THE GAPS (BtG) consists of two complementary components:
To Apply
Applications will be reviewed and awarded on a rolling basis until June 6. Applying early is highly encouraged.
INFORMATION + APPLICATION SUPPORT
LAPP will host a Virtual Information Session on Zoom, Thursday May 22nd 2025, from 6PM-7PM PST. This session will include an application overview, eligibility criteria, Q+A opportunities, and personalized application support.
Community Fundraising
Want to support? BRIDGE THE GAPS was made possible thanks to an initial $50,000 grant from one of our generous partners, and we are now actively raising additional community contributions to expand the reach of this critical relief. Your support directly enables us to provide urgent financial assistance to more L.A.-based artists, with an emphasis on artists that larger relief programs might overlook. To donate, give here.
Contact Information for Artists
For questions or assistance related to BRIDGE THE GAPS:
We encourage all eligible artists to apply, and for everyone in our network to share this opportunity widely, and contribute toward strengthening and revitalizing L.A.’s vibrant artistic community.
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BRIDGE THE GAPS: Wildfire Relief for L.A. Artists is an initiative of Los Angeles Performance Practice. BTG_FUND provides micro-grants to fire-impacted artists and is made possible through the generosity of an anonymous donor with additional support from individual contributors. Donate here. BtG_NEST is a residency program made possible in part with support from Art of Recovery, an initiative of the city of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs. This residency offers subsidized creative space, mentorship, and technical support at the Miles Memorial Playhouse.
For their 2021 R+D Residency at home, Marsian De Lellis spent time developing and researching the script for Model Killer: Giant Crimes + Tiny Cover-Ups. Model Killer is a solo immersive puppetry and performing object installation centered on a disgruntled dollhouse maker turned investigator, Vivian Nutt, who builds dioramas of unsolved murders, only for it to be revealed that she is in fact, a serial killer.
We are excited to introduce you to the four Los Angeles-based artists participating in our 2021 Research + Development Residency program: Marsian De Lellis, Lindsey Lollie, Chelsea Zeffiro with Summer Dunsmore, and Xiaoyue Zhang.
A 3-Part Workshop with Abigail Levine
April 7, 14, and 21, 2021
In this workshop, we’ll develop the writing we do as artists, both the creative—language to use within our work—and the practical—language to use to describe it. We’ll do exercises to source language from our bodies.
Netta Yerushalmy + Company
free online screening
Tuesday, March 23 // 2p pacific 5p eastern
Filmed during an ongoing global health crisis, while confronting the deep inequities and unbalanced power structures embedded in every system, this dance is a time capsule that we are still living in.
Online Screening & Conversation Co-Presented with On the Boards
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Join the creative team of Acting Stranger for an online screening of a selection of short videos captured in Seattle in September, along with a conversation about the work and process.
In Conversation
December 16, 2020 // 7:00p PST
As a follow up to our conversation in July with 8 LA Artists, we are bringing together a group of local arts leaders to support a generous exchange of ideas, practices, knowledge, and inspiration – across creative practices and disciplines.