Angels Gate Cultural Center

Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC) is a nonprofit organization that elevates artists as integral and essential to a healthy and vibrant community; we support contemporary artists and their work through gallery exhibitions, studio artist residencies, in- and out-of-school arts education programming, and a year-round calendar of artist-focused public programs. Your support today will allow us to continue expanding our programming year-round.

AGCC unites art, community, and culture through creative discovery, exploration, and enlightenment. The Center emerged from a group of San Pedro artists in the 1970s, who created artist studios and exhibition space within the 1940s-era Army barracks of Angels Gate Park. In addition to our Studio Artist program, which provides professional work-studio space for 52 artists of various mediums, AGCC provides the Southern California community with a year-round schedule of gallery exhibitions, arts & cultural events, and community classes.

The best way to support the arts is by becoming a member at AGCC today! Visit angelsgateart.org/support to learn more about membership tiers and perks.

In 2025, we served over 19,000 on-campus community members and 4,800+ virtually. AGCC hosted 38 events and multi-generational art making opportunities. and were thrilled for the return of our three largest annual events: Spring and Fall Open Studios Days, Soundpedro, an annual ear-oriented multi-sensory sound art event, and the Many Winters Gathering of Elders (MWGOE), a four-day event, that brings together Indigenous community leaders and elders from across the country with the goal of fostering a greater understanding of traditional Indigenous knowledge, cultural beliefs, contemporary struggles and to provide culturally educational experiences.

The Center presented 9 exhibitions which reflected diverse themes and provided paid exhibition opportunities for 6 curators and 80 artists. Exhibitions included free auxiliary programming including artist talks, workshops, and performances, as well as virtual gallery walkthroughs for accessibility.

Built on Water exhibition in the AGCC gallery, summer 2026

The core of the Center's education programming is our Artists-in-Classroom residency program, which places professional artists into schools for 12-weeks to provide enriched, skill-based arts education. In 2025, AGCC's AIC program served a total of 73 classrooms in Los Angeles County, serving over 2,044 students. We also served 1,589 students through our Arts + Exploration Field trips, during which students are taken on a guided tour through our gallery followed by an art making workshop. The Center's Teen Mural Club gives local students ages 13-20 the opportunity to participate in an eight week professional development workshop. For many of these students, this is their first contemporary art/gallery experience

“The [AIC] program is wonderful. The art lessons were creative and new concepts for my kids. They were also encouraged to be themselves. The opportunity is invaluable. This area is low social-economic and these students would never have that opportunity without this [program],” a teacher shared.

Angels Gate Cultural Center is thrilled to continue serving our community with innovative arts and arts education programming through your generous donation today. 

Testimonials

"I’m so proud to be an artist at Angels Gate Cultural Center. AGCC is so dynamic in everything they do, it’s a unique force that I’ve never seen before. AGCC provides affordable and unique studios in this gorgeous setting. It’s just amazing, and there’s always a hum here of energy that’s alive. It’s great to be here.” — Regina Herod, AGCC Studio Artist

“Angels Gate Cultural Center really is a unique place in Los Angeles where you can meet and engage with working artists and see gallery exhibitions related to topics the community really cares about." — Stephanie Sherwood, exhibiting artist

What do local elementary school teachers think about AGCC's Artists-in-Classrooms (AIC) program?

“My students showed high engagement and a great sense of accomplishment,” shared Ms. Carvajal. “The arts can change lives. The program changed my students' attitudes about coming to school, built relationships, confidence and trust!”

Ms. Van Sant says, “The [art] classes really helped the students learn how to work together, have fun, and create something bigger than their individual work.”