ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, youth from diverse cultural backgrounds from throughout the Los Angeles Area will come together at Barnsdall Art Park in Hollywood to present a showcase of inner-city student art projects.

The Rush Arts Collaborative will present the third annual I, Too, Am America Youth Arts Festival, a celebration of the power of art to educate, communicate and heal. The event is funded by the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, established by Russell Simmons, founder and president of Def Jam Music Group, and his brother, visual artist Daniel Simmons to engage urban youth with the creative arts in Los Angeles and other cities.
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