Resources for Thriving in LA

Housing

Pacific Crossroads Church Classifieds — Housing forum for Christians
Alpaca: LA Housing Facebook Group
ApartmentList.com
Aviato Club Los Angeles
Bel Air Church Classifieds
Greenhouse Hollywood Connect’s Housing Resources

Hollywood Arts Collective
Mosaic Student Communities
Socialite LA Facebook Group – private group. Email us for more info.
More short-term and long-term housing resources, including hotels, apartments, and housing search sites.

Storage

Neighbor (a.k.a the Airbnb of storage) – Connect people who need a place to store their belongings with unused storage space. This allows users to find cheaper, more flexible, and more convenient storage options.

Entertainment Temp Agencies

AppleOne
Executive Temps
Friedman Agency
mandy.com
Robert Half
Staff Me Up

Honing Your Craft

greenhouseproductions.com – Events and professional resources for entertainment industry creatives
Ingrid Praniuk Vocal Studios – Vocal coaching for actors and singers
Miningcompanymedia.com – A screenwriting course that helps you write a screenplay in 30 days
oncameraclasses.com – Resources for filming TV and Film auditions
Self-Management for Actors (book) – Great resource for actors looking to break in or enhance their business.

Abbie Cobb – Provocative and Proven Acting Classes from a successful Christian Actress in Secular Media
Venora Institute at Transformation Artists LADiane Venora is an acting coach that loves to work with those new to the craft
Christina Chauncey – On-Camera Training Specific to Auditioning Powerfully for Television & Film
Baron Brown Studios – Community of artisans and classes where we explore every aspect of the Meisner Technique in its purest form
Also check out our list of Entertainment Ministries and our Book List

Beauty and Art

Bridge Projects – Bridge Projects’ ongoing series Echo/Locate places both ourselves and the artist in an ongoing historic, philosophical, spiritual, and art-historical conversation.
Image Journal – a magazine that discusses the vitality and diversity of contemporary art and literature that engage with the religious traditions of western culture.
The Visual Commentary on Scripture – The Visual Commentary on Scripture (VCS) is a freely accessible online publication that provides theological commentary on the Bible in dialogue with works of art.
UEncounter.org – an exhibition that explores 24 images on the life and parables of Jesus that speak to who we are as human beings.
The Windrider Forum – The Windrider Forum, is founded on the belief that stories are truly the “storehouses” of culture. Visual media, our culture’s principal form of storytelling, is the most critical, value-defining medium of our age.
Also check out our list of Entertainment Ministries and our Book List

Employment

Belay Solutions
Glassdoor
Indeed
Linked In
Monster
Production Weekly
Robert Half

 

Resources

Coming From Church to Hollywood – What you Need to Know