KAOS Kids empowers Los Angeles through A-STEAM workshops, where Arts redefine access to science, tech, engineering, and math for ages 9 months to 99 years. Our open-source model fosters business growth and networking, aligning with Sankofa principles—looking seven generations forward and back. United in creativity-driven pathways, families and individuals cultivate innovation, become educators linked by KAOS Network’s 40-year legacy, and engage in monthly art walks to showcase and profit from their designs, nurturing future innovators.

KAOS Network, led by Ben Caldwell, is an artistic oasis in Leimert Park, cultivating shared experiences in BlackDesign, music, and technology. We empower South LA through trans-media arts and a city-supported zero-emissions initiative to enhance community health and mobility.

https://www.kaosnetworkz.com/

Dara Caldwell-Ross is a speech-language pathologist and community-rooted educator with more than 20 years of experience supporting children, families, and programs across hospitals, clinics, schools, homes, early intervention services, and community spaces. Her work is shaped by cultural responsiveness, lived experience, and a commitment to family-centered, intergenerational communication support.

https://rootspeak.org/

E Ross III, (one of Leimert Park's finest) musically known as E+RO=3 (E ROW 3), EROZilla (E ROW Zilluh) and formerly known as Ravage Beats (circa 2007-2012), is a musical polymath of sorts...He is a professional music producer, educator, audio & sound designer, engineer, and certified beat scene performance legend. ERO is highly regarded & respected as one of the originators and curators of the past (and current) worldwide L.A. beat scene circa 2007/08. One of the few unique music makers who would be considered top tier in original beats, remixes, and/or flips: both live or studio recorded. His style ranges from pure soul/neo soul based beats all the way to house, glitch, 8-bit, and even children’s music (some under different alias’s-but you didn't actually hear that).

His live beat set is one of the most unique performances (sonically and visually) you will ever see & hear, with a sincerity that resonates with just about everyone who witnesses. The pleasure's all yours…

https://linktr.ee/Erozilla

Casey Anderson (they / them) is designing and repurposing technologies to activate participatory practice, primarily involving explorations of sound, in diverse cultures and communities. Performances, exhibitions, and residencies include MOCA - Los Angeles (CA), ISSUE Project Room (NY), STEIM (NL), Atlantic Center for the Arts (FL), Mass MOCA (MA), The Walker Art Center (MN), and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (CA). Over the last two decades they have lead numerous initiatives at the intersection of arts programming and community organization, including hybrid web-journal/festivals (the Experimental Music Yearbook, with John P. Hastings and Scott Cazan), as well as community arts centers/venues like Trade School (with Arden Stern), the wulf., BETALEVEL, and Machine Project. As an educator they have taught at ArtCenter College of Design and UCLA. They currently live in Los Angeles, California, own and operate the organizational initiative a wave, and teach at KAOS Network.