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A Message From Our Director
Photo courtesy of WACO Theater Center. |
Colleagues:
It’s summer, of course, but it’s also Grants Season! Our flagship Organizational Grant Program (OGP) and the innovative Community Impact Arts Grant opened this week, and the Arts Internship Grant opens September 10. We have updated guidelines and information online, and plenty of supportive resources to help you and your organizations through the application process.There is more funding now, thanks to the leadership of the Board of Supervisors, including motions from Supervisors Solis, Mitchell, and Horvath—a $1.15M increase to OGP this year, the first increase in over 15 years for LA County’s longest-running arts grant program! There is also news below about an opportunity to join our Arts Ed Collective Leadership Circle, and information about the accomplishments of our Public Artists in Development (PAiD) program’s Artist Council.
This month, I had the honor of attending the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. Observing and learning from the inspiring opening ceremonies, as well as those of the Olympic Games, I am struck by the power of arts and culture to uplift the ideals of the Games. As always, we are thrilled to support the arts and culture field, all made possible by Board support and deep partnership with so many of you.
Onward!
Kristin Sakoda |
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Grant Season is Here!
Photo courtesy of Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble. |
Apply Today!
Are you affiliated with an arts organization? Or, perhaps, an organization that offers arts programming? Or maybe you want to provide internship opportunities for LA County university and community college students. No matter what your funding needs are, the Department of Arts and Culture has you covered! Applications for both our Organizational Grant Program (OGP) and Community Impact Arts Grant (CIAG) program opened on August 27! And applications for our Arts Internship Program (AIP) grant open soon (on September 10)! |
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Organizational Grant Program (OGP)
Photo courtesy of the Harmony Project.
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OGP provides Los Angeles County nonprofit arts organizations funding to address priority needs and ensure cultural services for our diverse communities.
Application Deadline:
OCT 1, 2024 | 11:59PM (PDT)
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Community Impact Arts Grant (CIAG)
Photo courtesy of the Koreatown Youth + Community Center.
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CIAG supports arts projects and programming taking place at nonprofit social service and social justice organizations, and in tribal governments and municipal departments, enabling these organizations to deliver a wide variety of cultural services to County residents that support arts and culture throughout the region.
Application Deadline:
OCT 1, 2024 | 11:59PM (PDT)
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Arts Internship Program (AIP)
Students attend the 2019 Arts Internship Program Summit.
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The Arts Internship Program provides eligible LA County arts nonprofits, municipalities, and social justice and social service organizations that offer arts programming with grants to hire undergraduate and community college students for 400 hours of paid work experience. The program will maintain a flexible timeline to be responsive to both students and organizations.
Application Deadline:
OCT 15, 2024 | 11:59PM (PDT)
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Introducing the PAiD Artist Council
Graphics by Handbuilt Studio. |
Artworks on View
We are pleased to present eight artworks created by the Public Artists in Development (PAiD) program’s Artist Council members. Over the course of a six-month program of dialogue and art creation led by PAiD program art consultant, Dyson & Womack, the Artist Council has engaged in a series of discussions to help shape the future of Los Angeles County's public art policy and processes to better support artists. The artists were also commissioned to create a series of temporary projects that engage their communities and reflect their artistic goals. Projects include free interactive pop-up events, temporary installations, and performances located in public spaces throughout the County, on view through September 2024. |
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| PAiD is a new program funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to promote the career growth and economic empowerment of underrepresented artists in LA County. This program was created to address critical structural barriers to participation identified by the Civic Art Division and across the broader field of public art. The program will expand educational resources, training, mentorship, and new project opportunities to encourage the skill-building and professional readiness of diverse artists. |
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Call For Members
The Art of Leadership program. |
Arts Ed Collective Leadership Circle
We're looking for members to join our Arts Ed Collective leadership advisory body, the Leadership Circle. Members will inform the work of the Arts Ed Collective, a county-wide collective impact initiative that helps to ensure every young person in Los Angeles grows up with the arts.
Applications Due: September 18, 2024 | 5PM (PDT)
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SNAPSHOT OF ARTS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
2023 Arts Interns. |
| The Los Angeles County Arts Internship Program (AIP) strengthens LA County’s cultural sector by expanding access to high quality paid opportunities for college students of all backgrounds. Students gain experience, understanding, and transferable skills relevant to careers in the arts, the creative economy, and their overall engagement in civic life. Our annual AIP report reveals that last year, 224 positions at 155 organizations were successfully launched. Check out program updates and insights from interns themselves! |
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IN BRIEF
- Following up on the wonderful 2024 Paris Cultural Olympiad Poster Competition, we wanted to share two great videos that our colleagues at LA36 produced! The LA County newsroom offers a look at the competition overall, and a spotlight on two student artists! Thank you to all the students, schools, and our partners!
- Speaking of the Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad, Beyond Baroque and City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs have announced the poets who will represent LA in the finale of Paris’s Cultural Olympiad. Nearly 50 Los Angeles-based poets were selected to participate! Additionally, 28 L.A. poets will perform their "Art + Sports" poems, commissioned by the City of Los Angeles, at Catch the Mic: Paris to L.A., Sat., Sept. 7, 3-4:30 PT at L.A. Public Library. This project is made possible in part by a grant from the DCAs’ Public Space Activation Fund with support of Community Partners and event support from LA County Department of Arts and Culture and the Los Angeles Public Library.
- The Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation is accepting presentation proposals for the 2025 California STEAM Symposium, February 7-8, 2025 in San Diego. The symposium is the largest convening of STEAM educators and stakeholders in California, with representation from 20+ American states and Canadian provinces. Create a submission by visiting the online portal. Deadline is October 13, 2024.
- Sharing news about the California Equal Pay Pledge! This initiative is led by the Office of the First Partner and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, in partnership with the California Partners Project, to help close the pay gap in California. Organizations that take the pledge commit to conducting an annual company-wide gender pay analysis, reviewing hiring and promotion processes and procedures to reduce unconscious bias and structural barriers, and promoting best practices that will close the pay gap to ensure fundamental equity for all workers.
- Our Civic Art Division supported the conservation of Richard Haro’s “Among the Valiant” mural at the Ruben F. Salazar Park. The Eastsider wrote about it, Supervisor Solis’ unveiling event, and the artwork’s significance to East LA veterans. Learn More.
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