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GRANTS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT is pleased to share the following opportunities and resources:
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Self & Community Care Sesssions are Back
Artwork by Danielle Galván Gomez. |
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 | 11AM - 12PM
Join a healing-centered space to take a break, explore creativity, connect to your joy and purpose, build community, and support your own wellbeing! This workshop, facilitated by The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company, invites participants to explore the healing power of creative expression through poetry and theatre. Presented as a collaboration between Arts and Culture and the Wellbeing4LA Learning Center on the Wellbeing4LA platform. Log in, or create a free account to register. |
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New Report:
Relief, Recovery, and Reform Evaluation
Photo courtesy of Angels Gate Cultural Center. |
Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic For Arts and Culture
While the US economy as a whole had largely recovered from the pandemic by late 2024, the arts and culture sector still struggles today. The nation’s rapid recovery was fueled in large part by a federal government response of $5 trillion in spending. Of that total, roughly $17 billion was distributed to nonprofit arts and cultural industries and independent artists and cultural workers across the US. This report documents how Los Angeles County government used its share of those federal dollars, combined with local resources, to invest $46.05 million in relief and recovery for arts and culture. These funds were distributed primarily in the form of grants to nonprofit organizations administered by the Department of Arts and Culture. It describes policy changes made to speed up the delivery of those funds to reach the artists and arts organizations that urgently needed them. This report places those investments and policy adjustments into the historical context of American relief and recovery from other economic crises. It also places this funding into the wider context of pandemic relief and recovery. Responses from government and philanthropy occurred simultaneously with myriad grassroots efforts by artists, cultural workers, and arts administrators who organized within and beyond their communities to advocate for and secure funding for the most vulnerable. |
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Updated Countywide Land Acknowledgment
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| A land acknowledgement is a statement that recognizes an area’s original inhabitants who have been forcibly dispossessed of their homelands. While still relatively uncommon among city, county, and state governments in the United States, Land Acknowledgments are a long-standing protocol within Native communities and are standard practice in countries such as Australia and Canada. The County adopted the Countywide Land Acknowledgement in 2022, and earlier this month, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Supervisors Hilda L. Solis and Lindsey P. Horvath to adopt updated language. The acknowledgement now reflects the official name change of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians to the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation. Additionally, during the development of the Land Acknowledgment Toolkit, several Tribes from LA County listed by the State of California Native American Heritage Commission requested they added to the Countywide Land Acknowledgment. |
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ESC's Developing Development Program
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Executive Service Corps of Sothern California's Developing Development Program (DDP) is a six-month fund development cohort learning program designed to help organizations build the tools and strategies they need to deliver on their fundraising goals and strengthen the communities they serve. This course pairs a flexible, self-paced online curriculum with in-person cohort sessions, where dedicated coaches help participants reinforce and apply their learning, ensuring they leave with practical solutions tailored to their organization’s unique fund development challenges.
Application Deadline: January 9, 2026
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California’s Future Is Creative:
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Strategies for Cultural Resilience, Economic Growth, and Global Leadership
California Arts Council released the first strategic plan for California's creative economy. The plan presents a vision to bolster and grow the state’s $288 billion creative sectors and support its over 820,000 creative workers. Developed by Institute for the Future, the plan was informed over an 18-month planning process by the appointed members of the Creative Economy Workgroup of California, a 30-plus member subject matter advisory body that collectively reflects the diversity of California's creative economy including arts leaders, culture bearers, elected officials, as well as state agency representatives for labor, business, education, and workforce development. |
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Association of Performing Arts Professionals Conference
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January 9 - 13, 2026
New York City
APAP|NYC is the world's premier gathering of the performing arts presenting, booking, and touring industry and the annual members conference of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals. Registration is open. |
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California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program
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The purpose of the California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program is to provide funding support for target hardening and other security enhancements to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk for violent attacks and hate crimes due to ideology, beliefs, or mission.
Application Deadline: December 12, 2025
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Creative Capital For Artists
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Artist Lab Courses and Resources
Creative Capital Artist Lab online courses are created by art professionals, industry experts, and fellow artists who share vital concepts, skills, and tools to help grow artists’ careers. Courses are delivered through online lectures and discussions, videos, and text-based learning formats—and include exercises, best practices, and case studies that can be explored at your own pace. Courses are available in English and Spanish. |
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Lunch & Learn with MESC & UC Irvine Langson OC Museum of Art
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December 5, 2025
12:30PM - 1:30PM(PDT)
Virtual
Join the Museum Educators of Southern California for a special conversation with UC Irvine Langson Institute and Orange County Museum of Art about their award-winning Orange County Young Curators (OCYC) program. Recently featured in the New York Times and the American Alliance of Museums, this program is redefining youth engagement in the arts. OCYC connects high school juniors and seniors from across Orange County with museum professionals and artists to learn about contemporary art and curatorial practice. Over ten months, students design and produce a public exhibition from concept to opening, gaining hands-on experience and insight into the arts and cultural field. Learn how OCYC empowers young people, supports career exploration, and strengthens the future of museum education. |
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Students attend the 2015 Arts Internship Program Summit. |
Arts and Culture grantees receive professional development SCHOLARSHIPS as part of their OGP, CIAG, and AIP awards!
The Department of Arts and Culture offers scholarships (up to $750 each) to cover registration costs for professional development opportunities such as conferences or workshops for Organizational Grant Program (OGP), Arts Internship Program (AIP), and Community Impact Arts Grant (CIAG) grantee organizations. Your organization must be a current grantee in good standing in order to participate in the scholarship program.
Visit the Professional Development page for full details on how to apply for a scholarship, as well as eligibility requirements. Benefits include up to 5 classes at The Nonprofit Partnership, up to 5 classes at the Center for Nonprofit Management and up to 5 scholarships (maximum $750 each) to be used for other PD opportunities, per organization every grant year.
SHARE THIS WITH YOUR COWORKERS!
Junior staff and emerging leaders within your organization will especially benefit from these trainings and the opportunity to attend conferences. |
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Communicating With Your Team
December 9, 2025
9AM - 12PM (PDT)
In-Person
This interactive workshop will help participants identify and gain an understanding of the unique qualities of their own communication style, including characteristics, strengths and potential challenges of each style. Join us and learn to recognize the styles of others and shift your style to enable more effective relationships. Understand how to best communicate within your organization and accommodate differing preferences and needs to create an environment where all can thrive. |
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Taking Stock: Marketing Inventory
January 13, 2026
9AM - 12PM (PDT)
In-Person
To start the process of constructing a marketing plan, you will take a thorough audit of all of your existing marketing tools. In this class we will review the elements of the Marketing Mix, examine the strengths and weaknesses of your marketing materials, discover where your organization might have a void in your promotional efforts and evaluate whether your marketing tools effectively convey your mission and brand. Attendees should have available printed and digital promotional pieces to review. |
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Laying the Groundwork: Marketing Objectives
January 20, 2026
9AM - 12PM (PDT)
In-Person
Marketing objectives supply the foundation for any successful marketing plan and create bridges that join your organization to your target markets. Join us and we will identify your target markets, learn the components that every objective should include, develop marketing objectives that will aid your organization's success and learn the importance of measuring success through meeting objectives. |
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Demystifying Donor Advised Funds: What Every Nonprofit Should Know
December 2, 2025
9AM - 10AM (PDT)
Virtual
With new U.S. policy changes on the horizon, now is the time to get clear on how Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) really work and what these changes could mean for your organization. DAFs are transforming the way people give. They’re opening new doors for philanthropy while also creating new challenges for nonprofits trying to keep pace. You’ll walk away with a confident understanding of DAFs—ready to adapt your fundraising approach, engage donors more effectively, and build long-term sustainability in the changing world of giving. |
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LA Culture Net
LA Skyline by Susan Logoreci at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. LA County Civic Art Collection. |
The Arts and Culture Virtual Bulletin Board
An organizational representative should be subscribed to LA Culture Net (LACN) to receive PD and other announcements from the field that are not included in our Newsletter.
In order to spare your inbox, moving forward we will post opportunities for professional development conferences and trainings as well as external funding opportunities on LA Culture Net.
To sign up:
- Visit LA Culture Net list serve webpage: https://groups.io/g/laculturenet
- Sign up for an account.
- Once you receive a confirmation email for your account from https://groups.io/groups, you’re set to subscribe to the laculturenet group.
- Note: It may take a few days to approve your subscription to the group.
- You will receive a confirmation email with a reminder that events, grants, and professional development opportunities from outside entities will be shared there moving forward as well as a note on how to sign up.
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