New information as of March 8, 2010.

At the Tuesday, March 2nd Board meeting, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to revisit the potential funding source for the 2010 Arts Internship Program. The item will be taken up again at the Tuesday, March 16th Board meeting.

Supervisors Ridley-Thomas and Yaroslavsky voted against the proposal to delay the decision for another week. Supervisors Knabe, Antonovich and Molina recommended the delay, stating that they were unwilling to approve the motion to allocate $250,000 to this summer’s program.

   

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A group of parents from Dahlia Heights Elementary School’s PTA recently created a new advocacy group to help keep arts education alive and well in Los Angeles public schools and in the LAUSD budget.  Read on to find out how this group mobilized to meet with their board member and plans to continue advocating that arts education be preserved in next year's budget...

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Over 100 people joined the Honorable CA State Senator Curren D. Price at Culver City's Museum of Design, Art and Architecture on the morning for February 26th for an Informational Hearing of the Joint Legislative Committee on Arts.  The subject: The Creative Economy as a Jobs Engine in California.  CA State Senator Roy Ashburn (18th District) noted it was fitting that a gathering on arts & culture was "standing room only."      » Continued

 LOS ANGELES, CA -- Arts for LA, the regional advocacy organization facilitating community support for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) arts education program, has named Charles Segars, CEO of Ovation, as Chair of The Campaign to Save Arts Education in LAUSD. Eli Broad, philanthropist and founder of the Broad Art Foundation, and Maria Bell, renowned arts advocate, have been named Honorary Chairs. The announcement was made today by Arts for LA Executive Director Danielle Brazell.

 

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