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ArtsDay 2014/LA Arts Convergence Save the Date(s)
Mon, 06/17/2013 - 8:30am
Arts for LA is pleased to announce two important dates for the upcoming advocacy year. Please mark your calendars:
Arts for LA Member Organizations should hold Tuesday, October 29, 2013, for the biennial LA Arts Convergence, an all-day gathering of arts administrators and leaders from around Los... Read more
Arts for LA to Lead Sessions at Americans for the Arts Convention
Mon, 06/10/2013 - 2:59pm
Four representatives of Arts for LA (AFLA) will participate in the annual Americans for the Arts (AFTA) Convention, to be held this month in Pittsburgh. Danielle Brazell is proud to be a featured speaker at this year’s Town Hall event, where she’ll talk about ways the arts...
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California Arts Council Funding Bill Stalls, but Plan B Emerges
Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:41pm
AB 580, the California State Assembly bill to fund the California Arts Council with $75 million for the upcoming fiscal year, failed to pass out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee during the current legislative session.
While the bill cannot be passed for the... Read more
LA Must Vote
By Guest Blog // February 22, 2013 12:31 PM
This article originally appeared in UCLA IDEA's "Themes in the News"
Are Los Angeles schools unduly influenced by “outside interests”? How about “inside interests”? Or maybe, no interest at all?
According to Warren Fletcher, president of United Teachers of Los Angeles, “voters do not need outsiders deciding who is best to sit on the LAUSD Board of Education" (Los Angeles Times). Those... Read more
Learning from Experiments in Arts Innovation
By Guest Blog // December 14, 2012 04:06 PM
Staying relevant amid a shifting landscape is an obstacle that’s very familiar in our field: arts organizations are challenged to meet the changing expectations of communities they serve. My predecessors at Irvine responded to that growing... Read more
Guest blog: Talia Gibas of Arts for All on Shared Delivery & Arts Education [excerpt]
By Guest Blog // December 4, 2012 12:49 PM
This blog was originally published by Createquity and is excerpted with permission. Read the entire post at Createquity.
Shared delivery does not reflect what I or, based on anecdotal evidence, the majority of people within my age bracket received in terms of arts education. My fifth grade generalist teacher was a woman named Mrs. Gonzalez. I saw her every day, and she... Read more
