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Grant Program
The Department of Cultural Affairs
awards grants for services related to the production,
creation, presentation, exhibition and managerial support
of artistic cultural services within the City of Los Angeles.
The Grant Programs support projects in design, dance,
media, music, literary arts, photography, services to
artists, theatre, traditional/folk art, visual arts, and
projects that are interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary
among these categories.
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Marketing
and Development Division
The Marketing and Development Division
markets the City’s cultural events by creating thousands
of direct mail pieces and promotional materials, maintaining
the culturela.org website, and producing event calendars
for the City’s Latino, African American, and Asian
and Pacific Islander American Heritage Celebrations. The
Division publishes an annual Festival
Guide that features
over 436 festivals throughout Los Angeles and its neighboring
cities, and produces and promotes several citywide festivals
and special events.
The Marketing and Development Division works with local,
state, and national arts organizations to promote cultural
awareness and increase arts education in our communities.
The Division raises funds from foundations, corporations,
government agencies, and individual donors to support
arts and cultural programming. The Division also partners
with the Mayor’s office, the City Council, community
leaders, museum directors, artists, and arts organizations
to promote local economic development.
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Public
Art Division
The Public Art Division celebrates
the cultural diversity in Los Angeles, as well as the
role of the artist in the community, by encouraging a
network of artist voices as rich as the communities they
represent. Likewise, Public Art in Los Angeles has the
unique capacity to bring the experience of art to a broad
and diverse group of citizens by engaging the active urban
landscape.
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