Last year, Arts:Earth Partnership (AEP) was engaged by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs to conduct sustainability assessments on all city-owned cultural facilities.  That contract has resulted in changes to the City's purchasing practices and other sustainable changes that wil

The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs invites members of the Los Angeles creative community to attend the Broadway Arts Center Artist Market Survey Workshop and learn about efforts to bring affordable space for artists and arts organizations to downtown LA.

DATE: Monday, August 15, 2011, 7 pm-8:30 pm

Arts for LA has received the following statement from the Office of the Mayor and the Executive Director of the Department of Cultural Affairs. 

Dear Colleagues:

This Wednesday, March 23rd at 2:30pm, a Rally to Protect LA's Recovery will be held in downtown Los Angeles.

The Rally draws attention to the potentially devastating impact of proposed federal budget cuts to the nonprofit and social sectors of the Los Angeles Region.

Creative Cities International, an organization dedicated to examining and promoting the role of culture in urban planning, is creating a Vitality Index for 35 cities in the U.S., including Los Angeles.

The ongoing discussion of the proposed transition of certain Los Angeles city-owned cultural facilities to public/private partnerships has been continued for January 25, 2011. 

On Wednesday, November 24th, Councilmembers LaBonge and Hahn introduced a motion that instructs the CAO (Chief Administrative Office) to identify funds to ensure the DCA facilities that are being proposed to be partnered out through an RFP process will remain open through June 2011 while the CAO finishes crafting the RFP process.  The motion can be downloade

The City Council's Arts, Parks, Health & Aging Committee has scheduled the Cultural Art Facilities issue for discussion at the meeting on Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010.  The Committee will hear reports from the Chief Legislative Analyst and the Department of Cultural Affairs relative to the DCA's Request for Proposals to transition Cultural Art Facilities to Public-Private partnerships.  To download the Committee Agenda in

On Tuesday, August 17th, Los Angeles City Council's Arts, Parks, Health & Aging Committee will hear an update on the Request for Proposals process to transition cultural facilities to public/private partnerships.