Our Authors Study Club, Inc. of Los Angeles (OASC) and the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) announced an open call for entries in the 2024 African American Heritage Guide (AAHM).
The Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) will issue grants from its Public Space Activation Fund (PAF) for creative proposals. Artists, community residents, cultural advocates, local nonprofits, and neighborhood business managers are welcome to submit new and innovative community engagement propositions to DCA starting November 1.
Online applications for creative proposals will be accepted starting November 1, by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA). The agency will issue grants from its Public Space Activation Fund (PAF) and artists, community residents, cultural advocates, local nonprofits, and neighborhood business managers are welcome to submit new and innovative community engagement propositions to DCA. Also, the Community Activation Fund will pay for three new “signature festivals” in each of the following five Los Angeles City Council Districts: 3, 6, 8, 9, and 12. The first new category for the PAF grant, Community Expressions, provides opportunities for individual artists
The Civil Service Commission revoked Watts Towers Art Center Director Rosie Lee Hooks’ suspension recently, however Friends of Watts Towers members say they now want an apology from the city and they are asking community members to join them in petitioning for one. The Department of Cultural Affairs is leaving in authority the official who knowingly presented false testimony that caused Hooks’ suspension, they said. They are calling the situation “disrespectful” and “a slap in the face” to the Watts Community. “We feel disrespected,” said FOWT board member, Ed Lander who joined other members in composing the apology letter. “A