Nonprofit arts organizations in Los Angeles County interested in working with college interns during the summer may now apply to participate in the Los Angeles County Arts Internship Grant Program.

Applications are open for two separate grant opportunities, made possible by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors: The Organizational Grant Program (OGP) and the Community Impact Arts Grant (CIAG).

The newly-established Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture has announced Tim Dang and Madeline Di Nonno have joined the agency’s Arts Commission, the department’s longstanding advisory body.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has appointed and sworn in Kristin Sakoda as the first director of the newly-established Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture

Creative Strategists and County staff bring new thinking to projects that improve services and quality of life.

On June 28, 2019, LA County opened a "first-of-its-kind Reentry Center" at 3965 South Vermont Avenue. The center aims to reflect a new but proven approach to making justice more restorative and humane while keeping our communities safe, according to LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.

The re-dedication ceremony for the Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial took place in downtown Los Angeles on July 3, 2019—the 51^st anniversary of the original dedication.

Image caption: Department of Arts and Culture grantee Heidi Ducker Dance’s Duck Truck Residency Program.