LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE IS...

The mission of the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture is to advance arts, culture, and creativity throughout LA County. We fulfill our mission by providing services and support in areas including grants and technical assistance for nonprofit organizations; professional development opportunities; commissioning civic artworks and managing the County’s civic art collection; implementing countywide arts education initiatives; research and evaluation; career pathways in the creative economy; free community programs; and cross sector creative strategies that address civic issues. This work is framed by the County’s Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative and a longstanding commitment to fostering access to the arts.

Civic Art

Petal Power

January 06, 2016

The Architect's Newspaper By Mimi Zieger

Bob Hope We the People - LA Weekly Slideshow

Discover the Treasures of L.A. County's Civic Arts Collection

December 20, 2016

LA Weekly By LA Weekly To accompany Matt Stromberg's piece on the Civic Art Baseline Inventory project, a LA Weekly composed a slideshow of 30 civic art pieces in the County's civic art collection.

Bridget Campos-LA Weekly Civic Art Collection

One Woman Is on A Mission to Find All of L.A. County's Hidden Civic Art

December 20, 2016

LA Weekly By Matt Stromberg

Artwork at Zev Yaroslavsky Family Support Center Named One of the 38 Best New Public Art Projects in United States by Americans for the Arts

August 11, 2016

The Artwork Titled "Inverted Landscapes" by Elena Manferdini Was Chosen from 260 Submissions Across the Country Inverted Landscapes, a site-specific artwork at the Zev Yaroslavsky Family Support Center in Van Nuys, California has been named as one of the 38 best public art projects by the 2015 Public Art Network (PAN) Year in Review by Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts.

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