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Saturday, February 6, 2010

Strength in Numbers: Defending LA Cultural Affairs Department's Funding

The voice to maintain the arts in Los Angeles in the face of budget shortfalls is being heard. Let's extend this movement to arts education in our public schools!
From Arts for LA site:
"Thanks to your efforts, the Campaign to retain the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs' TOT allocation was a success.
Over 5,000 letters were generated to City Council members from their stakeholders. An additional 100 advocates attended Wednesday's city council meeting, in which 30 impassioned speakers voiced the value of arts and culture to the city and the communities they serve."
LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-culturalaffairs3-2010feb03,0,6772199.story
and
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/02/la-city-council-feels-heat-over-a-proposal-to-shut-off-the-municipal-artsfunding-pipeline-.html

Commentary:
Is Art Important?
Bettina Korek
Arts commentator and founder of ForYourArt (http://losangeles.foryourart.com/)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bettina-korek/this-week-in-art-is-art-i_b_450377.html

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