Convening is perhaps the most important activity of Arts for LA. From large-scale community-wide arts events to intimate round table meetings with Executive Arts Leaders and Public Officials, Arts for LA creates opportunities for increased communication between some of our region's most influential leaders.

Executive Arts Leader Forum

What began as an informal group of executive arts leaders, working to address field-wide issues that affect the arts, has grown into a fully-fledged arts advocacy organization. Still one of our most important programs of Arts for LA, the Executive Arts Leaders Fora fosters greater understanding about policies that affect the arts and strengthen relationships with the public officials who create and oversee its implementation. In short, we want good policy to be successful. And policy is successful when it has the necessary support (political, public as well as financial) for its full implementation. 2007-08 Fora include:

• DCA Executive Director, Olga Garay
• Councilman Tom LaBonge
• Los Angeles Economy & Jobs Committee
• 2nd Supervisorial Candidates Bernard Parks and Mark Ridley-Thomas

Arts for LA's Executive Arts Leaders Forum is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Depsrtment of Cultural Affairs and the California Community Foundation.

Candidate Surveys

Each year, Arts for LA surveys candidates running for election in school districts across LA County. These candidate surveys serve as both a strategy to inform school board members of the deep commitment their district has towards arts education and an opportunity for stakeholders to learn more about the candidates' commitments. In 2007, Arts for LA surveyed over 103 candidates running for election in 21 Arts for All Districts.

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