The Board of Directors of Arts for LA is pleased to announce that Sofia Klatzker will be its new Executive Director, beginning in March 2015.  She will lead the executive management team and work closely with the Board of Directors to develop and implement policy and strategic initiatives and to guide our county, state, and nation-wide arts advocacy efforts.

Interested in leading a regional coalition to foster a healthy environment in which arts and culture may thrive and be accessible to all in Los Angeles County?

Arts for LA invites communication staff members from LA County arts and culture organizations to join us for our next Arts Communicators Meet-Up on September 24 at our offices in downtown Los Angeles.

July 1 brought with it a series of passed torches on our Board of Directors.  Please join us in celebrating our new leadership: 

Debra J.T. Padilla, Chair
Social & Public Art Resource Center (SPARC)

Arts for LA is pleased to announce Executive Director Danielle Brazell has been nominated by Mayor Eric Garcetti to serve as the new general manager of the Cultural Affairs Department of the City of Los Angeles. Her work with the department will begin pending confirmation by the Los Angeles City Council.

Arts for LA welcomes Amy Sauceda to our staff. Amy will work as the communications and research intern helping Charlie Jensen with communications and event management. She was selected from a very competitive pool of applicants from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission's summer internship program, which hired one hundred and twenty-two interns this summer. 

On April 30, Arts for LA’s Executive Director Danielle Brazell issued a letter to the Honorable Mr. Paul Krekorian, chair of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Los Angeles City Council.  The full text of the letter follows.  Arts for LA will continue to monitor the city's budget process and update our advocates on its status whenever possible.

April 30, 2014

On Wednesday, April 30, Arts for LA will host the Culture & Creativity Candidate Forum for Los Angeles County Supervisor Candidates in the Third District.  The event will take place at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in the Bing Theater at 7:15 p.m.  Dr. Franklin J. Gilliam, Dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, will moderate.