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A coalition of major arts organizations and philanthropists in Los Angeles led by the J. Paul Getty Trust announce the creation of the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund, an emergency relief fund for artists and arts workers in all disciplines who have lost residences, studios, or livelihoods or have otherwise been impacted by the devastating Los Angeles fires.
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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to announce 1,474 awards totaling $36,790,500 to support the arts in communities in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC.
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Remembering the former Alvin Ailey artistic director, Judith Jamison. Look back on her iconic beauty and dance moments to celebrate her legacy.
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Emily May explores what’s behind the artworld’s ongoing fascination with an ephemeral art form
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The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) shares important news regarding the National Theater Project (NTP) and the National Dance Project (NDP) and honors the longtime generosity of the Mellon Foundation.
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The LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games announce Emmy-winning writer/producer and Los Angeles arts leader Maria Arena Bell as Chair of the LA28 Cultural Olympiad, the celebrated arts and culture platform that has accompanied the Games in every host city for more than one hundred years.
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For its second major grant announcement of fiscal year 2024, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to announce more than $110 million in recommended grants in all 50 states and U.S. jurisdictions.
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Governor Newsom, Senate President pro-Tempore Mike McGuire, and Speaker Robert Rivas have announced the California budget plan for 2024-25. An agreement was reached between legislators to restore approximately 75% of state funding for the arts that had been cut in the Governor’s May budget.
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To explore how organizations’ bottom line and working capital have fared over the last few years, we analyzed data from FY 2019 to 2023 collected from 233 organizations through the Cultural Data Profile.
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Dance education pioneer and founder of the nation’s first dance department at UCLA, Alma Hawkins developed the prototype for the dance department of equal status to the Art, Music, and Theater departments in the UCLA College of Fine Arts.
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In Fall 2023, Dance Source Houston (DSH) introduced the first edition of the Physical Therapy Dance Exchange. The event was part of their Day of Dancer Health, modeled after the Dance Resource Center’s Day of Dancer Health program.
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At the Paris 2024 Games, the breaking competition will comprise two events – one for men and one for women – where 16 B-Boys and 16 B-Girls will go face to face in spectacular solo battles.
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The first-of-its-kind, “Healing, Bridging, Thriving: A Summit on Arts and Culture in our Communities” brought together leaders from various sectors, including government officials; policymakers; artists; advocates; academics; and philanthropic, labor, and community leaders.
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Chita Rivera, who appeared in more than 20 Broadway musicals over six decades, has died at age 91, according to her daughter, Lisa Mordente.
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Maurice Hines Jr., who hit the L.A. area when he was 70 for a Beverly Hills run of his show “Tappin’ Through Life,” has died at age 80.
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Californians for the Arts shares their thoughts on Governor Newsom’s appointment of Danielle Brazell as CAC’s new Executive Director.
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Theo shares how TeenTix LA provided a glimmer of light and saved his mental health.
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This year, in collaboration with DRC; Fusion Performing Dance Academy, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, and The Music Center will offer free studio space to Los Angeles’s local professional dance community.
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Governor Newsom paving way for artists and non-profits. AB 812 will allow local governments to reserve affordable housing in cultural districts for artists at risk of being displaced by rising housing costs. While AB 590 is paving the way to advance payments for nonprofits with state grants and contracts.
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Remembering the lives of groundbreaking choreographer Rudy Perez, a pioneer of 1960s postmodern dance, and dance journalist Laura Bleiberg.
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The Equitable Payroll Fund was introduced in 2022 by Senator Anthony Portantino (D – Burbank) and signed into law by Governor Newsom, but until now remained unfunded. The Equitable Payroll Fund is a workforce investment intended to help stem the losses the performing arts are facing.
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Dancers flock to iconic places like the Sepulveda Dam, Grand Park, Rodeo Drive, Hollywood and Highland, Venice Beach and the Santa Monica Pier to collaborate on 20-second videos with virality as the goal.
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The stars aligned at a time when Rhoden was looking for a new challenge and Chapman’s dance department was seeing a swell of interest and investment.
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SMU DataArts turns to data to empirically explore the question: Do local arts agencies contribute to their communities’ arts vibrancy?
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The SF Classical Voice’s Audience Choice Awards turned to their readers to select this past season’s best performers and performances. DRC Members and partners took the dance categories by a storm.
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O’Shae Sibley, 28, was vogueing when men attacked him with gay slurs and told him to stop. A hate crimes task force is investigating.
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