Support Arts in Los Angeles
Posted on | February 1, 2010 | No Comments
Dear Friends and Supporters,
As you may already know, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs is being threatened with catastrophic budget and staff cuts. Staff reductions of 24-48% have been proposed as well as the total elimination of grants that the Department awards annually. This includes grants that have been awarded for the rest of this year that have not been invoiced and future funding for Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock.
In addition, the City of Los Angeles Budget and Finance Committee has put forward a motion that could eliminate any obligation to fund the Department of Cultural Affairs at all.
THIS CANNOT HAPPEN as IT WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC to many of the wonderful and vital arts organizations in Los Angeles including ours. The arts in Los Angeles are a 14.8 billion dollar industry. For every dollar spent by the Department of Cultural Affairs, eight dollars are generated directly in jobs for artists and businesses.
We need your help and we need it TODAY!
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Click below to email a letter, it takes less than a minute.
If you don’t live in the City, but enjoy the services provided by the DCA, you should direct your emails to either Council President Eric Garcetti or Councilmember Jose Huizar, who represents Council District 14, where the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock is located.
Thank you for your efforts and continued support,
Julia Salazar
Executive Director
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock is a nonprofit 501 (c)3 organization that provides innovative and multicultural arts programming to Eagle Rock and the surrounding communities of Northeast Los Angeles. Programs include exhibitions, community festivals, free and low-cost after school arts classes, a Summer Art Camp, and more. For more information on Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock and it’s community programs, call 323.226.1617 or visit www.centerartseaglerock.org
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