Announcements

LA County Board of Supervisors Appoints Arts Leader Kristin Sakoda as Executive Director of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission

The Los Angeles County Arts Commission releases findings from a 18-month survey of arts education in K-12 public schools.

The LA County Arts Education Profile survey was administered to all 2,277 public schools in LA County to learn about the quantity, quality and equity of arts education. We found that nearly every school offers at least some arts instruction, and most schools offer at least two disciplines. At the same time, we found troubling inequities that reflect disparities in the wider society. 

On Saturday, April 22, 2017, nearly 150 participants, speakers, volunteers, and observers assembled in downtown LA to spend the day exploring how data can be used to improve access to the arts for all ten million residents of Los Angeles County. This report tells the story of what we did, and provides a toolkit for others who want to do their own datathon.

Five recommendations included in the Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative (CEII) report released by the Arts Commission in April 2017 have received funding by the LA County Board of Supervisors as part of the approved budget for Fiscal Year 2017-18.

Longtime Arts Innovator and Thought Leader Will Leave Current Role in July

Report includes 13 Actionable Strategies

This report outlines the Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative, an 18-month public process that led to the development of 13 recommendations to the LA County Board of Supervisors to ensure that everyone in LA County has equitable access to arts and culture, and to improve inclusion in the wider arts ecology for all residents in every community.