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We’re advocating for equity, investment, and sustainability in the arts
We’re leveling the playing field for artists and communities
Historically, grant making in the arts hasn’t been fair. So we’re advocating for equitable access to arts and culture for marginalized groups, supporting artists and culture bearers, and working to achieve fair distribution of arts resources. All so every Californian can experience the power of the arts.
We’re working to eradicate poverty for artists and creatives
The arts advance justice, create jobs, and impact every aspect of our society – from housing, transportation, and education, to the environment, health, and public safety. We’re working to secure funding and opportunities for artists so we can integrate arts and culture across government agencies and build a better California, together.
We’re building a more sustainable creative industry across California
We support thriving wages, equitable creative employment opportunities, and social protections for the creative workforce. More than that, we’re incentivizing creative industries and supporting creator rights – so artists can be anything but starving.
Issues
The issues facing communities, and how we can be a part of the solution.
Education
We advocate for public funding for arts education. We support programs and policies that enhance the creativity of California youth and provide clear pathways to creative industry and cultural sector jobs.
Health
We recognize that artists are an essential workforce acting as second responders. We support embedding artists and creative practitioners in government departments such as health, justice, education, and transportation as a way to innovate and connect people in more impactful ways. We support the creation of public health indicators that include the arts and social prescription of the arts.
Community development
We believe the arts work to empower and engage youth, to build community, to advance justice, to create jobs, and to heal. Therefore, we demonstrate the impact of arts and culture on all community and economic development areas including but not limited to housing, transportation, education, the environment, health, public safety, and more and look for funding and opportunities to integrate arts and culture across government agencies.
Economy
We support thriving wages, equitable creative employment opportunities, and social protections for the creative workforce. More than that, we’re incentivizing creative industries and supporting creator rights – so artists can be anything but starving.
Workforce
We support the diversification and growth of the creative workforce and the creation of support systems to expand opportunities for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) cultural and creative workers within the economy. We support thriving wages with benefits designed for this workforce.
Social justice
We recognize that grant making in the arts has not been equitable and advocate for improving access to public and private funds through equitable grant making. We recognize that the arts create thriving public spaces and diverse cultural institutions; therefore we advocate for the fair distribution of programmatic, financial, and informational resources, so that all Californians can benefit from the transformative power of arts.
Climate change
Artists, designers, and culture bearers use creativity and art to socialize issues impacting the environment. Artists are visionaries and healers who translate cultural shifts. We know investing in a creative workforce to help transform perceptions and attitudes towards climate change is essential. Artists and creatives have specialized abilities to expand our understanding of our communities and the environment.
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