The Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture (Arts and Culture) invites Los Angeles County based artists, arts administrators, or other creative professionals to submit a proposal to work in partnership with the County of Los Angeles Homeless Initiative (Homeless Initiative) as a Creative Strategist-Artist in Residence (Creative Strategist).
Donor Name: Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture
State: California
County: Los Angeles County (CA)
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 07/24/2023
Size of the Grant: $75,000
Details:
The Creative Strategist will collaborate with Arts and Culture and Homeless Initiative staff to develop a project that may include but is not limited to artistic interventions, approaches, and strategies; community engagement and participation; the identification or mapping of cultural and community assets; the creation of new artworks; and/or access to artistic and cultural experiences to meet the established goal(s) of the residency:
- To develop and prototype strategies designed to dispel myths and shift the narrative about people experiencing homelessness;
- To develop arts-based methods that capture complicated ideas in a visual form to increase understanding and awareness of the complexities and solutions of the homelessness crisis in the region; and
- To develop artist-led, community-informed approaches for increasing public awareness of and galvanizing public support for addressing the homelessness crisis.
Programmatic activities may include both artist and community-initiated projects, workshops, and events; and site-specific visual and/or performing art presentations to address multilayered objectives that improve services provided by Los Angeles County (County), using creative methods that engage Homeless Initiative constituents and stakeholders. The Creative Strategist may engage other artists, performers, and culture bearers during the residency. Events may be held in person or via a digital platform.
This Creative Strategist residency may include but is not limited to the use of trauma-informed visual storytelling techniques, such as graphic recording, infographics, illustrations, video, photography, and other visual media, to illustrate and promote a deeper understanding of the complicated nature of solving the homelessness crisis.
Funding Information
The maximum all-inclusive project budget is $75,000, which includes $50,000 in artist fees and $25,000 for all costs associated with the development and implementation of the project.
Eligibility Criteria
This call is open to:
- Artists, arts administrators, and other creative professionals residing or working within Los Angeles County
- Individuals who have already completed a Creative Strategist residency with Arts and Culture are ineligible to apply.
For more information, visit LACDAC.