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Program Overview
The Arts Council for Long Beach is seeking applications from community-based non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations and artists/artist cohorts for the California Creative Corps Program. This grant program seeks to bring awareness to community health, environmental justice, social justice and uplifting specific communities, including people with disabilities and LGBTQIA2S+ populations.
Arts Council for Long Beach is one of several organizations administering this program for Los Angeles and Orange Counties on behalf of the California Arts Council.
The California Creative Corps Program is funded by a $60 million one-time General Fund allocation to the California Arts Council. This pilot program will serve as a media, community outreach, and engagement campaign to increase public health awareness to stop the spread of COVID-19, water and energy conservation education, climate mitigation, emergency preparedness, relief, and recovery, civic engagement, including voter education and outreach, and social justice.
The application for artists is not yet open. You can view the application questions in our guidelines. Once organizations are selected we will open the artist application so that artists may select an organization they want to work with.
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The Arts Council for Long Beach has been selected as one of only 14 organizations to administer the California Creative Corps Program, a pilot program funded by a $60 million one-time allocation for the California Arts Council to increase community health, environmental justice, social justice, and uplift specific communities, people with disabilities, or LGBTQIA2S+.
Key Dates
FEB 6 Guidelines Published
FEB 16 Virtual Technical Assistance Workshop
Feb 18 East Los Angeles County Library Information Session
Feb 23 Technical Assistance Workshop
Mar 15 Nonprofit Application Deadline
APR 19 First Artist Workshop
APR 26 Budget and Artist Doc Workshop
MAY 15 Artist Application Deadline
JuLY 2023 - June 2024 Projects and Professional Development Workshops Commence
Program Overview
Thirty (30) non-profit organizations will be selected to collaborate with an artist or cohort of artists for 1 year. The result will be a work of art that involves the organizations’ target communities and addresses one or more of the following topics:
- Public health awareness messages to stop the spread of COVID-19
- Public awareness related to water and energy conservation, climate mitigation, and emergency preparedness, relief, and recovery
- Civic engagement, including election participation
- Social justice and community engagement
If your organization is accepted into the program, your organization will receive a $30,000 organizational support grant to assist you in participating. There is no cost to your organization.
Arts Council for Long Beach is one of several organizations administering this program for Los Angeles and Orange Counties on behalf of the California Arts Council. Your organization must demonstrate impact in communities that are in the lowest quartile of the California Healthy Places Index.
There are several other administering organizations representing the Los Angeles and Orange County region, and you may choose to apply to any of the other administering organizations. Each administering organization has its own set of guidelines and determining factors.
work with an artist
Who We Are Looking For
Arts Council for Long Beach is looking for about 30 non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations located in Los Angeles and Orange Counties to participate in the California Creative Corps program.
Organizations must be located in, work with, or serve the areas with the lowest quartile as listed in the California Healthy Places Index. Small, medium, and large organizations will receive equal consideration.
Applicant organizations should have strong ties to their communities. Organizations may be focused on community health, uplifting specific communities, environmental justice, social justice, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+, or protecting the environment. These are just a few of the types of organizations we are seeking
artists and performers
30 artists or artist cohorts will be paired with a community-based organization to collaborate on a proposed project for 1 year. The result will be a work of art that involves the organizations’ target communities, and addresses one or more of the following topics:
- Public health awareness messages to stop the spread of COVID-19
- Public awareness related to water and energy conservation, climate mitigation, and emergency preparedness, relief, and recovery
- Civic engagement, including election participation
- Social justice and community engagement
If your proposal is accepted into the program, you will receive a $50,000 grant. In addition, you will receive funds to support the implementation of the project and professional development mentorship during the course of the year-long project.
work with an organization
Who We Are Looking For
Artists and artist cohorts must be located in, work with, or serve the areas with the lowest quartile as listed in the California Healthy Places Index.
We are looking for artists to submit a proposal for a year-long project with a local organization. Project proposals must have the ability to adapt to multiple organizations as there is no guarantee that the artist will be paired with the organization of choice.
Applying artists should have strong ties to the communities they are proposing to work with and artistic practice should be focused on community health, uplifting specific communities, environmental justice, social justice, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+, or protecting the environment. These are just a few of the types of artists we are seeking