23 Arts Groups From The Fourth District Receive Grants From The Arts Commission

Supervisor Don Knabe is pleased to announce grants to 23 arts organizations from the Fourth District. The Los Angeles County Arts Commission Organizational Grant Program (OGP) grants were awarded competitively and reviewed and scored by panels.

The grants for the Fourth District are part of awards totaling $4,518,000 to 155 nonprofit arts organizations countywide for the fiscal year 2008-09 to create visual and performing arts projects, strengthen infrastructure, and provide access to the arts for children and adults.

“Our entire community benefits from these grants, but I am particularly pleased with the impact it will have on young people,” said Supervisor Knabe. “From my youth, the arts have been a personal passion of mine. Children with opportunities in the arts have a lifelong benefit.”

Grant recipients based in or providing most of their services to the Fourth District are listed below. A double asterisk next to the organization name indicates a first-time grantee.

Organizational Grant Program I / Small Budget Organizations

- Asociacion Peruana Internacional de Cultura (Diamond Bar)
- Beach Cities Symphony Association (Redondo Beach)
- Camerata Singers of Long Beach (Long Beach)
- Concert Singers (Long Beach)
- Firststage (Los Angeles)
- Garage Theatre (Long Beach)
- Golden State Pops Orchestra/Friends of - the GSPO (San Pedro)
- Harry Bridges Project (Los Angeles)
- Interact Theatre Company (North Hollywood)
- Second City Council (Long Beach)
- South Coast Chorale (Long Beach)
- South Coast Dance Arts Alliance (Long Beach)
- Torrance Symphony Association (Torrance)

Organizational Grant Program II / Mid-Size Budget Organizations

- A Window Between Worlds (Venice)
- Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay (Palos Verdes Peninsula)
- Excelsus Music Collaborators (Long Beach)
- Peninsula Symphony Association (Palos Verdes Peninsula)
 

Organizational Grant Program 2.5 / Mid-Size Budget Organizations
 

- Dramatic Results (Signal Hill)
- International City Theatre (Long Beach)
- Long Beach Community Players (Long Beach)

Organizational Grant Program III / Large Budget Organizations

- Arts & Services For Disabled, Inc. (Long Beach)
- Long Beach Museum of Art Foundation (Long Beach)
- Long Beach Symphony Association (Long Beach)