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Grant Year

2026-27

Grant Program

General Operating Support

Award Amount

$12,000.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, the Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PACLA) will invest in operational development and new strategic initiatives. These specific near-term goals reflect a combination of building on proven organizational strengths, and development of complementary new capabilities:

Reach, serve, and impact a more diverse range of audiences in Los Angeles via:
Collaborative community projects and partnerships
Producing compelling public events throughout Los Angeles
Innovative direct programming in our exhibition space
Focused marketing and outreach

Solidify the future leadership team by:
Compensating the new Executive Director
Retaining our communications staff and project contractors
Diversifying our governing Board

Launch the 2026 Strategic Plan Update:
Folding our strategic assessment findings into a new five-year Strategic Plan
Updating our operational priorities to lay the groundwork for the plan’s success

Organization Summary

PAC LA produces a robust calendar of expertly curated public and member events throughout the city, along with online talks and guided travel, on our own and in partnership with other notable arts organizations. These include visits with artists in their studios, conversations with gallerists, panel presentations by educators, printmakers, and museum directors, and access to photographic collections in libraries, private homes, and universities. We also produce a free in-depth digital newsletter every month. In 2023 and 2024, we hosted 75 different events, attended by over 5,000 people. 69 of those events took place in person in Los Angeles, and nine of those events were public online talks with attendees from all over the world.

PAC LA exists to build, educate, and engage our community, and that means we do this for all audiences, including our 180+ supporting members, 3,500 Zoom event attendees, 20,000 viewers on our YouTube channel, 2,200 followers on Instagram, 1,200 newsletter subscribers, and the growing numbers of guests (3,200 and counting) at our free in-person public events.

Organization

PAC LA

Address

1933 South Broadway #430

Los Angeles

90007

County

Los Angeles

Region

South – Los Angeles & Orange

Website

Email

State Assembly District

District 54

State Senate District

District 26

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