With CAC General Operating Support, Art in the Park Community Cultural Programs will enable us to maintain and expand our community-centered artist-led, all-ages programs by supporting our director, administrative staff, community teaching artists, cultural practitioners, and special event staff. Support will allow us to hold consistent free and low-cost programs and events. We are focused on growing our capacity to provide accessible, equitable, and thoughtful arts programming that uplifts our community through sustaining diverse cultural and artist-led programs in the community, which is essential to maintaining a vibrant, resilient, and culturally rich environment where all individuals can access and participate in the arts.
For more than 20 years, our artist-run, multi-generational community space has provided access to the arts in Northeast LA, serving as an incubator for diverse, grassroots public programming. Some of our core programs include Community Arts—an ongoing series of artist-led projects; our Artist-in-Residency program; Community Band; and Community Arts—a weekly all-ages band and arts workshop that happens on Saturdays outside in the park. We have ongoing music, art, and movement classes during the week and ongoing art exhibitions. We build opportunities alongside the people we serve, fostering the development of the artists, musicians, dancers, and cultural workers who drive our programs.