Grantee Database
LOS ANGELES PERFORMANCE PRACTICE
Grant Year
2023-24
Grant Program
Statewide and Regional Networks
Award Amount
$42,500.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Los Angeles Performance Practice (LAPP) will host and further develop our deeply enriching programs for artists, including free artist consultation sessions, artistic and professional development workshops, research and development support for new creative projects, and a newly piloted program that creates an intentional community of artists who gather for robust peer-to-peer systems of support as they resource a new performance project.
Organization Summary
I. Programs for Artists
FREE ADVICE | Open consultations with staff and guest advisors from LA arts institutions to encourage a generous exchange of ideas, practices, knowledge, and resources.
WORKSHOPS | Professional development sessions cover practical skill-sets such as grant writing and budgeting, as well as creative topics like devising performance and dance practices.
RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT (R+D) | Early project support gives time and space to multidisciplinary artists developing new projects. Includes childcare.
ACCELERATOR | A cohort of independent artists meet monthly to deepen self-producing skills and resource new work.
CASUAL | Artists show experimental work in early development to viewers for critical feedback.
II. LIVE ARTS EXCHANGE [LAX] FESTIVAL
Since 2013, LAX has served as a highly visible platform for performances, immersive installations, happenings, and talks that are geographically focused around Downtown LA. LAX consistently uplifts underrepresented voices, engaging artists with limited resources whose projects would benefit from being witnessed. We connect projects to partners who can provide diversified systems of support.
III. CREATIVE PRODUCING
We work closely with independent artists’ projects, providing the scaffolding of institutional support on every layer of development: ideation, grant writing, partnership cultivation, touring and management.
IV. FIELD INITIATIVES
LAPP advocates for local initiatives with national impact:
INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS | We administered unrestricted funds to a broad range of LA County artists as an Administering Organization for the California Arts Council in 2023.
RESEARCH IN THE ARTS | A comparative study of contemporary performance-making examining geographic funding disparities, now expanded to include institutional networks for alternative governance in the arts.
BRIDGE THE GAPS | An artist recovery initiative offering microgrants and residencies to wildfire-impacted artists in Los Angeles, in partnership with the City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs.
MENTORSHIP | Through the LA County Department of Arts and Culture, we offer paid internships focused on production and development in the arts.
Organization
Los Angeles Performance Practice
Address
110 Judge John Aiso St. #722
LOS ANGELES
90012
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(401) 640-1651
Congressional District
California Assembly district 34
State Assembly District
District 45
State Senate District
District 28
