The Creative Strategist Program and Artist Residencies in Government

The mission of the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture is to advance arts, culture, and creativity throughout LA County. The department fulfills this mission by providing services and support in areas including grants and technical assistance for nonprofit organizations; professional development opportunities; commissioning civic artworks and managing the County’s civic art collection; implementing countywide arts education initiatives and the Arts Education Collective; research and evaluation; career pathways in the creative economy; free community programs; and cross sector creative strategies that address civic issues. This work is framed by the County’s Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative and a longstanding commitment to fostering access to the arts.

LA County Department of Arts and Culture

Join us for a conversation about the LA County Creative Strategist program and the role of artist residencies in government.

In 2018, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture launched the <a href="https://www.lacountyarts.org/about/cultural-equity-inclusion-initiative/creative-strategist-program" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Creative Strategist-Artist in Residence</a> program, as part of the <a href="https://www.lacountyarts.org/about/cultural-equity-inclusion-initiative/cultural-equity-inclusion-initiative" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative</a>. The program places artists, arts administrators, or other creative workers in LA County departments to work alongside staff and community members in a collaborative process to develop, strategize, and implement artist-driven solutions to complex social challenges. Five years, 10 creative strategists, and 10 County agencies later, what have we learned? How does an artist embedded in a government agency shift culture and change perspectives? What are the tangible and intangible results? What is socially engaged art and civic practice and why does it work in this context? Join us for an engaging conversation as we explore these topics and more.T﻿o explore what we learned from the first six residencies, read the <a href="https://www.lacountyarts.org/creative-strategist-program-evaluation" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Creative Strategist Program Evaluation</a>. To read about the completed residencies, visit the <a href="https://www.lacountyarts.org/about/cultural-equity-inclusion-initiative/creative-strategist-program" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Creative Strategist Program</a> web page.This event will take place via Zoom Webinar and will be recorded and made available on LACountyArts.org.*﻿Photo: Community members of the East LA Community Service Center at a visioning workshop led by Creative Strategist Carol Zou (right). Photo by Monica Almeida

Agenda

Welcome & Land Acknowledgment

Welcoming Remarks

Arts Warm-up Activity

Facilitated by Bronwyn Mauldin (Director of Research & Evaluation, LA County Department of Arts and Culture); Panel: Deborah Aschheim (artist/Creative Strategist), Phung Huynh (artist/Creative Strategist), Rigoberto Reyes (Executive Director, Office of Immigrant Affairs), Alexandra Valdes (Executive Director, LA City/County Native American Indian Commission), Andrea Welsing (Director, Office of Violence Prevention), Anu Yadav (artist/Creative Strategist), Mika Yamamoto (Regional Operations Manager, LA County Department of Parks and Recreation)

In Conversation: the Creative Strategist Program & Artist Residencies in Gov.

Closing Remarks

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