This arts nonprofit mapped a pre-gentrified Santa Monica. With a new $3-million grant, the project is going statewide
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The project aims to highlight, interpret and archive past and present cultural assets individuals, locations, organizations and events that make up the area.The maps footprint and the communities it will support just got a whole lot bigger.18th Street Arts Center has been awarded a $3.3-million California Creative Corps grant from the California Arts Council to expand the project statewide. Its current mapping project includes a companion website that features oral histories and photography documenting, in English and Spanish, more than 150 cultural treasures in the area. That has included performances, exhibitions, murals and public art, a film, walking tours and a local artisan collective.Arts and culture is the foundation of a communitys health and well-being, says 18th Street Executive Director Jan Williamson. The 18th Street Arts Center says it is making a special effort to reach out to Indigenous California communities.Forty participants will be chosen by regional panels through a statewide RFP (request for proposal). There are several quartile one regions across California.Eight years of sustained collaboration with municipal partners (library, parks, housing, schools), research and evaluation partners (USC, Rand Corporation) and community groups representing the concerns of local Hispanic, Black, and Asian families, 18th Street Arts Center says of the current Culture Mapping project, allowed us to elevate under-recognized community treasures by pairing them with experienced artists to create community-relevant artworks.
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