Visual Communications Recognized as One of "America's Cultural Treasures" and Receives LA Arts Recovery Fund Grant
/We are thrilled to be a recipient of the LA Arts Recovery Fund! As one of 90 nonprofits receiving grants, we are excited to continue serving our community and contributing to the rich cultural fabric and economic recovery of LA County.
The traumatic events of the past year necessitated us to focus on the present and adapt to survive, but they also gave us the opportunity to pause and reflect, while giving us moments to reimagine our futures - ideal worlds built on shared values of equity and justice. We recognized moments that we could have done better, and how we can be better to engage systemic structures. Support from the LA Arts Recovery Fund is a catalyst for Visual Communications to reignite our work and rebuild towards our shared future; collective work that not only centers diversity, equity, and inclusion, but also includes actions to sustain anti-racist movements.
We are humbled to be recognized as one of “America’s Cultural Treasures.” Our deepest gratitude to the supporters for the fund and initiative. Thank you for believing in us.
As we look towards our future, we’d like to also thank the hundreds of cultural workers who have given to Visual Communications in the past 50 years. These are people who have given their personal sacrifice and dedication; people who made great things happen. We are here at this present moment because of you.
About the LA Arts Recovery Fund
Initiated by the J. Paul Getty Trust and administered by the California Community Foundation, the Fund is a collaboration of local and national philanthropy and is the largest-ever pooled private investment for arts in Los Angeles County. The Fund is designed to sustain community organizations, promote cultural and economic recovery, and restore community health and wellbeing. Early partners include The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the LA County Department of Arts and Culture, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The Fund also includes a challenge grant from the Ford Foundation’s “America’s Cultural Treasures Regional Initiative” (ACT), designed to recognize Black, Latinx, Asian, and Indigenous arts organizations that have made a significant impact on America’s cultural landscape, despite historically limited resources, and to acknowledge and honor the diversity of artistic expression in the United States.
Major contributors to the fund include J. Paul Getty Trust, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Jerry and Terri Kohl, The Ahmanson Foundation, Perenchio Foundation, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, California Community Foundation, The Music Man Foundation, Robert Lovelace and Alicia Miñana, Snap Foundation, Sony Pictures Entertainment & Sony Global Relief Fund, Ford Theatre Foundation and the LA County Department of Arts and Culture, and The Weingart Foundation.
Additional funding is provided by Getty Patron Program & Getty Fund, The California Wellness Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, Netflix, and Vladimir and Araxia Buckhantz Foundation.
Click here for more information about the LA Arts Recovery Fund.
