PRESS RELEASE
City of Long Beach
Public Information Office
411 W. Ocean Blvd,
Long Beach, CA 90802
www.longbeach.gov
562.570.6724
andrew.chang@longbeach.gov
Assistant to the City Manager,
Office of the City Manager
Today, the application period opened for the City of Long Beach’s recently announced Creative Economy grants Program. This program, funded by the Long Beach Recovery Act, will provide funding to local arts, culture and history nonprofits and professional artists to be utilized for operational recovery, public murals, community projects and professional artist fellowships. Now until June 10, 2022, eligible artists and organizations can apply to receive grants to support a variety of arts activities.
The Creative Economy Grants Program includes the following four grant opportunities, administered through ArtsLB:
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Organizational Recovery Grants: Grants will be available to support the operational recovery of large arts, culture and historical non-profit organizations in the city.
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Public Mural Program: The Creative Economy Grants Program includes funds to support a public mural program, for which the Departments of Public Works and Parks, Recreation, and Marine have created a list of sites at public facilities citywide that will be made available to artists for mural artwork.
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Community Project Grants: These grants will support one-time projects by arts, cultural and historical organizations in Long Beach, through ArtsLB’s existing Community Project guidelines. Operating Grantee Organizations are also encouraged to apply.
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Artist Fellowships: Professional artists who live, work or actively create in Long Beach and demonstrate an active exhibition and/or production record will be eligible to apply for Artist Fellowships through ArtsLB’s existing Professional Artist Fellowship selection guidelines.
The application period for all programs will close June 10, with the exception of the Public Mural Program, which will close August 5. Additional information regarding the application process and eligibility requirements can be found on the ArtsLB website.
Applications for the Cultural Center Grants, administered by the City Manager’s Office, are also now being accepted through June 10 on the City’s LB Recovery Act webpage.
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Cultural Center Grants: Three grants of $25,000 each will be allocated for seed funding and/or development activities of three existing cultural centers in Long Beach: the African American Cultural Center, the Latino Cultural Center and Cambodian American Cultural Center.
As part of the City’s ongoing efforts to provide application assistance for Recovery-related programs, the City is also partnering with ArtsLB to offer free assistance to artists applying for grant programs. To learn more about how to receive free application assistance, artist can contact the ArtsLB at 562.435.2787 or email grants@artslb.org. Technical assistance workshops will also be provided for the Creative Economy Grants, with interpreters available in Spanish, Khmer and Tagalog.
This opportunity is made possible by the Long Beach Recovery Act (Recovery Act), a plan to fund economic and public health initiatives for residents, workers and businesses critically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of $900,000 has been allocated from the Recovery Act to support the City’s arts and culture organizations. Additional information about the Long Beach Recovery Act is available at longbeach.gov/recovery.