CALARTS WINS GRANT FOR COMMUNITY WORK.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - The California Institute for the Arts will receive a $50,000 federal grant. The money will come from the National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Independent agency of the U.S. government that supports the creation, dissemination, and performance of the arts. It was created by the U.S. or its Community Arts Partnership The Community Arts Partnership (usually known as CAP) was established in 1990,and is the first program of its kind in the U.S. The program links the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) to community art centers and public schools throughout Los Angeles County as part of an program. Of 213 such grants announced this week, all but 15 percent were for less than $50,000 each. ``The grant process for the National Endowment for the Arts is extremely competitive,'' said U.S. Rep. Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, who serves on the endowment advisory council for the acting chairwoman, Eileen Mason. ``The success of the ... application is further proof of the excellent work that CalArts is doing in our community.'' CalArts runs an in-depth program giving community youths the opportunity to work with institute faculty, students and artists. The program encourages collaboration of CalArts and 14 other organizations throughout Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . In Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , CalArts personnel work closely with the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Boys & Girls Club in media arts, dance, visual arts, theater and music. In January 2001, McKeon presented CalArts with more than $1 million dollars in federal funding for its Community Arts Partnership program. |
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