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Open Call Number

Release Date

Written Questions about this Call for Artists Due by 5:00 P.M. PST

  Release of Answers to Questions

Deadline for Submissions by 5:00 P.M. PST

Arts and Culture Contact

Purpose   

The Los Angeles County (County) Department of Arts and Culture (Arts and Culture) invites Los Angeles County-based artists, arts administrators, or other creative professionals to apply to work in partnership with the Office of Immigrant Affairs (OIA), housed within the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (DCBA), as a Creative Strategist-Artist in Residence (Creative Strategist).  

 The Creative Strategist will collaborate with Arts and Culture and OIA’s staff to develop a project that may include but is not limited to artistic interventions, approaches, and strategies; community engagement and participation; the identification or mapping of cultural and community assets; the creation of new artworks; and/or access to artistic and cultural experiences to meet the established goals of the residency: 

1.  To develop culturally responsive communications strategies that acknowledge the challenges immigrant communities are facing, raise awareness of immigrant rights, and raise awareness of the County’s social support services for immigrants to increase participation; and 

2. To develop healing-centered strategies that build trust between and among County agencies, the region’s immigrant communities, cultural organizations, and immigrant-serving organizations. 

Anticipated Contract Term

April 15, 2026 – April 14, 2027

• Artists, arts administrators, and other creative professionals residing or working within Los Angeles County with a portfolio or body of work that demonstrates a socially engaged art practice. 
  
  

• Individuals who have already completed a Creative Strategist residency with Arts and Culture are ineligible to apply.