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Arts groups ask county for $1.8 million annual line item as board proclaims April Arts, Culture and Creativity Month
Summary
A coalition of Ventura County arts leaders urged supervisors at the April 8 meeting to create a recurring county budget line of roughly $1.8 million (about $2.19 per capita) to support arts careers, education and cultural infrastructure. The board also issued a proclamation recognizing April as Arts, Culture and Creativity Month.
Representatives of local arts organizations urged the Ventura County Board of Supervisors on April 8 to establish an ongoing county funding line to support arts careers and expand cultural programming, and the board issued a proclamation recognizing April as Arts, Culture and Creativity Month.
Beverly Ward, co‑founder of New Art City Theater and a founding member of the Ventura County Arts Alliance, asked the board to “approve a budget line item for arts and culture equal to the U.S. average arts funding…
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