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County arts office briefs council on public art, grants and creative-economy metrics
Summary
The County Office of Arts and Culture updated the Santa Barbara City Council on its public-art programming, cultural grants and creative-economy work, and said continued city support is critical amid rising operational costs and increased grant demand.
The Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture presented an annual update to the City Council on Jan. 28, outlining four decades of city–county partnership delivering public art, community grants and cultural programs.
Executive Director Sarah York Rubin summarized the office’s role as the city arts ‘front office’: administering community cultural arts grants and festival support, curating City Hall exhibitions, stewarding the city’s public-art collection, and coordinating public-art project pipelines. Highlights included the county office’s public-art work in…
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