Supporting the Arts in LA, and in a recession
Supporting the Arts in LA, and in a recession
LA's arts have soldiered on through thin and thinner, but with the city threatening more arts funding cutbacks, what will be lost? Where will the money come from? Patt sits down with some of L.A.'s leading cultural philanthropists—they’ve supported the arts for decades, both personally and through their institutional leadership, through good times and bad, with innovative approaches to economic and artistic survival. But now with the fiscal state of the arts looking especially dismal, what can be done? They still have some ideas.
Guests:
David Bohnett, chairman of the board, LA Philharmonic
Alan M. Schwartz, President of the Board of Royce Center Circle, the philanthropic support group for UCLA Live
Maria Bell, co-chair of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
- Patt Morrison for February 18, 2010
- Obama seats his debt commission—is a balanced U.S. budget in the offing?
- Supporting the Arts in LA, and in a recession
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Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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