THE OFFICE performing arts + film was proud to partner with the LA County Department of Arts and Culture to implement Artists At Work (AAW) in Los Angeles County in 2021-2022. 

The AAW team worked closely with 8 cultural organizations located across Los Angeles County’s five Supervisorial Districts that are deeply rooted in their respective communities and predominantly are led by or serve Black, Latinx, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, celebrating a wide range of artistic disciplines and reflecting the region’s vast cultural diversity. The collaborations that took place over the one-year AAW term between the 16 participating AAW Artists and their respective organizational partners – 8 Culture Hubs and 14 Social Impact partners –  focused on key cross-sector policy areas identified in the County Board of Supervisors’ adopted priorities and the Countywide Cultural Policy, a first-of-its kind policy developed by the LA County Department of Arts and Culture with input from hundreds of community members and stakeholders and adopted by the Board in 2020 to strengthen cultural equity, invest in access to arts, and promote the role of the arts in advancing equity across civic sectors of our lives.

The implementation of Artists At Work in the Borderlands region is made possible by the generous support of the Mellon Foundation that enabled AAW to expand nationally, launching programs in Los Angeles County (2021), the Mississippi Delta region (2022), and the Borderlands region (2023).