Angel City Arts is committed to building and advancing cultural equity and inclusion at its core.
This commitment stems from a central value of the organization: everyone deserves access to a full, vibrant creative life, which is essential to a healthy and democratic society. Cultural equity involves the acts of investigation, training, and practice to ensure that all people—including but not limited to those who have been historically marginalized based on race/ethnicity, age, levels of ability/disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, geography, citizenship status, religion, and indigenous heritage—are represented in the creation of arts policy. This includes the support of artists and their art, the nurturing of accessible, thriving venues for sharing their work, and the fair and reparative distribution of programmatic, financial, and informational resources.
These values have deeply informed the formulation of Angel City Arts, from its board to its programming, and will continue to guide us as we critically examine how equity can be fostered or hindered through our policies, processes, and organizational structure. We pursue this not only to fulfill our ideals but also to grow as individuals and to ensure the thriving and long-term viability of the arts sector.