City Of West Hollywood: City Announces Grant Proposal Opportunity For WeHo Artist Performers

Press release from the City of West Hollywood:

May 20, 2021 4:29 PM

The City of West Hollywood has opened an additional grant application opportunity for artist performers and entertainers who are West Hollywood residents.

The WeHo Artist Performance Grant is aimed at providing support to City of West Hollywood resident performing artists, while offering them the opportunity to share their talents with the community in an easily accessible way.

The City of West Hollywood through its Arts Division requests proposals from entertainers, artists, and performers who live in West Hollywood to perform on weekends between July 17, 2021 and September 1, 2021. Artistic presentations are intended to provide the public with engaging, experimental, edgy, boundary-pushing artistic practices while they enjoy the pedestrian-friendly culture of the City of West Hollywood. Performances should aim to take place on-site outdoors in the City; however, scheduling of such live performances will depend on regularly revised health and safety guideline alignment with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to ensure COVID-19 safety.

Proposals must include a performance component, which could include but is not limited to, Music (such as DJs, live music, solo or group musicians); Drag Performance (Drag Queen/King); Dance (such as Ballroom/Vogue, Go-Go Dancing, etc.); Fashion and/or Costume Design; Body Painting; Circus Arts; Comedic Arts; Live-Painting, Chalk Art, or Dramatic Arts(such as spoken word). 

Artists must live in West Hollywood to be eligible to submit an application and to receive a grant. A resident artist may submit a proposal for a solo or group presentation. The City will award seven grants with each grant total of $5,000.

The deadline for this grant category is 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. This opportunity is in addition to multiple application opportunities for the City's 2022 Arts Grant Program. More information on those grants is available here: https://www.weho.org/Home/Components/News/News/9772/23

The City invites and encourages artists representing diverse populations and diverse artistic disciplines to apply for these, and all, grants. As stated in the City’s Cultural Equity Statement, the City of West Hollywood’s Arts Division and Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission’s definition of diversity includes all ways in which people differ, including but not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, education, age, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ability, geography, citizenship status, religion, language, physical appearance, and the intersection of these various identities. The City is committed to ensuring cultural equity in all arts policies and practices. The Cultural Equity Statement is available in its entirety by visiting www.weho.org/arts. 

Artists interested in applying may visit www.weho.org/arts for more information.

For more information about the City of West Hollywood’s Arts Grant Program, please visit www.weho.org/arts or contact City of West Hollywood Grants Coordinator Eva Angeloff at (323) 848-6354 or eangeloff@weho.org. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.

The City of West Hollywood has declared a local emergency in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. When in public, all community members should maintain your space with social (physical) distancing of at least six feet. Public Health officials recommend that everyone, even those who are vaccinated, continue to follow health recommendations. All people, regardless of vaccination status, should cover your face when in crowded outdoor areas and must use face coverings in indoor public settings.

West Hollywood City Hall is currently closed to the public and has suspended all in-person transactions. Most public City buildings and facilities remain closed. City Hall remains accessible for business and essential services with transactions to be conducted by phone (323) 848-6400 and via the City’s website at www.weho.org.

City of West Hollywood coronavirus updates are available at www.weho.org/coronavirusand the City encourages community members to follow @wehocity on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and turn on notifications. For up-to-date news and events, follow the City of West Hollywood on social media, sign up for news updates at www.weho.org/email, and visit the City’s calendar of meetings and events at www.weho.org/calendar.

For reporters and members of the media seeking additional information about the City of West Hollywood, please contact the City of West Hollywood’s Public Information Officer, Sheri A. Lunn, at (323) 848-6391 or slunn@weho.org.

This press release was produced by the City of West Hollywood. The views expressed here are the author’s own.