As a leading, progressive arts and cultural agency, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs empowers Los Angeles’s vibrant communities by supporting and providing access to quality visual, literary, performing arts, and educational arts programming; managing vital cultural centers; preserving historic sites; creating public art; and funding services provided by arts organizations and individual artists. The Performing Arts Program supports Los Angeles artists through advocacy on a local, national and international level to enhance our relationships with national touring circuits, for-profit promoters, national service organizations, other government agencies, foreign consulates, and important festivals and cultural centers. For more information visit www.culturela.org.