Hollywood Arts Council

The Irish Center of Southern California, Inc promotes Irish culture and supports our local Irish and Irish-American community. The primary aim of the Center is to acquire a multi-purpose facility including a theater, library, social hall, museum and meeting rooms. The facility will be used for lectures, concerts, socials, plays and classes in Irish music, language and dance. The Center hopes that the facility will provide a physical "center" for our community. In addition to providing a facility, the Center will sponsor and promote activities focusing on the strong bonds between Ireland and Southern California. The Center will serve our community by sponsoring activities emphasizing education and enjoyment and by supporting the efforts of other local groups. The Center has promoted a deeper understanding of Irish events. Through it's emergency assistance fund the Center has helped individuals in our community by providing modest amounts of financial assistance to those in urgent need. The Center has no paid staff, but is served by numerous dedicated volunteers. In this way, the Center maximizes the value of donations. The Center is and will remain non-partisan and non-political. Funds raised by the Center will remain in Southern California for the benefit of our community. The Center's success depends on the financial support of individuals in our community. We invite and encourage you to participate in the Center's mission. Donations are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. The Center is still looking for available sites for a building. Options include buying or leasing an existing structure or vacant land. While the Center will ideally be in a central location, the Center is interested in any suitable property in Orange County or Los Angeles County.

The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI ) was founded in 2001 as a California 501 (c ) (3 ) nonprofit corporation. Its mission is to promote knowledge sharing, networking and financial independence for individual artists and creative entrepreneurs by providing business training, grants and loans, and incubating innovative projects that create new program knowledge, tools and practices for artists in the field. The Urban Institute study showed, and CCI's field experience has affirmed, that artists have significant needs in multiple domains, including training and professional development, material supports, access to markets, public validation, information, and participation in larger communities and networks. Artists across the country are, in short, being woefully underserved. It was in this context that CCI launched its first test product in 2002 with seed funding from the Small Business Administration - a business training workshop series for artists in Los Angeles called Only For Artists Who Are Serious About The Business of Art. Since that time CCI has gone on to develop and refine a growing suite of training, financial support and networking tools for artists throughout California, and nationally, that we believe enhance their self-sufficiency and, collectively, address a real market need. In addition to incubating and producing new programs for artists in California, CCI is working with a network of innovative organizations in communities across the country as part of Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC ), a Ford Foundation initiative. As part of this network, CCI not only strengthens its own capacity through information exchange with other field leaders, but can also extend the impact of its most promising work through partnerships nationally. CCI believes that by linking the natural creativity and tolerance for risk of artists and creative entrepreneurs to the latest business tools and practices, and by helping to connect them to new financial resources, and to one another, CCI can give artists the knowledge and economic independence needed to bring their work and ideas into the marketplace, and establish a new voice for artists based on their collective clout. This is our vision. Knowledge is power. Personal networks build community. And financial independence supports creative freedom. This is the Center for Cultural Innovation.

The Masonic Lodge in Granada Hills, CA is a prominent organization that hosts a variety of events and activities throughout the year, including annual meetings, ceremonies honoring the Deputy Grand Master and Grand Master, and special events dedicated to Masonic Youth. They also participate in charitable initiatives such as clothing drives for the Midnight Mission. With a rich history and a strong commitment to community service, the Masonic Lodge in Granada Hills provides a platform for Freemasons to come together, connect, and contribute to the betterment of society. Their calendar is filled with engaging events that foster fellowship and support the Masonic principles.Generated from the website