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REMINDER!
ARTSOC NETWORKING MIXER FOR MEMBERS AND NOT-YET-MEMBERS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 5-7 PM, AT ARTSOC
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THANK YOU FOR CONTACTING YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS!
ROGUE AMENDMENT TO CUT NEA & NEH WAS DEFEATED.
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Thanks to record-levels of calls, emails, and tweets to your Members of Congress in the past few days, we have good news! The U.S. House of Representatives soundly defeated an amendment that would have cut funding the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The House voted down the Grothman amendment by a vote of 114 - 297! This is one of the largest vote margins in support of the Endowments in the U.S. House! Read Americans for the Arts President and CEO Robert L. Lynch's statement here. This bipartisan showing and resounding vote is a testament to the power of the arts in our communities, schools, lives, and careers. There hasn't been a floor vote like this since 2011.
During floor debate on the amendment, Chairman Ken Calvert (R-CA-Corona) spoke out in support for the arts and the Endowments, "This amendment would have devastating consequence on critical work for the National Endowment for the Arts at Walter Reed Medical Center, 11 other clinical sites across the country that are supporting therapy service."
Now that this amendment to cut the funding for the Endowments has been defeated, the U.S. House is expected to pass the Interior funding bill in its entirety. Both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate are proposing $2 million increases to the agencies, bringing both of their budgets up to $155 million for FY 2019. The U.S. Senate is expected to take up the Interior funding bill for consideration. A conference committee would then iron-out differences between the U.S. House and U.S. Senate bills to present a final version for the President's signature.
How did Orange County's Congressional delegation vote?
Voting to CUT THE NEA:
Rep. Darrell Issa
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
Rep. Ed Royce
Rep. Mimi Walters
Voting to SUPPORT THE NEA:
Rep. Lou Correa
Rep. Alan Lowenthal
Rep. Linda Sanchez |
ARTSOC PROVIDES BRIEFING TO OC BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAIR ANDREW DO
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Arts Orange County Board member Thuy Vo Dang (above right), who is Curator of the
Southeast Asian Archive at University of California, Irvine, and ArtsOC President & CEO Rick Stein met with Supervisor Andrew Do, Chairman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, to provide him with an overview of the work it is doing countywide and in the First District, which he represents, and to
discuss an initiative we are exploring to commemorate through creative placemaking the upcoming 45th anniversary of the "Little Saigon" community.
Dang is also a longtime Board member of the
Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association.
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COUNTY TO INSTALL NEW SCULPTURE AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to accept a gift of art by Betty Gold, entitled "Volar." It is slated for installation in the baggage claim area at the County's John Wayne Airport. The airport's
arts program was created shortly before the opening of the Thomas Riley Terminal in 1990. It is guided by a Commission appointed by each district Supervisor and by the Arts Program Coordinator Jeffrey Frisch.
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RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS & ARTS ORGANIZATIONS - ArtsOC.org ARTS & CULTURAL EVENTS + CALLS FOR ARTISTS + AUDITIONS + JOBS + CLASSES + VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES - SparkOC.com
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| DESIGNER DWIGHT RICHARD ODLE, 76 |
Dwight Richard Odle, an acclaimed theatrical designer from Fullerton, has died at age 76. He designed costumes and scenery throughout the region, including more than 150 productions at Laguna Playhouse and 90 productions at South Coast Repertory. In 2006, Arts Orange County honored him with its Helena Modjeska Cultural Legacy Award for lifetime achievement. He was a graduate of Fullerton College, San Francisco State, and Yale University, and was a Professor of Theatre at California State University, Fullerton, among other teaching posts. Bio here. ArtsOC President Rick Stein commented: "Richard Odle was a friend and an immensely talented designer who made an indelible impact upon our theater community. His scenic designs for productions I stated at Laguna Playhouse were among the most imaginative and audacious we created there. He will be greatly missed."
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DOUG RANKIN WILL HEAD
NEW ARGYROS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN KETCHUM |
Former Irvine Barclay Theatre President Douglas Rankin has been appointed the first Executive Director of the
Argyros Performing Arts Center (The Argyros) in Ketchum/Sun Valley, Idaho.
This 25,000 square-foot facility will include a flexible 450-seat theater, studio/theater, a café and a large outdoor plaza. It was named through a gift from Orange County's own George and Julia Argyros family and is scheduled to open in late November. Rankin led The Barclay, a facility which he also opened, from 1986-2016. Doug was a recipient of ArtsOC's Helena Modjeska Cultural Legacy Award for lifetime achievement in 2012.
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| MOLLY LYNCH NAMED NEW CHAIR OF DANCE AT UCI |
Molly Lynch has been promoted to Chair of the
Dance Department at University of California, Irvine. She succeeds Lisa Naugle who remains on faculty and will be leading an international initiative for UCI's Claire Trevor School of the Arts. Lynch is the artistic director of National Choreographers Initiative (which has its annual performance this Saturday evening at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts), and was longtime artistic director of Ballet Pacifica. She was honored with ArtsOC's Helena Modjeska Cultural Legacy Award for lifetime achievement in 2017.
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Arts Orange County is the leader in building appreciation of, participation in and support for the arts and arts education throughout Orange County.
It is a powerhouse in advancing Orange County's arts ecology, a trailblazer in advocating workforce development through arts education, a leader in building future audiences and a trendsetter in the world of nonprofit arts councils.
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