Author: Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Publication Year: 1979

Media Type: Report

Summary:

In addition to the directory listings, this publication provides an informal estimate of the economic impact of the arts in the Los Angeles area. Operating budgets of nonprofit arts organizations are estimated at $90 million. Over 10,000 people are employed and over 15,000 volunteers work in the nonprofit arts. Including the 70,000 who work in the commercial arts industry, over 100,000 work in the arts in the Los Angeles area. Although no overall figure for the indirect impact is estimated, using a multiplier of 1.38, it is estimated that the impact of the Los Angeles Music Center alone is $52.6 million.

Abstract:

In addition to the directory listings, this publication provides an informal estimate of the economic impact of the arts in the Los Angeles area. Operating budgets of nonprofit arts organizations are estimated at $90 million. Over 10,000 people are employed and over 15,000 volunteers work in the nonprofit arts. Including the 70,000 who work in the commercial arts industry, over 100,000 work in the arts in the Los Angeles area. Although no overall figure for the indirect impact is estimated, using a multiplier of 1.38, it is estimated that the impact of the Los Angeles Music Center alone is $52.6 million (p. 20-24)

Cultural Resources of the Los Angeles Area represents the only comprehensive listing of institutions and organizations engaged in the production, preservation and education of non-profit and commercial cultural endeavor in the five-county Southland area: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura. The book contains some 500 individual listings in the directory section, in alphabetical order by category, along with a bibliography and index. It is intended to serve as a reference and source for the cultural community and its consumers - residents and visitors alike - and it is furthermore a documentation of the vast wealth of cultural offerings in the region. (p. 5)

CONTENTS
Introduction:
     Los Angeles: A cultural Explosion.
     From Pop to High Culture: The Recorded Arts.
     The Turning Point: A New Cultural Era.
     Cultural Resources: The Economic Impact.
Cultural resources of the Los Angeles area directory listings.
Bibliography.
Index.

Directory contents: 

Performing arts:
     Dance companies.
     Musical organizations.
     Choral.
     Grand opera companies.
     Civic light opera companies.
     Orchestral.

Theatre:
     Large professional houses.
     Equity-waiver professional houses.
     Community and other non-professional groups.
     Support.

Visual arts:
     Collections.
     Support.

Environmental arts:
     Museums.
     Scientific.
     Historical.
     Special.
     Outdoor attractions.
     Botanical gardens.
     Zoos and sea life.
     Theme parks.

Design organizations:
     Architecture.
     Interior design.
     Landscape.
     Historical sites.

General support and service:
     Colleges and universities.
     Libraries.
     Government.
     Arts advocacy organizations (non-government).
     Multi-cultural institutions.
     Ethnic-oriented organizations.

Creative production:
     Motion pictures.
     Recording.
     Television.
     Radio.
     Support.

Arts & Intersections:

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