Just $21,250 was allocated to Arts and Culture funding by Twentynine Palms in 2021-2022, almost as paltry as the number of women represented in the City's list of public artworks
Great points Cindy, I hope that the powers that be will be able to piece it together. 29 Palms also buys a sponsorship ad in the Art Tour catalog, which is just wonderful, they are one of our biggest local sponsors. Our county doesn’t do any arts funding to speak of either, but that may change, thanks to work by Arts Connection, the arts council for San Bernardino county. For now though, I look at LA and Riverside counties who have big line items in their budgets for the arts, and drool. Many transplants from LA who are active in the arts are dumbfounded when they discover that we do it all ourselves out here as individuals and organizations, with little local or county government support.
Thank you for reminding us of the hypocrisy of these people. It's depressing to know this. I'm unable to vote for or against any of these people because I don't live in their "districts". This is also depressing.
Thank you for devoting an entire issue to this topic. Local governments around here seem to have a pretty myopic view when it comes to arts programs and funding, if it doesn't somehow also promote them in the process, they don't seem interested. In the meantime people like Vickie Waite, Gretchen Grunt, and Laurel Siedel and countless others have given so much over the years to maintain a robust arts community in 29 Palms, for little if any financial gain. Does the city not know what cultural and historic gems they have in the Glass Outhouse, the 29 Palms Creative Center and the historic 29 Palms Art Gallery? The Sibleys out at The Palms have been providing music, a sharing library and book club venue for years. This only scratches the surface! There is a wealth of arts and culture in 29 Palms, if only the city council would consider that not all riches come in the form of cash.
Great points Cindy, I hope that the powers that be will be able to piece it together. 29 Palms also buys a sponsorship ad in the Art Tour catalog, which is just wonderful, they are one of our biggest local sponsors. Our county doesn’t do any arts funding to speak of either, but that may change, thanks to work by Arts Connection, the arts council for San Bernardino county. For now though, I look at LA and Riverside counties who have big line items in their budgets for the arts, and drool. Many transplants from LA who are active in the arts are dumbfounded when they discover that we do it all ourselves out here as individuals and organizations, with little local or county government support.
Thank you for reminding us of the hypocrisy of these people. It's depressing to know this. I'm unable to vote for or against any of these people because I don't live in their "districts". This is also depressing.
Thank you for devoting an entire issue to this topic. Local governments around here seem to have a pretty myopic view when it comes to arts programs and funding, if it doesn't somehow also promote them in the process, they don't seem interested. In the meantime people like Vickie Waite, Gretchen Grunt, and Laurel Siedel and countless others have given so much over the years to maintain a robust arts community in 29 Palms, for little if any financial gain. Does the city not know what cultural and historic gems they have in the Glass Outhouse, the 29 Palms Creative Center and the historic 29 Palms Art Gallery? The Sibleys out at The Palms have been providing music, a sharing library and book club venue for years. This only scratches the surface! There is a wealth of arts and culture in 29 Palms, if only the city council would consider that not all riches come in the form of cash.