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The LA Community Fire Relief Fund Launches with Support of the Getty Trust and More

In the wake of the devastating Los Angeles Fires, art institutions, philanthropic organizations, and individuals have joined forces to establish the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund.

In the wake of the devastating Los Angeles Fires, leading art institutions and philanthropic organizations have joined forces to establish the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund. Spearheaded by the J. Paul Getty Trust, notables such as Mohn Art Collective (Hammer Museum, LACMA, and MOCA), East West Bank, the Mellon Foundation, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Qatar Museums, and Ford Foundation have united to offer emergency support during this critical time of need. 

As an international epicenter of the arts, Los Angeles is also a sanctuary to a multi-faceted community of creative visionaries and their teams. Countless artists and arts workers have been severely impacted in this tragedy, losing entire archives and new bodies of work, cherished studio spaces, long-standing businesses, and their personal belongings and homes. With a profound $12 million upon inception, the fund will be managed by the Center for Cultural Innovation, imparting necessary resources and advocacy. 

The Hammer Museum Courtesy of the Hammer Museum.

The J. Paul Getty Trust Supports the Urgent Needs of the Arts Community 

“People around the world are watching in horror as vast areas of Los Angeles burn, but this regional tragedy has global cultural repercussions,” said Katherine E. Fleming, President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust. “Amid the losses suffered by the artists and arts workers who so strongly define LA, Getty is grateful to the many partners, local, national, and international, who have come together to meet the urgent needs of this community.”

Meaningful partnerships within the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund are quickly expanding, with individuals as well as corporations coming on board. The benevolence of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg/The Hearthland Foundation, Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, The Willem de Kooning Foundation, The David Hockney Foundation, Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, Frieze, Karyn Kohl, Jane Hait and Justin Beal, and so many more, have swiftly come to the aid of the deeply hurting arts community. Visit here to donate and become part of the extraordinary initiative. 

“Getty is grateful to the many partners, local, national, and international, who have come together to meet the urgent needs of this community,”

Katherine E. Fleming
The Getty Museum Courtesy of The Getty Museum.

How to Help and Join the LA Community Fire Relief Fund

Commencing on January 20, those in need within the LA arts community can apply for an emergency grant here: http://www.cciarts.org. The short and long-term needs of arts and artists workers are placed at the highest priority. Additional fundraising projects in the city as well as in other states are also arising, such as Art World Fire Relief LA GoFundMe campaign, the Craft Emergency Relief Fund, the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort to Support Music Professionals of the Recording Academy and MusiCares, the We Are Moving the Needle Microgrants: Wildfire Relief Fund, the Entertainment Community Fund, and the Motion Picture Television Fund.

“Far beyond its borders, the city of Los Angeles shapes our collective consciousness as a locus of astonishing imaginative power and artistic ingenuity,” said Elizabeth Alexander, president of the Mellon Foundation. “Its people include artists, culture makers, performers, and workers in the arts writ large—and its people need the nation’s immediate support. We will stand by Angelenos in the arts in this time of loss and devastation. Mellon is honored to join with the Getty Trust and Center for Cultural Innovation in launching this crucial fund, and to embolden others to do the same.”

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Featured image credits: Courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Trust.

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