KPPC Radio Interview with Executive Director Julie Baker on Coronavirus LA Arts Cuts and more

The California Arts Council awarded 135 grants to support projects that bring community arts resources into schools. PHOTO BY DANIEL KULINSKI VIA FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS

The California Arts Council awarded 135 grants to support projects that bring community arts resources into schools. PHOTO BY DANIEL KULINSKI VIA FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS

Skip to 07:48 for Julie Baker’s interview.

Skip to 07:48 for Julie Baker’s interview.

Coronavirus LA Arts Cuts, Parenting in the Time of Quarantine: Dads, Remote Birthday Parties

CORONAVIRUS LA ARTS CUTS 

In light of the pandemic, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti released a new budget yesterday. And with it, come lots of funding cuts. Among them is reportedly $1.4 million in cuts to the City's Department of Cultural Affairs which provides grants to individual artists, and support for cultural centers like the Watts Tower, Barnsdall At Center and the theater company East-West Players. We discuss the budget cuts and how they will affect the work of the department to support artists and cultural institutions across the city.

Guest:

  • Danielle Brazell, the General Manager for the City of LA's Department of Cultural Affairs 

COVID-19 Arts Emergency Relief Fund – Round One will be for Performing artists and ensembles in dance, music, or theater. For more about LA’s DCA Fund for Artists, click here.

Note: DCA will accept applications until approximately 450 eligible applications are received or until 11:59 PM, Friday, May 1, 2020, whichever comes first.

You can find more links for support here. 

CORONAVIRUS CA ARTS FUNDING

Californians for The Arts is a non-profit that advocates on behalf of the arts to state and federal government. They helped get artists included in the CARES Act on a federal level and they worked in Sacramento to get relief for musicians. 

Guest: 

  • Julie Baker, the executive director of Californians for The Arts

    Skip to 07:48 for Julie Baker’s interview.

PARENTING IN THE TIME OF QUARANTINE: DADS

It’s been just over a month since California’s stay-home order officially took effect. Life has been anything but normal ever since - especially for two-parent households. In homes such as those, many partners have juggled duties - even renegotiated arrangements made long ago. For dads especially, that might mean a major change in duties.

Guests:

  • Darby Saxbe, director of the USC Center for the Changing Family

  • Stan Huey, a father and an associate professor of Psychology and American Studies & Ethnicity at USC

CORONAVIRUS EXHAUSTED BUSINESS LOANS

It only took 13 days for the federal Paycheck Protection Program to run out of money. That's the program that provided forgivable loans to small businesses affected by coronavirus. Now, business owners in Southern California are scrambling to apply for help wherever they can. But as KPCC's Emily Guerin reports, nearly every loan program has been overwhelmed by demand.

CORONAVIRUS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

Calls to LA County’s domestic violence hotline in March were up nearly 70% over the same month last year. The COVID-19 pandemic may be at least partly responsible since the outbreak has forced most of us to stay at home. 

Guest:

  • Robert Garrova, KPCC General Assignment Reporter 

REMOTE BIRTHDAY PARTIES 

Birthdays happen. Every year. Even under quarantine.  When you can't have friends over... go to dinner... or even reserve a few tables at your child's favorite play area...it can be a little challenging to celebrate that special day for loved ones ...or even yourself. Well, we invited someone on the show to help out with that.

Guest: 

  • Priya Parker, the host of the new podcast from The New York Times called "Together Apart" 

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