Dehsart

07/10/2023

"Abandoned materials"

“I intend the work to fascinate from a distance, and reveal humor and beautiful art upon closer inspection.”

06/22/2023

Happy solstice!

What is it? At the June solstice, the sun rises and sets farthest north on your horizon, and is closest to being overhead at your local noon. When is it? A solstice isn’t a whole day. Instead, it’s a moment, when the sun is farthest north in our sky. In 2023, the solstice moment will fall at 14:...

06/06/2023

Friendly reminder.

If you take the time to recycle your electronic devices, there’s a good chance they’ll actually get recycled—or at least parts of them will.

05/08/2023

Arts, culture, and creativity are a smART investment for California’s recovery, sustainability, and goals towards equity. The future of CA is Creative!

Artists serve as second responders in moments of crisis and social discord, communicating urgency and offering hope and healing. Creatives are a keystone in our state’s economy, identity, and social fabric from the people who made your local mural to the people behind that music playing in your local cafe. Compared to many other areas of state government, CA comparatively underfunds our state arts agency.

The high point of general fund support for the California Arts Council was $30.7m in the 2000-01 budget cycle. That funding dropped to the minimum level allowed to be eligible for federal matching funds, just over $1 million, by the 2003-04 budget cycle. Funding stayed at this minimum level until the 2014-15 budget cycle, and still has not built back to its 2000-2001 funding level. CA, a state known for its creative economy, ranks 24th in per capita state arts agency funding according to an annual analysis by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. Community arts programming is an area of California's government that has not seen robust growth in state support, and for this reason should not be the first target of cuts.

Arts, culture, and creativity are a smART investment for California’s recovery, sustainability, and goals towards equity. The future of CA is Creative. Don’t cut funding to arts & culture in order to balance the budget. Make smART investments NOW Visit bit.ly/CAA-TAKEACTION

03/09/2023

The complexity of the problem requires a multi-level approach-including the arts as education, awareness, and outreach.

At today's Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting, we took action to combat illegal dumping in the Antelope Valley. We're tasking the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office to prioritize enforcement and look into creating a strike team that can prevent and prosecute illegal dumping. Get all the details: kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/illegaldumping

08/05/2022

What happens beyond clean ups? Education, health information, and creative solutions need to be involved.

Palmdale battles illegal dumping in open spaces, wetlands

07/21/2022

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05/31/2022

👏 Rethink.

05/25/2022

The sculptural totems of Judith Scott.

Judith Scott suffered from Downs Syndrome but had an innate talent for fiber art, creating over 200 textile sculptures. Read her extraordinary story.

05/15/2022

"The state is rapidly building huge battery projects"

California broke its record for renewable energy when solar and wind provided enough to meet all consumer demand. At the time, natural gas power plants were still on, a necessity for the grid.

03/24/2022

"They are so widely available as a byproduct, and I think a surprising and overlooked material resource for sculpture."

On why she turns discarded animal bones into intricate botanical sculptures.