By John Canalis, Staff Writer
Long Beach Press Telegram (California, USA)
LONG BEACH - About $100,000 in federal stimulus funding will benefit arts programs in Long Beach, U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson announced Tuesday.
Long Beach Opera and the Khmer Arts Academy will each receive $50,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Grants will be awarded through the National Endowment for the Arts.
"We know that when children are participating in the arts, they have more balance and are more likely to succeed academically," Richardson said in a prepared statement. "Therefore, it is important to help these outstanding organizations preserve jobs during these tough economic times so that they can continue to engage our youth and play a positive role in their academic and social maturity."
As part of a condition for stimulus funding, the organizations will use the funding to preserve jobs.
Andreas Mitisek, general and artistic director of Long Beach Opera, said the grant will help pay for his position in the four-member organization.
"I am, again, grateful that the NEA, with the stimulus package, has seen the importance of us being here and continuing our mission in what we do because that is what it's all about," said Mitisek, who joined the opera company five years ago. "It's good for the arts."
The Long Beach Opera has grown in regional prominence in recent years.
"We present mostly all the works you would have to travel far away to see," he said.
Khmer Arts Academy, which is located at 1364 Obispo Ave., could not be reached for comment Tuesday. The organization funds Cambodian-American cultural and arts events.
john.canalis@presstelegram.com, 562-499-1273
Long Beach Opera and the Khmer Arts Academy will each receive $50,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Grants will be awarded through the National Endowment for the Arts.
"We know that when children are participating in the arts, they have more balance and are more likely to succeed academically," Richardson said in a prepared statement. "Therefore, it is important to help these outstanding organizations preserve jobs during these tough economic times so that they can continue to engage our youth and play a positive role in their academic and social maturity."
As part of a condition for stimulus funding, the organizations will use the funding to preserve jobs.
Andreas Mitisek, general and artistic director of Long Beach Opera, said the grant will help pay for his position in the four-member organization.
"I am, again, grateful that the NEA, with the stimulus package, has seen the importance of us being here and continuing our mission in what we do because that is what it's all about," said Mitisek, who joined the opera company five years ago. "It's good for the arts."
The Long Beach Opera has grown in regional prominence in recent years.
"We present mostly all the works you would have to travel far away to see," he said.
Khmer Arts Academy, which is located at 1364 Obispo Ave., could not be reached for comment Tuesday. The organization funds Cambodian-American cultural and arts events.
john.canalis@presstelegram.com, 562-499-1273
3 comments:
Cambodia Town
Long Beach, Ca
We get our U.S Reps Laura Richardson. Did Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva understand it?
New Phally
The money must not mismanaged like Khem Sokha.
Khem Sokha's mismanagement of money is very unfortunate and outrageous; also, it is an indicative of failed leadership and betrayal of his followers. This is not a leadership the Cambodian people want for Cambodia. Plus, Khem Sokha's mismanagement was an egregious error in his leadership--good leadership sets example.
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