Long Beach Khmer Arts Academy

LB’s Khmer Arts co-founder receives USA Knight Fellowship

Choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro of Long Beach and ceramicist Kukuli Velarde of Philadelphia were named the first two USA Knight Fellows Tuesday night. Each artist received an unrestricted $50,000 grant from United States Artists (USA) courtesy of a $1 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. “In Europe, artists have celebrity [...]

Three local arts organizations will share $150,000 grants from NEA

The Khmer Arts Academy, International City Theatre (ICT) and the Long Beach Opera will each be awarded grants in the amount of $50,000 from the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA). The organizations will use the funding to preserve jobs that have been threatened by a decline in philanthropic donations during the current economic downturn. [...]