Art & Soul: A Conversation with Ledisi.

LOS ANGELES — The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) today launched Reimagine Public Art, a virtual exhibition produced by DCA’s Public Art Division that highlights how artists respond to, and reimagine, Los Angeles amidst social, economic, and healthcare emergencies. In August 2020, DCA’s Public Art Division and the Los Angeles City Council designated $340,000 in Arts Development Fees to establish a Citywide COVID-19 Emergency Response Program to provide emergency economic relief to individual artists who live in Los Angeles. Out of 760 submissions, 251 local artists were selected for the initiative to examine what forms of public art can emerge from this new socially produced space. This online public art exhibition, which includes existing and commissioned works, establishes a representation of this virtual public realm.