(Above) A conservator restores The Wall That Speaks, Sings and Shouts located at Ruben F. Salazar Park.

In September 2020, the LA County Department of Arts and Culture put out a call for experienced and professional consultants to establish a diverse roster of individuals and companies to provide professional development and technical assistance in four categories:

1. Event Production - including curation, logistics, scheduling, contracting, volunteer coordination, event set-up, event management, event execution, artist relations, and event promotion
2. Organizational skills development and/or technical assistance - including support for small, medium, and/or large budget arts organizations and/or individual artists (e.g., online platform training, board development, marketing, social media strategies, grant writing, budgeting, archiving)
3. Training or capacity building for program evaluation and/or data collection and analysis - including both quantitative and qualitative methods as well as literature reviews
4. Racial justice and DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) - including workshops, presentations, or shared learnings for arts organizations, community-based organizations, individual artists, and other Arts and Culture constituents.
5. Coordination and/or facilitation of Arts Education and Youth Development technical assistance – including events, learning or networking experiences, tools or resources that support the infrastructure, collaboration, and public awareness goals of the 2020 LA County Regional Blueprint for Arts Education (e.g. strategic planning, leadership development, advocacy trainings, etc.)

The Roster

Please Note: Placement on the Prequalified List does not constitute an offer to contract or promise for remuneration, recognition, or any other thing. Contracts will be awarded based on alignment between the applicants’ qualifications and the needs of specific Department of Arts and Culture PD/TA projects. The Department of Arts and Culture will release a call for proposals to the Prequalified List for every PD/TA project. Proposals will be evaluated based on experience, approach, project alignment and cost.

Professional Development Roster Request For Qualification (RFQ) Info