Artist Almanac: Advancing California through the Arts
Speaker: Larry Baza, California Arts Council • Vice Chair Larry Baza will give an overview of California Arts Council’s 19 programs, updates from Sacramento and his passion to represent San Diego at the state level. With three decades of arts advocacy, Larry Baza has been instrumental in San Diego’s arts community. Appointed by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins in 2016, Baza was elected to serve as Vice Chair on the California Arts Council. He is the immediate past Chair of the San Diego Arts Commission and has been instrumental with a variety of art organizations and businesses including Centro Cultural De La Raza, Sushi Performance and Visual Arts, Fingerhut Gallery, and Community Arts of San Diego. This presentation is part of The Studio Door's fall programming featuring essential workshops, classes and presentations by San Diego's Art Authorities.