City Council

B.8.\n2026 ARTS GRANT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS – ARTS\nPROJECT; COMMUNITY ARTS; FILMMAKERS; TRANSGENDER,\nGENDER DIVERSE, INTERSEX ARTS; AND WEHO ARTISTS GRANTS\n[L. BIERY, R. EHEMANN, E. ANGELOFF]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will consider the recommendations of the\nArts and Cultural Affairs Commission for funding the 2026 Arts Grant\nProgram – Arts Project; Community Arts; Filmmakers; Transgender,\nGender Diverse, Intersex Arts; and WeHo Artists Grants.\nRECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Approve recommendations of the Arts and\nCultural Affairs Commission to award Arts Project Grants totaling $79,700\nat various funding amounts to twelve (12) nonprofit arts organizations as\noutlined in this staff report; 2) Approve recommendations of the Arts and\nCultural Affairs Commission to award Community Arts Grants totaling\n$30,000 at various funding amounts to six (6) applicants as outlined in this\nstaff report; 3) Approve recommendations of the Arts and Cultural Affairs\nCommission to award Transgender, Gender Diverse, Intersex Arts Grants\ntotaling $30,000 at various funding amounts to six (6) applicants as\noutlined in this staff report; 4) Approve recommendations of the Arts and\nCultural Affairs Commission to award Filmmakers Grants totaling $10,000\nat various funding amounts to four (4) applicants as outlined in this staff\nreport; 5) Approve recommendations of the Arts and Cultural Affairs\nCommission to award WeHo Artists Grants totaling $30,000 to six (6)\nindividual applicants, resident artists as outlined in this staff report; 6)\nApprove approximately $14,560 in waived fees for city facility use fees\nand parking fees; 7) Waive the cost of waveguide for use in the Council\nChambers for grantees limited to 4 hours, per grantee; 8) Authorize the\nuse of city facilities by grantees in fulfillment of their Art Grant projects and\nan additional hour of validated parking for event participants at the West\nHollywood Park 5-Story parking structure, for a total of three (3) hours, for\ngrant funded events scheduled for the Council Chambers which exceed\ntwo (2) hours; 9) Allow grantees to charge admission, accept donations,\nand sell merchandise to offset production costs for performances or\nprojects; and 10) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute arts\ngrant Agreements.