Community Arts Resources, Inc. (CARS) id21
Mailing Address:
3780 Wilshire Blvd, #1020
Los Angeles, CA 90010Phone: 213-365-0605
Fax: 213-365-0702
Email: carsemail@aol.com
Contact: Aaron Paley, President
Institution Type: Arts Institution/Center, Commercial Business, Community Arts Organization, Festival Organization
Location of Institution: Hollywood
Archive and Collections
Description: Since 1989, CARS has been breaking down barriers between the public and the arts. It offers Los Angeles artists and artists visiting the area guidance and access to the local resources they need for their work and for reaching new audiences. CARS also consults on the production of events in public venues and on the creation of new public spaces for the arts in urban settings. CARS maintains a state-of-the-art database of over fifty-seven thousand artists, arts organizations, venues, and audience members. This contemporary and constantly updated database is used to provide mailing lists to artists and as a networking tool. In addition, CARS has published two resource guides for artists: Doing It Right in LA (1990) and Southern California Performing Arts Venues (1993). CARS is not a collecting organization.
Regions Covered: Primarily the Los Angeles metropolitan area, but approximately 15 percent of the listings are national
Type of Materials: Databases, Institutional Publications, Maps, Official Records, Photographs
Time Periods: 1981-Present
Languages: English
Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: African Descent, Artistic Communities, Asian Descent, Education, European Descent, Gender Specific, Jewish Descent, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Mexican Descent/Chicano/Latino, Middle Eastern Descent, Multiethnic, Native American Descent/Indigenous, Professional, Seniors, Youth
Access
Year Round Access: No
OnSite Technology: Yes
Workspaces: Yes
Open to the Public: Yes
Public Hours: By appointment only
Reservations requiredOpen for Research: Yes
Research Hours: By appointment only
Reservations requiredAccess Procedures: Approved on a case by case basis
Management
Catalogue System: Information managed in database.
Repository/Depository: No
Loan To Others: No
Exhibited: No
Makes Purchases: No
Formalized Purchases: No
