We’ve just blown out the candles. Culture OC celebrates its first birthday today!
But we’re not going to sit around gorging on cake. Culture OC has ambitious plans for its second year and beyond.
What a year it’s been! We’ve published more than 260 stories, won 15 awards, assembled an advisory board filled with prominent local arts leaders, received generous funding from foundations and private donors big and small, found support through advertising from many of Orange County’s major arts organizations, and attracted new readers who are as passionate about the county’s arts and culture scene as we are. We’re thrilled and proud that you’ve embraced our efforts, and we look forward to bringing you more of the same in the coming year.
We’ve assembled a staff of Orange County’s best and most experienced cultural journalists and we want to keep them here, doing what they do best. Please consider becoming a Culture Club donor. You’ll be supporting quality journalism – and giving yourself the opportunity to mingle with the artists and institutions that you love.
Looking ahead, we are also expanding our reach. We want to bring arts groups and arts lovers closer together. Our new series, Culture Club Presents, will offer our Culture Club donors immersive experiential trips to theaters, dance studios, concert halls, museums and other places, hosted by Culture OC writers and staff. You’ll get to meet artists and arts leaders where they work, ask them questions, and see how great music, theater, dance and art is made.
Finally, we hope you’ll continue to support Culture OC by simply reading us regularly – we’ll always be paywall-free. Just by reading our stories, you help us to show foundations and donors that our work is valuable to you, our readers.
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