Introduction
The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) is a proud supporter of Los Angeles’s 2025 African American Heritage Month Celebration. This celebration will promote and encourage an awareness of the significant contributions made by our City’s African Americans in culture, education, politics, business, technology, and the arts.
As part of this celebration, DCA is once again creating a comprehensive calendar and cultural guide to showcase quality African American artists from across Los Angeles and to list in person and online programming (exhibitions, concerts, special events, lectures, etc.) related to this annual celebration of African American culture.
Our goals are to expose Angelenos to the great works of our local visual and literary artists, and to make them aware of the exciting online cultural activities happening as part of the celebration. We also want to encourage their appreciation of LA’s African American past artistic traditions and today’s modern, contemporary styles.
To have your art work or program considered for inclusion this publication, we invite you to please submit via email, using the forms linked at the bottom of this page, to mwharris@whitleycompany.com. Please only send high-resolution images (300 DPI or larger) and short works of poetry appropriate for publication. Please include all credit information with all works submitted. Your work may also appear on DCA’s website at culturela.org and in other DCA publications.
The deadline for artwork submissions is November 25, 2024.
We forward to commemorating African American heritage and traditions in Los Angeles through this special annual publication. Should you have any questions regarding this annual calendar and cultural guide, please contact Marcia Harris at mwharris@whitleycompany.com or via phone at 213.536.1378.
Artwork Submission Guidelines
Number of Submissions: We will accept up to 6 (six) submissions per artist.
EXCEPTION: Diptychs, triptychs, etc. where more than one piece comprises the work.
File Size: Submit publication-quality images only, 300 dpi, no less than 2500 pixels in width, nor less than 3500 pixels in height.
EXCEPTION: If your piece is exceptionally wide we occasionally print double page spreads, these very wide pieces should be submitted at no less than 5000 pixels in width.
File Type: JPG, TIFF, or PDF files only. If sent as RGB we will convert to CMYK.
Naming of Files: Name the files with your last name followed by the name of the piece for correct attribution. If you are submitting a diptych (etc.) please add L or R to the file name so we place the work in the correct order.
Correct file names: Shimizu 3 Spiders.jpg, Park Lion L.jpg, Park Lion R.jpg
Incorrect file name: File12345.jpg
Artwork Details: Provide the name of the piece, the media used to create the work, the size of the work, and the year created.
Example: 3 Spiders, Digital Photography, 12” x 5”, 2014
Contact: Include your name as you’d like to see it printed in the publication with your email address or website that you’d like included in the publication.
Make sure to include your mailing address so we can send you a copy of the book in the mail if your work is included.
We need your email address and phone number to contact you if we have questions or need additional information.
Method of Submission: Files will be accepted via email, Dropbox, or WeTransfer.
Questions: Please email mwharris@whitleycompany.com.
Confirmation: You will receive a confirmation email upon receipt of your submissions.
Agreement: By submitting works for consideration for each Heritage Month Calendar and Cultural Guide, you agree to allow the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs to also use any of the images submitted on its website, culturela.org.