Huntington Beach Municipal Art Center Foundation

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CEO/Executive Director

Dan Faltz

CEO/Executive Director Experience

Dan loves how the arts allow for expression and meaning-making for all ages, cultures and abilities. He has developed, coordinated and facilitated arts programs for youth, educators, the public, and adults experiencing incarceration. Dan currently serves as director for the Huntington Beach Art Center, a community art studio and contemporary exhibition space. Since 2019, he has served on the City of West Hollywood Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission, where he helps develop all aspects of the city's public art programs and cultural initiatives. Dan previously served as assistant curator at the Ontario Museum of History & Art, coordinated the Alliance for California Traditional Arts' statewide Arts in Corrections program, served as programs manager for UCLArts & Healing Initiative, and in several roles at the Academy Film Archive and Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Dan has degrees in media arts from UC Berkeley and USC School of Cinematic Arts and will complete his second master's in community art in 2024. He is an alum of Arts for LA's ACTIVATE, Cal State LA Community Teaching Artist Program, the National Guild for Community Art Education's Leadership and Intercultural Institute, the Studio Museum in Harlem Education Practicum, and Teaching Artist Project.

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