Danielle Yellen

Working at the Intersection of Economic Development and the Arts in the Greater Inland Empire of Southern California. The Arts Area, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, provides fiscal sponsorship, professional development, resource support, and civic advocacy to develop and support economic sustainability and equitable access in the creative industries of San Bernardino, Riverside, and East Los Angeles Counties. The role of economic development includes a broad range of activities to attract, create, and retain jobs, and to foster a resilient, growing, and inclusive economy. The Arts Area develops and supports the creative economy through providing professional services in two important areas: 1. Building a Professional Arts Network for All Creatives 2. Providing Fiscal Sponsorship and Professional Business Services for Creative Industry Startups and Nonprofits The Arts Area holds that the foundation for lasting economic development begins with a dedication to education and skills development, strengthening pathways to attending college, supporting careers in the creative industries, and building the needed infrastructure for a growing creative economy. The results of which will promote an economically viable and creative arts community that is an invaluable resource to students, artists, and the community at large. This is a long-term commitment to vitalize artistic and cultural awareness, stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship, and reassert a sense of hope, pride, and accomplishment in the future of the community.

Arts Connection, The Arts Council of San Bernardino County is the local arts agency for San Bernardino County and serves all artists and arts organizations in this region. Our office is based out of 5500 University Pkwy # VA307, San Bernardino, California, United States. We also have a community space at the Garcia Center for the Arts in downtown San Bernardino, CA.

Working at the Intersection of Economic Development and the Arts in the Greater Inland Empire of Southern California. The Arts Area, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, provides fiscal sponsorship, professional development, resource support, and civic advocacy to develop and support economic sustainability and equitable access in the creative industries of San Bernardino, Riverside, and East Los Angeles Counties. The role of economic development includes a broad range of activities to attract, create, and retain jobs, and to foster a resilient, growing, and inclusive economy. The Arts Area develops and supports the creative economy through providing professional services in two important areas: 1. Building a Professional Arts Network for All Creatives 2. Providing Fiscal Sponsorship and Professional Business Services for Creative Industry Startups and Nonprofits The Arts Area holds that the foundation for lasting economic development begins with a dedication to education and skills development, strengthening pathways to attending college, supporting careers in the creative industries, and building the needed infrastructure for a growing creative economy. The results of which will promote an economically viable and creative arts community that is an invaluable resource to students, artists, and the community at large. This is a long-term commitment to vitalize artistic and cultural awareness, stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship, and reassert a sense of hope, pride, and accomplishment in the future of the community.

Arts Connection, The Arts Council of San Bernardino County is the local arts agency for San Bernardino County and serves all artists and arts organizations in this region. Our office is based out of 5500 University Pkwy # VA307, San Bernardino, California, United States. We also have a community space at the Garcia Center for the Arts in downtown San Bernardino, CA.

California State University, San Bernardino is a preeminent center of intellectual and cultural activity in Inland Southern California. Opened in 1965 and set at the foothills of the beautiful San Bernardino Mountains, the university serves more than 20,000 students each year and graduates about 4,000 students annually. The "value added"​ by a CSUSB education ranks in the top 4 percent in the nation, according to the Collegiate Learning Assessment, a sequence of tests used by hundreds of colleges and universities nationwide that measure student learning in the freshman and then in the senior year. First-to-second year retention rates are third highest among all CSU campuses. CSUSB reflects the dynamic diversity of the region and has the most diverse student population of any university in the Inland Empire. It has the second highest African American and Hispanic enrollments of all public universities in California. Seventy percent of those who graduate are the first in their families to do so. The university offers more than 70 traditional baccalaureate and master's degree programs, education credential and certificate programs, and a doctoral program. In recent years, CSUSB added its first doctorate (educational leadership), engineering program (computer science and engineering) and M.F.A. programs in creative writing and studio art/design. Every CSUSB academic program that is eligible has earned national accreditation. The university also is home to the California Professor of the Year, Stuart Sumida. Cal State San Bernardino has seen records in enrollment, diversity of faculty and students, grant and contract funding, overhead funds, fundraising and international programs development. CSUSB ranks among the safest public universities in California. Cal State San Bernardino is listed among the best colleges and universities in the western United States, according to The Princeton Review, Forbes and U.S. News and World Report, in their respective an...