This Project is funded by public and private agencies and individuals. Publications The Art of Deduction has been published by CLA annually since the 1980s to serve as a tax preparation guide for creative artists. This publication offers a detailed explanation of tax preparation issues including money-saving tax filing tips specifically geared toward the creative community. CLA published the first edition of Legislative Masterpieces in 1980, in response to the need for a comprehensive resource on California Legislative initiatives to protect artists and their works. This publication is updated periodically as the California Legislation emerges. Legislative Masterpieces is designed to serve as a useful tool for the California arts community and others nationwide. Artistic License Awards Recent advocacy efforts have focused on restoring state funding for the arts in California, starting with a series of three symposia on California Arts and Healthy Communities, held in Los Angeles, Walnut Creek and San Jose from 2006-08. The Arts and Environmental Initiative was begun in 2008 with a Dialogue in San Francisco, followed by a second Dialogue in Los Angeles in 2011. An effort to restore Arts-in-Corrections programs was begun in early 2011. In 2008, the organization began its Artistic License Awards in order to recognize leaders in government, law and the arts or arts organizations who have made a positive impact on the arts in California. 2011 recipients include: Attorney Jay L. Cooper Artist Frank Romero Musician Cathy Segal-Garcia LA Board of Supervisors Member Mark Ridley-Thomas PEN Center USA Malissa Feruzzi Shriver, Chair of the California Arts Council. Past recipients include: Geffen Playhouse Robert Graham (in memoriam) Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP Elsa Ramo, Esq. Former First Lady of California Maria Shriver San Francisco Symphony U.S. Representative Diane Watson U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Rhodessa Jones of Cultural Odyssey Fenwick & West Henry Hopkins, Fenwick & West (in memoriam) Abe Carnow, CPA Danny Glover and Ben Guillory of the Robey Theatre Company Don Knabe, Member, LA County Board of Supervisors Adolfo V. Nodal Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP Kim Curry-Evans Stephen L. Davis, Esq. Charles (Chuck) Miller (in memoriam) Darrell Steinberg, California Senate President Pro Tem Wayne Thiebaud, Artist Rose Marie Cano of Plaza de la Raza Greenberg Glusker Jan Perry, LA City Council Member Jack Scott, California Senator Greg Victoroff June Wayne, Artist Zev Yaroslavsky, Member, LA County Board Supervisors References External links Legal organizations based in the United