The Entertainment Community Fund Dedicates Two Buildings

Los Angeles Local Board members attended a dedication of the Rita Moreno Arts Building and the Cicely Tyson Residential Building at the Hollywood Arts Collective, which broke ground in February 2021. The event took place on June 23 at Bar Lis, located on a rooftop opposite the current construction of the buildings.

According to the newly rebranded Entertainment Community Fund, formerly known as The Actors Fund, the Rita Moreno Arts Building will be home to the Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Theater; L.A. contemporary exhibitions; a young filmmakers program targeting underserved emerging talent; and the Entertainment Community Fund’s Phil and Monica Rosenthal Family Foundation Training Center. The Cicely Tyson Residential Building will feature 151 units of affordable housing for entertainment industry professionals and artists, three resident gardens, a fitness room, two soundproof rehearsal studios for resident performers, as well as the new home for the Entertainment Community Fund Western Region Headquarters. Housing applications will open in 2023.

Photo: L.A. Local Board members Jenny O’Hara, Richard Hadfield and National Board member Ron Ostrow with SAG-AFTRA member and honoree Rita Moreno.

This item originally featured in the SAG-AFTRA magazine summer 2022 issue.