The James Irvine Foundation awarded a grant to the Watts Towers totalling $500,000 to help fund repair and preservation of the landmark folk-art masterpiece.
According to the resident of Irvine Foundation James Canales, the motivation for the grant given is to see Watts Towers as an important cultural icon for Los Angeles.
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A Gilesgate-based shop and community facility, Hexham’s Core Music, launches a separate workshop where up to six people will be trained how to repair guitars and make ukuleles. The European Social Fund grant supported the project and has secured funds through the County Durham Communication Foundation to equip the workshop in Burn Lane.