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Adolfo V. Nodal was born in Guaos, Cuba on March 6, 1950. Mr. Nodal immi-grated to the Miami Florida with his family in September 1957. He was raised in Miami where he graduated from Miami-Dade Junior College with an Associate of Arts degree in Journalism & Photography in 1970. Mr. Nodal received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida in 1972. He was awarded a Masters of Arts degree in Contemporary Art by California State University at San Francisco. He was awarded a certificate in Museum Management by The Art Museum Association Museum Management Institute in 1981.

Mr. Nodal has served as Executive Director of Contemporary arts institutions in Washington, DC. (Washington Project for the Arts,
1978-83) Los Angeles, CA.(Otis Parsons School of Art Exhibition Center,1983-87) and New Orleans, Lousiana (Contemporary Arts Center,1988). He worked in large and small arts institutions in San Francisco while he earned his Masters Degree there. He has served as trustee of several local and national arts institutions including American For The Arts, the National Assembly Of Local Arts Agencies (NALAA), The Urban Arts Federation, and as a founding Member of National Association of Artists Organizations LA Works, and LA Shares (Materials for the Arts).

Adolfo V. Nodal Held the position of General Manager of the City of
Los Angeles’ Cultural Affairs Department from 1988-2001. He lead the department which regulates civic design, historic preservation, and arts funding and programs. He was responsible for cultural advocacy and planning for arts and culture in Los Angeles He is considered a national leader in the fields of multicultural arts development, arts admini-stration, and support for Individual artists and all artistic disciplines. He established and developed the Los Angeles Endowment for the Arts with the help of the LA City Council. He achieved a comprehensive arts master-plan for LA in 1990. And a cultural heritage master-plan for the city in 1998. He completed a restoration of the City’s historic Art deco Neon and electric signs in the Wilshire, Hollywood and Downtown districts of the City. He developed a millennium arts celebration for Los Angeles and a national study of the public safety impact of the arts in the community as well as a report on the role of art in reducing graffiti vandalism He also initiated an emergency response cultural master-plan for the city which is yet to be completed.. Other achievements in his tenure as General Manager include a program to name city traffic squares to honor artists who have made significant contributions to the arts community such as the dedication of the Carmen Miranda and Carlos Gardel Squares in Hollywood. He also developed a civic recognition program to celebrate important arts administrators in the City of Los Angeles. Mr. Nodal encouraged arts and cultural organi-zations to include all of the Americas in their programming. He re-energized and developed a significant Cultural Grants for the arts and Historic Preservation for the City of Los Angeles. He supervised an activebuilding program, produced a major Festival program and provided record amount of funding to the city’s mural program.
He managed the plans for the total reorganization and physical upgrade of Barnsdall Art Park including the restoration of
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House. He managed the city’s
Watts Towers.

Throughout his career, Adolfo V. Nodal has championed individual artist and designers with special emphasis on experimental visual arts and theatre. He has organized countless programs to present this work in various cultural institutions in the United States. He is considered a national expert on Public Art, Historic Preservation and civic design. While at Cultural Affairs he assisted the Cultural Affairs and Cultural Heritage Commissions in their deliberations regarding the regulation of Civic Design, Architecture, Historic Landmark Status. Public Art, and Street Lighting in the City of LA.

Mr. Nodal has provided encouragement to and support to artists and arts institutions at all stages of development from homeless arts organizations to the City’s established institutions. He is multi-disciplinary in his support of art, believing in the power of all the disciplines of culture as well as entertainment. His work in the arts has benefited countless American artists and institutions as well as audiences and communities throughout the region. He has provided leadership on linking the arts to other important civic issues such as education, public safety, community development, tourism, public health and community empowerment.

Mr. Nodal has received numerous awards and honors including Washingtonian Of The Year (1981), The Mayor’s Art Award, Washington DC (1981), A Presidential Citation for Community Service HUD (1987), The Order of the Southern Cross by the Government of Brazil (2000)

Currently Mr. Nodal is President of the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commision. He is also Project General Manager for the Annenberg Foundation/Farmlab LLC where he is overseeing the construction of a Major Public Art Projects in Los Angeles. He also works in the area of cultural development and political evolution of his native Cuba. He believes that Culture is one of the only bridges available to the Cuban People and has devoted a lot of effort throughout his career to supporting Latin American artists achieve a broader audiences. In 2004 Mr. Nodal established an exhibition service in the Town of San Pedro and opened a licensed company to provide Cultural, Humanitarian and Religious missions to Cuba. In 2004 he became president of the Cuba Culture Foundation a non profit organization in California.

Mr. Nodal Completed a book on the role of Public Art in the field of community development titled MacArthur Park: How The Arts Made A Difference in 1990 (Hennessey & Ingalls Press) In 2001 he completed a book project intended to be a definitive reference volume titled Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century. (The California International Arts Foundation) He is preparing a book on the Historic Neon and Electric signs of Los Angeles. Adolfo V. Nodal is fluent in Spanish and English including public speaking.