Wayne Thiebaud’s CA license plate helps raise money for California Arts Council

In 1993 the California Arts Council teamed up with state government officials for the first “specialty plate” in California: a sunset and palm tree motif, titled Coastline, designed by Pop artist Wayne Thiebaud.  Now Governor Schwarzenegger is launching a Million Plates Campaign for the Arts to aggressively help the CAC raise at least $40 million for arts funding by registering one million plates by January.

Story via Culture Monster here and here.


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