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Recovery Money: The L.A. Arts Recovery Program, announced by the Cultural Affairs Department in the wake of the recent riots, has now taken a concrete form with more than $200,000 in grants for special recovery projects to be awarded in early August. The L.A. Arts Recovery Fund, which began with $100,000 scrounged shortly after the riots from the department’s current budget, has already nearly doubled. Contributions to the fund include $50,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts, $25,000 from the California Arts Council, $10,000 each from AT&T; and the California Community Foundation, and $1,700 from the L.A. Art Assn.