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CAC Expands Rehabilitative Arts Programs in State Prisons The California Arts Council awarded new contracts to 12 different arts organizations offering rehabilitative arts services in California state prisons. Arts programming now reaches all 35 state adult correctional institutions - a significant increase from the 20 institutions served in the previous fiscal year. Funded by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Arts in Corrections program improves the safety and environment of state prisons, and combats recidivism.   MORE >> Reflections on the Americans for the Arts Convention The California Arts Council paid a visit to the Bay Area last month for the annual Americans for the Arts Convention, along with 1,200 other arts and culture professionals. Hosted locally by the San Francisco Arts Commission, the convention provided the opportunity for our programs staff to network with their peers, connect with grantees and learn more about the issues that impact our work to support creativity and culture across the state.  MORE >> Exam Opportunity: Associate Arts Grants Administrator The California Arts Council is is hiring for Associate Arts Grants Administrator positions! At this time, interested individuals should take and submit the Associate Arts Grants Administrator exam and other required materials. Click "MORE" for further details on the exam registration process. The final exam filing date is July 17.   MORE >> California's budget = big win for the arts Last week, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed a state budget that includes a $6.8 million permanent increased funding allocation for the California Arts Council. The budget also includes ...  >> what's new jobs Reentry Through the Arts Program gets $90,000 Los Angeles Sentinel 8 Tracy K. Smith books to help you get to know the new U.S. Poet Laureate Bustle Esparto receives California Arts Council 'local impact' grant Daily Democrat Getting the big picture: Photography class for veterans about more than snapping pictures The Union State budget permanently increases Arts Council funding by $6.8 million KQED more Associate Arts Grants Administrator (EXAM) California Arts Council Sacramento, CA Director of Development Djerassi Resident Artsits Program Woodside, CA Development Fellow Southern Exposure San Francisco, CA Studio Assistant Megan Geckler Studio, Inc Los Angeles, CA Media Preparator Minnesota Street Project Art Services San Francisco, CA more grants artist calls Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Award Levitt Foundation Deadline: 2017-10-02 Gloria Burt Sacramento Region Arts Fellowship Blue Line Arts Deadline: 2017-07-17 more 2018 Hearts in San Francisco Collection San Francisco General Hospital Foundation San Francisco, CA Portraits 2018 Photography Call for Entry | Open Internationally The Center for Fine Art Photography Fort Collins, CO Call for Artists 2018 Korean Cultural Center NY New York, NY Call for Artists: Sculptors City of Berkeley Berkeley, CA 2017 California Open TAG Gallery Los Angeles, CA more conferences/workshops research Curricular Progressions LUNA Dance Institute Berkeley, CA Date: 2017-08-07 more How culture and the arts can promote intercultural dialogue in the context of the migratory and refugee crisis European Union more forward this unsubscribe contact us Do you know someone who might be interested in receiving this weekly newsletter? You're receiving this newsletter because you subscribed. California Arts Council 1300 I Street Suite 930 Sacramento, CA 95814 916.322.6555 www.arts.ca.gov editor@arts.ca.gov