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Congratulations to Nashormeh Lindo and Larry Baza, our new Chair and Vice Chair! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. FEBRUARY 01, 2018                 GET THE ARTS PLATE>> KEEP ARTS IN SCHOOLS WITH YOUR TAX RETURN >> Cultural Pathways & JUMP StArts deadlines extended Application deadlines have been extended through February 23 for both our Cultural Pathwaysand JUMP StArts grant programs. In addition, JUMP StArts is offering a new opportunity for funding via partnership with state Division of Juvenile Justice facilities. Click each program name for details. Don't miss your opportunity for state arts funding! CAC grant programs deadlines are just around the corner! Details and deadlines for all of our offerings are here. If you've applied in the past and were not selected for an award, don't be discouraged - refer to your panel notes, speak with our knowledgeable Programs staff, and make use of our online resources. Arts education planning workshop offered Feb. 26 in Fresno The Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, California Alliance for Arts Education, CREATE CA, and the CCSESA Arts Initiative are sponsoring a one-day professional learning workshop on February 26 at the Fresno County Office of Education. The workshop will focus on arts education planning for a school districts and county offices of education, offering versatile strategies for facilitation, plus networking opportunities and community resources. Click herefor more details and registration information. Smart needs art! File your taxes, keep arts in schools On Monday, the IRS began accepting electronic and paper returns, officially marking the start of tax season. Break out the calculators and the shoebox full of receipts, and don't forget to support creativity in the classroom with the Keep Arts in Schools Fund. Get the details on how to donate here. New leadership elected to California Arts Council The California Arts Council elected members Nashormeh Lindo and Larry Baza to serve as its new Chair and Vice Chair of the Council, respectively, at our most recent public meeting last Thursday in Irvine. The decisions for both roles were made by unanimous vote of the Council. Get the details in our latest press release.  >> what's new jobs Best Bets: Poetry competition to celebrate power of poetry Santa Cruz Sentinel Collaboration, inclusion stressed at meeting on Grass Valley-Nevada City cultural district The Union Fresno Arts Council giving Central Valley inmates freedom of expression KFSN more House Manager Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco, CA Arts Administrator City of Sacramento Sacramento, CA Education Administrative Assistant A Noise Within Pasadena, CA Director of Programming and Education San Diego Art Institute San Diego, CA Production Manager Playwrights Foundation San Francisco, CA more grants artist calls Open Meadows Spring 2018 Open Meadows Foundation Deadline: 2018-02-15 International Summer Program The Watermill Center Deadline: 2018-02-17 Native American Residency Fellowship Harpo Foundation Deadline: 2018-02-15 more Traveling art exhibit centered around the refugee crisis Asylum Seekers: Moria Turlock, CA Extended Deadline: Call for Artists: Bart Plaza Sound Installation City of Berkeley Berkeley, CA the UGLY, Beautiful and Surreal Paolo Mejia Fine Art and Design Oakland, CA BOLD: unpretentious Paolo Mejia Fine Art and Design Oakland, CA Fresh Works VIII Open Juried Exhibition Harrington Gallery at the Firehouse Arts Center, City of Pleasanton Civic Pleasanton, CA more conferences/workshops research CAA Conference 2018 College Art Association Los Angeles, CA Date: 2018-02-21 more The Bottom Line Report: Do Arts Organizations Bring in Enough Money to Cover Expenses? National Center for Arts Research more View this email in your browser Copyright C 2017 California Arts Council All rights reserved Our mailing address is: 1300 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 www.arts.ca.gov editor@arts.ca.gov