California Art Beat News Letter

The California Poetry Out Loud State Finals are coming March 18&19! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. MARCH 02, 2018                 GET THE ARTS PLATE>> KEEP ARTS IN SCHOOLS WITH YOUR TAX RETURN >> Opportunity: Arts in Corrections RFP The California Arts Council is now accepting proposals from arts organizations interested in providing arts programming to inmates at state adult correctional facilities. The final deadline for proposals is March 26 at 5:00 p.m. PST. Get the details in our press release. March deadlines: CAC grant opportunities We are well into grant season, but a plenty of programs remain open and accepting applications! Find your fit and don't miss these upcoming deadlines: Local Impact (March 8), Arts and Public Media (March 15), Arts Education - Artists in Schools (March 22), Arts Education - Professional Development (March 22), and Reentry Though the Arts (March 22). Reach out to our knowledgeable Programs staff with questions, and make use of our online resources. Click here for program details. Working on your taxes? Keep arts in schools with your return Smart needs art: Be a champion for arts education when filing your 2017 taxes by making a donation to the Keep Arts in Schools Fund. 100% of your tax-deductible contribution is applied to arts education programming supported by the California Arts Council. Get the details here. Bloomberg Public Art Challenge encourages cities to create Bloomberg Philanthropies' Public Art Challenge is back for 2018, inviting cities with 30,000 residents or more to submit proposals for projects that demonstrate close partnership between artists, arts organizations and city government. At least three cities will be selected to receive up to $1 million each over two years. The Public Art Challenge is a part of Bloomberg's American Cities Initiative, an effort to help U.S. cities generate innovation and advance policy. The deadline to apply is April 19. Click here for more info. They are the champions: California Poetry Out Loud In a little over two weeks' time, nearly four dozen high-schoolers from across the state will join together in a partial takeover of downtown Sacramento. They're headed to the Capital City to step up to the mic—competing at the California Poetry Out Loud State Finals.  >> what's new jobs Young Oakland superheroes fight for their mural KQED The creative brain is wired differently Science Daily News 3 county students win prizes in Poetry Out Loud readings The Madera Tribune more Program Manager Headlands Center for the Arts Sausalito Communications & Outreach Coordinator Headlands Center for the Arts Sausalito, CA Director of Chorus School Administration & Programs San Francisco Girls Chorus San Francisco, CA Video & Multimedia Producer Berkeley Repertory Theatre Berkeley, CA Director of Development, UCLA CAP University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA more grants artist calls KAFA Award Korea Arts Foundation of America Deadline: 2018-03-31 Creative Economic Development Fund Center for Cultural Innovation Deadline: 2018-04-05 more Taste Walk Glendale Glendale Arts Glendale, CA RISE: Empower, Change and Action! Whitney Modern Gallery and Gutfreund Cornett Art Los Gatos, CA MB murals Cultural Arts Commission Manhattan Beach, CA Open Call, Small Artwork(s) Public Art Committee Petaluma, CA Open Call - Power California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, CA more conferences/workshops research 9th annual Creative Edge Lecture Arts Orange County Irvine, CA Date: 2018-03-20 more The Impact of Diversity: Understanding How Nonprofit Board Diversity Affects Philanthropy, Leadership, and Board Engagement Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 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