Kenney Mencher

Follow us on Medium at medium.com/calartscouncil. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. MAY 11, 2018                 GET THE ARTS PLATE>> KEEP ARTS IN SCHOOLS WITH YOUR TAX RETURN >> NEA awards $5.2 million to support arts and innovation in CA The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded nearly $5.2 million to California arts organizations in its second round of funding for fiscal year 2018. Federal dollars totaling $5,193,800 will benefit 144 grantees up and down the state. The spring announcement includes the NEA's annual partnership with the California Arts Council as well as jurisdictional and regional arts agencies, and the categories of Art Works, Creativity Connects, Our Town, and Research: Art Works. Details are in our latest press release. ACTA announces two 2019 funding opportunities The Alliance for California Traditional Arts, California Arts Council's partner for folk and traditional arts, has announced the opening of two grant programs for 2019. The Apprenticeship Program offers $3,000 contracts to California artists and culture bearers for six to 12 months of intensive one-on-one training in a specific art discipline; the Living Cultures Grants Program provides support of up to $5,000 for traditional arts projects demonstrating impact on cultural communities. The application deadline for both programs is June 29. Click here for more details or to register for an informational webinar.   We've moved to Medium! CAC's blog publishing has been relocated to Medium! The platform's modern design and comprehensive capabilities give us the freedom to tell more in-depth stories, deliver content more creatively, and to bring more voices and guest features into the mix. And not to worry, we've migrated all of our old content from the WordPress blog archive over to our set of stories, so you won't miss a beat. Follow us on Medium now. San Jose Taiko Celebrates 45 Years with Japantown Immersive Japantown Immersive is part of San Jose Taiko’s 45th anniversary celebration, funded in part by a Creative California Communities grant from the California Arts Council. The taiko group is a longtime grantee of the CAC, with their first funding awarded nearly 25 years ago.  >> what's new jobs MAC offering its last 'Writers Workshop' Record-Bee Culture Report: A new art exhibition opens behind bars Voice of San Diego California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia, Oscar nominated Ron Koertge team up for poetry doubleheader in Library Community Room on Friday Pasadena Now An LA art space, with roots in '70s Chicano Movement, now has a permanent home Hyperallergic more Visitor Experience and Facilities Manager International House Davis Davis, CA Director of Operations  International House Davis Davis, CA Programs and Outreach Manager  International House Davis Davis, CA Administrative-Marketing Assistant Reka Lena Art Group LLC Agoura Hills, CA Art Instructor Art Studio Agoura Agoura Hills, CA more grants artist calls Exhibition Grants - Spring 2008 Terra Foundation Deadline: 2018-08-01 2018 Halstead Grant Halstead Bead Deadline: 2018-08-01 more Open Call: The Future of Freedom City of Buena Park Fine Arts Division Buena Park, CA Call for LGBTQI Photographers Band of Vices Art Gallery Los Angeles, CA Call to Artists: Public Artwork for Outdoor Piano and Bench Arts Council of Placer County Rocklin, CA Artist Demos at Community Events Arts Council of Placer County Rocklin, CA Open Call for Art 'Pose' Apero Fine Art Catalogue APERO Southern California more conferences/workshops research Leveraging the Every Student Succeeds Act to Advocate for the Arts Grantmakers in the Arts Online Webinar Date: 2018-05-29 more Toward the Future of Arts Philanthropy: The Disruptive Vision of the Memphis Music Initiative Memphis Music Initiative 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