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What's NewACTA’s 2009 San Francisco Bay Area Traditional Arts Roundtable SeriesWith generous support from The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation and the San Francisco Arts Commission, ACTA launches its free 2009 Traditional Arts Roundtable Series at various Bay Area venues with sessions for traditional artists, organizations, and community groups:
ACTA’s Traditional Arts Roundtable Series strengthens San Francisco Bay Area intercultural traditional arts networks and leadership, and offers opportunities for traditional artists and arts advocates to learn from one another through intimate discussion, technical assistance, networking, and sharing community-based arts and culture. Visit ACTA’s website for more information about these Traditional Arts Roundtables. ACTA’s Traditional Arts Roundtable Series Comes to Los Angeles!The Alliance for California Traditional Arts presents, in partnership with MeaningMatters, Inc. and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and supported by the California Arts Council, The James Irvine Foundation, the California Community Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the San Francisco Arts Commission, the following workshop as part of ACTA's Traditional Arts Roundtable Series: Grassroots Fundraising for Traditional Artists and Organizations with Jerry YoshitomiThursday, September 17, 2009 Space is limited; registration required. Light dinner included. Visit ACTA’s website for more information about this Traditional Arts Roundtable. ACTA Welcomes Newest Staff Member Amy Lawrence and Bids Farewell to Staff Member Suzanne Hildebrand
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(Left to right) Suzanne Hildebrand and Amy Lawrence |
ACTA welcomes its newest staff member Amy Lawrence, who will be serving as the organization’s Operations Coordinator in the Fresno office. Amy has worked in the nonprofit sector since 1999. She served as the Education and Tour Coordinator for the Fresno Historical Society and managed the Society’s museum store. Lawrence earned a multiple subject teaching credential from CSU, Fresno, and has taught second, third, and fourth grade elementary school students. She holds an M.A. in History and her master’s thesis, Minnie Eshleman Sherman: Agricultural Pioneer, Social Activist, City Mother, was published in Fresno-Past and Present and won a research merit award from CSU, Fresno.
ACTA is proud to welcome Amy to our team. Amy will be working with many of ACTA’s programs and will be glad to assist you in any way she can. She can be reached at (559) 237-9812 or by email.
As ACTA welcomes its newest staff member, we say goodbye to Administrative Coordinator Suzanne Hildebrand. Suzanne, who has served with ACTA since June 2005, is leaving her full-time position at ACTA to begin her family, as she is expecting her first child this fall. However, after her maternity leave, Suzanne looks forward to remaining connected with ACTA and the artists it serves; she will continue her work with ACTA’s website and The New Moon on a part-time basis.
Suzanne’s last day with ACTA is September 2, 2009, and she can be reached at (559) 237-9812 or by email.
In February 2009, an ad hoc volunteer task force, spearheaded by the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA), the Fund for Folk Culture (FFC), and the National Council for the Traditional Arts, was formed to develop a survey for the folk and traditional arts field about the impact of the recession. Staff from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, the Washington State Commission on the Arts Folk & Traditional Arts Program, the Western Folklife Center and independent folklorist Pat Jasper offered additional input as the survey developed. Surale Phillips (Decision Support Partners) and Jerry Yoshitomi (MeaningMatters, LLC) assisted the group in survey design, data processing, tabulation and interpretation of results. The survey was distributed online for a time limited time in early-2009. The survey represents the experiences of a broad cross-section of people and organizations involved in the folk and traditional arts at a challenging moment in time. It provides a view of how people and organizations are faring and how they are impacted by the current economic recession.
The results have been shared with the national task force of arts organizations advising the Obama Transition Team, as well as with the National Endowment for the Arts which requested data from each of the arts disciplines.
The results are summarized on ACTA’s website and the complete survey report is also available for download. California artists and organizations responded in force, making up over 38% of the total national pool. Many thanks to The New Moon readers who responded! The California findings largely parallel the national data.
The results of the survey are summarized on ACTA's website; also available for download are the full national report, the full California report, and raw survey data.
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts invites you to participate in Leveraging Investments in Creativity’s (LINC’s) current survey, Artists and the Economic Recession, which will provide further important data about the economic recessions’ impact on artists. Even if you’ve taken other surveys this year (and there have been many!), please take the time to participate. ACTA is working with LINC to tabulate comparative data that will reveal changes between the February 2009 survey data and the current LINC results. Thank you!
Is the recession over for you, or still going strong? As an artist, the conditions you face in this current economic climate should be heard and addressed.
The Artists and the Economic Recession Survey invites you to share your experience. It is being conducted by Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), a ten-year national initiative to improve conditions for artists, and supervised by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Completing the survey takes about 15 minutes and is offered in both English and Spanish.
There is strength in numbers.
LINC has been working with organizations around the country to distribute the survey. . . but we want to make sure we reach the widest range of artist voices possible, especially artists who may not be part of formal organizational networks. Reaching as many artists as possible improves the quality of this important research, and better equips everyone who advocates for artists and the arts.
In addition to completing the survey yourself, could you forward this to every artist you know?
To complete the survey, please click on the link below or type the survey website address in your browser. To spread the word, please feel free to forward this email throughout your own networks.
Survey website: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229J8EUDWA8
Your participation in our survey is completely voluntary. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact techsupport@psra.com.
More than 70% of people with disabilities are not in the labor force, and those who wish to pursue a career in the arts face difficult challenges. On July 22-24, 2009, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presented a National Summit on Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities. The first such gathering since 1998, this National Summit was initiated to review progress over the past decade concerning education, arts training, and job opportunities for people with disabilities who are pursuing arts careers; and develop recommendations and best practices for advancing arts careers for people with disabilities. Other federal agencies participating included the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.
ACTA’s Executive Director Amy Kitchener was invited to participate at the National Summit, to make a presentation about her experiences in working with traditional artists who are unintentionally prevented from participating as grantees and recipients of cash awards due to their government assistance requirements limiting income.
In her presentation, Folk & Traditional Artists on Government Disability Assistance: The Cause of Unintended Barriers to Participation, Kitchener explained the issue many folk and traditional artist face: "Many of the artists we work with are older artists with disabilities who are rich in talent by require government assistance. Many forgo accepting modest grants and apprenticeship contracts for fear of losing their Social Security, SSI, SDDI, Medicaid, or other benefits. These artists – who are the 'living archives' of America’s cultural heritage – are vital assets to their communities and our collective identity, yet they are being, unintentionally, prevented from participating in programs and from receiving official recognition for their creative genius. Some artists who accept funds from the NEA or their state arts programs have lost their benefits for months – or even years – before being reinstated."
Deadline: Ongoing
ACTA's Traditional Arts Development Program makes contracts up to $1,500 to support consultancies, mentorships, and travel opportunities that foster a new level of growth for individual folk & traditional artists and organizations engaged in this field in California. Requested services may be focused on organizational, program, and/or artistic development goals. Individual artists and cultural practitioners, as well as organizations, whether incorporated or not, may apply.
A sampling of past contracts include:
Artistic Mentorships
Gen Taiko (San Francisco), an organization dedicated to promoting, preserving and presenting Japanese traditional arts including taiko (traditional Japanese drumming), traditional folk dance, and folk song forms. Its artistic director, Melody Takata, was trained by National Heritage Fellow Madame Fujima Kansuma to learn the Nihon Buyo (Japanese classical) dance called Kojo No Tsuki (Moonlit Castle Ruins). Ms. Takata taught the dance to four of her students and performed it at Gen Taiko’s 10th Anniversary Concert in November 2005.
Organizational Consultancies:
Kwashi Amevuvor (Los Angeles), a master drummer from Ghana, West Africa, worked with consultant Janet Planet, who assisted him with marketing and web design to develop professional promotional materials to publicize the work of the artist and the traditional cultural arts of Ghana. In addition, Ms. Planet’s consultancy supported Mr. Amevuvor’s efforts in organizing a cultural study tour of Ghana.
Travel Opportunities
The Eszterlánc Hungarian Folk Ensemble (Foster City) traveled to Southern California to perform for an audience of over two thousand at the annual Magyar Sajtónap (Hungarian Press Day) hosted by the newspaper California Hungarians. At this event Eszterlanc dancers had the opportunity to perform with members of the Karpatok Folk Ensemble of Southern California, which is led by Istvan Szabo.
Requests for organizational consultancies, artistic mentoring, and travel support may be submitted to ACTA at any time. Download the application and application instructions from ACTA's website or call (559) 237-9812 to request a copy be mailed to you.
ACTA's Traditional Arts Development Program is supported by grants from the California Arts Council, the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Deadline – Ongoing
The Native Artist Exchange, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), provides support for Native artists residing in any of the 50 United States to travel to different regions of the country so that they may exchange artistic knowledge and skills. This fund is designed to encourage and assist American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian artists, and provides an opportunity for Native artists to teach, learn, and collaborate in traditional and/or contemporary Native art forms through travel from one region to another across the nation.
For more information, including guidelines and application materials, visit the New England Foundation for the Arts’ website.
Deadline – Ongoing
The Guitar Center Music Foundation’s mission is to aid nonprofit music programs across America that offer music instruction so that more people can experience the joys of making music.
The Guitar Center Music Foundation accepts grant applications throughout the year from 501(c)(3) organizations that offer music instruction programs to participants of any age. The applicant program must successfully enhance the state of music education in the United States. The Grant Committee reviews all applications three times yearly, and grant awards range from $500 to $5,000.
For more information visit the Guitar Center Music Foundation’s website.
Deadline: In 2009, the 15th of Each Month
Restricted to San Francisco
The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) and Grants for the Arts (GFTA), have joined together to establish the San Francisco Creative Capacity Fund, a special field-building initiative to support professional development and peer learning opportunities for San Francisco artists and arts administrators.
Launched in 2009 as a pilot program, the Creative Capacity Fund (CCF) will provide scholarship reimbursements to eligible applicants, including individual artists and arts administrators of small and emerging arts organizations, to attend classes and workshops that will enhance their knowledge and administrative skills and help sustain their work in the arts. A number of service organizations and workshop providers will be involved as partners in this endeavor, and the Fund will be administered by the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI), a California training and financial services incubator for the arts, in San Francisco.
For more information, including guidelines and application instructions, visit the San Francisco Creative Capacity Fund’s website.
Deadlines: July 31, 2009; November 16, 2009; May 14, 2010; November 15, 2010
The Cultural Exchange Fund (CEF) is a travel subsidy program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to assist U.S. based presenters in building partnerships and collaborations with international touring artists, companies and their collaborators and in seeing the work of artists from around the world in its cultural context.
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters will award travel subsidies to individual presenters, presenting organizations and to groups of presenters traveling to see the work of artists, companies and/or to develop and advance projects with international artists and their collaborators. All applicants must be active members of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters
For more information, including guidelines and application forms, visit the Association of Performing Arts Presenters’ website.
Deadline: August 21, 2009
The California Arts Council received $502,400 of American Recovery and Reinvesement Act of 2009 (ARRA) funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to redistribute to California arts organizations to sustain jobs in the arts and creativity sector.
The NEA’s ARRA funds are to be used to increase the number of employed Americans. The ARRA/NEA funding is directed to the:
An arts organization is eligible to apply to the CAC funds only if it was a qualified grantee for our regular programs in any given year since 2002-2003. Check eligibility within the list provided through on the CAC’s website.
Guidelines will be available from the CAC’s website beginning July 23, 2009.
Deadline: August 24, 2009
Through a funding collaboration between the MetLife Foundation and the Ford Foundation, Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) announces Space for Change: Building Communities Through Innovative Art Spaces.
The Space for Change program seeks to highlight the production of artist spaces in an emerging framework of cultural equity, where artists are key stakeholders and contributors in community building and revitalization.
This program kicks off with the MetLife Innovative Space Awards (ISA), an awards program that recognizes and promotes successful artist spaces that exhibit innovation, affordability, sustainability and positive community impact. Winning projects will demonstrate the role that affordable artist spaces play in community revitalization and socially progressive development, as well as replicable and sustainable models for artist space development. In November 2009, up to five winning projects will receive awards ranging from $10,000 to $50,000.
A second component of the program, the Ford Foundation Space for Change Predevelopment Grants, will award grants to new projects in the early stages of planning that demonstrate the same commitment to creating affordable artist spaces. Guidelines for these grants will be made available in spring 2010.
To learn more about Space for Change, read the ISA guidelines, and submit an application, visit LINC’s website. For more information contact LINC via email or (646) 731-3275.
Deadline: September 1, 2008
Via it’s Down and Dirty Dance Series, San Francisco’s Dance Mission is awarding three separate weekends at the Dance Mission Theater so that local dance companies may present themselves.
Applications consist of a 500 word or less essay explaining why your company should receive a weekend at Dance Mission to present yourselves. A $25 entry fee is required. Please indicate your preference of weekend. Available weekends are: November 20-21, 2009; December 18-19, 2009; and July 9-10, 2010.
For more information visit Dance Mission’s website.
Deadline: September 4, 2009
The Asia Pacific Performance Exchange Residency 2010 (APPEX 2010) is a three-week intensive residency in Bali, Indonesia. For five days a week, artists will engage in master classes, studio workshops, experimentation, collaborative projects and public performances. On weekends participants will be introduced to the vibrant arts and culture context of Bali through specially planned field trips and concerts. A total of 16 artists will participate in the APPEX 2010 program. An equal number of American and Asian participants will take part in the program. Asian participants will be recruited from India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia.
Traditional and contemporary performing artists from USA are invited to apply. Special care will be given in the selection process to ensure a balance across disciplines. Artists who are active in the community as educators, artistic directors, and cultural workers are encouraged to apply.
For more information visit the UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance’s website.
Deadline: September 9, 2009
The Ford Amphitheatre is seeking proposals from Los Angeles County-based arts organizations who are interested in producing live performing arts events at the historic, open-air theatre in the Hollywood Hills in summer 2010. “In this down economy, we are here to help,” said Adam Davis, Ford Theatres Managing Director. “Groups who are accepted into the Ford's Summer Partnership Program receive significant presentation support and assistance for their productions.”
Applications are now available to apply for the 2010 summer season. The Ford is seeking proposals for a broad range of categories including, but not limited to, alt-rock, ballet, cabaret, circus, classical music, film, hip hop, jazz, multimedia, modern dance, theatre, world and folk music, and world dance. Similar to a grant program, proposals for the Ford Amphitheatre Summer Season are considered on a competitive basis.
For more information visit the Ford Amphitheatre’s website.
Deadline: September 15, 2009
The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) is launching a new national initiative in the tradition of its successful Alaska Marketplace Competition.
Native Insight: Thoughts on Recession, Recovery & Opportunity is a writing competition crafted to tap the wisdom and ingenuity of Native communities, and to encourage Native thinkers to go public with their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in the current economic and political landscape.
When the competition winners are announced in October 2009, $60,000 will be distributed among three Alaska Native winners and three Native Hawaiian/Lower 48 winners, with opportunities for their winning essays to be published in Native journals and magazines across the United States. A FN is partnering with the National Congress of American Indians and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement to reach Native communities across the nation.
The competition is open to Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and American Indians of all ages; 500-1,600 word essays are due September 15, 2009. Essays must address one or more of three writing prompts focused on how the Native community can support economic renewal, what it will take for the American economy to rebound, and what the American leadership can do to jumpstart recovery.
For more information on the Native Insight: Thoughts on Recession, Recovery & Opportunity, contact the Alaska Federation of Natives at (907) 274-3611, or via email.
Deadline: September 15, 2009
The National Museum of the American Indian offers the Visiting Indigenous Professional Program to provide hands-on training in various disciplines to further the experience of individuals currently working in Native museums and cultural centers. The VIP Program also provides technical advice in the planning and development of a museum or cultural center.
Areas of interest include collections management, conservation, registration, library services, membership and visitor services, and exhibition development. Past VIP Program study projects have included photo and collections research on tribal dance styles for community use, technical advice and guidance on moving a tribal museum collection, and analysis of the NMAI as a model for interactions between Native communities and museums.
Applicants must be directly involved with an Indigenous museum or cultural program (staff member, volunteer, consultant, etc.) or a member of a formal committee charged with developing a museum. In addition to other application materials, applicants must prepare a thorough study plan addressing study goals and expected outcomes for community enrichment.
For more information, visit the National Museum of the American Indian’s website.
Deadline: September 15, 2009
The American Heritage Preservation program will fund the preservation of endangered and fragile art works, rare books, scientific specimens, and historical documents (photographs, maps, deeds, etc.) held in small and medium-sized museums, archives, and libraries. Grants provide up to $3,000 each for stand-alone conservation projects. Funds may be used for treatment of library, museum, and archival collections; improvement of collections storage; or environmental improvement of collections.
For more information visit the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ website.
Deadline: September 25, 2009
The San Francisco Arts Commission’s Cultural Equity Grants’ Arts & Communities Initiative will support artists, arts organizations, and immigrant service organizations with established art programs of any medium, as they embrace the role of lead partners, and work closely with community partners, their leaderships and constituencies. Together, they can engage in innovative creation processes– exploring artistic practice potentially outside of one’s comfort zone – in order to address pressing community needs or celebrate community assets. The discussions and activities from these partnerships will form inventive, publicly accessible, high quality art projects, and result in an ongoing stimulation of ideas and dialogue. Together, the culminating public projects will reveal the complex life of San Francisco.
Two types of grants are available: Exploration Grants up to $10,000 and Realization Grants up to $25,000.
For more information, including guidelines, eligibility, application process, and application workshops, visit the Cultural Equity Grants’ website.
Deadline: October 1, 2009
CHIME: Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange is a mentorship program for professional choreographers. Grants and cost-free studio time will be given to support an exploration between pairs of artists – an established choreographer (mentor) and an emerging choreographer (mentee) – interested in learning from one another.
Applications accepted from the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California.
For more information, visit Margaret Jenkins Dance Company’s website.
Deadline: October 1, 2009
As a program of the American Composers Forum, First Nations Composer Initiative (FNCI) is committed to supporting Native American composers and performers in the creation of new work. FNCI is also a virtual gathering place for all people interested in the music of American Indian, Alaska Native and First Nations peoples.
FNCI announces a new granting program: Common Ground. The goal of Common Ground is to support activities that boost Indigenous creative musicians, such as commissions, residencies, performance and production, travel/study, and outreach.
For more information, including complete guidelines and application instructions, visit FNCI’s website.
Deadline: November 6, 2008
Restricted to the San Francisco Bay Area
This year the Creative Work Fund seeks projects for collaborations between performing artists or visual artists and nonprofit organizations and 2009 is the first year that artists and nonprofit organizations in San Benito and Santa Clara counties are eligible to apply. A total of $650,000 is available in grants that will range from $10,000-$40,000 and be awarded by July 30, 2010.
Informational seminars for potential applicants are being scheduled throughout the region from August 26 through October 14.
The Creative Work Fund’s geographic scope encompasses 14 counties. Collaborating artists must reside and organizations must be based in the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, or Stanislaus.
The Creative Work Fund is a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, also supported by generous grants from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation.
For more information, including guidelines and how to sign up for an information seminar, please visit the Creative Work Fund’s website.
Opportunities & Resources
Assists in the design, coordination and implementation of a spectrum of arts-related programs in a government arts agency, including grants management, technical assistance, convenings, research, etc. Preferred qualifications: experience in and commitment to working with artists and arts organizations, esp. those rooted in historically underserved communities; critical thinker; effective communicator; detail-oriented multi-tasker; experience in arts administration and financial management; Excel, database and internet savvy. Salary: $44,902-$54.574 + benefits. EOE. Women, People of Color and People with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Position open until filled.
For more information, including how to apply, visit the San Francisco Arts Commission’s website.
Join the California Cultural Data Project (California CDP) for an upcoming training session in person. Attend one of these sessions for the opportunity to learn more about the California CDP and how to put it to work for you.
If you are new to the CDP, sign up for a New User Training Session. If you have already entered data into the California CDP, attend a Reports Training Session to learn more about the annual, trend and comparison reports that are designed to help you make the most of your organization's data.
The California CDP is a powerful online management tool designed to strengthen arts and cultural organizations. Arts and cultural organizations enter financial, programmatic and operational data into a standardized online form and can then use the CDP to produce a variety of reports designed to help increase management capacity, identify strengths and challenges and inform decision-making. They can also generate reports to be included as part of the application processes to participating grantmakers.
Upcoming Training Sessions:
New User Training
September 15, 2009 – 9:30 am
Mountain View City Hall
Mountain View, California
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Reports Training
September 15, 2009 – 11:00 am
Mountain View City Hall
Mountain View, California
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New User Training
September 16, 2009 – 1:00 pm
Cupertino Room, Sobrato Conference Center
San Jose, California
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Reports Training
September 16, 2009 – 2:30 pm
Cupertino Room, Sobrato Conference Center
San Jose, California
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New User Training
October 6, 2009 – 4:00 pm
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Los Angeles, California
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Reports Training
October 7, 2009 – 4:00 pm
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Los Angeles, California
Register
For more information visit the California Cultural Data Project’s website.
Americans for the Arts produces a series of webinars presented by field experts; topics range from leadership succession in the arts to arts in rural communities to the election’s impact on the arts. Americans for the Arts has recorded and archived each webinar produced from September to December 2008 and has made them available for purchase and download.
The webinars are flexible enough to meeting demanding schedules and affordable enough for multiple use. Each webinar is $85 for members and $125 for non-members.
For more information visit Americans for the Arts’ Webinars website.
According to the Urban Institute's 2003 study, Investing in Creativity: A Study of the Support Structure for U.S. Artists, access to quality, affordable healthcare is one of the most difficult challenges facing artists today in the U.S. Indeed, it is one of the most difficult challenges facing many Americans. Artists in the workforce, in particular, exhibit a clear need for better information about healthcare and health insurance options, and about how to improve access to resources locally.
In an effort to deliver information and resources to artists, organizations, and communities on options for affordable, local healthcare and health insurance, The Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) and Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), both in partnership with the Actors Fund, have compiled extensive information regarding health insurance and healthcare for artists. The information is available to everyone without charge.
The Foundation Center hosts several online training courses in proposal writing. The Statement of Need helps novice or inexperienced grantseekers master a critical component of proposal writing – preparing a statement of need. The Project Description is an in-depth look into the preparation and writing of the project description section of a proposal. The Budget demystifies the preparation of the project budget included in funding proposals. The Comprehensive Course is a thorough, step-by-step guide to preparing an effective proposal for foundation support, covering every section of the proposal. The courses include interactive exercises and assignments, case studies, a final exam, and a printable certificate of completion. Lessons can be taken at any pace, and can be reviewed often. For more information visit the Foundation Center’s website.
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ABOUT ACTA
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts strives to "ensure California's future holds California's past" by providing programs and services to support the state's diverse living cultural heritage. The Alliance cultivates the growth of traditional arts and culture through Stewardship, Services to Artists, and Connection-Making.
CONTACT ACTA
Website:
http://www.actaonline.org
Staff:
Amy Kitchener, Executive
Director
akitch@actaonline.org
559.237.9813
Sherwood Chen, Associate Director
sherwood@actaonline.org
415.346.3800
Lily Kharrazi, Living Cultures Grants Program Manager
lilyk@actaonline.org
415.346.5200
Suzanne Hildebrand, Administrative Coordinator
The New Moon Editor
stoler@actaonline.org
559.237.9812
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Melanie Beene
President & CEO, Community Initiatives, San Francisco CA
San Francisco, CA
Emmett Castro, V.P. of Finance and Administration
Certified Public Accountant, Castro Accountancy Corporation
Fresno, CA
Jo Farb Hernandez, Secretary
Director, Natalie
and James Thompson Art Gallery, School of Art and Design, San Jose
State University
Director, SPACES
Principal, Curatorial and Museum Management Services
Watsonville, CA
Joel Jacinto,
Executive Director, Search
to Involve Pilipino Americans
Los Angeles, CA
Sojin Kim, Ph.D.
Curator,History Department, Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, CA
Amy Kitchener (ex officio)
Executive Director, ACTA
Fresno, CA
Frank LaPena
Professor Emeritus, American Indian Studies, CSU Sacramento;
Traditional Maidu dance master; Visual Visual Artist
Sacramento, CA
Malcolm Margolin
Founder and Publisher, Heyday
Books
Executive Director, Heyday
Institute
Berkeley , CA
Libby Maynard
Co-founder and Executive Director, Ink
People Center for the Arts
Eureka, CA
Chike Nwoffiah, V.P. of External Development
Executive Director, Oriki
Theatre
Mountain View, CA
Amy Rouillard
Senior Programs Manager, California Council for the Humanities
San Diego, California
Charlie Seemann, Board President
Executive Director, Western
Folklife Center
Elko, NV
Daniel Sheehy, Ph.D.
V.P. of Governance
CEO, Smithsonian
Folkways Recordings
Washington, D.C.
Deborah Wong, Ph.D.
Professor of Music
University of California, Riverside
Honorary
Bess Lomax Hawes
Retired Former Director, Folk & Traditional Arts Program, National Endowment for the Arts
Woodland Hills, CA
FUNDERS
The Costumes of Korean Dance and Drumming
The World According to Joyce Gross: Quilts from the Dolph Briscoe Center
Kumeyaay: Indigenous People of Southern California
J.A.M. Sessions @ The Ford Amphitheater
Culture at the Crossroads – Firewalkers & the Sun
Culture at the Crossroads #2 – Ferenc Tobak Conjures Spirits at the Crossroads
Performing Diaspora Work-In-Progress Showing I
Performing Diaspora Work-In-Progress Showing II
Performing Diaspora Work-In-Progress Showing III
Ode to Hope: A Melodic Epiphany
Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project
18th Annual San Jose Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival
5th Annual Garifuna Community Forum
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