About Us:
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts promotes and supports ways for cultural traditions to thrive now
and into the future by providing advocacy, resources, and connections for folk and
traditional artists and their communities.
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Funding Opportunities
CAC's Creating Public Value
Deadline:
Feb 18, 2010
National Native Master Artist Initiative: Artist Teaching Artist
Deadline:
Apr 1, 2010
National Native Creative Development Program
Deadline:
Apr 1, 2010
USArtists International
Deadline:
May 3, 2010
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Upcoming Events
Oakland Asian Cultural Center Presents: Lunar New Year Celebration 2010: Year of the Tiger
Feb 20, 2010
Oakland
Khmer Arts Salon Series Presents: Dancing Nation: The Royal Ballet of Cambodia
Feb 20, 2010
Long Beach
CONTRA-TIEMPO's 5th Year Anniversary Gala
Feb 20, 2010
Los Angeles
Congolese Dance & Drum Workshop in Maui
Feb 26 - Mar 8, 2010
Maui
Pride of Erin Ceili Dancers Presents: Sean-Nos Dance Workshop
Feb 27, 2010
La Mesa
Chinese Lantern Festival
Feb 27, 2010
San Diego
Pride of Erin Ceili Dancers Presents: Sean-Nos Dance Workshop
Mar 3, 2010
San Diego
REgeneracion: Ricardo Flores-Magon and the Mexican Revolution of 1910
Mar 5 - Mar 13, 2010
Fresno and Clovis
Annual Conference - Society for Ethnomusicology, Northern California Chapter
Mar 6, 2010
Santa Cruz
25th Annual Jewish Music Festival's March Concerts
Mar 14-Mar 29, 2010
San Francisco Bay Area
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Current Exhibits
American Masterpieces: The Artistic Legacy of California Indian BasketryThrough Mar 14, 2010 Sacramento, CA Japanese Papercraft: Miko DollsThrough Mar 1, 2010 Oakland, CA "A Project Documenting Fading Traditions"Through Mar 6, 2010 Fresno, CA Textiles From OaxacaThrough Mar 6, 2010 Fresno
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Letters from India: Chritesh Das Dance Company's 2010 Tour
Editor's Note: Rina Mehta (Los Angeles) is a participant in ACTA's Apprenticeship Program as an apprentice to Kathak virtuoso Chitresh Das
(San Rafael). Her following account reflects on a series of
performances which were part of a tour in winter 2010 to India with Das
and his company Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company. Her visit to India
and studies and observance of Das during this time formed an
instrumental component of her studies with Das both in California and
India during the course of her apprenticeship. The apprenticeship will
culminate in Mehta's full evening solo concert in Los Angeles, May 2010
under Das's direction.
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arrived in India without any preconceived notions or expectations of
the trip and the tour. Anyone that has traveled to India will
understand that India demands this of all its natives and visitors.
The country, as is observed by many, is a mysterious entity with a
rhyme, rhythm, and reason of its own. Some say that India's natural
state is one of chaos and standing in the streets of Kolkata or Mumbai,
this truth becomes self-evident. Buses, trucks decorated in
multi-color, hand-drawn and motored rickshaws, pedestrians of all ages,
and the occasional cow or dog crowd the streets. There is a firm
belief embedded in the consciousness of the people of India that one's
destiny and the fate of the world reside in powers beyond. In English
we say, "I am late" or "I was late". The same phrase in Hindi or any
Indian language is said as "Lateness happened to me." So, stepping off
the plane at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose airport in Kolkata, I
chose to leave behind any preconceived ways of being and doing and
submit to the laws of the India.
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Drone Magic!
 Ever wonder about bagpipes? Ever consider the varieties of this
wondrous instrument whose seemingly endless supply of air and
undercurrent of drone can accompany the most regal of ceremonies or the
most raucous of circle dances? Who plays them and where are they to be
found?
Some answers were uncovered in an aptly named Living Cultures Grants Program
project called Drone Magic, an international festival of bagpipes.
Under the direction of Hungarian-born piper Ferenc Tobak, this
day-long event of workshops and concerts highlighted pipers
representing the traditions of Hungary, Moldavia, Scotland, Greece,
Macedonia Spain, Bulgaria, Italy, Sweden and Ireland.
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The San Francisco Foundation Multicultural Fellowship Program
The San Francisco Foundation is now recruiting for the 2010-2012
Multicultural Fellowship Program. The
Multicultural Fellowship Program is a two-year full-time program that aims to
increase diversity in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. Successful candidates are young professionals
of color with the promise and passion to create significant social change. The Fellowship provides challenging work and
professional development experiences, on-the-job training, and opportunities to
enhance skills in grantmaking, convening, project management, and a variety of
other areas. Fellows are an integral
component of the Foundation's grantmaking Program staff. Additionally, Fellows benefit from networking,
mentoring, trainings, seminars, professional conferences, and interactions with
a wide array of nonprofit, community, and philanthropic leaders.
This year, the Fellowship Program is seeking one Fellow in each
of the following three program areas: Arts
and Culture, Education, and Environment. Applications are due on
Monday, March 22, 2010, and
the Fellowship positions will commence July 1, 2010.
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