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
New Public Arts Registries
Deadline: Mar 19
Senior Artist Program Grant
Deadline: Mar 31
Common Ground's First Nation's Composer Initiative
Deadline: Apr 1
National Native Master Artist Initiative: Artist Teaching Artist
Deadline: Apr 1
National Native Creative Development Program
Deadline: Apr 1
Cultural Exchange International
Deadline: Apr 2
Smithsonian Latino Center's Young Ambassadors Program
Deadline: Apr 7
USArtists International Funding for International Festivals
Deadline: May 3
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Upcoming Events
25th Annual Jewish Music Festival's March Concerts
Mar 14 - Mar 29, 2010
ACTA Presents a Traditional Arts Funding Opportunities Meeting
Mar 17, 2010
Redding
Dazzling Feet, Dynamic Rhythms, Decades of Excellence
Mar 20, 2010
San Francisco
West African Dance Workshops in Los Angeles
Mar 24 - Mar 27, 2010
Los Angeles
Food and Words
Mar 25 - Apr 22, 2010
Oakland
Danzantes Unidos Festival 2010
Mar 26 - Mar 28, 2010
San Jose
A Sarangi Concert by Aruna Narayan
Mar 27, 2010
Los Angeles
ACTA's Traditional Arts Roundtable Series Presents
Apr 2, 2010
San Francisco
Abhinaya Dance Company's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Apr 4, 2010
San Jose
The Bay Area Flamenco Partnership presents Flamenco Direct From Jerez, Spain
Apr 7 - Apr 9, 2010
Strategic Planning for Traditional Artists
Apr 26, 2010
San Francisco
Roma Festival
Apr 30 - May 1, 2010
Sebastopol
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Danny "Slapjazz" Barber and Sekani Thomas: An Apprenticeship in Hambone (aka Patting Juba)
Master artist Danny 'Slapjazz' Barber (Spring Valley) and his apprentice Sekani Thomas (San Diego) participated in ACTA's 2009 Apprenticeship Program
in an apprenticeship in hambone, or patting Juba, an African-American
tradition which stems from life under slavery in the United States.
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ACTA's Introduces Its First Blog
Master Ohlone basketweaver Linda Yamane is a current master artist in ACTA's Apprenticeship Program with apprentice Carol Bachmann.
In ACTA's first-ever blog, Linda Yamane's Apprenticeship Blog
will follow the course of her apprenticeship with Carol, as she
instructs her in the construction a feathered basket. Ohlone feathered
baskets involve a labor-intensive three-rod coiling technique. In
addition to the delicate work of incorporating fine mallard duck
feathers throughout the outer basket wall, the baskets are adorned with
quail topknot feathers and abalone shell dangles.
We invite readers to follow the progress of Linda and Carol's
apprenticeship and become part of the journey of this basket by
commenting on Linda's blog by clicking on the "add a new comment" link
at the bottom of each post.
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ACTA Presents a Traditional Arts Funding Opportunities Meeting
Join ACTA's Associate Director, Sherwood Chen,
for an informational meeting on ACTA's programs and funding
opportunities for California based traditional artists and traditional
arts organizations this Wednesday, March 17, 2010, in Redding, California.
ACTA extends its sincerest thanks to the Seventh Generation Fund and the Turtle Bay Exploration Park for coordinating this meeting.
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ACTA's Traditional Arts Roundtable Series Presents
La Mesa: Alliance for California Traditional Arts Salon
Join ACTA and Red Poppy Art House
on Friday, April 2, 2010, in an intimate evening of sharing at La Mesa ("the table" in Spanish),
our first FREE traditional arts salon featuring the work of culture
bearers in our own backyards who are current or former artists in
ACTA's programs. The evening will highlight several world-class
artists up close and personal sharing and talking about their art.
Featured artists including Native Californian Pomo basketmaker Elaine
M. Quitiquit; Tibetan musician, vocalist and composer Techung; and classical Chinese erhu musician Xiaofeng Zhang with her apprentice Eric T. Jung, along with special guests.
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Radio Bilingüe's Raíces II Series Features California Traditional Artists
Building on the success of their 2006 series, Radio Bilingüe is currently producing Raíces II: Art Moments on Radio, a Spanish-language radio series that focuses on California's traditional artists. Aired as part of Radio Bilingüe's weekly Linea Abierta program, Raíces II helps listeners learn more about the diverse traditions of California's cultural communities.
The Alliance for California Traditional arts serves in an editorial advisory role for Raíces II, providing story ideas, contacts for relevant artists or art events, and background information about featured artists.
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"Please Borrow our Money!" says Arts Loan Fund to Struggling Arts Organizations
The Arts Loan Fund
has announced that for 2010 it has over $500,000 available for
low-interest loans to artists and arts organizations across the Bay
Area. The Fund, administered by Northern California Grantmakers, is the
nation's largest and oldest fund that makes low-interest loans in the
nonprofit arts field.
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