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In This Issue:
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 and Other Support
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 Three California Traditional Artists Receive the Nation's Highest Honor
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Left: National Heritage Fellows Roy & PJ Hirabayashi.
Photo: Mel Higashi
Right: National Heritage Fellow Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro
Photo: Roger Poirier
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California artists Roy & PJ Hirabayashi and Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro are among this year's National Heritage Fellowship recipients, announced this month by the National Endowment for the Arts. This award, which recognizes artists for their artistic excellence and efforts to conserve America's cultures for future generations, is the nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Each of the nine recipients will receive a one-time award of $25,000.
ACTA extends its warm congratulations to the Hirabayshis and Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro. Both PJ Hirabayashi and Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro are former master artists in ACTA's Apprenticeship Program.
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Sekhou Senegal in Oakland: Colors, Sounds, and Movements of West Africa
 | Ousseynou and Assane Kouyate performing at Nuit du Bazin.
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By Eric Cesar Morales, Intern, Alliance for California Traditional Arts
The sounds of drums being struck by adroit hands, the revelry of music, the stomping of rhythm, heralded the presence of a distant tradition, taking root, growing, branching into the streets and into the lives of the people of the Bay Area. On June 18th, 2011, Nuit de Bazin "Jama Ak Bolo": Bringing Peace, Love and Unity, was held in downtown Oakland, featuring Sekhou Senegal, a West African ensemble. This affair was hosted by Ousseynou and Assane Kouyate, internationally acclaimed West African griots, affectionately known as "the twins," and it showcased the music and dance talents from the regions of West Africa. The event was attended by nationals from Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, as well as the Bay Area, and it was made possible by a grant from ACTA's Living Cultures Grants Program..
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| REMINDER!: Upcoming Deadline for ACTA's Apprenticeship and Living Cultures Grants Programs
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ACTA Board Member Libby Maynard Receives National Award
This month, Americans for the Arts announced that it is presenting its 2011 Selina Roberts Ottum Award to Libby Maynard , co-founder and executive director of The Ink People Center for the Arts
in Eureka, CA. Given annually since 1991, the Selina Roberts Ottum Award recognizes outstanding contributions in the local arts agency field and is presented by Americans for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Ms. Maynard, a founding member of ACTA's board of directors, received her award on June 16, 2011, at the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in San Diego.
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50 Years of Arhoolie Records
A recording of the 50th anniversary concert for El Cerrito-based Arhoolie Records is available online from American Routes. At Berkeley's Frieght and Salvage Coffeehouse in early February 2011, the pioneering record label's many admirers performed, including roots rock guitarist Ry Cooder, bluesman Taj Mahal, Michael Doucet of Beausoleil, New Orleans' Treme Brass Band, sacred steel masters the Campbell Brothers, Chicano musicians Los Cenzontles, and many special guests. Also featured is Arhoolie's founder, National Heritage Fellow Chris Strachwitz, discussing his passion for putting American roots music on record.
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