Dancers MaryAnne Santos (left) and Jenise
San Nicolas debuted at CHE'LU's Chamorro
Cultural Fest in San Diego in 2014.
CHE'LU's cultural and dance education
program, Uno Hit, will be supported this
year by a grant from ACTA's Living Cultures
Grants Program. Photo: Bryson Kim
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ACTA Awards $200,000 to Support California's Living Cultural HeritageThis month, through the Living Cultures Grants Program, ACTA is awarding awarding $200,000 in grants to forty-one California nonprofit organizations and Native California tribes to support projects in folk and traditional arts. Read More |
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Master musician Ravindra Bharathy
Sridharan (right) will conduct an
appreniceship in South Indian Carnatic
percussion with his apprentice Shreyas
Ramaswami, as part of this year's
Apprenticeship Program. Photo courtesy
of Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan
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Statewide Apprenticeship Program Supports California's Cultural Traditions Through 19 Artist Teams
This month, ACTA welcomes 19 teams of artists to its Apprenticeship Program, which encourages the continuation of the state's living cultural heritage by contracting exemplary master artists to offer intensive training and mentorship to qualified apprentices. |
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The KUD Mladost Bosne youth dance
ensemble performed at the Croatian
American Cultural Center's Bosnian
festival, which was supported in part by a
Living Cultures grant. Photo: Adriana
Andres
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Sevdah Means Love: The Bay Area Bosnian Community
By Lily Kharrazi, Program Manager
Supported in part by a grant from ACTA's Living Cultures Grants Program, Beyond the Borders: Bosnian Sevdah & Dance was held at the Croatian American Cultural Center in San Francisco. It was attended by young and old, with families sitting at large round tables enjoying traditional foods and drink. They spent the afternoon visiting with one another, dancing to live music and enjoying their own community's musicians, singers, dancers and guest artists.
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 ACTA Executive Director Amy Kitchener
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Amy Kitchener Elected to Grantmakers in the Arts Board of Directors
Beginning this month, Amy Kitchener, executive director of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA), joins the Grantmakers in the Arts board of directors. Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) is the only national network of private, public, and corporate arts funders. GIA provides leadership and service to advance the use of philanthropic resources on behalf of arts and culture.
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Mixed berry pie made by Yurok basket
weaver Maggie Peters, former master artist
in ACTA's Apprenticeship Program.
Photo: Russell Rodr�guez
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Thank You! :: Over $6,500 Raised to Support California's Thriving Cultural Traditions
Thank you to the forty-one friends who contributed to the ACTA's End of Year Campaign. Thanks to your generosity, we raised $6,579!
We are grateful for the outpouring of support. This was an excellent way to wrap up 2014!
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