Artist and activist Angelique Kidjo will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming symposium co-hosted by ACTA, Cultural Sustainability in the age of Globalization. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Next month, the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, and the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan will host a one-day symposium exploring exemplary efforts to sustain local artistic practices and cultural identities in the face of ever-accelerating globalization. The symposium will be held on May 12, 2016, at the Rasmuson Theater at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
California taxpayers can support arts education programs this tax season through the California Arts Council's Keep Arts in Schools Fund. Individuals may make tax-deductible contributions in amounts of $1 or more via the Voluntary Contribution portion of their 2015 state tax returns. In 2015, the fund raised more than $260,000!
