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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US AT ARTS ORANGE COUNTY!
The Year Ahead in Grant Application Deadlines at the NEA & CAC

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has released deadlines and guidelines for its core grants programs for 2016 and has established a new funding program, Creativity Connects.
Applications have multiple stages, with the earliest deadline for each of the programs as follows:
First Round Art Works - February 18
Second Round Art Works - July 14
New Art Works: Creativity Connects - March 3
Challenge America - April 14
Deadlines for the Our Town and Art Works: Research grants have not yet been announced, but are typically in September and October.


The California Arts Council (CAC) has posted on its website preliminary information about its 2016 grantmaking programs.  Guidelines and application instructions are expected to be posted this month with application deadlines in the spring.
Of particular note this year is a new program, Cultural Pathways, designed to provide entry level funding and technical assistance to arts organizations with budgets of $150,000 or less that are rooted in communities of color, recent immigrant and refugee communities, or tribal groups.  Organizations that are not incorporated may apply using a fiscal receiver.

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Orange County Register's 100 Most Influential List of 2015 features these people and others from the arts and culture community: 
Cathy Rigby (actress, theatre producer, arts educator)
George & Julia Argyros (philanthropists)
Logan Crow (The Frida Cinema)
Kevin Staniec (1888 Center, OC Great Park, ISM)
Rueben Martinez (Libreria Martinez Bookstore and Art Gallery)
Judy Morr (Segerstrom Center for the Arts)
Linda Trinh Vo (co-author, "Vietnamese in Orange County") Krysta Rodriguez (actress)
Joe Adams (DiscoveryCube OC)

Santa Ana Artists Amy Sanchez and Misael Diaz Win Prestigious Art Matters Grant for their Cog*nate Collective
Art Matters Foundation has awarded a grant to artists Amy Sanchez and Misael Diaz of Santa Ana-based Cog*nate Collective.  This is a binational art collective analyzing & seeking to transform social + cultural + economic exchange across the Southern California border region through collaborative research projects and artistic interventions that engage transnational communities. Currently they work between Tijuana, MX / San Diego, CA, Mexicali, MX / El Centro, CA and Santa Ana, CA.
CA State Summer School for the Arts Applications Now Open
California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) has announced that applications are now open for its four-week 2016 summer session, July 9-August 5.  Programs are offered to talented and motivated high school students in animation, creative writing, dance, film & video, music, theatre and visual arts.  The session takes place at the California Institute for the Arts (CalArts) in Valencia.  Application deadline is February 29.  Learn more here.
Arts Orange County is the leader in building appreciation of, participation in and support for the arts and arts education throughout Orange County. 
It is a powerhouse in advancing Orange County's arts ecology, a trailblazer in advocating workforce development through arts education, a leader in building future audiences and a trendsetter in the world of nonprofit arts councils.

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