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A billboard in Northern California, south of Eureka on Highway 101 uses Native California basketweaving to encourage a healthy lifestyle. Mary MacGregor Villarreal, an independent folklorist who has worked extensively for ACTA took this photo and sent it in to share with New Moon readers. ACTA welcomes submissions of photos and other materials related to traditional arts in California. To submit, please contact us at info@actaonline.org. ACTA Announces Traditional Arts Development AwardsACTA awarded contracts to nine California traditional artists and organizations this month through its Traditional Arts Development Program. Artists and organizations received contracts of $1,500 each to support consultancies, mentorships, and travel opportunities that foster a new level of growth artistically or organizationally. The California Arts Council, the San Francisco Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts provide funding support for this program. The next round of this program has a deadline of February 1, 2005. Follow this link for program information and guidelines. Traditional Arts Development Program Recipients:Esha Bandyopadhyay (San Francisco) will complete an intense period of study with her teacher Ms. Niharika Mohanty in East Indian Odissi dance. She will learn a piece called Das Avatar, a combination of technical and expressional dance which portrays the ten incarnations of the Hindu God Vishnu. By mastering Das Avatar, Ms. Bandyopadhyay will be able to perform what practitioners consider a full Odissi repertoire, and to perform and teach with Ms. Mohanty. Rubén Guzmán, (Oakland) a cartonería artist (Mexican papier mâché sculpture), will work with a web design consultant to develop a website to publicize his artwork, learn new painting techniques from an artistic mentor, study digital photography with a photographer so that he can photograph his work and create a higher quality portfolio, and consult an art curator who will help him improve the presentation of his portfolio. Collectively, this varied assistance will help Mr. Guzmán to better promote his art work and the traditional art form of cartonería. The Hmong Cultural Heritage Center and Museum (Fresno) will offer instruction in traditional Hmong wedding and funeral ritual singing to ten students for one year. Mr. Nhia Vang Chua Yang, the expert musician who will instruct the students, has dedicated himself to the preservation of Hmong ritual music since he came to the United States fifteen years ago. Mr. Yang’s students will have the opportunity to perform at weddings and funerals under his direction to gain the necessary experience. Kineya Kichikazu, (Gardena) director of the Japanese nagauta ensemble Toei-Kai, will invite Kineya Saeiji, a master musician from Japan, to conduct a three-day workshop and lead Toei-Kai members in a concert. Nagauta music was traditionally performed as the accompaniment to Japanese Kabuki theater but now it may also be performed alone or with Japanese classical dance. The concert will premiere a composition by the late Master Kineya Kischisaburo who founded the Toei-Kai performance group. Kikusa Katada, (Redondo Beach) director of the Japanese hayashi ensemble Katada Kai of USA will host Grand Master Katada Kisaku, Japanese National Living Treasure, to conduct a workshop for Katada Kai members and join them in a performance. Hayashi is Japanese percussion music which, combined with shamisen (three-stringed instrument) players and singers, forms nagauta music. Kodo Arts Sphere America, (Los Angeles) a California non-profit organization which supports the study of taiko percussion, will invite master odaiko (large drum) player, Yoshikazu Fujimoto of the world-renowned taiko group KODO, to northern California for a series or workshops. Mr. Fujimoto will instruct over one hundred different taiko performers, conducting workshops at Stanford, and in Emeryville, Sacramento, and San Jose. Los Paisanos, (Selma) a 40-year-old Mexican folkloric dance ensemble and program based at Selma High School in the San Joaquin Valley, will attend the Las Cruces Mariachi Festival Workshops in New Mexico. At the festival, students will participate in workshops with the renowned director of the Ballet Folklorico de la Universidad de Colima, Maestro Rafael Zamarripa. Los Paisanos will incorporate the new dances they learn into their performance repertoire. Terrence Kelly, (Oakland) artistic director of the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, which performs traditional black church music, will attend the Gospel Workshop of America's Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Kelley will learn new production and marketing skills which he will use to create a high quality audio recording of the choir's music. The new CD will give greater exposure to the choir and the art of gospel music. Sambath Pich, (Long Beach) a Cambodian traditional musician will offer instruction to his son, Sambo Pich, on the sralai thom, or “big oboe,” one of the primary instruments of the traditional pin peat ensemble. Pin peat music is played in religious ceremonies, spiritual offerings, at Cambodian New Year, and as accompaniment to classical dance. Sambo Pich already has advanced training in several of the ensemble instruments and aspires to attain the level of training that will allow him to inherit his father’s and grandfather’s cultural legacies as traditional orchestral leaders. The California Traditional Music Society and The City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Announces L.A. Treasures Awards for December 2004The California Traditional Music Society and the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department recently announced the recipients of the “L.A. Treasures” award for December 2004. This program supports folk and traditional artists with $1,000 in funds for two public performances, workshops or exhibits –one planned by the award recipient, another chosen by the program. An average of four L.A. Treasures Awards are given each month. The application review committee meets again on Wednesday, January 5, 2005. The application is available in PDF formant on the CTMS website. To obtain a hard copy, please call Lisa Richardson at (818) 817-0094. Applicants must be folk and traditional individual artists or ensembles not affiliated with a nonprofit, and must be residents of L.A. County. Applicants proposed projects (performance, workshop or exhibit) must be within the City of L.A. Current grantees of the City of L.A. Cultural Affairs Department are not eligible. “L.A. Treasures” is part of the Traditional Arts Program at the California Traditional Music Society, which provides support, develops activities, and acts as a resource for artists and organizations throughout the county. The program connects folk artists with resources through gatherings, workshops, an e-mail listserv, and funding opportunities. The program is funded by the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. The recipients and their first events are as follows, in chronological order: Katerina Tomas Kourosh Zolani Eduardo Rocha Soto & RuthAnne Tarletz Jung Im Lee Michael Heralda Katia Moraes Jagannathan Ramamoorthy Kwashi Amevuvor Roberto Rodriguez World Festival of Sacred Music, CD’s, DVD’s, & VHS For SaleThe CD soundtrack of the 2002 World Festival of Sacred Music Los Angeles along with DVD, VHS, and a double CD of the 1999 World Festival of Sacred Music – The Americas can be purchased online at the festival website. The CD’s, DVD, and VHS feature a range of genres and sounds from India, West Africa, Iran, Indonesia, Macedonia, Tibet, Latin America and more, all performed by Los Angeles-based artists. These items can only be purchased online. For more information visit the festival website.
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