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Go directly to: New Application Available for ACTA’s Traditional Arts Development Program Los Cenzontles Featured on Community Arts Network Advocacy ACTION ALERT! Get Back $341 Million for Arts Education! Proceeds from the license plate sales will benefit the California Arts Council (CAC) To subscribe to the weekly CAC update, please visit their website.
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WHAT'S NEWSubscribe to The New Moon, ACTA's Monthly E-Newsletter. See the latest edition of The New Moon. This month, ACTA celebrates the 3rd anniversary of The New Moon! New Guidelines Available for ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program
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Photo: Amy Kitchener This month the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) announces the availability of guidelines and application forms for the seventh round of its Apprenticeship Program. Guidelines and application forms are now available online. Alternatively, please call ACTA at (559) 237-9812 to request a copy be mailed to you. The postmark deadline for submission of applications is September 1, 2006. ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program encourages the continuation of the state’s traditional arts and cultures by contracting master artists to train qualified apprentices, working in a one-on-one relationship. Each contract will support a period of intensive learning for individuals who have shown a commitment to and a talent for a specific artistic tradition. Contracts of $3,000 will be made with master artists throughout California to cover master artist’s fees, supplies, and travel. ACTA makes contracts with selected master artists to implement the work plan submitted in the application. The apprenticeship may last between six months and one year. ACTA staff works closely with the apprenticeship team to gauge progress and offer assistance and support. Near the half-way point of the project, a staff folklorist makes a site visit to document the apprenticeship through recording and photography. The resulting archival materials become part of ACTA’s permanent folklife collections, which may be used publicly for educational purposes. Each apprenticeship team organizes some type of public performance, in consultation with ACTA staff, in order to share the results of their intensive learning cycle. Descriptions of previous apprenticeships are available on ACTA’s website. ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program is supported by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, the James Irvine Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. For More Information Contact:Mari Pongkhamsing Amy Kitchener We strongly suggest that you call to discuss your proposal before applying. New Application Available for ACTA’s Traditional Arts Development ProgramThis month the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) announces the availability of applications for its Traditional Arts Development Program. Applications are now available online. Or call ACTA at (559) 237-9812 to request a copy be mailed to you. ACTA’s Traditional Arts Development Program makes contracts up to $1,500 to support consultancies, mentorships, and travel opportunities that foster a new level of growth for individual folk & traditional artists and organizations engaged in this field in California. Requested services may be focused on organizational, program, and/or artistic development goals. Individual artists and cultural practitioners, as well as organizations, whether incorporated or not, may apply. Work in traditional arts and culture requires skills and support in many areas, including cultural expertise; field documentation; artist self-management, marketing and publicity; repertoire development; concert production; interpretation and presenting; editing; graphic design; exhibit design; archival procedures; and organizational development and management, among others. ACTA’s Traditional Arts Development Program invites requests that will facilitate the applicant’s next level of growth, artistically or organizationally. The Traditional Arts Development Program is not a grant making program for project support. Instead, it is meant to provide specialized, short-term assistance via direct contracts to help applicants reach a new level of artistic or organizational growth. Requests for organizational consultancies, artistic mentoring, and travel support may be submitted to ACTA at any time. ACTA staff will generally respond to requests within 30 days, to notify applicants of acceptance or decline. Descriptions of previous contracts are available on ACTA’s website. ACTA’s Traditional Arts Development Program is supported by grants from the California Arts Council, the Walter & Elise Haas Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts. For More Information Contact:Please contact ACTA staff at (559) 237-9812, ACTA’s Fresno office, or (415) 561-7894, ACTA’s San Francisco office. ACTA staff may also be reached at info@actaonline.org. We encourage you to discuss your proposed development activity with ACTA staff prior to applying. Los Cenzontles Featured on Community Arts NetworkLos Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center is currently featured in an article entitled “The Pedagogy of Intangible Heritage” by Dr. Maribel Alvarez, published on the Community Arts Network’s website. The article explores the way that Los Cenzontles has researched, documented, and taught traditional Mexican folk arts to Bay Area youth to create a “grassroots model linking cultural transmission, arts education, and youth empowerment.” A current participant in ACTA’s Living Cultures Grants Program, Los Cenzontles is working on the third film in the documentary series that focuses on traditional music and dance in Mexico and California. Visit the Community Arts Network’s website to read more about Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center. AdvocacyACTION ALERT! Get Back $341 Million for Arts Education!From California Arts Advocates The Joint Legislative Budget Conference Committee has sharply reduced the Governor's budget proposal of $166 million for arts and music education programs and $250 million for materials and supplies to support the new programs. The committee approved a budget of $75 million for ongoing arts education funding with no funds designated for materials and equipment. Arts education funds are critical to a state educational policy that is devoted to the teaching of academic skills and life-long learning capacities with the goal of truly preparing all children, regardless of gender, age, economic status and physical ability or learning ability for a successful future. Budget talks are still under way. The
budget is not final... yet. Contact:Senator pro Tempore Don Perata Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Key Messages:
More information can be found at the California Arts Advocate’s California Arts Action Center. |
