Welcome to the Plaza!

 

ACTA’s California Traditional Artists Plaza facilitates engagement with artists by foregrounding work-for-hire opportunities that will positively impact the livelihoods of traditional artists. During the Covid-19 pandemic, ACTA saw a need to build out a new tool to increase opportunities not just for sharing information, but for hiring traditional artists for both remote and in-person engagements,  recognizing their work as critical to the economic recovery of the California arts sector.

The California Traditional Artists Plaza creates a new, centralized space for traditional artists to advertise their work and create new connections online.

Submit a profile today, or browse the artists’ dynamic offerings, from remote lessons, to consultations, to handmade visual arts and crafts.


Who may submit a profile?

The Plaza is a free resource for California-based traditional artists to share information about services or products they offer to the public. It also helps the public by supporting direct connections with artists who may offer artistic services they’re seeking. After staff review, each submission is turned into a short profile presenting details about the artist’s online or in-person lessons and performances (for example, djembe drum lessons) or products (for example, craft forms like quilts, beadwork, baskets, or even hand-built instruments). The public can reach out directly to the artist for more info, to schedule a lesson, hire the artist for a gig or consultation, or to purchase an item. 

Ready to submit a profile for the
California Traditional Artists Plaza?

SUBMIT HERE


 

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Son de Fandango

Son Jarocho music
Region: Bay Area, National, Northern California, Statewide
Offerings: Artistic consulting Classes Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Production Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

Ziying Zhao

Chinese Guqin Music
Region: Bay Area, Central Coast, Central Sierra, Greater Los Angeles, Inland Empire, National, Northern California, Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, Shasta Cascade, Statewide
Offerings: Artistic consulting Classes Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

Benita Martinez Sosa

Traditional Zapotec weaving
Region: Central Coast
Offerings: Handmade crafts and visual arts for sale Workshops
Service Location: In-person services

Pezhham Akhavass

Persian Classical Music, Tombak, Daf, and Setar
Region: Bay Area
Offerings: Classes Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Production Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

Bernard B. Ellorin, Ph.D.

Southern Philippines (Mindanao and Sulu Archipelago) Kulintang Music and Dances, Philippine Rondalla
Region: Greater Los Angeles, National, Southern Border
Offerings: Artistic consulting Classes Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Production Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

Choummaly Keodara

Lao culture dance. Traditional, folk art, mixed old and modern.
Region: Statewide
Offerings: Classes Group instruction Performances Private instruction
Service Location: In-person services

Nitya Narasimhan

Bharatanatyam
Region: Bay Area
Offerings: Classes Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Production Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

Kai R La Pena

Regalia and associated building techniques of Northern California roundhouse tribes
Region: Northern California
Offerings: Artistic consulting Classes Group instruction Handmade crafts and visual arts for sale Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Workshops
Service Location: In-person services

Berenice V Badillo

Chicana Muralism
Region: Southern Border
Offerings: Production Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

Vedashree Harshad Sangwikar

Bharatnatyam
Region: Bay Area
Offerings: Classes Performances
Service Location: Online/remote services

Jose Trejo Maya

Mesoamerican Lore/Indigenous Visual Art
Region: Statewide
Offerings: Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Production
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

Acacia WoodsChan

Oral testimony, cultural preservation
Region: Bay Area, Statewide
Offerings: Curating Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations
Service Location: In-person services