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March 7, 2023
Welcoming César Castro, ACTA’s New Program Coordinator
Le damos la bienvenida a César Castro, nuevo coordinador de programas de ACTA
December 17, 2022
Identity, Intimacy, and Improvisation
An ACTA Intern’s First Steps into the World and Work of Folk and Traditional Arts
September 27, 2022
Remembering BrasArte’s Conceição Damasceno
An artist-ambassador from Bahia to the Bay Area
September 14, 2022
ACTA Welcomes New Board President, Chike C. Nwoffiah
The ACTA board and staff are pleased to welcome Chike C. Nwoffiah as our new Board President. Photo: Janet Tavares Chike C. Nwoffiah is an educator, arts administrator and advocate, and a founding board member of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts. After twelve successful years…
August 8, 2022
Announcing ACTA’s 2022 Living Cultures Grantees
30 organizations across the San Francisco Bay Area
August 8, 2022
Announcing the 2022 ACTA Apprenticeship Cohort
For the 22nd year of the program, 21 new pairs were awarded
Bay Area Tibetan opera singer receives our nation's highest honor in the traditional arts
April 14, 2022
In Memoriam: Francisco Gonzalez
Remembering a beloved artist, educator, and cultural leader
April 13, 2022
Supporting the People of Ukraine
Words from the Ukrainian Art Center of Los Angeles
February 23, 2022
Mothership Connection
Tuning in with The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol
January 27, 2022
Announcing ACTA’s 2021 Sankofa Grantees for San Francisco
ACTA made 17 awards through the Sankofa Fund for Cultural Preservation in a new program supported by the San Francisco Arts Commission. The Sankofa Initiative is a re-granting program of the San Francisco Arts Commission’s Arts Impact Endowment to support the healing and creativity…
December 17, 2021
A Celebration of Life
Appreciating Dr. “Papa” Zakarya Diouf
