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October 15, 2019
Promise Zone Arts Live!
Celebrating the Cultural Treasures of Los Angeles
September 30, 2019
A Journey Home: Kulintang Music from San Diego to Mindanao
Through ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program, master artist Bernard Barros Ellorin has been working all year with his 2019 apprentice Kimberly (Kim) Kalanduyan in kulintang music from the Southern Philippines, which is played on a set of gongs that have different melodic…
August 12, 2019
Remembering Hideko Nakajima (1935-2019)
Master artist in Japanese shamisen
July 9, 2019
New Video: Ofelia Esparza
NEA National Heritage Fellow and California Master Artist
July 3, 2019
The Culture of Ceramics
Inside the WasabiKai Studio
June 11, 2019
Announcing New Development Director
Mark Hernandez Joins the San Francisco Office
June 10, 2019
Fulfilling a Dream
Reflections from ACTA Apprentice Mary Alfaro
ACTA’s next Traditional Arts Roundtable Series (TARS) event is coming up on June 15! Gather with us for performances and a dynamic conversation on cultural transmission with Los Angeles-based artists and cultural leaders from ACTA’s Apprenticeship and Living Cultures programs, including Peter de Guzman and Jasmine Orpilla,…
June 5, 2019
Reentry Through the Arts Culminating Celebration
On June 12, ACTA’s Reentry through the Arts program, Son De Libertad, will present a community celebration led by the Afro-Colombian percussion class at Homeboy Industries. The instructors and students will celebrate the culminating class day with a community jam session, and we’d love to see you there!…
¡Ya están disponibles las oportunidades para recibir apoyo financiero para el año 2020! Continua leyendo para aprender cómo puedes postular por internet para los programas para las Culturas Vivas y Aprendices de ACTA. PROGRAMA DE APOYO FINANCIERO PARA LAS CULTURAS VIVAS La fecha límite para…
Funding opportunities for the year 2020 are now open! Read on to learn how you can apply online for ACTA’s Living Cultures and Apprenticeship programs. LIVING…
May 6, 2019
Upcoming Roundtable: Cultural Arts Funding
Learn how to access arts funding with confidence at our upcoming Traditional Arts Roundtable Series event! Meet and hear from a panel of local and statewide California funders offering cultural arts grants and funding opportunities for organizations and individual artists: the California Arts Council, the Los Angeles County…
