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April 14, 2022
In Memoriam: Francisco Gonzalez
Remembering a beloved artist, educator, and cultural leader
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
A Program Administered by ACTA
August 12, 2021
Melody Takata Joins ACTA as Program Manager
We are so excited to have Melody Takata join the ACTA staff as Program Manager! Melody is the founder of GenRyu Arts, a taiko and odori school in San Francisco, as well as the Festival Director of Japan Week, a summer cultural festival in San Francisco…
July 12, 2021
In Memoriam: Jivan Gasparyan, Master Duduk Artist
We at ACTA send our condolences to the family of master duduk artist Jivan Gasparyan, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 92. Jivan (sometimes spelled Djivan) was an Armenian musician of great accomplishment based in Sherman…
Congratulations to the beloved California artists honored this year with the 2021 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts: Philippine Rondalla master Tagumpay de Leon of Burbank and Mexican-American rock band Los Lobos of Los Angeles!…
June 8, 2021
ACTA Joins the National Folklife Network Team!
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) will join the Southwest Folklife Alliance and the First Peoples Fund to strengthen the folk & traditional arts field through a new National Folklife Network. The Southwest Folklife Alliance (SFA), a nonprofit organization affiliated with the University of…
April 19, 2021
Announcing ACTA’s 2021 Living Cultures Grantees
55 organizations recognized statewide
April 7, 2021
ACTA Stands in Solidarity with AAPI Communities
We grieve the loss of eight people, including six women of Asian descent, who were murdered in Atlanta on March 16. To the families and communities of Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez, Paul Andre Michels, Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, and…
February 8, 2021
Announcing the 2021 ACTA Apprenticeship Cohort
For the 21st year of the program, 21 new pairs were awarded
In light of this year’s movements responding to over-policing and the global conversation on how we can dismantle white supremacy in all our institutions, the Alliance for California Traditional Arts calls on our supporters and constituents to support campaigns that reallocate funding to basic human needs…
