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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
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
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!…
