Sunil Iyengar of Nat'l Endow f/t Arts breaks down the tough reality of funding for #Folklife & #CulturalHeritage orgs nationwide. Yet there is reason for optimism: exciting news here re: #NationalFolklifeNetwork, SW Folklife Alliance @1stPeoplesFund and ACTA!

The Alliance for California Traditional Arts is now hiring for a Development Manager.✨ Learn more + apply: actaonline.org/jobs

#NEAonTheRoad at Sealaska Heritage in Juneau, working on the Nat'l Endow f/t Arts #NationalFolklifeNetwork with our partners at SW Folklife Alliance, @1stPeoplesFund & ACTA, including a visit with United States Artists ASCA, #NEAHeritage Fellow Anna Brown Ehlers, & Tlingit & Haida Pres. Peterson!

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We are excited to collaborate with these artist-led, community-focused organizations for #CHC2022💕 Join us to learn from some of the greats in the field of #ArtsInPublicHealth. Register today! 🔗 bit.ly/CHC2022Conveni… 📷 Sherwood Chen/ ACTA| IDEAS xLab | YBCA

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Apply Now to be the Web + Editorial Consultant for the San Joaquin Valley Culture Community Circle (SJVCCC). A $5,000 contract position for a media-minded person who loves the San Joaquin Valley. 💛 linktr.ee/caltradarts

Check out our newest report, commissioned by Hewlett Foundation: 'Communities of Change: Traditional Arts as Enduring Social Practice in California’s Bay Area'

Communities of Change, researched and written by Lily Kharrazi and Amy Kitchener, was commissioned by Hewlett Foundation to examine the traditional arts landscape of the greater Bay Area. Download it here: actaonline.org/resource/commu…

ACTA California Traditional Artists Plaza is a free resource for artists to share information about services/products they offer to the public. The public can reach out directly to schedule a lesson, hire the artist, or purchase an item. actaonline.org/artistsplaza/

Betty Marin ACTA reminds us to look for the local systems & ways the community organises itself and sustains itself: ask how we can uplift those systems so community can have what they want & need, instead of an external force define for them. #2022CHCConvening UF Center for Arts in Medicine

Program Manager Betty Marín speaks about ACTA's La Cultura Cura program in Boyle Heights at UF Center for Arts in Medicine's arts + public health conference.

Traditional arts are acutely impacted by inequities in arts funding. ACTA' must-read report "Tending the Taproot" challenges funders to invest in source communities (taproot artists and culture bearers). H/T Mellon Foundation for supporting this research. actaonline.org/resource/tendi…

Resource Alerts: Resilience, Reframing, Actions - ACTA has just released Tending the Taproot, a publication examining resources and supporting Folk & Traditional Arts in the US. Read/Download it at: actaonline.org/resource/tendi… #RARRAAlert

Request for Proposals: Research on #arts as a community development lever for well-being among communities of color. bit.ly/3uYPP3R #artsresearch ACTA

Our team is currently reading ACTA' #Taproot report. *Highly recommend.* The report re-centers traditional & folk artists as catalysts for transformation and restoration. Also includes recs for supporting them and their art forms. Read more: actaonline.org/resource/tendi…

Wed April 12 at 6pm :: Join ACTA, Zellerbach Fam Fnd, Creative Work Fund, and the #gerbodefoundation for an online session about artist grants. Register: ow.ly/VOK950NCSFw Image: CWF 2020 grantees SoulForce Dance Company & Johnny Lopez, by Ephraim Mardicas #artistfunding #grants

Betty Marin ACTA offers some generous thoughts on the panel she participated in “Art in All” at the inaugural #CAArtsSummit and the workshop she participated in. The recordings for all Summit panels are now available on our Youtube Channel! Visit: bit.ly/CFTA-Youtube

In the first of a 3-part forum in Journal of American Folklore 136.542, Amy Kitchener, Shweta Saraswat-Sullivan, and Lily Kharrazi discuss ACTA's "Tending the Taproot" report on supporting folk & traditional arts. cc: Lisa Gilman American Folklore Society scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaf/articl…