Sixty-one organizations in California received funding through the Creating Public Value program from the California Arts Council, a grant program for organizations that work to provide a benefit to their communities through the arts. The Creating Public Value program recipients submitted proposals that addressed outcomes through the arts utilizing three tools identified as The Three Rs: Relationships, Relevance, and Return on Investment.
“The California Arts Council’s ‘Creating Public Value’ grantees contribute to the cultural aspects of their communities,” said Muriel Johnson, Director of the California Arts Council. “The program specifically requires applicants to show a sound proposal to benefit their local communities though the arts.”
Eligible recipients had to be either based in under-served communities and serve those communities, or based in rural areas and serve rural communities (county populations of up to 200,000). Other requirements included having budgets of up to $500,000, at least a half-time paid artistic or administrative staff member, and a continuous arts programming track record over the last four years. Most recipients received the maximum amount available of $10,000, based on the quality of applications and available matching funds. A list of recipients is below.
Members of the press interested in the Creating Public Value program from the California Arts Council, or in contacting any of the recipients, should contact Mary Beth Barber at 916-322-6588 or mbarber@caartscouncil.com.
Creating Public Value Program
Recipients 2007-2008 (in alpha order)
3rd I (San Francisco) $10,000
509 Cultural Center & Luggage Store (San Francisco) $10,000
Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose (Santa Clara) $10,000
African-American Shakespeare Company (San Francisco) $10,000
Art From Scrap (Santa Barbara) $10,000
Arts Council of Napa Valley (Napa) $10,000
Asian American Women Artists Association (San Francisco) $10,000
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (San Francisco) $10,000
AXIS Dance Company (Alameda) $10,000
Campo Santo (San Francisco) $10,000
Central Sierra Arts Council (Tuolumne) $10,000
Croatian American Cultural Center (San Francisco) $10,000
Cultural Odyssey (San Francisco) $10,000
Each One Reach One (San Mateo) $10,000
El Teatro de la Tierra (Fresno) $10,000
Fern Street Circus (San Diego) $10,000
Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra (Santa Clara) $10,000
First Night Monterey (Monterey) $10,000
Flyaway Productions (San Francisco) $10,000
Fremont Symphony Orchestra (Alameda) $10,000
Fresh Meat Productions (San Francisco) $10,000
Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park (Alameda) $10,000
Great Leap (Los Angeles) $10,000
Grupo de Teatro Sinergia (Los Angeles) $10,000
Highways (Los Angeles) $10,000
Instituto Mazatlan Bellas Artes (Sacramento) $10,000
Inyo Council for the Arts (Inyo) $10,000
Kearny Street Workshop (San Francisco) $10,000
Kulintang Arts (San Francisco) $10,000
LA Commons (Los Angeles) $10,000
La Raza Galeria Posada (Sacramento) $10,000
Los Angeles Poverty Department (Los Angeles) $10,000
Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival (Los Angeles) $10,000
Louise Reichlin & Dancers (Los Angeles) $10,000
Madera County Arts Council (Madera) $10,000
Manilatown Heritage Foundation (San Francisco) $10,000
Mariposa County Arts Council (Mariposa) $10,000
Mendocino Coast Writers Conference (Mendocino) $10,000
Mono Council for the Arts (Mono) $10,000
Napa Valley Symphony (Napa) $10,000
Northern California Center for the Arts (Nevada) $10,000
Oakland Asian Cultural Center (Alameda) $10,000
Oakland Opera Theater (Alameda) $10,000
Purple Moon Dance Project (San Francisco) $10,000
Queer Cultural Center (San Francisco) $10,000
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (San Francisco) $10,000
Radar Productions (San Francisco) $10,000
Robey Theatre Company (Los Angeles) $10,000
San Benito County Arts Council (San Benito) $4,800
Santa Cecilia Orchestra (Los Angeles) $10,000
Shasta County Arts Council (Shasta) $10,000
Sierra Ceramic Mural Project (Inyo) $10,000
Sierra Repertory Theatre (Tuolumne) $10,000
Sixth Street Cinema (Mariposa) $10,000
Sixth Street Photography Workshop (Alameda) $10,000
San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild (Santa Clara) $10,000
Susanville Symphony Society (Lassen) $10,000
Tandy Beal and Company (Santa Cruz) $10,000
TeAda Productions (Los Angeles) $10,000
Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural (Los Angeles) $10,000
Yolo County Arts Council (Yolo) $10,000
