Grantee Database
ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Arts and Public Media
Award Amount
$23,750.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION will create a four-part podcast series, “The Blues Came to Oakland”, focused on Oakland’s vibrant African-American music scene in the 1940s and ’50s, and exploring the life springing from those roots today, as a new generation of artists claim and grow Oakland’s musical heritage. The story will be told on The Arhoolie Foundation’s podcast, as well as on local radio partners, a public listening event, and a robust webpage.
Organization Summary
Digital preservation and creation of access to historic sound recordings, photographs, and related materials.
Financial support for artists, documentarians, teachers, and others working creatively to help keep tradition-based music alive and well.
Public programming and education in the field of regional music.
Producing concerts of live music.
Organization
Arhoolie, AF
Address
10341 SAN PABLO AVE
EL CERRITO
94530-3123
County
Contra Costa
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(510) 525-7471
Congressional District
California's 11th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 15
State Senate District
District 9
