With support from the California Arts Council, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission will bring high quality, culturally responsive educational assemblies to students in Sacramento County public schools. Funds will be used to support both enhanced training and curriculum development for 10-15 artists and arts groups and support artist fees to present work in both rural and underserved schools and communities.
The four core programs of the Office of Arts & Culture (OAC) are: 1. Grants & Capacity Building Programs; – These include Cultural Arts Awards, an operating support program and joint program of the City of Sacramento and Sacramento County; Cultural Equity Investment Program, for organizations led by, and predominantly serving marginalized communities; and Sacramento Cultural Match Fund for grassroots creative placemaking, in partnership with social justice focused crowdfunding platform ioby.org. An annual schedule of professional development trainings accompany each of these grant programs. 2). Arts Education – training and vetting of teaching artists for Any Given Child Sacramento, partnership in Sacramento Arts Education Consortium, and management of Artlook, an equity driven arts education database and mapping tool for Sacramento schools. 3.; Art in Public Places – APP includes management of a collection of 700 works of art, commissioning new work, and engagement with the community in creative placemaking activities. 4; Sacramento Film + Media – oversees the city’s film office which is responsible for permitting film in the City and improving the climate for, and expanding production of, film in the city.