The California Arts Council announces the 2013-14 State-Local Partnership Program grantees. The State-Local Partnership Program fosters arts and cultural development at the local level through a partnership between the California Arts Council and each participating county’s designated local arts agency — a county arts council or commission.
Fifty-one local arts agencies were approved for funding at the California Arts Council’s meeting in September 2013. Grants range from $9,750 to $13,000, with a total program award of $591,422.
“The State-Local Partnership Program is integral to the California Arts Council’s mission of advancing the entire state through the arts and creativity,” said Craig Watson, Director of the California Arts Council. “Our local arts agency partners are leaders in local economic development, arts advocacy, and community engagement. We are pleased to once again support their important work.”
The State-Local Partnership Program funds operational support, community collaborations, technical assistance, information exchange, and leadership development. Program goals include:
• increase public awareness and participation in the arts of all cultures,
• broaden public and private support for the arts,
• serve the diverse cultural needs of California’s local communities,
• encourage and promote arts in education, and
• foster local and regional partnership and collaboration.
Funds may be used for operations as well as programming activities. The fifty-one 2013-14 State-Local Partnership Program grantees are:
Alameda County | Alameda County Arts Commission |
Amador County | AmadorArts |
Butte County | Friends of the Arts, Butte County |
Calaveras County | Calaveras Arts |
Colusa County | Colusa County Arts Council |
Contra Costa County | Arts and Culture Commission of Contra Costa County |
Del Norte County | Del Norte Association for Cultural Awareness |
El Dorado County | El Dorado Arts Council |
Fresno County | Fresno Arts Council |
Humboldt County | Humboldt Arts Council |
Inyo County | Inyo Council for the Arts |
Kern County | Arts Council of Kern |
Lake County | Lake County Arts Council |
Lassen County | Lassen County Arts Council |
Los Angeles (City) | City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs |
Los Angeles (County) | Los Angeles County Arts Commission |
Madera County | Madera County Arts Council |
Mariposa County | Mariposa County Arts Council |
Mendocino County | Arts Council for Mendocino County |
Merced County | Merced County Arts Council |
Modoc County | Modoc County Arts Council |
Mono County | Mono Council for the Arts |
Monterey County | Arts Council for Monterey County |
Napa County | Arts Council Napa Valley |
Nevada County | Nevada County Arts |
Orange County | Arts Orange County |
Placer County | PlacerArts |
Plumas County | Plumas Arts |
Riverside County | Riverside Arts Council |
Sacramento County | Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission |
San Benito County | San Benito County Arts Council |
San Bernardino County | Arts Connection |
San Diego (City) | City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture |
San Francisco County | San Francisco Arts Commission |
San Luis Obispo County | ARTS Obispo |
San Mateo County | San Mateo County Arts Commission |
Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara County Arts Commission |
Santa Clara County | Arts Council Silicon Valley |
Santa Cruz County | Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County |
Shasta County | Shasta County Arts Council |
Sierra County | Sierra County Arts Council |
Siskiyou County | Siskiyou Arts Council |
Solano County | Solano Arts Council |
Sonoma County | Arts Council of Sonoma County |
Tehama County | Tehama County Arts Council |
Trinity County | Trinity County Arts Council |
Tulare County | Arts Consortium |
Tuolumne County | Central Sierra Arts Council |
Ventura County | Ventura County Arts Council |
Yolo County | Yolo Arts |
Yuba/Sutter Counties | Yuba-Sutter Regional Arts Council |
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The Mission of the California Arts Council, a state agency, is to advance California through the arts and creativity. Members of the California Arts Council include: Chair Wylie Aitken, Vice Chair Susan Steinhauser, Michael Alexander, Christopher Coppola, Andrew Green, Charmaine Jefferson, Terry Lenihan, William Turner, and Rosalind Wyman.
