California Arts Council 50th Anniversary Celebration: A Night of Legacy, Tribute, Art, and Creative Joy

The California Arts Council’s 50th Anniversary Celebration will bring artists, cultural leaders, public officials, supporters, and communities together at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium for a milestone evening of tribute, recognition, and celebration — honoring the visionaries who helped shape the agency, remembering artistic leaders whose legacies still resonate, recognizing a remarkable class of 2026 awardees, and celebrating the power of the arts to move, connect, and inspire.

This event is considered an agency public meeting and is free and open to the public. A timeline of the evening is posted as a Council meeting agenda here: https://arts.ca.gov/about/council-meetings.

Those who are unable to attend or wish to leave a comment prior to the event time can do so using our online public comment form.