2022 Grants Deadline — Cycle A
2022-03-09 | CA
Cycle A grant opportunities close at 11:59 p.m. on March 9.

Arts in Corrections RFPs open
2022-04-18 | CA
Two new Request for Proposals (RFPs) for Arts in Corrections open April 18, intended to bolster the values upheld by the state prison arts program through opportunities in the following areas:

Arts Progamming

includes a program development opportunity for Native/Indigenous arts providers and teaching artists

Training

Details in the announcement here: https://arts.ca.gov/press-release/two-funding-arts-in-funding-opportunities-coming-april-18/

CA Creative Corps Overview Webinar
2022-05-03 | CA
Learn how to apply for state arts funding! In this live webinar, staff will provide an overview of the California Arts Council’s new California Creative Corps grant program. An archived video of this session will be published on the California Arts Council website following the webinar. The webinar will include closed captioning. Click here to register.

Council Meeting
2022-05-12 | CA
Join the California Arts Council for our next public meeting Thursday, May 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Significant agenda items include:

-Voting Item: Individual Artists Fellowship (IAF)
Guidelines
-Voting Item: Administrators of Color Fellowship
(ACF) Guidelines
-Voting Item: 2022 Grant Program Allocations
Adjustments
-Voting Item: 2022 Cycle A Grant Award Allocations
Recommendations

The meeting will take place online with public access available by web link or phone. Written public comments may be submitted in advance of virtual meeting of the Council and up through 10 a.m. the day following the meeting. The public is also invited to provide live comments by voice during the meeting’s designated public comment periods. A full agenda and meeting access and public comment links are available here:
https://arts.ca.gov/about/council-meetings.

CA Creative Corps Grant Deadline
2022-06-02 | CA
For more information about the CA Creative Corps Grant for Administering Organizations, visit: https://arts.ca.gov/grant_program/california-creative-corps/

Poetry Out Loud National Competition live webcast
2022-06-05 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | CA
California Poetry Out Loud State Champion Mia Ronn (Los Angeles County, The Archer School for Girls) will compete against eight other state champions for the National Championship title on Sunday, June 5, 2022. Show your support for Mia by visiting Arts.gov/Poetry-Out-Loud at 4 p.m. PT to watch the one-time webcast.
Good luck, Mia!

Arts In Corrections RFP webinar
2022-06-07 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | CA
Prospective applicants are invited to attend this optional webinar, which will cover the current Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for our Arts in Corrections Program.
Webinar outcomes:

To understand the Request for Proposal (RFP) process
To gain technical knowledge on how to navigate the available Request for Proposal opportunities
To identify the purpose, review components, understand the evaluation criteria of each AIC Request for Proposals, and how to submit a complete proposal

To register, visit: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a5Sn9oJ3Rtimy8srWcTmUw

2022 Cycle B Grants Deadline
2022-06-23 | CA
Applications for the following grant programs close on Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 11:59 PM:

Artists in Schools
Arts Education: Arts Integration Training
Arts Education Exposure
Arts and Accessibility
Creative Youth Development (formerly Youth Arts Action)
Folk and Traditional Arts
JUMP StArts (Cycle B)
Statewide and Regional Networks

Council Meeting
2022-07-28 10:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Join the California Arts Council for our next public meeting Thursday, July 28, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Significant agenda items include:

Discussion Item: Administering Organizations
Voting Item: Cultural Pathways Technical Assistance
Arts In Corrections (AIC) Presentation
Update on Innovations in Government

The meeting will take place online with public access available by web link or phone. Written public comments may be submitted in advance of virtual meeting of the Council and up through 10 a.m. the day following the meeting. The public is also invited to provide live comments by voice during the meeting’s designated public comment periods. A full agenda and meeting access and public comment links are available here:
https://arts.ca.gov/about/council-meetings.

Council Meeting
2022-08-18, 2022-09-15, 2022-10-27 10:00 - 15:30 UTC | CA

AO - Arts Administrators Pipeline Fellowship Applications Due
2022-08-31 | CA

AO - Individual Artist Fellowships Applications Due
2022-08-31 | CA

IIG Workshop #2: Decentering Whiteness in Education
2022-11-06 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | CA
About Workshop 2
To what extent can we disrupt how white aesthetics and formalism are introduced in academia as the basis for learning? We will contrast how Eurocentrism is introduced to people of colors’ bodies versus how decentering whiteness holds power for discovery and new approaches to learning.

About the workshop series

Please note: Registration for all three workshops is currently at capacity. We encourage you to check back periodically should a cancellation(s) happen and a spot(s) open up – and to sign up for our ArtBeat e-newsletter to be alerted as soon as archived videos and workbook content become available on our website!
Registration is now open for our free online public workshops intended to advance racial equity within the state’s arts and cultural field. The three-part series was co-created through a partnership with the Bay Area’s PUSH Dance Company and Dancing Around Race, as part of a pilot project supported by the Government Alliance on Race & Equity’s Innovation and Implementation Fund.
Themes explored will be relevant to arts organizations, artists, nonprofits, and government agencies interested in advancing racial equity practices in their institutions.
Each workshop features standalone curriculum; registrants may attend as many as they see fit to the relevance and goals of their work. To allow for a level of interaction and depth for all participants each workshop is limited to 100 participants. Please register today to hold your place; there will be a waitlist and we will be in touch to confirm your spot in the workshop.
Workshops will include closed captioning and live ASL and Spanish interpretation. Archived video recordings of each workshop will be published to this page within 72 hours following each webinar.

IIG Workshop #3: Economics of Race: Intention, Impact, and Consequences
2022-11-10 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | CA
About Workshop 3
Can we create an economy of abundance through cultural practice? Participants will examine and discuss policies / practices that create space for collective abundance, in contrast with scenarios that perpetuate a false sense of scarcity. We will review the differences between intention, impact, and the consequences of such decisions.

About the workshop series

Please note: Registration for all three workshops is currently at capacity. We encourage you to check back periodically should a cancellation(s) happen and a spot(s) open up – and to sign up for our ArtBeat e-newsletter to be alerted as soon as archived videos and workbook content become available on our website!
Registration is now open for our free online public workshops intended to advance racial equity within the state’s arts and cultural field. The three-part series was co-created through a partnership with the Bay Area’s PUSH Dance Company and Dancing Around Race, as part of a pilot project supported by the Government Alliance on Race & Equity’s Innovation and Implementation Fund.
Themes explored will be relevant to arts organizations, artists, nonprofits, and government agencies interested in advancing racial equity practices in their institutions.
Each workshop features a standalone curriculum; registrants may attend as many as they see fit to the relevance and goals of their work. To allow for a level of interaction and depth for all participants each workshop is limited to 100 participants. Please register today to hold your place; there will be a waitlist and we will be in touch to confirm your spot in the workshop.
Workshops will include closed captioning and live ASL and Spanish interpretation. Archived video recordings of each workshop will be published to this page within 72 hours following each webinar.

Council Meeting: Sacramento
2022-12-08 | CA
A publicly noticed Council meeting will be held on Thursday, December 8, 2022, as a hybrid in-person/virtual meeting. The meeting notice is posted below. Public access will be available on location, by web link, or by phone.

DATE/TIME
Thursday, December 8, 2022
10:00 a.m. – 2:40 p.m.
LOCATION
Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability
Commission
1812 9th Street
Conference Room
Sacramento, California 95811
See the meeting agenda below for parking, transit, and COVID-19 safety protocols.

HOW TO ACCESS THE MEETING VIA ZOOM

CA Arts Council is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: California Arts Council Meeting – 12/8/2022
Time: Dec 8, 2022, 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84050945666

Office Hours: Creative Youth Development
2022-12-21 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-01-10 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-01-18 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | CA
Office Hours
Virtual office sessions are available to provide technical assistance the Creative Youth Development grant program. Arts Program Specialists Natalie Peeples and Amy Garrett will discuss your organization-specific grant application questions, with participants admitted via a Zoom waiting room. Hours are offered as follows:
Wednesday, December 21, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Click here to join the meeting
Tuesday, January 10, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Click here to join the meeting
Wednesday, January 18, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. – Click here to join the meeting

Office Hours: Cultural Pathways – Technical Assistance
2022-12-22 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-01-09 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-01-20 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | CA
Office Hours
Virtual office sessions are available to provide technical assistance the Cultural Pathways – Technical Assistance applicants. Arts Program Specialists Gabrielle Rosado and Josy Miller will discuss your organization-specific grant application questions, with participants admitted via a Zoom waiting room. Hours are offered as follows:
Thursday, December 22, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. – Click here to join the meeting
Monday, January 9, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. – Click here to join the meeting
Friday, January 20, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. – Click here to join the meeting

Office Hours: Administering Organization – Individual Artists Fellowship
2023-01-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-01-18 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | CA
Office Hours
Virtual office sessions are available to provide technical assistance for Administering Organization – Individual Artists Fellowship applicants. Arts Program Specialists Josy Miller and Gabrielle Rosado will discuss your organization-specific grant application questions, with participants admitted via a Zoom waiting room. Hours are offered as follows:
Monday, December 19, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. – Click here to join the meeting
Thursday, January 5, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. – Click here to join the meeting
Wednesday, January 18, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. – Click here to join the meeting

AO: Individual Artists Fellowship – Region IV Applications Due
2023-01-26 | CA
Background & Purpose
The California Arts Council’s policies and practices prioritize racial equity and have a broad geographic reach into communities of all sizes and needs, and this includes providing critical services to artists and to the community at large. The CAC is committed to funding opportunities that support all of California’s creative ecosystem. Offering fellowship support to artists responds to the CAC’s Strategic Framework by directly supporting individuals who embody aesthetics, a key value of the CAC, recognizing all art forms and artistic traditions that enable full and meaningful creative expression.
Through a network of regionally based Administering Organizations (AOs), the Individual Artists Fellowship (IAF) program will continue to recognize, uplift, and celebrate the excellence of California artists practicing any art form. In doing so, the CAC will showcase the centrality of artists’ leadership in guiding the evolution of our traditional and contemporary cultures.
Excellence, for purposes of this grant, is defined as an artist’s

Unique artistic vision
Ongoing commitment to creative practice
Engagement with and impact on the larger cultural ecosystem This program will support artists at key moments in their careers, elevating their capacity for continued contribution to the field and our state. Fellowship grants support individual artistic practice through unrestricted funding. This program is intended to support a broad spectrum of artists working in all disciplines, from diverse geographies and communities of all sizes across the state of California.

View the Administering Organization – Individual Artists Fellowship program page for more information, including the grant guidelines and resources.

Cultural Pathways-Technical Assistance Grant Applications Due
2023-01-26 | CA
Background & Purpose
The California Arts Council’s policies and practices prioritize racial equity and have a broad geographic reach into communities of all sizes and needs. These priorities include strengthening the creative expression of artists, artistic practice, and community collaboration as vital strategies in healing, stabilizing, uplifting, and transforming communities. Artistic projects that foster creative social change in equity and access provide crucial opportunities for sustaining strong, healthy, vibrant, safe, and resilient communities in a region.
The Cultural Pathways-Technical Assistance program is rooted in the CAC’s commitment to serving the needs of an increasingly demographically complex California, and the belief that a healthy arts ecosystem reflects contributions from all of California’s diverse populations.
The purpose of the Cultural Pathways-Technical Assistance program is to strengthen the capacity of 2022 Cultural Pathways grantee organizations that are rooted in historically and systemically under-resourced communities and to anchor the cultural and creative work of these organizations into the cultural landscape of the state.
View the Cultural Pathways-Technical Assistance grant page for more information, including guidelines and resources.

Creative Youth Development Grant Applications Due
2023-01-26 | CA
Background & Purpose
The Creative Youth Development program is rooted in the CAC’s belief that arts learning is an essential tool for healthy human development and that it should be available to all young people throughout California. The CAC envisions that all of California’s young people are provided with meaningful, culturally responsive arts-learning experiences so that they can reach their full potential. Beneficiaries of Creative Youth Development projects include youth from infancy to 24 years of age. All projects occur outside of traditional school hours, taking place in arts venues, community centers, school sites, and other youth-oriented settings.

Children ages 0-5 and school-age youth are a priority for this program, with successful projects demonstrating the ability to cultivate positive social and emotional development, as well as promote artistic expression and creativity.
Support for transitional individuals, ages 18 to 24, are an additional priority, with successful projects demonstrating the capacity to engage with transitional youth in relevant, dynamic, and innovative ways.

Examples of applicable projects include but are not limited to: arts projects in early learning, daycare, or foster-care environments; projects that support the transmission of traditional arts and cultural practices; youth leadership and mentorship opportunities in arts settings; and arts programming that supports workforce development and entrepreneurship.
View the Creative Youth Development grant page for more information, including guidelines and resources.

Council Meeting
2023-01-27 10:00 - 14:30 UTC | Zoom
Join the California Arts Council for our upcoming public meeting on Friday, January 27, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Significant agenda items include:

Discussion Item: Guidelines for Slate of 2023 Grant Programs
Discussion Item: Allocations for the Slate of 2023 Grant Programs
Voting Item: Cultural Districts Recertification
Voting Item: Cultural Districts Allocations

The meeting will take place virtually, with public access available by web link or by phone.
New public comment process:
Beginning with our December 2022 Council meeting, the CAC has implemented a new public comment process, to help ensure specific, meaningful, and thoughtful contributions from the field for each of the important items that come before Council, as part of the discussion prior to the vote taking place.
Each substantive voting item on the meeting agenda has a allotted period for public comment specific to that item, as reflected on the agenda. Meetings also include a designated time for general public comment to address any non-agendized Council business. Individuals who wish provide live comments during the Council meeting must attend in person or join the virtually using the web link or phone numbers listed above.
Written comments may also be submitted in advance of the meeting of the Council and up through 10 a.m. on the day following the close of the meeting. Public comment may be submitted anonymously if desired. All submitted comments will be distributed to and read by Council members. All submitted comments will also be entered into the official record of the meeting as part of the meeting minutes.
Meeting agenda details, access numbers and links, and further information on public comment policy and process are all available now on the Council Meetings page of our website.

Council Meeting: San Diego
2023-02-24 | CA
The Council’s business meeting in February will be held at The Old Globe in San Diego. More information, including the agenda and Council book, will be posted on the Council Meetings page before the meeting.
Part 1
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Hattox Hall, The Old Globe
1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, CA 92101
Directions & Parking Information:
https://www.theoldglobe.org/plan-your-visit/directions–parking/parking-in-balboa-park/
Part 2
2:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Visits with San Diego’s Cultural Districts
Balboa Park and Barrio Logan
Times and Locations Listed Below
Online meeting access will be provided at https://arts.ca.gov/about/council-meetings/
Council Meetings
