A total of 1,238 state and federal grants were announced this week for wide-ranging arts and culture projects in California.

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Advancing California through the Arts and Creativity
June 15, 2017

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Tracy K. Smith named new U.S. poet laureate

America has a new poet! Tracy K. Smith assumed the role of U.S. poet laureate on Wednesday. Smith was raised in Fairfield, California, and succeeds Juan Felipe Herrera, another poet with ties to our state. Prior to his national residency, Herrera served as California Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2014.  MORE >>

Americans for the Arts hosts #ArtsEdChat Twitter series

Americans for the Arts rebooted their arts education virtual discussions this month. The first of the newly revived Twitter chats happened Tuesday, covering Museum Education. The series takes place every second Tuesday of the month, using #ArtsEdChat and a hash tag developed for each month's topic to follow the conversation. Attendees may register for each event on ArtsU to learn more about the topic, read about the co-hosts, and receive reminders about upcoming events. Next up is Design Thinking on July 11.  MORE >>

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Record number of California arts groups getting state grants
Capital Public Radio

Tracy K. Smith named new U.S. poet laureate
The Washington Post

'Every brush stroke an opportunity': Arts Council gets grant for homeless project
Record Searchlight

California Arts Council announces record-breaking grants worth $15 million
KQED

Huge boost in state arts funding includes support for pre-K programs
KPCC

Using music and rhythm to help kids with grammar and language
NPR

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Account Executive / Senior Account Executive
Polskin Arts & Communications Conselors
Los Angeles, CA

Director of Development
Opera Parallele
San Francisco, CA

Archivist
California Humanities
Oakland, CA

Museum Store Sales Associate
The Contemporary Jewish Museum
San Francisco, CA

Associate Experience Developer
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, CA

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grants

artist calls

2017 Individual Photographer's Fellowship
Aaron Siskind Foundation
Deadline: 2017-07-14

Keeping Space - Oakland
Community Arts Stabliization Trust
Deadline: 2017-08-03

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Town Center Art Space Exhibit
City of Santa Clarita
Santa Clarita, CA

Film Challenge: Call for Architecture Film Entries
American Institute of Architects, CSpence Group
San Francisco, CA

L.A. Photo Curator 'Nothing Special' with curator Bree Lamb
L.A. Photo Curator
Los Angeles, CA

Call for entries for exhibition
Berkeley Art Center
Berkeley, CA

Panel Painting Marathon
Plumas Sierra County Fair and Feather River College
Quincy, CA

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conferences/workshops

research

Arts in Corrections: Building Bridges to the Future
California Lawyers for the Arts
Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2017-06-26

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The CAP Report: 30 Ideas for the Creation, Activation & Preservation of Cultural Space
City of Seattle

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