Get ready for grant season! First up, workshops.

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September 27, 2018

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Sign up to attend a CAC Grants Workshop

The CAC's grant season is almost here! In preparation for our grant programs opening this fall, we've put together plenty of ways to get involved and learn more about which grants are right for your arts organization. 

Stay tuned for online webinars and opportunities to connect with our programs staff. In the meantime, we're kicking things off with grant workshops in various cities across the state. Join us as we provide an overview of the CAC's grant programs, share insights into the state grant process, and guide participants in best practices for composing successful CAC grant applications.

Click the link for any of the dates and locations below for more information and to register:

October 9, 8:30 a.m. - Irvine

October 10, 4:30 p.m. - Fresno

October 10, 5:30 p.m. - Oceanside

October 15, 5 p.m. - Bakersfield

October 16,  2 p.m. - Placerville

October 16, 4:30 p.m. - Chico

Student Voices asks teachers & youth orgs to spread the word

Student Voices, an annual statewide creative video competition for students grades 7-12, is searching for teachers and youth organizations to engage students to participate in the 2018-19 Student Voices Campaign. Participating teachers and students will be eligible for travel stipends to attend the celebration event in the spring, where winners will be announced. Sign up to learn more.

Listen: National Heritage Fellow Ofelia Esparza

Californian and Chicana altarista Ofelia Esparza is an honored recipient of a NEA National Heritage Fellowship earlier this year. For nearly 40 years, Esparza has shared her knowledge and art with people in schools, museums, community centers, prisons, and parks throughout the Los Angeles region. In this NEA podcast, she shares her stories of growing up in East LA and discusses the essential meaning at the heart of Dia de los Muertos.

Celebrate our local laureates

California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia brings his insight into America's poetry renaissance, lauds the vanguards of cultural change - our local laureates - and offers a historic chance for us all to celebrate them on October 6 in the San Fernando Valley.   >>

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