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The Alliance for California Traditional Arts promotes and supports ways for cultural traditions to thrive now and into the future.
Fresno / LA / SF, CA
Joined December 2015
In the first of a 3-part forum in Journal of American Folklore 136.542, Amy Kitchener, Shweta Saraswat-Sullivan, and @lilyfirstborn discuss @CalTradArts's "Tending the Taproot" report on supporting folk & traditional arts. cc: @lmgilman4m @afsfolklorists
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Wed April 12 at 6pm :: Join @CalTradArts, @zfforg, @cwfCollab, and the #gerbodefoundation for an online session about artist grants. Register: https://t.co/yNT1LJ3DBF Image: CWF 2020 grantees SoulForce Dance Company & Johnny Lopez, by Ephraim Mardicas #artistfunding #grants
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Our team is currently reading @CalTradArts' #Taproot report. *Highly recommend.* The report re-centers traditional & folk artists as catalysts for transformation and restoration. Also includes recs for supporting them and their art forms. Read more:
actaonline.org
'Tending the Taproot' presents the findings of the Alliance of California Traditional Arts’ (ACTA) Taproot Initiative. This national planning effort, aimed to re-center traditional and folk artists...
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Request for Proposals: Research on #arts as a community development lever for well-being among communities of color. https://t.co/UhSvgl0drG
#artsresearch @CalTradArts
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Resource Alerts: Resilience, Reframing, Actions - @CalTradArts has just released Tending the Taproot, a publication examining resources and supporting Folk & Traditional Arts in the US. Read/Download it at: https://t.co/jX6N227t4u
#RARRAAlert
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Traditional arts are acutely impacted by inequities in arts funding. @CalTradArts' must-read report "Tending the Taproot" challenges funders to invest in source communities (taproot artists and culture bearers). H/T @MellonFdn for supporting this research.
actaonline.org
'Tending the Taproot' presents the findings of the Alliance of California Traditional Arts’ (ACTA) Taproot Initiative. This national planning effort, aimed to re-center traditional and folk artists...
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Betty Marin @Caltradarts reminds us to look for the local systems & ways the community organises itself and sustains itself: ask how we can uplift those systems so community can have what they want & need, instead of an external force define for them. #2022CHCConvening @UFCAM
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Program Manager Betty Marín speaks about ACTA's La Cultura Cura program in Boyle Heights at @UFCAM's arts + public health conference.
Betty Marin @CalTradArts shared about their arts-based work to create spaces for cultural identity and each other - a foundation to be critical and make change #2022CHCConvening #artsinpublichealth
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@CalTradArts California Traditional Artists Plaza is a free resource for artists to share information about services/products they offer to the public. The public can reach out directly to schedule a lesson, hire the artist, or purchase an item. https://t.co/JCM1RWe4sB
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The California Traditional Artists Plaza creates a new, centralized space for traditional artists to advertise their work and create new connections online.
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Communities of Change, researched and written by Lily Kharrazi and Amy Kitchener, was commissioned by @Hewlett_Found to examine the traditional arts landscape of the greater Bay Area. Download it here: https://t.co/gQLR5faoRN
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Check out our newest report, commissioned by @Hewlett_Found: 'Communities of Change: Traditional Arts as Enduring Social Practice in California’s Bay Area'
"For all their vibrancy, distinction, and breadth, #traditionalarts are underrecognized, misunderstood, and chronically underfunded." Our Jaime Cortez shares more from @caltradarts' new report on the history of the traditional arts and how to support them:
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Apply Now to be the Web + Editorial Consultant for the San Joaquin Valley Culture Community Circle (SJVCCC). A $5,000 contract position for a media-minded person who loves the San Joaquin Valley. 💛 https://t.co/1QNBXuchPi
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#NEAonTheRoad at @SHInstitute in Juneau, working on the @NEAarts #NationalFolklifeNetwork with our partners at @thisisfolklife, @1stPeoplesFund & @CalTradArts, including a visit with @USAforART @Arts4Alaska, #NEAHeritage Fellow Anna Brown Ehlers, & @tlingithaida Pres. Peterson!
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We are excited to collaborate with these artist-led, community-focused organizations for #CHC2022💕 Join us to learn from some of the greats in the field of #ArtsInPublicHealth. Register today! 🔗 https://t.co/i0fZuCLbhV 📷 Sherwood Chen/ @CalTradArts| @ideasxlab | @ybca
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The Alliance for California Traditional Arts is now hiring for a Development Manager.✨ Learn more + apply: https://t.co/vknvsg68ti
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Sunil Iyengar of @NEAarts breaks down the tough reality of funding for #Folklife & #CulturalHeritage orgs nationwide. Yet there is reason for optimism: exciting news here re: #NationalFolklifeNetwork, @thisisfolklife @1stPeoplesFund and @CalTradArts!
In this month's Measure to Measure post, @NEAarts Research Director Sunil Iyengar looks at the importance of supporting infrastructure for the folk and traditional arts: https://t.co/5xHr59meno
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