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Alliance for California Traditional Arts Awards $420,000 to San Joaquin Valley Nonprofits 20 Jul 2013 | 12:23 am
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) is awarding $420,000 in grant investments to seven nonprofit groups serving the San Joaquin Valley whose work is rooted in cultural traditions and v...
ACTA and CounterPULSE present Performing Diaspora Symposium on August 10 19 Jul 2013 | 02:14 am
Leading scholars, elders and artists from across the Bay Area and nation will gather for a series of thoughtful and challenging conversations that will contextualize the intersection of traditional ar...
Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez Receives NEA National Heritage Fellowship 19 Jul 2013 | 01:14 am
By Russell Rodríguez, Apprenticeship Program Manager Editor's Note: Last month, the National Endowment for the Arts announced their annual National Heritage Fellows, the nation's highest award for .....
Get on Air! ~ Nonprofits Now Eligible to Apply for a Low Power FM Station 18 Jul 2013 | 04:59 am
Thanks to the passage of the Local Community Radio Act, and the efforts of the Prometheus Radio Project, this October nonprofits and community groups will have a one-time chance to apply for and start...
The New Moon Special Edition: Teen Learning in the Traditional Arts 21 Jun 2013 | 01:55 am
By Amy Kitchener, Founding Executive Director This month, ACTA dedicates our entire issue of The New Moon to Teen Learning in the Traditional Arts. In over fifteen years in our role as a funding int...
Ty'ithreeha Allen's Ihuk Ceremony 21 Jun 2013 | 12:55 am
By Ty'ithreeha Allen (Karuk/Yurok) and Pimm Allen (Karuk/Yurok) My name is Ty’ithreeha Allen and I am sixteen years old and I had my Ihuk ceremony when I was twelve years old. I grew up attending fl...
Teenagers in Traditional Arts and Practice: Recognizing Foundations of Knowledge 20 Jun 2013 | 11:55 pm
By Russell Rodriguez, Apprenticeship Program Manager Photo: Abel Gutierrez" width="350" height="233" style="float: left; margin: 5px;" class="caption">Editor’s note: Russell Rodriguez, ACTA's Appren...
A Conversation with Naomi Washington Diouf on Teens & Traditional Arts Learning 20 Jun 2013 | 10:55 pm
Text and photos by Lily Kharrazi, Living Cultures Grants Program Manager "Because dance is inseparable from a sense of community, I tell my kids that an individual shines because the community shines...
Finding Common Ground through Sacred Words 15 May 2013 | 08:20 am
By Lily Kharrazi, Living Culture Grants Program Manager, Photos by Kutay Kugay Floating calligraphy, precise and lilting, sits on a backdrop of color. It has been created with careful exactitude to ...
New Guidelines Available for ACTA's Core Programs 24 Apr 2013 | 08:37 pm
Photo: Ireno Rodriguez" width="550" height="369"> This month ACTA announces the availability of new guidelines for its core programs. read more
