After a series of long legislative sessions, some lasting until the wee hours of the morning, with the last until seven a.m. on the morning of Thursday, February 17, the California State Legislature approved a budget package for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. The budget for the California Arts Council is $5.6 million.

The federal economic stimulus package includes $50 million for arts-related jobs to be distributed through the National Endowment for the Arts, reported the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA).

Arts in the Media page keeps up with news, features and editorials on arts-related issues from major news sources

• California is last in arts funding -- as usual
  Los Angeles Times
• Soprano's senator dad buries arts stimulus funding
  Los Angeles Times
• House Committee to Hold Hearings on Benefits of the Arts
  ARTINFO.com
• Analysis: How the Crash Will Reshape America (by Richard Florida)
  The Atlantic magazine
• NEA to get $50 million for arts jobs under stimulus bill
  Sacramento Bee
• Nonprofit keeps music playing at Hayward schools
  Hayward Daily Review
• OPINION: Schools without music?
  Merced Sun Star
• OPINION: The Arts Need Better Arguments
  Wall Street Journal
• Poets advance in contest
  Mendocino Beacon
• US orchestras to help feed needy
  Associated Press
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Arts Insider News keeps the arts community up-to-date with arts-related information that might not be included in major news outlets

• Los Angeles County Schools Show Improvement in Arts Education
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The California Arts Council is often notified of other financial opportunities like grants and initiatives, and we pass the information along to California ArtBeat readers

• Princess Grace Awards - Filmmaking
  Princess Grace Foundation
  Deadline: 2009-06-01
• Fellowship Program for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan
  National Endowment for the Humanities
  Deadline: 2009-05-05
• Interpreting America's Historic Places -- Planning Grants
  National Endowment for the Humanities
  Deadline: 2009-08-26
• NEH/CNR Fellowships for Research on Italian Cultural Heritage
  National Endowment for the Humanities
  Deadline: 2009-05-05
• Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
  National Endowment for the Humanities
  Deadline: 2009-05-14
• Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
  National Endowment for the Arts
  Deadline: 2009-06-11
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See the different events for administrators, educators and professionals in the arts in California

• WEBINAR: Building Parent Involvement in Schools Through the Arts
  WEBINAR
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Looking for work? See the different arts-related jobs available for Californians

• Director of Development
  Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science
  Fresno
• Associate Director of Corporate Development
  UCLA School of Arts and Architecture
  Los Angeles
• Education Director
  Marin Shakespeare Company
  San Rafael
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Artists of all types are always in demand -- see what's available for Californians statewide, nationally and even internationally

• Art in State Buildings Program Project at Univ of Cen. Florida
  University of Central Florida
  Orlando, FL
• Home From the Front
  City of Brea Art Gallery
  Brea
• Call for Submissions - Tea Party Magazine
  Tea Party Magazine
  Oakland
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Reports and studies on the arts as they relate to education, the economy, communities, quality of life, and other aspects of our lives

• BOOK: Remix -- Making Art and Commerce Thrive in a Hybrid Economy
• An investigation of the effects of music and art on pain perception.
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