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California Arts Council
Advancing California through the Arts and Creativity
April 03, 2014

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Keep Arts in Schools Fund and TurboTax

Various California Arts Council employees have been doing their own taxes this month, and learned how to file Keep Arts in Schools Fund contributions when using the popular TurboTax software from the California company Intuit. We pass along our best advice and tips.  MORE >>

Ovation asks Californians to "Stand for the Arts"

The California Arts Council is thrilled and honored to have been chosen by the Ovation Foundation for national attention in their "Stand for the Arts" campaign, which launched on March 25th in Washington, D.C. One of their three causes is restoration of the California Arts Council's budget.   MORE >>

Local Control Funding and the Arts

Want to learn more about the Local Control Funding Formula in education and how to ask for more arts education in your local schools? Check out these helpful resources from the California PTA.  MORE >>

Last week's STEAM Connect Conference

For the first time, state leaders Chris Roe (Left) with the California STEM Learning Network and California Arts Council Director Craig Watson (Right) spoke on the arts and STEM.   >>

what's new	jobs
Drama At San Diego Opera Enters Second Act KPBS P.S. ARTS Students Are Rich In Creativity P.S. Arts Blog Ovation, Advocates Launch New Push for Government Arts Funding Variety Marin County's Shayna Maci Warner Named California Poetry Out Loud Champion Sierra Sun Times more	Marketing Director New Conservatory Theatre Center San Francisco, CA Program Manager Kulintang Arts, Inc. (Kularts) San Francisco, CA Major Gifts Director Montalvo Arts Center Saratoga, CA Artistic Director (AD) San Diego Italian Film Festival San Diego, CA Executive Director Taiko Community Alliance San Jose, CA more

grants	artist calls
National Storytelling Network Seeks Applications for Brimstone Award National Storytelling Network Deadline: 2014-04-30 Aaron Siskind Foundation Invites Applications for 2014 Individual Photographer's Fellowships Aaron Siskind Foundation Deadline: 2014-05-23 Vilcek Foundation Invites Applications for 2015 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Fashion Vilcek Foundation Deadline: 2014-06-10	Wide Open Digital 2 - Digital Artists & Photographers Digital Arts: California Murrieta, CA Nexus Arts Guild New Jersey Rahway, NJ Arts Alive - West Coast Interactive Arts Experience Studio Channel Islands Art Center Camarillo, CA Artist Opportunity in May Fold Gallery Los Angeles, CA Sunken Treasures Juried Art Show Tahoe Maritime Museum Homewood, CA more

conferences/workshops

research

Proposal Writing Workshop
Foundation Center
San Francisco, CA
Date: 2014-04-17

Music Law Essentials Series: Trademark Fundamentals in the Music Industry
California Lawyers for the Arts
Oakland, CA
Date: 2014-04-17

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Keeping My Day Job: Identifying U.S. Workers Who Have Dual Careers As Artists
National Endowment for the Arts

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