Funding
Apprenticeship Program Alliance for California Traditional Arts, Deadline: July 15, 2009
ACTA's Apprenticeship Program fosters cultural transmission by contracting master artists for $3,000 to offer intensive one-on-one training in a specific art form to qualified apprentices from six to twelve months. Master artists and apprentices must apply together and be based in California.
Guidelines and application forms are now available online. Alternatively, please call (415) 346-3800 to request a copy be mailed to you. The postmark deadline for submission of applications is August 1, 2008.
Music Presenting Grant - California Arts Council/Department of Justice, Deadline: July 1, 2009
The California Arts Council (CAC) has teamed up with the California Department of Justice (DOJ) to distribute funds from a court case involving the music industry.  Funds from this settlement are to be distributed through the California Arts Council for music performances to geographically-diverse regions of California that would appeal to a broad range of musical tastes.
Available are one-time grants up to $15,000 to presenting organizations to offer discounted or free music performances that will serve California's underserved, rural and/or inner-city populations.  Collaborative projects are particularly encouraged.  Funds are available on a 2-to-1 basis; that is, the CAC will provide $2 for every $1 provided by the presenters as a match.  All schools with a history of presenting, including colleges, are encouraged to apply as presenters or be considered as venues.
The Guitar Center Music Foundation: Deadline – Ongoing
The Guitar Center Music Foundation's mission is to aid nonprofit music programs across America that offer music instruction so that more people can experience the joys of making music.
The Guitar Center Music Foundation accepts grant applications throughout the year from 501(c)(3) organizations that offer music instruction programs to participants of any age.  The applicant program must successfully enhance the state of music education in the United States. The Grant Committee reviews all applications three times yearly, and grant awards range from $500 to $5,000.
For more information visit the Guitar Center Music Foundation's website.
2 Arts Education Learning Opportunities
1)     A special invitation to visual and performing arts educators: Earn three units of continuing education credits! Revitalize your love of the arts and enhance your skills as an artist by studying with world-renowned professionals. You will bring a renewed energy and passion for the arts back into your career. You can find the Summer Arts catalog online at http://csusummerarts.org.
2010 California Writers Exchange Contest, due by August 31, 2009
Poets & Writers is now welcoming submissions to the 2010 California Writers Exchange Contest. One poet and one fiction writer from California will receive a $500 honorarium and an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City, where they will meet with agents, editors, and prominent writers, and give a public reading of their work in Spring 2010. The winners will be selected by Karen Tei Yamashita (fiction) and Juan Felipe Herrera (poetry).
The contest is open to poets and fiction writers who:
Job Op.: Public Information Officer
Job opening in graphic design related field: Public Information Officer at Reedley College
Download the official job announcement here: http://www.scccd.edu/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=1067
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
Download the official job announcement here: http://www.scccd.edu/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=1067
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
Experienced, Successful Grant Writer Services Available
Research and writing; planning your year round grant application schedule.  Ann Vermel is
accepting a limited number of clients. Call 709-2376 or write Ann at: avermel@comcast.net
Space Sharing for Cultural Arts Organization
Tree Fresno is looking to share office located at 776 East Shaw Ave, Suite 102, a great location just west of the corner of First and Shaw across the street from Fashion Fair. They have two private office available with approx. 150 sq’ each with locking doors. Lots of windows and light. Rent, PG&E, internet, copies (metered), parking and janitorial is $600.00 for one and $800 for both offices.
For more information, contact:
Jane Fortune, Executive Director
Tree Fresno
776 East Shaw Avenue, Suite 102
Fresno, California 93710-7714
559-221-5556 ext. 101
FAX 559-226-0979
Space Sharing for Cultural Arts Organization
Tree Fresno is looking to share office located at 776 East Shaw Ave, Suite 102, a great location just west of the corner of First and Shaw across the street from Fashion Fair. They have two private office available with approx. 150 sq’ each with locking doors. Lots of windows and light. Rent, PG&E, internet, copies (metered), parking and janitorial is $600.00 for one and $800 for both offices.
For more information, contact:
Jane Fortune, Executive Director
Tree Fresno
776 East Shaw Avenue, Suite 102
Fresno, California 93710-7714
559-221-5556 ext. 101
FAX 559-226-0979
Creative Writing Position UNLV
From: "Vincent Perez" <vperez8@cox.net<mailto:vperez8@cox.net>>
Date: April 5, 2009 1:36:59 PM CDT
To: <aranda@rice.edu<mailto:aranda@rice.edu>>
Subject: Please Post to Listserv, Creative Writing Position
The Creative Writing Program at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) is currently looking to fill a position in fiction writing that begins in Fall 2009.
There will not be an officially announced search. I am posting this announcement with the hope that Latino and Latina writers will contact Douglas Unger (department
chair and member of the Creative Writing Program) to inquire about the position.
ACTA Hosts Statewide Informational Meetings
Beginning next month and throughout May and June, ACTA will be hosting seven informational meetings throughout the state, in Santa Cruz (April 17),Los Angeles (April 26), Fresno (May 4), San Jose (May 7), Oakland (May 12), San Diego (May 13), Riverside (TBA).
Join ACTA staff for an informational meeting in your area to learn more about funding opportunities for folk & traditional artists and organizations. (New guidelines and application forms for ACTA's programs will be available beginning April 15, 2009.)
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District is hosting another video contest!
From: Stefanie Crockett stefanie.crockett@valleyair.org
We want YOU to think about what one change can do for clean air. Participants are asked to create a 30-second video about Healthy Air Living that will get the public inspired to make one change for clean air. You may get as creative as you like, but must remain consistent with the message of Healthy Air Living.
The grand prize: up to 5 members of the winning team will receive an iPod shuffle. (For Schools: sponsoring teacher will receive a $250 grant!)
The deadline for the video entries is May 15, 2009. Entry form and official rules available at www.healthyairliving.com
If you have any questions, please contact Stefanie Crockett at 559-230-5855 or by e-mail at stefanie.crockett@valleyair.org.¬†¬â€
FAC - 2009-2010 Community Enrichment Program (CEP) Grant Workshops
The Fresno Arts Council (FAC) is pleased to announce its annual Community Enrichment Program (CEP) grant. The funds are available to non-profit Section 501 (c) (3) arts and cultural organizations in the City of Fresno. The primary purpose of the grants are to provide for the general enlightenment and entertainment of the public through the production, presentation, exhibition, advancement or preservation of art, music, theater, dance, history, literature, physical sciences, natural sciences, or natural history. The grant guidelines/applications are available on line:www.fresnoartscouncil.org.¬†¬â€
Two workshops are scheduled at the FAC office to aid organizations with the
grant application. Space is limited, please RSVP to
<mailto:mfranco@fresnoartscouncil.org> mfranco@fresnoartscouncil.org, or
call 237-9734, as follows:
*   Wednesday, April 22 at 5:00 p.m.¬†¬â€
The Car Donation Controversy and the Right Way to Donate Your Car
By Jan Masaoka on Feature Articles
Why is there a slightly sleazy vibe around car donations? Could it be the tacky, misleading-sounding billboards posted around town? As one example to the left, the "Outreach Center" (see news report) is reportedly a for-profit car liquidation firm (registered as a church) that receives thousands of cars a month, sells them (often for scrap), and gives a fraction of what it earns to nonprofits.
