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34th Imagination Celebration Begins April 13
Watch for Guide in Next Sunday's OC Register
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City of Costa Mesa Arts & Culture Master Plan Nears Completion
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After more than a year of community input gathering, including 78 stakeholder interviews, 7 community forums, and online surveys in English and Spanish that received more than 1,100 responses, the City of Costa Mesa Arts & Culture Master Plan will be presented to the City's Cultural Arts Committee at its public meeting on Thursday, April 11, 6:45 pm at City Hall. Arts Orange County was contracted to conduct the process and prepare the plan; it has completed similar plans for the cities of Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, and Irvine's Great Park, as well as its benchmark Orange County Cultural Indicators Report.
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First "Coasties" Among Veterans in Spring VOICES Reading
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Tiffani K. Patterson and Bill Cunningham (left, second from left) were the first U.S. Coast Guard veterans to participate in ArtsOC's VOICES: Veterans Storytelling Project since the inception of the program four years ago. They were joined by Greg Nutt, a U.S. Air Force veteran (third from left) on the chilly evening of March 28 free public reading at Heroes Hall, attended by 100. Local actor Nicholas Thurkettle (right), read for Sean Mahoney, a U.S. Air Force veteran who lives outside the area. Notable about this latest group of military veteran stories was the fact that none had served in combat--yet many of their experiences were just as dangerous and harrowing. The project coordinator and teaching artist is Dave Barton. VOICES is presented in collaboration with Heroes Hall at OC Fair & Event Center and the Tierney Center for Veterans Services of GoodwillOC. It is supported with funds from Orange County Community Foundation and The William Gillespie Foundation.
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RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS & ARTS ORGANIZATIONS - ArtsOC.org ARTS & CULTURAL EVENTS + CALLS FOR ARTISTS + AUDITIONS + JOBS + CLASSES + VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES - SparkOC.com
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Arts Orange County is supported in part through funds from
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OC ARTS ADVOCATES GATHER FOR WORKSHOP IN SANTA ANA
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ArtsOC joined with
Latino Arts Network,
Media Arts Santa Ana, United Artists of Santa Ana,
City of Santa Ana Arts & Culture Office and
Californians for the Arts in hosting an Advocacy Training workshop yesterday in Santa Ana. Leading the workshop was Tomas Benitez (above right), President of Latino Arts Network and a Board member of Californians for the Arts. Among those in attendance were Costa Mesa City Council Member Andrea Marr who also chairs that City's Master Arts & Culture Plan Subcommittee, and Michelle Espinosa Coulter of Meta Housing, the developer of
Santa Ana Arts Collective, the affordable artist housing project slated to open in October, Marcus Omari, founder of the Poetry Reform Society and curator of
Boca de Oro, and Victor Payan, Executive Director of Media Arts Santa Ana.
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California legislators have introduced SB 748 that would authorize the Governor to appoint an individual 13 to 19 years of age to serve a two-year term as California's Youth Poet Laureate.
More information here. ArtsOC invites you to express your support for this bill to your members of the Legislature.
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PROPOSED EU COPYRIGHT LAW COULD CHANGE THE INTERNET & LIMIT FREE EXPRESSION
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This week the European Union will be voting on new legislation that could impact the way the internet is used all over the world. The "EU Copyright Directive" proposes updates to the European Union's copyright laws that could limit the free expression and work of artists, content creators, and small media houses. The legislation in contention are Articles 11 and 13. Article 11 will allow publishers to charge platforms if they link to their stories (the "link tax").
Read more here and sign the petition to stop it.
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HAL LANDON WILL MAKE HIS 40th YEAR AS SCR'S SCROOGE HIS LAST
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Beloved for four decades as South Coast Repertory's Scrooge in its annual "A Christmas Carol," actor Hal Landon will make this year his last.
Read more here.
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