$44 MILLION "ARTS FOR EVERY STUDENT INCENTIVE" GRANT PROGRAM INCLUDED IN NEW STATE BUDGET
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There was more good news for the arts in the 2019 state budget: the "Arts for Every Student Incentive Grant Program"(SB 933), authored by Senator Ben Allen and sponsored by the
California Alliance for Arts Education, is intended to provide underserved California school districts and special needs students with a "jump start." The grants will fund enhancing visual and performing arts education or expand access to physical and mental health care in schools by supporting school health centers. Many questions remain about how the funding will be divided between the arts and health, who is eligible to apply, what the application process will look like, and when it will begin.
More about the bill here.
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TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR 19TH ANNUAL OC ARTS AWARDS
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The Orange County arts community will gather on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 in the Samueli Theater, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, to honor its arts stars at the
19th Annual Orange County Arts Awards, hosted by the county's non-profit arts agency, Arts Orange County.
This year's Helena Modjeska Cultural Legacy Award for lifetime contributions to the Orange County arts community will recognize: Mark and Janet Hilbert, the art collectors and philanthropists who created the new Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University; Orange County's oldest arts organization, the Laguna Art Museum, now celebrating its 100th anniversary; Newport Beach artist Carol Saindon, known for her abstract photomontages, sculptures and art installations; and South Coast Repertory Managing Director Paula Tomei, whose career with SCR has spanned nearly 40 years.
An Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Built Environment will be given to the visionary public art project "Brea: Blackstone, 2017," consisting of eight distinct large-scale sculptures created by Laguna Beach artist Marlo Bartels, situated throughout a new home development built by Shea Homes and situated within the City of Brea, a community which already houses Orange County's oldest and largest public art collection.
The Emerging Artist Awards will be given to: writer, publisher, multi-disciplinary artist and community activist Sarah Rafael Garcia, who founded Barrio Writers, which empowers teens in underserved communities through writing, and is currently an Artist-in-Residence at California State University, Fullerton's Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana; and to artist Brian Peterson, a car designer for Kia Motors in Irvine, who founded Faces of Santa Ana, an organization that befriends and paints portraits of homeless members of our community, and helps rehabilitate his homeless subjects with the proceeds from the sale of these works.
This is the tenth consecutive year that the Orange County Arts Awards will take place at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Preceding the ceremonies, honorees, sponsors and VIP guests will enjoy a pre-event reception and dinner at the elegant Leatherby's Café Rouge before joining ceremony guests for dessert and the evening's program in the Samueli Theater. Emcees for this year's event are Debora Wondercheck, Founder and CEO of the Arts & Learning Conservatory in Costa Mesa, and Richard Stein, President & CEO of Arts Orange County.
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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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| RENEE BODIE NAMED NEW GENERAL MANAGER FOR SOKA PAC |
RENEE BODIE, who served for the past six years as Executive Director of the Levitt Pavilions of Los Angeles and Pasadena, has been named to succeed David Palmer as General Manager of the Soka Performing Arts Center in Aliso Viejo. She has an extensive background with Folk Alliance as a board member, and as the CEO/President of Bodie House Music. "We are excited to have her join our team, and I look forward to working with Renee as we make the management transition over the summer," said Palmer, who has led the center since its opening in 2011, and is retiring.
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| EMERGING ARTS LEADERS GATHERING AGAIN ON 7/18 |
Emerging Arts Leaders - OC will gather at Huntington Beach Art Center on Wednesday, July 18 at 6:30 pm. Founded in 2012, EAL | OC cultivates and empowers the next generation of leaders in Orange County's arts, culture, and creative industries. Free admission. RSVP here.
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ARTSOC MEMBER MIXER
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Arts Orange County invites members and "not yet members" to join us for our next mixer on Wednesday, August 22, 5-7 pm in the Monkey Business Cafe in the Pacific Symphony/OC Music & Dance building in Irvine, 17620 Fitch, second floor. Admission is free. RSVP here.
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