4 Orange County Organizations Awarded Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts
         
       
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the first round of recommended grants for fiscal year 2021 totaling $27,562,040. Supported projects span 14 artistic disciplines in communities throughout the United States. Also included in this announcement are the recipients of NEA Literature Fellowships in creative writing and translation and support for arts research projects. Four Orange County organizations received grants in this round: Irvine Barclay Theatre - $20,000; Pacific Chorale - $10,000; Pacific Symphony - $25,000; South Coast Repertory - $30,000. Links to the complete list of first round grantees nationwide by state or arts discipline may be found here in the NEA's media announcement.
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATING EVENTS IN 2021 IMAGINATION CELEBRATION

The 36th annual Imagination Celebration, a popular countywide festival of arts experiences for families and children is seeking organizations who wish to have their events included in the festival--live or virtual. Complete details may be found here.
CAC ESTABLISHES NEW ARTIST FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The California Arts Council has announced the opening of a new fellowship program intended to recognize, uplift, and celebrate California artists as part of its 2021 grant opportunities. The Individual Artist Fellowships will support artists from a broad spectrum of artistic practices, backgrounds, geographies and communities, whose work addresses themes such as race, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. In doing so, the CAC will showcase the centrality of artists' leadership in generating social impact and the evolution of our traditional and contemporary cultures. The Individual Artist Fellowships will support artists, 18 years of age and older, at key moments in their careers, elevating their capacity for continued contribution to the field and our state. The grant identifies three career tiers at which artists may benefit from this support:
*             CAC Emerging Artist Fellows - $5,000 per award (approximately 70 artists to be supported) Artists with between two and four years of artistic practice.
*             CAC Established Artist Fellows - $10,000 per award (approximately 50 artists to be supported) Artists with between four and 10 years of artistic practice.
*            CAC Legacy Artist Fellows - $50,000 per award (approximately 10 artists to be supported) Well-established artists with 10 or more years of artistic practice.
Details may be found here.
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