Californians for the Arts launches Winter 2022 Regional Conversations

Contact:
Tracy Hudak
Manager of Programs and Organizational Advancement
Californians for the Arts
tracy@californiansforthearts.org


October 17, 2022

For immediate release

Californians for the Arts launches Winter 2022 Regional Conversations 

Connect regionally on statewide initiatives. Each event features updates on cultural policy, arts advocacy, and funding opportunities, as well as a chance to listen and connect with local artists, creatives, and cultural leaders.

Sacramento, CA– Californians for the Arts, the nonprofit statewide advocacy organization for arts, culture and creativity is excited to launch Winter 2022 Regional Conversations to take place in November and December 2022. 

Regional Conversations bring together artists, arts organizations, creative workers and businesses, and supporters of arts and culture to hear updates on legislation affecting the sector, to learn about advocacy, and to share what is impacting arts and culture in each community. 

Regional Conversations began in response to COVID-19 and its catastrophic impact on arts and culture as a way to quickly disseminate information and to speak to colleagues in each region about business model shifts, funding sources, and reopening challenges. These issues continue to be pressing as recovery from the impacts of the pandemic has only just begun and funding is still being distributed. Thus, Regional Conversations remain important spaces to ensure resources reach communities across California. They offer a springboard to advance advocacy within the arts and culture sector statewide. 

This Winter’s program will feature leaders of catalytic regional initiatives such as the Community Economic Resilience Fund and California Creative Corps–to introduce themselves and connect with the local artists, organizations and cultural leaders present.

The Regional Conversations program are designed to be an inclusive space from which to ensure that current funding and policy opportunities are shared with all; to offer transparency about the values currently guiding our decision-making process as an advocacy organization; and to hold space to hear feedback and challenges so that arts advocates can help build solutions and priorities moving forward.

Event dates and times:

  • Northern California Regional Conversation: Friday, November 18 | 12:00-1:30pm

  • Central California Regional Conversation: Wednesday, November 9 | 12:00-1:30pm

  • Southern California Regional Conversation: Thursday, November 10 | 12:00-1:30pm

New! This Winter there are three opportunities to join us in person (or via Zoom) in Northern and Southern California:

  • Redwood Coast Regional Conversation : Wednesday, November 16 |12:00- 4:00pm  

    Location: Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka CA  

  • North State Regional Conversation: Thursday, November 17| 1:00-5:00pm

    Location Old City Hall/Shasta Co Arts Council, Redding CA  

  • Southern Border Regional Conversation: Details coming soon! 

About Californians for the Arts (CFTA) 

CFTA, a 501c3 organization was established in 2011 by California Arts Advocates as a partner organization to increase public awareness of the importance of the arts; to ensure  that the arts are an ongoing part of the public dialogue, and to encourage Californians to care about the arts as a critical component of their own lives and the lives of their communities. 

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Eduardo Robles