Sixty-one organizations in California received funding through the Creating Public Value program from the California Arts Council, a grant program for organizations that work to provide a benefit to their communities through the arts.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver announced the 2008 inductees to The California Museum's California Hall of Fame on May 28. Included in the list are numerous California artists who have contributed to the state's cultural legacy. Eight of the 12 individuals named are visual or performing artists.

Arts in the Media page keeps up with news, features and editorials on arts-related issues from major news sources

• Study: Creativity is important but neglected
  eSchool News
• OPINION: Little Orphan Artworks
  New York Times
• Arts inequity divides rich, poor
  Stockton Record
• Water as music, technology as art
  San Jose Mercury News
• Tijuana's 'CowParade' takes art to the people
  San Diego Union Tribune
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Arts Insider News keeps the arts community up-to-date with arts-related information that might not be included in major news outlets

• Center for Postsecondary Research (Indiana University) Studies Arts Ed
• Monterey County Office of Education Launches California Arts Advocacy Toolkit
• VA Palo Alto Health Care System will host "Operation Homecoming"
• DreamWorks Gives $500,000 To Inner-City Arts
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The California Arts Council is often notified of other financial opportunities like grants and initiatives, and we pass the information along to California ArtBeat readers

• Staples Foundation (June deadline)
  Staples Foundation for Learning
  Deadline: 2008-06-16
• Scandinavian Cultural Exchange (August Deadline)
  American-Scandinavian Foundation
  Deadline: 2008-08-15
• Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program
  Surdna Foundation
  Deadline: 2010-01-01
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See the different events for administrators, educators and professionals in the arts in California

• American Public Gardens Association Annual Conference
  Pasadena
• National Arts Marketing Project Conference
  Houston, TX
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Looking for work? See the different arts-related jobs available for Californians

• Executive Director
  Virginia Avenue Project
  Santa Monica
• Development Director
  Children's Museum San Diego
  San Diego
• Executive Director
  Films By Youth Inside
  Los Angeles
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Artists of all types are always in demand -- see what's available for Californians statewide, nationally and even internationally

• Derivative Composition
  VSA Arts
  
• Juried Art Exhibit
  Sequim (Washington) Arts
  Sequim, WA
• Seventh Annual Juried Art Exhibition
  Art Source Gallery
  Boise, ID
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Reports and studies on the arts as they relate to education, the economy, communities, quality of life, and other aspects of our lives

• Economics of Art
• Creative Industries 2008: The 50 City Report
• VIDEO: Speak Up! For the Arts
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