The state Senate announced the appointment of Susan Steinhauser to the California Arts Council on May 29, 2008. Steinhauser is an attorney with a significant record of serving the public, especially with issues relating to the humanities, education, and the status of women.

Are you a teacher with a great group arts project that inspires fun and camaraderie? Are you a museum director with inspiring programs? Or are you a local organizer with an arts event that brings diverse members of the community together? Tell us! Share your great arts ideas for California Arts Day this fall.

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

• Music review: Chanticleer at the missions
  San Francisco Chronicle
• The worst cuts are the deepest
  Sacramento News and Review
• Singing the Praises of Arts Education
  Hewlett Foundation Newsletter
• Lola Montes, influential head of Spanish dance company, dies at 90
  Los Angeles Times
• Grieving for his daughter - in his own artistic way
  Sacramento Bee
• Jazz Plus good for business
  Sonoma Index-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

• Amazon's technology for nonprofits
• 2009 NEA Jazz Masters Announced
• New ads from "The Arts. Ask for More." PSA campaign debut
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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 (October deadline)
  Staples Foundation
  Deadline: 2008-10-24
• Scandinavian Cultural Exchange (October Deadline)
  American-Scandinavian Foundation
  Deadline: 2008-10-01
• NEA Arts on Radio and Television
  National Endowment for the Arts
  Deadline: 2008-09-05
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See the different events for administrators, educators and professionals in the arts in California

• Arts Day at the California State Fair
  Sacramento
• Americans for the Arts Annual Conference
  Philadelphia, PA
• 5th Annual Cultural Heritage Symposium
  Ventura
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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

• Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights
• Foundations and Public Policy Grantmaking
• California Arts Audience Research Project -- The Performing Arts in California: Rebuilding, Repositioning, Re-emerging
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