Today is California Arts Day, recognized on the first Friday of October and promoted by the California Arts Council to complement national Arts and Humanities Month. Thousands of Californians celebrated the arts and honored the creativity of the state and its people -- including Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger through an official proclamation.

The California Arts Council announces the winners of the agency's second "California Story Slam" writing competition, a project that encourages students to use the knowledge of their lives and emotional journeys to create literature. The California Story Slam contest is for high school juniors and focuses on an important life experience as a beginning point for story writing.

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

• AT&T Celebrates California Arts Day
  MarketWatch
• Friday declared Salinas Arts Day
  The Californian
• Couple to give $45 million for new LACMA pavilion
  Los Angeles Times
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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

• Northeast Document Conservation Center announces free online tools
• Florida Cultural Affairs receives NEA award for accessiblity
• AT&T Donated $500,000 of artwork on California Arts Day
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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

• 2009 Master Artists-in-Residence Program (Jan deadline)
  Atlantic Center for the Arts
  Deadline: 2009-01-16
• Sounds of Learning: The Impact of Music Education
  NAMM Foundation (Music Research Grants)
  Deadline: 2008-12-01
• Sounds of Living: The Impact of Music Making Across the Life Span
  NAMM Foundation (Music Research Grants)
  Deadline: 2008-12-01
• California Association of Museums' Fellows Program
  California Association of Museums (CAM)
  Deadline: 2008-10-31
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See the different events for administrators, educators and professionals in the arts in California

• District-Wide Change in Arts Education
  Los Angeles
• California Association of Museums 2009 Annual Conference
  San Francisco
• First International Early Arts Conference
  Pittsburg, PA
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Looking for work? See the different arts-related jobs available for Californians

• Assistant Project Conservator
  Asian Art Museum
  San Francisco
• Collections Database Administrator
  Asian Art Museum
  San Francisco
• Education Resources Coordinator
  Asian Art Museum
  San Francisco
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Artists of all types are always in demand -- see what's available for Californians statewide, nationally and even internationally

• 20TH ANNUAL CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATOR EXHIBIT
  Sun Gallery
  Hayward
• Call To Artist - Juried Exhibit
  My Butterfly Art Events
  Long Beach
• Baltimore Vs the World
  Current Gallery
  Baltimore
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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

• Local Arts Agency Statistics
• The Creative Economy Initiative
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