The California Arts Council announces that the application is now available for the 2009-10 Artists in Schools program. Artists in Schools is designed to support artists in residency activities that take place in schools, both in the classroom and in after-school settings. Final application and supplementary materials -- including a California Cultural Data Project (California CDP) profile -- are due on March 6, 2009.

It's the end of 2008, and the California Arts Council can claim quite a few accomplishments for the year -- quality programs ... unique public-awareness projects involving hundreds of California artists ... and new online functions including a redesigned eNewsletter, important content about arts opportunities and information, and an updated application process through the California Cultural Data Project.

We have a New Year's resolution suggestion for many California ArtBeat readers who work for arts nonprofits in California: apply for the Creating Public Value or Artists in Schools programs! Both applications are open, and the deadlines are January 23 and March 6, respectively. 

And if the programs aren't quite right for your organization, still fill out a California Cultural Data Project profile and take a look at the California CDP's sponsors to see if there are other funding resources. Or use the reports after completing a profile to show potential board members, corporate funders, and individuals interested in your organization.

Our thanks to you

And finally, we'd like to thank all the hardworking, imaginative people who make California such a unique and creative place to live. California artists, art lovers and creative professionals and teachers are at the heart of what makes this state such a fantastic place to live. We salute you and the good work you do.

Have a great holiday and a Happy New Year!

-- the California Arts Council

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

• Parkinson's Patients Find Grace In Dance
  National Public Radio
• Los Angeles Museum Proposes to Save Another
  New York Times
• Arts groups try to rally support for school funding
  Los Angeles Times
• Opinion: Public art helps to make a city great
  San Jose Mercury News
• 8 nonprofits get $1 million in Hearst grants
  San Francisco Chronicle
• San Leandro High School bond project means new arts ed building
  San Leandro Daily Review
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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

• Green Vision Takes on an Artful Approach at San Jose's Pearl Ave. Branch Library
• "Where can I buy an Arts gift card?"
• Latino Leaders in Arts Management Fellowships at Claremont Graduate University
• Submit fantastic in-school/after-school story to "Once Upon a School"
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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

• Action Research program for the Arts for UC
  University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA)
  Deadline: 2009-03-01
• 2009 Master Artists-in-Residence Program (May deadline)
  Atlantic Center for the Arts
  Deadline: 2009-05-23
• Frances Blakemore Asian Art Grants
  Blakemore Foundation
  Deadline: 2009-05-15
• New Works: Creation and Presentation Program (Jazz)
  Chamber Music America
  Deadline: 2009-02-27
• Proposals accepted for Sundance Institute Documentary Fund
  Sundance Institute Documentary Fund
  Deadline: 2009-02-09
• RGK Foundation grants for Education, Community, and Medicine/Health
  RGK Foundation
  Deadline: 2010-01-01
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See the different events for administrators, educators and professionals in the arts in California

• It's Alive! Petals to Primates: Preservation Challenges of Living Collections (IMLS)
  IMLS and Heritage Preservation
• California Association of Museums 2009 Annual Conference
  San Francisco
• California Arts Council meeting in Sacramento
  Sacramento
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Looking for work? See the different arts-related jobs available for Californians

• Excutive Director
  Riverside Art Museum
  Riverside
• Patron Services Coordinator
  Music@Menlo
  Atherton
• Production Manager
  Music@Menlo
  Atherton
More

Artists of all types are always in demand -- see what's available for Californians statewide, nationally and even internationally

• Call to Artists: Glass Works
  The Arts Council of Kern
  Bakersfield
• Call for Submissions for the Alphonse Berber Gallery
  Alphonse Berber Gallery
  Berkeley
• Tracy CA ExpressionS Juried Exhibition
  Tracy Art League
  Tracy
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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

• The Contours of Inclusion: Frameworks and Tools for Evaluating Arts in Education
• The Search for Shining Eyes: Audiences, Leadership and Change in the Symphony Orchestra Field
• The Values Study: Rediscovering the Meaning and Value of Arts Participation
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