They've already had the experience of taking the stage, reciting the words, and taking home a prize. Now these county winners are ready to recite on the state Senate floor and go for the California title in the Poetry Out Loud state finals on Monday, March 23. Take a look at the county winners who will compete for the California title.

Every once in a while the California ArtBeat sees a significant grant opportunity that just can't be ignored. The federal Save America's Treasures program is one of them.

Arts administrators and others have been watching the proposals for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) distribution of the job stimulus package recently passed by Congress, formally titled the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). But the Act included billions of dollars in other funding in addition to the NEA's $50 million, and arts and creative-economy organizations might be eligible to apply for some of that other ARRA funding.

The peer-review panel of the Creating Public Value program will take place at the California Arts Council offices on March 25, 26 and 27, 2009. The peer-review panel process may be observed by members of the public at 1300 "I" Street, Suite 930, Sacramento, CA 95814. RSVP is suggested -- see full article for details.

• Record $20 million given to L.A. dance program
  San Francisco Chronicle
• Cognitive scientists seek to quantify body movement
  Los Angeles Times
• OPINION: With a nation struggling, should the arts get help, too?
  Marin Independent Journal
• OPINION: Forget frills -- arts help make up a complete education
  San Luis Obispo New Times
• Art of Food and Wine falls to budget cuts
  Palm Springs Desert Sun
• '1934': Reflecting On America's First Big Art Buy
  National Public Radio
• OPINION: Public art captures community values
  Tracy Press
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• Omnibus Funding Bill with NEA increase signed by Obama
• California organizations receive funding from from USArtists International
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• USArtists International Funding for International Festivals (May deadline)
  National Endowment for the Arts / Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
  Deadline: 2009-05-04
• 2009 Save America's Treasures - major funding for endangered cultural heritage
  National Parks Service / National Endowment for the Humanities
  Deadline: 2009-05-22
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• Regional Cultural & Heritage Tourism Workshop in Northern California
  Placer County
• The Arts in America: Town Hall Discussion on the New Americans for the Arts Strategic Plan
  WEBINAR
• Arts Education Leadership Conference from CAAE and county superintendents
  Sacramento
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• Managing Director
  Theater 150
  Ojai
• Development Director
  La Pena Cultural Center
  Berkeley
• Technical Director
  The Joslyn Players
  Palm Desert, CA
• Marketing and Public Relations Manager
  California State University, Fullerton
  Fullerton
• Institutional Grants Manager
  A Noise Within
  Glendale
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• FRESHBLOOD ::: Third Bi-annual Graduate Student Exhibition
  Mason Murer Fine Art
  Atlanta
• Juried Photography & Digital Art Exhibit
  Bonita Museum & Cultural Center
  Bonita
• Call for Entries: Celeste Prize
  Associazione Culturale LaAlbero Celeste.
  Poggibonsi, Italy
• Cottonwood Creek Farmers Market
  cottonwood creek watershed grp
  Cottonwood
• "To Do" lists art exhibit in Los Angeles
  independent artist
  Palos Verdes Estates
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• Public Rates of Attendance at Live Arts Events
• 2008 Public Art Year in Revew CD-ROM (Fee) -- ON SALE
• BOOK: The Artist's Guide to Public Art
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