The official nomination process and application for the role of California Poet Laureate is now open, and the application forms and information are available on the California Arts Council website. The submission deadline is February 1, 2011. Poets may self-nominate, or be nominated by others.

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

• Putting the Arts on Your Plate
  Newport Beach Independent
• NEA's chief sees wide role
  Sacramento Bee
• U.S. Senate Committee Approves Anti-Piracy Bill
  Back Stage
• Report: Cable in Decline -- Online Viewing to Blame?
  The Wrap
• Schools Integrate Dance Into Core Academics
  Education Week
• Study Explores Charitable Habits of Entrepreneurs
  Chronicle of Philanthropy
• Southern CA music professor dies at 57
  San Diego Union Tribune
• Otis Report: Jobs took a hit in L.A.'s creative economy
  Los Angeles Times
• L.A. Phil to transmit performances to HD-equipped movie theaters
  Los Angeles Times
• Arts give O.C. a $484 million economic boost
  Orange County Register
• A Conversation With . . . Arts Council For Long Beach Executive Director Craig Watson
  Long Beach Business Journal
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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

• Rocco writes from LA and Sacramento in NEA's "Art Works" column
• Arts Orange County's weekly arts guide with local paper up and running
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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

• The Institute of Museum and Library Services - MUSEUM ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
  The Institute of Museum and Library Services
  Deadline: 2010-11-30
• The National Endowment for the Arts - NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
  The National Endowment for the Arts
  Deadline: 2010-12-20
• GOTTLIEB FOUNDATION - Individual Support Grants for visual artists
  Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation
  Deadline: 2010-12-15
• ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES Grants for training/education programs in film and video
  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  Deadline: 2010-12-15
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See the different events for administrators, educators and professionals in the arts in California

• Contracts: Do you know what you are signing? Workshop by CA Lawyers for the Arts
  Sacramento
  Date: 2010-11-30
• Cultural Data Project Training
  Online
  Date: 2010-11-03
• WEBINAR: Stronger Together: Creating a Collaborative Message on Arts in Education Policy and ESEA Reauthorization
  WEBINAR
  Date: 2010-12-07
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Looking for work? See the different arts-related jobs available for Californians

• Program & Administrative Assistant
  Performing Arts Workshop
  San Francisco
• Individual Giving Coordinator
  Performing Arts Workshop
  San Francisco
• Orff/Movement Instructor
  Music in Schools Today
  San Francisco Bay Area
• Teaching Artist (Musical Theater)
  Music in Schools Today
  San Francisco Bay Area
• Teaching Artist (Guitar)
  Music in Schools Today
  San Francisco Bay Area
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Artists of all types are always in demand -- see what's available for Californians statewide, nationally and even internationally

• RFQ Laguna Beach Art in Public Places
  City of Laguna Beach
  Laguna Beach
• Call for Entries - "The Meticulous"
  Desotorow Gallery
  Savannah, Georgia
• Call for Artists - UUCLB
  Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach
  Long Beach
• The Retreat's Third Annual Juried Art Competition
  The Retreat
  Bridgehampton, NY
• Slideluck Potshow New Orleans - call for submissions
  Slideluck Potshow New Orleans
  New Orleans
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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 Power of Art and Artists: 5th Annual Otis Report
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