Arts-supporting drivers in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento this week noticed something along the side of the freeways this week: digital billboards encouraging Californians to "Drive the Arts" by getting an Arts License Plate. Clear Channel Outdoor joined the Million Plates Campaign this month by providing billboard ads for the Arts Plate and statewide arts funding, completely pro bono. SEE PRESS RELEASE

Charmaine Jefferson and William Turner have been reappointed to the California Arts Council by Governor Brown, as announced in an official Governor's press release on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Both Jefferson and Turner were originally appointed by former Governor Schwarzenegger in 2007. Their second terms end in 2015.

The California Arts Council has over 40,000 students participating in the state's Poetry Out Loud initiative -- more than any other state in the nation by far. California high school teachers, parents, poets and local arts agencies have partnered with the California Arts Council to make this program so successful. Read this week's California ArtWorks! story from a teacher at Pacific Grove High School. The school and others work with the Arts Council for Monterey County to fulfill their local Poetry Out Loud program. SEE STORY

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

• Arts education: The key to workforce preparation and performance
  UOPX Writer Network
• OPINION: Maine governor attacks public art as "one-sided"
  San Francisco Chronicle
• Chico courts the CSU Summer Arts Program
  Chico News & Review
• Arts supporters gather in Modesto
  Modesto Bee
• Kevin Spacey calls for arts funding in Congress
  Huffington Post
• Driving Drivers to Drive for Art
  CNBC
• Developers may see more options in fulfilling public art requirement
  San Francisco Chronicle
• Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin defend arts funding in Washington
  Los Angeles Times
• California Senate Considers Innovative Education Bill
  Annenberg Digital News
• Texas arts funding is slashed
  San Antonio Express-News
• San Diego Mayor: Spending Money on Arts Is Worth It
  Voice of San Diego
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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

• Los Angeles Filmmakers Screen Their Movie, to Help Save Plaza de la Raza Non-profit Arts School
• Arts Council Member Charmaine Jefferson wins LAWTF's 'Integrity Award'
• Arts Council Member Wylie Aitken lauded as 'Pink Tie Guy'
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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 - NATIVE AMERICAN LIBRARY SERVICES: ENHANCEMENT GRANTS
  The Institute of Museum and Library Services
  Deadline: 2011-05-03
• The National Endowment for the Arts - CHALLENGE AMERICA: REACHING EVERY COMMUNITY FAST-TRACK REVIEW GRANTS
  The National Endowment for the Arts
  Deadline: 2011-05-26
• Wyeth Foundation for American Art - Publication Grants
  Wyeth Foundation for American Art
  Deadline: 2011-10-01
• ARC (Artists' Resource for Completion) for LA Artists -- CENTER FOR CULTURAL INNOVATION (Nov deadline)
  Center for Cultural Innovation
  Deadline: 2011-11-01
• TARGET CORPORATION - Early Reading Grants
  Target Corporation
  Deadline: 2011-04-30
• Department of State Open Competition: American Music Abroad
  U.S. Department of State
  Deadline: 2011-04-29
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See the different events for administrators, educators and professionals in the arts in California

• Composer and Music Licensing Agreements for Film, TV, & New Media
  The Recording Academy, Santa Monica
  Date: 2011-04-16
• Musical Artist Manager and Booking Agent Agreements
  The Recording Academy, Santa Monica
  Date: 2011-04-30
• Artist's Thrive: Legal Aid & Contracts
  Rock, Paper, Scissors Collective, Oakland
  Date: 2011-04-20
• Copyright for Film and Video
  Mather AFB, Sacramento
  Date: 2011-04-27
• ADAPTIVE RE-USE OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS
  Maritime Museum Auditorium | 5 Custom House Plaza, Monterey
  Date: 2011-04-29
• Historic Preservation and the 50-Year Rule
  Webinar
  Date: 2011-04-26
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Looking for work? See the different arts-related jobs available for Californians

• Art Instructor
  Southern Exposure
  San Francisco
• Executive Director
  Alonzo King LINES Ballet
  San Francisco
• Audio Engineer
  Cal Performances/University of California, Berkeley
  Berkeley
• Public Relations/Marketing Coordinator
  University Art Museum CSULB
  Long Beach
• Executive Director
  Arts Council of Kern
  Bakersfield
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Artists of all types are always in demand -- see what's available for Californians statewide, nationally and even internationally

• On Territory
  The Short Film Projec
  London
• On Motherhood
  The Short Film Project
  London
• Landscape Art Contest
  MyArtContest
  Garden Grove
• Art In The Wild Americas
  Umpqua Watersheds
  Roseburg, OR
• 6th National Juried Exhibition - Shattered
  Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
  Novato
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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

• ON DEMAND WEBINAR: National Arts Index
• ON DEMAND WEBINAR: Why and How Businesses Support the Arts: Business Committee for the Arts Triennial Survey
• Age and arts participation: A case against demographic destiny
• Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission Annual Report 2010
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