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Alliance for California Traditional Arts
http://www.actaonline.org/

Funding Opportunities 2012

Apprenticeship Program : http://www.actaonline.org/content/apprenticeship-program
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) Apprenticeship Program encourages the continuation of the state's traditional arts and cultures by contracting master artists to offer intensive, one-on-one training to qualified apprentices. Each $3,000 contract will support a period of concentrated learning for apprentices who have shown a commitment to and a talent for a specific artistic tradition.

Living Cultures Grants: http://www.actaonline.org/content/living-cultures-grants-program
The Living Cultures Grants Program funds nonprofit organizations to support exemplary projects in traditional arts in California. Grant awards are generally limited to $5,000 or less. A small number of grants of up to $7,500 are awarded to projects that demonstrate significant impact on a particular cultural tradition.

Traditional Arts Development Program: http://www.actaonline.org/content/traditional-arts-development-program
The Traditional Arts Development Program make contracts up to $1,500 to support consultancies, mentorships, and travel opportunities that foster a new level of growth for individual folk & traditional artists and organizations engaged in this field in California. Requested services may be focused on organizational, program, and/or artistic development goals. Individual artists and cultural practitioners, as well as organizations, whether incorporated or not, may apply.

from LA Culture Net