Summer's over, the days are getting shorter, kids are back in school ... and it's almost California Arts Day! Each first Friday of October is California Arts Day, when art lovers throughout the state celebrate arts and creativity. The event coincides with the National Arts and Humanities month. The California Arts Council publishes arts events on our California Arts Day website, but we need your help. Submit your Arts Day events here. And don't worry if they don't fall exactly on Friday, October 1 -- we'll be celebrating California Arts Day before that date, and then throughout October too!

Twice a week middle and high school students get together and rock out, but it's not in a suburban garage. Rather, their music instruction is part of a successful after-school program called LACER, which provides valuable arts and literacy-based activities to students throughout Los Angeles. Students choose between professionally taught free classes in theater, music, dance, and the visual arts, and LACER relates these classes with the core subjects of English, math, science, and social studies. The Rock Band Workshop is one of the newest and most successful programs. SEE STORY

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

• America's Biggest Businesses Set Flat Giving Budgets for Nonprofits
  Chronicle of Philanthropy
• Keeping the arts alive, even in a recession
  NPR
• Central Coast school district leaders lay out plans to chop $1 million from budget, including arts education cuts
  Santa Cruz Sentinel
• Emmys come to O.C. performing arts school
  Orange County Register
• Woodland's State Theatre to close doors after 73 years
  Woodland Daily Democrat
• SAG Election Looming
  Back Stage
• Your guide to San Jose's Zero One art festival
  San Jose Mercury News
• It can be hard for Kennedy Center or Library of Congress to give away awards
  Washington Post
• California Lawmakers Approve Bill on Stolen Art Claims
  New York Times
• Ken Orsatti, Longtime SAG Executive Director, Dies at 78
  Back Stage
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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

• September 12-18, 2010 is National Arts in Education Week
• Launch of nonpartisan "Arts in the Governor's Race"
• What people say at the Emmys
• Personalized License Plates Turned 40
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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

• Guggenheim Memorial Foundation - ANNUAL GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIPS
  The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  Deadline: 2010-09-15
• The Sullivan Foundation - SINGER AWARDS
  THE WILLIAM MATHEUS SULLIVAN MUSICAL FOUNDATION, INC.
  Deadline: 2010-09-21
• James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation - FITCH MID-CAREER GRANT
  James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation
  Deadline: 2010-09-15
• James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation - RICHARD L. BINDER AWARD (ARCHITECTURE)
  James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation
  Deadline: 2010-09-19
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See the different events for administrators, educators and professionals in the arts in California

• Arts Reach National Arts Marketing and Development Conference EARLYBIRD EXTENDED -- one month left for 2-for-1!
  Los Angeles
  Date: 2010-10-21
• Workshops for the Los Angeles County Arts Commission's Organizational Grant Program
  Santa Clarita
  Date: 2010-09-27
• WEBINAR: "Creative Placemaking" from the National Endowment for the Arts
  WEBINAR
  Date: 2010-09-14
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Looking for work? See the different arts-related jobs available for Californians

• Program Coordinator
  Performing Arts Workshop
  San Francisco
• Program Coordinator/Cultural Arts - Visual Arts
  Town of Danville
  Danville
• Development and Marketing Associate
  New Century Chamber Orchestra
  San Francisco
• Performing Arts Management Assistant
  City of Palo Alto: Children's Theatre
  Palo Alto
• Program Director
  Chinese Culture Center
  San Francisco
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Artists of all types are always in demand -- see what's available for Californians statewide, nationally and even internationally

• 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival Call for Entries
  Newport Beach Film Festival
  Newport Beach
• Textiles & Fibers 2012
  FSU Museum of Fine Arts
  Tallahassee
• ARTICLE 19: International Call to Artists, Architects + Designers
  BECA: Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art
  Albuquerque, NM
• Autumn Juried Small Painting Show
  North Valley Art League - Carter House Gallery
  Redding
• Request for Qualifications
  City of Redondo Beach
  Redondo Beach
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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 Nation's Report Card: Arts 2008 Music & Visual Arts
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