The California Arts Council announces funding for the 2011-12 "Artists in Schools" program. "Artists in Schools" is designed to support professional teaching artists in residency activities in classrooms and after-school programs. The program will provide funding for 135 arts organizations to help bring music, theater, dance, visual arts and related arts to children statewide during the 2011-12 school year.

Thousands of Californians will celebrate the 11th annual California Arts Day on Friday, October 7, 2011, and millions across the nation will take part in National Arts and Humanities Month events in October 2011. The theme for  this year's annual celebration is "Drive Creativity," emphasizing the importance of the arts, innovation and arts education in the Golden State.

For almost 40 years, San Jose Taiko has kept the drum sounding in one of the three remaining Japantowns in the United States (the other two are San Francisco and Los Angeles). But the popularity of the art form makes San Jose Taiko much in demand all over the state, nation and world. They've played in small community centers and at Carnegie Hall, and the ensemble was the first American taiko drum group invited to perform in Japan. With long-time founders and artistic directors Roy and P.J. Hirabayahi turning over the helm to Wisa Uemura and Franco Imperial, the next generation continues a remarkable tradition.

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

• COLUMN: Why MFA Programs for Writers Matter
  Huffington Post
• Aging Sutter Theater gets face-lift
  Appeal Democrat
• Escondido might kill public art fee to spur development
  North County Times
• Rodgers Theatre receives Arts Council donation
  Corning Observer
• San Francisco Mayoral Arts Forum: More Nodding Heads than Pounding Fists
  The Bay Citizen
• Wilkins uses art as learning aid for traumatized
  Long Beach Press-Telegram
• San Francisco Mayoral Debate Focuses On The Arts
  Huffington Post
• Tahoe Arts Project receives California Arts Council grant
  Tahoe Daily Tribune
• In Watsonville, A Beautiful Vision
  Watsonville Patch
• San Diego's New Children's Museum gets set for a year of 'Trash'
  San Diego Union-Tribune
• San Diego Prof's Da Vinci Mystery May Be Solved
  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

• Yountville's Lincoln Theater announces plan to reduce debt
• Long Beach: University Art Museum Receives $57,000 Grant from The Getty Foundation
• Carol Channing Suppports Arts Education at Lulu's
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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

• All Roads Seed Grant Program and Film Project (September deadline)
  National Geographic
  Deadline: 2011-09-15
• Investigator Initiated grants -- youth development
  William T. Grant Foundation
  Deadline: 2011-09-07
• Science-Related Film Projects Invited for 2010 Sundance Institute/Alfred P. Sloan Commissioning Grant
  Sundance Institute
  Deadline: 2011-09-08
• Culver City Performing Arts Grants
  City Council, Culver City
  Deadline: 2011-09-07
• United States and Canadian Competition for Fellowship Grants 2012 Competition
  John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  Deadline: 2011-09-15
• Up to $700 available for field trips from Target
  Target Corporation
  Deadline: 2011-09-29
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See the different events for administrators, educators and professionals in the arts in California

• The 2011 National Arts Marketing Project Conference
  Louisville, KY
  Date: 2011-11-12
• Book Publishing 101
  San Francisco
  Date: 2011-09-14
• Creative Work Fund Grant Seminars and Webinars (San Francisco)
  San Francisco, CA
  Date: 2011-09-07
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Looking for work? See the different arts-related jobs available for Californians

• Chief Registrar
  Ace Galllery
  Los Angeles, CA
• Administrative Coordinator
  Monterey Jazz Festival
  Monterey, CA
• Education Director
  Monterey Jazz Festival
  Monterey, CA
• President and Chief Executive Officer
  Inner-City Arts
  Los Angeles, CA
• Executive Director
  MUZEO
  Anaheim, CA
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Artists of all types are always in demand -- see what's available for Californians statewide, nationally and even internationally

• Arte Laguna International Art Competition
  Arte Laguna
  Venice, Italy
• Arteles Residency Program in Finland
  Arteles
  Hameenkyro, Finland
• 2012/2013 solo and group exhibitions
  Redux Contemporary Art Center
  Charleston, SC
• Dia de los Muertos
  orangeland
  San Francisco, CA
• La Catrina and El Dia de los Muertos
  The Mexican Museum
  San Francisco, CA
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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: Leadership in Tough Times
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