Office of Arts & Culture - City of Sacramento

A recording of our Creative Youth Workforce Development Grant Workshop is now available! Head to our youtube channel, or click the link below. We will also be holding in-person office hours next Wednesday, December 18, from 1:00pm - 3:00pm at City Hall in Room 1119. Program staff will be available to answer questions and review eligibility requirements. Workshop recording: https://lnkd.in/grbGmmP9 Grant information: https://lnkd.in/gkN7dpaY

Now open! As part of its ARPA framework for Creative Youth Workforce Development, OAC is launching its 2025-26 Creative Youth Workforce Development Grant. Learn more and register for our grant workshop taking place December 5th at 4pm: https://lnkd.in/gkN7dpaY

Grant Writing Mentors for the 2025-2027 Cultural Arts Awards Program are now available! Schedule a 30-minute session with one of our fantastic mentors today! https://lnkd.in/gqPUudzm

Two Del Rio Trail events are happening this weekend! Register for both here: https://lnkd.in/gcr6vb67 Artist Talk and Reception  Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, from 5 - 8:30p.m.  Latino Center of Arts and Culture 2700 Front Street, Sacramento, CA 95818  Seven world-class artists from around the country were engaged to create 18 monumental artworks that now grace the 4.8-mile Del Rio Trail. These artists will be on site to talk about their design inspiration and artistic process, giving their presentations at the Latino Center of Art and Culture on Friday evening. The Latino Center is where we kicked off this journey many months ago with our community outreach phase in 2022. Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Along the Del Rio Trail Riverside Blvd. to Meadowview Rd.  The artists will be posted up along the trail for a “meet and greet.” This is a unique opportunity to visit with the artists at their installation sites and learn more about the site-specific details in their work. The artists have come from around the country to contribute to Sacramento’s growing collection of world-class artworks. This is a special, once-in -a-lifetime moment you will want to be part of.

Arts and culture nonprofits located throughout Sacramento County are invited to apply for grants to assist with general operating expenses. The $950,000 Cultural Arts Awards Program, administered by the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture, in partnership with Sacramento County's Office of Economic Development, is now accepting applications for the 2025-2027 grant cycle. Applications are due Dec. 15, 2024.   For eligibility details and to apply visit https://lnkd.in/gqPUudzm.

The Office of Arts and Culture, in partnership with Sacramento County, has opened applications for the 2025-2027 cycle of the Cultural Arts Awards. To qualify for funding, organizations must meet standards of diversity and equity, cultural and community impact, show sound management, and demonstrate financial accountability. The deadline to apply is December 15th, 2024,11:59 p.m. (PST). Full guidelines can be found at: https://lnkd.in/gqPUudzm.

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Opening reception for Bat HabiTAT is this Friday, 11:30am - 1:00pm! Come through on your lunch break!

Join us on September 9th for the closing reception of "When I Can," the current exhibition on view at the Robert T. Matsui Gallery in City Hall!

A week left to apply for the 2025 Emerging Curators Fellowship! Click the link below for the application and guidelines, and make sure you give yourself plenty of time to submit your application. Next year's Fellow will be mentored by Manetti Shrem Museum's Associate Curator and Exhibition Department Head, Susie Kantor; you don't want to miss out on this opportunity! Guidelines and to apply: https://lnkd.in/gkfz8ZDx