CA for the Arts

Andrea Hansen, Executive Director of the Kern Dance Alliance and Board Member of CA for the Arts and CA Arts Advocates, shares a message during Advocacy Day last April.

🌟Arts for LA & @CAfortheArts united to celebrate the power of civic engagement & arts advocacy on Saturday. It was an honor to hear @GrandPerfs President Rafael González recognize our efforts to nurture arts leaders through programs like ACTIVATE Delegates. Thank you so much.

Apply by July 28 for the second cohort of @CAfortheArts' Grassroots Arts Advocacy Program. This 9-month fellowship empowers artists, culture bearers and creative workers who live and/or work in Oakland and San Francisco to drive policy and systems change. caforthearts.org/gaap

For one more week, CA for the Arts is accepting submissions for the second Cohort of Grassroots Artists Advocacy Program (GAAP). GAAP is a cohort-based fellowship program for individual artist advocates, 18 years or older, who live or work in Oakland or San Francisco. Artist…

CA State Senator and Arts Champion Ben Allen @SenatorBenAllen, during Arts Advocacy Day this past April. Thank you for recognizing the vital role arts workers play in our state! #ArtsAdvocacy #InvestCAarts #CAisCreative #CAArtsAdvocates

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our East Bay Regional Conversation on July 11, 2025! Over 100 participants came together to connect, build relationships, and strategize around the future of arts and culture in the East Bay. We focused on the issues that matter most to our…

BAY AREA! Apply to the Grassroots Artists Advocacy Program (GAAP) and empower artists and culture bearers through changemaking leadership. ‼️Application portal close on July 28th at 5:00 pm PDT ‼️ Learn more: caforthearts.org/gaap

Amy Erikson, Executive Director at Angels Gate Cultural Center: “We're here advocating for those programs all across the state, not only the 14 that are already designated, but all the other ones that need to be added to make sure our state really sees arts as a priority.”

“ We're legitimizing the work of our artists, nonprofits, and businesses in a way that's needed for them to leverage funds to support their operating expenses and programs and mission.” Thank you Kellie Cutler, Program Manager at the Truckee Cultural District.

CA for the Arts is giving a standing ovation to our California lawmakers! Thanks to your leadership, funding has been restored to PAEPF, and the California Film and Television Jobs Act has passed! Thank you for recognizing the vital role arts workers play in our state.

CA for the Arts mourns the loss of our former Manager of Programs | Northern California, the beloved Kara Q. Smith. Kara was a shape-shifter, a lifelong fighter for systemic change; an absolute aesthete and pop culture savant in ways that always surprised your favored…