Legislative & Budget Update
Arts Funding in Crisis: Take Action Now
Learn more about the latest federal and state-level developments impacting the arts and culture sector, and find out how you can take action to help address this growing crisis.
Activate the State
Arts, Culture, & Creativity Month 2025
April is Arts, Culture, & Creativity Month – a month of free events, resources, and advocacy opportunities across the state with the goal of engaging arts advocates and raising awareness of the impact of the arts within communities.
New Report
CA Arts Advocates 2025-26 Policy Priorities
Want to learn about this year's budget and legislation asks? CA Arts Advocates has got you covered with our 2025-26 Policy Priorities, which details our budget items and bills we are currently tracking.
Arts & Health Initiative
This Initiative recognizes the arts as a powerful tool to enhance the health and well-being of our communities. One of the goals in our Vision 2030 Strategic Plan is to mobilize artists, culture bearers, creative workers, and community-centered arts and culture with other aligned sectors to develop public policies where arts and culture serve as drivers of community health and economic development.
Action Alert
Restore $5m to California Arts Council
In 2024, the California Arts Council budget took a significant hit and was cut by $5 million for two years, reducing its funding to just $21 million to serve the entire state. Assemblymember Chris Ward from San Diego, in his new role as chair of the Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee, will request to restore that funding in the 2025-26 budget.
Let’s build a more creative California
We’re helping every Californian become an advocate for the arts – from raising awareness on why the arts are so important, to providing programs and services that support our state’s creative workforce and economy.
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Learn how the arts advance our economy and society
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Information for California's arts organizations
Video Library
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Research
Reports that drive our programs and services
Upcoming events and activities
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Engage
Engage with the creative community
Casemaking Resources
Make a case for the arts to local leadership
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Get involved in programs across CA
Creative Opportunities
Change starts with advocacy
Our sister organization California Arts Advocates is hard at work driving policy change and working to increase and allocate funding to the areas that need it the most.
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