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California for the Arts CEO Julie Baker weighs in on budget challenges facing Sacramento’s creative sector

California's Budget is in the Red - Its Arts Programs are Black and Blue

Advocacy victory! Final California budget restores 75% of arts funding cuts.

2024-25 Governor’s January Budget Proposal

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Ted Russell Joins the CA for the Arts Team as Program Consultant Lead

Press Release: Arts, Culture, & Creativity Month 2024

Summit Press Release: 2024

Arts Advocacy Day Press Release: 2024

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LA County Department of Arts & Culture - Leadership Circle

Americans for the Arts - CEO

Office of Arts & Culture - City of Sacramento - 2025 Emerging Curators Fellowship

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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.

Change starts with advocacy