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Art Work is Real Work
Tara Lynn Gray, Director of Office of the Small Business Advocate, reports on the 2023 California Economic Summit panel with State Senator Anthony Portantino (25th District), Julie Baker, CEO of Californians for the Arts, Kristen Dolan, executive director of the California Desert Arts Council and Yaya Ortiz, co-founder of Culturas Music and Arts.
Read More2023
- Sacramento nonprofit arts organizations gather to discuss the challenges of filling venue seats | Sacramento New & Review | September 22, 2023
- Uber escaped AB5. Theaters didn’t. Now the state is finally helping — a little | SF Chronicle | September 20, 2023
- Local nonprofit arts organizations gather to discuss the challenges of filling venue seats | The Observer | September 18, 2023
- Arts & culture funding remains stagnant as CA Budget is signed for 23-24 | YubaNet | June 29, 2023
- Funding for Coachella Valley artists is vital; our local partnership helps | Desert Sun | April 21, 2023
- Here’s why supporting San Diego’s arts and culture organizations is a good investment | The San Diego Union-Tribune | April 19, 2023
- CA Arts and Culture Summit | Good Day Sacramento | April 17, 2023
2022
- Arts industry sees big wins at state level, but still struggling | Times Standard | November 22, 2022
- State Arts Council Awards First-of-its-Kind Contract to Support Small Nonprofit Arts Organizations Across California | California Arts Council | October 12, 2022
- Can arts education help kids heal from the trauma of the pandemic? | EdSource | June 9, 2022
- Tune In on KSFP 102.5FM to Voices of the Community | Voices of the Community | April 20, 2022
- Interview: Celebrating Arts, Culture and Creativity Month in Sacramento | Fox 40 News | April 7, 2022
- Amid Omicron Surge, SF Arts Venues Left with Little Guidance or Financial Relief | KQED | January 11, 2022
2021
- CFTA Board Member Tamaira "Miss Tee" Sandifer named Forbes' The Culture 50 Champions | Forbes | October 26, 2021
- Bill Seeking to Improve Pay for a More Diverse CA Arts Workforce Lands on Governor's Desk | KQED | September 16, 2021
- The arts in the pandemic saw unprecedented challenges, historic support | Long Beach Business Journal | September 8, 2021
- Arts in California Could See a Renaissance Thanks to Huge Influx of State Funding | Voice of OC | September 3, 2021
- Federal officials formally announce plans for COVID-19 booster shots | Danville SanRamon | August 18, 2021
- COVID-19: California will require vaccine proof or testing for indoor events with 1,000 people or more | Desert Sun | August 18, 2021
- Leticia Buckley Joins Arts Commission | LA County Arts | July 29, 2021
- At Long Last, State Money Flowing to the Arts | Classical Voice | July 27, 2021
- California’s increased funding for the arts called ‘historic,’ ‘bold’ and ‘unprecedented’ | Datebook | July 22, 2021
- National Choreographers Initiative Weighs Risk vs. Reward and Chooses to Host its Usual In-Person Event | Voices of OC | July 21, 2021
- State Senator Susan Rubio Successfully Champions $50 Million to Help Small Theaters Survive Pandemic Devastation | Sierra Sun Times | July 15, 2021
- Episode 66: Californians for the Arts | Voices of the Community | June 9, 2021
- The Show Must Go On: The Return Of Live Music To The Monterey Bay | Kazu | June 9, 2021
- Julie Baker Honored with Alene Valkanas State Arts Advocacy Award | Americans for the Arts | June 2, 2021
- California Arts Community Fight For Funding | Cap Radio | May 27, 2021
- Some Live Theater, Concerts Tiptoe Outside In Long Beach | Grunion Gazette | May 24, 2021
- How a COVID-era Federal Writers Project went from wild idea to a proposed bill | Los Angeles Times | May 6, 2021
- How and When will the Arts Bounce Back? | Ariel Wesler | April 15, 2021
- Oregon venues plead with Gov. Brown for reopening help | Portland Tribune | April 12, 2021
- New California health guidelines provide live theater venues a bittersweet return to inside shows | Pasadena Star News | April 5, 2021
- Artists Are Facing Unprecedented Hardship. To Help Them, Philanthropists Must Change the Way They Work—by Working Together | Artnet | March 28, 2021
- Outdoor Theatre Slowly Returns to Long Beach as Guidelines Change Broadway World | March 24, 2021
- Festival Re-Files Against State of California As City of San Francisco Stonewalls In First Amendment Case | Broadway World | March 12, 2021
- The Future of Work | Capitol Weekly | March 12, 2021
- Julie Baker Discusses the Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program | KVCR News | March 10, 2021
- Two new reports reveal just how much our society fails independent arts workers | Datebook| March 9, 2021
- Bills in California Assembly seek to exempt theaters from AB5 gig work law | Datebook | March 5, 2021
- ‘Arts of Southern Kentucky’ CEO believes performing arts are on the comeback | ABC 13 WBKO News | March 5, 2021
- Week in Review: Judy Chicago Desert X Artwork on Hold; Over 160 Confederate Symbols Removed in 2020 | Hyperallergic | March 5, 2021
- Reports Paint Grim Picture of California’s Arts Economy and Suggest Ways Out | Art Forum | March 4, 2021
- As state restrictions drag on, pressure grows for more California museums to reopen | The Art Newspaper | March 3, 2021
- Over 400 Organizations Urge Senate to Pass American Rescue Plan for State and Local Aid |WITN Channel 22 | March 2, 2021
- California Faces Culture Crisis as Studies Show Art Workers Could Leave the State | Hyperallergic | March 2, 2021
- Economic reports reveal drastic loss of arts jobs in the US | The Art Newspaper | February 26, 2021
- Davis Media Access: Concern for the creative economy | The Davis Enterprise | February 25, 2021
- Steep Job Losses in California, Home to the Largest Creative Economy in the US, Spell Trouble for the Rest of the Country, a Report Says | Art Net | February 25, 2021
- California Lost 175,000 ‘Creative Economy’ Jobs, Study Finds The New York TImes | February 25, 2021
- Cities are putting artists back to work | Acios | February 10, 2021
- Closed Nearly a Year, Empty Museums in Los Angeles Struggle | The New York TImes | February 10, 2021
- Artists in Action! ACBC 10 | January 29, 2021
- SBC Arts Council awards COVID Arts Relief Grants to local organizations and businesses Benito Link | January 16, 2021
- The Arts Are in Crisis. Here's How Biden Can Help. | The New York Times| January 15, 2021
- Governors propose ambitious plans to bring the arts back to California and New York | The Art Newspaper | January 14, 2021
- During Biden’s administration, artists can be ‘second responders,’ architects of a post-pandemic world | Datebook | January 13, 2021
- Newsom proposes California Creative Corps pilot program to use artists to fight pandemic | Datebook | January 13, 2021
- Gov. Newsom Proposes Statewide Unemployed Artist Funding | California Globe | January 13, 2021
- Newsom proposes CA creative corps | San Francisco Examiner | January 13, 2021
- Gov. Newsom’s Budget Includes Funding for a CA Creative Corps Pilot Program | Hews Media Group | January 12, 2021
2020
- Sacramento Artist Corps puts artists to work to serve their community | Sacramento New & Review | December 28, 2020
- The show must go on. But will it after the pandemic? | Cal Matters | December 22, 2020
- California needs a plan to restart the arts | The Art Newspaper | December 17, 2020
- Pandemic Brings Immense Challenges, and Some Silver Linings, for Bay Area Arts Organizations | KQED | December 15, 2020
- Arts Alliance Davis: State advocacy efforts mobilize local artists | Arts Alliance Davis | December 15, 2020
- BMoA joins initiative urging Gov. Newsom to reopen the arts in support of mental health | 23 ABC | December 14, 2020
- Musicians and medical experts attempt to create new safety protocols for future live events | ABC 7 | December 9, 2020
- Restart the Arts | Aubrey Bergauer December 8, 2020
- San Francisco Combines Supporting Artists With Fighting the Pandemic | Classical Voice | December 1, 2020
- Philharmonic Society Cobbles Together a COVID Season, Looks Forward to Live Events in January | Voice of OC | November 11, 2020
- Coronavirus crisis in the arts: What if concerts, theater and other live events don’t come back in 2021? | The San Diego Union-Tribune | October 26, 2020
- California loves the arts. But its new gig law could decimate theater | San Francisco Chronicle | October 21, 2020
- It is not just artists who are starving: how the US can rebuild its creative industry post-Covid | The Art Newspaper | September 10, 2020
- Dancers Leap Through Hoops to Sustain Themselves and Their Art | PBS SoCal | September 4, 2020
- Art Community Serves as 2nd Responders to Young Artists | The Atascadero News | July 16, 2020
- Second responders: Julie Baker, executive director of California Arts Advocates and statewide nonprofit Californians for the Arts, talks situation and solutions moving forward for arts communities | The Union | June 17, 2020
- The Arts Are More Than Entertainment: L.A. Art in Tumultuous Times | PBS SoCal | June 16, 2020
- California Arts Advocates Make Case for Artists as 'Second Responders' to Pandemic | KQED | May 14, 2020
- KPPC Radio Interview with Executive Director Julie Baker on Coronavirus LA Arts Cuts and more | LAist | April 23, 2020
2019
- Musicians and actors invented the gig. A new law threatens their way of working | San Fransisco Chronicle | December 22, 2019
- Audio: Gig Economy Regulations Leave Artists’ Futures Unclear | KQED | December 10, 2019
- Californians for the Arts rallies for increased arts funding | ABC 10 | April 29, 2019
- Senator Bill Dodd on Californians for the Arts | April 28, 2019
- Mayor proclaims April as Arts, Culture & Creativity Month, advocates for creative investment as a core city service | City of Sacramento | April 24, 2019
- Advocating for the arts: County representatives stress importance of art in education | The Union | April 23, 2019
- Housing bill debate gets personal + Enhancing immigration protections + Capitol arts day | The Sacramento Bee | April 23, 2019
- Connect, advocate, and mobilize efforts to advance the arts across California! | ABC 10 | April 10, 2019
- April is Arts, Culture and Creativity Month | California Arts Council | April 3, 2019
- Good for the Soul, Good for the Economy | North Coast Journal | March 28, 2019