Apply Now for the 2025 Apprenticeship Program

Offering $5,000 contracts!

The 2025 cycle will support activities taking place between Jan. 2, 2026 and Dec. 31, 2026. Submit your application online by October 15, 2025! 

For nearly 25 years, ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program has supported California’s cultural traditions with 452 contracts made to outstanding traditional artists and practitioners. 

The Apprenticeship Program encourages the continuity of the state’s thriving traditional arts and cultures by contracting mentor artists to offer intensive, one-on-one training to eligible apprentices.

Each $5,000 contract will support a period of concentrated learning, from 6 mos. to a year, for apprentices who demonstrate a committed engagement with, and a talent for, a specific traditional art form or cultural practice.