CAC 40th Anniversary Program

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016 | The Crest Theatre, Sacramento

A CALI FOR N IA STATE AG E N CY

San Diego Youth Symphony

Dancers’ Group, San Francisco

Amador County Arts Council

Los Angeles County Arts Commission

Diablo Ballet, Walnut Creek

Latino Center of Art and Culture, Sacramento

WELCOME FROM THE GOVERNOR As Governor in 1976, I created the California Arts Council on the basis that the arts are central to the lives of Californians. Government investment in the arts is critical to support the expression of new ideas and cultural diversity across our society.

The arts and creativity play a key role in ensuring California remains a vibrant, thriving state to live in and to visit – our state’s artists and creative communities are among the many features that make California so unique.

On the occasion of the California Arts Council’s 40th anniversary, I congratulate the artists, organizations, Council members, staff, and all those whose dedication and creativity has contributed to the success and growth of our state.

Thank you for your contributions to the fabric of our lives as Californians. Here’s to the next 40 years!

Sincerely,

Edmund G. Brown Jr.

WELCOME FROM THE ARTS COUNCIL Over the past forty years, the California Arts Council has awarded more than 30,000 grants with a total investment of $368 million supporting our state’s artists and communities.

Many things have changed about this agency over the past four decades – from our size to our programs – but one thing remains true to this day: the California Arts Council has heart.

Your state arts agency has passion, vision, and affection for the places and people of California – for our artists, our communities, our many cultures – and takes pride in working hard to serve every part of this golden state.

It has been possible for the Arts Council to lead as a result of the support of our champions: artists, community leaders, local citizens, elected officials – all those who have taken action to support this agency and recognize the importance of the arts and creativity for the success, the well-being, and the heart of our state. Tonight we celebrate forty years of these champions. You are our heroes.

Thank you for your passion and your partnership which will make it possible for us to thrive and grow for decades to come.

Sincerely,

Donn K. Harris

Craig Watson

Council Chair Director

FOUNDED

OUR MISSION

BY GOVERNOR

Advancing California through the and

1976

EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

CALIFORNIA

is HOME

to MORE

artists

than any

other

STATE

WE HAVE AWARDED

30 ,000 + GRANTS WITH A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF

$368

MILLION SINCE 1976

1976

1984

1986

1993

2005

2013

2014

2016

Artist residency program established

Poetry Out Loud begins

Statewide touring program established

Keep Arts in Schools tax-return fund created

Multicultural program established

Return of statewide Arts in Corrections program

California Arts License Plate created

$7 million permanent state funding increase

PROGRAM Order subject to change

Drum Procession led by Roy and PJ Hirabayashi Welcoming Remarks from Host Annette Bening Peter Coyote Original Member, California Arts Council

SPONSORS Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support of tonight’s event.

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Invited

Presenting Sponsor

Great Wall Youth Orchestra Juan Felipe Herrera United States Poet Laureate

Ballet Folklórico de Sacramento

Event Sponsors

Craig Watson Director, California Arts Council

Donn K. Harris Chair, California Arts Council

Artist appearances supported by

Jim Schultz The Boeing Company

AXIS Dance Company Dana Gioia

Reception Sponsor

California Poet Laureate

Lula Washington Dance Theatre Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir

Media Sponsor

Join us for a community after-party in the lobby of the Crest Theatre immediately following the program

Special thanks to

ANNETTE BENING Annette Bening is a four-time Academy Award nominee, two-time Golden Globe winner, and a recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Award. She will next be seen on screen in Michael Mayer’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull, and in Mike Mills’ 20th Century Women. Bening was last seen on stage in Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production of King Lear in 2014. Annette graduated from San Francisco State University and was accepted by the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, where she trained until she joined the acting company. She served as a member of the California Arts Council from 2004-2008.

AXIS DANCE COMPANY Oakland-based AXIS Dance Company is one of the world’s leading and most innovative ensembles of dancers with and without disabilities. AXIS, founded in 1987, emerged at a time when the Disabilities Rights and Independent Living Movement were gaining stride and the dance community was just beginning to open its doors to people with disabilities. Paving the way for physically integrated dance, AXIS shares its cutting edge artistic and education/ outreach work with thousands annually all over the world. AXIS Dance Company has been featured twice on FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance. www.axisdance.org

BALLET FOLKLÓRICO DE SACRAMENTO Founded in 1994, Instituto Mazatlán Bellas Artes (IMBA) de Sacramento is a multi-faceted non-profit artistic venture. IMBA’s goal is to enrich, enlighten and educate the community that they serve through dance and music. IMBA strives to inform and educate all those willing to learn and experience the strengthening and healing power that the arts add to everyday life.

IMBA serves as the home of Sacramento’s premier Folk Ballet of Sacramento, Ballet Folklórico de Sacramento. www.imbasac.com

THE GREAT WALL YOUTH ORCHESTRA The Purple Silk Music Education Foundation is an Oakland-based nonprofit that supports music education for inner-city youth. Their programs include the Great Wall Youth Orchestra & Chorus of Laney College and the Purple Bamboo Orchestra & Chorus of Lincoln Elementary School. Their mission is to instill in young people an appreciation of music from all cultures through instruction in traditional Chinese instruments. They promote opportunities for children and youth of low-income families. www.purplesilk.org

DANA GIOIA Dana Gioia is an internationally-acclaimed and award-winning poet. Former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Gioia is a native Californian of Italian and Mexican descent.

He received a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Stanford University and an M.A. in Comparative Literature from Harvard University. Gioia currently serves as the Poet Laureate of California. www.danagioia.com

JUAN FELIPE HERRERA The son of migrant farm workers, Herrera was educated at UCLA and Stanford University, and he earned his M.F.A from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. In addition to publishing more than a dozen collections of poetry, Herrera has written short stories, young adult novels, and children’s literature. In 2012, Herrera was named California’s Poet Laureate, and the U.S. Poet Laureate in 2015.

He has won the Hungry Mind Award of Distinction, the Focal Award, two Latino Hall of Fame Poetry Awards, and a PEN West Poetry Award. www.juanfelipepoet.com

ROY AND PJ HIRABAYASHI Roy and PJ Hirabayashi, founders of San Jose Taiko in 1973, have advanced from a grassroots community group to a professional taiko (Japanese drum) performance company by promoting innovation, collaboration, and outstanding performance, training, education and outreach programs, and organizational leadership. Roy and PJ have received numerous commendations for their lifetime work, including a National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship, the “Foreign Minister of Japan Commendation Award” in 2012 for sharing the Japanese culture in the US, and the 2014 “Legacy Laureate Award” from Silicon Valley Creates. www.taiko.org

LULA WASHINGTON DANCE THEATRE Founded in 1980 in inner-city Los Angeles by Lula Washington and her husband, this vibrant company is known for powerful, high-energy performances, unique choreography, and works that are rooted in African-American culture and history. The company celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2015. During those years it has danced across the globe, from the United States to Russia, China, Brazil, Kosovo, Germany, and other countries. In addition to performing, the company has a passionate commitment to education and community outreach, both at home and on tour. www.lulawashington.org

OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR Under the direction of Emmy winner Terrance Kelly, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir brings together singers and instrumentalists who embody a community of diverse races, cultures, and faiths.

They also share an uncontainable passion for music. Their mission is to inspire joy and unity among all people through black gospel and spiritual music. Judging by their audiences’ reactions—clapping, cheering, and singing along—it is apparent that they succeed in that mission. www.oigc.org

DRUM PROCESSION ARTISTS Troye Fades has been studying and performing Brazilian music for 15 years. Troye serves as the Musical Director of G.R.E.S. Unidos De Capital Samba School and performs regularly with Capoeira Água de Beber.

Olivia Yasmin James is the Artistic Director and Founder of Fenix Drum and Dance Company, which specializes in dance and drumming from West Africa, the Congo and the Caribbean.

Danny Giray is the Artistic Director of Kulintang Dance Theatre, and has performed nationally & internationally with Palibuniyan Kulintang Ensemble & Mindanao Kulintang Ensemble.

Eddie Madril is an American Indian artist, dancer, and educator from the Pascua Yaqui people, residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has presented, performed and taught in schools, universities and public arenas for over 30 years.

COUNCIL MEMBERS

ARTS COUNCIL DIRECTORS

Donn K. Harris, Chair

Craig Watson (2011 – present)

Susan Steinhauser, Vice-Chair

Marilyn Nielsen

(Jan-Aug 2011 Interim Director)

Michael Alexander

Muriel Johnson

(2005 – 2011)

Phoebe Beasley

Juan Carrillo

Christopher Coppola

Barry Hessenius

Kathleen Gallegos

Barbara Pieper

Jaime Galli

Joanne Kozberg (1991–1993)

Nashormeh Lindo

Robert Reid

Louise McGuinness

Marilyn Ryan (1982 –1986)

Steven H. Oliver

Bill Cook (1979 – 1982)

Rosalind Wyman

Gloriamalia Flores (Perez)

(2004 – 2005 Interim Director) (2000 – 2004)

(1993 – 2000)

(1986 –1991)

(1978 –1979 Acting Director)

Clark Mitze (1976 – 1978) As of January 8, 2016

Eloise Smith (1976)

PAST COUNCIL MEMBERS Thank you to the following individuals for their dedicated service to the people of California.

Robert J. Abernethy Wylie Aitken Margo Albert Sally Arnot Ruth Asawa Larry Balakian Peter Bedford Annette Bening Dea Spanos Berberian Jane Boeckman Edward Cazier Aurelia Mika Chang Shirley Chilton Francis Ford Coppola Nick Cossoulis Peter Coyote Iris Dart Eunice David Laurel Dickranian Janet Driesen Phyllis Epstein Doris Fisher Steven J. Fogel Marcy Friedman

Barbara George Rosaline George Ann Gilbert Getty Wendy Howard Goldberg Stephen Goldstine Kelly Gonda Andrew Green Charles Haid Tom Hall Hugh Hewett Dr. Jerrold Hiura Karney Hodge Adam Barrett Hubbard Suzanne Jackson Charmaine Jefferson Harold Keith Joanne C. Kozberg Chong-Moon Lee Terry Lenihan Bella Lewitzky B.W. “Whitey” Littlefield David Lizarraga James Loper A. C. Lyles

Alexander Mackendrick Carlos Martinez Allaudin Mathieu Joyce Pollock Noah Purifoy Joan Agajanian Quinn Dodie Rosekrans Michael Rubel Fred Sands Consuelo Santos Killins Malissa Feruzzi Shriver Karen Skelton Gary Snyder Harvey Stearn Joyce Stein William Turner Robert Tuttle Luis Valdez Randy Washington Marcia Weisman Senator Robert Wilson Jerry Yoshitomi Marl Young

THANK YOU

California Businesses and Individuals Driving the Arts Celebrating 40 years of the CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL

Thank you to the following businesses and individuals for their generous support of the California Arts Council’s grant programs and Arts Plate program. > Annenberg Foundation

> Jenkins Family Foundation

> Art in River Park/ Brenda Waters

> Peg Yorkin

> Bernard and Shirley Kinsey Foundation for the Arts & Education

Sony Pictures Entertainment Topps Digital Services As of January 8, 2016

CALIFORNIA ARTS PLATE The California Arts Plate was the first specialty plate program in the U.S. designed solely to benefit the arts. The plate image, titled Coastline, was created by renowned California artist Wayne Thiebaud in 1993.

Proceeds from sales and renewals of California’s iconic Arts Plate support arts education programs for young people across California. The arts and arts education cultivate imagination, creativity, and innovation – key skills in the 21st century global economy. The Arts Plate is a key source of California state arts funding, generating about $3 million per year for arts programs benefiting children and communities throughout the state.

THE ARTS PLATE GIFT VOUCHER PROGRAM • A unique gift: The new Arts Plate gift voucher program is the first of its kind, allowing you to give the gift of California specialty arts license plates. Recipients will use their gift voucher to fully cover the purchase of their own unique Arts Plate, which will directly support California arts education and local arts programs for as long as it is on the road.

• Tax-deductible contribution: Arts Plate gift voucher purchases and subsequent license plate renewals are considered tax-deductible ...charitable contributions to the California Arts Council.

• Giving that grows: When gift recipients redeem their vouchers, their subsequent annual license plate renewals include a $40 “specialty plate fee,” the entirety of which is transferred directly to the California Arts Council to support arts education

programs across California.

www.arts.ca.gov/artsplate

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Annette Bening, former California Arts Council member and “Keep Arts in Schools” spokesperson

Photos courtesy of California Arts Council grantees

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Yes. I want to join Annette Bening in bringing creativity back to the classroom!

I will contribute $________ to the Keep Arts in Schools Fund through my 2015 California State Tax Return

Voluntary contributions to the Keep Arts in Schools Fund [California Individual Tax Return form 540, Section 110 (425)] are distributed to arts education programs statewide by the California Arts Council.

CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL

grant programs The California Arts Council invests in California nonprofit organizations via competitive grant programs, administered through a multistep public process including peer-panel review. Program details including availability, application deadlines, guidelines, and more can be found at www.arts.ca.gov/programs.

ACCESS, EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION

PUBLIC WILL AND CULTURAL VIBRANCY

LOCAL IMPACT †: Up to $12,000 for arts projects for underserved communities. Applicant: nonprofit arts organization

CREATIVE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES: Up to $70,000 for collaborative creative placemaking projects. Applicant: nonprofit arts organization in partnership with non-arts organization

VETERANS INITIATIVE IN THE ARTS †: Up to $10,000 for arts projects for veteran communities. Applicant: nonprofit organization (arts organization or non-arts organization with arts programming) CULTURAL PATHWAYS*†: $5,000 (no match) to strengthen the capacity of small organizations rooted in communities of color, recent immigrant and refugee communities, or tribal groups.

Applicant: nonprofit organization with budget under $150,000

SUPPORT AND RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSULTING †: $750–$3,000 for capacity building for arts organizations. Applicant: nonprofit arts organization STATE-LOCAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM*: up to $28,000 to foster community development through partnership with county arts agency. Applicant: local arts agency STATEWIDE AND REGIONAL NETWORKS*: Up to $25,000 to support culturally-specific, multicultural, and discipline-based statewide and regional arts networks and services organizations. Applicant: statewide and regional arts network and service organization

ARTS LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS †: Up to $12,000 (cash match) for collaborative arts education projects. Applicant: nonprofit arts organization in partnership with artist(s) and school(s) JUMP StArts: Up to $30,000 for collaborative arts education projects for at-risk youth. Applicant: nonprofit arts organization or juvenile justice agency in partnership with teaching artist(s) ARTISTS ACTIVATING COMMUNITIES †: Up to $15,000 for artist residencies in community spaces. Applicant: nonprofit organization (arts or non-arts) in partnership with artist POETRY OUT LOUD: Up to $1,500 for implementation of high school poetry recitation program. Applicant: County Poetry Out Loud partner All grant programs have a dollar-for-dollar 1:1 match requirement that can include up to 50% in-kind unless otherwise specified.

Applicants must apply for distinct projects for each grant program.

A single project cannot be funded in multiple grant categories.

* General Operating Support † Fiscally sponsored projects may be eligible to apply A CALI FOR N IA STATE AG E N CY

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