California Traditional Artist Plaza

MariaLuisa Colmenarez

Mexican Folk Dance & related cultural arts
Region: Statewide
Offerings: Artistic consulting Classes Curating Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Production Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services
California Traditional Artist Plaza

Evie Ladin

Square Dance, Clawhammer Banjo, Old Time Harmony Singing, Appalachian Flatfoot Clogging
Region: Bay Area
Offerings: Artistic consulting Classes Curating Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Production Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

Celebrating California’s Newest National Heritage Fellow, Tsering Wangmo Satho

Bay Area Tibetan opera singer receives our nation's highest honor in the traditional arts
July 22, 2022
Dance, Multi-genre, Music, Theater
Bay Area, National, Statewide
California Traditional Artist Plaza

Gbedu Town Radio

Region: Bay Area
Offerings: Classes Performances Private instruction Production Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

Supporting the People of Ukraine

Words from the Ukrainian Art Center of Los Angeles
April 13, 2022
Folklife/Other, Multi-genre
Greater Los Angeles
California Traditional Artist Plaza

Joti K Singh

Bhangra and Bollywood dance
Region: Bay Area
Offerings: Group instruction, Private instruction, Workshops, Performances, Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations, Artistic consulting, Curating, Production
Service Location: In-person services, Online/remote services

Announcing ACTA’s 2021 Sankofa Grantees for San Francisco

ACTA made 17 awards through the Sankofa Fund for Cultural Preservation in a new program supported by the San Francisco Arts Commission. The Sankofa Initiative is a re-granting program of the San Francisco Arts Commission’s Arts Impact Endowment to support the healing and creativity…
January 27, 2022
Multi-genre
Bay Area

New Workbooks from ACTA

Traditional Arts as Healing, Restorative Justice
December 22, 2021
Multi-genre
Sacramento Valley
California Traditional Artist Plaza

Amelia Butler

Haka (Traditional Māori War Dance) Poi ("poi balls") Kapahaka (Traditional Māori Performing Arts) Te Reo Māori (Māori language)
Region: Greater Los Angeles
Offerings: Group instruction, Private instruction, Workshops, Performances, Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations, Artistic consulting
Service Location: In-person services, Online/remote services

ACTA’s Year in Review: 2020 – 2021

After a surreal year, we are grateful to be here.   The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially devastating to the folk and traditional arts community. During this time of extreme need among our constituents, ACTA did not close down or downsize operations. Rather, we more…
November 30, 2021
Multi-genre
Statewide