Welcome to the Plaza!

 

ACTA’s California Traditional Artists Plaza facilitates engagement with artists by foregrounding work-for-hire opportunities that will positively impact the livelihoods of traditional artists. During the Covid-19 pandemic, ACTA saw a need to build out a new tool to increase opportunities not just for sharing information, but for hiring traditional artists for both remote and in-person engagements,  recognizing their work as critical to the economic recovery of the California arts sector.

The California Traditional Artists Plaza creates a new, centralized space for traditional artists to advertise their work and create new connections online.

Submit a profile today, or browse the artists’ dynamic offerings, from remote lessons, to consultations, to handmade visual arts and crafts.


Who may submit a profile?

The Plaza is a free resource for California-based traditional artists to share information about services or products they offer to the public. It also helps the public by supporting direct connections with artists who may offer artistic services they’re seeking. After staff review, each submission is turned into a short profile presenting details about the artist’s online or in-person lessons and performances (for example, djembe drum lessons) or products (for example, craft forms like quilts, beadwork, baskets, or even hand-built instruments). The public can reach out directly to the artist for more info, to schedule a lesson, hire the artist for a gig or consultation, or to purchase an item. 

Ready to submit a profile for the
California Traditional Artists Plaza?

SUBMIT HERE


 

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Jose Trejo Maya

Mesoamerican Lore/Indigenous Visual Art
Region: Statewide
Offerings: Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Production
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

Acacia WoodsChan

Oral testimony, cultural preservation
Region: Bay Area, Statewide
Offerings: Curating Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations
Service Location: In-person services

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

Naina Shastri

Bharatnatya
Region: Bay Area
Offerings: Classes Curating Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Production Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

Surabhi Bharadwaj

Bharatanatyam
Region: Bay Area
Offerings: Classes Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

Jon Wai-keung Lowe

Classical Chinese Drama, Chinese Opera, Xiqu
Region: Bay Area
Offerings: Artistic consulting Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

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

Michael D. McCarty

Professional Storyteller + Latter Day Griot
Region: Greater Los Angeles, Statewide
Offerings: Artistic consulting Classes Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services

Mel Orpilla

Filipino Martial Arts + Bamboo carving of fighting sticks
Region: Bay Area, Northern California, Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley
Offerings: Artistic consulting Classes Curating Group instruction Handmade crafts and visual arts for sale Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Private instruction Products Workshops
Service Location: In-person services

Antara Bhardwaj

Kathak dance
Region: Bay Area
Offerings: Artistic consulting Classes Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Workshops
Service Location: In-person services

Gayatri Subramanian

Indian Classical Dance - Bharatanatyam
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

Nobuko Fukatsu

Japanese biwa lute, singing, story recitation
Region: Greater Los Angeles, Inland Empire, Statewide
Offerings: Artistic consulting Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services