ACTA’s website serves as a gateway to help connect some of the state’s exemplary traditional artists and organizations with the general public to build awareness for their artistry, skills, traditions, and communities. Explore our index of nearly 600 artists and organizations funded through ACTA’s Apprenticeship and Living Cultures programs. Read about their work, view photos, video, and more. Browse in alphabetical order below or use the filters to refine your search.

Explore

Art Form
Profile Type
Region
County
General Culture
Specific Culture
Program
Clear filters
Filtered by:

Ziping Chen

Cantonese Opera
Artist
Music, Theater
Bay Area

Tylon Teaitu Buendia

Traditional Tahitian Drumming
Artist
Folklife/Other, Music
Bay Area

Mohamed Kouyate

Balafon music of Guinea, West Africa
Artist
Music
Bay Area

Laurie Fleurentin

Haitian Folkloric Dance
Artist
Dance, Folklife/Other, Music
Bay Area

Lisa Morehead-Hillman

Northern California Indigenous Basketry
Artist
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Northern California

Radley Davis

Traditional Sinew Backed Recurved Yew Wood Bow Building
Artist
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Shasta Cascade

Ilima Kam Martinez

Hula Kahiko (Ancient Native Hawaiian Dance)
Artist
Dance, Music, Oral Traditions/Language
Southern Border

Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada

Shibori (Japanese shaped-resist dyeing)
Artist
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Bay Area

Lilian Esther Martin Aguilar

Maya Mam Backstrap Weaving
Artist
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Bay Area

Ko Si Hing

Indigenous Cantonese Lung Moon Taoism Ritual Arts
Artist
Music, Ritual/Religious Arts
Bay Area

Salani Matshoba

Mbira music of the Shona people of Zimbabwe
Artist
Music
Bay Area

Hesam Abedini

Classical Persian Music
Artist
Music
Southern Border