Introducing the 2023 grantees. Congratulations!
Please browse the full list of 98 grantees below by clicking the region name to toggle your view.
(Counties: Alpine, El Dorado, Sacramento, Solano, Yolo)
Sacramento
Steph Rue, Professional Hanji Studio
Hanji (Korean Paper) and Related Paper Arts
Culture through Cloth, Paj Ntaub Circles
Paj Ntaub “Flower Cloth” of the HMong
(Counties: Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Ventura)
Goleta
Indigenous Community Initiatives and Tribal Youth Program at Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Acorn Conference and Gathering
Indigenous Californian Acorn Baskets, Gathering, and Cooking
Moorpark
Benita Martínez Sosa, Creating a Web Page to Promote Zapotec Textile Art and Demonstration
Zapotec Textile Arts/Weaving
Seaside
Linda Yamane (Rumsen Ohlone), Rumsen Ohlone Dance & Regalia
Ohlone Dance Regalia & Basketry
Somis
Fund for Resource Conservation, Sparking the Flint and Weaving With the Land: Chumash Material Arts
Chumash Weaving and Flintwork
(Counties: Amador, Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne)
Fresno
Choummaly Keodara, Lao Culture Dance
Traditional Lao Dance and Folk Songs
Another Level Training Academy, Braiders Academy
African American Hair Braiding
Lao Community Cultural Center of Fresno, Lao Cultural Classes
Lao Language, Dance, and Music
Teatro de la Tierra, Cancionero del Pueblo / People’s Songbook
Latin American Nueva Canción / Nuevo Canto
Hanford
Hilario Lugo, Engraving Focused on Day of the Dead, Mexica Imagery, and Lowrider Culture
Automotive and Motorcycle Hand Engraving
Madera
Comité Guelaguetza Madera, Guelaguetza Madera 2023
Guelaguetza (Oaxacan Dance, Traditions, Music and Cuisine)
Merced
Hmong Cultural Preservation, The Hmong Culture Education and Practice Project
Hmong Clothing, Songs, Dance, Wedding and Funeral Process
Stockton
Janeen Johnson, “From Whence I Came: Expressions of Congo”
Congolese Dance and Culture Oral History Project
Taft
Border Patrol Curatorial Collective (Elizabeth Spavento), R.I.P. Residency Featuring Indigenous Artists from el Pueblo San Pablo Tijaltepec
Traditional Music and Embroidery of el Pueblo San Pablo Tijaltepec
Tuolumne
Jennifer D. Bates (Northern Sierra Mewuk), Traditional Acorn Cooking Tools
Cooking Mewuk Nupa (Acorn Soup)
(Counties: Imperial, San Diego)
El Cajon
Kumeyaay Community College, Kumeyaay Community College Summer Solstice Week
Kumeyaay Foods, Plant Knowledge, Storytelling, Cosmology
San Diego
Alyce Smith Cooper, Equity Through Generational Storytelling
African-American Storytelling and Poetry
Berenice Badillo, Mural in Chican@ Park 2024
Chican@ Muralism
Bernard Barros Ellorin, Teaching Kulintang Music for Dances of the Southern Philippines
Kulintang Music of the Southern Philippines (Mindanao and Sulu)
(Counties: Riverside, San Bernardino)
Coachella
Ruben Gonzalez, Training Youth to Create 3D Sculptures at Ruben’s Ranch
Foam and Cement Sculptures Replicating Aztec and Maya Civilizations
CULTURAS MUSIC & ARTS, Festival del Rebozo
Purépecha Rebozos; Paper Flowers; Ojos de Dios; Traditional Mexican Foods
Riverside
Claudia Pacheco, Azteka Cultural Camps
Danza Azteca/Mexica
San Bernardino
Makeda Kumasi, Pan-African Performance Art
West African Malinke Music, Movement, and Oral Arts
The Garcia Center for the Arts/San Bernardino Valley Concert Association, Afro-Latino Celebration
Afro-Oaxacan Dance, Music, Food, Woodcarving, Printmaking, and Muxe Art
Upland
Terry Nguyen, Preservation and Transmission of Tsugaru Shamisen Traditions
Japanese Tsugaru Shamisen
(County: San Francisco)
Eddy Navia, “Bridging Traditions: Uniting Indigenous Instruments, Music, and Dances from the Carnivals of Bolivia and the Andes with a Contemporary Orchestra”
Sikus and Charango (Andean Musical Instruments)
Kim Acebo Arteche, Subli
Subli (Religious Folk Dance of the Tagalog Peoples from Batangas, Philippines)
Kim Requesto, Pangalay Circle
Workshop Series on Dances of the Southern Philippines: Igal of the Sama, Pamansak of the Yakan, and Pangalay of the Ta’u Sug
Winnie Wong, “General’s Aria | Emotion’s Passage in War”
Chinese Guzheng
Afro Urban Society, Afro Urban Society Website Project
Multidisciplinary Black Creative Practices / Arts
Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center, Workshop Series: Vietnamese Opera and Southern Vietnamese Folk Music
Vietnamese Opera and Folk Music
Chavalos de Aqui y Alla, “Paseo Masaya” and “El Güegüense”
Marimba; Folklore Dancing from Masaya, Nicaragua; and El Güegüense (Traditional Nicaraguan Satirical Play)
Fogo Na Roupa, Sparks of Fogo Kids and Youth Program
Afro-Brazilian Music and Dance; Bay Area Street Dance and Music
Kalingafornia Laga, Culture Keeping from Mabilong to the Bay
Laga (Indigenous Backstrap Weaving from the Kalinga Province in the Northern Philippines)
KOHO Japantown SF, BonPOP: Japantown’s Community Obon Festival
Japanese Obon Odori and Minyo (traditional dance and folk songs)
Marigold Project, Inc, Day of the Dead Festival of Altars
Indigenous Latinx Day of the Dead Traditions
Nā Lei Hulu i ka Wēkiu, ‘Ūniki Program
Hula and Traditional Hawaiian Culture
Puri Arts, Pungmul Gut on Land: Farming Ritual on Land
Korean Pungmul (folk music); Chuseok and Dano Celebrations / Workshops
(Counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma)
Berkeley
Faye Carol, “Blues, Baroque, and Bars”
Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Funk, Classical, Chamber Music, Spoken Word, Hip-Hop
Bay Area Bomba y Plena Workshop, Bay Area Children and Youth Bomba y Plena Workshop
Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena (traditional music and dance)
Cunamacué, “Huellas”
Afro-Peruvian Dance Theater; Son de los Diablos Dance and Percussion
Krudas Cubensi y DJ Leydis, “Festival Cubahia. Feminismo y afrocubania. ¡Desde Cuba hasta la Bahía!” [“Cubahia Festival. Feminism and Afrocubanism. ¡From Cuba to the Bay!]
Afro-Cuban Music, Dance, and Orality; Hip Hop
Mahea Uchiyama Center For International Dance, African American Mbira Project
Mbira (Musical Culture Conceptualized by the Shona People of Zimbabwe)
Concord
Patricia A. Montgomery, African-American Historical Swing Coats
African-American Quilting
Emeryville
Ousseynou Kouyaté, West African Folk Traditions
Storytelling, Song, and Specialized Dance of the Senegambia Region
Menlo Park
Eszterlanc Hungarian Folk Ensemble, Hungarian Spring Customs Performance Project
Hungarian Folk Dance and Music
Oakland
Ethnic Ties (Acacia WoodsChan), Intergenerational Testimonies within Cultural Histories
Oral Histories of Black Oakland, Chinatown, Fruitvale, and the East Bay
Einar “Tito” Leliebre Nuñez, “La Rumba Me Llama: Rumba Afro-Cubana”
Afro-Cuban Folkloric Music, including Rumba
Francis Kofi Akotuah, Acquiring Traditional Instruments and Regalia from Ghana
Musical Cultures of Southern Ghana
Kai Delgado Pfeifer, Filipinx Food as Medicine
Filipinx Food Traditions and Rituals
Kiazi Malonga, Free Ngoma and Percussion Series for San Francisco Bay Area Youth
Central African Dance and Drum
Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto, “Desert Wind and Strings: In Honor of Musicians Held in Japanese American Prison Camps Who Performed Traditional Music”
Traditional Japanese Music and Dance
Nimely Pan African Dance Company, Poro Project
West and Central African Dance and Song
Purple Silk Music Education Foundation (PSMEF), “Honor Our Elders: Music for Community Healing and Resilience”
Cantonese Opera
Palo Alto
Sruti Sarathy, “Songs for Many Lives: A Carnatic Diaspora Songbook”
South Indian Carnatic Music
Swara Lahari of Yuva Bharati, Promoting Classical Indian Music in USA—Music in the Park
Classical Indian Music
Redwood City
Virada Chatikul (VC Tang), Martial Blessings
Thai Martial Blessing Dances
San Bruno
Eric Solano, “Adhika”
Documenting Filipino Indigenous Knowledge
San Jose
PJ Hirabayashi,“Ei Ja Nai Ka—Isn’t it Good?”
Archiving Japanese Taiko (traditional percussion)
Calpulli Tonelequeh, 25th Annual Mexica New Year, 19th Annual Día de los Muertos, and 11th Annual Un-Thanksgiving Sunrise Ceremonies
Aztec Dance, Music, and Altars and traditions of California Native Tribes
Cambodian Cultural Dance Troupe of San Jose at Cambodian American Resource Agency, Khmer New Year 2024 Festival
Cambodian Music and Dance
Celebration Nation Inc., Cultura Triqui (Greenfield, Monterey Co.)
Triqui Clothing and Textile Arts
Ho Chan Ensemble, “50 Years of Remembering”
Cambodian Music and Dance
San Pablo
Chaksam-pa, Training and Mentoring Young Artists on Tibetan Opera Skills
Tibetan Opera
San Rafael
Swapan Chaudhuri, North Indian Tabla Master
North Indian Classical Music
Santa Rosa
Latinos Unidos del Condado de Sonoma, Supporting Yolotl Ballet Folklorico Workshops and Performances
Mexican Ballet Folklorico
Sonoma
Jesus Bravo Alva, “Ancestral Sounds of Mesoamerica”
Mexica Cultural and Visual Art and Music Workshops
(Counties: Los Angeles & Orange)
Glendale
Frank Fairfield, Californio String Band Music on Fiddle, Mandolin, Guitar and Bajo-Sexto
Southwestern Californio String Band Music
Long Beach
Hmong Association of Long Beach, Inc., “Qeej Not Gangs” Cultural Arts Program
Hmong Qeej, Embroidery, and Kwv Txhiaj
Los Angeles
Catherine Scott, Abrete kutu güiridinga! “Listen up and hear my words!”
Palo Briyumba Plant / Herbal Practice, Foodways, and Material Culture
Gino Gamboa, Cajones de la Guardia Vieja
Cajon Percussion and Luthiery
Jeniffer Sanchez, Beading and Regalia Making Classes in the Tradition of Danza Azteca
Danza Azteca
Jesus Martinez, “The Breakfast Table Sessions”
Recording Latino Musical Traditions
Melieka Fathi, Highlighting the Artistic and Socio-Political Elements of Iranian Dance in the Diaspora
Iranian Dance
Mythili Prakash, “She’s Auspicious”
Documentation of South Indian Bharatanatyam
FilAm Arts, Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture (FPAC)
Indigenous Filipino Music and Dance
Centro Cultural Techantit, La Conmemoracion del Genocidio de 1932, La Feria de Recursos Para Familias Indígenas / Earth Day 2024, and Festival de Musica Ancestral 2024 [The Commeration of the 1932 Genocide, Resource Fair for Indigenous Families/ Earth Day 2024, Ancestral Music Festival 2024]
Central American Indigenous Song, Music, Dance, Visual / Mural Design, and Poetry
Del Harrison, “Del’s Juke Joint”
The Juke Joint (African-American variety show featuring comedy, live music, poetry, and storytelling)
Extra Ancestral, Extra Ancestral and the African Diaspora through Music and Dance
Music and Dance from West Africa, Cuba, and Brazil
Generaciones en Acción, “Si te RIES, GOZAS” Gratitud y Risoterapia Theatre Play
Latino Popular Theater
Mariachi Plaza Festival Foundation, 34th Annual Mariachi Festival and Feast of Santa Cecilia
Mexican Mariachi Music
Son Del Sereno, “Sembrando Amapolas: Music, Culture & Community of Son Jarocho in California”
Mexican Son Jarocho
Sonido del Colibrí, Sonido del Colibrí Presents “Martina Camargo: Afro-Colombian Tambora in LA”
Colombian Afro-Indigenous Tambora Music
North Hollywood
Nadia Calmet, Afro Peruvian Culture Day
Afro-Peruvian Art, Music, Dance, History, and Traditions
San Fernando
Mary Alfaro Velasco, Bolero Album
Latinx Bolero Music and the Trío Romántico Tradition
Tataviam Land Conservancy, Revitalizing the Art of Tomol Building
Chumash and Tataviam Canoe-Building
Santa Ana
Reaksmey “Mea” Lath, Preserving Cambodian Classical Dance in SoCal
Cambodian Classical Dance
Santa Monica
Ronaldo Lage Ignacio, Capoeira Classes for Low-income Children and Families
Afro-Brazilian Capoeira
Thousand Oaks
Chumash Indian Museum, ʼałʼaleqweł Workshop Series: Chumash Traditional Arts and Crafts
Chumash Flintknapping, Shell Arts, Basket Weaving, Tule Construction, Art with Natural Pigments, and Stone Carving
(Counties: Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yuba)
Carlotta
Rabbi Naomi Steinberg, Documentation of Six Original Tales in the Jewish Mystical Tradition
Storytelling in the Jewish Mystical Tradition
Dunsmuir
Brenda Montaño, La Cerrada: Sustaining Traditional Postpartum Care for Indigenous and Mexican Communities
Traditional Mexican Medicine and Birth Work
Hayfork
Trinity Patton (Hayfork Wintu), Traditional Gathering
Hayfork Wintu Basketry / Materials Preparation
Lakeport
Big Valley Rancheria, Big Valley, BA- GO- GA Elders Vegetable and Medicine Garden
Big Valley Rancheria Tribal Foodways, Ecological Knowledge and Cultural Landscapes; Bahtssal (Eastern Pomo Language)
Loleta
Katie Bowie (Citizen Potawatomi Nation), Katie’s Wzhetonen (Creations) & Cultural Revitalization Workshops
Hupa, Yurok, Wiyot & Bear River Regalia
Rocklin
Marjan Vahdat, “Home is Where My Voice Is”
Persian Traditional Singing
Weaverville
Hmong Hayfork New Year, Hmong Hayfork New Year Celebration
Hmong Dance, Song, Language, Ceremony, and Cuisine
Wintu Educational & Cultural Council of Northern California, Inc., Native American Traditional Arts
Wintu Traditional Knowledge, Crafts, Language and Life Ways