NEA National Heritage Fellow and California Master Artist
Through ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program, master artist Bernard Barros Ellorin has been working all year with his 2019 apprentice Kimberly (Kim) Kalanduyan in kulintang music from the Southern Philippines, which is played on a set of gongs that have different melodic…
Building Health Equity on the Bedrock of Traditional Arts and Culture
Construyendo la equidad de salud con base en la cultura y las artes tradicionales
Appreciating Dr. “Papa” Zakarya Diouf
Our Mission The Alliance for California Traditional Arts promotes and supports ways for cultural traditions to thrive now and into the future.   Our vision is for a culturally and racially equitable California. In our increasingly fractured society,…
Afrocuban batá drumming
Northern Lao weaving and foodways
Garifuna Wanaragua traditions
Old time fiddling and music