Blues Music
Amy Kitchener Co-Founder + Executive Director Amy co-founded the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) in 1997. Understanding California’s unique position as the nation’s epicenter for diverse cultural and multi-national communities, ACTA’s work has focused on social change through grantmaking, capacity and leadership development, technical assistance, and bilingual…
South Indian Classical Music, Carnatic Music
Mexican son jarocho
This month ACTA announces the availability of new guidelines for the Living Cultures Grants and Apprenticeship Programs. Living Cultures Grants ProgramDeadline: August 1, 2014 Apprenticeship ProgramDeadline: August 1, 2014 Want to learn more? Join us for a free webinar to…
ACTA’s ROUNDTABLE SERIES PRESENTS How do we document our experiences?Who is telling our story? Wednesday, December 9, 20156:30-8:30pRed Poppy Art House2698 Folsom StreetSan FranciscoFREE! Join us for this free evening of sharing the work and…
Dear Friends, Master musician Bounxeung Synanonh was only fifteen when he first picked up the kaen, a free-reed mouth organ made from varied lengths of bamboo lined with copper. Despite that he was blind, he learned to play from his uncle and other village elders, relying on his ear…
A core principle guiding ACTA’s work is to provide opportunities for artists, activists, and cultural leaders to share their arts practices, their issues or concerns, and to celebrate their differences. These gatherings occur through our free and open to the public Traditional Arts Roundtable Series throughout the state,…
A festive Armenian recipe for you!
Cambodian classical dance