Hannah Mayree, Founder and Executive Director of The Black Banjo Reclamation Project (a Living Cultures 2024 Grantee), shares a reflection on an intergenerational learning experience that advanced cultural ties to Black music,…
Bernadette Quiroz (Muwekma Ohlone), Language Revitalization Chair, and Jill Amanno, Outreach and Administrative Assistant, share a reflection on the impact of their 2024 Living Cultures Grant. The grant supported their efforts to pass on Chochenyo language skills, traditional dances, regalia-making, and songs to tribal…
Reflections from an Artist Gathering in Berkeley: Listening, Sharing, and Building Collective Agency
For nearly three decades, the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) has led the field in lifting up the artists, cultural practitioners, and communities that sustain California’s living traditions. Through its statewide network and programs, ACTA creates spaces where artists can exchange knowledge, build solidarity, and shape the…
A portrait of Malcolm Margolin in Eureka, CA, 2018. Photo: S. Saraswat-Sullivan/ACTA. Our dear friend and ACTA co-founder, Malcolm Margolin, has passed. Malcolm, a tireless advocate for Native California culture and history, founded the celebrated Berkeley-based Heyday books in 1974, where he authored The Ohlone…
California Traditional Artist Plaza
Suhaila Salimpour
Dances from the SWANA regions (Middle East and North Africa)
California Traditional Artist Plaza
Vairea T Samn
Rima'i Ma'ohi (Traditional Handcrafts indigenous to French Polynesia), Rara'a (Traditional Weaving Techniques), 'Orero (Traditional Oratory Arts) & 'Ori Tahiti (Traditional Tahitian Dance)
