Make a gift today to support California’s thriving cultural communities.

When you give to the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, you support work that tells us what it means to be human. Any amount, whether it be a one-time gift or a monthly donation, will help us meet our goal this giving season.

It’s fast and easy to donate online.

 

Or, you can mail paper checks to:

744 P Street, Suite 307
Fresno, CA 93721

“A tree without roots will never bear fruit. Supporting ACTA is like supplying water to our roots. It is a little sip of livelihood to those brave traditional artists that will not compromise their culture.”

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We come together every day to create culture. In neighborhoods, parks, and places of worship, Californians are playing taiko drums, dancing son jarocho on the tarima, singing a gospel hymn, sharing a family recipe, or telling rich stories about their own cultural heritage.

Through shared practice and experience, we know our humanity. We learn from what has come before to understand today and envision tomorrow. 

ACTA supports the work of California traditional artists and cultural communities representing hundreds of expressive forms. From Ohlone basketry and Japanese koto music to Oaxacan mask-making and queer voguing competitions, we recognize California’s breadth of cultural practice as sources of social belonging, power, and justice.

Here’s what your donations to ACTA could help support:

• A grant to support projects sustaining traditional cultural practice
• Cultural transmission between a master and apprentice
• Archival digitization, and access to, a fieldwork-based multimedia collection 
• Restorative justice through arts in corrections programming
• Artist roundtables that promote California’s cultural riches
• Community recordings chronicling the immigrant experience
• Increasing ACTA’s capacity to offer new programs and services throughout California

Every gift is a commitment to a culture bearer — and the people of California. Thank you for your generosity.

Contact: Amy Kitchener, Executive Director
Fresno Central Office | akitch@actaonline.org | (559) 237-9813 and (559) 696-2815

Thank you to our individual donors!