County Arts Relief Funding Update; Newport Beach Sculptures Launch Phase VI

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June 16, 2021

News about and for Orange County's arts community

Sculpture Exhibition in Newport Beach Civic Center Park Phase VI Opens!

The City of Newport Beach has launched the sixth phase exhibition of sculptures in its 14-acre ocean-view Civic Center Park. Ten new works will be exhibited through June 2023, joining the ten Phase V works installed last year (on view through June 2022) and a few other works on permanent display. Details here. The exhibition is a program of the City Arts Commission and Arts Orange County has served as the consultant since its inception.

COUNTY ARTS RELIEF FUNDING UPDATE

Following ArtsOC's successful advocacy with the Orange County Board of Supervisors that resulted in $5 million in arts relief funds being designated from its American Rescue Plan Act allocation, the first two County Districts have announced their funding programs--each of the five districts received $1M and be custom designed by that Supervisor's office.

If your nonprofit arts organization or arts related business is located in District 4, details are here.

If you are in District 5, you will find the information here.

When the other districts announce their programs, we will share that information with you.

THIS SATURDAY!

On Saturday morning June 19, a bilingual (Korean & English) visioning session will be held at the historic Hunt Library in Fullerton to collect community input for future programming. A walk-through begins at 9:30 and the facilitated discussion begins at 10 am. Admission is free. More information and RSVP here.

VAALA WINS FIRST NEA GRANT

Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, its first NEA funding. The grant will support the organization's participation in the NEA's "Big Read" program, and VAALA was the only Orange County organization to be funded in this category. More about VAALA here. More about the NEA's "Big Read" Program here.

NEA GRANT DEADLINES APPROACH

The next round of Grants for Arts Projects, offering grants of $10,000 to $100,000 for project support, have a deadline of July 8.

"Our Town" Grants of $25,000 to $150,000 for creative placemaking have a deadline of August 5.

Important reminder: applicants must have a DUNS number and must be registered with SAM.gov and grants.gov. Those registrations can take 2-3 weeks to process

DEADLINE JUNE 28 FOR "INTENT TO APPLY" SUBMISSION

Western States Arts Federation will award grants of up to $50,000 through funding it has received from the NEA as part of the American Rescue Plan Act. Funds will target organizations that are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color)-serving or -led and organizations that support the independence and lifelong inclusion of people with disabilities Details here.

IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE NAMES ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE

The Irvine Barclay Theatre has announced the formation of Trio Barclay, the first Ensemble-in-Residence in the venue's 30-year history. It is comprised of Dennis Kim, violin; Jonah Kim, cello; and Sean Kennard, piano. The trio's first program will be offered on Sunday, June 27 at 5 pm and will include works by Dvorak, Shostakovich and a world premier by composer Sheridan Seyfried. Details here.

THIS SATURDAY AT 3 PM

In partnership with Institute of Black Intellectual Innovation, Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents its first ever Juneteenth celebration on the Julianne and George Argyros Plaza. An afternoon of interactive activities and artistic performances celebrating Black innovation and resilience in music, poetry, visual art, and gardening. Among those featured is Marcus Omari, ArtsOC's Poetry Out Loud program coach. Details here.

RICARDO RIVERA: SIN/DUDA EXHIBITION ENDS JUNE 27

The third exhibition in the new S/A. Exhibitions Gallery at the Santa Ana Arts Collective (SAAC) will come to an end June 27. Admission is free. SAAC is located at 1666 N. Main St., and is open Thursday through Sunday, 11:30 am to 5 pm. The fourth exhibition, works by Sergio de la Torre, opens July 8. More details here. The gallery operates in partnership with ArtsOC.

DÍA DEL NIÑO FESTIVAL CONTINUES FREE STREAMING THROUGH JULY 31

ArtsOC & Media Arts Santa Ana's 2021 Día del Niño Festival took place virtually in April, but arrangements were made with the participating artists to continue free streaming of the 15 performances and 28 workshops through July 31st. You may access all the videos here.

MUSEUM "IN LIMBO"

"The Fullerton City Council has approved a City budget for 2021-2022 without any funding at all for the Fullerton Museum Center (FMC). The Museum has been closed since March 2020, and defunded since last year, with all staff, who work directly for the City’s Parks & Recreation Dept., either laid off or reassigned. The Museum has not hosted an exhibition since last Fall’s “The FMC and Me,” a two month benefit show of donated work by artists."

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