Tis the season for shows!

DECEMBER PERFORMANCES

Annual Variety Show

Placer Repertory Theater’s

DEC 3

PlacerRepEventbrite

Messiah Sing-along

Auburn Symphony

DEC 6

auburnsymphony.com

Nutcracker

Placer Ballet

DEC 3-12

placertheatreballet.org

Lake Tahoe Dance

DEC 16

laketahoedancecollective.org

Holiday Pops

Pops Chorale and Orchestra

DEC 8

thepopschorale.com

Plum Pudding

NCDC

DEC 10 & 17

ncdc.com

Suessical the Musical

Take Note Troupe

DEC 2-10

takenotetroupe.org

Tilly the Trickster

Roseville Theatre Arts

DEC 3-11

rosevilletheatreartsacademy.com

Hometown Christmas

Auburn State Theatre Pops Orchestra

DEC 16-17

auburnstatetheatre.org

Holiday Cabaret

McLaughlin Theatre

DEC 16-18

theatre.mclaughlinstudios.com

Winter Wonderland

Rockstar Music Academy

DEC 18

therockstarmusicacademy.com

WINTER ARTISAN FAIRE

DEC 3 & 10

North Tahoe extends an invite to their holiday gatherings to you. "Artsy Holidays" is on two consecutive Saturdays: 12/3 in Tahoe City and 12/10 in Kings Beach. Casual gatherings with warm cider, cookie decorating, and artist meet-and-greet.

NORTH TAHOE ARTS

Blue Line Arts

First Saturday Drop In

ACTIVITY DAY FOR FAMILIES

DEC 3

Blue Line Arts in Roseville hosts drop-in arts and crafts activities Saturday, Dec. 3. The event is a great way for children to explore their creativity and dabble in a variety of different art mediums! More:

BlueLineArts

Blue Line Arts

CALL TO ARTISTS

DEC 6 Deadline

Lottery For the Arts

Donate artwork to

Blue Line Arts! Have your piece exhibited, and included in the auction and lottery!

Lottery for the Arts is our Blue Line Arts biggest annual fundraiser. Proceeds fund the year-round art education programs. Artwork donations help provide the gift of creative learning to the next generation at our non-profit arts center.

Learn More...

WINTER ARTISAN FAIRE

DEC 9-11

Artists sell their fine art and quality crafts inside the General Gomez Arts Gallery. Enjoy the holiday artisan faire spirit in Downtown Auburn.

GENERAL GOMEZ

Blue Line Arts

3rd Saturday Reception: Crocker-Kingsley

DEC 17

A special 3rd Saturday Reception for the upcoming exhibition, the Crocker-Kingsley, featuring live music, refreshments, artist lectures, and free art activities for all ages!

Originally starting as a collaboration between the Crocker Art Museum and Kingsley Art Club, the Crocker-Kingsley is a juried national art competition.

Blue Line Arts

COMMUNITY ARTS GRANTS

DEC 31

The second round of the Arts Council of Placer County Community Arts Grants is now open. Teachers, film makers, artists, art studios, arts organization, those creating public art and more are invited to apply! Get all the details and complete the short application online before Dec 31:

Grants

Americans for the Arts

ECONOMICS & PROSPERITY STUDY (AEP6)

Be included in this important study!

Are you a Placer County non-profit organization providing arts and cultural programs? If so, please ensure we include you in our database for this AEP6 study. The Arts Council of Placer County is proud to be one of 250 partners in this national study conducted in partnership with Americans for the Arts. The outcomes will change the conversation about arts and culture. The research will paint our cultural story in Placer County, and demonstrate the beneficial economic impact of the arts. This will also aid in the distribution of grant funding in the future.

Please click the link below to email us if you are a non-profit, and confirm you are included in our database:

ACPCSurvey@gmail.com

If you're at an event in the next few months and see the opportunity to take the survey, please do! It's 13 questions, take 3 minutes to complete, and will make a big difference. Let's show the Arts mean business in Placer County!

Have an event coming up? Can you help distribute surveys?! We'd love to hear from you:

designbydarci@gmail.com

Welcome New ACPC

BOARD MEMBER

The Arts Council of Placer County is delighted to welcome Gloria Beverage as a new ACPC Board member.

Gloria Beverage

As a reporter and editor for Gold Country Media, Gloria had the opportunity to write about the county's growing art community. She enjoyed seeing artists creative processes, and sharing their successes with the community. Art is a passion for Gloria and we are pleased to have her experience, and love of art on the ACPC Board!

ACPC BOARD

Donations for Community Arts Grants are welcome anytime to support arts in Placer County: placerarts.org/contribute

Grants Recipients

Congratulations

The Arts Council of Placer County is proud to award grants to 13 recipients, totaling more than $28,000 this first period!

Access Dance Program

Auburn Union School District

Lake Tahoe Dance Collective

Leadership Auburn Class of 2022

Lincoln Theater

Northern California Dance Conservatory

Oakmont Parents Club

Teacher Patricia Caspers

Placer Artists Tour

Placer Pops Chorale

Rockstar Music Academy

Stay Creative Studios

Twelve Bridges High School

Grant applications are open now for Period 2 until Dec 31:

Community Arts Grants

Featured Photo

Lake Tahoe Dance Collective

Lake Tahoe is rich with rich recreation opportunities, but that corner of Placer County is not as rich with cultural and performing arts. Lake Tahoe Dance Collective Artistic Director Christin Hanna, works tirelessly to change that. With the year round operation of the dance school and the annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival, Tahoe City hosts beautiful dance experiences for local students and visitors. Get tickets to the upcoming Nutcracker and learn more:

Lake Tahoe Dance Collective

ARTS & CULTURE GUIDE

ONLINE

The Fall '22 issue of the Arts & Culture Guide! Thanks to our artists and advertisers who make this colorful publication possible! View, and connect with the live links:

GUIDE

OUTREACH COORDINATOR

Enjoy connecting with people? Love the arts? Interested in a little extra income occasionally? If so, joining the ACPC team as an Outreach Coordinator may be for you! Learn more about this position today. it's fun, and a great way to support the arts in Placer County. Learn more:

Coordinator

VOLUNTEER

We're gathering a list of events, activities, and performances where the AEP6 surveys can be distributed over the next four months. We need volunteers at some of these art events to collect surveys. Can you help? If so please email:

Darci

SAVE THE DATES!

January 2-6

Watercolor & Ink, and more with

Michelle Cordova

Five Day Camp Ages 12-18

bluelinearts.org

January 2-5

School of Rock | Drum | Guitar

therockstarmusicacademy.com

January 21-22

Auburn Symphony

auburnsymphony.co

January 13

The Cripple Creek Band

auburnstatetheatre.org

We believe that art should be a part of everyday living and when it is, everyone in the community benefits.

The Arts Council of Placer County promotes and advocates for all arts across Placer County to enrich and help develop the artistic culture of this region of Northern California.

The Arts Council of Placer County is the state and local partner of:

Placer County

California Arts Council