Newly Renovated and Expanded Hilbert Museum Opens to the Public | Orange Mayor Dan Slater, left, U.S. Representative Young Kim and Museum Director Mary Platt, right, look on as art collector and philanthropist Mark Hilbert cuts the ribbon to open the Hilbert Museum of California Art in Orange on Friday morning, Feb. 23, 2024. | |
A newly expanded Hilbert Museum of California Art is now open to the public. Housing 26 galleries and more than 5,000 art pieces, the museum is located in Orange’s Old Towne, just a few steps away from the train station,
The museum has taken over the building next door on North Atchison Street, allowing it to triple in size from its original 7,500 square feet. The new venue now offers a café, research library, community room for classes and events, as well as an outdoor courtyard.
Read more here.
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Irvine Valley College marks a significant milestone with the official dedication of the new Arts Village. A ribbon cutting ceremony followed by an open house, guided tours and a showcase of student and faculty art will be held on Wednesday, April 3 at 4:00 p.m.
Register for the ceremony here.
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Seal Media Offering Discounted
Services to ArtsOC Members
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Established in 2007 by award-winning filmmaker Anderson Seal, Seal Media has been helping people to connect with their audiences by shaping and sharing their stories. Seal Media’s Founder's Story packages offer live audio interviews to mini documentary productions, produced at the UCI Beall Applied Innovation Center. Because Seal believes that nonprofit work is doing something larger than one’s self, he would like to offer his storytelling experience and resources to further the causes of Arts Orange County members through this discount.
For more information, visit https://sealmedia.us/interview-packages/
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Race Forward and Americans for the Arts are seeking proposals from government institutions, local arts agencies, community-based arts organizations, and/or racial justice organizations that want to participate in the Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy. Through a competitive process, 12 to 15 local communities that represent the diversity of our country will receive $25,000 to $40,000 for cultural organizers and community partners to design and implement projects.
Read more here.
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The Music Man Foundation is currently accepting Leadership Letters for the Southern California Meredith Willson Awards. These awards will provide significant, multi-year, general operating support to vibrant organizations using music to achieve systemic change. Eligible nonprofits will primarily serve one or more of six Southern California counties (Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura) and will have had at least one paid employee for the last year. The Foundation anticipates awarding grants to five to ten organizations in 2024.
Read more here.
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CERF+ is offering grants and resources to artists whose studios were damaged by flooding in California’s recent storms. If you are an artist working in craft or materials-based folk/traditional disciplines affected by the storms, please visit the recovery resources page on the CERF+ website and submit an Emergency Relief program inquiry. In addition to their Emergency Relief grant, CERF+'s Studio Protector also has resources to support artists as they begin to assess and re-enter their damaged studios.
Read more here.
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Joy Harjo Honored by the
Poetry Society of America
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Former United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo has received the 2024 Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in Poetry from the Poetry Society of America. An internationally renowned performer and writer, Harjo is the author of ten books of poetry, several plays and children’s books, and two memoirs.
In 2020, Arts Orange County hosted Harjo as its speaker for the Creative Edge Lecture at the Irvine Barclay Theatre.
Read more here.
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Applications Open for California Arts Council Grant Review Panelists | |
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The California Arts Council has opened its call for applicants to serve on peer-review panels for the 2024 grant season. The state art agency is seeking arts and cultural practitioners from disparate communities statewide to participate in this critical role in the grant application process as grant review panelists.
Read more here.
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Nominations for 2024 OC Arts
Awards Being Accepted
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Arts Orange County is now accepting nominations for the 24th OC Arts Awards. The benefit evening that recognizes and celebrates Orange County arts organizations, artists, and arts patrons will be held on October 21 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts' Samueli Theater.
For nomination guidelines and to submit a nominee, click here.
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We acknowledge with respect our presence on the ancestral lands of the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians - Acjachemen Nation and the Tongva People. | | | | |
