Grant Opportunity

The Music Man Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2022 Advocacy and Research Grants: Strengthening the Sector program. The Foundation aims to support systemic change via empowering organizations working at the intersection of music, learning and well-being. 

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Calling All Artists!

October is National Arts & Humanities Month, and we are excited to partner with Americans for the Arts for the #NAHM 2022 Poster Competition. The top three posters will receive cash prizes, and the winner will have their art featured as part of National Arts & Humanities content all October long. The theme is “Championing the Creative Spirit” and the entry deadline is Tuesday, Sept. 6. Read the guidelines and enter at www.AmericansForTheArts.org/NAHMposter.

Free Safety Webinars 

The Performing Arts Readiness (PAR) project is offering free emergency preparedness webinars that are tailored to the needs of performing arts organizations. The better prepared an organization is, the more quickly and effectively it can respond to emergencies and crises, re-open for performances and programs, and return to normal operations.

Webinars include such topics as fire safety, active shooters/hostile activity and disaster response.

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“Hope is a Masterpiece,” a unique collaboration between City of Hope Orange County and South Coast Plaza is currently on display in South Coast Plaza’s Jewel Court through August 28. It depicts the cancer journey of four local City of Hope Orange County survivors – each paired with a local artist who translated their stories of courage into beautiful art on 7-foot letters spelling the word HOPE.

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This benefit evening recognizes and celebrates the arts organizations, artists, and arts patrons in the OC community whose significant contributions during the past year, or over the course of a lifetime, have notably impacted the arts in Orange County. For tickets and more information, visit https://artsoc.org/events-and-programs/orange-county-arts-awards/

Requesting Submissions for “In Memoriam” at Arts Awards

ArtsOC customarily devotes a portion of its annual Arts Awards event to remembering those who passed during the prior year. This year's event is on October 18, and we invite you to submit for our consideration individuals who contributed to our OC arts community as artists, arts leaders, arts educators, and arts patrons. Please share with us a sentence or two about them and their affiliations and, if possible, an image. Send to rstein@artsoc.org.

Representative Lou Correa of the 46th Congressional District presents Arts Orange County President and CEO Richard Stein with a certificate recognizing Arts OC’s stewardship of federal funds during the COVID-19 crisis. The presentation took place on August 10.

We acknowledge with respect our presence on the ancestral lands of the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians - Acjachemen Nation and the Tongva People.