Fresno Arts Council Attends CA Arts & Culture

Summit and Advocacy Day in Sacramento in April

Californians for the Arts and Create CA, arts advocacy and education organizations, hosted the inaugural CA Arts & Culture Summit April 17, 2023 in Sacramento during California's 5th annual Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month The summit was the first major in-person event since the beginning of COVID The conference featured several panels, workshops, and a keynote address by Favianna Rodriguez, founder of The Center for Cultural Power California State Superintendent of Instruction, Tony Thurmond, also provided an address

In addition to networking and community-building opportunities, panel discussions and workshops centered on arts education and Proposition 28, equitable grant-making, arts and culture policy and advocacy, community arts organizations and the creative economy, supporting artists and culture bearers, and more The summit was followed by a day of advocacy on the Capitol Tuesday, April 18, with several speakers, including legislators, youth advocates, artists, and Arts administrators Following the rally and press conference in Capitol Park, attendees met with their state representatives and legislators to advocate for sustained or increased funding for the creative economy, arts education, and equitable policies and resources to support artists and community arts organizations The CA Arts & Culture Summit was partially funded by the California Arts Council