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The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission is often notified of other financial opportunities like grants and initiatives, as well as arts job opportunities in Sacramento, and we pass the information along to you.

Job Opportunities in the Arts:
There are no job opportunities listed at this time.
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To find other jobs in the arts, go to www.artjob.org

Grants:

Google Grants
The Google Grants program supports organizations sharing the Google philosophy of community service, and with a strong mission to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts.
WHO: Organizations with 501(c)(3) status
DEADLINE: Ongoing.
AWARD: Each organization awarded a Google Grant receives at least three months of in-kind advertising.
Click here for more information.

National Endowment for the Arts
2008 Grants for Arts Projects (GAP)
More information at: www.arts.gov Just click on "Grants". Read more (expand text)

Opportunities:

Downtown Partnership
WHAT: Call for Photographers
Submit photos of your favorite reason to be downtown
DEADLINE: September 8, 2008
TO APPLY: Email with subject "2009 Downtown photo contest" or Click here to download the application
Click here for details.

Kingsley Art Club and Crocker Art Museum
WHAT: Entries for the 75th Crocker-Kingsley juried exhibition
WHO: Painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and craft artists; must be current California residents. WHEN: Entries received by November 15, 2008
HOW: Submit at crockerartmuseum.org/kingsley
QUESTIONS: Libby Figeroid at (916) 961-7997, or
Carolyn Marmaduke at (916) 483-9724 or Allison Henley at (916) 808-8770
Click here for more information.

Arts Resources:

Health Insurance for Artists
Health insurance is an important topic to many artists and others employed in the creative industries. The California Arts Council has an informational web page about the topic with some basic facts and resources.

New Health Care Guides for California Artists
The Actors Fund recently published health care guides for Los Angeles and San Francisco/Oakland with plans to produce similar guides for Orange County, Sacramento, San Jose, and San Diego by the end of 2008.
These guides provide thorough explanations of health care options in each area and answer common questions specifically geared towards artists.
These booklets are especially exciting because they offer a standardized and accessible information source for artists.
The Actors Fund also manages The Health Insurance Resource Center's website (HIRC), which lists additional health care resources available to artists. The aim of HIRC is to reduce the number of uninsured artists and expand access to quality, affordable health care.
Click here to read more.

Gifts of the Muse, a Rand study on the benefit of the arts, is available at www.wallacefoundation.org.

A study on State arts funding can be downloaded at www.nasaa_arts.org/publications/legapp.html

Announcements:

Congratulations James Wheatley
2008 Recipient of the Make It Happen! Award presented by the Sacramento Region Community Foundation.
Click here for more about Mr. Wheatley and the award.

James Wheatley (L) accepts the Make It Happen! Award from Melena A. Ose (R)

Center For Contemporary Art, Sacramento
2008 Capitol Artists’ Studio Tour (CAST)
September 27 & 28
QUESTIONS: (916) 498-9811, or Email
Click here on how to become a CCAS member.

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