UPBEAT TIMES, INC. • October 2016 • 29 Artstart Receives California Arts Council “Creative California Communities” Grant The Punitentiary #2


Santa Rosa, CA. ~ The California Arts Council announced that Art- start has been awarded $46,400 as part of its Creative California Com- munities program. Artstart


is


one of only forty-one grantees statewide.


The


Creative California Communi- ties program supports collabora- tive proj- ects that harness arts and culture as vehicles


for creative placemaking projects. Placemaking projects are designed to create public spaces which draw all walks of life together to enjoy a shared experience.


Supported


projects represent the distinct char- acter and quality of a community and present a vision for enhanc- ing the social or economic liv- ability of that community through the arts. Projects benefi t residents and visitors to California’s com- munities by leveraging the assets of the creative sector (artists, cul- tural organizations and arts-related businesses) to address community needs or priorities.


All projects


are designed and developed by a nonprofi t arts organization in col- laboration with at least one part- nering organization, and centralize California artists and their work in the project design and implemen-


tation. Artstart is partnering with the Sonoma County Community Development Commission to es- tablish arts-infused outdoor com- munity spaces in Roseland Village Neigh- borhood Center (RVNC), the former shop- ping center on Sebastopol Road. In the next fi ve years, RVC will be re- developed into a mixed-use development. Currently va- cant portions of the site will be transformed into interactive


areas through creative placemak- ing, which will also inform future cultural and public art planning for RVC.


Chairman of the Sonoma County Community Development Com- mission Efren Carrillo comment- ed, “This award represents an in- credible investment in Roseland that will benefi t both residents and visitors to the area. A new place for showcasing the arts and having fun activities which bring together all of Roseland’s diverse residents is heartwarming to see. I am looking forward to bringing my family to this new place to gather in Rose- land along with the many other families through our community.” The news of Artstart’s grant was featured as part of a larger an- nouncement from the California Arts Council, which can be viewed


online at http://arts.ca.gov/news/ pressreleases.php. “California Arts Council grants provide vital sup- port for projects in diverse commu- nities across our state,” said Craig Watson, Director of the California Arts Council. “This was an historic year of state arts support. We are proud to invest more than $8.5 mil- lion in funding 712 grant projects that will stimulate local growth and prosperity, and meet the needs of our communities through deep en- gagement with culture and creative expression.” The California Arts Council will continue to grow the reach of its programs in the coming year, as the result of a signifi cant one-time state arts funding increase for 2016-17 announced last week. Artstart’s mission is to provide job training, mentoring and foster- ing of life-changing breakthroughs by way of stimulating work experi- ences in the arts for Sonoma Coun- ty youth, while creating public art for our community. Emerging art- ists, ages 14-21, apply for appren- ticeships on projects that involve completing public and private art commissions under the mentor- ship of professional artists. Artstart also initiates projects that engage youth in underserved communi- ties to create public art in their own neighborhoods and towns, with the goal of inspiring the youth and the communities where they live. Learn more at www.artstart.us. Contact: Tina Azaria,


Tina@artstart.us, 707-328-1270


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