Dedicated to our mission…

to encourage, support, and promote The Arts in our schools and community.

Amador Arts Council is the designated Local Partner to the California Arts Council, a state agency. Established in 1982, Amador Arts Council is the 501(c)3 Local Arts Agency serving our rural community.

Amador Arts Council is located on traditional lands of Central Sierra Miwok, Plains Miwok, Nisenan, and Washoe in present-day Amador County, Northern California, USA.

Amador Arts Council is an anti-racist organizations with policies and programs to support our ongoing commitment to anti-racism and the principles of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access for all people.

As the Local Arts Agency, we advanced rural freedom of expression by supporting rural arts education, providing free resources, and catalyzing access to arts experiences for all artists, arts students, arts teachers, arts organizations, and arts lovers.

We uplift our mission in the following ways:

Education

• • • Standard-aligned Arts Education for 100% of public elementary kids

    • Poetry Out Loud national high school recitation competition

    • Educational Arts Exhibits

    • Pony Farm non-profit artist residency project—supporting life-long, inter-generational arts education through urban-rural partnerships

Advocacy

• • • Alliance for Arts Education, an “Arts NOW” advocacy coalition established in 2012

    • Suicide Prevention Coalition with Amador County Department of Behavioral Health, since 2019

    • Mental Health Advocacy with #OUT4Mental Health and Amador County Department of Behavioral Health, since 2019

    • Rural Advocates for Racial Equity, established in March 2020

    • Tobacco Reduction Coalition with Amador County Department of Public Health, Equality CA, and We Breathe since 2021

Resources

• • • Directory & Calendar

    • FREE Grant application assistance for any type of arts/cultural grant (individuals & organizations)

    • Publicity and promotion, digital and print

    • Scholarships & Grants

    • Professional Development and career support, including assistance with contracts, insurance, and disaster aid for artists

Fundraisers—these funds directly support arts education in the public schools for rural youth

• • • 24th annual TGIF FREE Summer Concerts in rural parks throughout Amador County

    • 25th annual Wine Fest in historic Sutter Creek

    • 3rd annual Cruisin’ the Lights winter light extravaganza