ArtBeat: Big week for the arts! State and federal grantees announced, new U.S. poet laureate named; plus, arts ed Twitter chats from AFTA

A total of 1,238 state and federal grants were announced this week for wide-ranging arts and culture projects in California. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.

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Tracy K. Smith named new U.S. poet laureate America has a new poet! Tracy K. Smith assumed the role of U.S. poet laureate on Wednesday. Smith was raised in Fairfield, California, and succeeds Juan Felipe Herrera, another poet with ties to our state. Prior to his national residency, Herrera served as California Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2014.  MORE >> Americans for the Arts hosts #ArtsEdChat Twitter series Americans for the Arts rebooted their arts education virtual discussions this month. The first of the newly revived Twitter chats happened Tuesday, covering Museum Education. The series takes place every second Tuesday of the month, using #ArtsEdChat and a hash tag developed for each month's topic to follow the conversation. Attendees may register for each event on ArtsU to learn more about the topic, read about the co-hosts, and receive reminders about upcoming events. Next up is Design Thinking on July 11.  MORE >> This week in arts funding It’s been a busy and exciting week in the world of arts funding! On Tuesday morning, the California Arts Council made what is arguably our biggest announcement of the year ...  >> what's new jobs Record number of California arts groups getting state grants Capital Public Radio Tracy K. Smith named new U.S. poet laureate The Washington Post 'Every brush stroke an opportunity': Arts Council gets grant for homeless project Record Searchlight California Arts Council announces record-breaking grants worth $15 million KQED Huge boost in state arts funding includes support for pre-K programs KPCC Using music and rhythm to help kids with grammar and language NPR more Account Executive / Senior Account Executive Polskin Arts & Communications Conselors Los Angeles, CA Director of Development Opera Parallele San Francisco, CA Archivist California Humanities Oakland, CA Museum Store Sales Associate The Contemporary Jewish Museum San Francisco, CA Associate Experience Developer Oakland Museum of California Oakland, CA more grants artist calls 2017 Individual Photographer's Fellowship Aaron Siskind Foundation Deadline: 2017-07-14 Keeping Space - Oakland Community Arts Stabliization Trust Deadline: 2017-08-03 more Town Center Art Space Exhibit  City of Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, CA Film Challenge: Call for Architecture Film Entries American Institute of Architects, CSpence Group San Francisco, CA L.A. Photo Curator 'Nothing Special' with curator Bree Lamb L.A. Photo Curator Los Angeles, CA Call for entries for exhibition Berkeley Art Center Berkeley, CA Panel Painting Marathon Plumas Sierra County Fair and Feather River College Quincy, CA more conferences/workshops research Arts in Corrections: Building Bridges to the Future California Lawyers for the Arts Los Angeles, CA Date: 2017-06-26 more The CAP Report: 30 Ideas for the Creation, Activation & Preservation of Cultural Space City of Seattle more