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Ventura County Arts Council — $5k and $10k grants available for artists – APPLY NOW by June 1st!

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Are you an individual artist who has a unique artistic vision, a sustained commitment to creative practice, and engages to make an impact on the cultural ecosystem in your community? If so, this grant opportunity is for you!

The California Arts Council’s Individual Artists Fellowship program uplifts and celebrates California artists across all disciplines and traditions, highlights their excellence, and acknowledges their leadership in shaping traditional and contemporary cultures.

The online grant application deadline is June 1, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.

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Ventura County Arts Council announces new Atrium Gallery Exhibition: ‘The Sound of Silence’ opening on Dec. 18

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“The Sound of Silence” opens to the public at the Atrium Gallery TOMORROW, Dec. 18, with a free opening reception from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. The exhibition, featuring work by artist Cheyenne Proctor and other local artists, runs through January 23, 2026.

This show is part of a series of exhibitions addressing mental health as part of VibeWell Ventura County, a county-wide initiative that uses art and culture to raise awareness of mental health conditions.

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Ventura County Arts Council announces grant opportunity for Arts Orgs: VibeWell Ventura County Arts & Mental Health

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The VibeWell VC grant program supports Ventura County-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and cultural organizations in delivering programs that increase mental health awareness through creative experiences. Priority funding goes to arts organizations with explicit arts missions, though other nonprofits may apply if partnering with local arts organizations or artists.

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Ventura County Arts Council — NEW GRANT Opportunity for Arts Nonprofits!

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With a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and a match from the County of Ventura, the Ventura County Arts Council’s Supporting & Sustaining Arts and Culture (SSAC) program will offer eight grants of up to $10,000 to small, 501(c)(3) arts organizations in Ventura County that demonstrate a commitment to working in underserved and under-resourced communities and neighborhoods

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Ventura County Arts Council — 4 more days to apply for a $1k-$5k artist grant! VC Arts and Culture Investment Fund

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The grants available are designed to revitalize and encourage the arts community in Ventura County. They aim to foster creativity, cooperation, and a greater involvement in the arts throughout the county. Whether you are an independent artist or part of an organization, you may be eligible to apply for these grants. The grants can be used to cover general expenses and to support new or existing projects.

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Ventura County Arts Council — Artist Grants – $1k-$5k! VC Arts and Culture Investment Fund

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The grants available are designed to revitalize and encourage the arts community in Ventura County. They aim to foster creativity, cooperation, and a greater involvement in the arts throughout the county. Whether you are an independent artist or part of an organization, you may be eligible to apply for these grants. The grants can be used to cover general expenses and to support new or existing projects.

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Bilingual report — County of Ventura, Ventura County Community Foundation, and Ventura Arts Council announce the Arts and Culture Investment Fund grant opportunity

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VENTURA —The County of Ventura, in partnership with the Ventura County Community Foundation and the Ventura County Arts Council, has announced the Arts and Culture Investment Fund grant opportunity to support Ventura County-based arts and culture organizations and independent artists.

A total of $800,000 in funding will be available through this program, making it one of the largest arts and culture specific grant programs offered by local government in Ventura County. Of this funding, a total of $700,000 is available to nonprofit art organizations, independent artists, and arts projects.  The remaining $100,000 will be dedicated to providing matching funds from the County to support arts and culture organizations applying for grant opportunities where a grant match is required.

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Ventura County Arts Council — New! Central Coast Creative Corps Grant; CreArtive Freedom Family Show at the Atrium

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Calling all artists and community-based organizations working on the Central Coast!

We are excited to share that the Central Coast Creative Corps program has launched today. Twenty-three $140,000 grants are available for organizations to hire artists to work on creative solutions addressing public health, climate impact, civic engagement, or social justice. $100,000 goes directly to the participating artist for a year-long engagement.

Organizations: The deadline to apply is May 1, 2023. Download the guidelines. Learn more at centralcoastcreativecorps.org.

Artists: Join the Artist Directory.

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Ventura County Arts Council — See Ventura County Employee, Retiree & Family Art Show Winners

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Congratulations to the winners of our annual, all-ages competitive art show for Ventura County employees, retirees and their family members. The show is hosted in partnership with the County of Ventura and is generously sponsored by the National Arts Program.

You can see the show now through Friday, February 3, 2023during business hours in our Atrium Gallery inside the Ventura County Government Center Hall of Administration located 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93009.

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Ventura County Arts Council — Prop. 28 explained; local support for arts education; art contest for kids!

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Greetings! Fall is in full swing and next month brings Election Day. Have you heard about Proposition 28 and arts education funding in California schools? We’ve provided an overview below if you’d like to learn more about its potential impact.

Speaking of arts education funding, we hope you’ll take a moment to watch the video below about The Children’s Workshop, an Oxnard nonprofit led by Armando Lopez, that has generously provided support to our Artists in the Classroom program. They are an awesome example of how funding for arts education comes not only from state budgets, but also from people in our community who care about local students.

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Ventura County Arts Council — We Need Your Help! Tell the City of Ventura that you support our new arts center!

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We need you, our local arts and culture community, to express your support to the City of Ventura for Haven Ventura to be awarded a Cannabis Business Permit. If awarded the permit, Haven will donate the adjoining suite next door to its proposed retail cannabis establishment in perpetuity, and pay for all renovations to the proposed arts center.

Community support is essential! Tell the City of Ventura how valuable an arts center will be!

This arts center will be administered by Ventura County Arts Council for the benefit of our whole community. It will be a vibrant space for artists, arts organizations and residents to collaborate and enjoy exhibitions, workshops and events!

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Ventura County Arts Council — Microbusiness Relief Grants: APPLY NOW!

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Are you an artist, arts business or arts nonprofit operating in Ventura County who earned $50,000 or less (primary means of income) in 2019 and were significantly impacted by COVID-19? If so, you are encouraged to apply for a $2,500 business assistance grant. Grants will be awarded until the grant funding has been exhausted, so don’t delay!

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Ventura County Arts Council — Employee Art Show Winners, Free Online Trainings, Art in the Community

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Greetings! A new year has begun, and though we collectively find ourselves facing new challenges and closures due to the pandemic, there are still many arts opportunities to enjoy in our community. Below you’ll find various events, news, grants and educational resources for artists, arts organizations and arts supporters. We hope you are continuing to make, enjoy and support art!

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Ventura County Arts Council — Call to Artists! Recharge | Online Entry Deadline Dec. 31

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RECHARGE
Rejuvenate | Renew
Exhibition dates: Friday, January 12th to Tuesday, February 22nd

We are back to in-person art-on-walls exhibitions

Juried Competition, CASH PRIZES

Your opportunity to have your artwork in one of the largest and most visible art venues in Ventura County!

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Ventura County Arts Council — Grants, County Employee Art, COVID Relief Advocacy

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As 2021 winds down, we want to thank you for being part of Ventura County’s arts and culture community. Whether you’re an artist, business, organization or supporter of the arts, you’re an important part of our creative economy, and we encourage you to make your voice heard.

You can do this by writing a letter, sending an email or calling your Ventura County Supervisor to let them know that we need a COVID-19 relief fund for artists and arts organization. They want to hear personal stories and experiences from our community. Visit this page to look up your supervisor and their contact info.

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Ventura County Arts Council — CALLS TO ARTISTS: Don’t Miss these Exhibition Opportunities!

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Ventura County Arts Council invites you to submit proposals for art to be displayed in Ventura storefront windows.

What does a face reveal? What might it hide? How has masking affected our relationships? Portraiture explores identity through the lens of its time. Our long period of masking has unleashed new feelings and habits. Do we see ourselves and each other in new ways? “UNmasking” will take a look at portraiture now and what it can express representationally or abstractly.

Selected artists will conceive of each window as a diorama, a space in which an installation of accumulation, sculptural pieces, work in any medium uses the three-dimensional space dynamically.

Each window will be dedicated to a unified installation created by a single artist, or created as a collaborative project by more than one artist. The location of the exhibition space is on a busy section of Victoria Ave. at Moon Dr. in Ventura.

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Ventura County Arts Council — Getting $$ for VC arts/artists — Immediate Comments Needed!

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As you may know, we have been advocating that the County of Ventura set aside 1% of the American Rescue Plan Fund money they received from the federal government to support the arts.

They are making decisions on how to
spend this money TOMORROW!

Do you have time to submit a well-written comment to the supervisors (EMAIL HERE by 12 noon TODAY!) or provide verbal comment at their meeting on tomorrow (REGISTER HERE)? The meeting is virtual and begins at 8:30 a.m.

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Ventura County Arts Council — Call to Artists — VALUE | Online Entry Deadline September 29, 2021 | Message | Communication prize winners and judge’s comments | LOVE art pick-up Oct. 6

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Ventura County Arts Council invites your submissions for

VALUE
Dark to Light | Principal and Principles
Exhibition dates: Friday, October 8th to Tuesday, November 16th

We are back to in-person art-on-walls exhibitions

Juried Competition, CASH PRIZES

Your opportunity to have your artwork in one of the largest and most visible art venues in Ventura County!

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Ventura County Arts Council — Reminder: Be an advocate for ARP funds for artists & arts orgs!

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View in Browser We Need You! Help Us Advocate for Rescue Funds for Arts & Culture There have been new and exciting developments in our advocacy efforts! Earlier this month, we shared a letter we crafted to the Ventura County…

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Ventura County Arts Council — Help us advocate for ARP funds for artists & arts orgs!

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Will you join us in advocating for county federal American Rescue Plan funds to be allocated for arts and culture?

We have crafted a letter to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors in support of this goal, and we are gathering signatures from individuals and organizations who have been impacted, or who support and stand with us in advocating for these funds. We are also asking for stories of economic loss due to the pandemic, some of which we intend to use in making our case to local officials.

You can help advocate with us by visiting our website to preview the letter and fill out a brief survey to indicate your support. Please forward this message and link to other artists or arts organizations who may be interested. We appreciate your participation!

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Ventura County Arts Council — What’s New in 2021

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Greetings and Happy New Year! We are happy to share that in December 2020, with support from the California Arts Council, we were able to distribute CARES funds to 17 local arts and culture organizations who represent and serve communities of color disproportionately affected by COVID-19.

This money was allocated from a portion of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) funds initially given to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) who granted a portion of the dollars to the California Arts Council to be distributed by their State and Local Partners. As CAC’s Ventura County SLP, we were able to help the following groups with support for core operations and special projects:
Ballet Folklorico Bell Arts
Ballet Folklorico Cielito Lindo de Simi Valley
Bell Arts Factory
Club Flor Bonita
The CreArtive Freedom Family
Danza Tonantzin
Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Community Garden
Fork Space
Get Loud Movement
Inlakech Cultural Arts Center
Our Town. Our Children.
Oxnard Performing Arts Center Corporation
Redbird
Spectrum Collaborative
The Showtime Project
Teatro De Las America
Ventura County Chinese American Association

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Ventura County Arts Council — Call to Artists: Ventura County Artist Showcase

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You are invited to submit proposals for our ongoing Artist Showcase in the storefront windows at Victoria Ave. and Moon Dr. in Ventura. Each of four storefront windows will be dedicated to a unified installation created by a single artist or created as a collaborative project by more than one artist.

2020 was a year of challenge, grief, longing, questioning, reflection and, hopefully, insight. To kick off the new year, we are looking for artwork that represents your experience of this time. Selected artists will conceive of each window as a diorama, a space in which an installation of accumulation, sculptural pieces, work in any medium uses the three-dimensional space dynamically.

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Ventura County Arts Council — The latest art shows and opportunities from VCAC

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As our world remains turned upside down by a global pandemic, so too do we remain unable to gather to experience art together in the usual ways. But of course, artists are a creative bunch, and many in our community are finding new ways to provide and enjoy inspiration through art.

In this edition of our newsletter, we have a few new things to inspire you, including a new show in our online gallery, a public art exibitionthat you can enjoy while observing social distancing, a new episode of our radio show, TEEN CENTRIC, and video poetry from Ventura County Poet Laureate Luzmaria Espinosa. We also have an important COVID-19 impact survey that we hope you will take a few minutes to fill out.

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Ventura County Arts Council — Our new newsletter, virtual gallery, website and more!

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Greetings! Amidst the challenges we have all experienced over the past several months, we know this: art helps. It’s a source of inspiration and hope, a way to express, a place to take comfort and a pathway to connection and community. How has it helped you? What have you been creating or enjoying during this time? We know that now more than ever, we must champion local artists and arts organizations, and that our community needs fresh opportunities to thrive together through art. So we’ve created a few new ways to connect with all of you.

We’re excited to offer this, our first-ever email newsletter, where we will share local arts news and opportunities. We’ve redesigned our website, which includes a new virtual gallery that features artwork from local artists in our competitive shows and curated exhibits. You can also follow what’s new in the virtual gallery on Instagram. Finally, our radio show, TEEN CENTRIC, is now on YouTube, featuring poetry by local teens. Refer us to a friend! They can sign up to receive this newsletter.

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Ventura County Arts Council — Call to Artists

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Online Entries Are Open CALL TO ARTISTS Ventura County Arts Council Visual Arts Committee  invites your submissions for   LOVE Atrium Gallery, Ventura County Government Center  Exhibit dates: Friday, February 28th to Tuesday, April 7th 2020    About this Exhibition…

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For the second consecutive year, a student from the Oxnard Union High School District has been named Ventura County’s youth poet laureate

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VENTURA COUNTY — Genesis Perez, who graduated from Channel Islands High School in June and now attends Cal State Northridge, is the county’s 2019/2020 youth poet laureate as named by the Ventura County Arts Council. Genesis will serve for one…

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Ventura County High School Students Compete for Spot in National Poetry Out Loud Contest

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VENTURA COUNTY — The Ventura County Arts Council, which recently received the highest ranking by the California Arts Council, will host this year’s Poetry Out Loud Contest at the EP Foster Library, Ventura. The community is invited to watch nine…

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