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Central Coast

California Traditional Artist Plaza

Ziying Zhao

Chinese Guqin Music
Region: Bay Area, Central Coast, Central Sierra, Greater Los Angeles, Inland Empire, National, Northern California, Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, Shasta Cascade, Statewide
Offerings: Artistic consulting Classes Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services
California Traditional Artist Plaza

Benita Martinez Sosa

Traditional Zapotec weaving
Region: Central Coast
Offerings: Handmade crafts and visual arts for sale Workshops
Service Location: In-person services
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Chumash Indian Museum

April 29, 2024
Organization
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Central Coast, Greater Los Angeles
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Celebration Nation Inc

A nonprofit supporting the Indigenous/Latino community
March 13, 2024
Organization
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Central Coast
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Fund for Resource Conservation

The Fund for Resource Conservation, under the umbrella of the Ventura County Resource Conservation District, serves as an administrator for traditional Chumash art forms in Ventura County. Their focus is on land conservation and resource preservation, recognizing art as a tool for cultural preservation and connection to the land. Through…
March 13, 2024
Organization
Folklife/Other, Oral Traditions/Language, Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Central Coast
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Indigenous Community Initiatives and Tribal Youth Program at Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians

Traditional Indigenous foods, with a focus on acorns
January 5, 2024
Organization
Foodways, Oral Traditions/Language, Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Central Coast
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Alisal Center for the Fine Arts

Mexican Son Jarocho and Fandango Music and Dance
April 6, 2021
Organization
Dance, Music
Central Coast
Profile

Watsonville Taiko Group

The mission of the Watsonville Taiko Group, founded in 1991, is to foster the evolving cultural expression and traditions of taiko drumming through performances and public education. Artistic director since 1992, Ikuyo Conant set the group’s goals of exploring taiko to develop an art that combines…
June 19, 2019
Ensemble
Music
Central Coast
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Salinan Trowtraahl

The Salinans are a Native people that lived in what is now the Central Coast of California, in the Salinas Valley.  The Salinan language is one of the oldest in California.  Said to have gone extinct by the Census of 1930, the Salinan peoples survived and currently exist in several…
June 19, 2019
Organization
Dance, Folklife/Other, Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Central Coast, Sacramento Valley
Profile

Central Coast Japanese American Legacy Organization

The Central Coast Japanese American Legacy Organization’s ambition is to preserve, document, and contribute to the living history of the Central Coast’s Japanese American community, now five generations strong. A grant from ACTA’s Living Cultures Grants Program in 2015 will support the development of a community…
June 19, 2019
Organization
Folklife/Other
Central Coast

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