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Grants and Professional Development is pleased to share the following opportunities and resources: |
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| There are several conference opportunities listed below. If you’re interested in our scholarship program to help offset cost of registration, please scroll to the end of this section. |
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ARTS DATATHON: KNOWLEDGE
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
9AM - 4PM (PDT)
Inner-City Arts
Arts Datathon returns on April 29 with a day of data exploration, collaboration, and creation. Arts Datathon: Knowledge will feature hands-on workshops designed to help our arts and culture communities understand how to build and maintain knowledge when facts and reality are under attack. You’ll also hear from our very special keynote speaker, Erin Harkey, CEO of Americans for the Arts.
Please Note: This event will sell out! The $20 registration fee includes two hands-on workshops as well as coffee and lunch. |
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*Ticket cost should not prohibit attendance. If you are unable to pay the registration fee, waivers are available upon request. Please contact data@poieto.com. |
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4th Annual CA Arts & Culture Summit
Cover: CA Arts & Culture Summit 2025, photo by Doug Cupid |
Monday, April 20, 2026
8AM - 9PM (PDT)
Sacramento, CA
In 2026 Arts, Culture & Creativity Month (ACCM) will be guided by the theme Boundless Culture & Creativity: The Essence of Freedom, with the sub-theme Building Joy, Action + Power. The Summit will take place at both the Memorial Auditorium and the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center. Registration is now open. |
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Museum Educators of Southern California Conference
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Monday, May 11, 2026 | 9AM - 3PM (PDT)
Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
In a year marked by social, cultural, political, and technological uncertainty, MESC invites museum professionals to pause and consider a simple yet powerful question: What becomes possible when we come together to examine where our work overlaps, where we converge? Through workshops, panels, presentations, and roundtable discussions, participants will share concrete practices, case studies, tools, and resources that support cross-departmental collaboration, community-centered work, accessibility, advocacy, and professional sustainability. |
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Cal State LA Downtown Arts Management Certificate Program
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As arts organizations face rapid change and increasing pressure on traditional operating models, Cal State LA Downtown is launching a new Arts Management Certificate Program designed to prepare arts leaders to innovate, adapt, and lead with purpose.
Drawing from the region’s vibrant cultural landscape, the program is taught by Los Angeles arts leaders from BroadStage, Center Theatre Group, The Ebell of Los Angeles, LA Opera, Create CA, the Entertainment Community Fund, and the Pasadena Symphony and POPS.
The program centers on change management, positioning learners as forward-thinking leaders equipped to build sustainable, ethical careers while strengthening the organizations and communities they serve.
The certificate program consists of six courses, with virtual classes starting in April. |
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Western Arts Alliance Annual Conference
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September 8 - 11, 2026
Oakland, CA
This year in Oakland, we're doing what the performing arts community does best: gather close, share resources, and build collective solutions to individual problems. From cost-sharing models to programming that works, we'll circle up and figure it out together.
Because here's what we know: No presenter succeeds alone. No artist tours solo. No agent builds a sustainable roster by themselves. We need each other to build seasons, partnerships, and networks that make sustainable presenting possible.
Registration opens March 30, 2026. |
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Save the Date
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4th Annual Convening of San Fernando Valley Nonprofits and Foundations
Tuesday, June 11, 2026
Please save the date for the 4th Annual Convening of San Fernando Valley Nonprofits and Foundations on June 11, 2026. This convening is an opportunity to gather across roles and organizations to build relationships, share learning, and strengthen the collective capacity of the nonprofit and philanthropic community in the Valley. |
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National Arts Marketing, Development & Ticketing Conference
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August 11 & 12, 2026
Seattle, WA
The National Arts Marketing, Development & Ticketing Conference is a premier event for arts professionals, offering a platform to learn, connect, and collaborate on strategies to increase attendance and fundraising. The conference focuses on adapting to the evolving landscape of arts marketing and fundraising, providing attendees with the latest strategies and insights. It is a collaborative event where attendees can engage with experts and network with colleagues. The conference also offers opportunities for professional development and funding support for attendees. |
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Arts and Culture grantees receive professional development SCHOLARSHIPS as part of their OGP, CIAG, and AIP awards!
Students attend the 2015 Arts Internship Program Summit. |
The Department of Arts and Culture offers scholarships (up to $750 each) to cover registration costs for professional development opportunities such as conferences or workshops for Organizational Grant Program (OGP), Arts Internship Program (AIP), and Community Impact Arts Grant (CIAG) grantee organizations. Your organization must be a current grantee in good standing in order to participate in the scholarship program.
Visit the Professional Development page for full details on how to apply for a scholarship, as well as eligibility requirements. Benefits include up to 5 classes at The Nonprofit Partnership, up to 5 classes at the Center for Nonprofit Management and up to 5 scholarships (maximum $750 each) to be used for other PD opportunities, per organization every grant year.
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Junior staff and emerging leaders within your organization will especially benefit from these trainings and the opportunity to attend conferences. |
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Grant Writing Certificate Program
Multiple Dates
(Virtual)
Join the six-session Grant Writing Certificate Program to expand your knowledge and develop the skills needed to prepare a successful grant proposal. This program series is filled with "how-to" instruction and exercises that will help you through the process. Whether you are new to grant writing, or want to improve your skills, this program series is for you! Come with a program/proposal idea in mind: Participants of this series will be expected to complete outside coursework each week, as they work on their specific proposals. All six sessions must be completed to earn your certificate.
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Inclusive Decision-Making
Thursday, April 16, 2026
9AM - 12PM (PDT)
(In-Person)
What matters most to the people impacted by your decisions. Leaders are instrumental to the success of any organization. Therefore, how we equip leaders for their role matters. This learning experience is for people who seek to be inclusive in your decision making and effective communicators in sharing your decisions. |
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Maximizing the Value of Your Multi-Generational Workforce
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
9AM - 12PM (PDT)
(In-Person)
Curious about how to bridge the generation gap for better collaboration and innovation in your team?
Today’s workforce includes five different generations of Americans working side by side, with each generation bringing in different workplace motivators, communication preferences and expectations of their leaders. How can you effectively navigate these differences and reap the benefits of their different perspectives and assets?
Walk away equipped with the tools to connect with, inspire, and lead a more age-diverse team, whether you're managing employees, volunteers, or seeking to improve overall workplace inclusivity. |
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Mellon Foundation: Humanities in Place Grant Program
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From Alaska to Guam and the Borderlands to the Midwest, America is a constellation of unique heritages, traditions, and stories. In communities of all sizes, people are striving to expand the ways we can understand and authentically engage with the history that is all around us. The Humanities in Place grants fund place keepers, artists, institutions, and storytellers who shine a spotlight on historically overlooked sites, and the communities and stories that surround them. In doing so, they help broaden our shared understanding and open new paths to discover what unites us, what makes us unique, and what we can learn from one another. Applications accepted on a rolling basis. |
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Alliance for CA Traditional Arts 2026 Living Cultures Grant
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The Living Cultures Grant helps communities in California pass on, strengthen, and share their traditions with $7,500 grants to individual artists/culture bearers and $10,000 grants to nonprofits and Tribal Nations, as well as other organizations and community groups who work with fiscal sponsors. Projects involving any form of traditional art—including but not limited to dance, music, foodways, crafts, and storytelling—are welcome.
Submit your application online by April 27, 2026!
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Eastside Arts Initiative Spring Grant Cycle Now Open
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Building on a successful decade of impact and moving into a new one, the EAI continues to champion the creatives whose work strengthens communities across the Eastside through the arts. We proudly congratulate our most recent grantees Fall 2025 and announce our next grant cycle.
Submit your application by April 16, 2026!
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Blue Avocado is an online magazine with hundreds of articles written by nonprofit leaders, for nonprofit leaders. Blue Avocado authors are experts in their fields, representing a wide range of practitioners, funders, and specialists that simply want to share their knowledge and experience to help other nonprofit leaders be successful. |
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Subscribe to the Office of Immigrant Affairs Newsletter
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The Office of Immigrant Affairs is part of the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (DCBA). Sign up to receive regular updates about DCBA’s services, programs and trainings. |
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LA Culture Net
LA Skyline by Susan Logoreci at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. LA County Civic Art Collection. |
The Arts and Culture Virtual Bulletin Board
An organizational representative should be subscribed to LA Culture Net (LACN) to receive PD and other announcements from the field that are not included in our Newsletter.
In order to spare your inbox, moving forward we will post opportunities for professional development conferences and trainings as well as external funding opportunities on LA Culture Net.
To sign up:
- Visit LA Culture Net list serve webpage: https://groups.io/g/laculturenet
- Sign up for an account.
- Once you receive a confirmation email for your account from https://groups.io/groups, you’re set to subscribe to the laculturenet group.
- Note: It may take a few days to approve your subscription to the group.
- You will receive a confirmation email with a reminder that events, grants, and professional development opportunities from outside entities will be shared there moving forward as well as a note on how to sign up.
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