Arts Council of Placer County

A. ART AND HUMANITY IN THE COMMUNITY: i)PLACER ARTISTS STUDIO TOUR Placer Artists Studios Tour is an annual three-day self-guided driving tour on the 2nd weekend of November with Placer County artists showing and demonstrating their art in their studios or shared studios.ii)POETRY OUT LOUD Poetry Out Loud, sponsored by PlacerArts and the California Arts Council, leads Placer County high school students in learning and understanding renowned older and modern poetry. Through a series of poetry recitation competitions that begin at the individual high school level, advance to the County, State, and for the State winner, to the annual National competition in Washington DC, students learn valuable skills while developing a love for poetry. The Placer County competition is scheduled in late-January/early February every year. B. NETWORKING AND FACILIATION:i)COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ARTS DIRECTORY AND EVENT CALENDARCommunity Outreach Booths took place at various events and facilities, promoting arts of all types in the County, and reached over 135,000 people. The organization created an arts directory and arts events calendar on the PlacerArts website.ii)COMMUNITY ARTS GRANTSCommunity Arts grants for programs in fine arts, creative arts, arts education and performing arts were disbursed.