Partners

ACTA partners with organizations deeply rooted in their communities to host convenings, professional development events, public sharings, performances, and community dialogues that magnify artist and community voices. By fostering a bidirectional exchange with our partners, we have gained a greater capacity to work in strong coalitions and across sectoral silos toward critical outcomes affecting community well-being.

Key Partners

  • Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

    Washington, D.C.

  • Southwest Folklife Alliance

    Tuscon, AZ

  • American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress

    Washington, D.C.

  • California Arts Council

    Sacramento, CA

  • Radio Bilingüe

    Fresno, CA

  • First Peoples Fund

    Rapid City, SD

Additional Partners

  • "ACTA carved a space for efficacy, abundant-thinking, and self-determination in the care of traditional knowledge that burst open and inspired others to follow suit."

    — Maribel Alvarez, Southwest Folklife Alliance

  • "¡Que viva ACTA! Long live ACTA's leadership elevating the voices of grassroots artists and the language and soul of communities that are essential for building the new California!"

    — Samuel Orozco, Radio Bilingüe

  • “Who else but ACTA is working in such varied and far-flung corners of the state? For 25 years, they have helped to foster an impressive, powerful and productive network of artists and culture workers. It’s a crowd I want to hang out with—and I’m pretty sure lots of other people feel the same.”

    — Sojin Kim, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage