BLOG

News

Create CA Joins State Leaders for Joint Legislative Hearing on Proposition 28 Implementation

  Dr. Veronica Alvarez Speaking at the Hearing After several months of collaboration and outreach, along with a coalition letter signed by partners across the state, on February 12th, the Assembly Committees on Education and Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism convened a joint informational hearing to review the implementation of Proposition 28, the Arts and...

News

Create CA: Continuing our Mission in the Face of Looming Federal Funding Cuts

Read Create CA's official statement on the federal education funding freeze.

Uncategorized

Create CA: Supporting Our Students and Communities

Read Create CA's official statement on the unwarranted ICE raids and civil unrest in Southern California.

Advocacy

Introducing the 2025 Arts Now Organizational Partners

Create CA pilots a new iteration of the Arts Now program, which provides aligned nonprofit organizations technical assistance.

Op-ed

Meet Tzasná Pérez Espinosa! Mexico City & LA-based Artist!

After being impressed with their work during the second Designing Advocacy cohort, Create CA commissioned Tzasná Pérez Espinosa, a queer Mexican-American artist from Tlalpan, Mexico City and Los Angeles! Their powerful designs center learning, healing, and social impact. Learn more about the trajectory of their work and what’s up next for them.

Advocacy

Meet Arts Now Leader Can Foster of Sacramento’s Sol Collective!

Sol Collective in Sacramento connects California's indigenous history to modern-day activism through their youth-designed digital zine, which explores identity, heritage, and social justice during Hispanic Heritage Month.

Advocacy

LEA Profiles: Green Dot Public Schools: Network Wide Arts Programming

The following is part of a series of profiles highlighting various local education agencies' (LEAs) efforts to develop quality arts education programming for their students. These profiles intend to support LEAs in generating ideas for effective arts programming that school leaders could implement with Prop 28 funding in different contexts.

Advocacy

LEA Profiles: San Gabriel Unified School District: The Power of a Strategic Plan

The following is part of a series of profiles highlighting various local education agencies' (LEAs) efforts to develop quality arts education programming for their students. These profiles intend to support LEAs in generating ideas for effective arts programming that school leaders could implement with Prop 28 funding in different contexts.

Education

Announcing Create CA’s New Executive Director!

Create CA, California’s advocacy organization for equitable arts education, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Veronica Alvarez as its next Executive Director. 

Advocacy

LEA Profiles: Live Oak School District: Effectively Using a VAPA TOSA

The following is part of a series of profiles highlighting various local education agencies' (LEAs) efforts to develop quality arts education programming for their students. These profiles intend to support LEAs in generating ideas for effective arts programming that school leaders could implement with Prop 28 funding in different contexts.

Advocacy

LEA Profiles: Mariposa County Unified School District: A Partnership-Driven Community

The following is part of a series of profiles highlighting various local education agencies' (LEAs) efforts to develop quality arts education programming for their students. These profiles intend to support LEAs in generating ideas for effective arts programming that school leaders could implement with Prop 28 funding in different contexts.

Op-ed

Meet AILEEN RA! Bay Area Artist with a big wish for Arts Education in California

Create CA scoured the internet for Californian artists with a unique and exciting style to commission a new impactful design for our public will campaign. We’re pleased to introduce you to Aileen Ra, a Bay Area illustrator with an electric design style featuring colorful hand-drawn digital imagery.

JOIN THE

MOVEMENT TODAY