The Santa Maria Arts Council will award a total of $10,000 this year to encourage and support the valley’s brightest emerging artists in dance, drama, music, and visual arts. First place awards are $1,500 and second place awards are $1,000.
Applicants must have two years of residency and art study in the Santa Maria area, which includes Buellton, Cuyama, Guadalupe, Lompoc, Orcutt, and Santa Ynez. Applications are only available by attending one of the Grants Workshops.
Drop by Feb. 17 at 6:15 p.m. at the Allan Hancock College Lompoc Campus Jacoby Learning Resources Center; Feb. 19 at 6:15 p.m. at Luis Oasis Senior Center, 420 E. Soares Ave., Orcutt; Feb. 20 at 1 p.m. at Dance Workshop at Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, D-10; Feb. 23 at 6:15 p.m. at Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, building L-South in the ARC; March 1 at 6:15 p.m. at the C Gallery, 466 Bell St., Los Alamos; and March 6 at 10 a.m. at Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, Fine Arts Building, room F-11.
Competition judging is April 17 with the awards presentation at 5:30 p.m. on May 17 at the Veterans’ Memorial Community Center.
For more information, visit smartscouncil.org or call Kate Burridge at 489-9649 or Marti Fast at 489-2665.
Arts Briefs is compiled by Arts Editor Shelly Cone. Information should be sent to the Sun via fax, e-mail, or mail.
This article appears in Feb 11-18, 2010.