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2026 Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month Programming in Sacramento
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FileID
File ID: 2026-00501
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Receive and comment.
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Contact
Contact: Jason Jong, Cultural and Creative Economy Manager, Office of Arts and Culture, (916) 808-5105, jjong@cityofsacramento.org, Convention and Cultural Services Department
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Presenter
Presenter: NeFesha Yisra’el, Director of Programs, California for the Arts
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-ACCM 2026 Presentation
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: California for the Arts (CA for the Arts) promotes the annual recognition of April as Arts, Culture, & Creativity Month (ACCM)-a month of free events, resources, and advocacy opportunities across the state with the goal of engaging arts advocates and raising awareness of the impact of the arts within communities.
City of Sacramento, Office of Arts and Culture is providing support to CA for the Arts to present this year’s CA Arts & Culture Summit at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center on April 20, 2026 (https://www.caforthearts.org/summit2026). With the theme of "Boundless Culture & Creativity: The Essence of Freedom”, this year’s programming will explore how boundless imagination and cultural practice translate into tangible results: Joy (healing and thriving), Action (advocacy and organizing), and Power (collective voice and influence). From experiential sessions that embody creativity without limits to convenings that highlight knowledge sharing, coalition building, campaigns, and cultural organizing, ACCM 2026 will showcase arts in action as a force for civic engagement, movement building, and community transformation.
CA for the Arts will also present Advocacy Day at the California State Capitol on April 21, 2026.
The purpose of this item is to receive information from leading statewide arts advocacy organization CA for the Arts, in the interest of staying an informed body on local opportunities to engage in conversations aiming to advance arts, culture, and the creative economy both regionally and statewide, and to stay an informed body on matters that may address and influence the continued implementation of the Creative Edge Plan.
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PolicyConsiderations
Policy Considerations: Efforts spearheaded by CA for the Arts in the state legislature broadly align with Creative Edge: Sacramento’s Arts, Culture and Creative Economy Plan (Creative Edge), which was adopted by Sacramento City Council on July 3, 2018, and which serves as the guiding policy framework for the Office of Arts and Culture.
ACCEC serves, in part, to support and advance the six goals identified within Creative Edge, intended to fulfill the Sacramento community’s vision for its arts, cultural and creative future.
This item addresses all six (6) Creative Edge goals:
Goal 1: Provide arts education to all Sacramento’s children and youth; Goal 2: Advance cultural equity for all Sacramento’s diverse populations; Goal 3: Build upon and expand Sacramento’s unique creative economy; Goal 4: Enable Sacramento artists and creatives to thrive in their work and to provide creative leadership in the community; Goal 5: Celebrate and infuse all Sacramento neighborhoods and districts with arts and culture; and Goal 6: Expand and solidify Sacramento’s investment in arts and culture.
This item also addresses all five (5) 2025 ACCEC Workplan goals:
Goal 1: Achieve greater clarity around ACCEC’s purpose and role within the City of Sacramento government; Goal 2: Enhance community awareness and understanding of ACCEC as a supportive, accessible resource dedicated to arts and culture; Goal 3: Advocate for City of Sacramento policies and initiatives that value, support, and build the arts and cultural community and ecosystem; Goal 4: Collaborate with the Office of Arts and Culture to address a variety of infrastructure needs required to sustain a thriving and sustainable arts ecosystem; Goal 5: Continue to work with the Office of Arts and Culture in uplifting the goals of the Creative Edge Plan.
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EconomicImpacts
Economic Impacts: Not applicable.
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EnvironmentalConsiderations
Environmental Considerations: None, as this item does not constitute a specific “project” subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as it will not cause a direct (or reasonably foreseeable indirect) physical environmental change, and in any event, is exempt as continuing policy and procedure making and administrative activity. (CEQA Guidelines § 15378 (a) and (b)(2) and (5)).
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Sustainability
Sustainability: Not applicable.
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Commission/CommitteeAction
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
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RationaleforRecommendation
Rationale for Recommendation: The purpose of the Sacramento Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Commission is to provide advice and recommendations for promoting, encouraging, and fostering the arts, innovation, and tourism, in the city. One of its many charges is to act as a liaison between the city, local artists, cultural groups, and the community at large. This includes discussing matters that may address and influence the continued implementation of the Creative Edge Plan.
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FinancialConsiderations
Financial Considerations: None.
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LocalBusinessEnterprise(LBE)
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
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