🚨 Calling all actors & creatives! 🚨 Our brilliant friend and collaborator Hector Zavala is hosting a powerful 7-day acting retreat in Mexico City this summer — and applications are now open! 🎭🌎 Awaken Your Artist is your chance to: ✨ Reconnect with your creative purpose 🎥 Train in both theater & on-camera acting 💥 Create in community, away from the hustle 🌺 Be inspired by Mexico’s revolutionary artistic spirit Now more than ever, artists must remember the power we hold. Art is resilience. The world needs your voice. 🗓️ August 11–17, 2025 📍 Mexico City, MX 🔗 Apply now — spots are limited! ➡️ https://mxmellona.com/retreat mxmellona@gmail.com Sponsored by Awaken Artist Retreat (fb)

🚨Advocacy Alert 🚨 Join us TOMORROW in the state capitol for this critical public comment session! 📣 Please bring your voice to the Joint Committee on the Arts hearing on how changes to federal cultural policy are impacting Californians! Advocates are needed to give public comment here:⁠ State of the Arts Hearing held by Joint Committee on the Arts⁠ 🗓️ Wednesday, May 14th at 9:00 am⁠ 📍Room 2100, 1021 O Street, Sacramento⁠ ⁠ We anticipate public comment starting around 11 am, but it's crucial to have a full audience present from the beginning of the hearing. This will demonstrate our unified strength to lawmakers.⁠ ⁠ If you can attend:⁠ ▶️ Please RSVP to Tracy@caforthearts.org and include your cell phone⁠ (our friends at CA for the Arts) ▶️ Prepare both a 2-minute and 1-minute comment on the impact of federal policy changes⁠ ⁠ The hearing will be live streamed and will be video recorded on the Senate website under “Today’s Events." https://www.senate.ca.gov/ Thank you to @benallenca and @asmchrisward78 for your steadfast support of the arts! (fb)