Thank you for your interest in serving on the Advisory Committee to help shape inclusive, community-rooted arts programs and advocacy across San Joaquin County. We’re looking for individuals who bring lived experience, creative vision, community ties, and/or professional skills that can uplift the arts and strengthen access for all.

About the State-Local Partner Program and Advisory Committee

The State-Local Partner (SLP) Program, administered by the California Arts Council (CAC), is designed to strengthen arts, culture, and creative expression at the local level across California. Its mission is to foster cultural development through a formal partnership between the CAC and each county.

The Stockton Art League is currently serving as the State-Local Partner Mentee for San Joaquin County, with Amador Arts as our mentor. This work is funded by a State-Local Partner Mentor Grant from the California Arts Council. San Joaquin County has not had an active State-Local Partner organization since 2001, making this effort an important step toward restoring county-wide arts leadership and resources.

As the county-designated arts organization in this mentee capacity, our SLP role is to ensure that the arts are accessible, equitable, and responsive to the diverse needs of our communities. This includes:

  • Supporting artists, arts organizations, and cultural groups across the county.
  • Prioritizing service to historically under-resourced communities, particularly those in the lower quartiles of the California Healthy Places Index.
  • Providing technical assistance, promoting CAC opportunities, and offering programs that connect and uplift local creatives.
  • Partnering with schools and community groups to deliver county-wide programs such as Poetry Out Loud.
  • Gathering data, evaluating community needs, and advocating for the arts at the county level.

The Advisory Committee plays a key role in helping us fulfill this mission. Members will:

  • Provide insight, feedback, and ideas to strengthen arts access and cultural equity across San Joaquin County.
  • Help identify community needs, underrepresented voices, and opportunities for greater engagement.
  • Support outreach, relationship building, and advocacy efforts that ensure our programs reflect the values, priorities, and diversity of the region.
  • Serve as ambassadors for the arts, connecting our work with local networks, neighborhoods, and communities.

By joining the Advisory Committee, you will contribute directly to shaping how state arts funding and resources are used to serve the entire county, ensuring that creative opportunities and cultural resources reach those who need them most.

A. Applicant Information

Name

B. Connection to San Joaquin County & Community Representation

C. Artistic and Cultural Experience

This could include being an artist, educator, cultural organizer, creative worker, or supporter of the arts.

D. Professional and Community Skills

Please check or describe any skills, experience, or roles you can bring to the advisory committee
In Addition, please check or describe any skills, experience, or roles you can bring to the advisory committee
Are you willing to lead a committee?

E. Availability & Commitment

Meeting Availability: What formats are you able to attend meetings in?
Time Commitment: How many hours per month can you realistically volunteer toward this work (including meetings, outreach, or review)?
Meeting Frequency & Attendance: How often do you think the advisory committee should meet? (Optional)

F. Cultural Access & Community Reach, Centering Equity and Accessibility

The State-Local Partner (SLP) program is committed to cultural equity and expanding access to the arts. This includes demonstrating experience, capacity, and commitment to engaging and uplifting historically under-resourced, excluded, and erased artists, audiences, communities, and cultural practices—particularly those residing in the lower quartiles of the California Healthy Places Index. This commitment also means ensuring that all programs, services, and information are accessible to individuals with disabilities, including but not limited to those who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, have physical, visual, developmental, learning, or cognitive disabilities, or live with mental or chronic health conditions.

G. Demographic Information (Optional but Encouraged)

We are committed to building a committee that reflects the full diversity of San Joaquin County.
The following questions are optional and confidential. This information helps us ensure broad
representation and identify gaps in outreach.

Race/Ethnicity (check all that apply)
Gender Identity
Age Range
Do you identify as any of the following? (check all that apply):

Thank You, This concludes the Inquiry Form