The Foundation Center in San Francisco is sponsoring a series of free workshops on funding for the arts in October. Highlights from the calendar include:

• New writers night (Oct 8)
  In collaboration with Litquake


• Grantseeking basics and the Business of being an artist (Oct 12)
  An afternoon at the Crucible in Oakland


• Reality grantmaking (Oct 18)
  "Participants will witness proposal review and decision-making as a panel of real grantmakers reviews proposals submitted by arts organizations" (and then give away $1,000 to the arts organization with the best proposal)

For more information on grants check out the CCA Libraries' directory of artist grant and residency opportunities. It's got a ton of links to local art opportunities!