Arts & Culture

arts dancer land jpg The Arts and Culture Program works to promote arts and artists, by supporting organizations that align with this goal, and to broaden cultural participation in the five counties we serve. Within our web pages, you can learn more about our grants and awards programs, access grants we've made over the past year, read our programs goals and objectives, and check out the latest news.

For more information about the Arts and Culture Program at The San Francisco Foundation, please contact us at 415.733.8500 or artsinfo@sff.org.

Arts and Culture Staff

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John R. Killacky [bio]
Program Officer, Arts and Culture

Vanessa Camarena-Arredondo
Program Fellow, Arts and Culture

Kevin Seaman
Program Assistant, Arts and Culture

Arts and Culture

Goal and Objectives

Goal - Nurture creativity, support arts education, and broaden cultural participation in order to enrich, develop, and celebrate communities.

Objective: Increase opportunities for access by all to participation in diverse cultural and artistic experiences.

Objective: Support arts programs that foster creativity, self-expression, cross-cultural exchange, and civic participation for children and young adults.

Objective: Support efforts to deepen, expand, and diversify audiences for artistic and cultural presentations.

Objective: Support the use of art and cultural participation in building communities.

Objective: Invest in the development and the presentation of diverse artistic practices reflective of the myriad communities in the region.