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Arts and Culture Grants 2009
Goal: Nurture creativity, support arts education, and broaden cultural participation in order to enrich, develop, and celebrate communities.
179 grants totaling $2,531,103
Objective: Increase opportunities for access by all to participation in diverse cultural and artistic experiences. Total: $100,000
AXIS Dance Company
To support the creation of new work and educational programming.
Oakland
$12,500
Bread and Roses
To support core operations, including recruitment of culturally appropriate artists to perform at 100+ Bay Area institutions such as juvenile halls and senior centers.
Corte Madera
$10,000
Creative Growth Inc.
To support core operations.
Oakland
$15,000
Judah L. Magnes Museum
To support new digital initiatives for access and off-site projects.
Berkeley
$15,000
Rock Paper Scissors Collective
To strengthen and develop programs in partnership with local community organizations that extend arts learning, artistic development, and exhibition opportunities.
Oakland
$10,000
Stern Grove Festival Association
To support Explore Music and More, a series of outreach activities that complement admission-free concerts.
San Francisco
$15,000
Yerba Buena Arts and Events
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$10,000
Zeum
To support access to digital and traditional media art exhibit-based programs.
San Francisco
$12,500
Objective: Support arts programs that foster creativity, self-expression, cross-cultural exchange, and civic participation for children and young adults. Total: $654,000
African-American Shakespeare Company
To provide classes for youth that use theatrical games to teach literacy.
San Francisco
$8,000
Alameda County Office of Education, Alliance for Arts
To support core operations, including coordination of regional efforts to ensure quality arts education in the East Bay.
Hayward
$15,000
Art in Action
To provide visual arts programming in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, and San Mateo schools, including professional development and online resources for classroom teachers.
Menlo Park
$10,000
Asian Art Museum Foundation
To support year-round arts education programs and teacher professional development.
San Francisco
$15,000
Bay Area Video Coalition
To support Frameworks, a program offering professional development and artistic opportunities for local media artists.
San Francisco
$15,000
Bayview Hunters Point Center for the Arts and Technology
To support digital media arts skill-building programming that serves to educate and create jobs for underserved youth and adults who are primarily from Bayview Hunters Point.
San Francisco
$25,000
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
To support Music in the Schools serving every Berkeley public elementary student.
Berkeley
$12,500
Black Repertory Group
To support core operations.
Berkeley
$8,000
California College of the Arts
To support the Community Student Fellows program, which partners 30 of its students with educators at K-12 schools and community organizations to provide youth expanded opportunities to participate in the arts over two years.
Oakland
$30,000>
California Film Institute
To support hands-on filmmaking workshops for youth in the Canal District of San Rafael and Mission and Bayview neighborhoods in San Francisco, where teens use digital storytelling techniques to create a short film about their neighborhood.
San Rafael
$10,000
Center for Cultural Innovation
To support professional development and peer learning opportunities for Bay Area artists and arts administrators.
Los Angeles
$50,000>
Chabot Space and Science Center
To support professional development opportunities for 200 Oakland teachers in 15 subject areas, including workshops on combining science education with arts and literature.
Oakland
$10,000
Contemporary Jewish Museum
To support the year-round teen docent and job training program.
San Francisco
$15,000
Cypress Performing Arts Association
To support year-round outreach and educational activities in 15 Bay Area schools and the Call and Response program pairing an original composition by Kevin Puts programmed with works by Mendelssohn.
San Francisco
$10,000
Del Sol Performing Arts Organization
To support Composing Together, an arts education program in schools.
San Francisco
$10,000
Destiny Arts Center
To support core operations.
Oakland
$12,500
Diablo Ballet
To support in-school dance education curriculum, free dance performances to low-income students, and the world premiere of The Little Prince by Julia Adam.
Walnut Creek
$10,000
Exploratorium
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$15,000
Imagine Bus Project
To support Youth Studio, a weekly arts program for incarcerated youth.
San Francisco
$10,000
LEAP...Imagination in Learning
To support art and architecture residency educational programs in 23 K-8 schools.
San Francisco
$7,500
Marin Museum of the American Indian
To support exhibitions of American Indian pottery, related programming, and tours for Marin third and fourth grade students.
Novato
$10,000
Marin Shakespeare Company
To provide drama instruction at K-8 schools in Marin and Alameda Counties.
San Rafael
$12,500
Museum of Children's Art
To support core operations.
Oakland
$12,500
Museum of Performance and Design (SF PALM)
To support free access to the Shenson Research Room and ongoing operations.
San Francisco
$15,000
New Century Chamber Orchestra
To support the music education program, conducted at two underperforming elementary schools in Marin County.
San Francisco
$10,000
NORC at the University of Chicago
To survey the economic, educational, demographic, and artistic realities for teaching artists in San Francisco and Alameda as part of a national research project to illuminate ways to improve access to arts education and support for teaching artists' best work in schools and communities.
Chicago
$15,000
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
To support core operations, including performances to underserved audiences, partnering with community organizations, and marketing to diverse audiences.
Oakland
$10,000
Oakland LEAF
To support core operations, including free afterschool and summer programs interweaving arts, social justice, urban ecology, literacy, and youth empowerment for children, youth, and their families in East Oakland.
Oakland
$10,000
Oakland Youth Chorus
To support core operations.
Oakland
$10,000
Oakland Youth Orchestra
To support core operations.
Oakland
$10,000
Office of Letters and Light
To develop state- and teacher-approved curriculum aligned with California standards for 2009’s National Novel Writing Month and 2010's Script Frenzy events.
Oakland
$10,000
Performing Arts Workshop
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$15,000
Richmond Art Center
To support core operations, including marketing and renewal of community engagement programs.
Richmond
$15,000
Root Division
To improve and enhance arts education programs, both on-site and in afterschool community settings.
San Francisco
$7,500
San Francisco Arts Education Project
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$10,000
San Francisco Center for the Book
To support family writing workshops and book-making events with writer/educator James Kass and other book artists.
San Francisco
$10,000
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
To underwrite scholarships for young artists in the Preparatory Division.
San Francisco
$20,000
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
To support interactive performances in two public high schools, free concert tickets for high school students, outreach programs for adults, and five public music performances.
San Francisco
$7,500
San Francisco Opera
To support the development of a new K-12 arts education program and the Adler Fellowship Program.
San Francisco
$30,000
San Francisco Symphony
To support the Adventures in Music program, which exposes public school children to classical and world music.
San Francisco
$15,000
Shotgun Players
To support core operations.
Berkeley
$12,500
Stagebridge
To support the Performing Arts Training Institute so the core of trained teachers can be expanded to meet the growing demand for creative opportunities for seniors.
Oakland
$12,500
StageWrite
To support the Literacy-Through-Theatre program serving students.
San Francisco
$8,000
Stanford Lively Arts
To support arts education and community engagement programs for students and teachers in San Mateo County, particularly East Palo Alto.
Stanford
$10,000
Stepping Stones Growth Center
To expand the Artful Steps programs, offering arts instruction for people with disabilities.
San Leandro
$10,000
University of California Regents, Cal Performances
To support arts education programs for K-12 students through Cal Performances in the Classroom, SchoolTime, and AileyCamp.
Berkeley
$15,000
Young Audiences of Northern California
To support capacity building to strengthen program content, expand school partners, and strengthen organizational infrastructure.
San Francisco
$10,000
Youth Movement Records
To support the production of five video documentary pieces to increase awareness and action around issues of social justice, particularly as they relate to urban youth of color.
Oakland
$7,500
Youth Radio
To support workshops for low-income youth focused on media literacy and media production, and to support youth in creating media content for radio, web, and print media.
Oakland
$15,000
Objective: Support efforts to deepen, expand, and diversify audiences for artistic and cultural presentations. Total: $205,528
American Indian Film Institute
To support marketing for the annual festival featuring the work of American Indian and Canadian First Nation artists, youth programming, and community outreach.
San Francisco
$10,000
Americans for the Arts
To support marketing and audience development training for local arts organizations as part of the Wallace Foundation initiative.
Washington
$100,000
Center for Asian American Media
To support an assessment and development of marketing strategies to broaden and diversify audiences for the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and for year-round exhibition programs.
San Francisco
$12,500
Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company
To expand audiences, involve current audiences in additional programs, and further develop the donor base.
San Francisco
$12,500
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco
To support the salary of a new development staff position in an effort to expand fundraising capacity and member participation.
San Francisco
$10,000
KALW Public Radio
To support arts reporting as a central focus of evening news program, Crosscurrents, and companion Morning Edition segments.
San Francisco
$10,528
LEVYdance, Inc.
To expand fundraising, board development, and performance bookings.
San Francisco
$7,500
Luna Kids Dance
To support core operations.
Berkeley
$10,000
Museum of Craft and Folk Art
To support core operations, including exhibitions, outreach to diverse audiences, and educational activities for children, families, and adults.
San Francisco
$10,000
SEW Productions Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
To support the expansion of the Youth Academy and grow the audience of African American theatre patrons.
San Francisco
$12,500
ShadowLight Productions
To support two part-time outreach positions to engage a wider audience and increase income.
San Francisco
$10,000
Objective: Support the use of art and cultural participation in building communities. Total: $46,000
Accion Latina
To support Jaime Cortez' research and development of Bang, a youth violence intervention graphic novel designed for Oakland, Richmond, and southeastern San Francisco middle school students.
San Francisco
$15,000
Manilatown Heritage Foundation
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$8,000
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
To support core operations, including exhibitions, community engagement, performing arts, and fund development.
San Francisco
$15,000
Zawaya
To support artistic and cultural activities to bridge the gap between the Arab American community and Bay Area communities at-large.
San Mateo
$8,000
Objective: Invest in the development and the presentation of diverse artistic practices reflective of the myriad communities in the region. Total: $965,200
AfroSolo Theatre Company
To support artist fees, production and development services, and audience development efforts.
San Francisco
$10,000
API Cultural Center, Inc.
To support Asian Pacific American arts, culture, and heritage residencies, programs, events, and services.
Oakland
$15,000
Arab Film Festival
To support the annual festival with screenings in San Francisco and Berkeley, panels and symposia, school programs, and year-round screenings in partnership with community groups.
San Francisco
$10,000
ArtCouncil, Inc.
To provide a diverse group of Bay Area artists financial support, peer exchange, and regional and national visibility.
New York
$15,000
ArtsChange
To support exhibitions at Richmond Health Center and arts programming in Richmond and Oakland schools.
Richmond
$10,000
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
To support artist residencies.
Berkeley
$12,500
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
To support core operations.
Berkeley
$15,000
Cantare Con Vivo
To support music education programs in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
Oakland
$10,000
Chinese Cultural Productions
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$10,000
Chinese Historical Society of America
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$10,000
Company C Contemporary Ballet
To support the salary of a company manager in order to expand administrative and promotional efforts.
Walnut Creek
$10,000
Creativity Explored of San Francisco
To support core programming, including artistic programs for the development of artists with disabilities, exhibitions of artwork, visiting artists workshops, and cultural outings over two years.
San Francisco
$25,000>
Croatian American Cultural Center
To support an increase of the executive director’s time commitment to focus on fundraising, audience development, and programming.
San Francisco
$10,000
Crosspulse, Inc.
To support an international collaboration, educational outreach in Bay Area schools, and the First International Body Music Festival.
Oakland
$10,000
The Crucible
To support the Youth Arts Education Program in two West Oakland schools.
Oakland
$10,000
Dancers' Group
To strengthen Dancers’ Group Presents, In Dance, fiscal sponsorship, re-granting, and advocacy work.
San Francisco
$15,000
Door Dog Music Productions
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$12,500
East Oakland Youth Development Center
To support ongoing visual and performing arts activities for youth and young adults in East Oakland.
Oakland
$8,000
Femina Potens
To support core operations.
Oakland
$8,000
Flyaway Productions
To support artistic salaries, development of new work, and year-round educational programming over two years.
San Francisco
$15,000>
foolsFURY Theater Company
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$10,000
GLBT Historical Society of Northern California
To support core operating expenses, including an exhibit featuring Harvey Milk and the digitizing of archival materials.
San Francisco
$10,000
Headlands Center for the Arts
To support multidisciplinary Bay Area artist residencies over two years.
Sausalito
$30,000>
Heyday Institute
To support core operations.
Berkeley
$15,000
Intersection for the Arts
To support artist professional development workshops, to administer the James D. Phelan Literary Award, and to provide core operating support for arts programming.
San Francisco
$38,200
Jewish Community Center of the East Bay
To support festival programming, year-round music presentations, school programs, outreach, and marketing efforts over two years as the organization plans to celebrate its 25th season in 2010.
Berkeley
$20,000>
Joe Goode Performance Group
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$12,500
Kala Art Institute
To support core operations and administration of the 2009 James D. Phelan Award in Printmaking.
Berkeley
$35,000
Kearny Street Workshop
To support core operations, including multidisciplinary arts programming and the expansion of marketing capabilities over two years.
San Francisco
$20,000>
KQED, Inc.
To support the production of SPARK, a television series highlighting Bay Area artists and arts organizations, educational outreach programs, and an interactive website over two years.
San Francisco
$30,000>
La Pena Cultural Center
To support core operations.
Berkeley
$15,000
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
To fund Insights, a professional, juried exhibition of works in various media created by blind and visually impaired artists from throughout the five-county Bay Area.
San Francisco
$10,000
Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
To support fundraising activities that further diversify revenue streams.
San Pablo
$15,000
Magic Theatre
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$15,000
Margaret Jenkins Dance Company
To support the 35th anniversary season featuring an international collaboration with the Guangdong Modern Dance Company from Guangzhou, China, and CHIME, an intensive mentorship program serving ten Bay Area choreographers.
San Francisco
$25,000
Marin Theatre Company
To support core operations.
Mill Valley
$12,500
Mill Valley Philharmonic
To support core operating expenses, including audience development, commissioning new works, and hiring a part-time staff person.
Mill Valley
$7,500
National Institute of Art and Disabilities
To support core operations.
Richmond
$10,000
National Japanese American Historical Society
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$10,000
New Conservatory Theatre Center
To support core operations, including stage offerings, youth programs, and online marketing efforts.
San Francisco
$25,000>
New Langton Arts
To support core operations, including exhibitions, community programs, and outreach to new communities.
San Francisco
$20,000>
Oakland East Bay Symphony
To support core operations and strategic plan implementation.
Oakland
$15,000
Oaktown Jazz Workshops
To support music training and performance opportunities for youth ages 5 to 18 in Oakland and surrounding communities.
Oakland
$8,000
ODC Theater
To support core operations for its presenting season.
San Francisco
$15,000
Other Minds
To support the commissioning and presentation of new music, educational programming for youth, and audience development.
San Francisco
$10,000
Peninsula Ballet Theatre
To support core operations, including new choreography, outreach collaborations with Pittsburg and Livermore, and expansion of marketing.
San Mateo
$10,000
PlayGround
To commission ten new plays by Bay Area emerging writers and support full productions of at least two commissioned works over two years.
San Francisco
$20,000>
Playwrights Foundation
To support core operations that will strengthen internal systems and expand capacity for fundraising.
San Francisco
$10,000
Poetry Flash
To support core operations, including publishing Poetry Flash and its online events calendar and producing events, including East Bay readings, Northern California Book Awards, and Watershed Poetry Festival.
Berkeley
$7,500
Queer Cultural Center
To commission Bay Area artists in partnership with four community arts organizations to create new works to be presented at the 2009 and 2010 National Queer Arts Festivals.
San Francisco
$20,000>
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$10,000
Radar Productions
To support the position of administrative coordinator.
San Francisco
$8,000
Randall Museum Friends
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$10,000
Ronn Guidi Foundation for the Performing Arts
To support core operations, including dancer salaries and set and costume reconstruction expenses for Nutcracker and Diagilev era works over two years.
Oakland
$20,000>
San Francisco Camerawork
To support core operations and administer the James D. Phelan Award in Photography.
San Francisco
$30,000
San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music
To support a regranting program for professional chamber music ensembles with budgets less than $100,000 and individuals with chamber music projects in the Bay Area.
San Francisco
$15,000
San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association
To support the creation of Todd Gilens' Endangered Species, a public art project with photographic murals of regionally endangered species wrapped on diesel hybrid busses.
San Francisco
$5,000
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
To support Free Shakespeare in the Park, Shakespeare on Tour, Midnight Shakespeare, and Bay Area Shakespeare Camps.
San Francisco
$12,500
Small Press Distribution, Inc.
To support a program that engages high school and college students in independently published literary arts.
Berkeley
$10,000
SomArts Cultural Center
To assist in expenses related to the hiring of a new executive director.
San Francisco
$10,000
Southern Exposure Gallery
To support fundraising and communications as the organization moves to a new long term home.
San Francisco
$10,000
Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco
To support core operations, including hiring a part-time office manager and investing in organizational systems.
San Francisco
$10,000
Traveling Jewish Theatre
To support core operations, including programs, board development, and fundraising over two years.
San Francisco
$20,000>
Young Musicians Program
To support Scaling Up, a program that provides intensive musical training and performance opportunities for advanced students.
Berkeley
$10,000
Youth Speaks
To support core operations, including arts education, presentation, and publication programs.
San Francisco
$15,000
Z Space Studio
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$15,000
ZACCHO Dance Theatre
To support core operations.
San Francisco
$12,500
Shenson Artist Fellowships
To support outstanding pre-professional performing arts students. Total: $30,000
American Conservatory Theatre
To support Emily Kitchens as a 2009 Shenson Performing Arts Fellow.
San Francisco
$5,000
Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company
To support Farah Yasmeen Shaikh as a 2009 Shenson Performing Arts Fellow.
San Francisco
$5,000
Community Music Center
To support John Smalley as a 2009 Shenson Performing Arts Fellow.
San Francisco
$5,000
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
To support Yuchi Chou as a 2009 Shenson Performing Arts Fellow.
San Francisco
$5,000
San Francisco Opera
To support Leah Crocetto as a 2009 Shenson Performing Arts Fellow.
San Francisco
$5,000
Youth Speaks
To support Daveed Diggs as a 2009 Shenson Performing Arts Fellow.
San Francisco
$5,000
Koshland Arts Minigrants
The Arts and Culture program collaborates with the Foundation’s Koshland Civic Unity Program to award small grants to support free cultural events in key Bay Area neighborhoods. Total: $30,000
Associated Community Action Program
To conduct a series of workshops with the San Lorenzo Unified School District middle and high school students to prepare them for a final presentation of their art and performance pieces in a community celebration of Juneteenth, the celebration of freedom.
Hayward
$3,000
Bay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement Inc.
To target and engage disenfranchised West Berkeley youth and community in a productive community public arts project.
Berkeley
$3,000
BoxShop
To support a community art project on a 500 foot fence located at Hunters Point Boulevard.
San Francisco
$3,000
Contra Costa Child Care Council
To support the Child Care Council's Art and Literacy Festival.
Concord
$2,000
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
To support performances at a special re-opening event for Nevin Park.
Richmond
$3,000
Literacy for Environmental Justice
To provide completion funding for Welcome to the NeighborHOOD.
San Francisco
$3,000
Literacy for Every Adult Project
To support a visit to the Museum of the African Diaspora for participants and the creation of art work by participants as inspired by the visit.
Richmond
$3,000
Mount Diablo Unified School District
To support the Ygnacio Valley CARES After School Program's multicultural family night.
Concord
$2,000
Mount Diablo Unified School District, Adult Education/Afterschool
To support Fair Oaks CARES to implement a festival of Birthdays Around the World.
Concord
$2,000
Terrain, A Dance and Performance Collective
To support the Dance-a-Rama concert in May 2009.
Berkeley
$1,000
Waterside Workshops
To support free community arts and crafts events in West Berkeley.
Berkeley
$3,000
Youth Spirit ArtWorks (YaYa California)
To support the second phase of Healthy South and West Berkeley Bollards and Benches art project.
Berkeley
$2,000
Fund for Artists
To support the endeavors of individual artists through commissions, artists' residencies, awards, advocacy, workshops, promotional instruction, and networking support. This $2 million fund is a collaborative effort between Bay Area Community Foundations and the Irvine, Hewlett, Surdna, and Wattis Foundations, and Leveraging Investments in Creativity. Total: $341,875
East Bay Community Foundation
To support Phase III of the Fund for Artists Collaborative with The San Francisco Foundation as funded by the LINC.
Oakland
$23,125>
East Bay Community Foundation
To support Phase III of the Fund for Artists Collaborative with The San Francisco Foundation as funded by the Hewlett Foundation.
Oakland
$128,750>
East Bay Community Foundation
To support Phase III of the Fund for Artists Collaborative with The San Francisco Foundation, as funded by the Irvine Foundation.
Oakland
$190,000>
Bay Area Documentary Fund
To support documentary projects in early production phases by experienced filmmakers with an esteemed body of previously created work. These documentaries explore issues that have been historically underexposed, misinterpreted, or ignored and that are pertinent to the five Bay Area counties. Total: $100,000
Kovno Communications, Inc.
To help underwrite the production and distribution costs for a documentary about former Justice Cruz Reynoso, the first Hispanic to be appointed to the California Supreme Court.
Berkeley
$10,000
San Francisco AIDS Documentary Project
To support pre-production and preliminary interviews for David Weissman and Bill Weber's "The San Francisco AIDS Documentary Project," a documentary about San Francisco's experience of the AIDS epidemic.
San Francisco
$22,500
STRAND: A Natural History of Cinema
To support post-production for Christian Bruno's "STRAND: A Natural History of Cinema," a feature-length documentary charting the rise and demise of San Francisco's movie theater culture through its richest period.
San Francisco
$22,500
Summit Pictures
To support production and post-production of Yoav Potash's "Crime After Crime," a documentary about Deborah Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of brutal domestic violence, and the Bay Area attorneys who work pro-bono in an effort to set her free.
Santa Fe
$22,500
Thirty Leaves Production
To support production of Helen De Michiel's "Eating With Your Eyes," a one-hour documentary project that presents a multifaceted story of a determined community in Berkeley who is creating the replicable School Lunch Initiative and changing how our children eat.
Berkeley
$22,500
Fund for Artists Arts Teacher Fellowship Program
To support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in Bay Area middle and high schools. Fellows design individualized courses of study that foster their own creative work and the opportunity to interact with other professional artists in their fields. Total: $4,500
Berkeley High School
To support in-school activities associated with Art Teachers Fellowship recipient Kimberly Noel D'Adamo-Muanga.
Berkeley
$1,500
John O'Connell High School of Technology
To support in-school activities associated with Art Teachers Fellowship recipient Elahe Shahideh.
San Francisco
$1,500
Leadership High School
To support in-school activities associated with Art Teachers Fellowship recipient Heidi Guibord.
San Francisco
$1,500
Fund for Artists Matching Commissions
To support the development of new work by Bay Area artists and, at the same time, help small to mid-sized arts groups diversify funding by attracting individual donors. These grants had to be matched on a one-to-one basis by contributions from individual donors. Total: $54,000
Adventure Out Seniors Productions
To commission the compositions/arrangements of Frank Fisher to be performed by David Hardiman’s San Francisco All Star Big Band.
San Francisco
$5,000<
Cutting Ball Theater
To commission playwright Eugenie Chan.
San Francisco
$5,000
Del Sol Performing Arts Organization
To commission a new composition by composer Joan Jeanrenaud.
San Francisco
$5,000
Earplay
To commission a new work by Hyo-shin Na entitled "Song of One Lost in the Fog," to premiere in May 2010 as part of its 25th year celebration.
San Francisco
$5,000
Global Women Intact
To commission playwright/actor Sia Amma's new work "Uncle Sam's Children in Africa."
San Francisco
$5,000
LEVYdance, Inc.
To commission a collaboration between choreographer Benjamin Levy and Oakland-based composer Mason Bates.
San Francisco
$5,000
Mission 17
To commission a collaborative video project by Hank Willis Thomas and Ryan Alexiev.
San Francisco
$5,000
Northern California Music and Art Culture Center
To commission Janni Choi for a composition of traditional music, Soo-Kyung Chor for choreography, and Jiyon Son for the story of KongGi and PatGi, a youth musical.
San Francisco
$5,000
Sangati Community Center for South Asian Music
To commission Guatam Tejas Ganesha and Anantha Krishnam to create new music for four concert performances in a series entitled New Directions in Indian Classical Music.
San Francisco
$4,000
SF Camerawork
To commission a new work by Oakland artist Anne Walsh.
San Francisco
$5,000
Zyzzyva
To commission artists such as Kevin Bentley, Catherine Brady, Po Bronson, Maxine Chernoff, Michelle Falkoff, Amanda Field, Richard Holeton, Andrew Lam, Bucky Sinister, and Norman Antonio Zelaya who had previously been published in the journal to write for a special edition West Coast, Then and Now.
San Francisco
$5,000>
< Denotes grant term is less than 12 months.
> Denotes grant term is more than 12 months.