Rhythm & Motion, Dancers’ Group, ODC, and Bopsidy  teamed up to form the Dance with Pride contingent in the 2024 SF Pride Parade. Over 130 dancers performed through the center of the city, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. Dance with Pride was awarded “Outstanding Musical Entry.” Congratulations to all who participated! Thank you, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, for recognizing our passion and love for dance, Pride, and our community. Read more…

Guest Editor Rowena Richie writes:

“Welcome, spring.

The articles and conversations in this issue — there are budding connections among them — explore the tension between what something is and what it means.”

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San Francisco Arts Commission Awards $15 Million In Grants To 166 Local Artists, Arts Nonprofits, and Cultural Organizations For 2024-2025

All SFAC grants support San Francisco-based artists and arts organizations and prioritize funding to artists and arts organizations that engage communities identified in the Cultural Equity Endowment Legislation. Approximately 45% of San Francisco Artist Grant recipients for this grant cycle are first-time grantees. Read more…

Creative Work Fund awards $882,000 in grants to 17 Bay Area artists to create new artworks with community organizations

Grantees continue to show us how the making of art together is a necessary act and when artists and organizations are in partnership, they strengthen the Bay Area. Read more…

2024 National Dance Project Finalists include 6 Bay Area artists and organizations

Stewarded by NEFA’s values and NDP program criteria, this funding opportunity will be provided to 20 grantees with the following framework of support:

$45,000 to create a new dance project;
$10,000 in unrestricted general operating support;
$10,000 to support a Production Residency in Dance and/or additional community engagement work; and
$35,000 in tour subsidy that goes to U.S.* organizations that bring the new dance project and related engagement activities to their communities. Read more…

Foundation Awards 2024 Rainin Arts Fellowship To Four Bay Area Anchor Artists

This year’s Fellows draw upon rich artistic and activist legacies in the Bay Area, bringing forth dynamic histories while also forging new networks of artistic production. While anchored in their respective disciplines, their work unfolds across multiple forms of artistry, encompassing various geographies and ranging cultural and generational perspectives. Read more…

For more opportunities, visit our Grants & Artistic Support Calendar.

Queer|Art|Mentorship

Supports a year-long exchange between emerging and established LGBTQ+ artists in different creative fields: Film, Literature, Performance, and Visual Art. Fellows apply with a specific project they would like to work on during the program and meet with their Mentors monthly to discuss their progress. Before you can receive the application you must submit a simple Intention to Apply Due Sat, Jul 20. Read more…

First Peoples Fund: Artist in Business Leadership Fellowship

A yearlong program that helps independent Native artists pursue art as a way to build a business to support themselves and their families. Native practitioners of all creative mediums are welcome to apply. The ABL Fellowship offers $10,000 in grant funding towards a proposed project that supports the artist or culture bearer’s work in their community. Due Mon, Jul 22. Read more…

Alliance for California Traditional Arts: Living Cultures Grant

Seeks to sustain and strengthen traditional arts in the state of California with $7,500 grants to individual artists/culture bearers and $10,000 grants to California-based nonprofits and Tribal Nations, as well as other organizations and community groups with a fiscal sponsor. Projects involving any genre of traditional arts—including but not limited to dance, music, foodways, material arts, and oral traditions—are welcome. Due Wed, Jul 31. Read more…

Zellerbach Family Foundation: Together in Community grants

Supports fairs, festivals and other public gatherings and events that celebrate and uplift historically underserved communities, create opportunities to connect and share space, and articulate a meaningful cultural component and/or purposeful community engagement. There are multiple cycles per year. $5,000 or $10,000. Due Tue, Jul 30. Read more…

Bothin Foundation

Makes capital grants to social service, academic enrichment, youth development, arts, and environmental nonprofit organizations providing direct services to disadvantaged children, youth, families, and people with disabilities. Examples of eligible capital grant uses include building improvements, vehicle requests, program equipment, and technology needs. Grants are only made to organizations serving significant numbers of the residents of San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, and/or San Mateo Counties. Applications are accepted three times a year. Due Fri, Aug 2 at 5pm. Read more…