Welcome, May 2010

Community β€” A complex notion? Or as simple and essential as breathing? Our community can be represented by those we are born into, or those we choose for consistent needs […]

The Art of the Possible: Increase funding for the arts in 2008

It has been four years since the California Arts Council’s (CAC) budget was drastically cut by 94% leaving our state at the bottom of the nation in per capita spending […]

Diving Deeper Into Flamenco

For the last twelve years, I’ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, studying flamenco and performing professionally. While there are many good flamenco teachers passing down the tradition, I’ve […]

Fearless Grantwriting

EVERY ARTS ORGANIZATION will have to defend a seemingly indefensible situation to a potential funder at some point. Your first instinct might be to do everything you can to avoid […]

Bali Takes Center Stage

With the mere mention of the word “Bali,” images of lush, green rice terraces and dancing maidens often come to mind. Though just one of over 17,000 islands that make […]

Inclusion in Education: Children with Autism

Allison is five years old. She attends dance class each week at her public school in Oakland. In class, Allison spins, jumps, and sways to the music, laughing as she […]

Looping Back to San Francisco: Kim Epifano’s Web of Art Making

Recently returned from Mexicali, Mexico and currently preparing for her Home Season at the ODC Theater in June, Kim Epifano relishes traveling with the task of making art in another […]

Heavens’ Coming to the Bay: An Interview with Miguel Gutierrez

Arriving on the West Coast in June, as part of a teaching/performing tour, Miguel Gutierrez will present his newest work, HEAVENS WHAT HAVE I DONE; the piece has been performed […]

Israel Gone Gaga: Batsheva to the Max

Float. Pull your bones. Smear your flesh on the ground. Connect to your pleasure. Quake. Stretch your face. Find the snake in your spine. Put a good taste in your […]

Participating Artists

Amara Tabor-Smith is a San Francisco NATIVE. Born on Majestic Ave, raised on Castro St. She is a dancer because of ED MOCK who taught her about music, spirit, love, […]