The San Francisco International Arts Festival‘s mission is to promote the arts and San Francisco through production of an annual, multi-disciplinary festival that brings together the world community of artists and audiences.

The festival

Works with multiple artists and arts organizations to commission and present innovative, collaborative performances and projects that push the boundaries of artistic excellence and genre that are focused on increasing human awareness, appreciation and understanding.

Is a catalyst for the emergence of a cohesive, culturally and socially diverse artistic community in San Francisco that is actively engaged in addressing the civic, social, and cultural issues of our environment and time.

Establishes San Francisco as a model for integration of the arts into the fabric of the community in a meaningful, productive and mutually beneficial fashion.

SFIAF Core Values

Rather than building an event that is the sole responsibility of a single producer, SFIAF is dedicated to working with an array of San Francisco arts organizations to develop a paradigm that utilizes the shared resources of multiple local presenters to reach mutually-beneficial goals. The Festival’s core values are based on principals of cultural and economic equity. Therefore SFIAF places a high priority on the participation of culturally diverse and smaller arts organizations that represent the City’s broad demographics. Activating and supporting relationships between large and small organizations and individual artists is also a key component of what SFIAF does.

GRANTS AWARDED

In 2010, the Foundation supported the promotion of SFIAF 2011 which will take place at Fort Mason, Union Square and other venues around San Francisco.