An in-depth, intensive training for public art professionals and artists.
The East Bay Artists Pandemic Relief Fund was created in response to the COVID-19 induced economic shutdown that forced many businesses to close, including those in the arts and culture sector.
To continue working with arts and culture nonprofit clients, specifically those located in the East Bay.
Funds will be used to engage consultants and experts in nonprofit property development, refine strategic priorities, and determine a long-term revenue plan to create this physical film hub.
To preserve the only black box theater in Oakland and allow the space to continue to serve a very diverse performing arts community.
Supports dancers, choreographers, teachers, and administrators whose work is based in the exploration and expression of the African diaspora in the San Francisco Bay Area. In its first round, the relief fund supported a total of 26 Black/African American/African-descended artists.
This is a one-year pilot of a funder collaborative intended to invest in communities of color with the values outlined in its North Star Statement: We commit to amplifying the voices, power, arts, and cultures of people of color and other vulnerable communities in the Bay Area, particularly those living at or near poverty, to […]
Funds will be used to support activities by Vital Arts and the Northern California Land Trust to secure seed funding and investment for launching operations, enlisting important community leaders as advisors, and developing communications to spread awareness of the program and its benefits for artists and property owners.
MediaMaker Fellowship Program for emerging social issue documentary filmmakers. Bay Area Video Coalition inspires social change by empowering media makers to develop and share diverse stories through art, education and technology.
An initiative to preserve the murals and protest/demonstration art from across Oakland. By providing administrative assistance for deinstallation, registration and storage.
