Californians for the Arts is the only comprehensive, multidisciplinary organization focused on advancing and building public awareness of the value and impact of arts, culture and creativity across the state.
An initiative that acts as an experimental arm of the philanthropic sector. AmbitioUS is a set of activities to enact a new, values-based economic ecosystem; to afford ownership among those who have been excluded by conventional systems of for-profit and nonprofit support; to center on artists and cultural work that root enabling financial systems; and […]
To support 20% of the position cost for the Director of Art Spaces at the City of Oakland Office of Economic and Workforce Development.
This research will help advise Grantmakers In The Arts on how to program content related to how alternative funding models and new economies could serve as tools for its members to support culture and artists in a manner that is racially equitable.
From 2014-2020, The Flight Deck was a home for multidisciplinary artists to present work, share resources and practice radical acts of imagination in the heart of downtown Oakland. Through PianoFight’s “Reimagining Business Models in the Arts” research project, they are developing an Oakland Cultural Space Cooperative. This business will network, preserve and activate cultural spaces, with […]
To operationalize, assess and review access for priority communities for the Foundation’s New & Experimental Works (NEW) Program.
The Center for Cultural Power (The Center), led by Oakland artist Favianna Rodriguez, will be launched to help underrepresented artists—artists of color, artists with disabilities, and transgender, indigenous and women artists—build their practices, engage in social movements and overcome the barriers to success that these artists have faced. In turn, the artists will usher in […]
Nourishing Community Wealth Co-Cap Conference which brought together over 200 local and national innovative cross-sector professionals to engage in conversation and highlight community wealth building innovations. The conference examined a broad range of models and innovations for investment, ownership, and support of local businesses and entrepreneurship that centers equity and prioritizes the local community.
Oakland Life-Safety Loan Fund aims to create long-term and permanently affordable safe spaces for the arts to thrive in the Bay Area. The fund will provide tenant improvement loans for life/safety upgrades to qualified live/work, art practice, and community event spaces serving Oakland artists. The program is supported by technical assistance from Safer DIY Spaces.
Will serve as a regional hub for artists of all disciplines and community investors dedicated to social change through creative practice.
