To support the piloting of a Regional Project Manager staffing structure with its first hire in the Bay Area. This seeks to address the challenge of serving a state as geographically vast and culturally diverse as California with consistent arts advocacy strategy and activation.
Bay Area Cultural Funders for Equity (BACFE) is a collaborative fund for aligned Bay Area arts funders aiming to advance equitable grantmaking and community well-being through coordinated funding that maximizes collective impact.
500 Capp Street’s mission is to encourage artistic experimentation, support new modes of living and build community. 500 Capp Street holds the legacy of artist-driven spaces and Bay Area conceptualism through process-oriented and provocative arts programming.
AfroSolo’s mission is to nurture, promote and present African American art and African Diasporan culture through solo theatre performances, visual and literary arts. Their programming seeks to illuminate the diverse range of styles, disciplines and perspectives of Black artists, using art to address issues of relevance to the Black community that empower and counteract negative […]
Alternative Theater Ensemble is committed to developing new works and local culture bearers by supporting the creative growth of theater artists from historically underrepresented communities; centering theater’s power as a tool for healing and connection; and sharing stories that reflect their complex and diverse communities, in places where people are. They believe that artists are […]
Ambrose Trataris’ practice is rooted in the blended experience of growing up online and in an isolated rural town in Southern California. As the child of a Greek immigrant father and an American mother; Almbrose Trataris experienced two worlds meeting at every intersection of their growth, learning to push back and embrace as a way […]
Created in 1989, Art of the Matter is the producing body for Deborah Slater Dance Theater (DSDT) and Studio 210. DSDT is a professional dance and theater company dedicated to production of evening-length works exploring timely social issues. Founded by Artistic Director/Choreographer Deborah Slater, DSDT has been touring more than two decades.
Artist Space Trust (AST) is an innovative, solution-focused nonprofit that secures permanently affordable housing and creative space for culturally and racially diverse artists and culture bearers. AST supports the holistic wellbeing of low income individuals, families and collectives while ensuring the health and vitality of our diverse Bay Area communities for generations to come. Utilizing […]
Aviva Arts’ mission is to promote growth and transformation through liberatory arts modalities. They center intersectional narratives that champion our relationship to ourselves, each other and the natural world.
AXIS collaborates with disabled, non-disabled, d/Deaf and neurodiverse artists to create world-class productions that challenge perceptions of dance and disability.

