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AIR-SF and People’s Kitchen Collective

Project Title: “STREETS!”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: Open Spaces Program
Year: 2017
Amount: $85,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

The Exploratorium and Rosten Woo

Project Title: “Mutual Air Society”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: Open Spaces Program
Year: 2017
Amount: $115,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

Consisting of 30 networked sculptures that create an infrastructure of sensing and sonification. Oakland residents will become stewards to individual bells that work together to give presence to the air and climate, creating a shared soundscape across Oakland. Over six months it will create a data-set that can be used by climate scientists and public health researchers.

Zaccho Dance Theatre and Joanna Haigood, Mary Ellen Strom and Walter Kitundu

Project Title: “Picture Bayview”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: Open Spaces Program
Year: 2017
Amount: $200,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

A large-scale multimedia community art project. This interdisciplinary site-specific work focuses on the dreams and aspirations of residents of Bayview-Hunter’s Point in San Francisco, as the neighborhood enters a period of economic and demographic transformation.

Grantee	Giving Area	Program	Grant Year	Project Title	Amount
AIR-SF and People’s Kitchen Collective	Arts	Open Spaces Program	2017	“STREETS!”	$85,000.00
The Exploratorium and Rosten Woo	Arts	Open Spaces Program	2017	“Mutual Air Society”	$115,000.00
Zaccho Dance Theatre and Joanna Haigood, Mary Ellen Strom and Walter Kitundu	Arts	Open Spaces Program	2017	“Picture Bayview”	$200,000.00

A site specific dance in Bayview-Hunter’s Point where three dancers are on top of a roof and one dancer is dancing on a wooden block with a briefcase.

Arts

Our Arts Program funds dance, film, public space and theater projects that highlight important issues facing our society and local communities.

Arts Program

A young Black girl smiling while she looks down at an open book, reading.

Education

Our Education Program supports schools and community-based organizations that help Oakland’s children develop literacy and social emotional skills.

Education Program

A female scientist in the lab looking into a microscope.

Health

Our Health Program invests early in novel approaches and collaborations to advance Inflammatory Bowel Disease research.

Health Program