In November 2009, the Creative Work Fund received 264 letters of inquiry for projects featuring performing artists or visual artists. Of these, 63 projects were invited to submit full proposals, which will be considered by panels this summer. Grants will be announced on July 30, 2010. The Fund now is applying to its generous funders for continued support and will be able to announce future deadlines and the amount of funding available by late November 2010. The plan, at present, is to maintain the Creative Work Fund’s current geographic scope (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and Stanislaus) and to invite projects featuring literary artists or traditional artists to submit letters in early 2011. Check back for confirmation and program details later this year. Please do not submit letters of inquiry before new deadlines are announced.
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Creative Work Fund Awards $650,000 to Northern California Artists 17 Exceptional Projects Awarded Grants for Performing and Visual Arts The Creative Work Fund (CWF) is pleased to announce that it is awarding 17 grants totalling $650,000 to Northern California artists for the creation of new works in the fields of performing and visual arts. Featured artists are collaborating with local nonprofit community organizations on dynamic and creative projects that include dance, music, theater, sculpture, murals, interactive community art-making, and more. “Watching new trends emerge each year in the grant proposals is fascinating,” said CWF director Frances Phillips, who has been heading the fund since its establishment in 1994. “For instance, this year a number of projects focused on food, healthy eating, and sustainability.” For the 2010 grant cycle, CWF reviewed projects in the visual and performing arts, with successful applicants working in highly diverse media such as digital murals, dance theater, a graphic novel, mobile sculpture, photography, orchestral composition, interdisciplinary performance installations, traditional botanical painting, and a theatrical fusion oratorio. Since 1994, CWF has contributed $8 million to advance art-making by Northern California artists in a variety of disciplines. Awards range from $10,000 to $40,000. Grants are highly competitive and recommended to CWF by a committee of accomplished panelists. The 2010 CWF grant recipients hail from the Bay Area’s urban centers, extending out to Hollister and Benicia. Recipient artists are renowned in their disciplines, and have undergone a rigorous and intensely competitive review process. Click here for more... What’s New? July 2010David Meltzer and Big Bridge (Literary Arts, 2008)
In July, Rockpile is producing two benefits—both of them with the Rabbles: a July 2 performance at CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission Street, in San Francisco, is raising funds for the Louisiana Bucket Brigade; July 30’s event, 7-10 pm at the Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington Street, Petaluma will raise funds for the Petaluma Poetry Walk. Tickets for the Phoenix Theater evening are available at the door. Jewlia Eisenberg and Charming Hostess in association with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Performing Arts, 2008) Watch for: Kate Connell and Oscar Melara with the San Francisco Public Library (Visual Arts, 2007)
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