Patrick Makuakane | Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Photo: Jack Spicer

The Creative Work Fund

Invites artists and nonprofit organizations
to create new artworks together

The Creative Work Fund is a program of The Walter and Elise Haas Fund that also is generously supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

2018 Grants Awarded in Media and Performing Arts

News of the next deadline and categories to be announced in December 2018

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Featured Projects

Weidong Yang and Djerassi Resident Artists Program

Nkeiruke Oruche and The Dance Brigade

Sophie Constantinou and Collective Impact

Franco Imperial and Taiko Community Alliance

Esy Casey and Filipino Advocates for Justice

Brenda Wong Aoki and Gamelan Sekar Jaya

Anna Fitch and Family Caregiver Alliance

Jo Kreiter and the Museum of the African Diaspora

Recent News

Rhodessa Jones and Women’s HIV Program at UCSF Premiere “When Did Your Hands….”

Through their second Creative Work Fund-supported collaboration, Rhodessa Jones, The Medea Project, Theater for Incarcerated Women, and the Women's HIV Program UCSF have developed When Did Your Hands Become a Weapon, exploring the widespread prevalence of sexual...

Nkeiruka Oruche’s “Wey You Dey?” or “What Had Happened Was…” Premieres Nov 10-17

Nkeiruka Oruche has been collaborating with a host of talented artists and the Dance Brigade's Dance Mission Theater to develop "Wey You Dey?" or "What Had Happened Was…, An Afro-Urban Musical," The work, directed by Tossie Long, is premiering on November 10 at The...