Van-Anh Vo | Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center | Photo: Christine Jade

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.

Now reviewing Letters of Inquiry.

invitations to full proposal will be made by March 26, 2021

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Larry Arrington and ODC Theater

Lindsay Gauthier and LandPaths

Antoine Hunter and Epiphany Dance Theater

Star Finch and Crowded Fire Theater Company

Lindsay Tully and Creativity Explored

Johnny Lopez and SoulForce Dance Company

Eugenie Chan and Musical Traditions

Matthew Welch and the San Francisco Girls Chorus

Recent News

Sharing Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Voice Through “Locations”

In 2004, the Creative Work Fund awarded a grant to poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti for a collaboration with Bay Area Radio Drama and Earwax Productions to create a series of recordings for broadcast. We are able to share one episode from their project Locations here. The...

Linda Yamane’s Basket Transformed into a Striking Mosaic Mural

With a 2009 grant from the Creative Work Fund, California Indian Basketweaver Linda Yamane collaborated with the Big Sur Land Trust to create an Ohlone presentation basket. The artist is of Rumsien Ohlone heritage -- the Native Californians of the Monterey area....