Optional application seminars and webinars for potential Creative Work Fund applicants are offered in advance of a call for Letters of Inquiry. Applicants are not required to attend, but are encouraged to do so—especially if they are unfamiliar with the Fund.
Seminars in Oakland, Richmond, San Mateo and Santa Cruz also features speakers from other artists’ commissioning grant opportunities:
- The East Bay Community Foundation’s East Bay Fund for Artists (Oakland and Richmond only)
- The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Special Awards in the Arts Program
- The Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions
Webinars
- Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Noon to 1pm
- Monday, September 25, 2017
6pm to 7pm
- Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Noon to 1pm
View this recorded seminar that live streamed on September 13th.
Seminars
- Thursday, September 7, 2017
12:30pm to 2:30pm
San Mateo Public Library
55 W. Third Ave
San Mateo, CA 94402
Presenters:
Jessica Mele, Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Frances Phillips, Creative Work Fund
Olivia Malabuyo Tablante, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Special Awards in the Arts Program.
- Tuesday, September 12, 2017
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
The Foundation Center
312 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94108 | Watch the recorded Livestream
- Wednesday, September 13, 2017
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
East Bay Center Center for the Performing Arts
339 11th Street
Richmond, CA 94801
Presenters:
Nicole Kyauk, East Bay Fund for Artists
John McGuirk, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions
Frances Phillips, Creative Work Fund
Olivia Malabuyo Tablante, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Special Awards in the Arts Program.
- Tuesday, September 19, 2017
2:30pm to 4:30pm
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
705 Front Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Presenters:
Emiko Ono, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions
Frances Phillips, Creative Work Fund
Olivia Malabuyo Tablante, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Special Awards in the Arts Program.
- Wednesday, September 27, 2017
9:30 am to 11:30 am
James Irvine Conference Center
353 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612
Presenters:
Nicole Kyauk, East Bay Fund for Artists
John McGuirk, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions
Frances Phillips, Creative Work Fund
Olivia Malabuyo Tablante, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Special Awards in the Arts Program.