by Frances Phillips | Dec 19, 2017 | 2017, News, Traditional Arts
On Saturday, December 30, at 1 p.m., Teatro Visión is presenting a staged reading in English and Spanish of Evelina Fernández’s Departera (working title) at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose. A Creative Work Fund traditional arts grant to Russell Rodriguez...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 25, 2017 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
Accion Latina is hosting a free, celebratory reading of the first two of Adriana Camarena’s extended essays, “Unsettled in the Mission,” published in El Tecolote and supported by a grant from the Creative Work Fund. Camarena will read on Saturday,...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 1, 2017 | 2017, Media Arts, News, Performing Arts
On September 7, at 12:30 p.m., at the San Mateo Public Library (55 West Third Street, San Mateo), three Bay Area grantmakers invite Bay Area nonprofit organizations and artists to learn about their available commissioning and project grants. Presenters will be:...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 1, 2017 | 2017, Literary Arts, News, Traditional Arts
August 1, 2017 – The Creative Work Fund is pleased to announce the awarding of 15 grants totaling $600,000 to Bay Area literary and traditional artists. The Fund provides financial support to local artists creating new work in collaboration with Bay Area...
by Faiza Bukhari | Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Literary Arts
Writer Gary Soto is collaborating with San Francisco Youth Theater (SFYT) to create The Afterlife, a new play about gang violence, teen death, and suicide. In creating an authentic and resonant script, Soto will confer with youth and staff at Santa Cruz Barrios...
by Faiza Bukhari | Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Traditional Arts
(Dennis) Tobaji Stewart will lead an intergenerational group of artists to create Answered Prayers, a staged work that interweaves African and African American ritual and traditions with hip hop dance and spoken word.
