Linda Yamane’s Basket Transformed into a Striking Mosaic Mural

by Frances Phillips | Jan 27, 2021 | 2009, News, Traditional Arts

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....

Sayaw sa Llaw/Dancing in the Light Premieres as Short Film

by Frances Phillips | Dec 19, 2020 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts

When Sydney Loyola applied to the Creative Work Fund to collaborate with the Filipino American Development Foundation and multiple artists and artistic companies, she planned for the work to be part of the annual Parol Lantern Festival in San Francisco’s South...

Announcing 16 New Grants in Traditional & Visual Arts

by Frances Phillips | Oct 4, 2019 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts, Visual Arts

The Creative Work Fund is awarding 16 new grants totaling $699,000 to Northern California artists who are collaborating with local nonprofit organizations to create new works in traditional arts and visual arts. These grants celebrate the role of artists as problem...

Creative Work Fund at 25: Opening Applications to All Artists

by Frances Phillips | Sep 16, 2019 | Literary Arts, Media Arts, News, Performing Arts, Traditional Arts, Uncategorized, Visual Arts

Celebrating 25 years of supporting artists and nonprofits in creating new artworks collaboratively, the Creative Work Fund is now trying something new. While previous years’ applications have been limited to artists working in two broadly-defined artistic disciplines,...

Aleppo to Istanbul Premieres

by Frances Phillips | Jan 14, 2019 | 2017, News, Traditional Arts

Zawaya’s collaboration with Issa Golitzen Farajaje to research and perform sacred Sufi music of the 19th and 20th Century is premiering in two concerts — on January 13 in San Mateo and January 20 at the Islamic Cultural Center for Northern California in...

Departera, with Music by Russell Rodriguez, Premieres Oct 11

by Frances Phillips | Oct 10, 2018 | News, Traditional Arts

Teatro Vision announces the October 11 premiere of Departera, a new work by Evelina Fernandez that is directed by Elisa Marina Alvarado. Departera was developed out of stories collected from community members and offers a witty, modern take on Dia de los Muertos....