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 Frances Phillips | Sep 25, 2015 | 2012, Literary Arts, News
Developed through a collaboration between poet Gary Soto and Marsh Youth Theater, In and Out of Shadows is based on the lives and experiences of a group of undocumented teenagers. Soto developed this musical play through interviews with San Francisco Bay Area...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 19, 2014 | 2011, Literary Arts, News
Through extensive interviews and exchanges with undocumented youth and collaboration with the creative team at Marsh Youth Theater, poet Gary Soto developed In and Out of Shadows, a musical play. Marsh Youth Theater presented the play last year–drawing...