by Frances Phillips | Oct 1, 2021 | 2021, News
The Creative Work Fund is pleased to award 25 new grants to Greater Bay Area artists collaborating with nonprofit organizations to develop new works of dance, film, music, theater, visual arts, and more. Supported projects reveal artists’ profound commitment to their...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 25, 2019 | 2016, News, Visual Arts
While visual artist Jerome Reyes is steeped in the South of Market neighborhood for his Creative Work Fund project with SOMCAN, his work, his writing, and his voice are appearing in many contexts. Visitors can view his work included in Solidarity Struggle Victory, ...
by Frances Phillips | Feb 4, 2017 | 2001, Media Arts, News
At 6 pm. on Thursday, February 9, at the Roxie Theater, SF Indie Fest is hosting a reception to celebrate the life of filmmaker Lise Swenson. Swenson will be honored posthumously with the SF IndieFest Vanguard Award. At 7:15 the festival is presenting the premiere...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 27, 2016 | 2001, 2011, Literary Arts, Media Arts, News
In recent weeks, San Francisco’s arts community has been saddened by the deaths of performer and writer Cherylene Lee and filmmaker Lise Swenson, both Creative Work Fund recipients. Swenson received a 2001 Media Arts grant to create Mission Movie in...
by Frances Phillips | Jul 7, 2010 | 2010, Visual Arts
Allison Smith collaborating with Southern Exposure and 50 other artists to create ?The Cries of San Francisco,? a temporary public art project, series of events, exhibition, and publication that takes as its inspiration early San Francisco street merchants who would...
