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SMALL GRANTS IN THE ARTS
SMALL GRANTS IN THE ARTS
2007 Grants
Actors Theatre of San Francisco - $3,000
For a production of William Blake Sings the Blues by Keith Phillips.Alaska Far Away: The New Deal Pioneers of the Matanuska Colony - Joan Juster & Paul Hill - $5,000
[Film Arts Foundation]
For finishing funds for a documentary about the WPA project which relocated struggling Midwestern farm families to Alaska.Altertheater, San Rafael - $2,000
For artistic fees to develop a new work based on a story by Annie Lamott.Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco - $6,500
For the Small Press Spotlight exhibition, featuring four emerging cartoonists.Charlie Varon - $5,000
[The Marsh, San Francisco]
For development of a new solo performance piece, Rabbi Sam.Dancers’ Group, San Francisco - $4,000
To support the 10th anniversary of Bay Area Celebrates National Dance Week in 2008.Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside - $6,000
To support Bay Area artists’ residencies at the ranch.El Campanil Theatre, Antioch - $4,000
To support an upgrade of the lighting system in this community performing arts venue.Faithful Fools, San Francisco - $2,000
To expand the arts program of this Tenderloin-based community center.Fruits of War – Josiah Hooper - $2,000
[Center for Independent Documentary]
For post production of a documentary about Latino immigrants who fled the El Salvadorian war in the 1980’s, and their adjustment to being deported back to their home country after being involved with gang activity in the U.S.Freedom on the Rocks – Yun J. Suh - $3,000
[Film Arts Foundation]
For post production of a feature-length documentary about the only gay bar in Jerusalem.Genbaku No Hibaakusha – Kathy Sloane - $7,000
[Paradigm Productions]
For post production of a short film about a Hiroshima bombing survivor, and how he has dedicated his life to advocating for other survivors, opposing nuclear weapons, and saving the Japanese horseshoe crab.Heyday Institute, Berkeley - $6,000
For an event featuring California Indian artists’ performances, storytelling and crafts, sponsored in conjunction with the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology.Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco - $2,500
For the Jazz at Intersection series featuring local artists.It Came From Kuchar – Jennifer Kroot - $3,500
[Paradigm Productions]
For post production of a 90-min. documentary about local filmmaker George Kuchar.KWMR, Pt. Reyes Station - $3,500
For the 4th annual arts celebration featuring an art exhibit and performances by local musicians.La Corona – Amanda Micheli - $2,500
[Film Arts Foundation]
For post production of a documentary about female prison inmates in Bogota, Colombia, and their annual beauty contest.Mission Creek Music Festival, San Francisco - $3,000
[Intersection for the Arts]
For the 11th year of this multi-genre music festival in 14 local venues over 10 days.Most Are Losers – Sara MacPherson - $1,500
[Film Arts Foundation]
For post production of a 30-min. film about horse racing, and the demise of Bay Meadows Racecourse in San Mateo.Motherland – Jennifer Steinman - $5,500
[Independent Feature Project]
For post production of a documentary about six women grieving the sudden deaths of their children, and their trip to Africa to work with poor children there.NYFA Source, New York - $1,000
[New York Foundation for the Arts]
For resource and referral services artists can access through a searchable data base, with telephone staff support.Precita Eyes Muralists, San Francisco - $7,000
To support development by Susan Cervantes of a painted tile mural in the York Street Mini Park.Ricky Leacock: Being There – Les Blank - $7,000
[Film Arts Foundation]
For post production of a documentary about filmmaker Ricky Leacock, a pioneer of the documentary form.San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music - $4,000
To support the Affiliates Program of services for small chamber music ensembles.San Francisco Lyric Opera - $9,500
For the 2007 season featuring full-length operas in their native language (with supertitles).
San Francisco Playhouse - $8,000
For development and production of a new play by Aaron Loeb, First Person Shooter, a commentary on videogame violence in youth.San Francisco’s Wild History Groove – Mary Kerr - $3,500
[Bay Area Video Coalition]
For post production of Part II of Swinging in the Shadows, a 2-hour documentary about underground art and poetry during the beat era in California.San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art - $3,000
For the first year of programming in the Print Center, a printmaking studio in the Institute’s new building.Southern Exposure, San Francisco - $8,000
To support a spring 2008 exhibition of contemporary art based on air conditions called Vapor.Split – Ellen Bruno - $2,000
[Women’s Educational Media]
For development of an animation component to this 2-part film about divorce and its effect on children.Strong Love – Bonnie Burt - $4,000
[Film Arts Foundation]
For post production of a documentary about the relationship of two down syndrome adults and their paths to independent living and marriage.SYMPHO & New Century Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco - $3,000
To support a January 2008 production at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts called Rewind, designed with innovative staging around a musical theme.The Last Dance Raid: The Event That Changed Gay History - $3,500
Jallen Rix & Chris Sinton
[GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco]
For post production of a 60-min. film about a confrontation between the police and gay attendees of a 1965 costume ball.Undone – Deborah Hull - $2,000
[Dancers’ Group, San Francisco]
For post production of a 15-min. dance film shot in the Hamlin Mansion.Whiz Kids – Michael Duca & Tom Shepard - $7,000
[Bay Area Video Coalition]
For post production of a feature-length documentary about gifted high school students competing in the Science Talent Search.TOTAL $150,000