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SMALL GRANTS IN THE ARTS
SMALL GRANTS IN THE ARTS
2009 Grants
A Fierce Green Fire – Mark Kitchell - $4,500
[San Francisco Film Society]
For post-production of a 2-hour documentary about the history of the environmental movement.A Living Olympus – Jascha Ephraim - $1,500
[San Francisco Film Society]
For post-production of a short film about an experimental music performance.Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek - $4,000
To support an exhibition of three Bay Area artists: Squeak Carnwath, Hung Liu, and Inez Storer.Berkeley Opera - $2,000
For production expenses, including set design by video artist Jeremy Knight, for an original staging of Douglas Moore’s The Ballad of Baby Doe.Campo Santo, San Francisco - $5,000
[Intersection for the Arts]
For production of a new full-length play by Junot Diaz called The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.Dancer’s Group, San Francisco - $2,500
For the monthly journal and dance calendar, IN DANCE.Djerassi Resident Artists, Woodside - $5,000
To support Bay Area artists taking part in residencies in 2010.Elwood Snock and the Land of Lo-Fi – Lisa Foti-Straus - $1,500
[San Francisco Film Society]
For post production of an 80-min. film about comic book animator and musician Michael Hurley, who has often performed as his alter-ego, Elwood Snock.From Poaching to Plowshares – John Antonelli - $6,000
[Animal Fund]
For first-cut editing of a feature-length documentary about the effort to replace elephant poaching with sustainable farming in Zambia.Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco - $5,000
To support a multi-media exhibition to honor the Galeria’s 40-year history.Good Germs, Bad Germs – Jed Riffe - $4,000
[Bay Area Video Coalition]
For post production of a feature-length film about the epidemic of food-borne diseases.Ives Quartet, Palo Alto - $1,500
To support the 3-concert 2010 performance season.Miss Representation – Jennifer Siebel Newsom - $5,500
[San Francisco Film Society]
For post production of a 90-min. documentary about how mainstream media marginalizes and negatively affects girls and women.Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco - $5,500
For an exhibition guide for a show about Italian immigration from 1870 to the present.Museum of Craft & Folk Art, San Francisco - $2,000
For the Open Source Embroidery Exhibition featuring a new commissioned work by Travis Joseph Meinolf which combines computer programming and needlework.PlayGround Festival, San Francisco - $2,500
For the 13th annual Best of PlayGround Festival featuring premieres of seven short plays selected from the monthly play-reading series.Robert Moses’ Kin, San Francisco - $1,500
To support creation of a new work for the home season at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.San Francisco Camerawork - $4,000
For a 35th anniversary exhibition called The Autobiography of San Francisco 1974-2009, featuring four new commissioned works.San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music - $1,500
For services to local ensembles through the Chamber Music Associates Program.San Francisco Playhouse - $5,000
For a new production by playwright Aaron Loeb, who is creating a contemporary adaptation of Euripedes’ Alcestis.San Francisco Theater Festival - $4,500
For the 2009 free festival featuring 100 performances by 80 companies and solo performers at Yerba Buena Gardens.Strong – Judy Wyman - $4,000
[Women Make Movies]
For post production of a 1-hour documentary about a female Olympic weightlifter and the issues she faces due to her large size.Tandy Beal & Co., Santa Cruz - $4,500
To support creation of a new circus-based holiday production in collaboration with Lu Yi and Jeff Raz.Upaj: The Making of India Jazz Suites – Hoku Uchiyama - $4,000
[Center for Asian American Media]
For post production of a 30-min. documentary film about a dance collaboration between Kathak master Chitresh Das and tapper Jason Samuels Smith.Yerba Buena Arts & Events, San Francisco - $3,000
For development of a commissioned work called MLK by jazz musician Marcus Shelby.TOTAL: $90,000
Fleishhacker Foundation 2010