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SMALL GRANTS IN THE ARTS
2011 Grants
SMALL GRANTS IN THE ARTS
2011 Grants
American Teacher – Ninive Calegari & Vanessa Roth - $6,000
[Intersection for the Arts]
For post production of a feature-length film based on the book Teachers Have It Easy, co-authored by Calegari, Dave Eggars, and Daniel Monthrop which describes the difficulties of teaching in the public system today from a teacher’s point of view.Axis Dance Company, Oakland - $3,000
To support the 2011 season which, for the first time, will be performed outdoors and feature two original new works for this company of both disabled and able-bodied dancers.Be Strong Be Gentle, Be Beautiful - Yuriko Gamo Romer $5,500
[Center for Independent Documentary]
To support a documentary about a 98-year old San Franciscan woman who is the highest-ranking woman in judo history.Being Human, Being There – Amelia Chua - $6,000
[San Francisco Film Society]
For post production and distribution of a 30-min. documentary about an Asian American couple’s long relationship which included interment in California during WWII.Cambodian Community Development, Oakland $2,500
To support a training and performance program led by master Cambodian musician, Nhep Prok.CounterPULSE, San Francisco - $1,000
To support the Rental Exchange Program which provides rental subsidies and services to local artists using the space for the creation and staging of new work.Crosspulse, Oakland $1,500
To support the 4th International Body Music Festival founded by Keith Terry.Del Sol Performing Arts, San Francisco $3,250
To support a collaborative project with Bay Area composer Gabriels Lena Frank and the Andean ensemble, Chaskinakuy.Diablo Ballet - $2,000
To support a new commissioned work from San Francisco Ballet’s resident choreographer, Val Caniparoli.Door Dog Music Productions, San Francisco - $2,500
To support the creation and premiere of a new suite of works representing world music, called The Epic Project: Madmen, Heroines, and Bards from Around the World.Ensemble Parallele, San Francisco $2,500
To support the world premiere of a re-orchestration of the contemporary opera The Great Gatsby.Erik Ehn, San Francisco $1,000
[Playwrights Foundation]
To support the production of Dogsbody by Liz Duffy Adams, as San Francisco's contribution to a 17-play series on genocide here and abroad.EXIT Theatre, San Francisco - $2,000
To support the artistS-in-residence program for three local theatre ensembles and six individual artists.FoolsFURY, San Francisco $1,500
To support production of a new piece called Port Out, Starboard Home by Sheila Callaghan.Friends of San Francisco Chamber Music $2,000
To support the Affiliate Artists program, which provides management, fundraising, marketing and commissioning training to 58 local ensembles.Garrett + Moulton Productions, San Francisco $2,500
To support creation and production of an evening-length dance theater work called Giants.Ives Quartet, San Francisco $2,000
To support the spring 2012 concert season in San Francisco, Palo Alto, and San Jose.Lehrhaus Judaica, Berkeley $2,000
To support a second showing of 12 photo-history panels featuring the work of Bernard Zakheim.Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco $4,500
To support a show titled Pax Americana, an installation by Eureka Fellowship recipient David Gurman.Motion Institute, San Francisco - $4,500
To support development and production of Nina Wise’s The Kepler Project, to premiere at the California Academy of Sciences’ Morrison Planetarium, based on the work of chaos theory founder, Dr. Ralph Abraham.Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco $3,000
To support an exhibition of early watercolor works by Italian American artist John Grillo.Museum of Craft & Folk Art, San Francisco $4,000
To support an exhibition by local sculptor Randy Colosky called FIAT LUX.Oakland Ballet Company $2,500
To support the spring 2012 season featuring new work by Graham Lustig and other contemporary choreographers inspired by the Ballet Russes' Sergei Diaghilev.Perfect Strangers - Jan Krawitz $3,000
[Center for Independent Documentary]
To support a documentary about an altruistic organ donor who gave a kidney to a stranger after her hand-picked match didn't work out medically.PlayGround, San Francisco - $ 2,000
To support the 15th annual Best of Playground Festival, featuring 4 weeks of 23 short plays from the weekly play reading series.Root Division, San Francisco - $ 1,500
To support the Second Saturday Exhibition Series featuring emerging artists working in a variety of visual arts media.San Francisco Center for the Book - $2,000
To support the creation of an original artist’s book by artist-in-residence Kota Ezawa, a recent Eureka Fellowship recipient.San Francisco Chamber Orchestra - $2,000
To support the New Works Program, featuring a commissioned piece by African American/Latin jazz composer Wayne Wallace.San Francisco Cinematheque $2,500
To support a showcase series called Out of the Box: Contemporary Live Cinema, featuring filmmakers presenting their work in live performances.Shotgun Players, Berkeley - $3,000
To support artists’ fees for a new outdoor summer play by circus artist Jeff Raz and his longtime collaborator, Joan Mankin.Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa $2,000
To support a new sound work by Hugh Livingston in the sculpture garden.Sonoma Valley Art Museum - $6,000
To support an urgent upgrading of the failing lighting system.Southern Exposure, San Francisco - $2,500
To support the fall 2011 exhibition season featuring two gallery shows and two public art projects.The Genius of Marion - Banker White $2,000
[San Francisco Film Society]
To support a documentary about one family's struggle with Alzheimer's Disease over multiple generations.West Wave Dance Festival, San Francisco - $3,000
[Dance Art, Inc.]
To support the 20th anniversary, “all premieres” season of this festival which showcases both emerging and mid-career choreographers and their ensembles.With You - Scott Gracheff Chris Million & Holly Million $5,250
[San Francisco Film Society]
To support a documentary about Scott Bingham, one of the passengers who died on Flight 93 on 9/11, and his mother's subsequent advocacy work for gay rights.Yerba Buena Arts & Events, San Francisco - $ 2,000
To support the presentation of a world premiere by local jazz musician Marcus Shelby and his 15-person orchestra, called Green, based on principles of green economics.You’re Looking at Me Like I Live Here But I Don’t – Scott Kirschenbaum - $4,000
[San Francisco Film Society]
For post production of a 45-min. experimental film about a female Alzheimer’s patient struggling to find human connections in her daily life.TOTAL: $110,000
Fleishhacker Foundation 2012