Through an ArtPlace investment, the distinguished San Francisco-based Creative Work Fund entertained proposals from performing artists and media artists to undertake collaborative projects with community members and nonprofit organizations. It prioritized projects taking place where funding for artists’ projects is scarce, specifically focusing on the following counties: Contra Costa, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma and Stanislaus. The grants awarded provided opportunities for artists and residents to work together to solve problems and renew the social and economic fabric of urban, suburban and small town communities, focusing on: the foreclosure crisis in Tracy; strengthening social cohesion through storytelling and music in fast-changing Hollister; saving a state park from closure in Sonoma; and celebrating sustainable agriculture in Occidental and the mid-century modern architecture of Modesto.
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Sep 10, 2012
The Creative Work Fund, which supports artists creating new works through collaborations with nonprofits, was among the inaugural ArtPlace grantees. Our ArtPlace funding has enabled... Read More
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Aug 11, 2012
Unlike most ArtPlace projects, the Creative Work Fund is based in a 14-county region rather than a specific neighborhood, town, or watershed. That region is... Read More
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Jul 05, 2012
Through an ArtPlace investment, the distinguished San Francisco-based Creative Work Fund has been seeking proposals from performing artists and media artists to undertake collaborative projects... Read More
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May 09, 2012
The Creative Work Fund supports artists collaborating with nonprofit organizations to create new works, and ArtPlace funding will make possible four grants — to be... Read More
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Apr 20, 2012
The Creative Work Fund supports artists collaborating with nonprofit organizations to create new works, and ArtPlace funding will make possible four grants—to be awarded in... Read More
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Mar 14, 2012
The Creative Work Fund supports artists collaborating with nonprofit organizations to create new works, and ArtPlace funding will make possible four grants—to be awarded in... Read More
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Feb 23, 2012
The Creative Work Fund (CWF) supports new works by artists that are developed through collaborations with nonprofit organizations. Artists and nonprofits in 14 San Francisco... Read More
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Jan 23, 2012
It’s a chilly December evening and I’m walking down Ellis Street through San Francisco’s Tenderloin. Suddenly, I come upon the Tenderloin National Forest, inviting me... Read More
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Dec 25, 2011
A strong community is built from its members’ attentive care. Oakland poet Kristin Palm asks what if the people of Oakland, California—not city planners—were invited... Read More
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Nov 25, 2011
How is it that a town of 1,800 people can represent the full story of the state of California? South of San Francisco and north... Read More
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Oct 27, 2011
Often when I think about artists whose work has increased awareness of the environment, writers, photographers, and landscape painters come to mind. But Creative Work... Read More
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Sep 29, 2011
If you are from the Portola District, you lean down hard to pronounce the name’s first syllable. If you grew up there long ago, you... Read More
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Sep 12, 2011
Creative Work Fund invites performing and media artists to address themes of creative placemaking throughout the Bay Area. With ArtPlace support, in late 2011 The... Read More