OUR VISION
OUR VISION
We are a Laboratory of Artistic Collaboration and believe in art creation as a human right, therefore the Arts.Co.Lab Grassroots network promotes and supports the development of community-based artists, micro organizations, and collaborative projects, in the areas of production, arts administration, communications, and funding through the challenges of bringing their vision into physical reality.
Arts.Co.Lab is a BIPOC-led and -centered space where everyone is invited to participate.
OUR MISSION
Arts.Co.Lab is a Cultural Equity Agency catalyzing the collective wisdom of artists from Black, Indigenous, Immigrant, LGBTQIA+ people, disabled people, and other under-resourced communities, together to weave a resilient network of artists who are normally are not invited in the room for conversations around cultural equity in the arts.
We believe in arts creation as a human right and we are developing a pedagogy to achieve this.
Our Call to Action
It is no secret that the Arts and Culture ecosystem in our communities, in the Mission District, and across the San Francisco Bay Area has been affected by years of gentrification and displacement. Based on information from the Californians for the Arts, by the end of 2019, about 80% of the artists had experienced a form of displacement from their homes, work spaces, or performance spaces, a situation quickly aggravated by the COVID19 pandemic.
According to a survey by Americans for the Arts, 95% of artists lost income during the COVID crisis limiting their access to art supplies, physical space, and their social network. Of them, a staggering 80% of surveyed artists have no plan to get back on their feet.
In the wake of the health crisis of 2020, Arts.Co.Lab activated, offering pro-bono professional coaching to artists to navigate the bureaucracy of accessing Emergency Funds from local, state, and national organizations, initially supporting 29 artists across the state of California.
It is no secret that the Arts and Culture ecosystem in our communities, in the Mission District, and across the San Francisco Bay Area has been affected by years of gentrification and displacement. Based on information from the Californians for the Arts, by the end of 2019, about 80% of the artists had experienced a form of displacement from their homes, work spaces, or performance spaces, a situation quickly aggravated by the COVID19 pandemic.
According to a survey by Americans for the Arts, 95% of artists lost income during the COVID crisis limiting their access to art supplies, physical space, and their social network. Of them, a staggering 80% of surveyed artists have no plan to get back on their feet.
In the wake of the health crisis of 2020, Arts.Co.Lab activated, offering pro-bono professional coaching to artists to navigate the bureaucracy of accessing Emergency Funds from local, state, and national organizations, initially supporting 29 artists across the state of California.
OUR PRIORITY AREAS
In 2022, we will be creating an Ambassadors Program for former and current cohorts, through which they will become the essential instigators for in-person and online meet-ups.
We also have a service-growth vision for the next few years which focuses on four visions for cultural equity:
OUR PRIORITY AREAS
In 2022, we will be creating an Ambassadors Program for former and current cohorts, through which they will become the essential instigators for in-person and online meet-ups.
We also have a service-growth vision for the next few years which focuses on four visions for cultural equity:
Community Leadership Development
Civic & Political Advocacy through the Arts
Creation of Community Affinity Circles.
Mental Health Access for Artists
EQUITY BEYOND ETHNICITY
These are some of the intersections from our participating artists so far:
THE TAKEAWAYS
The Transformative Grant Writing Program contributes to the professional practices of the participating artists. These are some of the takeaways that our students have experienced:
- Clarity on the Arts and Culture funding ecosystem.
- New communication tools for grant writing.
- Ability to identify grant opportunities and write professional fundraising pieces.
- General understanding of the content and structure of grant proposals.
- An applied project piece that can be used for fundraising strategies.
- A personal grant writing perspective and narrative based on their vision.
- 1:1 Creative and Grant Writing coaching.
- A resilient network of creative entrepreneurs.
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