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Media contact: Kate Patterson
Tel: 415-252-4638 Email: kate.patterson@sfgov.org
San Francisco, CA, July 8, 2009 – Director of Cultural Affairs Luis R. Cancel congratulates 37 San Francisco arts organizations on their award of $1.5 million in stimulus funds from the National Endowment for the Arts American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Grant Program. The awards represent 5 percent of all grants awarded nationwide and 38 percent of all grants awarded in the state of California, which totaled $4.45 million. The Arts Commission’s award-winning program, WritersCorps, was one of two literature programs in the City to be selected, receiving a $50,000 grant. As of January 2008, San Francisco was home to 4,837 arts-related businesses that employ 29,561 people. These funds come at a critical time as many of the City’s arts organizations are facing drastic budget and staffing cuts as a direct result of the recession’s impact on revenue and private giving.
“In these challenging economic times the arts are more vital than ever,” stated Luis R. Cancel. “The City’s non-profit arts and cultural sector generates $1.03 billion in local economic activity annually and, therefore, it will play a critical role in our recovery. With these stimulus funds San Francisco arts organizations will be able to weather the storm and continue to provide jobs and to generate revenue while enriching people’s lives through innovative, high quality programming.”
The San Francisco grantees represent a broad range of arts disciplines. The total breakdown is as follows: Dance = 6; Theater = 8; Design =1; Museums = 3; Literature = 2; Media Arts = 7; Presenting = 4; Music = 4; Arts Education = 1; and Local Arts Agency = 1. Below is a list of grantees and their awards.
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
Architecture for Humanity
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museums
Aunt Lute Foundation
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc.
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
California Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
Circuit Network
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
Contemporary Jewish Museum
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museums
CounterPulse
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
Cypress Performing Arts Association
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
Eth-Noh-Tec Creations
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
Exitheatre
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
foolsFURY Theater Company
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
Frameline
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
Jess Curtis/Gravity, Inc.
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
Joe Goode Performance Group
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
Kitchen Sisters Productions
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
Kronos Performing Arts Association
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
Magic Theatre, Inc.
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
Marsh, a breeding ground for new performance
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, Inc.
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
National Film Preservation Foundation
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
Oberlin Dance Collective
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
ODC Theater
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
Performing Arts Workshop, Inc.
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
PlayGround, Inc.
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
Playwrights Foundation, Inc.
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
San Francisco Arts Commission
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
San Francisco Cinematheque
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
San Francisco Jazz Organization
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museums
San Francisco Symphony
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
World Arts West
$50,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
Yerba Buena Arts & Events
$25,000
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
About the San Francisco Arts Commission
The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) is the City agency that champions the arts in San Francisco. We believe that a creative cultural environment is essential to the City’s well-being. Established by charter in 1932, SFAC programs integrate the arts into all aspects of City life. Programs include: Civic Art Collection, Civic Design Review, Community Arts & Education, Cultural Equity Grants, Public Art, SFAC Gallery, Street Artists Licensing, and the Summer & the Symphony Concert Series. The agency’s core values are committed to the principle that all residents have equal access to arts experiences in all disciplines, that programs are provided comprehensively and evenly throughout the City, and that they are innovative and of the highest quality.
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