For a nice summary of the progress the Cultural District is making, we invite you to check out this Bay Area Reporter article:
Leather projects in San Francisco South of Market district advance (also available here).
The world's first city-recognized LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
For a nice summary of the progress the Cultural District is making, we invite you to check out this Bay Area Reporter article:
Leather projects in San Francisco South of Market district advance (also available here).
An important part of our work is helping residents, workers and visitors appreciate the history and culture of the District’s buildings and streets.
We are working on a project to install bronze plaques at key historic locations around SoMa, in cooperation with the SF Arts Commission, Public Works, the SFMTA, and with funding provided by local developers. You can read about it in the September 2020 Bay Area Reporter article, easily viewable here.
A Resolution authorizing the plaques has now been unanimously approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (as reported in this article from the Bay Area Reporter).
Additional design reviews and approvals are still required. Your presence and comments (via Zoom, or by email in advance) will be much appreciated. Please consider signing up for our SOMA Action Network so we can let you know when we need that help.
If all goes well, the first plaques should be installed as part of the Department of Public Works’ upgrade to Folsom Street, hopefully starting later this year.
Meanwhile, we invite you to view this presentation about the plaque project.
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A pilot program has been created to provide monthly income to selected San Francisco artists, and applications are now open.
For full information and to apply
click here!
Applications close April 15, 2021.
“The arts are truly critical to our local economy and are an essential part of our long-term recovery. If we help the arts recover, the arts will help San Francisco recover. This new program is an innovative effort to help our creative sector get through this challenging time, and come back even stronger and more resilient than before.” | ||
– The Honorable Mayor London Breed |
Diamond Wave, a San Francisco-based Bay queer arts organization, has announced a spring/summer creative workshop series called MASCellaneous 2021. Artistic director Kevin Seaman and their team have selected six Bay Area queer artists to lead 60- to 90-minute workshops centering their creative practices and how they intersect with queer masculinities.
Wednesday, April 7
MASCellaneous: Angels and Demons: Becoming Your Own Legend
with theatre artist Rotimi Agbabiaka
Thursday, April 22
MASCellaneous: HOW TO GENDER
with writer Stuart Getty
Tuesday, April 27
MASCellaneous: Day Look Makeup
with drag & cosplay artist KaiKai Bee Michaels / Kai Gault
Wednesday, May 12
MASCellaneous: Studly Stories: Storytelling for Masc-of-Center Queers
with drag & media artist Kyle Casey Chu
Monday, May 24
MASCellaneous: We All Wear Mascs
with drag artist Jota Mercury
Thursday, June 10
MASCellaneous: Remembering Gender Dualisms | Decolonizing Binaries
with performer Javier Stell-Fresquez
All workshops are free with registration and begin at 6:00 pm PT via Zoom. For more info, or to register, visit www.diamond-wave.org. More info also at their Facebook page.