Brava! for Women in the Arts
For The 2020 50 Arts Commissions For Dance And Movement-based Performance
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Amount$150,000
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Program
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Date Awarded6/5/2020
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Term37.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
In recognition of the Hewlett Foundation’s 50th anniversary, the Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions initiative supports the creation and premiere of 50 exceptional works of performing arts. This grant will support Brava! For Women in the Arts in developing and presenting "Ghostly Labor," a multimedia dance performance by choreographer Vanessa Sanchez. "Ghostly Labor" will illuminate the histories of female labor in the borderlands of the United States and Mexico.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.brava.org
Address
2781 Twenty-fourth Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110-4235, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Brava! for Women in the Arts produces, presents, and cultivates the artistic development and creative expression of women, people of color, youth, LGBTQIA, and other underrepresented voices. The San Francisco organization offers an eclectic annual season of eight projects, an artist residency program, affordable space rentals for artistic development and community groups, and arts education and job training programs for youth. Each year, Brava reaches more than 30,000 audience members. This grant to Brava advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
for Loco Bloco
Brava! for Women in the Arts produces, presents, and cultivates the artistic development and creative expression of women, people of color, youth, LGBTQIA, and other underrepresented voices. The Loco Bloco artistic programs are rooted in the culture, music, theater, and dance of Afro Latino traditions. Each year, more than 400 youth are served in the program’s classes and workshops, and youth perform before tens of thousands of people in large-scale community events in San Francisco’s Mission District, including Carnaval and the Day of the Dead procession. Support for Brava’s Loco Bloco program advances the Performing Arts Program’s Youth strategy through the Program Delivery substrategy.
