Bread & Roses Presents

Bread & Roses Presents brings artists to isolated and institutionalized audiences who have limited or no access to music and the performing arts. The organization produces more than 600 free live performances annually for 35,000 Bay Area children, teens, adults, and seniors. Drawing on a diverse roster of 1,000 professional and amateur performing artists, Bread & Roses reaches more than 125 institutional facilities, including addiction rehabilitation centers, homeless shelters, youth detention facilities, and jails, across eight Bay Area counties. The work of Bread & Roses Presents aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s former Continuity and Engagement strategy through the Innovative Works substrategy.

Bread and Roses brings entertainment to isolated and incarcerated audiences with limited or no access to music and the performing arts. The organization produces more than 600 free live performances annually for 28,000 Bay Area children, teens, adults, and elders. Drawing on a diverse roster of 1,300 professional and amateur performing artists, Bread and Roses reaches more than 120 institutional facilities, such as addiction rehabilitation centers, homeless shelters, schools for the developmentally disabled, youth detention facilities, county jails, and state prisons. A renewal grant to Bread and Roses would enable the organization to continue to reach those members of our communities who rarely experience the benefit of a live arts event.