Djerassi Resident Artists Program
For Capital Campaign Support
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Amount$150,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/25/2016
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportCapital Funds
Strategies
Overview
The Djerassi Resident Artists Program has a 37-year history of serving individual artists in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. More than 2,300 well-known and emerging artists have used, explored, and created work at Djerassi since its founding. Each year, approximately 85 artists participate in short-term residencies free of charge on the 583-acre ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains. In light of founder Carl Djerassi’s passing in 2015, the organization has embarked on a four-year plan to leverage his $3.6 million bequest to strengthen infrastructure, facilities, and programs in support of artists in the future. The Djerassi Forever campaign has a goal to support aging facilities and ongoing capital need of its programs. The campaign will also increase the number of fellowships underwritten by the permanent endowment.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.djerassi.org
Address
2325 Bear Gulch Road, Woodside, CA, 94062-4405, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Djerassi Resident Artists Program enhances the creative practices and careers of multidisciplinary artists by providing uninterrupted time and space for work, reflection, and collaboration. In a typical year, 65 artists are provided with month-long, live-in residencies where they receive living and studio space, meals, and opportunities to network with other resident artists. The organization also stewards its Woodside, California, campus and the rural 583-acre tract of land through eco-friendly practices. Support for Djerassi Resident Artists Program aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s former Infrastructure strategy, through the Human and Financial Capital substrategy.
for general operating support
Djerassi Resident Artists Program enhances the creative practices and careers of multidisciplinary artists by providing uninterrupted time and space for work, reflection, and collaboration. It is located on a rural 583-acre tract of coastal mountains in Woodside, CA. In a typical year, approximately 65 artists are provided the opportunity particatipate in the live-in residency for a one-month period, free of charge. Artists are provided with living space, food, and studio spaces. In addition, the organization stewards its land and maintains the campus buildings through eco-friendly practices. Support for Djerassi Resident Artists Program aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Artists strategy.
