First Voice
For General Operating Support
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Amount$105,000
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Program
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Date Awarded6/15/2017
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
First Voice creates and produces original, multi-disciplinary work, fusing Asian performing arts traditions with American art forms such as jazz, spoken word, and storytelling. Reaching 20,000 audience members annually through its local and national tour performances, First Voice also performs and teaches at public schools, universities, and other institutions, and has produced numerous spoken word and jazz recordings. Renewed support will enable First Voice to develop new work and build its internal fundraising infrastructure, while also addressing its legacy for new generations of artists.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.firstvoice.org
Address
43 Parsons Street, San Francisco, CA, 94118-4116, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
First Voice creates and produces original, multidisciplinary work fusing Asian performing arts traditions with indigenous American art forms such as jazz, spoken word, and storytelling. Reaching 15,000 audience members annually through its local and national tour performances, First Voice also performs and teaches at public schools, universities, and other institutions and has produced numerous spoken word and jazz recordings. Supplemental funding will provide additional artistic funds for the remainder of the general operating grant period.
for general operating support
First Voice creates and produces original, multidisciplinary work fusing Asian performing arts traditions with indigenous American art forms such as jazz, spoken word, and storytelling. Reaching 15,000 audience members annually through its local and national tour performances, First Voice also performs and teaches at public schools, universities, and other institutions and has produced numerous spoken word and jazz recordings.
