Intersection for the Arts
For The Red Poppy Art House Performing Arts Program
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Amount$64,800
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Program
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Date Awarded3/31/2011
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
The Red Poppy Art House (founded in 2003 and fiscally sponsored by Intersection for the Arts), presents 150 low-cost live performances a year, coordinates off-site performances, and hosts four performing artists-in-residence in a storefront in San Francisco's Mission District. Led by a combination of salaried staff and a dedicated core of volunteer programmers, production managers, and community leaders, The Red Poppy presents a diverse array of world, jazz and classical musicians and attracts 8,000 attendees annually to its neighborhood performance space. (Renewal $64,800/3 years; 17% of project budget).
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.theintersection.org
Address
1446 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area
The Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area is a fiscally sponsored project of Intersection for the Arts. It connects and catalyzes groups of arts education providers, educators, and advocates to help ensure youth located throughout the San Francisco Bay Area receive a comprehensive and quality arts education. Its services include regranting; event sponsorships; training and facilitation; and field leadership, in part, through its role as regional hub for five local arts education networks. This grant to Intersection for the Arts for the Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area will support a conference in 2023 for arts education organizations to learn about Proposition 28 implementation. This grant advances the Performing Arts Program’s Youth strategy through the Policy and Advocacy substrategy.
for Zoo Labs
Zoo Labs, a fiscally sponsored project of Intersection for the Arts, supports and empowers Bay Area-based musicians and other artists to own and amplify their creative projects. Its work includes the curricular development and delivery of arts business training, public panel discussions with industry leaders, mentorship pairing, and other services in support of arts entrepreneurs and small business owners. In its first two years, the new Zoo Labs LEARN platform has served over 500 individual artists. This grant, in alignment with the Performing Arts Program’s Artists strategy, will enable Zoo Labs to continue and evolve its artist support programs.
for the Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area
The Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area is a fiscally sponsored project of Intersection for the Arts. It connects and catalyzes groups of arts education providers, educators, and advocates to help ensure youth located throughout the San Francisco Bay Area receive a comprehensive and quality arts education. It provides services including regranting, event sponsorships, training and facilitation, and field leadership; serves as the regional hub for five local networks of arts education alliances; and aligns its work with statewide and national arts education efforts. Support for the Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area advances the Performing Arts Program’s Youth strategy through the Policy and Advocacy substrategy.
