Queer Cultural Center
For General Operating Support
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Amount$135,000
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Program
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Date Awarded10/12/2019
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
The Queer Cultural Center is a multiracial, community-building organization that fosters LGBT artistic, economic, and cultural development. The Center commissions and presents culturally diverse queer artists and arts organizations. Its marquee event is the annual, month-long National Queer Arts Festival, which has been taking place for more 20 years. Each year, the festival presents more than 40 art events in San Francisco and the East Bay. The organization also supports LGBT artists with fiscal sponsorships, grants, and capacity building workshops.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.queerculturalcenter.org
Address
934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Queer Cultural Center (QCC) promotes the artistic, cultural, and economic evolution of LGBTQ+ artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. It commissions and presents queer artists and arts organizations and is committed to serving artists and audiences who are diverse across multiple dimensions, including sexuality, gender expression, race, artistic genre, and cultural tradition. Each year, the QCC produces a queer arts festival that features over 40 arts events in San Francisco, the East Bay, and virtually. The organization also supports LGBTQ+ artists with fiscal sponsorships, grants, community-building opportunities, and capacity-building workshops. Support for the Queer Cultural Center aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
for general operating support
Queer Cultural Center (QCC) is a multi-racial, community-building organization that fosters the artistic, economic, and cultural development of San Francisco’s LGBT community. QCC commissions and presents queer artists, promoting the development of culturally diverse artists and arts organizations, and contributes to the development of a multi-cultural perspective on the LGBT experience. Each year, beginning in 1997, QCC has presented a month-long National Queer Arts Festival, offering dozens of commissioned works in venues across San Francisco, Oakland, and Richmond.
