Z Space Studio
For General Operating Support
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Amount$195,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/13/2015
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Z Space is a San Francisco hub for artists and audiences to revel in the creation, development, and production of new work, and is renowned for its artistic innovation and risk-taking. The theater commissions, develops, presents, and produces a full season of new works from a variety of disciplines including theater, dance, music, performance art, and new media. Recently expanded to include Z Below, an additional small theater space onsite, Z Space plans to produce and present up to sixteen new works in its two theaters, reaching more than 20,000 audience members. Z Space is also home to several presenters, including Word for Word, Litquake, and Golden Thread Productions (a Hewlett Foundation grantee). With continued support, Z Space, supported by the creation of a New Work initiative, intends to ride the tide of its recent growth, looking at venue usage, technical preparedness, and artistic planning processes, while building the capacities of a newly invigorated and engaged board.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.zspace.org
Address
499 Alabama Street, Suite 450
San Francisco, CA 94110-2064
San Francisco, CA 94110-2064
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Based in San Francisco’s Mission District, Z Space has earned national recognition as a home for the development of new performance works. The organization reaches nearly 22,000 people each year through a variety of programs, including New Work, which supports artists and ensembles from conception to realization of unique works; Word for Word, a resident theater company that transforms works of literature verbatim to the stage; Youth Arts, an arts education program promoting literacy and creativity; and the subsidized rental program, which opens Z Space’s two venues for use by a variety of other arts groups.
