Artist-led Consulting
We partner with working artists to offer consulting services and events for individuals and organizations
Nuanced & Comprehensive Approach
Our approach is informed by lived and professional experience working with and for artists, nonprofits, philanthropic institutions, and our communities. We ground our consulting in engagement, entertainment and education to provide fun and interactive learning opportunities.
Creative Events
Diamond Wave has a long history of creating creative and cultural events. As an organization specializing in bridging gaps amongst LGBTQIA2S+ people and our allies, we want to create a fun and interactive event to entertain and inspire your friends, colleagues, and communities.
Our offerings include:
Drag Happy Hour
60-minute in-person drag show featuring diverse, local queer and trans drag performers
Featuring Bay Area working artists steeped in the history and tradition of drag culture, our Drag Happy Hour will bring the excitement of queer nightlife right into your living room, conference room, etc. We’ll wow you with a fantastic show and help you learn about San Francisco’s rich history as a hotbed of drag and queer culture.
Restorative Masculinities Workshop
90-minute in-person or digital workshop focused on recontextualizing and rebuilding relationships with masculinity
Stemming from Director Vin Seaman’s work with gender and sexuality, this workshop provides embodied opportunities to more deeply understand masculine gender norms and to explore and play with our own understanding of masculinity.
Nonbinary Panel Discussion
60-minute in-person or digital panel discussion exploring nonbinary identity and growing personal and cultural understanding for expansive gender identity
This person-to-person conversation provides foundational understanding of life as a nonbinary person. By centering creative expression and personal experience, we hope to spark greater understanding of and support for nonbinary and gender expansive people.
We’d love to present one of our existing creative events or workshops for you! Or to create an event or workshop reflective of your goals!
Artist & Organizational Technical Assistance
Drawing upon our experience in navigating arts & culture ecosystems, we center working artists and creatives to provide practical coaching and workshops designed to bolster skills for individuals and organizational staff in the arts and culture field. We are currently focused on supporting artists through grant knowledge.
Our offerings include:
GRANT SUPPORT
Grant Review ($125)
1-hour review of your grant application to strengthen your narrative and supporting documents before submission
Grant expert Vin Seaman will review your narrative, budget and work samples to make sure you’ve got the best application possible. In reviewing, they will ask clarifying questions to reduce potential red flags and give helpful guidance to make sure your application is as competitive as possible.
Grant Generation ($250)
120-minute session to create an outline and core language for an upcoming grant opportunity
In this two-hour session, you’ll work 1:1 with grant expert Vin Seaman to review an upcoming grant opportunity, strategize the best narrative to support your work for the opportunity, and to create foundational language on which to expand your grant application.
WORKSHOPS
Artist Grants 101 Workshop
3-hour workshop designed to demystify the grants process and support artists in finding and applying for grants
Unlock the secrets to funding your creative practice in this engaging in-person workshop led by interdisciplinary artist and Diamond Wave Director Vin Seaman. Together, we’ll explore funding for arts and culture in the Bay Area and answer questions like: Where do I find grants? Is that grant right for me? What happens after I submit? What if I don't get the grant? What if I do!?
Grantwriting for Artists Workshop
3-hour workshop designed to support artists and/or arts organization staff to write compelling and succinct grant application narratives
Applying for grants can be an overwhelming process, especially for individual artists. Led by artist and grant specialist Vin Seaman, this interactive workshop provides participants with helpful tools and structures to create compelling grant applications, from start to finish. Over the course of this workshop, you will learn to: Write a succinct short description, expand your ideas into a compelling grant narrative, create a clear and detailed budget, select relevant work samples.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
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