Artist Grants 101 Workshop
w/ Vin Seaman
Monday, September 16, 2024
6–9 PM PT
Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics
518 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
$10, free for IAM members
Limited pay-what-you-can tickets for QT/disabled/BIPOC
About the Workshop
Calling all trailblazing artists! Is your art ready for a financial investment? It's time to take your creative practice to the next level, and we're here to support you!
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!?
Don't let financial hurdles dim your artistic brilliance – let’s learn how to find funding together!
What to Bring:
Laptop or notebook & pen or pencil
Questions about artist grants
Light refreshments provided by IAM
Accessibility Information:
The Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics is fully ADA accessible with no stairs and an all-gender wheelchair accessible restroom. Masking is encouraged, with masks available at door.
If you have any access needs or requests, please email traka@artsandmedia.net and we will do our best to accommodate you!
Want to continue your grants journey? This workshop is part of a two-part series. Join us for part two, Grantwriting for Arts Organizations Workshop on Monday, September 23.
About the Facilitator
Vin, a white, nonbinary person, stands in front of a light gray background. They have light brown hair and a short beard and are wearing a mesh olive drab shirt, a long quartz pendant necklace and a large grey and black scarf around their shoulders. They stare without expression at the camera.
Vin Seaman (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist and the Director of Diamond Wave. Their work exploring queer identity has also been presented at The Stud, Brava, CounterPulse, YBCA, Frameline, the Tank NYC, the Austin International Drag Festival, SATTELITE ART SHOW Miami, the National Queer Arts Festival, Stockholm’s Stolt Scenkonst, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Yale School of the Arts.
They have been active in the Bay Area arts ecosystem since 2004 and have previously held positions at the San Francisco Foundation and Queer Cultural Center, and have consulted with a myriad of local and national organizations including the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, the Luggage Store Gallery and Dance/USA. They have been featured on Shondaland and Vice, were an inaugural APAP Leadership Fellow, and received the 2017 Americans for the Arts Emerging Leader Award, the 2019 Theatre Bay Area Legacy Award, and a 2022 CALI Catalyst award.
To Participate
$10, free for IAM members
Limited pay-what-you-can tickets for QT/disabled/BIPOC