Funding Your Creativity: A 2-Part Workshop To Get Those Grants
w/ Vin Seaman
Wednesday & Thursday, April 23 & 24, 2025
6 - 9:00 PM PT
The Transgender District Office
1067 Market Street, Suite 2001
San Francisco, CA 94103
Individual Workshops are $15 - $25
Both Workshops are $30 - $50
Limited Pay-What-You-Can Tickets
Space is limited
About the Workshop
Calling all trans artists! It's time to take your creative practice to the next level, and we're here to support you! Applying for grants can be an overwhelming process, but you don’t have to do it alone.
Presented by the Transgender District and Diamond Wave, this 2-day workshop provides artists, creatives and culture bearers with the perspective and skills needed to start applying for grants to support their work. Participants will learn helpful tools to find and assess grants and structures to create compelling grant applications, from start to finish.
Led by artist and Trans District Community Advisor Council member Vin Seaman (Director, Diamond Wave), this workshop provides expert insight and supportive guidance to overcome real and perceived barriers to funding your art!
Day 1 provides foundational information about the world of grants exploring 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!?
Day 2 centers your creative practice within our grantwriting structure; supporting you to:
🍰 Write a succinct short description
✍️ Expand your ideas into a compelling grant narrative
🧮 Create a clear and detailed budget
🪩 Selecting relevant work samples
Join us for both or either workshop to further your grants knowledge! Don't let financial hurdles dim your artistic brilliance – let’s learn how to find funding together!
This workshop is for trans, nonbinary and gender non-conforming artists, culture bearers and creatives and our allies.
What to Bring:
Laptop, tablet or notebook & pen/pencil (Paper & pens will be provided)
Questions about artist grants
Snacks & water (optional) (Light refreshments will be provided)
Accessibility Information:
The Transgender District is located on the second floor with an accessible elevator
Masking encouraged with KN95 masks available at the door (If you are feeling sick, please stay home)
Two all gender restrooms
Access to quiet space, if needed
If you have any access needs or requests, please email sarah@diamond-wave.org and we will do our best to accommodate you!
About the Artist
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.