Current Grantees
Support Grant January 2025 Awards
General operating support for nonprofit arts organizations and fiscally-sponsored arts groups
Create Grants June 2024 Awards
Funding for artists and organizations for an arts and/or cultural project taking place in Santa Cruz County
Vinyl Record of Houseless Orators, Local Activists & Experimental Music
Too Little Too Late, a Pajaro Flood Documentary
instagram.com/bazinga_charlie
Círculo de poetas & Writers 2024 Summer Conference at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Free after-school music classes in Live Oak
Dual Demons - November Variety Show 2024
Birthing new hxstories: Our interconnected farming stories in Pájaro Valley
Short doc film about local midwife and founder of Campesinx Womb Justice, Maria Ascención Ramos Bracamontes.
inspira-studios.com
Art & Resistance in Santa Cruz County: Community Art Build & Skillshare
Mi Gente CA’s Annual Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month Festival
"Jovita la mas Bonita Bibliotecaria" Mural on the outside wall of the Library at Alianza Charter School in Watsonville
Mending Party at the Hub for Sustainable Living, Summer/Fall 2024
9aberry.com
"Legends Among Us," Honoring our Elders in the Arts, at Kuumbwa Jazz, Santa Cruz 2024
13th Annual Kikulu Kia Nza Dance and Drum Conference 2024
dancecongo.com
Develop Grants June 2024 Awards
Professional development funding for artists and arts organizations
Laptop for Music Production
Development of unique glass color process
A filmed violin performance to expand concert booking opportunities
Investing in Film and Print Equipment to Expand Photography Business
Finish recording, mixing and mastering GABI BRAVO full album by Noiseeater studios.
Studying Bollywood Dance in Bangalore
Printmaking Equipment to Expand Business
Animation equipment to develop a new body of work that merges traditional painting with animation.
10 Week Wheel Throwing Course with Abigael (The Woodland Pottery) at the Tannery
4x5 camera to create portfolio for MFA programs and artist residences.
Purchasing a computer to expand my creative business.
Create Grant January 2024 Awards
Funding for artists and organizations for an arts and/or cultural project taking place in Santa Cruz County
A workshop on how to carve and paint an Alebrije with an exhibition in Watsonville in March/April 2024
Resilience in the Remnants of Watsonville's Farmworker Labor Camps: Storytelling Event
Ground Pressure A Site Specific Dance Theater Performance 2024
Empowering Through Lens: Fostering Diversity and Vision in Entrepreneurial Women. Instagram.com/rosedayalphoto
Dancing Nature: The Sacred Breath. Silvestretraining.com
This project will support the performance of a new dance concert, Calculated Movements, mathematical dance work that connects with movements for social change, in fall, 2024 in Santa Cruz. Mathdance.org
Santa Cruz annual Prideteenth Fashion Show
Unveiling Motion Pacific: A Documentary Journey Through a Community Hub, Culminating in the Final Cabaret Before the Studio's Relocation. Maramilam.com
San Lorenzo Valley Museum Artist in Residence Program. Slvmuseum.org
10 SECONDS LEFT, A Collaborative EP between Alwa Gordon & Alexandra The Author. Instagram.com/alwagordon
Develop Grant January 2024 Awards
Professional development funding for artists and arts organizations
Replacing and upgrading outdated Apple Macbook for more reliable and stable use of digital recording and mixing softwares in string-driven music production studio. Rogueviolin.com
Video equipment to expand current business and return to documentary filmmaking. Devipridephotography.com
Upgrade DSLR camera to support higher resolution images and expand printing capabilities. Lauralanideangelis.com
DEI Training to Support Expanding Our Membership and Audiences. Pacificvoices.org
To purchase a capable laptop that will help me start a photography buisness in South County. Instagram.com/xicano_wizard
Laptop computer for grant writing and artistic administration/communication. Facebook.com/Gatabantu
Adjustable height safety ladder with cage/platform to facilitate painting murals safely at heights up to 20 feet.
Welding equipment to create public art sculptures. Artedelcorazon.com
Printing Equipment to enrich and diversify creativity. Carrascoconcepts.wordpress.com
Research and development of new techniques and ideas. Mozeart.com
I am applying for Open Studios fees, First Friday fees, and painting supplies. Also, Website costs. Jooheekm.com
Heat transfer printer equipment to expand my creative business.
Music technology equipment for violin performance. Instagram.com/terreleeviolin
Camera equipment to develop skills for future projects.
Hire a Professional Photographer to Shoot a Backlog of my Artists Books from 2020-2023 and launch online store. Luciastudio.com