Eligibility

- All participating artists identify as Black, African, African American, or of African descent and have at least three years of professional work in their artistic field. - Applicants must live in the Bay Area with preference given to residents of San Francisco. - Attend the mandatory virtual orientation on September 30, 2024 at 5:00 pm PT - Attend a monthly check-in meeting during your residency with the Black Futures Program Manager. This will be scheduled the week of orientation. - Attend the photoshoot opportunity. - This residency includes up to 100 hours of Zaccho Studio time. You are expected to use the Zaccho Studio as part of your residency. - Meaningfully engage with our Bayview Community in conversation about your work (i.e. workshop, showing, screening, story circle, and/or discussion) designed by the artist in collaboration with Zaccho staff. - Attend at least ONE resident gathering and ONE professional development workshop.

Number of Participants

Zaccho Dance Theatre’s Black Futures Artist-in-Residence Fellowship Program is open to diverse voices, emerging and established, called to express the Black experience through an arts practice that inspires dialogue and builds community. Our goal is to support artists at all points of their process and to give them an opportunity to conduct in depth research without the pressure of presenting a completed work by the end of the residency. All Bay Area Black theater, dance, and interdisciplinary artists, as well as collaborative teams are eligible to apply. Residencies will take place from October 2024 to June 2025. Six residencies will be awarded. Black Futures is proudly funded by the City of San Francisco’s Dream Keeper Initiative and administered by the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development.

Deadline

August 27, 2024 06:59 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

September 13, 2023 07:00 UTC

Duration

October 01, 2024 - June 30, 2025

Funding

• $2,500.00 material budget (one-time)
• $6,000.00 stipend (one-time)

Facilities

Desk Space, Individual Studio, Library, Shared Studio

Public Programs

Community Engagement , Discussion, Mentors, Performances, Professional Development, Self-Directed, Workshops

Disciplines

Acting, Activists, Ballet, Choreography, Collective, Comedy, Composers, Dance, Dance Groups, Dreamers, Film, Installation, Interdiscplinary Arts, Intervention, Literature, Mime, Music, Music Composition, Opera, Performance Art, Playwriting, Poetry, Singing, Social Practice, Sound Art, Theatre, Theatre Directors, Thinkers, Video Art

Program Description

Individuals and collaborative teams selected for the Black Futures Fellowship program will receive: - A $6,000 stipend which can be used how the resident sees fit. - $2,500 to support the production of your work during the residency or to host an in-person engagement event for the Bayview community (eg, work-in-progress presentation, artist Q&A with talkback). - Up to 100 hours of free rehearsal space at Zaccho Studio in San Francisco. - A $1,000 stipend to a mentor of your choice to support you during your residency. - Social media and marketing support. - Additional professional development workshops to assist you with the creation of your required community engagement event, budgeting, grant writing, and brand asset creation. - Additional resident gatherings geared towards sharing artistic practice, ideas around collaboration, and holistic approaches to well-being.