Artist Grants 101 Workshop
w/ Vin Seaman
Tuesday, Feb 13, 2024
6 - 8:30 PM PT
Pacific Felt Factory
2830 20th Street, San Francisco
$15 early bird, $25 General
Limited Pay-What-You-Can Tickets for Disabled/Trans/BIPOC
Space is limited
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!
Want to continue your grants journey? This workshop is part of a two-part series. Join us for part two, our Artist Grantwriting Workshop happening Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 6 - 8:30 PM.
What to Bring:
Laptop or notebook & pen or pencil
Questions about artist grants
Snacks & water (optional)
Accessibility Information:
Masks Required, KN95 masks available
Diamond Wave staff COVID test before workshop
All Gender Restroom
Wheelchair Accessible, with 6 steps to enter through the non wheelchair accessible entrance.
Access to quiet outdoor space
If you have any access needs or requests, please email kiana@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.
Kevin “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 - $25 workshop registration fee paid via Eventbrite