SFAC Grant Workshop: Grant Writing Made Easy (for Arts Orgs)
w/ Vin Seaman
Tuesday, Oct 7, 2025
6 - 8:00 PM PT
Pacific Felt Factory
2830 20th Street, San Francisco
FREE!
About the Workshop
Feeling stressed about your SFAC Grant Application? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. We’re here to help you tackle it together!
This in-person workshop is intended for San Francisco-based arts and cultural organizations—Come get the support you need, meet other creative leaders, and turn your next grant application into your strongest one yet!
You’ll get the inside scoop on this year’s Arts Impact Endowment SFAC grant opportunity!
Led by creative powerhouse Vin Seaman (interdisciplinary artist and Director of Diamond Wave) and a representative from the San Francisco Arts Commission for an interactive, in-person workshop will walk you through the SFAC narrative application questions, one-by-one. We’ll show you how to tell your story, answer all your questions, and help you write an application that stands out.
What to Bring:
Your laptop, or a notebook and pen
All your questions about SFAC grants
Water and/or snacks (light refreshments provided)
Accessibility Information:
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 traka@artsandmedia.net and we will do our best to accommodate you!
About the Artist
Vin, a white, nonbinary person, stands in front of a light blue background. They have light brown hair and a short beard and are wearing a blue mock turtleneck, black blazer and dangly black and white earrings. They smile 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.