Center for Cultural Innovation

08/20/2025

Professional development opportunity from our friends at Intersection for the Arts!

Are you a Bay Area creative who struggles to explain your vision? You *know* your work is valuable, but it’s a challenge to translate your vision into language that resonates with funders, audiences, and stakeholders.

Art of Hustle Seminar Series: Voice and Vision (led by Anthem Salgado) will help you communicate your creative practice into compelling messaging that opens doors, builds support, and stays true to who you are as an arts professional.

This course is perfect for artists, administrators, project and organization leaders.

Dates:
1️⃣ Saturday, September 27, 2025, 10 am – 12 pm PST, In-Person at Intersection for the Arts, 1446 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94102.
2️⃣ Friday, October 10, 2025, 10 am – 12 pm PST, via Zoom
3️⃣ Friday, October 24, 2025, 10 am – 12 pm PST, via Zoom
4️⃣ Friday, November 7, 2025, 10 am – 12 pm PST, via Zoom

Scholarships & grants are available. Learn more and & enroll at theintersection.org/artofhustle

08/19/2025

Our friends at the San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs have an exciting funding opportunity for creatives!

APPLY today to be a . Up to 3 ambassadors will be selected for 2026. Each of the ambassadors will receive a stipend of $12,000 to produce a project that engages the public in creative expression.

Deadline: Sunday, September 21, 2025
Info Session: Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Application guidelines and details: sanjoseculture.org

What is your dream project for your community? How can you bring your artistic and creative expression to bring together those around you?

08/19/2025

Open Call for Artists — UNSPOKEN CODES

Our colleagues at Common Names invite emerging artists for an intimate group show opening in October 2025 in Los Angeles.

They are looking for work that reflects how artists adapt, perform, or resist in response to invisible expectations — social scripts, cultural codes, emotional shifts.

🎨 All mediums welcome
📍 LA-based or connected artists
🕊️ Submit by August 31, 2025

Details & submissions → https://commonnames.com/opencall2025 / [email protected]

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08/13/2025

Calling California artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, cultural producers, and San Francisco/San Jose nonprofit arts administrators!

Quick Grant now supports advocacy education and caregiving costs associated with participation in an eligible activity! Apply for up to $600 to build your administrative/buisness skills and strengthen the financial resilience of your creative practice or organization.

Apply by the 15th of every month at 11:59 a.m. (morning) PT!

Questions?
Register for our virtual Info Session on August 27 at 12 p.m. PT here: https://bit.ly/QG_InfoSession

To learn more and apply, visit: cciarts.org/quick_grant.htm

08/12/2025

The deadline for CALI Catalyst (Round 2) is approaching!

This grant provides unrestricted grants of up to $7,500 to California changemakers who are creating tangible impact within the arts and culture sector by shifting power and influence to underrepresented voices.

Recent grantees are preserving overlooked histories, collecting critical labor data, and creating accessible, inclusive spaces.

🗓 Deadline: August 15 at 11:59 a.m. PT
📩 Info session recording + Office Hours available—email [email protected]
🔗 To learn more and apply: https://www.cciarts.org/cali_grants.htm

07/30/2025

Apply for an Investing in Artists: Tools & Equipment grant today!

Whether you need a new loom, lathe, kiln, or carving tools, this is your chance to invest in your practice. Grants of $1,000–$5,000 available.

📍 Open to craft artists in AL, AR, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS, MO, OH, TN, TX, WI, or WV.
🗓 Deadline: August 8 at 11:59 am (morning) PDT

Need support? Join our final office hours today at 5 pm PST. Register here: https://ow.ly/MfZF50WworC

🔗 Learn more and apply: https://www.cciarts.org/tools_equipment.html

07/29/2025

Calling California artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, cultural producers, and San Francisco/San Jose nonprofit arts administrators!

Quick Grant now supports advocacy education and caregiving costs associated with participation in an eligible activity! Apply for up to $600 to build your administrative/buisness skills and strengthen the financial resilience of your creative practice or organization.

Apply by August 15 at 11:59 a.m. (morning) PT for activities starting September 16 or after!

Questions? Register for our virtual Info Session on August 27 at 12 p.m. PT here: https://bit.ly/QG_InfoSession

To learn more and apply, visit: cciarts.org/quick_grant.htm

07/23/2025

🚨Great news! The deadline for Investing in Artists: Artistic Innovation grants has been extended to August 5 @ 11:59 am (morning)—so if you’ve been meaning to apply, now’s your chance!
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Need help with your application? We just added one more virtual Office Hours session on July 30, 12–1 p.m. PT. Drop in and ask us anything before you hit submit. Register here: bit.ly/IAAI_OfficeHours
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Don’t wait—share with your creative community!
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For more info and to apply: https://www.cciarts.org/grantsprogram.htm

07/22/2025

CALI Catalyst is OPEN for Round 2!

This grant provides unrestricted grants of up to $7,500 to California changemakers who are creating tangible impact within the arts and culture sector by shifting power and influence to underrepresented voices.

Recent grantees are preserving overlooked histories, collecting critical labor data, and creating accessible, inclusive spaces.

🗓 Deadline: August 15 at 11:59 a.m. PT
📩 Info session recording + Office Hours available—email [email protected]
🔗 To learn more and apply: https://www.cciarts.org/cali_grants.htm

07/21/2025

Are you a craft artist in need of new tools or equipment?

The Investing in Artists: Tools & Equipment grant program offers $1,000–$5,000 to help craftspeople purchase the tools they need to create object-based work. This round is open to artists in the following states: AL, AR, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS, MO, OH, TN, TX, WI, or WV.

Apply by August 8 at 11:59 a.m. (morning) PDT!

🔗 Learn more and apply: https://www.cciarts.org/tools_equipment.html

07/19/2025

We are pleased to announce that the deadline for the 2025 Investing in Artists: Artistic Innovation grant program has been extended to August 5, 2025, at 11:59 a.m. PT.!

This extension provides additional time for eligible artists in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties to apply for up to $9,000 in support for new work in the performing or media arts.

To support prospective applicants, we have also added an additional Office Hours session on July 30, 12:00–1:00 p.m. PT (Virtual). Register here: bit.ly/IAAI_OfficeHours

We encourage all interested artists to take advantage of this final opportunity to connect with program staff, ask questions, and receive feedback on their applications.

To learn more and apply, visit: cciarts.org/grantsprogram.htm

07/04/2025

Calling all performing and media artists based in San Mateo, Santa Clara, or Santa Cruz County! Are you working on something new? If yes, Investing in Artists: Artistic Innovation might be the grant for you!

This program supports Bay Area artists who are developing new work in the performing or media arts that pushes the envelope of their creative process, explores new artistic collaborations, and/or supports artistic growth and experimentation that extends the boundaries of their art-making.

Apply by July 25 at 11:59 AM (morning) PT.

🤔Have any questions? Join CCI’s virtual office hours and receive support in real time:
- July 9 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. PT
- July 16 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. PT
📝Register here: bit.ly/IAAI_OfficeHours

For more information, visit https://www.cciarts.org/grantsprogram.htm