Black Futures
Zaccho Dance Theatre’s Black Futures Artist in Residence 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 Black performing 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.
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.
Individuals and collaborative teams selected for the Black Futures residency 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.
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San Francisco, CA 94124
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Residency Program Information
Residency Program Summary
Application Information
** Applications are accepted annually in August for residencies that take place from October to June.
Eligibility: Theater, dance, and interdisciplinary artists, as well as collaborative teams who identify as Black, African, African American, or of African descent. Both emerging and established artists are welcome to apply. Artists should have at least three years of professional work in their field. Applicants must live in the Bay Area and preference will be given to residents of San Francisco.
Selection Process: An interdisciplinary selection committee will consider applications for the residencies. There will be careful consideration when selecting artists who represent a diverse set of disciplines, experiences, and ideas.
Application Process: Submit all materials requested in the Google Form linked to on the Zaccho webpage.
$2500 - Funding 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).
$1000 - Funding for a mentor of your choice to support you during your residency.