Representatives of nonprofit organizations and individual artists interested in learning how to apply to the Creative Work Fund for its 2018 cycle are invited to attend this informational session. The director of the Creative Work Fund will describe guidelines, the grantmaking process and respond to questions from potential applicants.

The Creative Work Fund invites artists and nonprofit organizations to create new art works through collaborations. It celebrates the role of artists as problem solvers and the making of art as a profound contribution to intellectual inquiry and to the strengthening of communities. Artists are encouraged to collaborate with nonprofit organizations of all kinds, stretching boundaries and forging new partnerships.

For specific guidelines, visit http://creativeworkfund.org/grant-guidelines. 

Presenter: Frances Phillips

Frances Phillips is the Program Director for the Arts & Creative Work Fund at the Walter and Elise Haas Fund in San Francisco. She was previously Executive Director of Intersection for the Arts and Director of the Poetry Center at San Francisco State University. Phillips has over eighteen years of experience with fundraising and grantwriting for nonprofit organizations in the fields of arts, humanities, health, education and social services. She now serves on the Publications Committee for Grantmakers in the Arts Reader. 

This event will also be available by livestream. In-person attendance is recommended.