Programs

  • Program 1 [2021]

    IN 2020, THE LAB SHIFTED ITS PROGRAMS DRAMATICALLY TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 WHILE STILL COMMITTING $100K OF ITS BUDGET TOWARDS ARTIST COMMISSIONS AND $75K TO EMERGENCY ARTIST RELIEF FUNDING. POET TONGO EISEN-MARTIN CONTINUED TO PRODUCE PUBLICATIONS FOR BLACK FREIGHTER PRESS, HIS PLATFORM FOR INCARCERATED POETS AND ARTISTS OF COLOR. SCHEME, A 6-MONTH SERIES OF FREE WORKSHOPS CREATED BY DANCERS JOSE E. ABAD AND KEITH HENNESSY, WAS HELD OUTDOORS. ASHER HARTMAN IS TRANSFORMING HIS MASSIVE THEATRICAL PROJECT DOPE ELF INTO A SERIES OF SHORT FILMS THAT WILL PREMIERE ON OUR WEBSITE IN THE SPRING. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OWITH OUR NEW ONLINE SERIES, THE FORUM, THE LAB FINDS ITSELF IN THE UNIQUE POSITION TO CREATE SPACE FOR THE KINDS OF DIFFICULT, OF-THE-MOMENT CONVERSATIONS THAT LARGER ORGANIZATIONS SIMPLY CANNOT. SO FAR, THE FORUM HAS INCLUDED DISCUSSIONS WITH ARTISTS AND ACTIVISTS ASTRA TAYLOR, HANNAH BLACK, DORA GARCA, RUANGRUPA, MARVIN K. WHITE, WU TSANG, TIFFANY SIA, JENNY ODELL, SADIE BARNETTE & ANDRE SINGLETON, ZO SAMUDZI & NICHOLAS MIRZOEFF, MARIA JENSON, NEW RED ORDER, RAVEN CHACON & CANDICE HOPKINS, EYAL WEIZMAN, SARAH SCHULMAN & BRONTEZ PURNELL, AND DEFORREST BROWN & RYAN KUO.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $277.9K

  • Program 1 [2024]

    THE LAB'S MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRESENTING PROGRAM INCLUDED A TOTAL OF 69 PROGRAMS, PAYING OVER 244 ARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE SEASON. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED THE CULMINATION OF A CO-COMMISSION OF AUDIOVISUAL SCULPTURAL DUO MSHR'S NEW BODY OF WORK MESH MANIFOLD, COLLABORATIONS WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARTISTS TELEVISION ACCESS, SF CINEMATHEQUE, SLASH ART FOUNDATION (/), AND MANY OTHERS.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $354.9K

  • Support For Experimental Arts Programs

    THE LAB SUPPORTED 242 ARTISTS THROUGHOUT 2024-25, ACROSS 71 PROGRAMS OF EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC, FILM, AND VISUAL ARTS. HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR PROGRAMMING INCLUDED AN EXHIBITION OF WORK BY THE LATE SAN FRANCISCO ARTIST PETER SIMENSKY, CO-PRESENTED WITH SAN FRANCISCO-BASED PLATFORM CLOACA PROJECTS; A RESIDENCY AND COMMISSION BY MUSICIAN ZACHARY JAMES WATKINS EXPLORING THE ACOUSTICS OF THE HISTORIC SAN FRANCISCO LABOR TEMPLE; AND AN EXHIBITION AND SERIES OF PERFORMANCES BY ARTIST AINE NAKAMURA, WHO WORKED TO EXPLORE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND HER MATERNAL FAMILY TOWN IN JAPAN THROUGH THE RAW SILK TRADE, WAR, AND WOMEN'S LABOR.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2025
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $362.3K