New & Experimental Works (NEW) Program

The NEW Program provides unrestricted and artist fee support grants to dance, theater and multidisciplinary arts organizations. The NEW Program supports small and mid-size dance, theater and multidisciplinary arts organizations with grants of $5,000-$30,000 to enable Bay Area artists to produce visionary projects relevant to the communities they serve. Since 2015, this program has awarded over $4 million to 149 arts organizations. The NEW Program prioritizes: * Small and mid-size arts organizations with annual budgets of $10,000-$2 million. * Projects that support artists to deepen or experiment within their individual practice and/or expand the boundaries of dance and theater. * Compelling projects relevant to the communities they serve. * Unique artistic collaborations. * Projects that compensate artists at a significant level. Projects are required to designate at least half of the grant funds to the artistic project team and their direct expenses for creating the work. The remaining half is unrestricted to the applicant organization. * Productions in outdoor, site-specific or alternative venues. * Projects with activities in San Francisco and Oakland.