First, if you would like to join the Red Poppy Art House's email list, just send an email to Alexandria at info@redpoppyarthouse.org.
And now, introducing the Red Poppy Art House. . .
The Red Poppy Art House was established in 2003 as an international neighborhood micro-center for artistic and intercultural life in San Francisco. Its mission is to forward the development of a culturally integrated living arts model, a model governed by the interdependence of daily informal artistic exchange centered on relationship building, with formal artistic development, collaboration, and public presentation.
On its formal public side, the Art House presents more than 120 multi-disciplinary performances yearly, as well as workshops, lectures, and artist residencies. Towards developing cultural stewards in local community settings, the Art House offers a site-specific hands-on training track in small-scale Arts Presenting and Street-Level Curation, as well as a weekly outdoor Family Art Forum, building stronger ties to neighborhood residents and their families. Through the interrelation of these ingredients, the Art House endeavors towards the achievement of a thriving cultural-artistic base for San Francisco, one defined as much by the multiplicity of personal and professional relationships that constitute its operation and character, as by the artistic integrity it puts forth through its programs.
While expansive in programming and vision, the Art House is small in actual size. Only 650 square ft., a storefront located at the intersection of Folsom and 23rd Streets in a residential sector of SF's Mission District, its aesthetic is often likened to small cafés found on the backstreets of European and South American cities. The choice of this intimate small-scale context for artistic presentation is grounded in the recognition of the historic, often pivotal, role played by tiny informal venues in the incubation of some of the worlds greatest art forms, and most certainly as the site of many of the most sublime moments of creative human expression. This intimacy, coupled with diverse programming, offers a unique window into the rich and complex interweave of cultural traditions, and contemporary trends, alive both locally in the San Francisco Bay Area, and internationally throughout the world. The Art House stands as a point of intersection between these cultures and communities.
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DONATE
We need your support! If you would like to make a monetary donation of any amount, checks are the best form of payment. Make all checks payable to "Intersection for the Arts" with "Red Poppy Art House" in the memo line. Mail checks to us at: Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94110.
You can also donate online at www.theintersection.org. Please write in "Red Poppy Art House," in the box next to "Intersection Incubator donors only" under "Name of Recipient Project" or we won't get the money.
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On-Site Training in Small-scale Arts Presenting & Street Level Curating
Levels I & II
As a form of mentoring and apprenticeship, the Art House offers a six-month hands-on training track in small-scale community-based Arts Presenting and Curation, where a team of emerging Presenters are selected to host Art House performances. This work is complimented by a bi-weekly group review and dialog, aided by presentations by professionals in the industry, and readings of relevant material ranging from public speaking and event production, to complex issues of cultural sensitivity, aesthetics, and facilitation of the "transformative arts experience". This team then puts their learning into practice through self-organized Art Exhibits and Performances for the Mission Arts & Performance Project (The MAPP).
For more information, or to apply, contact Noemi Castro: noemi@redpoppyarthouse.org
Volunteer at one of our events or tell us your skill and how you think you can help. |
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INTERSECTION FOR THE ARTS
We are a Member of the Intersection Incubator, a program of Intersection for the Arts providing fiscal sponsorship, incubation and consulting services to artists. Intersection is San Francisco's oldest alternative arts space, presenting groundbreaking works in the literary, performing, visual and interdisciplinary arts. Visit www.theintersection.org.
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