Applications for Cohort XI are now OPEN

ARE YOU READY TO
– Strengthen your capacity for leadership and collaboration?
– Broaden your regional understanding of the arts and culture field?
– Develop a stronger cross-sector professional network?
THE FELLOWSHIP expands the skill-sets of emerging and mid-level arts and culture workers through a nine-month personal and professional development curriculum. Through participation in this interactive learning cohort you will build relationships across sector, discipline, and role within the Bay Area’s arts and culture field.
TO EAP ALUMNI The fellowship program has evolved over the last decade, responding each year to new network needs and emerging issues and solutions in the field. Many of you have expressed an interest in learning some of these new tools as well as a desire to re-connect with members of the network, learn from new guest speakers, and practice some solid omni-directional mentorship. Cohort XI is built to support your goals as alumni while fostering a new batch of fellows.
WHO is a Culture Worker or Arts Administrator? You work in the field of arts & culture. That may be as a teaching artist, a gallerists, curator, non profit organization staff member (who manages or produces arts programming), you may be an independent media maker who publishes or produces events, you might be a community artists who runs your own or another artist’s programs. You make it possible for folks in your community or beyond to have access to creative and cultural experiences. Note: This program is not intended for individual artists looking to focus on their art practice.
APPLICATION INFO
2021 applications are now OPEN
We have simplified our application process this year to focus simply on who you are and why you are interested in the Fellowship program. We have also allowed for multiple formats, including written, video, or audio applications. More program details are available on the application page here: forms.gle/ymFistSrXo1nSBa28
WANT MORE INFO?
Email
fellowship@emergingsf.org
We are happy to schedule a time to give more info and support application completion
2021 Virtual Info Sessions
More info to come!
IMPORTANT DATES
Application deadline >> Thursday, September 9th, 11:59PM
Group interviews >> Last weeks of September 2019 (Dates will be sent once applications are reviewed)
Network Members will hear back about program one to two weeks before our first session October 2021
TIMELINE
All group sessions are mandatory – missing two sessions may require stepping down from the program.
Early August 2021 – Applications launch
September 9, 2021 – Applications due
Late September 2021 – Select & announce fellows
October 2021 – Fellowship begins
December 2021 – Collective break
January–February 2022 – Asynchronous work, cohort project development
March 2022 – Spring Public Programs begin
June 2022 – Emergence
THE FELLOWSHIP expands the skill-sets of emerging and mid-level arts and culture workers through a nine-month personal and professional development curriculum. Through participation in this interactive learning cohort you will build relationships across sector, discipline, and role within the Bay Area’s arts and culture field.
WHO is a Culture Worker or Arts Administrator? You work in the field of arts and culture, that may be as a teaching artist, a gallerists, curator, non profit organization staff member (who manages or produces arts programming), you may be an independent media maker who publishes or produces events, you might be a community artists who runs your own or another artists programs. You make it possible for folks in your community or beyond to have access to creative and cultural experiences. This program is not intended for individual artists looking to focus on their own individual art practice.
To get an idea of the past program, take a look at our 2017 sample BROCHURE
Beginning in 2021, we are shifting the format of the fellowship to incorporate intergenerational work and to better fit the realities of our new world, especially as we continue to navigate the global pandemic. The cohort will meet for shorter sessions more often, and we will focus each year on one of our four Affinity Topics: Cultural Equity, Creative City, Regenerative Practices, and Arts & Capital.
We will continue to center our Equity Framework and Practices and empower art workers with invaluable tools and skills for leadership in the arts & culture field as we work towards an arts industry that is equitable for all people, is a valued and sustainable career sector, and honors the individual arts worker as a creative and whole person.
Cohort XI (2021–2022)
This year, we focus on Cultural Equity and invite emerging and experienced arts workers to apply to join a cohort of individuals aligned with EAP’s mission and values, who find themselves doing regular equity/EDI work in any capacity.
Jumping off from our Emergence 2021 session: Wellness Tactics for EDI Work, an intimate cohort will gather, share, and support each other to discuss our experiences, share tactics for coping and resilience, and map out tools and skills we might need to develop to keep going. This cohort is for equity advocates, workers, and all who find themselves in these spaces doing work—at any experience-level. By the end of the program, we hope you’ll feel seen, supported, and have made connections with people you can call! The program centers BIPOC experience and needs; allies are also welcome and will focus on ways to mitigate damage and strengthen healthy collaboration.
What are our objectives?
- For Arts & Culture Workers who are Experienced in Equity Work/Organizing/Leadership: To have a space for emotional support and wellness during this work, to engage in peer problem-solving, to create opportunities for individuals to develop and try out their own curriculum. To continue leadership development through centering decolonized leadership practices in arts and culture.
- For Arts & Culture Workers who are Emerging into Equity Work/Organizing/Leadership: To deepen learning around Equity and EDI work (i.e., particularly tools, strategies, language, etc.) as it relates to arts and culture, receive mentorship from those experienced in this work, and to have a space to practice facilitation and curriculum development. To begin leadership development through centering decolonized leadership practices in arts and culture.
- For EAP: To support the professional development and empowerment of our network of arts and culture workers and leaders through training in EAP’s Equity Framework, cultural protocols, methodologies, and curriculum
- For the Community: To work toward an arts industry that is equitable for all people, is a valued and sustainable career sector, and honors the individual arts worker as a creative and whole person.
- For the Field: A network of EDI workers and cultural leaders who are thoughtful, critical, have shared language and practices, and who will get the work done! To reduce harms that are created by hiring EDI consultants and facilitators who don’t understand the field or the experiences of BIPOC individuals and communities.
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OFFICE HOURS
SAT & SUN: Closed
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