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Photo of leadership: four adults and one baby standing together outside smiling
August 8, 2025

Leadership Transition Announcement

We are excited to share an important update in leadership for our organization! (read on)
May 16, 2025

December 6, 2024

Now Hiring: Co-Director

March 1, 2024

AAC 2024 Partner Transitions

February 16, 2024

Now Hiring: Program Assistant

March 9, 2023

Cohort XII (2022–2023)

December 8, 2020

Fellowship 2019-2020 Publications

March 6, 2020

Save the Dates! Art Workers Week and Emergence 2020

September 13, 2019

EAP Launches Day-Long Equity Workshop

August 20, 2019

Apply for Our Tenth Fellowship Cohort!

April 18, 2019

EMERGENCE 2019: Peeling Back Professionalism

October 20, 2018

Jevohn Tyler Newsome: Storyteller in Residence 2018–19

September 13, 2018

EAP Announces the 2018 Ebony McKinney Arts Leadership Award & Nominees

June 9, 2018

Announcing the Ebony McKinney Arts Leadership Award

April 15, 2018

#CAArtsDelegation joins PolicyLink’s #EquitySummit2018

Portrait of Megan Brian
January 31, 2018

Alumni Highlight: Megan Brian

December 1, 2017

Alumni Highlight: Michelle Lynch Reynolds

August 17, 2017

Moving at the Speed of Trust: Reflections on equity & institutions

March 31, 2017

Emergence 2017: Whole Person, Whole Impact

February 13, 2017

Building an inclusive equity framework

November 7, 2016

Recap: Net Art Anthology Launch

July 12, 2016

Decolonizing the Arts Conference: A Report from Emergence 2016

June 21, 2016

Reflections from The Living Altar: Liberatory Practice from an Afro-Indigenous Lens

April 1, 2016

NEW OPPORTUNITY: Co-Director Job Opening

March 21, 2016

The Results Are In!

March 2, 2016

In Times of Transition: Reflection Over Direction

February 17, 2016

Tailoring the Transition Process: When to Engage Staff & Board

February 10, 2016

From Out of Site to Youth Art Exchange: Moving Beyond the Founder

February 3, 2016

Transition Planning for All

December 21, 2015

CalNonprofit Webinar: Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness

December 14, 2015

East Bay Gives: What You Need to Know for 2016

December 10, 2015

Personal Reflections on Equity Summit

June 2, 2015

The Awesome Foundation’s Awesome Microgrants

May 28, 2015

On the Ground: The Art of Social Practice – EMERGENCE Plenary Session

May 28, 2015

The Independent Curator – Evolving Definitions – Morning Working Session

May 28, 2015

Connections Across the Region: Next Gen Networks Collaboration – Afternoon Working Session

May 28, 2015

Data Driven – Leveraging Arts Data for Greater Impact – EMERGENCE 2015 – Afternoon Panel

May 28, 2015

Respecting the In-Between and Beyond of Re-generative Practice in the Arts – EMERGENCE 2015 – Morning Workshop

May 28, 2015

Collective Approaches – State of the Arts & Society – EMERGENCE 2015 – Morning Panel

May 28, 2015

Crossing Into Race and Privilege in the Arts – EMERGENCE 2015 – Afternoon Workshop

May 17, 2015

Calling Heart-Based Movers and Shakers Behind the Scenes: Modern Day Mindfulness at Work Workshop

February 8, 2015

Cultivating a Community with East Bay Center’s Jordan Simmons

January 15, 2015

Delving into Dance with AXIS’s Judith Smith

November 20, 2014

What’s for Dinner? Bringing Racial Equity to the Table: Served Up Some Realness

November 11, 2014

A Glance at Grantmaking with Helicon’s Marcy Hinand

November 3, 2014

EAP/SF BA encourages you to VOTE!

October 29, 2014

Elevate Your Pitch – Event Recap

October 29, 2014

Philanthropic Pursuits: Insights from Irvine Foundation’s Josephine Ramirez

October 15, 2014

Executive Director Roadmap: Insights into OCMA’s Lori Fogarty

October 3, 2013

Speed Networking for Artists and Arts Organizations

October 3, 2013

Meet the Grantmakers – Funding for Individual Artists

October 3, 2013

RFP CALL – EAP presents: (your idea here)

August 22, 2013

Meet the 2013-14 EAP Fellows

July 25, 2013

Bridging the Arts and Tech Sectors

July 11, 2013

Defining Open Systems: Diversity, Representation, and Equity

July 11, 2013

Outcome-Oriented Philanthropy

July 10, 2013

Showing Up for Your Community

July 9, 2013

Learning the Difference between Building and Buying

July 9, 2013

An Intergenerational Fishbowl

July 8, 2013

Personal Regenerative Practices in the Age of Information Overload

July 8, 2013

My Favorite New Trends in Philanthropy Part I

June 12, 2013

6th Annual Arts Rendezvous Crafting Career Decisions

June 3, 2013

Redesigned EAP Fellowship aims to accelerate change in the arts

May 14, 2013

Emergence 2013: A Day of Uncommon Learning with EAP

May 8, 2013

Bay Area Arts Skyline 2015 Event Recap

May 6, 2013

Re-imagining the Box on May 13 at SOMArts

April 29, 2013

Spring Mixer

April 14, 2013

501 See (3) You Later?

March 21, 2013

How Arts Organizations Are Engaging Community Online

March 18, 2013

The Arts Skyline 2015

January 10, 2013

Reflections on Leadership

January 9, 2013

A New Look at Arts Advocacy

December 3, 2012

Gentrification and the Arts

November 25, 2012

Holiday Mixer

November 6, 2012

Event Recap: At the Mercy of the Crowd(funding)

October 15, 2012

Mercy of the Crowd(funding)

September 5, 2012

Event Recap: Standing Room Only

August 2, 2012

Standing Room Only

July 10, 2012

Nonprofit Finance: A Primer for Young Professionals

July 7, 2012

The Art of Tech: Zero1 Festival App to Capture the Crowd

July 6, 2012

The Hybrid Challenge

June 21, 2012

Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA 2012-13 Fellowship Application

June 21, 2012

Emergence Recap: Independence and the Future of Arts Entrepreneurship

June 21, 2012

Emergence Recap: Decentralized Leadership and Managing Creativity

June 21, 2012

Emergence Recap: The Working Process of Innovation in the Arts

June 21, 2012

Emergence Recap: Equity in Placemaking

June 21, 2012

Emergence Recap: Collaborations in Situ

June 17, 2012

Arts Management Tweet Chat on June 22 with Bea Dominguez

May 30, 2012

Microfinance for the Arts: How to Build an Investing Community

May 23, 2012

Emergence

May 21, 2012

Artist as Citizen: Art at the Center of Revitalization and Placemaking

May 10, 2012

The Artist-Administrator Balancing Act

April 19, 2012

The Artist as Citizen and Public Arts Partnerships

March 24, 2012

Taxes, the Arts, and You

March 16, 2012

Mapping MAPP: The Mission Arts Performance Project

February 26, 2012

A Change Would Do (Us) Good

February 19, 2012

How Not to Get Screwed When Signing a Contract

February 7, 2012

The Arts Skyline in 2015

February 6, 2012

Why Business Models Matter: Alex Osterwalder at CCA 1/21/2012

January 17, 2012

Finding Your Place

October 28, 2011

Incremental vs. Radical Change

October 2, 2011

Meet the 2011-12 EAP Fellows

September 24, 2011

Networking Night for Artists and Art/Cultural Workers

September 24, 2011

Creative Conversations: Building Community Through Technology

August 27, 2011

2011-12 Fellowship Program

June 16, 2011

Emergence – A special commencement event and reception

June 7, 2011

Smell – Friday First Series

May 17, 2011

Taste – Friday Firsts Mixer

May 17, 2011

TECH & ART: HOW TO

April 15, 2011

Relevance & Reform: a Remixed Response to Randolph Belle

April 15, 2011

Expanding The Vision

April 15, 2011

Aerosol Writing and Community Mural Policy

April 15, 2011

Creating Real Outlets for Cultural Arts Expression

April 14, 2011

A response to "Kristi's Rant"

April 14, 2011

To Face Ruin Is A Victory

April 14, 2011

Working (our butts off) to Preserve Cultural Policy in Oakland

April 14, 2011

The Civics of Cultural Sustainability

April 13, 2011

Cultural Stewardship (from the San Francisco Ballet to Big Freedia)

April 13, 2011

Who Can We Be?

April 13, 2011

TOMORROW

April 12, 2011

Kristi’s Rant

April 12, 2011

Cultural Sustainability in the New (Oakland)

April 12, 2011

Art as a Human Right

April 11, 2011

TODAY

April 11, 2011

We've moved & our Cultural Policy 101 Blog Salon starts today!

April 11, 2011

Making Dance Visible: Prioritizing Place for Public Performance in Oakland

April 9, 2011

Who We Are

April 7, 2011

Reframing The Arts: Advocating for Culture

April 7, 2011

Cultural Policy 101 : A Blog Salon

March 31, 2011

Are you an aspiring blogger or cultural policy wonk? An artist, activist or arts professional interested in joining the cutting edge of cultural thinking?

March 26, 2011

Upcoming Events in April You Won't Want to Miss

March 25, 2011

Hearing – Friday Firsts Mixer

March 25, 2011

Sight – Friday Firsts Mixer

March 1, 2011

Touch – Friday Firsts Mixer

October 28, 2010

Next EAP First Friday Mixer 11/5/10 : I Live Here

October 12, 2010

Don't miss A Day for Arts Organizations This Thursday at the Foundation Center

October 6, 2010

Next week at the Foundation Center SF : Investing in Our People

September 27, 2010

Emerging Arts Professionals October events!

September 13, 2010

2010-2011 Fellowship Information Session & Deadline

September 6, 2010

Reminder:EAP/SFBA Fellowship Information Session Tomorrow 9/7/10

August 26, 2010

Announcing the EAP/SFBA 2010-2011 Fellowship

August 11, 2010

Is Advocacy Important? a brown bag with Randy Cohen, Americans for the Arts

June 14, 2010

Coaching & Creative Capacity follow up

May 24, 2010

Are you reaching your Creative Capacity?

April 26, 2010

Omni-Directional Mentorship : Going Beyond Yoda 5.10.10

April 7, 2010

ARTSblog

April 7, 2010

The Power of Networks 4.20 and ARTSblog

March 21, 2010

SFBAEAP presents New Growth : a spring 2010 series

October 27, 2009

News 10.26.09

October 16, 2009

Career Trajectories: Listen online

October 3, 2009

News from SFBAEAP

October 2, 2009

A response to "The Biggest Problem Facing the Arts"

September 14, 2009

News You Can Use 9.14.09

August 31, 2009

A Fall Mixer presented by San Francisco Bay Area Emerging Arts Professionals & Friday Nights at the de Young

June 17, 2009

Evolve & Vocalize: A Spotlight on Next Generation Arts Leadership

June 17, 2009

Evolve & Vocalize: What can we do now?

June 17, 2009

Evolve & Vocalize: Overview

June 17, 2009

Evolve & Vocalize: Stickies snapshot

June 17, 2009

Evolve & Vocalize: Broad Trends and Implications (Question 1)

June 17, 2009

Evolve & Vocalize: Basic Info

EAP SF/BA Mission

Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA is a network focused on empowerment, leadership, and growth of next generation arts and culture workers in the San Francisco Bay Area through knowledge sharing, learning opportunities, and partnerships. By supporting today’s emerging models and mindsets, we hope to generate a path for individuals’ meaningful and sustainable work and to stimulate a vibrant, integrated, and evolving arts and culture sector.

Fiscal Sponsor

EAP is a fiscally-sponsored project of Intersection for the Arts. Intersection for the Arts is a historic arts nonprofit that provides people working in arts and culture with fiscal sponsorship and resources to grow.

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