The Art Explosion
2425 17th St., SF, CA 94110 (877) ART-EXPL; artex@big.net
The Art Explosion is dedicated to providing affordable artist work spaces in an open, supportive environment where artists can explore, create, and exhibit all kinds of art. We offer individual workspace, community resources and support and exhibition opportunities for a diverse community of both established and emerging artists.

Artist Resource
www.artistresource.org/
Artist Resource educates, connects and promotes visually creative people by building a supportive online community. We post exhibits, events, classes, forums, competitions, jobs, portfolios, galleries, services and supplies. Currently focused on Northern California, we are expanding in 2002 to New York and other cities in the U.S.

Artonomy, Inc.
PO Box 77572, SF, CA 94 info@artonomy.org; artonomy.org/
Artonomy will provide educational workshops, produce and promote events, and offer professional services to the arts and music community. The focus of this organization is to provide the information and tools necessary for artist and musicians to achieve their personal goals and allow them to progress in their creative careers.

ArtSpan
934 Brannan Street, SF, CA 94103 (415) 861-9838; www.artspan.org/
ArtSpan is a nonprofit dedicated to building connections within San Francisco's visual arts community and between that community and the general public. ArtSpan organizes the annual San Francisco Open Studios program, Art for Inner City Youth, Technical Assistance Workshops and the prestigious Selections Exhibition.

Black Rock Arts Foundation
1900 Third St., 2nd Fl., SF, CA 94107 (415) 641-0949; info@blackrockarts.org; www.blackrockarts.org/
The Black Rock Arts Foundation supports and promotes community-based interactive art -- meaning, art that generates social participation. The process of creation, the means of display and the character of the work should inspire immediate actions that connect people to one another in a larger communal context.

California Lawyers for the Arts/Arthouse
Fort Mason Center, Building C, Room 255, SF, CA 94123 (415) 775-7200; www.calawyersforthearts.org/; www.arthouseca.org/
California Lawyers for the Arts/Arthouse is in nonprofit arts service organization providing lawyer referrals, dispute resolution, educational programs and information about art studios, live/work spaces and cultural facilities. Our house is administering the $1.5 million Emergency Rent Subsidy Program for nonprofit arts organizations.

ARTS Ed/East Bay Community Foundation
200 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 87407561; www.eastbaycf.org/artsed.html
ARTS Ed bridges schools and communities to create comprehensive and sustainable arts education for the children of the East Bay. We develop resources and provide grants to organizations and schools, and our website, listserv and online resource guide provide news, funding and job information for arts educators.

Art Network/Moneyforarts.com/
www.artmarketing.com/
Moneyforarts.com: grant research and consultations for fine artists seeking fellowships and grants. Art Network: resources (books, newsletters, directories, mailing lists) for fine artists wanting to learn how to market.

Art SF
info@artsf.org; www.artsf.org/
ArtSF is a coalition of artists and performers seeking funding for a nonprofit community arts center. We are working towards purchasing a warehouse in San Francisco, to serve as an arts resource providing studio, gallery, education, performance, community and rehearsal space for artists, musicians, dancers and performance troupes.

ARTwork Sales, Rentals & Exhibits
2861 California #5, SF, CA 94115 (415) 673-3080; info@artworksf.com; www.artworksf.com/
ARTwork provides sales and marketing services for artists and curates rotating exhibits in San Francisco. Our staff negotiates commercial art commissions, illustrations, murals and portraits and has installed over 3,000 exhibits and events. Since 1992 ARTwork has enabled hundreds of artists to gain the skills and exposure necessary to pursue an art career.

AXIS Dance Company
1428 Alice St., Oakland, CA 94601 (510) 625-0110; www.axisdance.org/
Since 1987, AXIS Dance Company has performed an exciting form of dance created by dancers with and without disabilities. AXIS also presents an extensive community education and outreach program, Dance Access, which offers classes for adults and youth, presentations, lecture demonstration, and residency activities locally and abroad.

Balazo/Mission Badlands Gallery
2811 Mission St., SF CA 94110 (415) 920-0896; balazogallery@yahoo.com
As a volunteer-based organization located in the heart of the Mission, Balazo has for the last three years been dedicated to promoting the cultural nuances within our community without discriminating as a result of ethnic origins, religious belief, age or gender -- but giving preference to young and emerging artists exploring new and innovative concepts.

Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)
2727 Mariposa, 2nd Floor; SF, CA 94110 (415) 861-3282; www.bavc.org; bavc@bavc.org
BAVC is the nation's largest noncommercial media arts center dedicated to providing access to media, education and technology. Founded in 1976, BAVC continues to provide access to new technologies in all aspects of media production. We are a production facility, an affordable training center and a critical resource for independent media-makers.

Bayview Business Resource Center
3801 Third St., Ste. 240, SF CA 94124 www.bayviewcenter.org/
The Bayview Business Resource Center is committed to providing small business training and support services to emerging and established entrepreneurs in Bayview Hunters Point and throughout San Francisco.

BorderZone Arts
97 Miguel St., SF, CA 94131 (415) 273-5510; www.borderzonearts.org/
BorderZone Arts is an international organization that facilitates collaborations among indigenous and non-indigenous artists across cultural, political and geographic boundaries. We organize exhibition programs that feature historically under-represented contemporary artists, and work link with other organizations to stimulate art practices and cultural exchanges.

California Artists For Education/foolsforhire
PO Box 1176, Mill Valley, CA 94942 (415) 504-9697; eberko@foolsforhire.com
California Artists For Education (CAFE) is an umbrella organization for artists and arts organizations who don't want to undertake the nightmare of becoming a nonprofit themselves. foolsforhire is one of those lazy organizations that has not done so. They will be mooching, networking and using CAFE at the Expo.

CELLspace (Collectively Explorative Learning Labs)
2050 Bryant St., SF, CA 94110 (415) 648-7562; www.cellspace.org/
CELLspace provides a safe and supportive public environment for the expiration of art, education, performance and community building. Though cooperative relationships and multidisciplinary programs, we encourage a celebration of intergenerational and cross-cultural collaborations.

CITY ART
828 Valencia St., SF CA 94110 (415)979-9900
CITY ART is an artist owned, artist operated cooperative gallery on Valencia St., between 19th and 20th streets. Since 1998 CITY ART has provided an inviting gallery venue in a great location to hundreds of emerging local artists. In 2001 our member artist sales exceeded $50,000. Join us.

City College of San Francisco Continuing Education
Fort Mason, Bldg. B, Laguna and Marina, SF, CA 94123 www.ccsf.edu/; contined@ccsf.edu
City College of San Francisco offers a wide range of classes in a variety of subjects at an affordable price. We offer full semester courses as well as short-term workshops at many convenient sites around the city. It's a great place to learn!

San Francisco Community Music Center
544 Capp St., SF, CA 94(415) 647-6015 www.sfmusic.org
Community Music Center was founded in 1921 on the philosophy that age, ethnic background, and income level must never be obstacles to participation in the life-enhancing qualities of a music education. The Music Center is a community resource where the study of music is a cherished undertaking and the program is based on excellence, diversity, and accessibility. In 2001-2002, the Center celebrated its 80th anniversary. The Music Center occupies an historic Victorian in the Mission District of San Francisco with a branch in the Richmond District and extension programs throughout the city.

CounterPULSE (formerly 848 Community Space)
848 Divisadero St., SF, CA 94117 (415) 922-2385; 848@848.com
CounterPULSE is a do-it-yourself space for artists, activists and community-makers. We also offer fiscal sponsorship, administrative services and production assistance. CounterPULSE affiliates include: 848 Community Space, Shaping San Francisco, Processed World, the Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Scott Wells and Dancers, Circo Zero and Gravity Productions.

Craigslist.org
PMB #244, 915 Cole Street, SF, CA 94117 (415) 566-6394; www.craigslist.org/
Craiglist.org was started in the SF Bay area by Craig Newmark in 1995. The site includes a community bulletin board with classifieds. The organization uses a common-sense, down-to-earth approach and works to make the Net more personal an authentic. It advocates social responsibility and promote small, local nonprofit organizations.

The Crucible
1036 Ashby Ave., Berkeley, CA 94710 (510) 843-5510; www.thecrucible.org/
The Crucible is a nonprofit art education facility and metal-arts sculpture studio that fosters collaboration between Art, Industry and Community. Through training in the fine and industrial arts, the Crucible promotes creative expression, re-use of materials and innovative design, while serving as an accessible arts venue for students and the greater community.

Crucible Steel Gallery
2050 Bryant St., SF, CA 94110 (415) 648-7562; www.cellspace.org/
The Crucible Steel Gallery in Cellspace gives opportunity to emerging Bay Area artists. In the spirit of artist encouragement we host an open, biannual "call for art." This is a chance for artists to personally present their work to the gallery committee and submit show proposals for future exhibitions.

Destiny Arts Center
5688 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA 94608 (510) 597-1619; info@destinyarts.org; www. destinyarts.org/
Destiny Arts Center provides arts education and leadership training for a multicultural community of youth ages 3-18. Destiny participants build confidence, leadership skills and self-esteem through dance, martial arts and theater. Through our programs young people become educators and community activists with skills to promote true justice and peace.

The DJ Project
440 Potrero Ave., SF, CA 941 (415) 487-6714; thedjproject.com/
The DJ Project is a youth leadership program seeking to educate and empower low-income youth through hip-hop culture, entrepreneurship and musical expression. Local artists facilitate the creation of a youth-produced CD compilation as participants acquire marketable skills in teamwork and collaboration, project management, marketing and technology training.

Dreams by Degrees
jonathan@dreamsbydegrees.com; www.dreamsbydegrees.com/
Dreams by Degrees is a record label and design studio based in San Francisco. In 2002, Dreams by Degrees will release a series of slowcore and post-rock recordings inspired by the seasons, as well as develop Web sites for musicians and small businesses.

The Field
968 Page St., #5, SF, CA 94117 (415) 252-5670; info@thefield.org/www.thefield.org/
The Field San Francisco is a service organization providing workshops, performances and other programs for performing artists in the Bay Area. The underlying foundation of the Field is a commitment to serve all artists. To this end, the Field does not engage in any curatorial activity, maintaining an open, nonexclusive forum.

Film Arts Foundation
346 9th St., 2nd Floor, SF, CA 94103 (415) 552-8760; www.filmarts.org/
Film Arts Foundation provides a wide range of services to independent film and video makers, including seminars and workshops, equipment and post-production facilities, grants and fiscal sponsorship, a monthly magazine, exhibitions and screening, resources and videotape libraries, group legal and production insurance plans, funding and distribution consultation, and more.

Fortune Records
P.O. Box 11302, Berkeley, CA 94712 (510) 381-5041; fortune@dnai.com
Fortune Records is an independent label specializing in releasing records by artists who defy categorization.

The Foundation Center San Francisco
312 Sutter Street, #606, SF, CA 94108 (415) 397-0902; www.fdncenter.org/sanfrancisco
The Foundation Center operates a free library in downtown San Francisco with a collection of fundraising resources for the arts. Monthly, we offer a free grantseeking training program. This June will be devoted to the theme of "Funding for Art," with programming and resources for individual artists and arts organizations.

GenArtSF
P.O. Box 460819, SF, CA 94146 (415) 305-8468; navril@genartsf.org
GenArtSF's mission is to strengthen and empower the community of young artists; to cultivate a new generation of arts audiences; and to connect the arts audience to the community at large.

Graphics Arts Workshop
2565 Third St. #305, SF, CA 94107
The Graphics Arts Workshop is a printmaking cooperative of approximately 35 artists sharing a 2000-square-foot studio space with facilities for etching, lithography, woodcut, letterpress and monoprint. Our membership is open to all artists who can demonstrate technical proficiency in their chosen medium. 2002 marks the 50th year of our existence.

Greenmuseum.org
518 Tamalpais Dr., Corte Madera, CA 94925 (415) 945-9322; www.greenmuseum.org/
Greenmuseum.org, a nonprofit online museum of environmental art, advances creative efforts to improve our relationship with the natural world. Greenmuseum.org also offers opportunities to visit, participate in and propose new collaborative environmental art projects to serve our communities and ecosystems.

Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers (H.E.A.R.)
1405 Lyon St. SF, CA 94115 (415) 409-EARS; www.hearnet.com/
H.E.A.R. is a health organization dedicated to raising awareness of the dangers of excessive noise levels, which can lead to permanent, and sometime debilitating, hearing loss and tinnitus. In addition to distributing hearing protection and information on hearing disorders, H.E.A.R. conducts hearing evaluation clinics in the SF Bay Area.

Hip Hop Slam
PO Box 5124, Berkeley, CA 94705 (510) 658-4293; hiphopslam@aol.com
A Bay Area mixed-media company specializing in archiving, turntablism and hip-hop music. Includes website and three 100 percent independent record labels: Hip Hop Slam Records, Chip Shop Spam Records and C.O.D. Records.

The Hub at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
1808 Wedermeyer St., SF, CA 94129 (415) 292-1286; atobin@jccsf.org; www.jccsf.org/HUB.html
The Hub at the JCCSF presents emerging and established performing artists who reflect, explore and represent current Jewish identity and experience, emphasizing intercultural dialog and instigating the evolution of Jewish culture. The Hub presents theater, music, spoken word and interdisciplinary performances, building community among both artists and audiences.

Iconoclast Productions
1807 Page Street, SF, CA 94117 (415) 668-5712; scalifornia@iconoclastsf.org; www.iconoclastsf.org/
Iconoclast Productions produces the African American Multimedia Conference and the SF Black Independent Film Festival. We produce videos and music, and offer training programs, workshops, and services for artists, arts and cultural and community organizations in the black community, and bring African American art into other communities.

ii Records/GirlzzRock
1547 4th St., Ste. A, San Rafael, CA 94901 (415) 453-4664
GirlzzRock is a group of local female artists whose focus is to collaborate with other groups to help increase the chances of success in the music business. ii Records is a local label with more than 40 artists on their roster with a goal to get artists major record company deals and/or help artists distribute their works.

Independent Arts & Media
PMB 821, 601 Van Ness #E, SF, CA 94102 info@artsandmedia.net; www.artsandmedia.net/; www.newsdesk.org/
Independent Arts & Media is a collaborative nonprofit working to develop a support/service infrastructure for public media and community arts. Our projects include the journalism website Newsdesk.org; the KUSF talk show RadioSegue; and Expo for the Artist & Musician. We also offer fiscal sponsorship and affordable editorial/production services.

Institute for Unpopular Culture
1850 Union St., #1523, SF, CA 94123
The Institute for Unpopular Culture is a 501(c)(3) that supports artists of all genres, and sponsors subversive or "unpopular" artistic visions, alleviating artists' needs to cater to public tastes and opinion in order to survive. IFUC has supported Holly Hughes, Julia "Butterfly" Hill, the Sprocket Ensemble, Creativity Explored SF and painter Hawk Alfredson.

InterPlay
1606 Broadway Alameda, CA 94501 (510) 814-9584/; bodywiz@aol.com;
InterPlay is an improvisational art community practice used for performance as well as personal and organizational development. Used worldwide, it helps people access dance, personal stories, voice, music and silence to create on-the-spot intergenerational, interfaith, intergender and even interspecies collaborations.

Jazz in Flight
PO Box 20551, Oakland, CA 94620 (510) 763-4663; www.jazzinflight.org/
Jazz In Flight is a not-for-profit presenting creative music in the Bay Area since 1987. Our current focus includes a monthly jazz concert at Yoshi's; the renowned Eddie Moore Jazz Festival (paying tribute to the late drummer); and Children in Flight, an free African performing arts education program. Musical submissions should include tape or CD plus publicity information.

Just Plain Folks
www.jpfolks.com/
We are a community of over 17,000 songwriters, recording artists, music publishers, record labels, performing arts societies, educational institutions, recording studios, engineers, producers, legal professionals, publicists and journalists, publications, music manufacturers, retailers and just about every other type of member of the music industry. Our motto is ... We're all in this together!

Kearny Street Workshop
c/o SomArts, 934 Brannan St., SF, CA 94103 (415) 503-0520; ksw@somarts.org; kearnystreet.org/
KSW is the nation's oldest multidisciplinary Asian Pacific American (APA) arts organization. KSW channels the creative energy of Bay Area APA artists and community members into new and innovative expressions of the APA experience. We present arts and literature and offer community arts education, leadership and organizational training, and artist support and development.

KALX 90.7 FM
26 Barrows Hall #5650 Berkeley, CA 94720 (510) 642-1111; kalx@media.berkeley.edu; kalx.berkeley.edu/
We are a not-for-profit radio station that plays independent and local music in a free-form style, 24 hours a day. We also produce in-house programs that feature local filmmakers, women in the arts and local theater. Cultural programs such as Amandla and Cultural Outreach connect with a diverse Bay Area community.

90.1 FM KZSU
Box 20190, Stanford, CA 94 (650) 723-9010; www.kzsu.org
KZSU's free-form community radio is brought to you by an all-volunteer staff made up of assorted locals as well as Stanford students and staff. Besides our DJs' music shows, KZSU has a live music show (Wednesday Night Live), public affairs programming, PSAs and more.

KFJC 89.7 FM
12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Main Lobby: (650) 949-7260; Promotions (650) 949-7093; Studio: (650) 941-2500; www.kfjc.org/
Led by a small but dedicated army of sonic freaks, KFJC takes listeners to the edge of obscurity and beyond with its extreme and diverse mix of audio art, music and public affairs programming.

KUSF 90.3 FM
2130 Fulton St., SF, CA 94117 Business: (415) 386-5873; Studio: (415) 751-KUSF; www.kusf.org/
KUSF is made possible by more than 100 volunteers from all facets of the San Francisco Bay Area community. We are dedicated to independent, underground, archival, specialty, local and eclectic/free-form music, information, ideas and public affairs programming that are marginalized by commercial media.

Liquid SPACES
(415) 934-0634; kevin@liquidpaces.org; www.liquidspaces.org/
Liquid SPACES (Society for the Preservation of Art, Culture and Entertainment in San Francisco) is a San Francisco based nonprofit with the mission of promoting emerging artists and encouraging collaboration across traditional boundaries in the arts. Liquid SPACES sponsors professional, high-energy shows in gallery-like settings on a quarterly basis.

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