Art for Intergenerational Healing
Art for Intergenerational Healing
ABOUT A4IH
Arts, culture and creative expression are pivotal to bridging gaps in understanding and building connections. In times of crisis and in celebration, artists help provide an outlet for our emotions and bring healing.
Art for Intergenerational Healing (A4IH) provides support for socially-engaged Black and Filipino artists interested in mentorship that centers community healing through artistic expression in the San Francisco South of Market neighborhood.
Applications are now closed for 2023.
The Mentorship
The selected mentee will have the opportunity to create with the intention to heal and/or encourage dialogue about community healing through the use of art. Learning from a seasoned artist/arts educator with extensive roots in San Francisco, mentees will gain experience in public art installation through the creation of a three-panel mural as well as how to apply social practice to creative expression.
This residency is intended for young or early career artists or culture workers who are socially engaged, dedicated to the communities they serve, and committed to social change and advancement in the San Francisco Bay Area. Selected artists will have access to 1,600 square feet of studio space with a dedicated working space at CAST’s 447 Minna St. building throughout the duration of this 3-month residency.
About the Project
The 2022-2023 A4IH mentorship will result in the creation of a mural envisioned by visual artist, poet, performer, curator, activist, and cultural promoter, Adrián Arias. The mural imagery will in turn serve as inspiration for 3 new tarot cards, to be included in the next iteration of Adrian’s project, Tarot in Pandemic and Revolution, a deck he created with 65 Bay Area artists and poets during the pandemic. The mural will be built across three panels and will include three faces, each one an amalgamation of different BIPOC cultures and ethnicities.
Of the three faces, one will represent the “Indigenous Woman”, inspired by various faces of native women from what we now call America. The other two faces will be created in collaboration with the mentee through deeper research in the Filipino culture and African diaspora, to learn about their different ethnicities, images, designs, and beliefs.
This mentorship and collaboration with Adrián Arias, will serve as a foundation for one of the many ways to approach mural creation that reflects the community voice through an intergenerational lens.
Meet the Artist
Adrián Arias (American, born in Peru)
Is a visual artist, poet, performer, curator, activist, and cultural promoter, who brings together multidisciplinary artists to engage in community projects with messages of social justice, racial equality, climate change, peace, beauty, health, and hope in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Adrián uses his dreams as creative initiatives, which he makes come true in performances and community projects. He has participated in international group exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale, The Ibero-American Biennial, The Contemporary Museum of Barcelona, and art residencies at the de Young Museum, Benamil Spain, Google new Mountain View building and at the Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco.
Adrián has been commissioned to do murals in SF Chinatown and Oakland Lakeshore, in addition to the Black Lives Matter on the asphalt of the Petaluma Library, and the giant altar for George Floyd at SOMArts. Recently he has been commissioned by Luggage Store Gallery and Someland Foundation to paint a mural on two three-story buildings in the tenderloin of San Francisco, exalting art and music as a means of medicine, and combining his Mochica culture with the Ohlone culture, which is the territory where currently we are living.
Learn more about Adrián here.
Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead installation at SOMARTS, 2020, dedicated to George Floyd.
Must identify as Black and/or be of Filipina/o/x descent.
Applicant must reside in the Bay Area.
Applicant must be between the ages of 17 and 27.
Applicant agrees to meet with mentor for a total of 16 hours over the course of 3 months.
Project must be presented at 447 Minna in support of a March and April 2023 community event.
Designed image must not incite violence or promote hate language.
Project must begin by January 2023 and be completed by March 2023.
Eligibility & Requirements
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12/5 - Application open
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1/5 - Applications Close
1/9-1/11 - All applicants will be notified about their application’s outcome by email. Winners will be publicly announced.
1/16 (TBD) - Onboarding & Orientation
Project begins -
Resident artists will work on the project at 447 Minna’s provided studio space or at their workplace of choice.
The project requires a commitment to meet with the mentor at least once a week for 4 weeks to conduct research for the creation process. During this time the creation of sketches, descriptions, and the final mural will be executed. -
4/15 - Mural Debut
TBD - Final check-in with CAST staff
Program Dates & Timeline
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No! If there is a desire to learn about the creative process and the intersection of social justice with art, we welcome your application.
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$800 will be paid directly to the resident to be used at their discretion.
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Not necessarily. You are expected to provide a total of 16 hours of support on this project. This includes researching the cultural history of the SOMA neighborhood as well as meeting with local community members.
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Yes! We welcome all levels and disciplines.
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You will share 1,600 square feet of studio space with a dedicated working space at CAST’s 447 Minna St. building throughout the duration of the residency. You are allowed to bring additional furnishings into the space for work and must remove any furniture/fixtures and restore the space to its original condition at the completion of your residency.
You may NOT live in the studio or at any of the community spaces at 447 Minna.
You will also have access to free wifi, a mailbox, gender-neutral bathrooms, a full working kitchen with refrigerator/freezer, and the common area space.
Frequently Asked Questions
Still have questions or need clarifications?
We welcome you to submit them here using this form. Please feel free to also check back here, as responses to submitted questions will be posted on this page in the FAQs.
A4IH is a program produced by Community Arts Stabilization Trust and generously funded by #StartSmall and First Republic Foundation.