For over 30 years, SVCREATES has provided unrestricted operating grants to small and mid-sized nonprofit arts organizations in Santa Clara County. SVCREATES offers these grants, in collaboration with the County of Santa Clara and other funding partners, to support the diverse range of cultures and disciplines represented in Santa Clara County’s arts ecosystem. This annual grant program focuses on helping … Read More
Info Session and Clinic: Gilroy Elevate the Arts Grants
Join us on Saturday, May 18 at 1pm to learn more about the Gilroy Elevate the Arts Grant Program. These grants aim to elevate artists and the arts community in Gilroy by demonstrating the role arts can play in equitable community empowerment, activation, and revitalization. Come discuss your ideas for art programs and experiences that are accessible to the public … Read More
SVCREATES Arts Town Hall & Conference
Register by April 25
Join SVCREATES and Zoo Labs on Thursday, May 2 from 9:00am – 2:00pm at the School of Arts and Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza to deepen connections and reflect, learn, and celebrate our creative community. Designed for artists and arts leaders, board members and staff of arts organizations in Santa Clara County and the greater Bay Area. Hear from Zoo Labs’ Vinitha Watson and ElectroSpit’s and HiiiWAV’s Bosko and Maya Kante as we explore personal and organizational sustainability, learn … Read More
SVMindshare
SVCREATES invites Santa Clara County-based arts leaders to apply to join the next class of SVMindshare. SVMindshare is a year-long roundtable program that enlightens, inspires, and offers outside expertise, practical tools, and strategies for the issues most relevant to your work. Over the course of the series, arts leaders develop invaluable new networks, a better understanding of challenges across artistic … Read More
2023 Annual Impact Report
As we reflect upon 2023, SVCREATES would like to thank the artists, arts leaders, and arts supporters who strengthened our community and brought us comfort and joy through their performances, poetry, and works of art. It has been our honor and pleasure to partner with you and support you and we’re proud to share our annual report showing the results of … Read More
Arts, Culture & Creativity Month | April 2024
In 2019, CA for the Arts successfully campaigned for the state to recognize and celebrate the arts by declaring April as Arts, Culture & Creativity Month (ACCM) through a concurrent resolution passed in the California Senate. In 2021, an additional resolution was declared to recognize artists as second responders. CA for the Arts directs this annual month-long spotlight on the … Read More
2024-25 Santa Clara County Poet Laureate
The Board of Supervisors for the County of Santa Clara appointed San José resident Yosimar Reyes to the honorary post of Santa Clara County Poet Laureate for a two-year term ending December 31, 2025. In this role, Reyes will help promote the art of poetry at local community events, including during National Poetry Month, represent the County of Santa Clara … Read More
Arts Advocacy for 2024
March 15
Join Julie Baker, CEO of California for the Arts, and representatives from San Jose Arts Advocates and SVCREATES for a discussion on arts policy and funding issues on the advocacy agenda for 2024. April is Arts & Creativity Month in California so now is the time to join us for a session on activating your community and using advocacy tools to advance policy … Read More
2024 Content Emerging Artist Award
Application Deadline: March 15
Apply Today: 2024 Content Emerging Artist Award SVCREATES recognizes the region’s finest artists who have demonstrated a commitment to developing their art forms and to enriching the greater Santa Clara County region with exhibitions, performances, presentations, and service. The Content Emerging Artist Award recognizes early career artists in all genres for artistic achievement and commitment to a path toward becoming a professional artist … Read More
Unrestricted Operating Grants Info Session
March 8
Join us for this information session to review the SVCREATES 2024 Unrestricted Operating Grant guidelines and application. For over 30 years, SVCREATES, formerly Arts Council Silicon Valley, has provided unrestricted operating grants to small and mid-sized nonprofit arts organizations in Santa Clara County. SVCreates offers these grants, in collaboration with the County of Santa Clara and other funding partners, to support … Read More