In addition to creating and producing works of politically-engaged performances, Circo Zero provides the following programs and services:
• Fabric: A series of intergenerational and interracial LGBTQ community impact events featuring free trainings, community talks, gatherings, and performances in the Bay Area. This eighteen month-long project offers audience engagement, professional development for artists, and serves the broader field of the arts with necessary public conversations and accessible education.
• Teaching: Classes and workshops the intersections of experimental art practices, political healing, and expanding capacity for civic engagement, collective care, and creating community-responsive art
• Artistic Solidarity Services for QT/BIPOC artists, including:
* free grant writing, production support, marketing, and consulting
* fiscal sponsorship with fees ~50% less than other fiscal sponsors (5% fee compared to the 10%-12% norm)
* free mentorship, professional development, and career counseling to elevate local artists creatively, administratively, and financially
* free equipment library including sound, lights, costumes, and set
* activism and community organizing to advocate for QT/BIPOC artists and against structural inequities in the field
* to be like the river, a Black led and produced annual free retreat program for QTBIPOC, led by jose abad and Steph Hewett (2021-2024, served over 100 artists)
* Connecting Yaqui California, a project envisioned and led by Snowflake Calvert, which provided multiple events serving Native and Two-Spirit communities (2021-2023 served over 250 audiences and 32 artists)