Grantee Database
Fresh Meat Productions
Grant Year
2023-24
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$54,998.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Fresh Meat Productions (FMP) will organize and present year-round programs and events that support the San Francisco Bay Area’s transgender, gender-nonconforming (TGNC) and queer communities.
These programs will include: our 23rd and 24th annual FRESH MEAT FESTIVALS of trans and queer performance; Sean Dorsey Dance’s 19th annual and 20th Anniversary home seasons; FRESH WORKS! Commissions for BIPOC TGNC/queer artists; community-nominated Seed Commission grants to Bay Area TGNC artists; a trans-supportive dance workshop series; financially supporting/co-sponsoring 8 other Bay Area trans community arts events; and advocacy for intersectional justice in the performing arts.
During the grant period, these activities will reach over 6,000 SF Bay Area audiences – and will provide paid employment and resources to more than 200 trans, gender non-conforming and queer California residents.
Organization Summary
Since 2002, Fresh Meat Productions (FMP) has presented over 750 Transgender, gender nonconforming (GNC) and queer artists, paying them more than $7.5 million. We are now celebrating our 25th Anniversary Season!
FMP’s year-round programs are intentionally and authentically reflective of – and deeply relevant to – diverse transgender, GNC and queer communities, and are open to everyone:
THE CREATION AND PERFORMANCE OF NEW WORK:
1) FRESH WORKS! Commissions: Awards grants to support the creation of new work by trans, non-binary, Two-Spirit and queer Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) artists. We present these new works at our annual FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL.
2) Sean Dorsey Dance (SDD): Our resident dance company, performs FMP founder and Artistic Director Sean Dorsey’s award-winning original dance-theater, centering trans and queer bodies and stories. SDD teaches across California, and has toured to over 35 cities across the globe.
3) TRANSfutures Commissions: Community-nominated, unrestricted grants to BIPOC Trans/GNC artists each year.
PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS & EVENTS:
1) FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL of transgender and queer dance and performance: Our annual, multidisciplinary performance festival centering trans, GNC and queer BIPOC artists.
2) Co-sponsorship and financial support of community-based trans arts events.
ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION:
1) Trans-supportive dance classes and workshops
2) Guest teaching and in-school residencies
3) LGBTQ2SI+ community conversations
4) Trans-supportive Cultural Competency Training for dance venues, studios, and service organizations.
ADVOCACY:
– Speaking engagements, panels, lectures, and other field-wide advocacy for trans equity in Dance.
Disability Justice and Access are the FIRST things we consider in all of our programming, communications and events. We consider front-of-house access for audiences AND backstage/onstage access for artists, staff and crew.
Based on our commitment to trans/racial/disability justice, FMP’s year-round programs and events are all FREE or $0+ sliding-scale with no one turned away for lack of funds.
Organization
Fresh Meat Productions
Address
PO BOX 460670
SAN FRANCISCO
94146-0670
County
San Francisco
Region
Bay Area – San Francisco
Website
Congressional District
California's 12th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 17
State Senate District
District 11
