With support from the California Arts Council, the Manilatown Heritage Foundation will continue sustaining the historic International Hotel Manilatown Center—a gallery, creative studio, and multidisciplinary community gathering space in San Francisco, California. Grant funds will support communication accessibility services for our collaborators and audience members, utility expenses for our Center, and salaries for our existing staff across gallery operations, administration, education, and arts programming.

Manilatown Heritage Foundation’s core programs honor the legacies of San Francisco’s Historic Manilatown and the 1977 International Hotel Anti-Eviction Movement, preserving a critical chapter of Asian American civil rights history. In addition, our Center serves as a cultural incubator, uplifting the activist artistic visions of today’s Filipino and Asian American communities through live music, spoken word, visual arts, and pre-colonial Philippine cultural practices.