Grantee Database

KULINTANG ARTS INC

Grant Year

2025-26

Grant Program

Arts and Youth

Award Amount

$20,250.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, KULARTS will support the winter/spring 2026 semester of our Agos program, a community-led initiative fostering Creative Youth Development among Pilipino American youth through arts-based education, mentorship, and cultural exploration. Established in 2009, Agos engages youth in ages 12-24 with a dynamic curriculum that combines Pilipino folkloric dance, music, historic education, and political discourse to build self-identity, community connection, and leadership skills. Agos activities include after-school programming for ages 12-17 and young adult engagements for ages 18-24, rooted in the traditions of the Pilipino diaspora.

Organization Summary

Every season, KULARTS provides various participatory programming, activities for artists and the greater community including:

KULARTS PRESENTS
Showcases commissions and presentation of contemporary and tribal Pilipinx art through works by American Pilipinx and international Philippine artists.

THE MAKING VISIBLE PROJECT
Highlights the under-recognized histories of Pilipinos in San Francisco and places them in dialogue with Pilipinx stories of today through commissions of visual artwork and curated exhibitions in indoor and outdoor spaces.

AGOS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EDUCATION PROGRAM
AGOS ED PROGRAM – KULARTS’ new youth & family centered education program of folkloric dance and music and sociopolitical knowledge building.
PHILIPPINE MASTER ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE – the facilitation of cultural exchanges between master artists and the Pilipinx community; and
PHILIPPINE TRIBU TUR – a biennial immersion in Philippine indigenous communities designed for US-based artists and cultural workers.
ART DIALOGUE IN THE PILIPINX DIASPORA – gathers contemporary practitioners, master artists, and allied artists in a symposium and performance showcase to discuss urgent issues in the field.
KULARTS CURATORIAL CONTINUUM PROGRAM – curatorial committees—Queering Pilipinx Dance Aesthetics and NexGen Curators & Makers—of artists and creators under the mentorship of Artistic Director Alleluia Panis

Organization

KULARTS

Address

65 Langton St

San Francisco

94103-3915

County

San Francisco

Region

Bay Area – San Francisco

Phone

(415) 295-2677

Congressional District

California Assembly district 11

State Assembly District

District 17

State Senate District

District 11

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