With support from the California Arts Council, KULARTS will conduct artist service and advocacy programs that promote the artistic and economic development of our Bay Area Pilipinx diaspora community. Awarded funds will support KULARTS staff and partners who administer and implement our arts and education performances and programs dedicated to engaging and uplifting the voices of the Bay Area’s 500,000 Pilipinx community members. Funded programming includes: KULARTS Presents; Making Visible Project; Agos Community Engagement and Education Program; Philippine Master Artists-in-Residents; Art Dialogue in the Pilipinx Diaspora; Kularts Curatorial Continuum Program; and building capacity towards the opening of our new APICC/KULARTS Community Arts Space in 2027.
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

