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With support from the California Arts Council, DIAMOND IN THE RAW (DITR) will provide Concepts in a Box Leadership & Film Boot Camp after school and summer workshops that teach 100 foster care/at-risk girls, ages 12-18, media arts: film making disciplines that cover development, pre-production, production and post-production. Teen participants develop, shoot and edit their own short movies which are screened during a DITR film award event.

DITR has summer and after-school workshops geared towards educating and preparing youth for rewarding Arts careers in the Film making and Entertainment industries.
Concepts in a Box Film Boot Camp exposes 30+ girls and a few boys to a wide range of entertainment industry career opportunities. Students learn all aspects of an industry project from development/pre-production through production and post-production.

You’re Not Listening~ To What I Have to SAY! provides an opportunity for foster care young girls, ages 15-18 years old, to explore storytelling through digital media. Participants voice their personal issues and independently come up with a solution through film making. Youth receive hands-on instruction from pre-production through post-production, to hone each individual’s creative talents.

DiamondsN2Coding: Arts Program: An innovative approach to introduce arts and computer science through coding and the use of digital media to influence society.

With support from California Arts Council, Diamond Wave will produce THEYFRIEND, a two-day nonbinary performing arts festival featuring new work commissioned from 6 CA-based nonbinary artists. Debuting in November 2022 at Brava’s Cabaret in San Francisco, THEYFRIEND will impact 200+ people with funds supporting artist stipends and presentation costs.

Diamond Wave currently offers two programmatic thrusts. The THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival and events uplift, center and celebrate nonbinary identity through dynamic performances and community-building events. Our community-centered consulting services center peer exchange and artist-to-artist learning focused on professional and creative development as well as creating economic opportunity for creatives.

With support from the California Arts Council, Diamond Wave will present THEYFRIEND, a 2-day nonbinary performing arts festival happening November 16-18 in partnership with KQED, San Francisco Public Library and queer nightlife venues El Rio and OASIS. THEYFRIEND will feature 20 nonbinary artists and attract an estimated audience of 500.

Diamond Wave currently offers two programmatic thrusts. The THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival and events uplift, center and celebrate nonbinary identity through dynamic performances and community-building events. Our community-centered consulting services center peer exchange and artist-to-artist learning focused on professional and creative development as well as creating economic opportunity for creatives.

This proposal requests $30,000 to support the operations of Diamond Wave, a San Francisco-based queer arts organization creating diverse, artistic events that celebrate and bring together disparate segments of LGBTQIA2S+ communities. CAC funding would be used to support artist fees, community programming, marketing, staff salaries, rent and other general operations.

Diamond Wave currently offers two programmatic thrusts. The THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival and events uplift, center and celebrate nonbinary identity through dynamic performances and community-building events. Our community-centered consulting services center peer exchange and artist-to-artist learning focused on professional and creative development as well as creating economic opportunity for creatives.

With support from the California Arts Council, Diamond Wave will present the fourth annual THEYFRIEND, a multiday performance festival uplifting, centering and celebrating nonbinary performers. Presented in San Francisco in collaboration with local arts presenters and nightlife venues, THEYFRIEND will feature approx. 40 nonbinary performers and attract an estimated audience of 500 people. Funding will also support festival documentation and the subsequent on-demand stream in early 2024.

Diamond Wave currently offers two programmatic thrusts. The THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival and events uplift, center and celebrate nonbinary identity through dynamic performances and community-building events. Our community-centered consulting services center peer exchange and artist-to-artist learning focused on professional and creative development as well as creating economic opportunity for creatives.

With support from the California Arts Council, Diamond Wave will present dynamic creative programs centering the experiences of diverse queer and trans people, including: the THEYFRIEND nonbinary performance festival, the soft defiance project exploring queer mental health, and the Artists’ Adaptability Circles program putting historically marginalized artists, arts workers and culture bearers to work creatively addressing issues arising in their lives and communities.

Diamond Wave currently offers two programmatic thrusts. The THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival and events uplift, center and celebrate nonbinary identity through dynamic performances and community-building events. Our community-centered consulting services center peer exchange and artist-to-artist learning focused on professional and creative development as well as creating economic opportunity for creatives.