KUSF Community Crusade
THE KUSF COMMUNITY CRUSADE offers community organizations support through daily, on-air public service announcements (PSAs).
March 2005 :
- San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum
- ArtSF
March 2005 Community Crusade - San Francisco Performing Arts Library and MuseumThis March, KUSF's Community Crusade shines the spotlight on SFPALM, the San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum.
SFPALM began more than sixty years ago as dancer and costume designer Russell Hartly's private collection of archives documenting the history of dance. As the collection grew, it expanded to cover all of the performing arts, moving from private collection to part of the San Francisco Library system and then morphing into the independent, nonprofit organization that exists today.Ê
SFPALM's special mission is to collect and make accessible materials that preserve the Bay Area's rich performing arts heritage, from the Gold Rush days through today. Its unique collection of more than two million items includes photographs, programs, audio and videotapes, original artwork and artifacts. SFPALM also houses the archives of many local performing arts organizations, such as the Stern Grove Festival and the Ethnic Dance Festival.
SFPALM is free and open to the public, located at 401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 402. For visiting hours or for information about volunteering, call (415) 255-4800 or visit www.sfpalm.org.
March 2005 Community Crusade - ArtSFThis March, KUSF's Community Crusade highlights the important work of ArtSF. ArtSF is an all-volunteer non-profit organization on a singular mission Ð to create a San Francisco Community Art Center for artists of all ages.
ArtSF was formed to create a foundation on which the community of San Francisco's visual and performing artists can develop unity and promote self-sufficiency. With square footage in San Francisco today at a premium, it's nearly impossible for many individual artists to afford both a home and a separate art studio. ArtSF ultimately seeks to find a warehouse in the Mission that could become a community art center and resource for underground and up and coming artists, musicians, and performers of all sorts.
Today, ArtSF is working to bring up struggling local artists by providing immediate space for artists to create, as well as a gallery and openings to show their work. ArtSF has a monthly benefit art opening every 2nd Saturday featuring local artists, musicians, performers, and DJs. The openings are located at 110 Capp St. at 16th in the Mission District and go from 8 pm till 1 am.
To find out more about Art SF, visit www.artsf.org. If you are interested in supporting their work call (415) 820-1405 or email real4bella@lycos.com.
ARCHIVED CRUSADES 2005
February, 2005: The Women's Building; GirlVentures
January, 2005: The Volunteer Center of San Francisco; Northern California Service LeagueARCHIVED CRUSADES 2004
December, 2004: Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly; Meals on Wheels
November, 2004: Mickaboo Cockateil Rescue; Pets Unlimited
October, 2004: Craigslist Foundation; Action Without Borders
September, 2004: Music in Schools Today; LEAP - Imagination in Learning
August, 2004: Shaping San Francisco; SF Neighborhood Theater Foundation
July, 2004: ZEUM; Youth Speaks
June, 2004: SPCARE; Healing Muses
May, 2004: Cartoon Art Museum & Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
April, 2004: San Francisco Media Archive & Bay Area Video CoalitionARCHIVED CRUSADES 2003
March, 2003: Cartoon Art Museum & Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
January, 2003: Friends of the Urban Forest & Save the Bay
February, 2003: Hospice by the Bay & Lyon-Martin Women's Health ServicesARCHIVED CRUSADES 2002
December, 2002: San Francisco Rescue Mission & San Francisco Food Bank
November, 2002: San Francisco City Carshare & San Francisco Bicycle Coalition