We're excited to announce the recipient of the Zachary Watson Memorial Education Scholarship: San Francisco based multimedia artist Nakya H! We're thrilled to support their practice and welcome them into our communityhttps://www.kyacreates.com/

Tomorrow at 11:00 #FtCSF join myself and ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴡɪᴛᴛ RadicalxChange discussing what systems best support innovation and knowledge productions in the commons. Funding The Commons Internet Archive fundingthecommons.io/sf-2025

Meet Alexa Ann Bonomo, one of our expert instructors in the newly redesigned Creative Code Intensive!

🛠️ New In-Person Workshop 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 with Jonathon Keats Explore how cultures build for extreme climates and prototype your own sustainable design using low-tech materials. 📆 May 4, 2025 | 1–4 PM 🔗 grayarea.org/course/buildin…

🌍 Exhibition Opening: CARBONIVORE For Earth Day 2025, Gray Area presents Carbonivore, a new exhibition by the Missing Objects Library, a collaboration between artists Asma Kazmi and Jill Miller. 📅 April 22 · 6–8PM 📍 Gray Area Gallery RSVP: grayarea.org/visit/gallery/

My talk with ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴡɪᴛᴛ RadicalxChange "Where does knowledge come from?" Funding The Commons ➡️ Berlin, June 10-11 SF 03/16/25; the beginning of some ideas around how funding mechanics relate to knowledge production and innovation... m.youtube.com/watch?v=CiJBcL…

Funding the arts through a trifecta on Journalism, American Promise, and Render Judgment.

On Friday, the NEA terminated our $50,000 grant for this year’s Gray Area Festival. We need your help to fill the gap. This is our flagship public program, which over the last decade has paid over $700,000 directly to artists and educators. grayarea.org/nea-federal-ar…

This is, on Gaza, is one of the strongest statements I’ve ever read from the United Nations experts. I cannot believe words like this even need to be said, but this is the world that Israel and its allies have decided we now live in.

That kind of support means everything. It’s a reminder that even when public funding disappears, this community still believes in what we’re doing.

Happy Pauline Oliveros' birthday to those who celebrate.

This is true, but having a vibrant cultural ecosystem doesn't come from giant institutions, it comes from the grassroots support organizations that build and keep a community. Having people throw $500mm into a new building with giant overhead is probably the least impactful path.

Join us for final presentations from our DWeb for Creators Intensive, featuring projects on Cultural Memory, Community Networks, and decentralized tools like IPFS, blockchain, and mesh networks. 📅 June 18, 2025 | 10AM PT 📍Online 🎟️ Free RSVP: grayarea.org/event/dweb-for…

Anyone working on / seen examples of living wills that include Do Not Model language?

See you at 7pm today for the Gray Area 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 opening! Gray Area 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 🗓️ June 25: Opening Night 🥂 from 7PM – 10PM 🗓️ June 26: Open hours from 5PM – 9PM 🎟️ RSVP: grayarea.org/event/gray-are…

The pendulums are swinging back. The time has come for Woke 2. We are gonna lib out, make people mad, have fun, and create a beautiful future together. I wrote up some ideas on how:

Thank you to everyone who came to the opening of the Gray Area Creative Code Showcase last night! ❤️ If you couldn’t make it last night, the showcase is open today from 5PM to 9PM. NOTAFLOF, and walk-ins are welcome! 🎟 Get tickets: grayarea.org/event/gray-are…

easily the most humbing and emotional show we've been apart of. We celebrate Dax Pierson on his birthday & fundraise for his widower AUG 2 at Gray Area <3 Ticket link in comments.

We're honored to celebrate the late Dax Pierson & help fundraise for his widower. Join us for an evening hosted by Doseone, with performances by M.Sayyid, Jel, Golden Champagne Flavored Sweatshirt, and Mars Kumari August 2 | 6:15PM Tix: grayarea.org/event/dax-pier…

Visionary funders interested in the opportunity to support the Ultimate Media Event for our Great Nation's Semiquincentennial, inquire within my DMs