Dear Friend,

Here's your chance to support locally made art! JSC can also help you with your taxes--we accept tax-deductible donations of cash and in-kind donations throughout the year.

You may send payments directly to:
Jon Sims Center
1519 Mission
San Francisco, CA 94103

Your donations will allow us to continue to provide public events, and resident programs that reach hundreds of artists and audiences each year. These events bolster pride and self-esteem in the LGBT communities of San Francisco and the Bay Area. What Your JSC Gift Supports

$50
· Offsets fees for one evening of LIT@JSC, the first queer-identified literary series in a non-commercial setting offered bimonthly in the Bay Area.
· Helps cover refreshment costs for one of JSC's 24 artist receptions, a successful tactic for community building and establishing JSC as an artistic and social center for LGBTQ communities.

$100
· Underwrites fees for an actor, designer, or technician for one of three plays produced annually by JSC/Alchemy Emerging Playwrights series.
· Helps underwrite the rental fees for video equipment for JSCinema, a new collaborative film and video exhibition program by and for the LBGTQ communities in the Bay Area.

$250
· Underwrites an evening of SFinX, a bimonthly spoken word performance series and companion Web site archive.
· Underwrites a season of JSC/Alchemy staged readings.

$500
· Underwrites a humanities public lecture/discussion by a panel of queer scholars/artists. · Underwrites PR costs for an AIRspace artist-in-residence. AIRspace is a five-month residency program that annually provides free studio space and publicity to eight artists or artist groups.

$1,000
· Underwrites the rehearsal space costs for an AIRspace artist-in-residence, supporting the development of a new work in dance, theater, comedy, spoken word or multi-media performance.

· Underwrites the design, print, and mailing costs of one of JSC's biannual calendars.

Jon Sims Center for the Arts [JSC] located in the heart of SOMA with an extensive client base in the Castro, Noe Valley and Mission District neighborhoods, is a 501c3, queer-identified multidisciplinary performing arts center and service organization. JSC has ensured access to the creative process, providing resources that support and promote new and existing arts programs for over 25 years! We believe that the process and product of creative activity have equal value, that all talent is worthy of development, and that artistic expression is essential to our communities' health. As a non-profit agency, JSC relies upon numerous grants and foundations such as The San Francisco Foundation, Grants for the Arts, Walter & Elise Haas Fund and the SF Arts Commission Cultural Equity Initiatives. Many of these foundations are reducing their grants programs due to budget cuts, as such JSC is struggling financially.

Resident Programs

· AIRspace (Artists-In-Residence) program: Eight artists or artist groups are selected each year for a five-month residency for the development of new performance work. The final three months of each residency involve showings of works-in-progress with facilitated post-performance discussions. In addition to providing cutting-edge artistic programming, the residency enables emerging artists to further professionalize their artistic careers.

· LIT @ JSC: This bi-monthly literary reading series is the first queer-identified literary series in a non-commercial setting offered in the Bay Area. The program features diverse poets and writers, often pairing more established artists with emerging artists for evenings of readings that include post-performance discussions, receptions, and book signings.

· JSC/Alchemy Emerging Playwrights Series: Through an open submission process, plays are selected for workshop productions that pair playwrights with directors for the initial development of new work. JSC produces three plays per year, each with a six evening run. Producers at main stage theaters are invited to preview new work that serves to advance the artistic career of the playwright.

· SFinX (San Francisco in Exile) Live at JSC: This exciting and innovative program is a bi-monthly spoken word performance series with a companion Website archive. This grassroots community based program rotates curatorial responsibilities and features artists most at risk of exile from San Francisco's pricey real estate market. Performances are audio recorded and files are posted on the SFinX Website to serve as an archive and to promote individual artists.

· JSCinema: This is a new collaborative film and video exhibition program by and for the LGBTQ communities in the Bay Area. JSCinema selects videos and films through an open submission process. JSCinema meets every third Sunday of the Month, at 6 p.m. at JSC. The admission fee is divided between JSC and the filmmakers. A Q&A session follows the screening of the films.

· Special Events: In addition to the five resident programs, JSC produces a variety of special events including performances by nationally recognized artists such as Holly Hughes, Carmelita Tropicana, Tim Miller and Split Britches. JSC also presents lectures by visiting scholars and a variety of panels that accompany performances during the National Queer Arts Festival and throughout the year.