Mission Statements
Old Mission
Intersection for the Arts is San Francisco’s oldest alternative art space and presents challenging new works in literature, theater, visual and interdisciplinary arts. We provide the community with a place where provocative ideas, diverse art forms, artists and audiences can intersect one another. We offer a space to perform and exhibit, programs of technical and financial assistance, and a point of view that encourages vision, risk-taking and discovery. Intersection is an art space where experimentation and risk are still possible, where debate and critical inquiry are embraced, and where community is essential.
About Us
Intersection for the Arts is a bedrock Bay Area arts nonprofit that’s dedicated to helping artists grow. Through vital resources, including fiscal sponsorship, low-cost coworking and event space, and professional development programs, we empower people to continue creating, thinking big, and taking weird and wonderful risks.
We believe art and culture are necessary elements of wellbeing. That’s why we serve people working in the arts—from artists to educators to administrators to funders.
We take the stance that artists should be at the top of the systems that were originally created to support their work. Art institutions would not exist but for artists’ creativity, sweat, blood, tears, and enormously generous hearts. We support those who take matters into their own capable hands and make their own opportunities. We stand by artists every day in their efforts to make our communities better, healthier, more exciting and dynamic places to live our lives.
OUR VALUES
COMMUNITY – PASSION – TRANSPARENCY – PROFESSIONALISM – DIVERSITY – EQUITY – ACCESSIBILITY – CONNECTION – RIGOR – HUMOR
OUR VALUES IN ACTION
WE STRIVE TO:
Serve our community of artists and cultural workers and their respective communities in turn; Approach our work with passion, driven by the belief in the transformative, healing, and unifying power of arts; Act with transparency and professionalism in all matters of our organization; Reflect the diversity that makes the Bay Area arts sector so vibrant, compassionate, and innovative; Ensure the equity, inclusivity, and accessibility of our services and programs; Connect artists with resources and professional networks; Provide programs that are known for their rigor and that propel and challenge the arts sector to grow; and Find humor in every challenging situation.