Do you know an artist whose work explores immigration, arrival, or belonging? @artspansf.bsky.social is accepting applications for "Arrivals: Stories of Welcome and Belonging" — a free public exhibition at San Francisco's historic Ferry Building. 📅 Deadline: May 11, 2026 ✏️ Apply here⬇️

Congratulations to the 2026 Rainin Arts Fellows! 🎉 It’s inspiring to see artists across disciplines recognized for the ways they’re shaping and sustaining the Bay Area’s creative ecosystem. And a big thank you to the @krfoundation.org for their continued commitment to supporting artists!

San Francisco Art Fair is approaching, and we’re happy to share that our Director of Operations, Matthew McTire, will be speaking on the panel: 🎤 Professionalizing your Network: Artist Residencies in the Bay 📅 Sunday, April 19, 2026 | 🕓 4:00–5:00 PM 📍 San Francisco Art Fair Theater More info ⬇️

We are proud to present Next Episode, a new exhibition by artist Desi Brown at Studio 108 Arts ⭐️ 📅 Opening Reception: April 11, 6–9 PM 🖼️ Gallery Hours: 11 AM-4 PM Tuesday through Sunday 📍 Studio 108 Arts, 901 Englewood Pkwy, Englewood, CO #CASTColorado #EnglewoodArts #ColoradoArtists

Thanks to the @sfchronicle.com for highlighting the complex realities facing cultural real estate in downtown San Francisco 🏙️ The future of the Yerba Buena cultural corridor depends on sustained civic commitment and investment in the arts.

CAST is partnering with Cultural Space Agency in Seattle to support the agency’s next chapter of creating affordable, community-rooted cultural space 🌇 Tap the link to read the full press release 📰  #CulturalSpaceAgency #CASTSF #Seattle #SeattleArts

Shoutout to @westword.com for the feature on our Colorado work, and on the incredible leadership of our Managing Director of National Programs, Louise Martorano 🙌 Read the full story ⬇️ #CASTColorado #ArtistSpace #CreativeInfrastructure #SupportArtists

CAST Colorado on the ground at RiNo ArtPark! 🎨 About a month ago, our #CASTColorado team spent time meeting our newest cohort of artists at RiNo ArtPark. Thank you to the artists and Alto Gallery for welcoming our team!

Sightline is officially open for programming proposals and rental inquiries! We’re reserving space for subsidized, community-centered events led by artists, nonprofits, and mission-aligned orgs while also welcoming corporate and private event rentals. Have an idea? Head to sightlinesf.com 🌊

A headline can make it look simple: buy the building, save the space, move on. But anyone who has done this work knows, it’s never just the deal. If you’re curious about what it really takes to hold cultural space for the long term, we invite you to read more. Click here to read the full post 👇

Our grantees @castsf.bsky.social & Artist Space Trust were featured in the New York Times! We’re proud to support their work to secure affordable space to ensure artists can live & create in the Bay Area. And we’re excited that these models are inspiring cities across the country & around the world.

The full CAST team all in one place ✨ Our Colorado teammates are paying a visit to the Bay this week, and it has us reflecting on how much our team has grown! We’re grateful to gather and share about all of the amazing work to come. #CASTSF #CASTColorado #AffordableArtsSpaces #RealEstate

Thank you to @nytimes.com and @zacharyhsmall.bsky.social for spotlighting how skyrocketing real estate prices have pushed creatives out of the very neighborhoods they helped define, and how innovative models like ours are working to change that. #NewYorkTimes #CASTSF #CreativeLandTrusts #BayAreaArt

Our friends at @artspansf.bsky.social just opened a Call for Art for their upcoming exhibition, Cross Section: Members Showcase, hosted at Mission Bowling Club in San Francisco. 👉 Apply here: artspan.submittable.com/submit

Our Denver team is growing! 🏔️ Please join us in welcoming Sarah Wallace Scott to CAST as our new Creative Real Estate Manager for CAST Colorado 🎉 Swipe to get to know more about her ➡️ #CASTColorado #TeamCAST #AffordableArtsSpaces #RealEstate

Congratulations to the School of Arts and Culture for getting approval from the San Jose City Council for $3 million to support La Placita 🎉 Join them next Thursday, January 29 at La Placita for a press conference and groundbreaking! Click here for more info:

CAST Colorado has received $1.9 million from The Colorado Health Foundation to support the acquisition and long-term stewardship of the East Street School in Trinidad, CO! Click the link to read the full press release and learn more 👇 #CASTColorado #TheColoradoHealthFoundation

Our Managing Director of Real Estate Carolyn Choy will be speaking at International Downtown Association’s 2026 IDA + CDA Place Matters! Carolyn will join the breakout session “Securing Downtown’s Creative Future,” which focuses on how Creative Land Trusts. #CreativeLandTrusts #Downtowns

CAST’s Director of National Programs Louise Martorano has been featured in @westword.com's “Denver Creatives to Watch in 2026” 🎉 We’re incredibly grateful to have Louise and her deep experience, vision, and commitment to artist-centered development on our team. #CASTColorado #DenverWestword

In the third and final chapter of Breaking Ground: Colorado, we explore live-work spaces that are creating real stability for artists across the state. Click the 🔗 to read more about what happens when artists are given the stability to imagine what comes next: cast-sf.org/when-home-an...

📣 Opportunity for community-rooted arts orgs! Community Vision’s CREATE (Community Real Estate – Arts to Equity) program supports financial resilience and real estate readiness for arts & culture groups in the Bay Area + Fresno. 🗓 Apply by Jan 15 👉 communityvisionca.org/advising/create/

Denver artists are out here drafting their own agreements, shaping their own futures, and proving that artists are some of the best urban planners we’ve got! Read our latest blog post to meet the artists rewriting the rules of space: cast-sf.org/how-denver-a... #CASTColorado #DenverArts

Big things are happening at 457 Minna, and we’ve got the progress pics to prove it 👀 Construction is moving right along, and it's giving us a clearer glimpse of the future home for Filipino American Development Foundation, Filipino Mental Health Initiative, and Galing Bata.

Downtowns look different in the post-pandemic era, and Denver is responding creatively, turning vacant office space into long-term opportunities for the arts. Drawing on lessons from the Bay Area, @castsf.bsky.social is helping artists & developers shape an equitable future through shared interests.

SF arts lovers, take note ✏️ @brokeassstuart.bsky.social launched The I ❤️ San Francisco Arts Project, a new effort dedicated to uplifting the artists, culture-makers, and small venues. Read more about it and how you can support here: brokeassstuart.com/p/the-i-san-...

Louise Martorano is headed to Houston for @diverseworks.bsky.social's Diverse Discourse series! 🌟 Her talk explores real strategies for artists navigating space, stability & sustainability. 🗓️ Dec 9, 6:30 PM | 📍 DiverseWorks Gallery Houston artists can apply for a studio visit with Louise by Dec 1.

In a big win for San Francisco’s creative community, the Board of Supervisors has approved the city’s first dedicated Artist Housing Certification Program, including a new 90+-unit artist housing project on Mid-Market. Read more in this piece from SFist ⬇️ #SFArts #AffordableHousing #MidMarket

Our newest Breaking Ground: Colorado chapter dives into Denver’s post-pandemic downtown, where empty floors, new funding, and big ideas collide. Click here to read the full chapter and see what we’re learning on the ground in Denver: cast-sf.org/denvers-down... #CASTSF #BreakingGround #Denver

Hospitality House has purchased the historic Luggage Store Gallery building at 1007 Market Street 🎉 This secures a lasting home for the nonprofit’s Community Arts Program, a studio and gallery that’s been a creative refuge for low-income and unhoused artists for 15 years.

Get a behind the scenes look at Warfield Commons, our hub for artists, journalists, & changemakers. Join us for tours during 2 Blocks of Art on Oct 11 (1:30, 2:30, 3:30pm). Meet at 988 Market St. www.2blocksofart.org #CASTSF #WarfieldCommons #2BlocksofArt

Thanks to @sfstandard.com for highlighting #WarfieldCommons as part of the conversation about Mid-Market’s future ✨ The neighborhood is shifting and through it all, we remain committed to keeping arts and culture rooted here. #MidMarket #CASTSF #CommunityFirst

👀 Warfield Commons just got an online refresh! Now it's easier than ever to find events, leasing availabilities, and stay connected to our growing community of artists, journalists, and media makers. Visit warfieldcommons.com now, and join our movement for independent journalism, arts and culture.

👀 Notice anything different? We have some new bling on our doors ✨ Our new Warfield Commons logo and branding are officially up on the building, and let’s be honest… she’s looking good! Catch us shining on Market Street—this is just the beginning. #WarfieldCommons #NewLookWhoDis #MarketStreetSF

SF New Deal’s ENRG Grant is offering up to $50,000 to support small businesses, venues, and cultural spaces bringing new energy to the city’s entertainment and nightlife scene 🪩🎉 Learn more + apply: sfnewdeal.org/enrg #DowntownSF #SFNewDeal #ENRGGrant

Check out Monocle’s recent The Urbanist podcast episode, which highlights how cities around the globe are securing permanent affordable space for arts and culture: monocle.com/radio/shows/... Our Executive Director, Shelley Trott, talks about our work with @castsf.bsky.social.

Warfield Commons just got a glow-up ✨

Reminder: The Warfield Commons Open House is this Thursday! 🎉 Join a tour of SF’s new creative hub + enjoy Market St Arts' Unstaged events. Free w/ RSVP 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/warfield-c...

The latest episode of Monocle Radio'sThe Urbanist featured the story of CAST’s work with CounterPulse as told by our Board President and Executive Director of @krfoundation.org, Shelley Trott. 🔗 Listen here: monocle.com/radio/shows/... #CASTSF #Monocle #TheUrbanist #CounterPulse #ArtsAndCulture

🌿 SF artists—apply for a 12-week residency (Feb–Apr 2026) with ‪@sfac.bsky.social‬ + ‪@sfenvironment.bsky.social‬ to create work on environmental justice, equity, & more. 📅 Apply by Aug 22 → www.sfartscommission.org/find-opportu...

Even with City lease talks taking longer than expected, our partnership with the GLBT Historical Society is strong. Together, we’re working toward a permanent LGBTQ+ Museum and Archives in the Castro — a home to protect and share decades of history for generations to come 🌈 www.ebar.com/story/156577

Efforts to secure affordable space for arts and culture are happening in cities across the country and the world. @castsf.bsky.social is now bringing their expertise to Colorado to support the city of Denver in building a more permanent, sustainable ecosystem for the arts!

CAST is growing! 🌎 We’ve been invited to bring our work to Denver—partnering with local leaders to protect cultural space. Thrilled to welcome Louise Martorano as Managing Director of CAST Colorado! 🏔️✨ #ArtsAndCulture #Denver #CASTColorado #BonfilsStantonFoundation #DenverArtsAndVenues #DenverArt

CAST is moving! We’re leaving 447 Minna (still stewarding it!) and settling into Warfield Commons in SF’s Mid‑Market 📦✨ A new launchpad for artists, storytellers & cultural power. Want to join us? 👉 warfieldcommons.com #WarfieldCommons #CASTSF #CommunityPowered

Next Tuesday, our Managing Director of Real Estate @carolynchoy.bsky.social will be joining @spur-urbanist.bsky.social's virtual discussion about how arts and culture can drive community well-being. Register here: www.spur.org/events/2025-... #CASTSF #SPUR #UrbanPlanning #ArtsandCulture

Turn it up 🎧 Psyched! Radio SF is now broadcasting from Warfield Commons! An independent voice for music + culture, they’re the newest tenant at 988 Market, keeping SF’s radiowaves alive. Stay tuned for more! #CASTSF #PsychedRadio #WarfieldCommons

🎧 We joined @kalwradio.bsky.social + Jeff Chang at Warfield Commons for a preview of Notes from the Edge—a new podcast launching July 22 exploring culture, politics + imagination. Grateful to see this kind of storytelling rooted at 988 Market. #WarfieldCommons #CASTSF #KALW

What’s it like being a CAST intern? 🎨 Anna’s giving us a behind-the-scenes look—lunch breaks, Canva, and all. Follow along as she dives into nonprofit arts with our comms team through the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact. #CASTSF #InternLife #DayInTheLife #Nonprofit #SummerIntern

Join California for the Arts July 11 for the East Bay Regional Conversation—a space for artists, organizers & cultural workers to shape the future of arts & culture in the East Bay. Register here: secure.everyaction.com/hBvnP0GB9EKV...

Hey Bay Area dancers! 🕺 This weekend, #WorldArtsWest is hosting weekend one of their incredible dance festival at @pushdance.bsky.social's Sanctuary space in our #447Minna building! Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/2025-worl...

Have you heard? 📣 Vital Arts has an amazing 18-month fellowship available for Bay Area artists! Applications are due July 23 📆 Learn more: www.vitalarts.org/baac