KREATIVE GROWTH RECIPIENTS
We’ve invested $100,000 of our budget each year to building programming that reflects the rich culture and history of Filipinx Diaspora in SOMA Pilipinas and across the Bay Area.
July 2024
A. SAMSON MANALO
(he/him) San Francisco, CA
Writer, Director, & Stand Up Comic
@a.samson.manalo
THE SAMPAGUITAS
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Musicians
@thesampaguitas
PINAY VOLTRON
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Musicians
@pinayvoltron
CARLA GRACE FAJARDO
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Filmmaker
@carlagrace360
DANA SABARIA
(she/her) East Bay, CA
Weaving Artist
@gabriellebabaan
MATTHEW ESPINA HARRIS
San Francisco, CA
Folkloric Performer & Cultural Researcher
@matthurry
ELENITA MAKANI O’MALLEY
(she/her) East Bay, CA
Filmmaker
@elenita.sampaguita
FRANCIS GARCIA
(he/him) San Francisco, CA
Visual Artist
@narra_media
June 2023
Robin Kitana Aquilizan and Gerald Mayupao
(she/her, he/him) East Bay, CA
Author/Graphic designer
@bayaniart
Rachel Lucero
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Content Creator
@sagoshow
Tracy Cruz
(she/her) Quezon City, Philippines
Singer/Songwriter
@tracycruzmusic
Jacob Walse-Dominguez
(he/him) Bay Area, CA
Movement Artist & Musician
@riverandcaiman
Nicole Jocelyn Sanchez
(she/her) San Mateo, CA
Fashion Designer
@nianacollection
Mikey Villanueva
(he/him) Daly City, CA
Hip-Hop Artist/Producer
@mikeyveemusic
CRISTINA GARCIA WATERS
(she/her) Oakland, CA
Multidisciplinary Artist
June 2022
AMYRA SORIanO
(she/her) Antioch, CA
Filmmaker
@amyra.soriano
CHERISSE ALCAnTARA
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Painter
@cherisse_alcantara
KIM REQUESTO
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Cultural Practitioner & Multi-Disciplinary Artist
@kimrequesto
niKKI BOnsOL
(she/they) Oakland, CA
Singer-Songwriter
@nikbomusic
Nathan Aurellano
(he/him) San Francisco, CA
Filmmaker
@nathanaur
JORIZ MADRID
San Francisco, CA
Illustrator
@tropikalgothik
OUIDA
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Singer-Songwriter, Producer
@sfduchess
April 2021
Cristine Blanco
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Interdisciplinary Artist
Vivian Capulong
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Product Designer, Illustrator
@veecaps
ChiChai mateo
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Artist, Educator, Founder
@chichai.empire
December 2020
Gregory Manolo
(he/him) Oakland, CA
Video Producer
@manalopictures
June 2019
jenifer wofford
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Artist, Educator
@woffsilog
CLARIZEYALE
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Artist, Illustrator
@sourmouthsweetheart
ROBIN AQUILIZAN, AARON SARMIENTO, TATA ALFONSO
San Francisco, CA
Authors & Illustrator
@bayaniart
nix guirre
(she/they) San Francisco, CA
Filmmaker
@femme.fwd
ramon abad
(he/him) San Francisco, CA
Puppeteer
@when.do.we.eat
amihan redondiez
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Musician, Spoken Word Poet
@amiihan
lauren garcia
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Actor, Visual Artist
@lasandrei
May 2019
SAMMAY
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Interdisciplinary Artist
@sammaybabay
bettina francisco
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Musician, Creative, Emcee
@bettina.francisco
eduardo daza taylor
(he/him) San Francisco, CA
DJ
@et_iv
kim requesto
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Photographer
@kimrequesto
jeannie celestial
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Health & Wellness
@jeanniecelestial
Paolo Asuncion, Eric Pascual, and Mike Arcega
San Francisco, CA
Photographer
April 2019
Mel vera cruz
(he/him) San Francisco, CA
Multimedia Artist
@mel_vera_cruz
rachel lozada
(she/her) San Francisco, CA
Weaver
