The Lab

2948 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 864-8855
thelabsf@thelab.org
@thelabsf / #thelabsf

Check our upcoming events for hours.

Our space is 1/2 block from 16th and Mission BART.

Our wheelchair lift can be accessed through the center doors of the Redstone Building (2940 16th Street), Monday–Saturday until 5pm. Call / text (415) 864-8855 or email thelabsf@thelab.org to have the doors to the lift opened after hours, or to discuss other ways we can make The Lab accessible. We offer 2 for 1 tickets for carers attending with differently abled visitors and can reserve advance seats. The Lab supports Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) through our mixing board. Each of our bathrooms has one stall with 35 inch door clearance.

Closed captioning, live streaming, sign language interpretation, and language translation services can be made available with advance request to thelabsf@thelab.org.

Mission

The Lab gives significant funding, time, and space to traditionally underrepresented artists. We seek to transform alongside artistic practices in order to engage meaningfully with visionary communities whose economic and cultural realities have been ignored for too long, to the impoverishment of us all. In this, The Lab is a catalyst for artistic experimentation.

Values

In both its programming and operations, The Lab holds itself accountable to its priorities through transparency and revision. This praxis is essential to how we situate ourselves in relationship to art and the agreements we make to empower creative work in an increasingly bureaucratic and economically-driven society. We learn these practices alongside the Ramaytush Ohlone, the primary caretakers of this land, and other communities who show us more sustainable ways of being in the world.

We believe it is important to constantly question our own organizational model and deeply engage with new artistic practices and modes of thinking around the arts. The Lab embodies the desires of creative, critical, and compassionate individuals. We want audiences to be inspired by the way we work, not just what we produce.

To that end, The Lab is W.A.G.E. Certified. W.A.G.E. Certification is a program initiated and operated by working artists that publicly recognizes nonprofit arts organizations demonstrating a commitment to voluntarily paying artist fees that meet a minimum standard. The Lab proudly adopts the We Have Voice Code of Conduct for the Performing Arts.

The Lab is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, federal ID number 94-2952488.

We are not accepting unsolicited submissions at this time.

Staff & Board

Executive Director: Andrew C. Smith
Production Manager: Michael Goldwater
Technical Manager: Anthony Russell
Board: Kayum Ahmed, Hakki Serhat Cacekli, Dawson Ludwig, Nancy McGlamery, Perrin Meyer, and Jessica Shaefer

Supporters

The Lab is grateful for the support it receives from artists, individuals, foundations, government agencies, and other organizations. Our 2019, 2020, and 2021 programs would not be possible without:

Individual Donors & Members

Aaron Noble / Aaron Zlant / Abigail De Kosnik / Abigail Martin / Abner Nolan / Abra Jeffers / Adam Thorman / Adam Werbach / Adrienne Habiger / Aimee Friberg / Alan Tabor / Alana Corbett / Alex Cruse / Alex Fredericks / Alex Lukas / Alexandra Pappas / Alexis Gordon / Alice Kurland / Alice Wu / Alicia Escott / Alison Bernet / Alison O'Daniel / Allen Chang / Amanda Eagleston / Amanda Hughen / Amanda Schneider / Amit Wadhwa / Amy Guittard / Amy Kisch / Amy Owen / Amy Rathbone / Amy Trachtenberg / Andrew Cowitt / Andrew Grosser / Andrew Preece / Andrew Rush / Andrew Smith / Andy Vogt / Angela Melkisethian / Ann Cromey / Ann Hatch / Anna Acquistapace / Anne Walsh / Annie Vought / Anonymous / Anthony Elms / Anthony Petrosky / Antoinette Baker / Antonella Bonfanti / Apsara DiQuinzio / Aram Shumavon / Ari Salomon / Ariana Campellone / Arjun Mendiratta / Asher Hartman / Atomic Elroy / Barbara Brownell / Barry McGee / Barry Threw / Bean Gilsdorf / Beau Takahara / Ben Kinmont / Benjamin De Kosnik / Benjamin Fürstenberg / Benjamin Leavitt / Benjamin Lichtner / Benjamin Petrosky / Benjamin Tinker / Benjamin Vilmain / Bennett Schatz / Betsy Gran / Betsy Herczeg Konecny / Bill Hsu / Blaine Bookey / Blythe Sheldon / Boris Scherbakov / Brad Borevitz / Brad Johnson / Brandon Bussolini / Brent Coughenour / Brett Lockspeiser / Brian Collentine / Brian Karl / Brian Laczko / Brian Lucas / Brian Overland / Brian Reinbolt / Brian Schroer / Brian Springer / Briana Schweizer / Bronwyn Dexter / Brooke Westfall / Bruce Eldridge / Cait Molloy / Candace Huey / Candice Lin / Capri Roth / Carla Gordon / Carlie Wilmans / Carol Mancke / Carolyn Adams / Carolyn Hott / Catherine McChrystal / Cathryn Beckstrand / Celeste Christie / Charles Graves / Charlie Callahan / Charlie James / Chelsea Heikes / Chiara Angelicola / Chris Brown / Chris Cooper / Chris Donahue / Chris Klink / Chris Sneeringer / Chris Sollars / Christa Hartsock / Christian Gainsley / Christian Nagler / Christina Liebner / Christopher Lin / Cindy Marin / Claude Marks / Claudia La Rocco / Clement Goldberg / Cole Goins / Collin McKelvey / Connell Lindh / Constance Lewallen / Cory Todd / Craig Hamburg / Curtis Overacre / Cybele Lyle / Damon Vander Lind / Damon X / Dan Evans / Dan Good / Dan Kletter / Dan Letson / Dan Wool / Dana Dart-McLean / Dana Hemenway / Daniel Byers / Daniel Dallabrida / Daniel Glendening / Daniel Jordan / Daniel Webz / Danielle Engelman / Danielle Wright / Danishta Rivero / David Buuck / David Crane / David Cunningham / David Drescher / David Kosecoff / David Mikalova / David Pescovitz / David Skinner / David Steele / Dawson Ludwig / Dena Beard / Dennis A. Roach / Devon Alkire-Cussen / Dione King / Dmitri Svistula / Douglas Hall / Drew Cushing / Dustin Baxter / Eddy Falconer / Edwin Urey / Elena Elena / Elisa Durrette / Elisabeth Beaird / Elisabeth Kohnke / Elizabeth Hille / Elizabeth Madriz / Elizabeth Robinson / Ellen Lake / Eloisa Kwan / Emily Kuhlmann / Emily Wolahan / Emmerich Anklam / Eric Brehm / Eric Linstadt / Eric Theise / Erica Gangsei / Erik Davis / Erik Ellestad / Erin Dage / Erin Wilson / Eungie Joo / Evan Gross / Evan Hashi / Evans Hankey / Eveline Jouanno / Fanny Singer / Felisa Preskill / Francesca Sonara / Francois Ducaroir / Frank Brash / Frank Giacomini / Frank Smigiel / Franz Kunst / Gaby Keane / Gaelan Mckeown Hickel / George Pfau / Gerritt Wittmer / Gilbert Guerrero / Giuliana Funkhouser / Glenda Quick / Glenna Cole Allee / Goran Konjevod / Gordon Knox / Grace Ambrose / Grace Kim / Graham Coonah / Hannah Gemrich / Hannah Ireland / Hanne Williams-Baron / Harris Taback / Heidi Lubin / Heidy Braverman / Helen Mirra / Henry Swasey / Hillary Goidell / Howard Ryan / Instrumentl Inc / Isaac Zisman / Isabelle Bicaci / Jackie Hasa / Jaime Austin / Jake Rodriguez / James Dunn / James Fei / James Hamlin / James Im / James Strope / Jan Garbett / Jane Chung / Janet Sims / Janet Valette / Jason Ross / Jeanne Gerrity / Jeff Lewis / Jeff Micklos / Jenna Glass / Jennifer Shaefer / Jennifer Williams / Jeremiah Moore / Jeremy Brokett / Jeremy Stone / Jeremy Williams / Jess Smith / Jessi Carrier / Jessica Hutcheson / Jessica Shaefer / Jessica Watson / Jim Mason / Joanne Wong / Jocelyn Saidenberg / Jock Reynolds / Jodi Feldman / Joel St. Julien / John C Buestad / John Drexler / John Kratz / John Marx / John McQuaid / Jon Pruett / Jon Stevens / Jonathan Mindes / Jonathon Lowery / Jonn Herschend / Jordan Kurland / Jordan Schneider / Jordan Stein / Jordon Zorker / Jorge Bachman / Jorge Lopez / Josh Miller / Joshua Clayton / Joshua Grannell / Joty Dhaliwal / Juana Berrío / Julie Casemore / Julie Lloyd / Julie Potter / Julie Tolentino / Julie Trachtenberg / Kaitlyn Krieger / Kal Spelletich / Kaori Suzuki / Karl Ruddy / Kate Johnson / Kate Lauer / Kate MacKay / Kate Rhoades / Katherine Rowland / Kathleen Matthews / Kathleen Rydar / Kathryn Ian / Katrin Tomanek / Katya Min / Kelly Donohue / Kelly Inouye / Kelly Oh / Kenneth Atchley / Kevin Killian / Kevin Woodruff / Kimberly Gasuad / Kip Husty / Konrad Steiner / Kris Vieira / Kristin Farr / Kyle Bruckmann / Laetitia Sonami / Landon Toma / Lara Durback / Larissa Harris / Larry Ackerman / Larry Pettit / Laura Heyman / Laura Stein / Laurel Connell / Lauren Barnum / Lauren Dickens / Laurie Krsmanovic / Laurie Loftus / Laurie Reid / Leah Malinowski / Leisel Whitlock / Leonard Tremmel / Leonie Guyer / Liat Berdugo / Linda Bouchard / Lindsey White / Lionel Lints / Lisa Crallé / Lisa Elia / Lisa Katovich / Liz Keim / Lorenzo Cardim / Louis Clark / Lu-Hai Wang / Lucille Buell / Lucy Puls / Lynn Beard / Lynn Leeson / Lynn Napoli / M Mortati / M. Elizabeth Scott / Madalyn Merkey / Maggie Haas / Mai Le / Marc Zegans / Margaret McCarthy / Maria Kouznetsova / Marian Acquistapace / Marie Martraire / Mario Lemos / Maritsa Cholmondeley / Mark McBeth / Mark Mullen / Mark Roberts / Mark Slee / Marleen Madou / Marlon Price / Mary Bereznak / Mary Ceruti / Mary Morse / Mary Sheppard / Mary Whatley / Massimo Siboldi / Mathilda Moore / Matt Brown / Matt Roe / Matt Sussman / Matt Sweeney / Matthew Carney / Matthew Gilles / Matthew Leung / Matthew Rolandson / Max Burke / Maya De Paula Hanika / Maysoun Wazwaz / Megan Brian / Megan Prelinger / Melissa Margolis / Merilin Paart / Michael Coccia / Michael Fitch / Michael Gendreau / Michael Maher / Michael Rubel / Michael Scagliotti / Michael Stipicevic / Michael Wilk / Michel Krieger / Michelle Threadgould / Miguel Hernandez / Mike Bartoli / Mike Kuniavsky / Minnette Lehmann / Miriam Dym / Misha Knyazev / Mitzi Pederson / Molly Skonieczny / Monica Westin / Morgan Wadsworth-Boyle / Murphy Dunn / Nancy McGlamery / Nancy Meli Walker / Natasha Boas / Nate Gellman / Nate Landry / Nathalie Vanderlinden / Nathan Hauthaler / Nayland Blake / Naz Cuguoglu Cacekli / Neal Strickberger / Nicholas Croft / Nicholas Danford / Nick Wylie / Nicolas Kuenzi / Nicole DeMartini / Nicole Kaufman / Nicole Romano / Nikolas Mcconnie-saad / Nima Khazaei / Nina Zurier / Noam Zomerfeld / Norma Cole / Orit Ben / Owen Brown / Pamela Lee / Pamela Z / Patricia Boyd / Patricia Malinowski / Patricia Maloney / Patrick Driscoll / Patrick Kelly / Patti Millar / Paul Ebenkamp / Paul Wattis / Perrin Meyer / Peter Clarke / Peter Pendergrass / Peter Rigano / Phillip Greenlief / Phillip Maisel / Phoebe Tooke / Pilastr Agonistes / R. Farrah Spott / Rachael Folk / Rafael Tiffany / Randy Roberts / Rani Goel / Ranu Mukherjee / Rebecca Titcomb / Rhonda Holberton / Richard Sloan / Rick Shaefer / River Black / Robert Arnold / Robert Herrick / Robert Kajic / Robert Shimshak / Roderick Wyllie / Ron Eden / Rosa Terrazas / Rose Linke / Roula Seikaly / Roussev / Sadie Barnette / Sam Greenspan / Sam Hunt / Samantha Giles / Sameer Halai / Samuel Sharkey / Sandi Beard / Sarah Applebaum / Sarah Gagnon / Scott Edenfield / Scott Pellet / Scott Snibbe / Sean Shopes / Sebastian Chafe / Selby Sohn / Serena Donovan / Sergey Alexashenko / Seth Tisue / Shamsher Virk / Shanna Sordahl / Shari Wilk / Sharky Laguana / Sharon Maidenberg / Sheryl Kurland- Platt / Shirwin Hu / Snezana Anicic-Van Pelt / Sommer Browning / Sondra Silverhawk / Sophia Coleman / Sophia Poirier / Sophia Wang / Stash Maleski / Stephen Antonoplis / Stephen Vincent / Stephen White / Steve Adams / Steve Dickison / Steve Oda / Steve Polta / Steve Seid / Steve Wolford / Steven Van Loon / Stijn Schiffeleers / Stuart & Carla Gordon / Suki O'Kane / Summer Pendle / Surabhi Saraf / Susan Kurland / Susan McGlamery / Susan Miller / Susie Kantor / Syama Meagher / Syd Staiti / Tamra Seal / Tanya Hollis / Taraneh Hemami / Tarin Towers / Tavia Meredith / Taylor Stephens / Tayo Akanni / Tenkai Kariya / Terry Berlier / Terry Beswick / The Foster Walsh Family / Thea Farhadian / Theodore Mattes / Thom E Butler / Thorsten Sideboard / Tim Roughgarden / Timothy Belonax / Tina Thompson / Todd Hosfelt / Tom Dill / Tom Duff / Tom Loughlin / Tommy Becker / Torin Stephens / Travis Hunter-Lull / Trisha Low / Valerie Imus / Verda Alexander / Victoria Fong / Victoria Scott / Vincent Fecteau / Vivian Mihalakis / Walter Kim and Suzanne Husky / Whitney Legge / Will Welch / William Basquin / William Bass / William Smith / Wonja Fairbrother / Wylie Sheldon / Yetunde Olagbaju / Yuri Cardenas / Zach Cincotta / Zachary Epcar / Zackery Belanger / Zane Vella / Zarouhie Abdalian / Zoe Dering / Zoe McCloskey / Zoë Taleporos

Institutional Supporters

Aaron Copland Fund / Adams Cowan Foundation / Adobe Community Foundation / Art Now Foundation / California Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)  / California Arts Council / Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation / Creative Work Fund / Dreyfus Foundation / Fleishhacker Foundation / Goethe Foundation / Graue Family Foundation / Jay DeFeo Foundation / Kenneth Rainin Foundation / New Music USA / Norman Foundation / Poetry Foundation / Roussev Family Charitable Fund / Ruth Foundation for the Arts / San Francisco Foundation / San Francisco Grants for the Arts / San Francisco Legacy Business Fund / San Francisco Arts Commission / Silicon Valley Community Foundation / Teiger Foundation / The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / VIA | Wagner Incubator Grant Fund / Violet World Foundation / Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation / Wattis Foundation / Weingart Foundation / Zedelwski Foundation / Zellerbach Foundation

Funding has been provided by California Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Corporate & In-Kind Partners

Adobe / Apple / Facebook / Google / Meyer Sound / Rainbow Grocery / Salesforce

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