Make It

Make it! on Market Grant Program

Calling all Creators, Artists, and Makers:

Market Street Arts is expanding our public arts programming with a series of grants inviting folks to come Make it! on Market. We’re calling on crafters, painters, sculptors, woodworkers, planters, jewelers, and any other makers to bring their art to the Mid-Market community on the sidewalks of Market Street.

Makers are asked to create an engaging public activity reflecting their art to invite the neighborhood to stop by and try. The program aims to bring arts directly to the streets, creating '“surprise and delight” moments for passersby and spurring spontaneous creativity.

Grant amounts from $500 to $5,000 allow artists to cover costs of materials and take home projects while also being paid for their time creating an exciting experience for community members and visitors alike. Artists can propose anything from a single occurrence to an ongoing series of engagements, and request an appropriate grant allotment accordingly. Special attention will be given to proposals that include support of, or partnership with, a Mid Market business or organization although it is not required. Artists can also showcase their work along with their activity and invite the attendees to learn more.

Let’s Get Creative!

Examples of engaging activities might include, but aren’t in any way limited to, the following:

  • Interactive Art - Paint by Number, Chalkboard prompts

  • Printmaking Workshop

  • Drag Make-Up Tutorials

  • Seed & Planting station

  • Art Kiosk

  • Light Up Art Installation

  • Wood stamping

  • Pizza Making Workshop

  • Sewing Class

  • Makers showcase with tutorials

  • Fashion Show & design tutorial

  • Zine Making Workshop

  • Magic making workshop

  • Worlds Smallest Dance Class

  • Mocktail Mixology Workshop

  • Mini Tie Dye workshop

  • Create your own chess set

  • Ping pong tournament

  • Clown Show

  • Knitting circle

  • Create your own ice cream cart

  • Jewelry / beading 

  • Bookmark making

  • Bookbinding/book art

When it comes to artistic and creative endevors, many people have no idea what is possible or what they’re capable of! We want you to show them how to get started and try something new. Bring beginner level activities to the Market Street community and remind them of the joy art can bring to their lived experience.

Top Right: Alyse Panitz Photography,  Bottom Right: Felix Uribe Photography

Make it! on Market is one of several projects aimed at transforming the experience in Mid-Market. Make it! joins our performance art project, Busk it!, to bring artistic expression to the public realm thoughout this vital San Francisco corridor.

Questions? Contact our Director of Creative Engagement, Abra Allan.

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