Z Space Studio
Z Space Studio
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About this organization
Mission
Z Space empowers artistic risk, collaboration, and camaraderie amongst artists, audience, and staff in the service of creating, developing, and presenting new work.
About
DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2018, Z SPACE CONTINUED TO FULFILL ITS MISSION TO EMPOWER ARTISTIC RISK, COLLABORATION AND CAMARADERIE AMONG ARTISTS, AUDIENCE AND STAFF IN THE SERVICE OF CREATING, DEVELOPING AND PRESENTING NEW WORK. OPERATING TWO VENUES IN SAN FRANCISCO'S HISTORIC MISSION DISTRICT, Z SPACE FILLS AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE BAY AREA'S ARTS ECOLOGY AND CONTINUES TO CREATE NEW WORKS THAT PUSH ARTISTIC BOUNDARIES REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY. WE CONTINUE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN FOSTERING OPPORTUNITIES LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR THESE WORKS AND FOR ENGAGING DIVERSE AUDIENCES THROUGH DIRECT INTERACTIONS WITH ARTISTIC PROCESS. WITH CRITICAL ISSUES OF ACCESS, AGENCY, AND EMPATHY AT THE FOREFRONT OF SOCIOPOLITICAL CONVERSATIONS, THE DEMAND AND DESIRE HAS INCREASED FOR THE RISK-TAKING COMMUNITY DRIVEN WORK DEVELOPED AND CURATED IN Z SPACE. WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO BEING A PROCESS RATHER THAN A PRODUCT-ORIENTED ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES AS A COLLABORATIVE HUB, WHERE ARTISTS HAVE TIME, RESOURCES, AND COMMUNITIES-OF-PRACTICE TO HELP FIND THEIR VOICES AND REALIZE THEIR ARTISTIC VISION. OUR UNIQUE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT RESIDENCY PROGRAM SUPPORTED BY THE ANDREW MELLON FOUNDATION HAS NURTURED OVER FIFTY PROJECTS OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE FULL TECHNICAL CAPACITY OF OUR MAINSTAGE SPACE AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL. WE ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO REMAINING BOTH A DEVELOPMENT HOME AND A STABLE PRESENTING HOUSE FOR OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHO ARE AMONG THE BAY AREAS LEADING ARTISTS AND ARTS GROUPS, WHO LOOK TO OUR VENUES FOR A BREADTH OF TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES TO PRESENT THE HIGHEST QUALITY WORK. WE REACH APPROXIMATELY 21,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS ANNUALLY, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 700 YOUTH AND CHILDREN. OVER THE PAST DECADE, EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR LISA STEINDLER HAS COMMITTED TO FORGING PARTNERSHIPS WITH REPUTABLE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE A.C.T., BERKELEY REP, NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL, ARS NOVA, REDCAT, AND CENTER THEATRE GROUP. THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BROUGHT Z SPACE PRODUCTIONS TO OTHER VENUES AND AUDIENCES, RAISING THE PROFILE OF Z SPACE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. AS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY NEW WORKS VENUE, WE PRODUCE AND PRESENT A DIVERSE ARRAY OF WORK FROM ACCLAIMED ARTISTS AND ENSEMBLES SUCH AS WOOSTER GROUP, MUGWUMPIN, OPERA PARALLELE, JOE GOODE PERFORMANCE GROUP, ZACCHO DANCE THEATER, LINES BALLET...THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. IN 2018, Z SPACE CELEBRATED ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH MANY AMBITIOUS PRODUCTIONS, CO-PRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS INCLUDING TWO WORD FOR WORD PRODUCTIONSLUCIA BERLIN: STORIES AND ANNIVERSARY: STORIES BY TOBIAS WOLFF AND GEORGE SAUNDERS. A NUMBER OF MUSICAL WORKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT REALIZED SUCCESS IN 2018. Z SPACE PREMIERED WEIGHTLESS, A ROCK OPERA BY THE KILBANES, IN SPRING 2018 ON THE Z SPACE MAINSTAGE. THE SHOW THEN WENT TO THE PRESTIGIOUS UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL IN JANUARY 2019 IN NEW YORK CITY. SUBSEQUENTLY, WEIGHTLESS RETURNED TO THE BAY AREA FOR A RUN AT AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATERS SECOND STAGE, THE STRAND, IN APRIL 2019. ALSO IN SPRING 2018, THE LUCKY ONES, A ROCK OPERA BY THE BENGSONS, PREMIERED IN NEW YORK AS A Z SPACE AND ARS NOVA CO-PRODUCTION. MEANWHILE, HUNDRED DAYS, ANOTHER BENGSONS SHOW, WHICH PREMIERED AT Z SPACE, WAS PICKED UP BY LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE AND TOURED IN FLORIDA IN 2019. IN RESPONSE TO THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT WORK THAT IS DEEMED TOO PROBLEMATIC TO PRODUCE, Z SPACE LAUNCHED THE FIRST ANNUAL PROBLEMATIC PLAY FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER 2018 TO DISCUSS CONTENT BELIEVED TO BE OFFENSIVE OR CONTROVERSIAL. THROUGH AN OPEN SUBMISSION PROCESS, WE RECEIVED OVER 170 SUBMISSIONS AND SELECTED THREE PIECES FOR STAGED READINGS. EACH STAGED READING INCLUDED FACILITATED DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PLAYWRIGHTS, ACTORS, DIRECTORS, AND AUDIENCE. ONE SELECTION, RIPPED BY RACHEL BUBLITZ, WAS DEVELOPED AS A FULL-STAGE PRODUCTION IN 2019. IN 2018 Z SPACE ALSO FORMALIZED A SPACE SUBSIDY PROGRAM, SUBSPACE, THAT PROVIDES FREE OR SUBSIDIZED SPACE AND STAFFING TO ARTISTS WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO AFFORD STANDARD RENTAL RATES. THE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT RESIDENCY PROGRAM, THAT PROVIDES ARTISTS WITH MUCH NEEDED TECHNICAL AND DESIGN RESOURCES AT THE CRUCIAL LATE-STAGE OF NEW WORK DEVELOPMENT, SERVED NINE ARTISTS/SMALL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 10 WEEKS IN 2018. BOTH RESIDENCY PROGRAMS ARE VITAL TO THE OPERATIONS OF Z SPACE AND TO THE ARTS ECOSYSTEM OF THE BAY AREA. Z SPACE ROUNDED OUT THE PROGRAMMING WITH A WIDE ARRAY OF RESIDENCIES, RENTALS, AND SUBSIDIZED PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OUR YOUTH ARTS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO REACH SCHOOLS AND SERVE STUDENTS (PREDOMINANTLY LOW-INCOME, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS) IN SAN FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, AND MILL VALLEY, USING THE PERFORMANCE PROCESS OF OUR ACCLAIMED THEATRE COMPANY WORD FOR WORD. OUR TEACHING ARTISTS LEAD STUDENTS IN TRANSFORMING FICTION AND POETRY, VERBATIM, INTO STAGED PERFORMANCES, HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME BETTER READERS, SPEAKERS, AND LISTENERS. IN SUMMER 2018, YOUTH ARTS LAUNCHED A NEW PROGRAM WITH THE FEDERATED INDIANS OF GRATON RANCHERIA IN ROHNERT PARK. 120 NATIVE YOUTH ATTENDED THE PROGRAMS. CURRICULUM FOR THE 4TH - 8TH GRADE CAMP INCLUDED MASK MAKING, ANIMAL MOVEMENT, HIP-HOP DANCE, AND ACTING, AND CULMINATED IN A WORD FOR WORD STYLE PERFORMANCE OF A STORY FROM A COLLECTION OF POMO AND MIWOK TALES. WE ARE GRADUALLY MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO Z SPACE AND Z BELOW FOR BOTH ARTISTIC AND FUNCTIONAL PURPOSES. WE RECENTLY PURCHASED AND INSTALLED NEW SOUND AND LIGHT BOARDS IN Z BELOW TO RAISE QUALITY OF ALL THE PRODUCTIONS AND TO EMPOWER DESIGNERS. WE SECURED GRANTS FROM THE KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION AND THE VOLUNTARY ARTS CONTRIBUTION FUND TO INSTALL A NEW ADA LIFT IN Z BELOW. OUR VENUE IS HOME TO MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND AUDIENCES, AND WE STRIVE TO MAKE IT WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO Z SPACE AND Z BELOW. WITH SUPPORT FROM THE FLEISHHACKER FOUNDATION, Z SPACE PURCHASED AND INSTALLED MOVING LED LIGHTS FOR THE MAINSTAGE THEATER TO BRING THE LIGHTING GRID UP TO CURRENT INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND TO CREATE A MORE ENERGY-EFFICIENT SPACE. WITH SUPPORT FROM THE VOLUNTARY ARTS CONTRIBUTION FUND AND THE KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION, Z SPACE INSTALLED A NEW ADA LIFT FOR ACCESS TO Z BELOW. AWARDS & ACCOLADES 2018: BEST PERFORMANCE ART SPACE (SF MAGAZINE) 2017: BEST PERFORMANCE SPACE (BEST OF THE BAY, 48 HILLS) 2017: LITERARY REMIX: WORD FOR WORD (SF MAGAZINE) 2016: BEST PERFORMANCE SPACE (BEST OF THE BAY, 48 HILLS) 2015: BEST PERFORMANCE ART SPACE (SF MAGAZINE) 2015: WOOSTER GROUP NAMES "WILDEST THEATRICAL MOMENT OF THE YEAR (KQED) 2014: BEST PERFORMANCE SPACE & BEST DRAMATIC BAR (THE BAY GUARDIAN) 2014: HUNDRED DAYS WINS TBA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING WORLD PREMIER MUSICAL 2013: BAY AREA CRITIC CIRCLE AWARD FOR BEST ENTIRE PRODUCTION FOR WORD FOR WORD'S IN FRIENDSHIP "I AM PROUD TO CONGRATULATE Z SPACE ON THEIR 20+ YEARS OF WORK AS A PILLAR IN THE VIBRANT ARTS COMMUNITY THAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. Z SPACE'S COMBINATION OF PROGRAMMING AND SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS AND YOUTH IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE UNIQUE ARTISTIC COMMUNITY THAT PUTS SAN FRANCISCO AT THE FOREFRONT OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION."-SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR EDWIN LEE.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The non-profit's mission, as described in the filing, is “The z space studio commissions, develops, presents and produces a full season of new works from a variety of disciplines. the organization fosters opportunities around the nation from new works and it engages diverse audiences through interactions with the process, the projects and the artists.”.
When describing its duties, they were characterized as: “Commissions, develops, presents and produces a full season of new works from a variety of disciplines around the nation.”.
- The non-profit has complied with legal regulations by reporting their state of operation as CA.
- The filing shows that the non-profit's address as of 2019 is 499 Alabama St Ste 450, San Francisco, CA, 94110.
- As of 2019, the non-profit has reported a total of 123 employees on their form.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $75,492.
- The compensation policy for the CEO of the organization is not determined through an impartial evaluation and endorsement.
- The organization has 10 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1993.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $1,332,361 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $220,151 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.
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