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Community Engagement & Knowledge-Building

Community is at the heart of all of CAST’s work.

Our team is here to bridge the gap between real estate and the arts. As the front door of CAST, we field all new inquiries and help connect people to what they need. We build relationships, share resources, create space for peer learning, and bring people together to co-create cultural space.

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Introducing Dreaming Spaces San Francisco

04/19/22Announcements

Dreaming Spaces is a community engagement practice that builds relationships and partnerships, identifies artist-led, place-based needs and dreams, and empowers partners to secure spaces for creative placemaking, keeping, and belonging.

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2018-2019 Cultural Space Ambassadors convene for a meeting, February 2019.

CAST leads a design session with the Dreaming Spaces San Francisco Steering Committee, April 2022.

Our Approach and Values
We work primarily with communities that have faced systemic oppression and underinvestment.

Our approach is informed by human-centered design, restorative practices, and trauma-informed methods, recognizing that many of our partners have been directly impacted by rapid gentrification and displacement.

We are informed and inspired by the people who live on our block, the local businesses where we shop, and the cultural practices that make our communities home. We are on the ground listening, activating, convening, and consulting with artists to identify the needs of the community and engage arts leaders to shape our programs and real estate strategies.

Connect with us

Regardless of your space-related needs or goals, reaching out to the Community Engagement team is the first step. Fill out our intake form to share more about who you are and your needs.