Build Relationships
We meet with artists, organizations, and cultural workers to learn about their real estate needs and pair them with resources and referrals.

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.
We meet with artists, organizations, and cultural workers to learn about their real estate needs and pair them with resources and referrals.
Our Keeping Space program and Cultural Space Cafes bring people together to share knowledge and build relationships.
Our Dreaming Spaces program provides a process and framework for bringing artists, developers, and designers together to collectively design spaces.
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 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.