• Community of Practice

Parting Words from Patricia Zamora to the CAST Community

Community Engagement Manager Patricia Zamora says farewell, reflecting on her journey at CAST, what she's learned, and the gratitude she carries for the CAST community.

• Securing Space

Monocle: What happens when a city decides that its cultural scene is worth saving?

London’s cultural crisis hotline is rescuing studios, theatres and music venues from closure – and New York is taking notice. Could this be the future of urban creative survival?

• Community of Practice

Dreaming Together: 5 Takeaways from a Season of Conferences & Events

The CAST team reflects on recent gatherings with cultural space leaders across North America and beyond—sharing key takeaways, ongoing questions, and what it means to build for collective ownership.

• Securing Space

San Francisco Examiner: Savvy group sees homes for art groups in low building prices

Ken Ikeda, CEO of the Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST), leverages San Francisco’s plummeting commercial real estate values to secure long-term spaces for arts and cultural organizations.

San Francisco Chronicle: Massive art and culture hub coming to S.F. pier that’s been empty for more than a decade

The Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST) has secured a lease to transform San Francisco's long-vacant Pier 29 into the city’s largest artist studio and exhibition space, aiming to revitalize the waterfront and provide affordable, creative space amid downtown’s commercial downturn.

• Community of Practice

Expanding Our Community: Longer-Term Impacts of Dreaming Spaces at Pier 70

CAST shares how it partnered with the Noonan Artists and the broader arts community to create a vision and goals for the new arts center at Pier 70, and how it continues to shape future projects.