• Community of Practice

Walter & Elise Haas Fund WE Initiative Grant

The WE Initiative will select 25 nonprofit organizations to receive $100,000 annually as general operating funds over a five-year period.

• 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.

Port Commission Approves Lease with CAST to Create City’s Largest Combined Artist Studio and Exhibition Space at Pier 29

This newly envisioned cultural hub will house dynamic exhibitions, artist residencies, public performances, and skill-sharing events.

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

San Francisco Hosts First-Ever Creative Land Trust Summit to Address Global Affordability Crisis for Artists

Global cultural leaders to convene in the Bay Area to explore long-term solutions for preserving affordable creative space, inspired by CAST’s groundbreaking model.