YBCA Fellows
The YBCA Fellows program brings together creative citizens from across the Bay Area - artists and everyday people alike - to engage in a yearlong process of inquiry, dialogue, and project generation.
YBCA Fellows Alumni
Fellowship cohorts have assembled since 2016, each with a different question to respond to.
See our alumni cohorts »
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is the Bay Area’s creative home for civic action. We believe that culture precedes change, and it is the responsibility of arts organizations to spur and support societal movement. Each Fellowship cohort explores and responds to a question that emerged from our annual YBCA 100 Summit and together they’ll use art and culture to inspire community transformation. Fellows projects will be presented during our Public Square and can take the form of performance or visual presentations, writing, screenings, visual arts, workshops, etc. These projects provide platforms to share new ideas and information and drive new possibilities into the public imagination.
YBCA Fellows Alumni
Fellowship cohorts have assembled since 2016, each with a different question to respond to.
See our alumni cohorts »
JESSALYN AALAND
Artist, Educator
JESS COOK
Community Arts Facilitator, Multi-disciplinary Artist
AMBER CRABBE
Artist, Transportation Policy Nerd
SUSANA ESLAVA SÁENZ
Artist
NICOLE GARZINO
Foundation/Social Impact Director, Arts Administrator
NAJIB JOE HAKIM
Photographer
BEATRIZ HERRERA
Lead Organizer, City College Instructor
LEAH KING
Music Producer, Vocalist, Educational Arts Instructor
ALEXIS LITZKY
Professor and Public Debater, City College of San Francisco
SKY LOWE
Organizer, Gamer, Student
SHYLAH PACHECO HAMILTON
Professor, Filmmaker
JOSHUA PARK
Political Activist, Youth Leader
JUAN CARLOS RODRIGUEZ RIVRA
Visual Communicator
NEEKA SALMASI
Educator, Artist, Writer, Singer
BRIAN SINGER
Artist, Designer
LAUREN SPENCER
Actor, Director
TOSHA STIMAGE
Artist, Educator
EVELYN THORNE
Community Arts Organizer, Creative Facilitator
TANNA TUCKER
Artist, Illustrator
NATALIA VASQUEZ
Design strategist at Net Impact, Filmmaker, Choreographer, Futurist
NAUDIKA WILLIAMS
Writer
TIERRA ALLEN
Theater Artist, Teaching Artist, Activist
BLYTH BARNOW
Preacher, Advocate
RENATA BARRETO
Thinker, Writer, Changemaker
DAVID BRAZIL
Pastor
JODY CHEN
Artist
JULES COWAN
Artist, Designer
CLAUDIA ESCOBAR
Artist
JONATHAN GARCIA
Artist, Creative
JORGE GARCIA
Catalyst, Educator, DJ, Photographer
MARCELO GARZO MONTALVO
Educator, Activist, Musician, Dancer, PhD Candidate UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies
INÉS IXIERDA (GARDILCIC)
Artist, Bruja
ANNIE JUPITER-JONES
Executive Director Loco Bloco, Artivist, Arts Adminstrator & Educator, Writer, Producer
DIANA LI
Artist, Arts Organizer
ELIZA RAMOS
Community Activist, Healer
JACOB RINE
Artist
ALEJANDRO SCHULER
Data Science Researcher
YAKIRA TEITEL
Physician, Artist
SICILIANA TREVINO
Filmmaker
HELEN SHEWOLFE TSENG
Artist, Designer, Witch
KRISTINA WILLIAMS
Artist, Educator
PRISCILLA YUKI WILSON
Artist
See our YBCA Fellow cohorts from past years
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is grateful to the City of San Francisco for its ongoing support.
YBCA Programs in 17–18 are made possible in part by: The James Irvine Foundation.
Additional Funding for YBCA Programs 17–18: National Endowment for the Arts, Abundance Foundation, Grosvenor, and Members of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
YBCA’s Engagement Programming is made possible by The James Irvine Foundation.
The Creative Ecosystem in 17-18 is supported by generous grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, Panta Rhea Foundation, The Bernard Osher Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.