A revolutionary arts ecosystem empowering BIPOC artists, organizations, and communities.

BANF is revolutionizing the local funding landscape and breaking down silos within the arts ecosystem to create transformative opportunities where they can dream, connect, collaborate, and create.

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BIPOC Arts Network and Fund, or BANF, revolutionizes the local funding landscape, breaks down silos within the arts ecosystem, and welcomes everyone to support and learn from BIPOC arts communities. We utilize equity-focused and community-participatory funding initiatives; community-informed evaluation and learning practices; and asset-based network building strategies to inform leadership, advocacy, and action.

BANF was created in a time of crisis to provide resources and networks that support the vibrant Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern and other communities of color of Greater Houston in fully displaying their power, values and traditions.

Nominar Evaluadores Comunitarios

El BANF está buscando candidaturas públicas para evaluadores comunitarios, o panelistas, que se unirán a la dirección de la organización para participar en un proceso de revisión por pares para considerar las solicitudes de becas. Entre los evaluadores comunitarios pueden figurar artistas independientes, educadores, mecenas, líderes comunitarios y organizadores.

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Programs

Crisis Relief

At its launch, BANF invested $2 million into BIPOC-founded and led organizations and fiscally-sponsored artist collectives that promote, preserve, and celebrate Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, and other communities of color through arts and cultural programming. This one-time investment was an effort to provide direct and urgent support for Houston’s BIPOC arts ecosystem in the face of the pandemic and compounded crises.

Artist Awards The Artist Award initiative is a $1M, three-year investment directly to artists. Fifty artists, through two rounds of funding (2023/2025), will each receive $20,000 and engage in an eighteen-month learning community.

Cultural Treasures

The Greater Houston regional initiative of the Ford Foundation’s America’s Cultural Treasures will invest $5M of direct resources and technical support in the arts organizations that have anchored our communities of color and shaped Houston’s dynamic and diverse culture that we benefit from today. Applications are open through July 31, 2023.

BANF en las noticias

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Blog Stories

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Galveston Heritage Chorale, a Testament of the Rich African-American and Cultural Legacy

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Empowering Communities Through Art: An Interview with Michelle Anderson Bonton, Founder of HCCAC

Hispanic Alliance for Performing and Audiovisual Arts: A Tale of Art and Resilience

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Sixto Wagan
DIRECTOR DE PROYECTO
Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) Arts Network and Fund

Sixto Wagan es el Director de Proyectos del BIPOC Arts Network and Fund (BANF). Dirige el BANF junto con un Comité Directivo de siete miembros y un Consejo Asesor y de Rendición de Cuentas de nueve miembros formado por un grupo diverso de artistas, comisarios, académicos, líderes de organizaciones y fundaciones, y aliados operativos, que orientan los objetivos y las prioridades.

Antes de incorporarse al BANF, Wagan fue el director inaugural del Center for Art and Social Engagement (CASE) de la Universidad de Houston. También dirigió el centro de arte contemporáneo DiverseWorks, en el que desempeñó diversas funciones como director artístico, codirector ejecutivo y comisario de artes escénicas.