The House Artists are artists and companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area that are fiscally sponsored by CounterPulse. We help launch companies by offering a suite of financial, outreach, and facilities services. The artist roster includes these set of creators, performance companies, and organizations linked below, whose creative vision aligns with that of CounterPulse. Together we work to nurture risk-taking, assumption-shattering art of, by, and for diverse communities.
This partnership serves as a nesting place and launching pad for artists. We provide the home base for these artists and advocate for their work to increase the range of their reach. Financial and operational support is at the core of how we provide the solid foundation on which to build creative work. CounterPulse is committed to supporting the development of our House Artists by connecting them with our community, funders, and expanding the reach of their work to new audiences, presenters, and arts professionals.
The Stud opened in 1966 when the SoMa LGBT scene was booming as gay men from around the country started
Nava Dance Theatre is a Bay Area based, Bharatanatyam dance company that aims to develop classically influenced work based on contemporary
Klanghaus, Klang meaning sound, and Haus meaning home, began in 2015 in an Oakland living room as an improvised approach
Gabriele Christian is an artist bred in New York City and baking in Oakland. Their work metabolizes the vernaculars within
MovingGround produces collaborative, interdisciplinary performance experiences using site-specific and audience-interactive models. We build community, facilitate dialogue across differences and create
The Tenderloin Art Lending Library (TALL) is a queer-artist-run project that lends artwork to Tenderloin community members free-of-charge. TALL is
The Actors Space offers professional actor training designed to accommodate artists living and working in the Bay Area with reasonable
Since his first Mexican folkloric dance class at age 5, dance has always been a major part of Javier’s education
Evan Johnson is a SF based playwright, actor and teaching artist. His plays Don’t Feel: The Death of Dahmer, Pansy
Cornelius has 15 years of training and experience in performance. The bulk of their education has centered on physical techniques
The founding members of Trash Mash-Up are Bridget and Jessica McCracken, a sister team who graduated from the Dell’Arte International
San Francisco Creative Writing Institute strives to be a supportive, nurturing, yet challenging environment where anyone can belong in order
Scott Wells received The Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Choreography in 2005 and 2010; this is San Francisco’s most prestigious choreographic
Larry Arrington has been living and making work in Bay Area since 2008. Her work has been seen at The Lab,
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