News

News and Communications

4/12/24 Vital Arts is Eclipsing!

4/3/24 Voices of the Community: Arts & Culture Series: EP. 10: Artist Space Trust

2/26/24 Announcing the Artist Displacement Prevention Grant

12/31/23 2023 New Year’s Eve Letter

11/21/23 Celebrating A Year of Impact and Change

08/16/23 Vital Arts Welcomes Executive Director Sharmi Basu

08/23/23 Fresh News from Vital Arts

04/06/23 Artist Space Trust Launched

12/06/22 Year End Letter - Reflection and Gratitude

11/16/22 Vital Arts Releases SFBA Artist Displacement Data Survey

07/22/22 Summer 2022 E-News

05/18/22 Vital Arts Hires New Staff Member

11/16/21 Year End E-News and Appeal

07/21/21 Summer 2021 E-News

08/31/20 Summer 2020 E-News

Media

06/28/23 State of the Arts Summit 2023 (panel discussion): Summit Breakout Session: Housing for the Artist Workforce

06/24/21 Voices of the Community (podcast): Episode 70: Vital Arts and Northern California Community Land Trust

05/06/20 Berkeleyside: East Oakland industrial arts incubator m0xy has started mass-producing PPE

12/03/19 San Francisco Chronicle: Three years after Ghost Ship fire, unease still in the air

12/01/19 KRON News: Memorial honors victims on eve of Ghost Ship Fire anniversary

8/11/19 San Francisco Chronicle: Oakland shuttered artist warehouses after Ghost Ship. Cannabis may take the rest

12/03/18 East Bay Times: Two years later, Ghost Ship fire stirs haunting memories

12/02/18 NBC Bay Area: Victims' Families Mark Two-Year Anniversary of Oakland's Ghost Ship Fire

11/05/18 Huffington Post: The Quasi-Conspiracy that Caused Oakland’s Deadly Ghost Ship Fire

12/03/17 East Bay Times: Memorial Events Mark One-Year Anniversary of Ghost Ship Tragedy

12/02/17 Los Angeles Times: One year after the Ghost Ship fire, artists struggle to find housing in Oakland

12/02/17 San Francisco Chronicle: Oakland Warehouse Fire Anniversary Memorial Honors 36 Victims

12/01/17 NBC Bay Area: Oakland Ghost Ship Fire: One Year Later

11/17/17 KTVU News: Ghost Ship artists and musicians may have died, but their work lives on

11/17/17 KTVU News: Artists struggle for sense of community 1-year after Ghost Ship Fire

11/16/17 KTVU News: Family lets go of grief, works to help artists after Ghost Ship fire

06/20/17 The Mercury News: Ghost Ship Legacy: Fire Victim’s Dad Raising Money to Protect Art Spaces in Oakland

03/15/17 KTVU News: Oakland experts address state senate regarding live-work spaces

03/15/17 The Mercury News: Father of Ghost Ship fire victim: Bay Area must do more to protect — and keep — its artists

Press Releases

12/15/17 Gray Area Foundation for the Arts Announces Partnership with Safer DIY Spaces and Vital Arts to support Community Resilience after the Oakland Ghost Ship Fire