Our Partners
447 Minna is home to visionary arts nonprofits PUSH Dance Company and Women's Audio Mission (WAM). Their programs have long served the San Francisco community while also having a broader national impact across dance and music respectively.
Performance Artists in residence include the critically-acclaimed San Francisco Neo-Futurists, a collective of wildly prolific writer/director/performers who create inclusive, accessible theater for all ages through their unique brand of non-illusory storytelling.
PUSH Dance
PUSH Dance is a contemporary dance company founded in 2005 by Artistic Director Raissa Simpson. PUSH examines issues of identity and intersecting cultures through performance, embracing new media and technology to create multidisciplinary works that address race, gender, history, and the digital divide. Their new home opening early 2023 will provide a BIPOC sanctuary for artists, choreographers, community partners, audiences, and students.
Women’s Audio Mission
Women’s Audio Mission (WAM) is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women and gender-expansive people in music production, performance, and the recording arts. Founded in 2003, WAM provides hands-on training, work experience, career counseling, and job placement to over 4,000 women and girls every year in creative technology for music, radio, film, television, and the internet.
