Here is a list of resources to support you during the pandemic as of May 2020.  We will be updating this page from time to time. American Federation of Musicians Arts leaders of Color Emergency Fund Dramatists Guild Emergency Grants Equal Sound Fund GLAD Day Bookshop LGBT Fund Gottlieb Foundation Musicians Foundation Mutual Aid Fund […] Read more »

It is with great regret that we share news of Fay Chiang’s passing this past October 2017 of cancer. Fay was one of The Gardarev Center’s inaugural fellows, bringing to our community the loving, generous and open spirit for which she was so well known. A pioneering writer, poet and community activist, Fay played a […] Read more »

As 2016 comes to a close, the Gardarev Center sends heartfelt condolences to those lost and the survivors of the “Ghostship” fire in Oakland, California, this past year. The death of so many innocent, creative, and hopeful artists, many living on the economic fringes of a booming (for some) economy is devastating, and indicative of […] Read more »

Please enjoy this wonderful poem by Gardarev supporter, educator and activist, Polly Atwood, who attended our Fall 2011 forum.  The forum featured Fay Chiang (writer and visual artist), Letta Neely (poet and playwright) and Chaw Ei Thein (visual and performance artist).  Polly teaches about multiculturalism in the School of Education at Northeastern University.  Please do not use this poem without first obtaining […] Read more »