TAC is our Room for Belonging, since 1997. We are home to:TACmusic:: - supporting the experimental and creative music community of Oakland
Arab.AMP - platform supporting experimental live art, music, and ideas from the SWANA Diaspora and our allied BIPOC communities.
TAC also operates as a subsidized gathering space to hundreds of Bay Area artists, musicians, healers, educators and activists, prioritizing service and access for BIPOC and LGBTQI+ communities to which we belong. We are a sanctuary space.
TAC is directed and curated by Leyya Mona Tawil (since 1997) along with a number of amazing artistic and community partners.
Our operations manager is Nicole Maria.
TAC is a program of ELIXIR 501c3 organization, and is home to Dabke with Us!, Arab.AMP, and the TACmusic Series.
A bit of press::
Featured Venue / SFMOMA's Open Space (Feb 2018)
East Bay Express - TAC20 feature (October 2017)
and here (In Dance , October 2015)
and here (SF Weekly, June 2013).
DANCE ELIXIR, dba TAC Temescal Art Center is supported in part by the California Arts Council, City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program, Alliance for California Traditional Arts, East Bay Fund for Artists at the East Bay Community Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, Investing in Tomorrow Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation NEW Program, Oakland CARES Fund for Artists and Arts Nonprofits. made possible by the City of Oakland Economic & Workforce Development Department, Cultural Affairs Division and administered by Center for Cultural Innovation; the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, and a host of people like you.
Arab.AMP - platform supporting experimental live art, music, and ideas from the SWANA Diaspora and our allied BIPOC communities.
TAC also operates as a subsidized gathering space to hundreds of Bay Area artists, musicians, healers, educators and activists, prioritizing service and access for BIPOC and LGBTQI+ communities to which we belong. We are a sanctuary space.
TAC is directed and curated by Leyya Mona Tawil (since 1997) along with a number of amazing artistic and community partners.
Our operations manager is Nicole Maria.
TAC is a program of ELIXIR 501c3 organization, and is home to Dabke with Us!, Arab.AMP, and the TACmusic Series.
A bit of press::
Featured Venue / SFMOMA's Open Space (Feb 2018)
East Bay Express - TAC20 feature (October 2017)
and here (In Dance , October 2015)
and here (SF Weekly, June 2013).
DANCE ELIXIR, dba TAC Temescal Art Center is supported in part by the California Arts Council, City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program, Alliance for California Traditional Arts, East Bay Fund for Artists at the East Bay Community Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, Investing in Tomorrow Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation NEW Program, Oakland CARES Fund for Artists and Arts Nonprofits. made possible by the City of Oakland Economic & Workforce Development Department, Cultural Affairs Division and administered by Center for Cultural Innovation; the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, and a host of people like you.