The Lab is a not-for-profit arts organization and performance space located in San Francisco's

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. Since 1984, The Lab has hosted performances and projects by artists including

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, David Wojnarowicz, Barry McGee,

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and

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. In 2018 the organization began paying fees of $25,000 to $75,000 to artists in residence.

History

It was founded in 1984 as Co-LAB by a group of five art students (Laura Brun, John DiStefano, Tami Logan, Alan Millar and Nomi Seidman) from

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. It changed its name from Co-Lab to The Lab in 1985. Its original site was at 1805 and 1807 Divisadero Street; in 1995 it moved to the Redstone Building. In 2019, in collaboration with the Mission Economic Development Agency, it launched a campaign to purchase the Redstone building.

References

External links

Official site
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