Oasis Arts 2025 Impact Report
Oasis Arts supports artists through collaboration, development, and mentorship. We provide tools, space, and resources for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC creators to produce bold, original work.
In partnership with SF city programs, local cultural institutions and arts organizations, and drawing on an 11-year legacy in the queer arts scene, Oasis Arts aims to elevate diversity and bring dynamic art to the community by encouraging participation across generations, cultural backgrounds, and personal expressions.
In 2025, Oasis Arts achieved…
Oasis Arts exists to ensure queer artists are not only seen, but supported, sustained, and empowered to shape culture on their own terms.
Living Wage Theater Arts Fund – Ensuring fair compensation for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC artists, providing financial stability for performers, creators, designers, and technicians while producing high-caliber work.
Visual Arts Fund – Commissions murals and public installations to spotlight queer and trans artists, embedding cultural storytelling into San Francisco’s urban landscape.
Film & Video Arts Incubator – Offers professional space, equipment, and production support for Bay Area queer filmmakers.
Community Events Program – A variety of free and ticketed events including drag performances, artist-led workshops, and immersive cabarets that foster intergenerational exchange and creative risk-taking.
Legacy Artists Program – Supports LGBTQ+ pioneers by offering space, resources, and professional documentation for their work, ensuring their stories inspire future generations and preserving the Bay Area’s LGBTQ+ arts legacy.
PROGRAMS
Living Wage Theater Arts Fund
DRAGCULA: A PARODY IN LIVING GREYSCALE
Adapted & Directed by Chris Steele from Bram Stoker’s Dracula
JURASSIQ PARQ
Written & Directed by Michael Phillis
Commissioned by Oasis Arts
Produced by D’Arcy Drollinger & Oasis Arts
Choreographed by Rory Davis
SEX, CAMP, ROCK ‘N ROLL
Adapted by Sean Owens
Directed by Sean Owens and Polly Amber Ross
Our Living Wage Theater Arts Fund ensures fair compensation for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC artists, providing financial stability for performers, creators, designers, and technicians while producing high-caliber work.
In 2025 Oasis Arts produced 7 theatrical productions...
THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR LIVE!
Adapted and directed by Snaxx
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Written by Richard O’Brien
Directed by Jason Hoover
Choreographed by Leslie Waggoner
Produced by Oasis Arts in collaboration with Ray of Light Theater
SATURDAY NIGHT OASIS LIVE
Adapted & directed by Snaxx and Cheetah Biscotti
GOLDEN GIRLS LIVE
Directed by D’Arcy Drollinger
Visual Arts Fund
Our Visual Arts Fund commissions and spotlights queer and trans artists, embedding cultural storytelling through visual arts.
Artist in residence Evian created over 30 unique installations at Oasis over the course of 2025.
“An artist is always paving their own path toward creating meaningful and beautiful art, it is a life practice of expressing and advocating for your voice to be heard, seen, and appreciated. Oasis Arts provided me the platform to become a full-time artist in San Francisco and became a place for me to learn, push my limits conceptually and in my physical work. The reality is making art and celebrating your community will come second when it comes to paying for rent and food in the fridge. Oasis Arts made it possible for me to focus on my career as an artist by providing me opportunities and an honest wage to survive living in San Francisco. I am eternally grateful for the growth and kindness shown to me at Oasis Arts.”
- Evian
Film & Video Arts Incubator
Our Film & Video Arts Incubator supports Bay Area queer filmmakers by fostering creativity, connection, and professional growth. A cornerstone of artistic development in the region, the program is designed to elevate the voices of queer storytellers through mentorship, industry access, and creative support. In collaboration with the San Francisco Film Commission and with generous support from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, the program provides meaningful opportunities for artists and production teams to advance their work.
In 2025 Oasis Arts supported four feature films...
OUTERLANDS
Written & Directed by Elena Oxman
Produced by Henry Russell Bergstein, David Brind,
Jessica Christiansen, Marc Smolowitz, Allison Estrin
Cinematography by Lucia Zavarcikova
Starring: Asia Kate Dillon and Lea DeLaria
VEGAS IN SPACE 4K RESTORATION
Produced by Troma Entertainment
As part of Troma Entertainment’s 4K restoration and Blu-ray release of the cult classic Vegas in Space, Oasis Arts supported and facilitated newly recorded interviews with director Phillip R. Ford and Miss X (Bradley Chandler), conducted by filmmaker and drag artist Peaches Christ. This contribution helped preserve and contextualize a landmark work of queer cult cinema, ensuring its legacy is documented through the voices of its original creators.
LADY CAMDEN’S JUST ENOUGH
Written, directed & produced by Luke Willis
Starring: Asia Kate Dillon and Lea DeLaria
LADY CHAMPAGNE
Written & Directed by D’Arcy Drollinger
Produced by Oasis Arts & 13th Gen
Cinematography by Frazer Bradshaw
Edited by Richard Neveu, Joshua Dennis
Starring: D’Arcy Drollinger, Matthew Martin, Steven LeMay. James Arthur, Nancy French, Alaska, Jackie Beat, Varla Jean Merman, Meatball, Honey Mahogany, Snaxx
OASIS DOCUMENTARY
Directed by Matt Nixon
Produced by Oasis Arts
Oasis Arts is developing a feature documentary chronicling the origin and evolution of Oasis nightclub, from its founding to its role as a global hub for queer performance. The film explores how Oasis and its nonprofit arm helped shape the LGBTQ+ arts ecosystem in San Francisco, capturing the creativity, resilience, and community that define its lasting cultural impact.
Community Events Program
Our Community Events Program delivers a dynamic mix of free and ticketed programming, including drag performances, nightlife events, cabaret, and artist-led workshops. In addition to cultural offerings, the program prioritizes community well-being through no-cost workshops focused on essential resources such as advance directive planning and financial literacy tailored for the LGBTQ+ community. Together, these initiatives foster creative expression, build community connection, and provide tools for long-term stability and empowerment.
PRINCESS — a weekly drag spectacular, a space for San Francisco’s drag community to come together and to celebrate our commitment to elevation of the art of drag in a disco-pop dance setting, founded and produced by Tito Soto.
Reparations — San Francisco’s only all-Black drag show, is produced and hosted by five time “Best Drag Queen of the Bay” award winner Nicki J.
Started on Juneteenth 2020 in response to the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the subsequent Black Lives Matter uprisings across the country, Reparations urges audiences to “put your money where your black square is.”
Access Happy Hour — a drag show promoting nightlife inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities at OASIS produced by Linty and the AccessSFUSD team, a community-based program for students ages 18-22 years old. In 2025, Oasis Arts donated proceeds to the organization, hosted and sponsored their monthly happy hours and May 2025 fundraiser, and used our platform to promote their performers and spotlight the organization's work.
Legacy Artists Program
Our Legacy Artists Program supports LGBTQ+ pioneers by offering space, resources, and professional documentation for their work, ensuring their stories inspire future generations and preserving the Bay Area’s LGBTQ+ arts legacy.
As part of its Legacy Artists Program, Oasis Arts is committed to honoring and materially supporting the artists who helped shape the cultural foundation of our LGBTQ+ community. This year, we proudly celebrated Matthew Martin, a San Francisco native whose decades-long career in drag, theater, and performance has left a lasting impact on the Bay Area.
Matthew is renowned for bringing iconic Hollywood figures—such as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Judy Garland, and Katharine Hepburn—to life with wit, glamour, and depth. His work includes roles like Margo Channing in All About Eve, Blanche Devereaux in The Golden Girls Live, and a range of cabaret performances honoring classic cinema.
Special Events
Our Special Events strengthen existing relationships and extend the impact of Oasis Arts beyond our venue and into the community itself. 2025 events included:
Producing and hosting the Dolores Stage at Outside Lands
including a surprise performance by Doja Cat at OASIS following her headliner set on the Lands End stage, where she premiered three of her new songs for the first time in front of an audience.
Arranging the Oasis Arts stage at the Pink Block Party
Partnering with Frameline Film Festival
Partnering with the San Francisco Public Library
Co-producing the PrincX Pageant
Supporting Opera Parallèle's production of Harvey Milk Reimagined at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Communities we serve
Oasis Arts is a vital hub for San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ and BIPOC artistic communities. We provide space, resources, and development opportunities for artists who have historically been denied access to funding and institutional support. Our work centers queer artists—particularly trans, nonbinary, and BIPOC creatives—giving them platforms to shape cultural narratives on their own terms.
We engage the following communities
LGBTQ+ Artists & Audiences
BIPOC Creatives & Cultural Workers
Nightlife & Alternative Performance Audiences
Intergenerational Queer Community
