Ernesto Sopprani Email & Phone Number

Ernesto Sopprani coordinates location-specific and primarily community-based performance projects. Whether as an artist or as an arch-collaborator, his work is geared towards investigating innovative and self-sustainable models of presenting art and performance, specifically queer work, which expands upon the common definition of Queer and challenges his and his community’s relationship to live performance. Ernesto is Founder Director of THEOFFCENTER (theoffcenter.org), as that, he has overseen the production, curation and execution of dozens of site-specific, research-based art interventions, a number of large scale performance festivals, multiple performer centered art programs both at presenting houses (YBCA, Mission Cultural Center, Mission Dance, The Magic Theatre, SOMArts and others) as well as public spaces (BART trains, city streets, and a privately owned boxing ring). In 2010 The Bay Area Guardian chose Ernesto as a “Queers We Adore” for his work in performance and art activism, Ernesto was a selected participant of the 2011 YBCA’s Triennial Bay Area Now 6 program, and was given the 2012 Dancers Group’s Community Choice Award, Ernesto is Founder Director of THEOFFCENTER (theoffcenter.org), was lead producer of The Arts Building Consortium or [ABC] (artsbuildingconsortium.org). He is currently holding the post of Interim Director at SF/Bay Area Emerging Arts Professionals Network.Specialties: Graphic Design, Strategist, Program Development, Network Development.

Listed skills include Art, Creative Direction, Graphic Design, Event Planning, and 45 others.