by Faiza Bukhari | Nov 29, 2021 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
CWF grantee and Tibetan elder Bhalu Bhaloo has been collaborating with Chaksampa Tibetan Dance and Opera Company to preserve the previously undocumented and at-risk performing heritage of the Kongpo region of Tibet. They are presenting an authentic Kongpo Losar...
by Faiza Bukhari | Nov 24, 2021 | 2019, News, Visual Arts
CWF grantee Sofia Córdova has collaborated with the Chinese Culture Center to create dawn_chorus iii: the fruit they don’t have here (learn more here). The experimental video work foregrounds the stories of six Bay Area women who journeyed to the United States...
by Faiza Bukhari | Nov 23, 2021 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
CWF grantee, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Van-Anh Vo collaborated with Iranian singer/songwriter Mahsa Vadat and Vietnamese American Non-Governmental Organization Network (VANGO) to develop Songs of Strength, which will premiere with rapper Kev Choice,...
by Faiza Bukhari | Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Literary Arts
Malcolm Margolin and the University of California, Berkeley’s Archaeological Research Facility, fiscally sponsored by the Richmond Museum of History, are collaborating to produce a book about the West Berkeley Shell Mound. With origins dated at 4,700 years ago, this...
by Faiza Bukhari | Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Traditional Arts
Zhaoxin Chen and the Chinese Performing Arts Foundation are creating the Jing-Kun Project to introduce new audiences to the venerable traditions of classical Chinese drama in the Beijing (“Jing”) and Kunqu (“Kun”) styles.
