by Frances Phillips | Sep 23, 2018 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
Fashioned as swing coats, Oakland fabric artist Patricia A. Montgomery’s innovative quilts feature stories of heroines of the Civil Rights movement. The collection, Honoring the Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement, now may be seen at the San Jose Museum of...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 6, 2018 | 2015, Media Arts, News
On Thursday, September 13, from 6-9 p.m., the San Francisco Art Institute hosts an opening reception for Will Brown: Ether, a new exhibition developed in collaboration with the artist collective Will Brown. Collective members are Lindsey White, Jordan Stein, and David...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 21, 2018 | 2017, News, Traditional Arts
On Saturday, September 1, from 1-4 pm, community members are warmly invited to celebrate a new mural, painted by Edythe Boone in collaboration with the Berkeley Drop-in Center (managed by the Alameda County Network of Mental Health Clients), residents of South...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 16, 2018 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
On Wednesday, August 29, at 6 p.m., the Exploratorium is hosting a conversation between visual artist Rene Yung and marine biologist Kathy Hieb on the presence, environmental significance, and history of shrimp and shrimping on the San Francisco Bay. The Event,...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 10, 2018 | 2008, Media Arts, News
On August 21 at 5:30 p.m., California Humanities is hosting its first documentary night at its Oakland headquarters (538 9th Street, Suite 210). The program features “Last Day of Freedom,” an animated short documentary by Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi...
