by Frances Phillips | Jul 26, 2018 | 2018, Media Arts, News, Performing Arts
The Creative Work Fund is awarding 15 new grants totaling $592,800 to Northern California artists who are collaborating with local nonprofit organizations to create new works in media arts and performing arts. These grants celebrate the role of artists as problem...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 29, 2018 | 2017, News, Traditional Arts
Opera master Sonam Phuntsok has been collaborating with the Tibetan Association of Northern California to present Sukyi Nyima, a traditional Tibetan opera, or Ache Lhamo, devised for contemporary audiences. The work will premiere on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at De Anza...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 27, 2018 | 2007, News, Traditional Arts
On June 20, the National Endowment for the Arts named quilter Marion Coleman among its 2018 National Heritage Fellows — widely considered the most prestigious form of recognition for folk and traditional artists in the United States. This year’s fellows...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 21, 2018 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
The annual CubaCaribe Festival invites the public to an artist talk by Paul Flores and excerpts from the work-in-progress play, We Have Iré, on Thursday, June 28, at the Museum of the African Diaspora. We Have Iré is being developed through a collaboration among...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 21, 2018 | 2015, Media Arts, News
On Saturday, June 23, at 11 p.m., Brontez Purnell’s film, Unstoppable Feat: The Dances of Ed Mock, will be screened at the Victoria Theatre as part of Frameline’s annual San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival. Developed through a collaboration...
