by Frances Phillips | Oct 25, 2019 | 2018, Media Arts, News
Film director Sam Ball of Citizen Film has been collaborating with the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life’s curator Francesco Spagnolo and refugees from Africa, the Middle East, and Nazi Germany to investigate their prized possessions as stories. In...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 25, 2019 | 2016, News, Visual Arts
While visual artist Jerome Reyes is steeped in the South of Market neighborhood for his Creative Work Fund project with SOMCAN, his work, his writing, and his voice are appearing in many contexts. Visitors can view his work included in Solidarity Struggle Victory, ...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 14, 2019 | 2016, News, Visual Arts
Commons Archive invites the public to a free talk by former Black Panther Party member Saturu Ned on Saturday, October 19, 2-4 p.m. at the Golden Gate Branch of the Oakland Public Library. The event is one in a series of programs illuminating neighborhood history as...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 4, 2019 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts, Visual Arts
The Creative Work Fund is awarding 16 new grants totaling $699,000 to Northern California artists who are collaborating with local nonprofit organizations to create new works in traditional arts and visual arts. These grants celebrate the role of artists as problem...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 16, 2019 | Literary Arts, Media Arts, News, Performing Arts, Traditional Arts, Uncategorized, Visual Arts
Celebrating 25 years of supporting artists and nonprofits in creating new artworks collaboratively, the Creative Work Fund is now trying something new. While previous years’ applications have been limited to artists working in two broadly-defined artistic disciplines,...
