by Frances Phillips | Mar 16, 2021 | 2008, 2019, News, Performing Arts
On March 11, Jewlia Eisenberg — singer, composer, bassist, cantor, and educator — died of a rare auto-immune disease. Jewlia was such a force of nature that it is hard to believe that she is gone. The Creative Work Fund was fortunate to have a relationship...
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...
by Frances Phillips | Dec 12, 2016 | 1996, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2016, Performing Arts
On Monday, December 5, five-time Creative Work Fund grantee Rhodessa Jones and her long-time artistic partner Idris Ackamoor received Theater Bay Area’s prestigious “Legacy Award” for their commitment to social justice and numerous contributions to...
by Frances Phillips | Feb 26, 2016 | 2008, Media Arts, News
“Last Day of Freedom,” developed through a collaboration among Dee Hibbert-Jones, Nomi Talisman, and Community Resource Initiative, is nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Documentary Short Subject. The artists and nonprofit worked together to...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 4, 2015 | 2008, Literary Arts, News
Poet and scholar Eleni Stecopoulos, who collaborated with the Poetry Center at San Francisco State University on a series of events and writings about poetics and healing in 2009-10, has published Visceral Poetics, which features a forward by philosopher Alphonso...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 4, 2015 | 2008, Literary Arts, News
Acclaimed poet David Meltzer, who collaborated with Big Bridge on Rockpile on the Road–an expansive writing and performance collaboration in 2008-09–will read from his poetry notebook, Two Way Mirror at the San Francisco State University Poetry Center on...
