by Frances Phillips | Oct 25, 2016 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
Traditional quilter Patricia Montgomery collaborated with the African American Museum and Library at Oakland to create a collection of quilted coats — each incorporating the story of a forgotten heroine of the Civil Rights movement. Montgomery’s...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 2, 2016 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
Master creator of kapa cloth, Wendeanne Ke’aka Stitt, is presenting the exhibit “Ka’o to Kapa: Moving Tradition Forward” at the 21st annual Bay Area Aloha Festival, August 6 and 7, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., held at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds. On...
by Frances Phillips | May 24, 2016 | 2013, Literary Arts, News
Poets Denise Newman and Hazel White have been spending every Friday afternoon in residence at the University of California Berkeley Botanical Garden–collaborating with one another and with the gardening staff on Biotic Portal at Strawberry Creek. Monthly walks...
by Frances Phillips | May 16, 2016 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
On Saturday, May 21, Arts Benicia, Benicia’s Arts and Culture Commission, and artist Mark Brest van Kempen are hosting a half-day workshop featuring Barbara Goldstein. The workshop runs 1-4 p.m., in the Dona Benicia room at the Benicia Library. Barbara...
by Frances Phillips | May 11, 2016 | 2013, Literary Arts, News
On Thursday, May 12, at 6 p.m., poets Barbara Jane Reyes and Eleni Stecopoulos are reading alongside Robin Tremblay-McGaw at the San Francisco Public Library’s Main Library, in the Latino/Hispanic Rooms. Both Reyes and Stecopoulos are Creative Work Fund grant...
by Frances Phillips | May 3, 2016 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
In collaboration with Arts Benicia, environmental artist Mark Brest van Kempen has developed three temporary public art projects to bring attention to the desirability and potential for site-specific public art at the Benicia Waterfront. The third piece in the series...
