by Frances Phillips | Oct 13, 2015 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
A quilted kapa cloth piece by Wendeanne Ke’aka Stitt, who has been collaborating with the Academy of Hawaiian Arts to create kapa cloth for five pa’u hula (skirts), was selected for an international fiber arts exhibit opening at the Sebastopol Center for...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 28, 2015 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
On Saturday, August 29, at 7 p.m., Gautam Tejas Ganeshan will perform in the final of four concerts that culminate his Creative Work Fund project. Built on a firm foundation of Carnatic music, featuring elaborate vocal improvisations and intricate forms,...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 19, 2015 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
On Tuesday, August 25, at 5:30 p.m., the Islamic Center of Manteca will dedicate a 50-square-foot mosaic mural installed above the Center’s main entrance. Calligrapher Zubair Simab has collaborated with the Center and with ceramic artist Pippa Murray to create...
by Frances Phillips | Jul 24, 2015 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
On Saturday, July 25, at 7:00 p.m. in Berkeley, Creative Work Fund traditional arts grant recipient Gautam Tejas Ganeshan is performing works from his project with Akshay Venkatesan at the Subterranean Arthouse. Ganeshan has been creating an ongoing body of original...
by Frances Phillips | May 29, 2015 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
Over a two year period, Gautam Tejas Ganeshan, in collaboration with Subterranean Arthouse, has been creating and gathering songs in the Carnetic tradition that reveal the “Story of this Place.” As his project begins to draw to a close, Ganeshan will be...
by Frances Phillips | Mar 17, 2015 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
On Wednesday, March 25, the Luggage Store and Clare Rojas invite the public to a reception (6-6:30 p.m.) and artist talk (6:30-7:30 p.m.) between artist Clare Rojas and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art curator of painting and sculpture Janet Bishop at the Luggage...
