by Frances Phillips | Aug 5, 2021 | 2016, News, Visual Arts
With support from the Creative Work Fund and others, Sue Mark and Marksearch collaborated with Kala Art Institute to create the Commons Archive at the Golden Gate Library in Oakland. For their current work, the artists took their distinctive, community engagement...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 25, 2020 | 2013, 2016, News, Visual Arts
Two-time Creative Work Fund grant recipient Sue Mark and Marksearch (who collaborated most recently with Kala Art Institute) began working in Japan in early 2020 to develop a new project, Journey Itself Home, a mobile and sonic work to be presented in conjunction with...
by Frances Phillips | Mar 1, 2020 | 2016, News, Performing Arts
TIDES, a new video and photographic installation and accompanying performances by Ian Winters, explores the changing tidelands of the San Francisco Bay Area and neighborhoods soon likely to be lost under rising waters. The installation opens March 7 and is on view...
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 | Sep 3, 2019 | 2016, News, Visual Arts
For three years, artist Sue Mark and MarkSearch, along with Kala Art Institute, have been investigating North Oakland history, focusing on the neighborhood surrounding the historic Golden Gate Branch Library. Their deep relationship-building in that community...
