by Team CWF | Sep 26, 2022 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
On October 2, the Creative Work Fund collaboration of the late Jewlia Eisenberg and the Contemporary Jewish Museum will unfold as a two-part indoor and outdoor celebration of Jewlia, her art, and her music in partnership with Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. Fierce as...
by Faiza Bukhari | Nov 29, 2021 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
CWF grantee and Tibetan elder Bhalu Bhaloo has been collaborating with Chaksampa Tibetan Dance and Opera Company to preserve the previously undocumented and at-risk performing heritage of the Kongpo region of Tibet. They are presenting an authentic Kongpo Losar...
by Faiza Bukhari | Nov 24, 2021 | 2019, News, Visual Arts
CWF grantee Sofia Córdova has collaborated with the Chinese Culture Center to create dawn_chorus iii: the fruit they don’t have here (learn more here). The experimental video work foregrounds the stories of six Bay Area women who journeyed to the United States...
by Faiza Bukhari | Nov 23, 2021 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
CWF grantee, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Van-Anh Vo collaborated with Iranian singer/songwriter Mahsa Vadat and Vietnamese American Non-Governmental Organization Network (VANGO) to develop Songs of Strength, which will premiere with rapper Kev Choice,...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 27, 2021 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
In 2019, Jewlia Eisenberg was funded by the Creative Work Fund to collaborate with the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) on an immersive musical and visual installation inspired by the Bible’s Song of Songs. That project halted when Jewlia died in March 2021, but...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 16, 2021 | 2019, News, Visual Arts
On October 6, Earth Activist Training and artist Suzanne Husky premiered their first collaborative podcast focusing on the moments in folktales when the trees, plants and animals talk, the mycelia exchange, and the cosmos influences. Fascinating guests dive into past...
