by Frances Phillips | Jul 27, 2017 | News
Funding for New Art Works The Creative Work Fund joins three Bay Area grantmakers to invite nonprofit organizations and artists to learn about four programs dedicated to commissioning and project grants available to local nonprofits. The four funders are hosting a...
by Frances Phillips | Jul 19, 2017 | 2015, News, Traditional Arts
On August 4 at 6 p.m., Manilatown Heritage Foundation is unveiling master Kalinga weaver Jenny Bawer Young’s Chewang chi Biyeg Tapestry, developed in collaboration with the Kalingafornia Laga weaving circle and creative efforts of the Mabilong Weavers of...
by Frances Phillips | Jul 19, 2017 | 2007, News, Visual Arts
Sergio de la Torre has been investigating data and true stories of undocumented immigrants under San Francisco’s Sanctuary City policies for more than a decade. In partnership with Chris Treggiari and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, his research and artmaking...
by Frances Phillips | Jul 4, 2017 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
Collaborating with the African American Museum and Library at Oakland, Patricia Montgomery retold stories of heroines of the Civil Rights movement through story quilts fashioned into swing coats — each coat representing a different African American heroine....
by Frances Phillips | Jun 23, 2017 | 2015, News, Traditional Arts
On July 15 and 16, “The Persepolis Project,” featuring composer Neema Hekmat along with Ballet Asfaneh and collaborating artists Aisan Hoss (pictured), Moses Sedler, Diana Rowan, and Sonja Drakulich, will open the second weekend of the San Francisco...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 12, 2017 | 2017, News, Performing Arts
Ian Winters’ visual and sound performance, The WaterHood, under development through a collaboration with Wholly H2O and the 12-member Lightbulb Ensemble, explores the complex qualities and characteristics of a watershed from various perspectives —...
