by Frances Phillips | Oct 25, 2016 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
Photographer Robert Dawson and writer/historian Ellen Manchester have spent two years collaborating with the Library and Literacy Foundation for San Joaquin County and the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library to photograph libraries, bookmobiles, and literacy...
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 | Oct 20, 2016 | 2015, Media Arts, News
On Saturday, October 22, 7-9 p.m., the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History will debut Camille Utterback’s window installation Vital Current — Seeking the San Lorenzo. This large-scale river-shaped projection shows an ever-changing collage of historic and...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 6, 2016 | 2016, News, Performing Arts, Visual Arts
The Creative Work Fund is pleased to announce the awarding of 16 grants totaling $633,100 to Bay Area performing and visual artists to create new works through collaborations with local nonprofit organizations. Each grantee will receive between $33,100-$40,000 to...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 30, 2016 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
On Thursday, September 29, poets Denise Newman and Hazel White and their collaborators at the University of California at Berkeley Botanical Gardens celebrated the culmination of their two-year project during which the poets kept weekly studio hours in the garden, led...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 4, 2016 | 2015, Media Arts, News
On Friday, September 9, at 6 p.m., the Anti Eviction Mapping Project invites the public to “Counterpoints: Stories and Data for Resisting Displacement: A Night of Food, Music, and Insurgent Art” at the Eastside Cultural Center in Oakland. The Creative Work...
