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Gamelan Sekar Jaya Premieres Drupadi March 13-15

by Frances Phillips | Feb 15, 2020 | 2018, News, Performing Arts

Acclaimed performer Brenda Wong Aoki is collaborating with Gamelan Sekar Jaya and Shadowlight Productions to tell the ancient Hindu epic, The Mahabharata, through the eyes of its key female character, Drupadi. Featuring text by playwright Zara Houshmand, Drupadi...

Documentary About Border Cantos Premieres Feb 7

by Frances Phillips | Feb 7, 2020 | 2015, News, Performing Arts

Composer Guillermo Galindo, photographer Richard Misrach, and the San Jose Museum of Art collaborated to create Border Cantos, an exhibit and performances created with artifacts that have been sporadically left during the migration on the 2,000-mile border between the...

Creative Work Fund at 25: Opening Applications to All Artists

by Frances Phillips | Sep 16, 2019 | Literary Arts, Media Arts, News, Performing Arts, Traditional Arts, Uncategorized, Visual Arts

Celebrating 25 years of supporting artists and nonprofits in creating new artworks collaboratively, the Creative Work Fund is now trying something new. While previous years’ applications have been limited to artists working in two broadly-defined artistic disciplines,...

“The Love” Concert at Oakland Pride, September 8

by Frances Phillips | Sep 3, 2019 | 2018, News, Performing Arts

On Sunday, September 8, Alphabet Rockers and Our Family Coalition are celebrating the recent release of The Love at Oakland Pride. Created for and featuring youth, The Love explores love for and friendship and solidarity with others regardless of their gender...

Niloufar Talebi’s “Abraham in Flames” Premieres May 9

by Frances Phillips | Apr 12, 2019 | 2016, News, Performing Arts

Multidisciplinary artist Niloufar Talebi’s Abraham in Flames, premieres at Z Space in San Francisco on May 9-12. Developed through a collaboration among Talebi, composer Aleksandra Vrebalov, Director Ray Rallo, and Merola Opera Program, Abraham in Flames...

Rhodessa Jones and Women’s HIV Program at UCSF Premiere “When Did Your Hands….”

by Frances Phillips | Oct 31, 2018 | 2017, News, Performing Arts

Through their second Creative Work Fund-supported collaboration, Rhodessa Jones, The Medea Project, Theater for Incarcerated Women, and the Women’s HIV Program UCSF have developed When Did Your Hands Become a Weapon, exploring the widespread prevalence of sexual...