by Frances Phillips | Aug 1, 2017 | 2017, Literary Arts, News, Traditional Arts
August 1, 2017 – The Creative Work Fund is pleased to announce the awarding of 15 grants totaling $600,000 to Bay Area literary and traditional artists. The Fund provides financial support to local artists creating new work in collaboration with Bay Area...
by Faiza Bukhari | Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Traditional Arts
Chicano theater company Teatro Visión and musician and composer Russell Rodriguez are creating an original bilingual play and a studio recording. The play addresses how members of the Bay Area Latino community today bring meaning to the confrontation of death and...
by Faiza Bukhari | Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Traditional Arts
Opera master Sonam Phuntsok and the Tibetan Association of Northern California (TANC) are adapting the Tibetan folk opera Sukyi Nyima – a favorite among the eight traditional Tibetan operas. Such operas combine Buddhist teachings with tales of romantic intrigue and...
by Faiza Bukhari | Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Traditional Arts
Muisi-Kongo Malonga is collaborating with One East Palo Alto to create “Congo Danced a Nairobi Blues,” exploring the intersecting stories of traditional Congolese dance in the United States and the history of “Little Nairobi” (now East Palo Alto),...
by Faiza Bukhari | Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Traditional Arts
Issa Golitzen Farajaje is collaborating with Zawaya to research and perform a concert of Sufi music from the Arab world. Project partners will travel to Turkey, research and prepare 25-30 pieces, train Zawaya’s Aswat Ensemble to perform them, produce a concert, and...
by Faiza Bukhari | Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Traditional Arts
Zhaoxin Chen and the Chinese Performing Arts Foundation are creating the Jing-Kun Project to introduce new audiences to the venerable traditions of classical Chinese drama in the Beijing (“Jing”) and Kunqu (“Kun”) styles.
