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 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...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 28, 2021 | 2019, News, Visual Arts
Muralist Desi Mundo has been collaborating with The Greenlining Institute and Oakland community members to create a new mural, celebrating the convergence between the practice of arts and movements for social justice in Oakland. Painting at the 90′ tall site...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 5, 2021 | 2016, News, Visual Arts
With support from the Creative Work Fund and others, Sue Mark and Marksearch collaborated with Kala Art Institute to create the Commons Archive at the Golden Gate Library in Oakland. For their current work, the artists took their distinctive, community engagement...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 16, 2021 | 2019, News, Visual Arts
On Wednesday, June 16 at 5:30 pm, the artists and Montalvo Arts Center will celebrate the opening of Creando Espacio, a new installation on Montalvo’s grounds, This participatory art work is the creation of Bay Area artist Hector Dionicio Mendoza, who...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 2, 2020 | 2019, News, Visual Arts
Artist Desi Mundo has been collaborating with The Greenlining Institute and committees of artists, activists, and other Oakland leaders to create a spectacular new mural on The Greenlining Institute’s building at 360 14th Street in downtown Oakland. Scenes in...
