by Suki O'Kane | Oct 10, 2016 | 2016, Visual Arts
Sue Mark of marksearch is collaborating with Advaita Society (a.k.a. Kala Art Institute) and the Golden Gate Branch of the Oakland Public Library on Commons Archive – reflecting a Berkeley neighborhood in transition. The project invites community members to contribute...
by Suki O'Kane | Oct 10, 2016 | 2016, Visual Arts
Westin Teruya and Kimberle Arteche are partnering with Kearny Street Workshop to create Means of Exchange, engaging with small businesses in San Francisco’s rapidly changing South of Market district to co-create art products and pop-up businesses. The artists will...
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 | May 16, 2016 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
On Saturday, May 21, Arts Benicia, Benicia’s Arts and Culture Commission, and artist Mark Brest van Kempen are hosting a half-day workshop featuring Barbara Goldstein. The workshop runs 1-4 p.m., in the Dona Benicia room at the Benicia Library. Barbara...
by Frances Phillips | May 3, 2016 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
In collaboration with Arts Benicia, environmental artist Mark Brest van Kempen has developed three temporary public art projects to bring attention to the desirability and potential for site-specific public art at the Benicia Waterfront. The third piece in the series...
by Frances Phillips | Mar 13, 2016 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
Artist Rene Yung collaborated with the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park to create Chinese Whispers: Bay Chronicles, exploring the little-known history of 19th Century Chinese Shrimp fishers on the San Francisco Bay. Now working with oral histories of...
