by Frances Phillips | Jan 11, 2016 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
Chinese Whispers Bay Chronicles, a multimedia exhibition, exploring the 19th Century history of the Chinese shrimp fishing industry along the San Francisco Bay, has been extended until noon, January 15 at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park’s...
by Frances Phillips | Dec 19, 2015 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
Featuring the sounds and sights of the San Francisco Bay–stretching from China Camp in Marin to Redwood City–Rene Yung’s Chinese Whispers: Bay Chronicles explores the region’s little-studied history of the 19th Century Chinese shrimp fishing...
by Frances Phillips | Dec 11, 2015 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
On Saturday, December 12, at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Visitor’s Center in San Francisco, Calvin Fong, son of Richmond Shrimp Camp owner Fong Wan, and archaeologist Mike Taggart, who worked on the excavation of the former shrimp camp...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 9, 2015 | 2013, Visual Arts
Rene Yung and her collaborators with the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park have been investigating the forgotten history of the Chinese shrimp fishing industry in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their research methods included an expedition on the Grace...
by Frances Phillips | May 11, 2015 | 2014, News, Visual Arts
Over 18 months, Mark Brest van Kempen has been collaborating with Arts Benicia to integrate public art and public dialogue into the process of waterfront development in Benicia. His first project, “The Biolabyrinth Raingarden Project”(see image above) was...
by Frances Phillips | Mar 17, 2015 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
On Wednesday, March 25, the Luggage Store and Clare Rojas invite the public to a reception (6-6:30 p.m.) and artist talk (6:30-7:30 p.m.) between artist Clare Rojas and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art curator of painting and sculpture Janet Bishop at the Luggage...
