by Frances Phillips | Oct 26, 2018
Artists Anna Fitch and Banker White are collaborating with Family Caregiver Alliance to create a multimedia work, Heaven Through the Backdoor. The project tells the story of Yolanda Shae, a fiercely independent 88-year-old Swiss émigré whose distinctive brand of...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 30, 2018
Each year an average of 86,000 women leave the Philippines, joining more than ten million overseas Filipinas — many of them domestic laborers. Raising other people’s children and providing care to the elderly, these workers are indispensable to the families they serve...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 16, 2018
Documentary filmmaker Sophie Constantinou is collaborating with Collective Impact to produce and show three short films and several ancillary audio and video clips focused on pressing issues identified by residents of San Francisco’s Western Addition. The project,...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 25, 2018
Weidong Yang and Djerassi Resident Artists Program (Djerassi) are collaborating on Mapping the Neurons of Artificial Subconsciousness, a data-visualization project that explores patterns of artificial intelligence and social networking growth in society and their...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 16, 2018
Multimedia artist Leila Weefur is collaborating with West Oakland-based Aggregate Space Gallery to create a large-scale sculpture and media works titled “Between Beauty and Horror,” investigating the imposed beauty standards that affect the perception of Black bodies....
