by Frances Phillips | Aug 22, 2013
Visual artist Jason Tréas collaborated with The Beat Within, a project of Pacific News Service (PNS), and with at-risk youth to create three murals–one at each of three Boys and Girls Clubs San Francisco. A former prisoner, Tréas designed the project murals...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 21, 2013
Melody Takata and Asian Improv aRts collaborated with NEA Heritage Fellow Madame Fujima Kansuma, minyo and shamisen master artist Hideko Nakajima, and ozashiki shamisen artist Tatsu Aoki and other artists to create a performance on the theme of...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 9, 2013
Bongo Sidibe, a traditional drummer from Guinea, West Africa, and African Advocacy Network worked to bring together a diverse population of Africans living in the Bay Area through a project that culminated with a multidisciplinary performance at the San Francisco...
by Frances Phillips | Jul 23, 2013
Sali Rumen Shopov (Berkeley) collaborating with Voice of Roma (Sebastopol) Award: $40,000 Traditional Arts Grant awarded in 2009 Premiered: May 1, 2010, California Herdeljezi Festival, Sebastopol; May 23, The Cowell Theater, San Francisco Sali Rumen Shopov...
by Frances Phillips | Jul 16, 2013
Native California artist Kathleen Smith collaborated with Heyday to explore, document, and celebrate aspects of traditional California Indian food gathering and preparation. Inaugurating the position of artist-in-residence at Heyday, Smith created traditional cooking...
