by Frances Phillips | Sep 6, 2021 | 2019, News, Traditional Arts
On Saturday, September 11, acclaimed singer Ustad Farida Mahwash will be one of 11 remarkable vocalists featured in the “Let Her Sing” concert at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The concert is produced by Diaspora Arts Connection, which is...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 29, 2017 | 2016, News, Visual Arts
Artist E.G. Crichton has collaborated with the GLBT Historical Society and other artists to create a multidisciplinary exhibit celebrating the contributions of the groundbreaking queer journal OUT/LOOK. “OUT/LOOK and the Birth of the Queer” opens October...
by Frances Phillips | Mar 13, 2015
Filmmaker Michael Fried collaborated with the Cultural Heritage Choir, documenting the Choir and its founder Linda Tillery’s life and work as a lens for examining the role the music of the African Diaspora plays in American society. They planned to create a one-hour...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 16, 2014
Collaborating with San Francisco Camerawork (Camerawork), the artist team of Margaret Crane/Jon Winet launched a year-long national inter-media project focusing on the 2000 elections. The project incorporated an exhibition installation, public programs, an Internet...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 6, 2013
Jazz composer and musician Wayne Wallace and Bay Area African American choreographers Laura Elaine Ellis, Aisha Jenkins, Robert Henry Johnson, and Robert Moses collaborated with ODC/Theater to create Quilt, an original evening-length work. Quilt comprised three main...
