by Frances Phillips | Feb 21, 2014 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
On March 1, photographer Robert Dawson and the Library & Literacy Foundation for San Joaquin County will kick-off a one-year project that will create a photo documentary of library and literacy efforts across the county. Dawson will appear at a March 1 reception...
by Frances Phillips | Jan 28, 2014 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
Rene Yung and the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park invite guests to “Heritage of Hope: Immigrant Voices Then & Now,” an afternoon of storytelling and more in celebration of the Lunar New Year of the Horse. The program will take place...
by Frances Phillips | Jan 28, 2014 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
Gautam Tejas Ganeshan, who is collaborating with Tree of Life/Subterranean Arthouse to develop new songs in English in the Carnatic music tradition is presenting four songwriter sessions in the main atrium of the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive on the...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 8, 2013 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts, Visual Arts
San Francisco, CA – The Creative Work Fund (CWF) is pleased to announce that it has awarded 19 grants totaling $683,822 for projects in the greater Bay Area counties. This year marks the CWF’s 19th year of supporting projects in which artists collaborate with...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 4, 2013 | Traditional Arts
Syrian-American composer Fathi Aljarah collaborating with Zawaya to produce a concert celebrating war-torn Aleppo?s rich musical heritage, which is threatened by the current civil war. ?Aleppo Alive,? will present a Wasleh, a suite of songs and instrumental pieces in...