by Frances Phillips | Aug 5, 2021 | 2016, News, Visual Arts
With support from the Creative Work Fund and others, Sue Mark and Marksearch collaborated with Kala Art Institute to create the Commons Archive at the Golden Gate Library in Oakland. For their current work, the artists took their distinctive, community engagement...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 25, 2020 | 2013, 2016, News, Visual Arts
Two-time Creative Work Fund grant recipient Sue Mark and Marksearch (who collaborated most recently with Kala Art Institute) began working in Japan in early 2020 to develop a new project, Journey Itself Home, a mobile and sonic work to be presented in conjunction with...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 14, 2019 | 2016, News, Visual Arts
Commons Archive invites the public to a free talk by former Black Panther Party member Saturu Ned on Saturday, October 19, 2-4 p.m. at the Golden Gate Branch of the Oakland Public Library. The event is one in a series of programs illuminating neighborhood history as...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 3, 2019 | 2016, News, Visual Arts
For three years, artist Sue Mark and MarkSearch, along with Kala Art Institute, have been investigating North Oakland history, focusing on the neighborhood surrounding the historic Golden Gate Branch Library. Their deep relationship-building in that community...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 21, 2019 | News
Sue Mark of Marksearch (collaborating with Kala Art Institute) and Golden Gate Branch Library (Oakland) are hosting “Neighborhood Connections: Black Panther Party Films + Skills Workshop,” on Saturday, June 22, 2-4 p.m. The afternoon features Saturu Ned,...
