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On February 15, eight artists altered their works at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) in solidarity with Palestine. Ralowe Ampu is on to talk about the YBCA's neoliberal nothingspeak response to the artists' - and now many staffmembers' - demands of a museum that claims to be centered on diversity and community. **The museum remains closed as of March 7. Love Letter to Gaza, Open Letter from the Artists  Boycott YBCA Artists' Statement  Open Letter from YBCA Employees in Support of Palestine and BAN9 Artists  Artists Alter Their Own Work at YBCA in Pro-Palestinian Protest (Nastia Voynovskaya, KQED)  Welcome to Airspace: How Silicon Valley helps spread the same sterile aesthetic across the world (Kyle Chayka, The Verge)  Screen Grabs: What did we learn from the fight for the Castro Theatre?  Brooklyn Museum and PEN America Accused of “Silence” on Gaza Ceasefire (Maya Pontone, Hyperallergic)  Sad Francisco is produced by Toshio Meronek and edited by Tofu Estolas. Please support the show and find links to our past episodes on Patreon.

On February 15th, a group of eight artists whose pieces were featured in a Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) exhibition protested the organizations attempt to silence political conversation on Palestine by altering their own exhibited works, adding pro-Palestine messages to their pieces. Since the protest, the YBCA gallery has remained closed. Eight artists participated in the protest, and we have two of them joining us in conversation. Leila Weefur is an artist, writer, and independent curator based in Oakland, and Sholeh Asgary is an Iranian-born interdisciplinary sound artist.  — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Pro-Palestine Artists Alter Own Works at YBCA w/ Leila Weefur & Sholeh Asgary appeared first on KPFA.

"It's all about partnering artists with small businesses to create site specific installations and that way create more exposure both for the business and for the artists and also to revitalize those corridors" - Vanessa WilsonThis is our second episode from the co-production with Arts for a Better Bay Area of the re-launch of the State of the Arts Summit "Rebuilding Our Communities," on June 28th, 2023.The COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the importance of arts and culture and its impact on our communities and economy, as well as the under-funding and fragility of our sector. Our second episode is focused on how governmental support, funding, artists, and audiences have changed and what arts and cultural organizations are doing to support, reinvent, and invigorate the sector. Join us to learn about various angles of this work and how you can get engaged.This episode features Julie Baker, CEO - of Californians for the Arts; Vanessa Wilson, Deputy Director - of ArtSpan; Lauren Macmadu, Head of External Relations - of YBCA;  Jenny Cohn, Client Success Manager - of TRG Arts along with Cary McClelland, Chief Operating Officer - of YBCA.You can watch this episode as part of our television show with our friends at BAVC Media. To receive more information on the State of the Arts Series please Sign Up for our Newsletter to find out more about each episode as well as to participate in our next live show.We hope that you enjoyed episode three of our new six-part series highlighting the issues and solutions of our arts and culture organizations and their workforce as they innovate to come back from the pandemic along with addressing the systemic racism in our performing arts ecosystem. Please consider donating to Voices of the Community - Voices of the Community is fiscally sponsored by Intersection for the Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, that allows us to offer you tax deductions for your contributions. Please consider making a donation to help us provide future shows just like this one.If you've been enjoying the show please leave us a rating and review on the podcast platform of your choice and we'd love to hear from you with feedback and show ideas, so send us an email to george@georgekoster.com

Join us for an interview with Sara Fenske Bahat, who is CEO at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. As Sara took her interim role as CEO of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, an employee asked her “Why should I invest in someone who is only here as interim CEO?” In this episode, Sara talks about the opportunities around coming in as an interim CEO and how she has chosen to focus on creating a culture of care for the leadership team and organization. She says it is about creating a culture that can move at the speed of trust. It means the staff, board, and community are empowered to be primary, active collaborators in the shaping and evolution of their organization. Check out YBCA events calendar. Original music by Lynz Floren.

Welcome to Art is Awesome, the show where we talk with an artist or art worker with a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, Emily chats with Artist & Portand State University Professor Taravat Talepasand.About Artist Taravat Talepasand:Taravat Talepasand is an artist, activist, and educator whose labor-intensive interdisciplinary painting practice questions normative cultural behaviors within contemporary power imbalances. As an Iranian-American woman, Talepasand explores the cultural taboos that reflect on gender and political authority. Her approach to figuration reflects the cross-pollination, or lack thereof, in our Western Society.Visit Taravat's Website: www.TaravatTalepasand.comFollow Taravat on Instagram: @artistvatYou can find her Exibit at Yerba Buena Center For the Arts through July 23. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO. --About Podcast Host Emily Wilson:Emily a writer in San Francisco, with work in outlets including Hyperallergic, Artforum, 48 Hills, the Daily Beast, California Magazine, Latino USA, and Women's Media Center. She often writes about the arts. For years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco.Follow Emily on Instagram: @PureEWilFollow Art Is Awesome on Instagram: @ArtIsAwesome_Podcast--CREDITS:Art Is Awesome is Hosted, Created & Executive Produced by Emily Wilson. Theme Music "Loopster" Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 LicenseThe Podcast is Co-Produced, Developed & Edited by Charlene Goto of @GoToProductions. For more info, visit Go-ToProductions.com

Interdisciplinary artist Brett Cook's current exhibit, at The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, is profound. In this episode, we talk about the history of some of the installations, including the stunning self-portrait that greets visitors as they enter. Brett explains in detail why and how the show, a collaboration with choreographer Liz Lerman, came to be what it is—the relationships built through interviews with family members of portrait subjects, the deliberate audience engagement. To be an artist in the world, he says, means creating time and space for contemplation and opening oneself to others' experiences. Join us.Cook has received numerous awards, including the Lehman Brady Visiting Professorship at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Richard C. Diebenkorn Fellowship at the San Francisco Art Institute. Recognized for a history of socially relevant, community engaged projects, he was selected as a cultural ambassador to Nigeria as part of the U.S. Department of State's 2012 smARTpower Initiative and an inaugural A Blade of Grass Fellow for Socially Engaged Art in 2014. Cook's work has been featured in private and public collections including the Smithsonian/National Portrait Gallery, the Walker Art Center, and Harvard University.About the exhibit-At first glance, visual artist Brett Cook and choreographer Liz Lerman are an unlikely match. Although divergent in presentation and aesthetic, both have spent their careers guided by an intuitive desire to forge new paths, reshape their respective fields, and encourage the exploration of artistry as a catalyst for enacting change. This exhibition is the culmination of Cook and Lerman's three-year residency as senior fellows at YBCA, focusing on centering artists as leaders inside the organization and in the communities they serve. Their pairing asks the public to consider the role of an artist within an institution—and in the public sphere—as urgent and responsive.https://www.brett-cook.comhttps://ybca.org

In this episode, we're exploring uncertainty, transitions, and moving forward in ambiguity – something most of us probably feel like we're getting pretty used to having lived the past several years amid a global pandemic.We'll be exploring how these things show up in organizations, and in one organization in particular – San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. And we'll discuss how they're approaching this in their evolving work.To learn more about their Head of External Relations search, visit: https://www.workshouldntsuck.co/ybca-er.SARA FENSKE BAHAT is a connector, most at-home when bridging the creative arts, economics, and equitable design to shape our social and political landscape. As Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) CEO, Sara works collaboratively with the YBCA team to advance the organization as a dynamic home for artists, arts and culture, and social justice movement building. Prior to becoming CEO, Sara served as YBCA's Board Chair. Under her leadership, YBCA navigated COVID-19 pandemic challenges (which resulted in the longest mass closure of cultural venues since World War II), received support from leading innovators for groundbreaking work at the intersection of arts and movement building, and launched the nation's first dedicated guaranteed income program for artists.Most recently, Sara served as chair of the California College of the Arts (CCA) MBA in Design Strategy, a groundbreaking, multidisciplinary degree rooted in systems theory, foresight, and innovation.Sara has a community finance and economic development background. Before becoming an educator, she worked for New York City's economic development agency and in banking, where she championed local government support for community banks, improved banking and savings products for immigrant households, and multi-state consumer protection settlements.Raised in a Milwaukee family steeped in advocacy for human, civil, and LGBTQ+ rights, Sara quickly developed a commitment to activism and social justice. A dedicated political fundraiser and mobilizer, she is passionate about driving civic engagement and hosted the Democratic National Committee's first-ever Zoom fundraiser at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Sara is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the London School of Economics. She is a 2022 Presidential Leadership Scholar, exploring the meaning of culture and cohesion in a country increasingly divided across wealth, ideology, and acknowledgment of historic and present inequity.Sara lives in San Francisco and loves a good dance party.RENUKA KHER has supported entrepreneurial efforts in under-resourced communities for her entire career. She has spent 16 years in various roles in philanthropy and managed and directed over $150M. Her professional experience spans the public, private, philanthropic and non-profit sectors. She has served on the board of and as an advisor to many of the nation's leading social change organizations including, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Beyond 12, Year Up, Global Citizen Year and Revolution Foods.Most recently, she served on the executive team of Tipping Point Community a nonprofit grant-making organization that fights poverty in the Bay Area. During her six year tenure at Tipping Point she helped lead the growth of the organization as its Chief Operating Officer and also founded T Lab, Tipping Point's R+D engine.Before joining Tipping Point, Renuka served as a Principal at NewSchools Venture Fund whose work is focused on education and prior to that she was a Senior Program Officer at the Robin Hood Foundation where her work included developing and implementing a strategy for a $65 million relief fund, one of the nation's largest, created to respond to the terrorist attacks of September 11th.Her work has been featured in The San Francisco...

For the third year, SOCAP Global is pleased to present the State of the Field and Practice of Impact Investing. Join Fran Seegull, President of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance; Monique Aiken, Managing Director or TIIP & Co-founder of Make Justice Normal; and Cathy Clark, Faculty Director at CASE at Duke to hear about the current state, emerging trends, threats and opportunities as impact investing moves more mainstream. This podcast is presented in advance of SOCAP22, held Oct. 17-20 at YBCA in San Francisco.

In this episode, co-hosts Tim Cynova and Lauren Ruffin introduce a new 12-part podcast series, "https://www.workshouldntsuck.co/white-men-journey (White Men & the Journey Towards Anti-Racism)," where Tim interviews white men in positions of leadership whose companies are engaged in understanding how racism and oppression are at play in their organizations and the work they do. Series guests include: David Devan, General Director & President, Opera Philadelphia John Orr, Executive Director, Art-Reach Jay Coen Gilbert, Co-Founder, B Lab; CEO, Imperative21 Ron Carucci, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Navalent Sydney Skybetter, Associate Chair & Senior Lecturer, Theatre Arts & Performance Studies Department, Brown University Raphael Bemporad (Founding Partner) & Bryan Miller (Chief Financial Officer), BBMG Marc Mannella, Independent Consultant, Former CEO KIPP Philadelphia Public Schools David Reuter, Partner, LLR Kit Hughes, Co-Founder & CEO, Look Listen Ted Castle (Founder & President) & Rooney Castle (Vice President), Rhino Foods Jared Fishman, Founding Executive Director, Justice Innovation Lab This series was created to be a resource for white men who might be wrestling with questions like, “What's my role in anti-racism, equity, inclusion, and justice work as a white man with power and privilege?” and “How might my personal commitment to do this work manifest itself in the organization I help lead?” Want to explore related resources primarily *not* by white guys? Check out https://www.workshouldntsuck.co/white-men-journey (our compilation of 30 books, podcasts, and films). And find all the episodes https://www.workshouldntsuck.co/white-men-journey (here). Co-Hosts TIM CYNOVA (he/him) is the Principal of https://www.workshouldntsuck.co (Work. Shouldn't. Suck.), an HR and org design consultancy helping to reimagine workplaces where everyone can thrive. He is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and a trained mediator, and has served on the faculty of Minneapolis College of Art & Design, the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity (Banff, Canada) and The New School (New York City) teaching courses in People-Centric Organizational Design, and Strategic HR. In 2021, he concluded a 12-year tenure leading Fractured Atlas, a $30M, entirely virtual non-profit technology company and the largest association of independent artists in the U.S., where he served in both the Chief Operating Officer and Co-CEO roles (part of a four-person, shared, non-hierarchical leadership team), and was deeply involved in its work to become an anti-racist, anti-oppressive organization since they made that commitment in 2013. Earlier in his career, Tim was the Executive Director of The Parsons Dance Company and of High 5 Tickets to the Arts in New York City, had a memorable stint with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, was a one-time classical trombonist, musicologist, and for five years in his youth he delivered newspapers for the Evansville, Indiana Courier-Press. LAUREN RUFFIN (she/her) is a thinker, designer, & leader interested in building strong, sustainable, anti-racist systems & organizations. She's into exploring how we can leverage new technologies to combat racial and economic injustice. As part of this work, she frequently participates in conversations on circular economies, social impact financing, solidarity movements, and innovative, non-extractive financing mechanisms. Lauren is a co-founder of https://crux.pory.app/ (CRUX), an immersive storytelling cooperative that collaborates with Black artists as they create content in virtual reality and augmented reality (XR). Lauren is currently the Head of Movement Building at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), where she focuses on amplifying the stories and activism of the YBCA community. Prior to joining YBCA, Lauren was co-CEO of https://www.fracturedatlas.org/ (Fractured Atlas), the largest association

This conversation was recorded as part of Work Shouldn't Suck's https://www.workshouldntsuck.co/ethical-reopening-summit-2021 (Ethical Re-Opening Summit) that took place on April 27, 2021. What does it look like to co-create a future where everyone thrives? We explore re-imagining the role of the art center as a canvas and place to play and explore, and how to transform society by transforming organizations and the systems and structures that built and sustain them. GuestDEBORAH CULLINAN Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) CEO Deborah Cullinan is one of the nation's leading thinkers on the pivotal role artists and arts organizations can play in shaping our social and political landscape, and has spent years mobilizing communities through arts and culture. Deborah is committed to revolutionizing the role art centers play in public life and during her tenure at YBCA, she has launched several bold new programs, engagement strategies, and civic coalitions. Prior to joining YBCA in 2013, she was the Executive Director of San Francisco's Intersection for the Arts. She is a co-founder of CultureBank, co-chair of the San Francisco Arts Alliance, Vice Chair of the Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy, and on the boards of the Community Arts Stabilization Trust and HumanMade. She is a Field Leader in Residence at Arizona State University's National Accelerator for Cultural Innovation and a former Innovator in Residence at the Kauffman Foundation. She currently serves on Governor Gavin Newsom's Jobs and Business Recovery Task Force. Co-Hosts LAUREN RUFFIN (she/her) is a thinker, designer, & leader interested in building strong, sustainable, anti-racist systems & organizations. She's into exploring how we can leverage new technologies to combat racial and economic injustice. As part of this work, she frequently participates in conversations on circular economies, social impact financing, solidarity movements, and innovative, non-extractive financing mechanisms. Lauren is a co-founder of https://crux.pory.app/ (CRUX), an immersive storytelling cooperative that collaborates with Black artists as they create content in virtual reality and augmented reality (XR). Lauren is currently the interim Chief Marketing Officer of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), where she focuses on amplifying the stories and activism of the YBCA community. Prior to joining YBCA, Lauren was co-CEO of https://www.fracturedatlas.org/ (Fractured Atlas), the largest association of independent artists in the United States. In 2017, she started https://artistcampaignschool.org/ (Artist Campaign School), a new educational program that has trained 74 artists to run for political office to date. She has served on the governing board of https://www.blackgirlscode.org/ (Black Girls Code) and https://www.mainstreet.coop/ (Main Street Phoenix Cooperative), and on the advisory boards of https://www.weareartup.org/ (ArtUp) and https://www.blackgirlventures.org/ (Black Girl Ventures). She graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a degree in Political Science and obtained a J.D. from the Howard University School of Law. TIM CYNOVA (he/him) is Principal of https://www.workshouldntsuck.co/ (Work. Shouldn't. Suck.), a management consulting firm specializing in HR and human-centered organizational design. Whether it's through shared leadership explorations or alternative workplace arrangements, re-imagining recruitment and hiring processes to center equity and inclusion or decolonizing workplaces policies, practices, and programs, WSS is focused on helping companies co-create places where everyone can thrive. Tim is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and a trained mediator. He serves on the faculty of Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity (Banff, Canada) and The New School (New York City) teaching courses in People-Centric Organizational Design and Strategic HR. In August 2021, he concluded a 12-year tenure leading Fractured Atlas, a...

Join Nick Estes and Rebecca Nagle for an urgent discussion of the ongoing attack on Indigenous children and Indigenous land. Nick Estes puts into historical context recent headlines surrounding the discovery of mass graves of Native children at Canadian residential schools. The removal of Indigenous children from their communities and families has a long genocidal legacy that persists today, well beyond the boarding school era in Canada and the United States. The attack on Indigenous children is an attack on Indigenous sovereignty and land, and there is urgency to uphold protections that are under assault by the right wing, such as the Indian Child Welfare Act. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nick Estes is a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. He is the author of Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance (Verso, 2019), coeditor with Jaskiran Dhillon of Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement (University of Minnesota Press, 2019), and coauthor with Melanie K. Yazzie, Jennifer Nez Denetdale, and David Correia of Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation (PM Press, 2021). In 2014 he cofounded The Red Nation, an Indigenous resistance organization, and he is cohost of The Red Nation podcast. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Intercept, Jacobin, Indian Country Today, High Country News, and other publications. Estes was an American Democracy Fellow at the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University (2017–2018) and until 2021 was an assistant professor in the American Studies Department at the University of New Mexico. He joins the faculty of the University of Minnesota Department of American Indian Studies in 2022. Rebecca Nagle is an award-winning journalist and citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Nagle hosted Crooked Media's podcast This Land, telling the story of a Supreme Court case about tribal land in Oklahoma, the small town murder that started the case, and the surprising connection to her own family history. You can find her writing on issues of Native representation and tribal sovereignty in the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the Guardian, USA Today, Teen Vogue, Indian Country Today, and other publications. Nagle was awarded the 2020 American Mosaic Journalism Prize for her reporting. She has also been named to the YBCA 100 and the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development's Native American 40 under 40. Nagle lives in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This event is a partnership between Lannan Foundation and Haymarket Books. Lannan Foundation's Readings & Conversations series features inspired writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as cultural freedom advocates with a social, political, and environmental justice focus. We are excited to offer these programs online to a global audience. Video and audio recordings of all events are available at lannan.org. Haymarket Books is a radical, independent, nonprofit book publisher based in Chicago. Our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements and the education and development of a critical, engaged, international left. Lannan Foundation is a family foundation dedicated to cultural freedom, diversity, and creativity through projects that support exceptional contemporary artists and writers, inspired Native activists in rural communities, and social justice advocates. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/rE52UHthmLM Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Jonathan Moscone is a champion of arts and activism. A long-time theater director and current Chief Producer at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), he has devoted his career to interweaving arts organizations with civic life and community in an impactful way. With his Civic Engagement practice at YBCA, Moscone has created youth fellowships, artist residencies in the City's public schools, programs to help artists lead financially sustainable lives, and ballot measures to restore city funding to arts and homeless family services. He also serves on numerous community boards, such as the Alice Waters' Edible Schoolyard Project, the Homeless Prenatal Program, and leads the San Francisco Grants for the Arts advisory panel. Moscone's gratifying career would not be complete without his extensive experience in theater production. Before his time at YBCA, Jonathan was the Artistic Director of the California Shakespeare Theater in Berkeley and Orinda for 16 years. He works throughout the Bay Area as a freelance director, putting on shows like "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" for CalShakes in 2005, Bruce Norris' "Clybourne Park" for the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in 2011, and "Candida" (2011), for which he won the San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award as Best Director of the year. In 2009, Moscone received the inaugural Zelda Fichandler Award from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation for his transformative work in theater. He is also an adjunct faculty member at the ACT's Masters of Fine Arts Program. All successes aside, Jonathan Moscone is one of the kindest people one has the privilege of meeting. He is smart, funny, and genuinely himself in any setting. His down to earth temperament has not only made him an affable director, but a beloved leader in his community. Artists contribute so much to a community's vitality, and through YBCA, Moscone is utilizing his talents and passions to lead the way in Bay Area arts activism. For more information about Jonathan Moscone, please visit: https://ybca.org/person/jonathan-moscone/ Meet Jonathan Moscone!

“ I think it is incredibly important to always remember that art can not save us. Art will not save us. Art is not the means... art is not the vehicle that changes the material lived conditions of people's lives." — Deana Haggag In today's episode, we're speaking with Deana Haggag (@dhaggag), Program Officer at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. She's also the former President & CEO of United States Artists where she helped develop Artist Relief, a $25 million emergency initiative to support artists facing dire financial circumstances due to COVID-19. We're also joined by Shreya Patel, model turned writer, actress, and filmmaker who is my co-founder on the lovespreads.org project (this podcast was originally recorded for that, and is being published on Conscious Creators). Here are some of the topics we discuss: Why art is impactful, but can not save us Deana talks about our own responsibility to take accountability for our actions She takes us on her life journey from her childhood We dive into the aspects that built her into the person she is today She talks about the her work supporting artists at United States Artists; including the $25 Million Artist Relief Fund How money alone doesn't make people happy, but poverty will kill them How Covid-19 impacted the way artists create and distribute their art Welcome to the Conscious Creators Show; where through intimate and insightful interviews with authors, actors, musicians, entrepreneurs and other podcasters, you'll learn tools and tactics to 10x your creativity and improve your business and life. Like this show? Support us by following the show, leaving a review here and helping us spread the word by sharing the pod with one (or three) friends: https://refer.fm/creators Do you want to learn how to make a living as a creator? Check out the CreatorsMBA where we show you how to get paid to create online: http://www.creatorsmba.com Follow our host, Sachit Gupta, and get it touch if you have any questions or ideas related to the show: Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok. Please enjoy today's episode and thank you for listening! Sachit Show Notes 0:24 - How we should think about justice for indigenous groups 3:51 - How art has an impact and influences everyday culture 6:13 - The responsibility of an artist and role of art 10:05 - Why art is powerful, but can't save us 13:29 - Deana's life journey and what led her to United States Artists 15:55 - How her childhood set her life values today 22:22 - Why we need to be mindful of micro-aggressions and their impact on communities 23:45 - How she frames her professional career for her immigrant parents 26:32 - What drew her to art 28:32 - Her work as CEO of United States Artists 31:28 - How United States Artist is changing the lives of artists 36:24 - How Covid-19 impacted the way artists create and distribute their art 40:42 - How she helps spread love in the world 43:26 - How you can support artists and what the future looks like for United States Artist Tweetable Quotes "And it's just really, the magnitude of this moment hits me every day. Years from now, we'll be looking back at these heroes who are just fighting with their lives to change our country. And so I think my particular context is about time. That we have opened the doors on these very critical conversations as an entire nation” - Deana Haggag “I guess I feel like what artists do for me is they, they make language, they tell stories. They document what it was like to be alive at any particular moment. So much of what we know about other civilizations and other times, and other people is like via the mechanism that is art-making right.” - Deana Haggag “And right now a lot of families and a lot of institutions and a lot of politicians need a new language and a new story and a new way to frame the world. And I think artists can frame for us the things we never thought possible. The things we actually could not see by the mechanism of how they make things in the world.” - Deana Haggag “Art can't solve the world's problems, but art can hold it.” - Deana Haggag About Our Guests Deana Haggag is a Program Officer in Arts and Culture at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Prior to joining the foundation in May 2021, she was the President & CEO of United States Artists, a national arts funding organization based in Chicago, IL. During her tenure, USA saw unprecedented growth, expanding its Fellowship award program, launching the Berresford Prize, and developing coalition efforts to advance support for individual artists most notably including Artist Relief, a $25 million emergency initiative to support artists facing dire financial circumstances due to COVID-19, and Disability Futures, an initiative aimed at increasing the visibility of disabled creative practitioners across disciplines and geography and elevating their voices individually and collectively. Before joining USA in February 2017, she was the Executive Director of The Contemporary, a nomadic and non-collecting art museum in Baltimore, MD, for four years. In addition to her leadership roles, Deana lectures extensively, consults on various art initiatives, contributes to cultural publications, and has taught at institutions such as Johns Hopkins University and Towson University. She is on the Boards of The Underground Museum and Pillars Fund, as well as the Artistic Director's Council of Prospect.5 and Advisory Council of Recess. She received her MFA in Curatorial Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a BA from Rutgers University in Art History and Philosophy. Additionally, she completed the National Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program in 2020, Stanford Impact Program for Arts Leaders in 2018, and was a Salzburg Global Fellow for Young Cultural Innovators in 2015. Among other honors, she was most recently named a 2020 YBCA 100 Honoree. She is a disabled first-generation Egyptian-American Muslim woman of Afro-Arab descent. She currently lives on Munsee Lenape land, known today as Brooklyn, New York. Shreya Patel is a model turned writer, actress, and filmmaker. She's a graduate of the Second City Conservatory and can be seen in hit shows such as Mrs. America and Grand Army. Her directorial debut, the documentary Girl Up, brings light to domestic violence and human trafficking in Toronto and has been partnered with Toronto International Film Festival to showcase at Civic Action Summit. During this pandemic, she has gathered 66 countries made a documentary called Unity - #LOVESPREADS Faster Than Virus showcasing the plight of the human spirit. Following Unity, Shreya directed a music video called Freedom Dance which hit over 12 million views on YouTube. The music video features a global cast showcasing what their inner freedom looks like during the lockdown. Rolling Stones India has reported about it too. Currently, she is working on a web series called Layla is Relevant.

Up on the rack is Penelope Douglas, the Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, CA. Penelope is a founding partner of CultureBank and has spent the past twenty-five years as a social entrepreneur and pioneer in community development investment. We recently hopped on a on a call where we discussed the impact of art in her childhood, her journey working in studio art, her transition to the corporate world, and how her extensive work in social entrepreneurship set her up for her current role at YBCA.

Mark Sabb, aka Mark Digital, is an internet artist, digital curator, founder of FELT Zine, and the Director of Marketing at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco. Recently, Mark was just hired as the Creative Director, Head of Content and Digital Strategy at YBCA in SF. Mark’s work focuses on themes related to contemporary culture, global politics, and technology; earning him features in Paper Magazine, Hypebeast, Vice's The Creator's Project, Nylon Magazine, and more. Experimental digital art and interactive conceptualization act as launching pads for projects created by Mark's art collective, FELT Zine, which he founded in 2011. Through FELT Mark has been able to collaborate with companies such as Vice, Epic Records, and more via a unique visual aesthetic. FELT's creative output includes: content curation, merchandising, interactive promotional art, creative and art direction for fashion campaigns, music visual direction, feature writing, and more.As a department director at the Museum of the African Diaspora Mark approaches every collaboration, client, and project on an individual basis with excitement to tackle unanswered questions, and a thirst to lead the future through creative technology. By staying on top of the newest developments in visual arts technology Mark is able to find solutions to complex problems by utilizing a variety of mediums ranging from but not limited to: 3d rendering and modeling, front-end development, graphic design, video production, virtual and augmented reality, creative writing, and more.Felt Zine

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Marc Bamuthi Joseph currently serves as the Vice President and Artistic Director of Social Impact at The Kennedy Center. He co-founded the Life is Living Festival for Youth Speaks, and created the installation “Black Joy in the Hour of Chaos” for Creative Time. His opera libretto, We Shall Not Be Moved, was named one of 2017’s “Best Classical Music Performances” by The New York Times, and his work /peh-LO-tah/ toured nationally. Future projects include commissions for the Perelman Center, Washington National Opera, and others, and a feature in HBO’s upcoming adaptation of “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehesi Coates. An inaugural recipient of the Guggenheim Social Practice initiative, Bamuthi also previously worked as the Chief of Program and Pedagogy at YBCA in San Francisco.

ABOUT SONYA RENEE TAYLOR:Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body Is Not an Apology, a digital media and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. Sonya’s work as a highly sought-after award-winning Performance Poet, activist, and transformational leader continues to have global reach. Sonya is a former National and International poetry slam champion, author of two books, "The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love" (Berrett-Koehler Publishers; February 2021), thought leader who has enlightened and inspired organizations, audiences and individuals from board rooms to prisons, universities to homeless shelters, elementary schools to some of the biggest stages in the world.Believing in the power of art is a vehicle for social change, Sonya has been widely recognized for her work as a change agent. She was named one of Planned Parenthood's 99 Dream Keepers in 2015 as well as a Planned Parenthood Generation Action's 2015 Outstanding Partner awardee. Bustle Magazine named her one of the 12 Women Who Paved the Way for Body Positivity and in September 2015, she was honored as a YBCA 100, an annual compilation of creative minds, makers, and pioneers who are asking the questions and making the provocations that will shape the future of American culture; an honor she shared alongside author Ta'Nahesi Coates, artist Kara Walker, filmmaker Ava Duvernay and many more. In 2016, she was named a Champion of Women’s Health by Planned Parenthood and commissioned to write the official poem for Planned Parenthood’s 100-year centennial celebration. In the same year, Sonya was also invited to the Obama White House to speak at their forum on the intersection of LGBTQIAA and Disability issues. In 2017, Sonya was awarded the Quixote Foundation’s “Thank You Note, a $25,000 award for leaders and artists working in the field of reproductive justice. In the fall of 2017, Sonya was named one of 28 global changemakers selected into the inaugural cohort of the Edmund Hilary Fellowship, a 3-year international fellowship of world-leading entrepreneurs and investors, innovating purpose-driven global impact projects from New Zealand.Sonya’s work has been seen, heard, and read on HBO, BET, MTV, TV One, NPR, PBS, CNN, Oxygen Network, The New York Times, New York Magazine, MSNBC.com, Today.com, Huffington Post, USA Today, Vogue Australia, Shape.com, Ms. Magazine and many more. She is a regular collaborator and artist with organizations such as Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Advocates for Youth 1in3 Campaign, Association for Size Diversity and Health, Binge Eating Disorders Association (BEDA), Greater than AIDS Campaign, Yerba Buena Cultural Art Center and numerous others.With a B.A. in Sociology and an M.S.A. in Organizational Management, Sonya continues to use her work to disrupt systems of inequity from an intersectional, radical self-love and global justice framework. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Split This Rock, an organization calling poets to a greater role in public life and fostering a national network of socially engaged poets. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Directors for SisterSong, a pioneering Women of Color reproductive justice collective. Sonya continues to be engaged in issues of racial justice, police brutality, mental health, reproductive rights and justice and much more.In 2011, Sonya founded The Body Is Not an Apology (TBINAA), as an online community to cultivate radical self-love and body empowerment. TBINAA quickly became a movement and leading framework for the budding body positivity movement. In 2015, The Body Is Not an Apology developed a digital magazine, education and community building platform to connect global issues of radical self-love and intersectional social justice. Today, TBINAA is a digital media enterprise reaching nearly 1 million people per month from over 140 countries with. Sonya resides between the California Bay Area and Aotearoa New Zealand. Sonya continues to tour globally sharing lectures, workshops and performances focused on radical self-love, social justice and personal and global transformation."The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love" offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by systems of oppression that thrive off our inability to make peace with difference and injure the relationship we have with our own bodies. In this book, Taylor forges the inextricable bond between radical self-love and social justice.CONNECT WITH SONYA RENEE TAYLOR:• Learn more about Sonya at sonyareneetaylor.com • Get in touch with Sonya directly • Follow Sonya on Facebook, Instagram, and SoundCloud• Purchase a copy of "The Body Is Not an Apology; Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love", "Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook: Tools for Living Radical Self-love", or visit Sonya’s online book shop• Listen to Sonya’s past podcasts including:╴"Brené with Sonya Renee Taylor on 'The Body Is Not an Apology'" for Unlocking Us ╴“The Body Is Not An Apology” for Body Kindness╴“How to Cultivate Radical Body Love with Sonya Renee Taylor” for Food Psyche• Become a supporter of The Body is Not an Apology (TBINAA) Movement, join the Radical Self-Love Community, and download 10 free Tools for Radical Self-Love• Follow TBINAA on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram• View TBINAA’s workshops and lectures and webinars and online courses＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ABOUT KARIN LEWIS:Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS has been recovered from Anorexia Nervosa for over 20 years and has been specializing in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders since 2005. To learn more about Karin and her center’s services, please visit Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center. You can connect with Karin on social media by following her on Facebook and Instagram.If you enjoyed the podcast, we would be so grateful if you would please consider leaving a review here. Thank you!Are you interested in becoming a guest on the Recovery Bites podcast? If so, please fill out our brief application form to start the process.

This week, Nkechi Njaka, (http://www.ndnlifestylestudio.com/) joins us for a beautiful and indulgent conversation around the power of mindfulness and presence. We talk about: The connection between neuroscience and mindfulness pairing dance and music with meditation the ego and what it means to us the subconscious and so much more! Meet Nkechi: Nkechi Deanna Njaka is a neuroscientist, artist, meditation guide, and public speaker in SF. She is the founder of NDN lifestyle studio, co-founder of Sitting Matters, holding Art in Residency placements at Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation and the Kennedy Center. She is an Advisor of Chorus Mediation and an SF lululemon ambassador for her work in mindfulness. She has spent most of her life investigating the relationship between the brain and the body and has always felt the significance of their integration. Through her work, research, practice, and study, she discovered that mindfulness and creativity are crucial for sustaining individual and global wellbeing. Her work intersects wellness, science, art, and social practice. Her expertise has been recognized by Google, goop, Lincoln, Calm, Apple Square, Forbes, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Instagram, Adobe, YBCA, the Kennedy Center, Yoga Journal, Bon Appetite, Blood + Milk, Wanderlust, Maria Shriver, Black Girl in Om, UC Berkeley, Georgetown, and Welcome to We, to name a few. When not publicly speaking on mindfulness, guiding people in wellness or somatic practices, Nkechi is the founder of The Compass, co-host of the podcast Dating White and the other 1/2 of the music and mindfulness project RESONANCE. Nkechi also enjoys travels around the world (pre-pandemic) with her creative partner and best friend Anna-Alexia Basile to make art. To connect with Nkechi, please visit: http://www.ndnlifestylestudio.com/ To get on the waitlist to The Compass: http://www.nkechinjaka.com/the-compass-magic To purchse tickerts to Resonance: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resonance-music-meditation-tickets-142039344503 ▶▶▶ Please rate, commnet, and share this episode to share the magic, and join the Magic Inclined community to connect with magic humxns from all aroud the world: https://magicinclined.mn.co All music provided by www.lukesweeney.com Luke's spodify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0HUCUssIZ14hidQEb4IpwZ

Just Five Minutes tells the story of pediatric critical care physician Cathy Humikowsky’s own cardiac arrest which happened on the same day she gave birth to her daughter. This story was originally told live at The Nocturnists event on the theme of Transitions which took place at the Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA on January 16, 2020. Illustrations by Lindsay Mound. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Other music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. The Nocturnists is made possible by the California Medical Association, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and people like you who have donated through our website and Patreon page. 

FOBcast is a podcast exploring Filipino American immigrant stories, produced by Bindlestiff Studio.Episode 1, On CovidAugust 26, 2020Now that we are in the midst of a pandemic, how is our beloved community theater coping? In this episode Bindlestiff's Managing Director Oliver Saria gets tested, Intergenerational community members share their inner thoughts through writing workshops. And NYC punk band NSI (Namatay Sa Ingay) drops a new song!—Producers: Aureen Almario, Joe Cascasan, Ed Mabasa, Lian Ladia, Julio Lara & Oliver SariaFOBcast's logo is created by England HidalgoTheme music by Ron Ramos aka MatellicaFOBcast would like to thank DCYF, YBCA, YOHANA, Robynn Takayama, Ana Lisa Escobedo, Oscar Peñaranda, Lolita Kintanar & Conrad Benedicto.This podcast is part of the exhibition program "IF A TREE FALLS," curated by YBCA fellow and SOMA curator/organizer, Lian Ladia.

Work. Shouldn't. Suck. LIVE: The Morning(ish) Show with special guests Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Lisa Yancey. [Live show recorded: May 8, 2020.] LISA YANCEY is a strategist, social impact entrepreneur, community builder, and visionary who believes that people build legacies in a lifetime. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Lisa Yancey is the president Yancey Consulting (YC) and co-founder of SorsaMED and The We’s Match. With 18 years of practice, YC has served over 100 nonprofit organizations, grantmakers, and individuals. Advising across arts and culture, public space, and justice-based sectors, YC specializes in strategic organizational development, economic modeling, evaluation and assessments, board development, leadership coaching, and executive transition support. SorsaMED is a biotechnology company engineering cannabinoids infused with nutrient-enriched microalgae for therapeutic pain management, with a specific concern for sickle cell anemia sufferers, especially youth. The We’s Match is dedicated to the wealth, scale, and wellness of Black women entrepreneurs. We match these entrepreneurs with resources and capital for business growth and success. Lisa’s dedication to supporting equitable outcomes for systemically disenfranchised people is the seamless thread that binds these companies. Three essential philosophies drive Lisa’s work. One, we must disrupt patterns that either sustain or are complicit to inequities that challenge any person’s or group’s ability to be their full selves. Two, we will never accomplish sustainable goals looking solely in the short-term. She touts, “It is imperative to assess and set generational impact goals (20-25 years from now) that connect to present-day efforts.” The third is best captured in Lilla Watson’s declaration, “If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you are here because your liberation is bound with mine, then let us work together.” Lisa believes, “I am one of WE.” Lisa matriculated from Boston College Law School and Emory University. She is a former dancer and choreographer. She is also a member of the New York State Bar Association. Lisa currently lives in Mount Vernon, New York, and serves on the board of Fractured Atlas. MARC BAMUTHI JOSEPH is a 2017 TED Global Fellow, an inaugural recipient of the Guggenheim Social Practice initiative, and an honoree of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship. He is also the winner of the 2011 Herb Alpert Award in Theatre, and an inaugural recipient of the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award. In pursuit of affirmations of black life in the public realm, he co-founded the Life is Living Festival for Youth Speaks, and created the installation “Black Joy in the Hour of Chaos” for Creative Time. Joseph’s opera libretto, We Shall Not Be Moved, was named one of 2017’s “Best Classical Music Performances” by The New York Times. His evening length work, /peh-LO-tah/, successfully toured across North America for three years, including at BAM’s Harvey Theater as a part of the 2017 Next Wave Festival. His piece, “The Just and the Blind” investigates the crisis of over-sentencing in the prison industrial complex, and premiered at a sold out performance at Carnegie Hall in March 2019. Bamuthi is currently at work on commissions for the Perelman Center, Yale University, and the Washington National Opera as well as a new collaboration with NYC Ballet Artistic Director Wendy Whelan. Formerly the Chief of Program and Pedagogy at YBCA in San Francisco, Bamuthi currently serves as the Vice President and Artistic Director of Social Impact at The Kennedy Center.

Work. Shouldn't. Suck. LIVE: The Morning(ish) Show with special guest Deborah Cullinan, Chief Executive Officer, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. [Live show recorded: April 8, 2020.] DEBORAH CULLINAN Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) CEO Deborah Cullinan is one of the nation’s leading thinkers on the pivotal role arts organizations can play in shaping our social and political landscape, and has spent years mobilizing communities through arts and culture. Deborah is committed to revolutionizing the role art centers play in public life and during her tenure at YBCA, she has launched several bold new programs, engagement strategies, and civic coalitions. Prior to joining YBCA in 2013, she was the Executive Director of San Francisco’s Intersection for the Arts. She is a co-founder of CultureBank and ArtsForum SF, co-chair of the San Francisco Arts Alliance and on the board of the Community Arts Stabilization Trust. Her passion for using art and creativity to shift culture has made her a sought- after speaker at events and conferences around the world.

Work. Shouldn't. Suck. LIVE: The Morning(ish) Show with special guest Laura Zabel, Executive Director of Springboard for the Arts. [Live show recorded: April 1, 2020.] Lauren and Tim are hosting daily livestreamed chats in April 2020 to connect with leaders in “real time” — about their lives, their organizations, their sector, and the world — during this unprecedented time in our lives. We come together as humans, as community, to talk about the concerns, the hopes, the hurdles, and the promise this particular moment in history offers us. Find the complete list guests, previous videos, and transcripts at WorkShouldntSuck.co (https://www.workshouldntsuck.co/wss-live) . LAURA ZABEL is the Executive Director of Springboard for the Arts, an economic and community development agency run by and for artists. Springboard provides programs that help artists make a living and a life, and programs that help communities connect to the creative power of artists. Springboard is a nationally recognized leader in artist-led community development, creative placemaking and cross-sector collaboration. Springboard’s work has been featured by the New York Times, PBS, Wall Street Journal, Stanford Social Innovation Review and The Guardian and directly impacts over 25,000 artists each year in their home state of Minnesota. Through their free toolkits, training and resources Springboard’s programs have been replicated in over 80 communities across the U.S. and internationally. As Springboard’s executive director, Laura Zabel has been honored with numerous awards, including the YBCA 100, Gard Foundation Award of Excellence and the Bush Foundation Leadership Fellowship for her work with Springboard. Zabel is currently a Common Future Fellow and a creative placemaking policy fellow at Arizona State University.

Some people have a passion from an early age that they want to turn into a career. In this episode, we hear from someone who successfully did this. Jon Moscone discovered as a teenager that the theater was a place where he belonged and chose to pursue this as his career. He consciously made decisions to "just get in there" and prove what he could do, decisions that ultimately allowed him to be a theater director and producer, as well as an engaged civic leader. In our conversation, Jon shares the influences that shaped his life and how he made bold moves to build his storied career.

Deborah Cullinan is the CEO of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), the cultural anchor of San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens development. By using culture as an instrument for social change, YBCA is reimagining the role an arts institution can play in the community it serves. In this episode, Deborah and Erik discuss Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ position as a cultural incubator and the role of change management in nurturing organizational health. They also talk about the iterative evolution of an organization's mission and website.

For today's episode, Marcela Pardo Ariza returns to the podcast to discuss her inclusion in the YBCA's Bay Area Now (BAN 8) exhibition; the Womxn* Art Handlers group she co-founded & the recent exhibition she...

How can we re-imagine political power? What is the role of culture in the current political climate? These were the questions framing the YBCA 100 Summit in San Francisco - an event recognizing some of the most exciting people, organizations and movements changing society for the better. Stance caught up with this year’s honorees Janet Mock; Tarana Burke; Nnedi Okorafor; Rafael Casal, as well as YBCA's Marc Bamuthi-Joseph to hear their takes. Stancepodcast.com @stancepodcast ybca.org   Music Credits: Janelle Monae - I Like That Blood Orange - Jewelry ft Janet Mock J Dilla - Rebirth is Necessary Sun Ra - Space is the Place Public Enemy - Fight the Power

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. Lead singer and lyricist BUTTERFLY WILLIAMS and music producer WINSTON BERGER join us to talk about their group OLOKUN is a psychedelic power pop duo based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their debut album SURVIVAL KIT. Visit http://bit.ly/olokunitunes 2. Byb Kongo Bilene, Kiandanda Dance theatre, join us to talk about the Mbongui Square Festival fundraiser, Nov. 11 at EastSide Arts Alliance. Visit 3. Aldo Billingslea, Interim Artistic Director, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, joins us to talk about Playwrights Festival Competition, Nov. 17-18 at the Burial Clay Theater, 762 Fulton Street, San Francisco. Visit lhtsf.org or call 415-474-8800 4. Jessica Care Moore and Yahzarah joins us to talk about Black Women Rock at YBCA, Sat., Nov. 2, 9 PM. & the moderated panel: They Say I'm Different with artists at The Lab, 2948 16th Street, San Francisco, Sunday, Nov. 4,10 AM-12 noon. Visit ybca.org  

On this episode, Jay and Elena visit Bay Area Now 8, the YBCA triennial exhibition, and talk about faves and feelings. From work that complicates the relationship between past and present to work that’s just plain complicated. The hosts look at the fine line between art crushes and art conundrums. Let’s just say there are a lot of feelings in this episode, a lot to unpack, and a lot of talk about...crime? -- Subscribe to Art Practical on iTunes to catch what are you looking at? as soon as it publishes! Check us out on instagram at @wayla_pod. #APaudio

How do you show up for your audience? Performing art is a co-creation between you and your audience. . . which can be invigorating when you feel connected, but can be hard if you’re not. In this episode with guest composer, vocalist and cultural instigator, Meklit Hadero, you’ll learn from her extensive touring experience on how to connect with your audience, how to pick your collaborators, maintain your artistic vision and more! Holly will also share The Watermill exercise which helps you calm nervousness and keep the wheel between you and your audience turning. This episode examines your partnership with your audience so you can feel more at ease and confidence leading the room. Find out more about Performers & Creators Lab >>Meklit is a San Francisco based Ethio-Jazz singer-songwriter and cultural activist. Meklit’s 2017 album “When the People Move, the Music Moves Too” is a love letter to the Ethiopian Diaspora, originally commissioned by the MAP Fund and released on Six Degrees Records. The album reached #4 on the iTunes World Charts and was named amongst the Best Soul Albums of 2017 by Bandcamp. Meklit is a TED Senior Fellow and her TED Talk “The Unexpected Beauty of Everyday Sounds” has been watched by more than 1.2 million people. She has toured extensively across the US, UK, and East Africa and her music videos air daily on Ethiopian national television. She been an artist-in-residence at NYU and Purdue. She sang alongside Angelique Kidjo and Anoushka Shankar as a featured singer in the UN Women Theme Song, and works with Brighter Sound Manchester on developing women songwriters across the UK. Meklit sits on the Board of YBCA and holds a BA from Yale University. Find out more at meklitmusic.comAbout Your Host, Holly ShawHolly Shaw, CHT is a performance coach, creativity researcher and stand up comedian. Growing up in Indianapolis, IN she convinced her parents she needed to go to Chicago to get her own agent when she was 14 years old and has spent a lifetime in film, T.V. and on professional stages all over the world as an actor, dancer, and director.Now she shares her passion for the problems that artists face as a Creativity Coach and a Certified Hypnotherapist and has helped hundreds of artists, from Emmy award winning and Grammy nominated artists to world class choreographers overcome their anxiety, stage fright, impostor syndrome, and creative blocks so that they can create original work and totally kill it onstage again and again without feeling like they're selling out or losing their sanity.In 2016, Shaw wrote and released her book, The Creative Formula: Compose, Choreograph, and Capture Your Masterpiece which has become an Amazon bestseller. In 2018 she launched the Performers & Creators Lab podcast which was named one of 2019's most outstanding podcasts by Databird Research. She teaches regularly at the SAG/AFTRA offices in L.A. and SF and runs creative laboratory workshops like the Comedy Lab Open Mic once a month at Monaghan's on the Hill in Oakland. Follow her on Instagram @hollyshawspritely

The week Preston DeFrancis joins us on Halloween Eve to talk about his current film fest hit "Ruin Me" and the spookiest kind of movies, Life Time originals. KillDozer (Justin) shares his thoughts on M. Night's Split, Lord Battle (Russell) attempts to talk about attending ATA's (Artist Television Access) Experimental Animation and YBCA's (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts) Avant Garde Horror programing and mostly fails (links with more info below), and Clark's car breaks down. Join Preston DeFrancis & The Overlook Hour at New People Cinema on November 6th for the Another Hole in the Head screening of "Ruin Me"! (https://www.ahith.com/events/ruin-me) Don't miss out on a Slasher Sleepout shirt! More info on ATA's Experimental Animation (http://www.atasite.org/2017/10/28/other-cinema-xperimental-animation/) More info on YBCA's Avant Garde Horror (https://www.ybca.org/whats-on/avant-garde-horror?gclid=CjwKCAjwhOvPBRBxEiwAx2nhLpDQlLJDkRV-dBrFq0NaxceoMred3KkzN5V5JxYIqbOACVVbikb3lxoC2UEQAvD_BwE) If you'd like to get in contact with us, you can reach us at Podcast@TheOverlookTheatre.com or on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter under @OverlookTheatre.

As Jen Martindale will say, having a brand strategy in place just the starting line—not the finish line. She helped the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts undergo a total rebranding, which doesn't mean a new logo. As Chief of Marketing, she helped the organization reach a new audience in a way that worked for them and created an image and strategy that communicates who the YBCA is. She talks to Beth about the role arts and culture play in enacting change, why you should never try to replicate what another organization does, how to create trust when you're taking a big risk, and more.

Jonathan Moscone, Chief of Civic Engagement at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and former Artistic Director, California Shakespeare Theatre, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. On Saturday, October 28th, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco is presenting the YBCA 100 Summit, based on “an annual compilation of the creative minds that inspire YBCA. The list celebrates thought leaders, provocateurs, and innovators who are using their platform to create cultural movement.” The program starts at 12:30 pm and continues into the evening. For more information, go to ybca.org In this interview, Jon Moscone discusses the event as well as other projects by YBCA, goes into depth about his direction of Paula Vogel's play “Baltimore Waltz,” recently at the Magic Theatre, discusses the controversial “Glass Menagerie” at Cal Shakes this past season, and talks about the relationship of politics and the arts. The post Interview: Jonathan Moscone, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts appeared first on KPFA.

Tony Robles at the 40th anniversary of the I-Hotel eviction Tonight, we reflect back on lessons from the Fall of the International Hotel and organizing against gentrification and displacement today. First we hear from Tony Robles, writer, activist, and president of the board of directors of the Manilatown Heritage Foundation. This segment was produced by Ikino Kubo and Sarah Lee. We also hear from Angelica Cabande who continues the fight for working people in South of Market where many of the Filipino I-Hotel residents moved to And we talk with Raquel Redondiez, project manager of the new SOMA Pilipinas Cultural District. And Gina Rosales will talk about the new night market launching this month in the neighborhood. SOMCAN worked with Trinity Plaza Tenants Association to preserve 366 units of rent controlled housing. Tonight we have a guest host, co-owner of Arkipelago Books, former KPFA apprentice, and music superstar, Golda Supanova! And we have a special call to action by Yuri Kochiyama Fellow Danny Thongsy. Community Calendar Friday at 8:30 a.m. people will pack the court to show support for Ny Nourn. Granny Cart Gangstas show opened tonight and runs Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at Bindlestiff Studio with a matinee at 5 p.m. on Saturday. The 24th Annual Pistahan Parade and Festival is this weekend at Yerba Buena Gardens. New Filipino Cinema 2017, a showcase of independent films from the Philippines opens on August 17 at YBCA. The Undiscovered Creative Night Market launches on August 18! The post APEX Express – After the I-Hotel appeared first on KPFA.

This week we are joined by local projectionist Doug Katelus. As much as we may feel like we live at the theatre, none of us know anything about what a projectionist does other than play the film. Doug talks about what the job is like, how he got into his profession, and somehow sits through our embarrassing table banter. Also in this episode Killdozer (Justin) chips away at the Hulu algorithm by watching their recommendation, Nerve; Lord Battle (Russell) verges on losing his voice and attempts to stay reserved; and Clark and Randy talk about their experiences watching Dunkirk in 70mm. You can find out more about Doug at douglaskatelus.com If you'd like to get in contact with us, you can reach us at Podcast@TheOverlookTheatre.com or on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter under @OverlookTheatre.

1. Watani Stiner, Troy Williams, Zoe Mallery: CCDA Mass Incarceration Awareness & Action Day, 7-9 p.m. at Redeemer Community Church in San Francisco.  2. Frankye Kelly-Carruthers performs Sat., Feb. 4, 8-10 p.m. at the Californa Jazz Conservatory, 2087 Addison Street, Berkeley.  3. Music Director/Performer Meklit Hadero and Choreographer Amy O'Neal about Clas/sick Hip Hop featuring Amy O'Neal's "Opposing Forces" and UnderCover Presents: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.  Clas/sick Hip Hop will be February 16-18 at YBCA.    

Deborah Cullinan, CEO, Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts, San Fransisco, USA Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ “prototyping places for people” initiative addresses the growing issues of disconnection and lack of empathy among the diverse people of San Francisco. In the midst of rapid change, the city’s local media headlines are dominated by battles over public and private space, and questions of whom the city, or any given neighborhood, really belongs to. Traditional urban planning processes have had limited, if any, community input. But YBCA believes that citizens deserve a voice in the transformation unfolding in their streets. Through an unprecedented partnership with the San Francisco Planning Department, YBCA has launched an open source model that puts the people of the city at the center of, and profoundly influencing, how things grow and shift. They began on Market Street; a major thoroughfare that spans several neighborhoods in the midst of dramatic change. The Market Street Prototyping Festival asked citizens to submit their ideas for making Market Street a more welcoming, inspiring destination for the diverse people that live and work along it’s path. An open call yielded hundreds of submissions, and 50 ideas were selected to become temporary design installations (“prototypes”). Over three days in April, almost one million people visited these installations along Market Street, and it brought connectivity, empathy and inspiration to the city’s streets. This was the first iteration of what will become an annual endeavor, leading up to and beyond the planned redesign of Market Street in 2018. Over the next two years, YBCA will incubate 100 open-sourced ideas for activating public space, while tackling big questions like: can citizen-driven change achieve equity? Moving forward, the “prototyping places for people” work will grow in new directions and neighborhoods based on learnings. Presented at MuseumNext Dublin. MuseumNext is a global conference series on the future of museums - museumnext.com

Guests: 1. Echo Brown is a dynamic writer, performer, and community activist who uses story to inspire and transform, joins us to talk about her solo performance up at the Marsh SF, Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters (through June 6). For tickets ($15-$100), the public may visit www.themarsh.org or call 415-282-3055 2. Amikaeyla joins us to speak about her music and peace work (July 26, 2014 archive). 3. Intima artist collaboarators: choreographer, Gregory Dawson and Ilyas Iliya, composer, join us to talk about the multidimensional work which looks at the epic story of King Gilgamesh. Intima is a fusion of visual art by Ali Kaaf, choreography by Gregory Dawson and dawsondancesf, and music directed by Ashraf Kateb, that investigates themes of self-discovery, conflict, loss, and resolution. Tayeb Al-Hafez of Al'Myra Communications was inspired by his roots to bring these artists together to highlight the universality inherent in Syria's current struggles for political freedom.http://zspace.org/guest-shows/intima 4. Mable Negrete joins us to speak about Conceiving Place with Mable Negrete/Counter Narrative Society in the Room for Big Ideas at YBCA,May 1 - Aug 16. Opening Reception Fri, May 8, 5-8 PMat the Front Door Gallery, 701 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, 415-978-2787 or ybca.org and http://mabelnegrete.com/blog/archives/1641  

This week: BAS west coast checks in from the YBCA for a chat with Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon.

Charlotte Hill O'Neal, visual and spoken word artist, musician, filmmaker, long time community activist and co Director of United African Alliance Community Center UAACC based in Tanzania, East Africa, stops by the studio on her Heal the Community Tour 2014. Since we last spoke she has a new CD, a new collection of poetry and a new film. See http://mamacharlottesword2011.wordpress.com/  Tyrone Davis is a Los Angeles based actor, director, teaching artist, TCG Leadership U Grant Finalist (2012) and Resident Education Artist with American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He proudly serves as an adjunct drama professor at Contra Costa College, where he is now directing Suzan Lori-Parks's In the Blood through this weekend. Keeper of the Beat : A Woman's Journey into the Heart of Drumming is an hour-long documentary in which Barbara Borden, an acclaimed drummer, composer and teacher tells her story in eloquent words and toe-tapping music. Filmed on four continents, the film is produced and directed by three-time Emmy Award-winner, David L. Brown. We are so happy to have both Barbara and David in the studio with us this morning to talk about this wonderful journey and a special screening next Saturday, March 22 in San Francisco.See http://www.kobmovie.com/ We close with an interview with Raphael Russier, company member of Companhia Urbana de Danca from Rio de Janiero, Brazil at YBCA tonight & tomorrow night. We close with a rebroadcast of the interview Wed., with activists Colette Winlock, Lola Hanif and Lady Sunrise. They are speaking about Fracking and why Oaklanders should get on the bus for Sacramento Saturday at 9:30 a.m.

The continuing story of Jerri Lange, a former Chronicle reporter; SFSU professor and longtime television host whose groundbreaking broadcasting career spanned several decades. Now in her late 80s, Jerri is still exploring, most recently becoming the student of a Master Zen Buddhist priest.  This exhibit follows not only her past work but focuses on her love for Japan and her ongoing spiritual journey. Meet Ms. Lange, Sunday, February 24, 2013, 2 PM in the Koret Auditorium, Lower Level, Main Library. http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1012883001 Belva Davis has been a fixture in Bay Area journalism for more than five decades. Since becoming the first black female television journalist in the West in 1964, she has covered events of local, national, and international scope. Her tribute, hosted by former SF Mayor Willie Brown is Feb. 23, 7 p.m. is at YBCA's Forum. Visit http://ybca.org/belvadavis Teri Simmons pops into the studio to talk about the big free gospel concert this weekend, Sunday, Feb. 24, 4 p.m. at St. Paul's AME Church in Berkeley, CA http://www.stpaulberkeley.com  concert this weekend Black Choreographers Festival Here and Now 9 concludes this weekend with Next Wave, new, seasoned and up and coming artists. We are joined by Serenity, Afia Thompson and Nafi Watson-Thompson, featured choreographers this weekend. Visitwww.bcfhereandnow.com Music arranged by Teri Simmons, "His Eye is on the Sparrow/It is well with my Lord."

Learn more about the Occupy Bay Area art exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Produced by Spark for This Week in Northern California. Original air date: July 2012.

Today we are joined by: Bill Doggett, scholar, archivist and curator and Andy Kimmel, Remembus; Doggett speaks about his upcoming program, "The Civil War@150 Years: the Negro Spiritual and the Undergraound Railroad," which includes a short film created by Kimmel, at the African American Museum and Library at Oakland, 14th Street @ MLK Jr. Way, Sat., June 16, 2012, 2 PM. Almost 50 years ago, James Baldwin, noted author and activist visited San Francisco's Bayview District to talk to the black youth about what they were experiencing there. From that visit came the film: Take this Hammer, KQED's cinéma vérité record of the visit. Caroline Dijckmeester, Dutch director, stumbles upon this footage and decides to see if she can find some of these young men. She responded with a short film in response which is screening with the original at The Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco, June 19, 2012, 7:30 PM. James Lockett, one of the subjects also joins us to talk about HP then and now. As a part of a series, Wanda's Picks has been profiling choreographers for the 34th Annual SF Ethnic Dance Festival which continues this weekend three, June 16-17 at YBCA. We speak to Rasika Kumar, Abhinaya Dance Company, about the work, "Synergy," a collaboation between her south Asian or Indian dance company and San Jose Taiko. Naomi Diouf, Artistic Director of Diamano Coura West African Dance Company, shares what her company is presenting this year, closing weekend, June 30-July 1. Kimberly Bryant, founder, Black Girls CODE, talks about blacks and the digital divide, even more pronounced when one looks at the absence of women and girls. Sunday afternoon, June 17, as a part of the San Francisco Black Film Festival, June 15-17, 2012, her organization is hosting a free workshop for boys and girls. Visit www.sfbff.org and http://blackgirlscode.org/

 This week on APEX Express we feature Filipino cinema and musicians: We are excited to bring on to APEX Arnel Pineda, the lead sing of Bay Area band, Journey, and Ramona Diaz, filmmaker of the documentary  DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' featuring Arnel Pineda which screened in San Francisco last month as the closing night film of the San Francisco International Film Festival. We share an intimate interview with the two of them as well as tape from the red carpet. Arnel Pineda, Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey Premiere in SF (APEX Promo) from Roldan Lozada on Vimeo.   We also welcome Joël Tan from YBCA to talk about the Center's New Filipino Cinema program which opens on Thursday. This five-day event features 29 films and 24 U.S. premieres from one of the most exciting independent film scenes in the world. It also features the Indie-Pino Underground Music Fest, an afternoon of live music by independent and underground Filipino-American bands from around the nation, programmed by the big papa of PiNoisePop, Jesse Gonzales. With Hosts No-No Girl and RJ.   The post APEX Express – June 7, 2012 appeared first on KPFA.

Dave Davidson, director, "A Place out of Time: The Bordentown School which premieres on PBS Mon., May 24, 2010, 10:00 PM local time; Carolyn Brandy, percussionist, composer, performer, and educator. Her most recent projects include: OJALÁ, which is a vocal and percussion creative ensemble that mixes Cuban and American song forms and the "BORN TO DRUM" Women's Drum Camp July 4th weekend. Carolyn has been a drummer and student of Cuban folkloric music for over 40 years. She has been a practitioner of the Yoruba-based Cuban religion, Regla de Ocha, also known as Santeria, since 1977. She was initiated as a priest of the religion in Havana, Cuba by Amelia Pedroso in 2000. Genny Lim's "Where is Tibet," is featured at the "Kyegudo Earthquake Benefit," Thursday, June 3, 2010, @ the Berkeley Fellowship Universalists Unitarians, 1924 Cedar @ Bonita, Berkeley, CA, (510) 841-4824. Lim has recorded poetry/music collaborations have included jazz greats, Max Roach, Herbie Lewis, Francis Wong and Jon Jang. She's performed at jazz festivals from San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego to Houston and Chicago and has been a featured poet at World Poetry Festivals in Venezuela, 2005, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 2007 and Naples, Italy, 2009. her performance piece, "Where is Tibet?" premiered at CounterPULSE, S.F., Dec. 2009. She is author of two poetry collections and adjunct faculty at CIIS. Francis Wong saxophonist, a prolific recording artist, and is featured on more than forty titles as a leader and sideman. Asian Improv aRts, an organization he co-founded with Jon Jang is a vehicle Wong channels his work as performing artist, youth mentor, composer, artistic director, community activist, non-profit organization manager, consultant, music producer, and academic lecturer.We close with Sara Sheldon Mann, director/healer, whose "Tribes/Dominion" continues at YBCA's Novellus Theatre, 3rd and Howard, in San Francisco May 20-22, 8 PM, (415) 431-9167.

"Edward 'Kidd' Jordan is probably the single most under-documented jazz musician of his generation, a fact that is even more remarkable when you consider that he is also one of the busiest musicians in the world. The list of bands and artists Jordan has performed with reads like a 40-year Grammy program, from Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder to Aretha Franklin and the Supremes. And the list of jazz musicians he has performed with is even longer, from Ed Blackwell and Ellis Marsalis to Ornette Coleman, Cannonball Adderley and Cecil Taylor. This fact has not been lost on his appreciative European audiences, as Jordan was recognized by the French government with a knighthood for his contribution to the European performing arts. In addition to his live performances, Kidd Jordan has long been associated with music education due to his position at Southern University at New Orleans, 1974-2006. The honesty in Kidd Jordan's playing is only matched by a tone that has rarely been heard in the history of his instrument. When audiences talk about Kidd Jordan, sometimes it is necessary to stop and think for a moment...are they referring to Kidd the prophet, the artist, or the teacher? Fortunately for all those that are privileged to know and hear him, they are all the same, all one." http://www.indiejazz.com/ArtistDetail.aspx?ArtistID=122 We close with a conversation with curator: Julio Cesar Morales, adjunct curator of YBCA and subject and co-curator/collaborator with Morales of his "Kamau Amu Patton: Icons of Attention," up at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts through Sunday, March 7, 2010. Visit www.ybca.org Bay Area-based video and performance artist Kamau Amu Patton's "Icons of Attention" is a dialogue that addresses the development and intersection of the roots and tradition of the culture of electronic music.

8:00 AM: "Beyond the Odds with Anita Johnson HIV/AIDS." Beyond the Odds is a multimedia arts project designed to illuminate the perspectives and personal stories of young people living with HIV/AIDS. Visit www.beyondtheodds.org Anita Johnson is a nationally-recognized, award-winning broadcast journalist and producer. 8:30 AM: Perfect Love with Michael Buck and Joey Tranchina. Michael Buck is an Inspirational Speaker, Peer Counselor, Community Activist, Founder & Creator of Perfect Love. He is also the creator and founder of ‘SISTHAS Supporting SISTHAS', ‘Hepatitis C Info Series', ‘NOT LISTENING', ‘HIV/AIDS Nutritional Series' and ‘UFAHAMU HIV, Swahili for understanding, is a collaboration of African and African American artists for the prevention of HIV & AIDS. Michael is a past board member of CAL-PEP, AIDS Community Research Consortium (ACRC). Joey Tranchina: Founding Executive Director, AIDS Prevention ACTION Network, (of which Michael is a board member), formerly CEO Hepatitis C Global Foundation. Joey is also: Co-Director Project Mali. The greatest natural resource in Africa is Africans. Tuesday, Dec. 1, World AIDS Day Perfect Love is hosting a free Community AIDS Awareness Breakfast in East Palo Alto at New Sweet Home Church, 2170 Capitol Ave., (650) 325-1467. 9:00 AM: Loretta Devine, opening @ The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko, Friday, November 27 through Sunday, November 29, 2009, 8 PM Fri/Sat. and 7 PM Sun. The Rrazz Room is located at 222 Mason Street in San Francisco, CA 94102. Visit www.therrazzroom.com 9:30: Marc Bamuthi Joseph curator of Left Coast Leaning, Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 3-5, in YBCA's “Forum Theatre,” 701 Mission Street, 8 p.m., www.ybca.org. Joining Bamuthi is musician, composer, Ambrose Akinmusire who is performing December 5, with Holcombe Waller, Denizen Kane, Erica Chong Shuch, Sean San José, Chinaka Hodge.

Sharon McGriff-Payne, "John Grider's Century: African Americans in Solano, Napa, and Sonoma Counties from 1845 to 1925; Lisa Marie Rollins, Ph.D. candidate, Founder and Director of AFAAD, Adoptee and Fostered Adult of the African Diaspora; Connie Galambos-Malloy, Strategic Planning and Development Director at Urban Habitat; Lisa Walker, Director of Cross Cultural Student Development at the UC Berkeley, addressing the: 2nd Annual Gathering from Adoptees and Foster Care Alumni of African Descent: Growing and Creating Together: Organizing Across Differences this weekend, Friday-Sunday, November 6-8, 2009, 8-5 with some evening events. We were looking to speak to Gregory Maqoma, choreographer, "Beautiful Me" at YBCA in San Francisco. His cell phone died and we rescheduled and broadcast the interview in a special broadcast, Nov. 6, 3:30 PM.

Legally Blynd has a concert at Yoshi's in Oakland, March 31, 8 & 10 p.m., and we have two of the band, Jubu and Eric, on the air. Should be a fun show. I'm talking radio show. We are also speaking to fine artist, Latisha Baker and director of Taking Root, Lisa Merton, and Members of SF Camera Works' First Exposure. First Exposure is having a closing reception and premiere release of First Exposures Adobe Youth Voices Multimedia Arts Project and Silent Auction @ 657 Mission St., 2nd Floor (next door almost to MoAD across from YBCA and around the corner from SFMOMA). Donation is a sliding scale $10-20. There will be DJs Spinning, hors d'oevres, and a silent auction. Visit www.sfcamerawork.org or call (415) 512-2020. Also tonight, in the East Bay is a Community Screening (free) of Lisa's film, "Taking Root," at the Oakland Museum of CA, James Moore Theatre, 1000 Oak, @ 10th Street. Jubu is at www.myspace.com/legallyblynd

This week Brian and Patricia head over to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to check out Bay Area Now 5, a triennial of local contemporary art. Joining the round table discussion are curators Berin Golonu, Valerie Imus, and Taraneh Hemami, as well as participating artists Ian McDonalnd, Edmundo de Marcheno, and Jonn Herschend. YBCA's fifth triennial exhibition of Bay Area art explores questions around how to re-imagine a regional survey in the midst of globalization. What continues to draw artists here and makes the Bay Area a unique place to live and work when more and more of us are traversing the globe and becoming international citizens? How does the physical geography of the Bay, both natural and constructed, influence the Bay Area as a site of artistic production? How does the history of this region, including its legacy of social activism, shape Bay Area residents' understanding of themselves and the rest of the world's notion of this place? What are the contrasts between the myths, ideals and realities of the Bay Area and the aspirations of its residents? The Bay Area Now 5 survey exhibition asks these questions to explore the many ways artists are influenced by their experiences both inside and outside of the Bay Area.

This week Book Reviews and West Coast News! Terri Griffith and Joanna Topor review Miranda July’s book No One Belongs Here More Than You. Worked in to the commentary is discussion of the Mackenzie’s sex life and Oprah’s use of the phrase Vah-Jay-Jay. Brian Andrews and Marc LeBlanc talk to curator Joseph del Pesco and artist Scott Oliver about the Collective Foundation.  The Collective Foundation (CF) is a temporary organization. The concept of curator Joseph del Pesco and artist Scott Oliver, CF relies on the contributions of numerous people who are working to advance art in the Bay Area. During the organization's launch at YBCA, The Foundation will set up temporary headquarters in our galleries. They will hold think-tank discussions, how-to sessions for navigating the CF Web interface, and Shotgun Review Second Saturdays where participants will review as many Bay Area art shows as possible. The furniture for the Foundation’s headquarters will be borrowed from local individuals, modified for the exhibition, and returned at the close of the show—a generous illustration of the benefits of networking. Find out more at www.collectivefoundation.org. Duncan makes a funny noise at the end of the show.