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Donna Keiko Ozawa, Bob Hsiang, Christine Wong Yap and Kearny Street Workshop (Visual Arts, 2007)
Donna Keiko Ozawa and her collaborators have launched Activist Imagination, a major exhibition and series of discussions with activists, artists, and community members. The exhibit features new works by Ozawa, Bob Hsiang, and Christine Wong Yap, who represent the three generations of Kearny Street Workshop’s contributions to Asian American art and activism. It runs through May 24. On Thursday, March 27, at 7 p.m., join the artists and featured guests for a panel on “Where Are We Going: The Future of Activism,” and on April 24, at 7 p.m., the artists will present “The Activist Imagination: Artist Talk.” All events are at Kearny Street Workshop, 180 Capp Street, #5.
Marcus Shelby and Yerba Buena Arts and Events (Performing Arts, 2005)
On Tuesday, April 1 and Wednesday, April 2, Marcus Shelby and the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble, featuring Faye Carol, are celebrating the CD release of their jazz oratorio, Harriet Tubman: Bound for the Promised Land, developed through a collaboration with Yerba Buena Arts and Events. Both events are at Yoshi’s—on April 1 in San Francisco, 1330 Fillmore Street (at Eddy) and on April 2 in Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West in Jack London Square. Performances at 8 and 10 p.m. For tickets, visit www.yoshis.com.
Anthony Brown and Dimensions Dance Theatre (Performing Arts, 2006)
On April 26 and 27, 2008, at the Malonga Casquelord Theater in Oakland, Dimensions Dance Theatre will present the full version of Cross-Currents, a dance work about themes of migration and immigration in the Bay Area, developed in collaboration with composer Anthony Brown.
CONGRATULATIONS
Lee Montgomery, Neighborhood Public Radio, and Southern Exposure (Media Arts, 2006)
Neighborhood Public Radio (NPR) is participating in the 2008 Whitney Biennial. Just 81 artists from across the United States have been invited to take part in the exhibition—considered by many as the most important survey of contemporary art in the country. NPR’s Biennial project, “American Life,” will include live talk, music, and experimental sound shows created by gallery visitors, artists, activists, and community members. Curators from the Whitney Biennial visited NPR during their Radio Cartography collaboration with Southern Exposure—supported by the Creative Work Fund.
Jess Curtis and CounterPULSE (Performing Arts, 2006); Kim Epifano and Creativity Explored (Performing Arts, 2005); and Jo Kreiter and Dancers’ Group (Performing Arts, 2006)
Hearty congratulations to Creative Work Fund dance recipients for garnering five nominations for the annual Bay Area Isadora Duncan Dance Awards. They are:
- Jess Curtis, Gravity, and CounterPULSE collaboration: nominations to Under the Radar team with musical direction by Matthias Herrmann, for best “Music/Sound/Text”; to the company for best Company Performance; and to Jess Curtis for Choreography (Under the Radar)
- Kim Epifano, Epiphany Productions, Michael Bernard Loggins, Creativity Explored, and AXIS Dance Company collaboration: nomination to BJ Brandy, Kim Epifano, Michael Bernard Loggins, Ron Reisner, and Michael Sasiuk for best Visual Design (Fears of Your Life)
- Jo Kreiter, Flyaway Productions and Dancers Group collaboration: nomination to David Frederickson and Stephen McCaffery/Figurplant, and Sean Riley for Visual Design (The Live Billboard Project)
- The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards will be announced on April 28, 2008, at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater. A reception is scheduled at 6 p.m. and the awards ceremony begins at 7 p.m.
Taen Linh Saelee, the Mien Needlework Group, and Asian Community Mental Health Services (Traditional Arts, 2003)
Four traditional Mien costumes created by members of Asian Community Mental Health Services’ Mien Needlework Group have become part of the University of California at Irvine Libraries’ Southeast Asian Archive. The Archive’s sole focus is to document the refugee and immigrant experience of those from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. The Mien Needlework Group started in 1992 to provide a creative outlet and support network for lu Mien women who suffered from depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder due to their transitioning life in the United States. The participating artisans found strength and a sense of community through the group and an outlet to practice and preserve a traditional art form. Their 2003 Creative Work Fund grant made it possible for the group to undertake the creation of four outfits for two adults and children, male and female pairs. Guided by lead artist Taen Linh Saelee, the Healing Stitch by Stitch project took two years to complete due to the intricacy of the pieces, which used imported fabrics, silver thread adornments, and included pants, shirts, headdresses, jackets and robes. These pieces represent important new contributions to the Southeast Asian Archive. For further information on the Archive, visit its Web site at www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/sea/sasian.html.
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