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‘Prisoners of Age’ is a Chilling View of Elderly Prison Population
Event Information ‘Prisoners of Age’ Photographs of an elderly population behind bars. Through Dec. 2015 Alcatraz Island Details and tickets In July, President Obama announced plans to commute the...
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True Stories of Being Black in Germany
Event Information ‘Homestory Deutschland’ Black biographies in Germany. Aug. 13 – Sept. 24, 2015 Goethe-Institut San Francisco Details At San Francisco’s Goethe Institut, Homestory Deutschland...
View ArticleBen Venom, Punk Rock Quilter: What’s Your Style?
KQED Art School is on a new mission to find out how artists develop their signature style, and we’re asking some prolific Bay Area artists to tackle this compelling question in order to figure out how...
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Fall Field Trips for Bay Area Art Lovers
Don’t let summer mark the end of your freedom and don’t allow your natural curiosity to hibernate through the fall. Keep your creative spirit alive with adventurous opportunities to make and think...
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In The Beginning: Ruby Ray Discusses the Earliest Days of SF Punk
Event Information ‘Tunnel Vision: The Punk Photography Exhibit’ Photos and movies from early days of San Francisco’s punk scene Sept. 23, 6PM Public Works SF Details and tickets In 1977, Ruby Ray...
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Colombian Photography Captures an Unfamiliar ‘Fourth World’
Event Information ‘Fourth World: Current Photography from Colombia’ Jaime Ávila, Zoraida Díaz, Luz Elena Castro and Andres Felipe Orjuela. Sept. 10 – Oct. 24, 2015 SF Camerawork Details and tickets...
View ArticleLake County Cracks Down on Looting of Native American Artifacts
The wildfires ravaging Lake County this summer might have an impact unnoticed by most people: the increased looting of ancient Native American artifacts. Local Pomo residents worry that the fires,...
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Artist Experiments Underwater and Upside Down at SFAI
Event Information ‘Everything but the kitchen sank’ The culmination of Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s residency at SFAI Through Oct. 3 and Dec. 12 Walter and McBean Galleries & Diego Rivera Gallery...
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Bay Area Painting Right Now: Jennie Ottinger’s Gross Realities
Editor’s Note: Bay Area Painting Right Now peers into the studios of local painters to find out what they’re making, how they’re making it and why. Guiding our tour is Brandon Brown, poet, writer,...
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Banksy’s ‘Dismaland’ to be Dismantled And Sent To House Migrants In France
After five weeks, Banksy’s “bemusement park” art exhibit, Dismaland, is closing permanently. What’s more, the anonymous artist announced on Dismaland’s website that the structures and material from the...
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Quilts Abandon Rigid Patterns for Crushed-Velvet Chaos
Event Information ‘Yo-Yos and Half Squares: Contemporary California Quilts Improvisational quilts defy tradition. Through Feb. 21, 2016 OMCA Details and tickets A quilt at its most basic is three...
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Artist Shot, Killed While Working on West Oakland Community Mural
Updated: Sept. 30, 2015, 12:33pm Oakland artist Antonio Ramos, 27, was shot and killed Tuesday morning while working on a community mural under the 580 freeway in West Oakland, according to sources...
View ArticleElisabeth Higgins O’Connor, Shantytown Fairytale Sculptor: What’s your Style?
KQED Art School is on a mission to find out how artists develop their signature style, and we’re asking some prolific Bay Area artists to tackle this compelling question in order to figure out how one...
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Alternative Press Expo Returns Triumphantly to San Jose
Event Information Alternative Press Expo Comics, zines, graphic novels galore! Oct. 3-4, 2015 San Jose Convention Center Details and tickets In 1994, Dan Vado, owner of the comics and graphic novel...
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Dozens Mourn Slain Oakland Artist During Vigil at Mural
Over a hundred mourners held candles and prayed under a west Oakland freeway underpass Wednesday morning, where Antonio Ramos was shot and killed while painting a mural the day before. “It’s a shocking...
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Eco-Conscious and Good Looking to Boot, the Art of Furoshiki
In Japan, before mass-produced plastic bags took over, a square of cloth served to wrap purchases of varying shapes and sizes. What the Western world may have derided as a “hobo bundle,” was elevated...
View ArticlePro Arts Names Natalia Mount New Executive Director
Several months after the announcement of Margo Dunlap’s departure from the Oakland arts nonprofit Pro Arts, the organization named Natalia L. Mount as its new executive director. Dunlap left Pro Arts...
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Historic Art, Luxury Apartments Battle Over Berlin’s Famous Wall
When the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, Kani Alavi was a young artist living in an apartment overlooking the border between East and West Berlin. He remembers seeing East Berliners streaming...
View Article#ShoutYourAbortion Co-Founder Discusses Hairy Armpits and Fighting Stigma
Until just a few days go, Kimberly Morrison wasn’t really a political activist. For years, she’s been known more for playing in several popular Seattle bands, including The Intelligence, the Fallouts,...
View ArticleArtist to San Francisco: Get Off Your F*cking Phone
Almost everyone I know is guilty of it: You’re enjoying a beautiful day off, perhaps on a blanket in a park with a book and a beer while friends toss a Frisbee nearby, feeling happy and fulfilled with...
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