Yearly Archives: 2014

Looking Back: San Francisco 1938-1972

Life.com has posted some images from back in the day. Check them out here →

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DocFilm Forum Video Series: Art and Politics with Author Ben Davis

In November 2013, the Art & Class Discussion Club invited 9.5 Theses on Art & Class author Ben Davis to San Francisco State University’s DocFilm Forum for a discussion of his work and the role of activism in art and

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Field Trip! @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

The Art & Class Discussion Club is heading out onto the beautiful Bay to visit Ai Weiwei’s much anticipated Alcatraz installation on opening day, Saturday, September 27. We’re leaving on the 9:10am ferry from San Francisco’s Pier 33. If you

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Eviction Garage Sale

Christian Frock covers the Galéria de la Raza exhibition featuring Yolanda Yañez and her son Rio who are facing eviction from their longtime Mission home. “López, 71, was a leading feminist and pioneer of the Chicana art movement in the

Posted in Art Exhibitions, Artist-Activists, Curating, Found Online, Posts

HowDoYouSayYaminAfrican? Pulls Out of Whitney Biennial

Ben Davis has been following the story on artnet News. A Wake-up Call for the Whitney Biennial, May 15, 2014 The Story Behind the Yams’ Whitney Biennial Protest, May 29, 2014 The Yams, On the Whitney and White Supremacy, May

Posted in Art Exhibitions, Artist-Activists, Curating, Found Online, Posts, Racism

Maya Angleou, Artist-Activist (2008-2014)

Maya Angelou remembered on Democracy Now! May 29, 2014 with Juan Gonzàlez, Amy Goodman and Sonia Sanchez. [Excerpt] JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Sonia Sanchez, I wanted to ask you, Maya Angelou was already an accomplished singer, dancer, actress, but then she gets

Posted in Artist-Activists, Found Online, Posts, Social Justice

Guerilla Girls Update

In response to an invitation by Gallerie Perrotin and “curator” Pharrell Williams to participate in the exhibition G I R L, the Guerrilla Girls refused and updated an old favorite. You can read more about it here.

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Field Trip! – Glenn Greenwald in Hayes Valley

Please join the Art & Class Discussion Club! Journalist Glenn Greenwald speaks in San Francisco about Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the US Surveillance State. Wednesday, June 18, 7:00pm Nourse Theater 275 Hayes Street in San Francisco Get tickets from

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Open Engagement 2014: Life/Work

I just got back from the Open Engagement conference in New York this week. The theme of the conference was Life/Work and offered and opportunity for artists working in “social practice” to consider the seams, edges, overlap, torque, and friction

Posted in Artist-Activists, Curating, Posts, Social Practice

Yes Men Take on Homeland Security

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