Can a mostly stay-at-home mom and a few incredible friends, raise $673 $473 $244 to ring in the New Year? Yes! With your help, the Bay Area Society for Art & Activism will reach its $3000 inaugural membership goal. Please…
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Keeping up with journalist Christian L. Frock
We (heart) Christian L. Frock! The keen-eyed, elegantly-versed journalist of Bay Area art meets activism just published this incredible 2014 recap for KQED Arts: Hell No, We Won’t Go: Outstanding Radical Art And Global Movements in 2014 And here’s a…
Where We At?: From Ferguson to Fundraising
The Bay Area Society for Art & Activism is a small but mighty work-in-progress and I hope it retains this contemplative, nimble attitude throughout its development. While giving feels great, asking for money is difficult. As the founder and executive…
Printmaker Favianna Rodriguez
And KQED Arts:
The View from Queens: An Interview with Artist Christine Wong Yap
I met Christine Wong Yap in the Summer of 1999 in Philadelphia at a heated July Fourth political rally in support of Mumia Abu Jamal. As two young Asian-American women navigating the East Coast with little more than a skateboard…
From 3.9 to the Last: San Francisco’s African American Creative Legacy Now
Rampant housing speculation, aggressive evictions, and rapid increases in the costs of living reveal continuing economic vulnerabilities among many of San Francisco’s historic cultural communities. This summer’s troubled closing of San Francisco’s Marcus Books, the oldest black-owned, black-themed book store…
Posted in Art & Activism Quarterly, Art Exhibitions, Artist-Activists, Bay Area, Posts, Racism, Video
How We Party: Join us for Overnight Strange!
On Saturday, November 22nd the Bay Area Society for Art & Activism presents Overnight Strange: A Vaudeville for the Displaced, a live performance showcase and launch for our membership campaign! Overnight Strange: A Vaudeville for the Displaced Saturday, November 22,…
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…
Posted in Art & Activism Book Club, Artist-Activists, Events, Found Online, Political Art, Posts, Social Justice, Video
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…
