Creatives in Place Portal Tour Guide – Centerpieces

Creatives in Place Portal Tour Guide – Centerpieces

This web portal provides audio clips of conversations with 22 Bay Area artists. The discussions examined the socio-political conditions that influence their work and well-being, collaborations with various institutions, community groups, and art networks. They also included reflections on the regional arts community and the current historical moment. This guide provides direct links to audio clips of artists discussing four different topics (1) Resistance & Covid, (2) their Centerpieces, (3) The Bay Area & Its People, and (4) Art Challenges & Triumph.  

Centerpieces

Each artist was asked to select work that would allow them to tell a story about how their art practice is impacted by the realities of living in the Bay Area. 

• Tina Bartolome:
  • Tina reads from Kiilu Taught me
• Francis Mead:
  • Oshun
• Sarah Baiscarra Dilley:
  • Art and place in, tʸiptukɨłhɨ wa tʸiptutʸɨˀnɨ, “Where are You From and Where are You Going?”
• Sydney Cain:
  • The inspiration for Refutations Part I
• Yosimar Reyes:
  • Covid-era Y Nosotros Que, a film short and poem about San Jose immigrant families
• Kim Shuck:
  • 30 years of poetry in This River Runs West
• Rashida Chase:
  • Keeping Oakland in the Oakland art scene
• Jessica Judd:
  • The making of EmFatic Dance’s Love. Desire. Resistance.
• Rashad Pridgen:
  • The making of the Black Lives Masquerade
• SPULU (Spencer Pulu):
  • The making of Black Verses Blue
• Per Sia:
  • Telling immigrant stories their way
• Diana Gameros:
  • The making of “I Am Home: A Musical Reflection on Migration, Love and Identity.”
• Micah Bazant:
  • The Portraits: The importance of collaboration and agency
• Francisco Sanchez:
  • Creating Existence is Our Resistance
• Ruby J. Faula’au:
  • Producing the Weaving House
• Nkeiruka Oruche:
  • Producing “What Had Happened was… An Afro Urban Musical”
• Kev Choice:
  • No Worries: Oakland During Covid’s Early Days
• Yonas Tesfai:
  • Portraits of the Bay’s People
• Breena Nuñez:
  • The Nib: An Afro-Salvadoran Experience
• Dolores García:
  • Performance and explanation of “El Pájaro Cú”
• Andrew Wilson:
  • The Inspiration for the Fruit Fashion Show
• Lisa Evans:
  • The making of the Sermon for the Black and Crazy