Creatives in Place Portal Tour Guide – The Bay Area & Its People

Creatives in Place Portal Tour Guide – The Bay Area & Its People

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.  

The Bay Area & Its People

Artists discuss the importance of having an intimate connection to a place and people, and how it informs their art. 

• Tina Bartolome:
  • How the answer to, “Who are my people?” influences her art
• Francis Mead:
  • Resistance
• Yosimar Reyes:
  • How his art tells the whole story of his people
• Kim Shuck:
  • The indigenous voice and interconnections
  • What it means to be a Bay Area poet
• Rashad Pridgen:
  • Creating art in community
• SPULU (Spencer Pulu):
  • Time to reflect on art and life
• Per Sia:
  • Drag Queen Storytime: An essential art form
• Micah Bazant:
  • Micah responds to “Who are your people?”
• Francisco Sanchez:
  • How communities make Oakland an “art city”
• Kev Choice:
  • Black Bay Area History Seen in Kev’s People
  • Centering Community
• Yonas W. Tesfai:
  • When Your Community Has Your Back
  • Gentrification, Erasure and Protests
• Breena Nuñez:
  • The Bay, identity, history and their art
  • What it means to call the Bay home
• Dolores Garcia:
  • The inspiration for her art.
• Andrew Wilson:
  • Influences on the practice and path