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Events
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- 40th Anniversary Bash
SomArts Cultural Center
Saturday, May 3 at 1:00pm - Poetry Potluck
Glide Memorial Church
Friday, May 2 at 7:00pm - Unveiling the Future
Bayview Opera House
Saturday, April 26 at 1:00pm - The Money and the Madness
International Hotel Manilatown Center
Wednesday, April 23 at 7:00pm - Mapping Survival
San Francisco State University, Ces...
Monday, April 21 at 7:00pm
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5/2 Poetry PotluckCreated on May 21, 2008 at 11:13am
4/23 The Money and the MadnessCreated on May 21, 2008 at 10:25am
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Neighborhood Arts Festival: Celebrating 40 Years of Neighborhood Arts A life celebration for Manong Al Robles will be this Sunday at Somarts from noon - 5.
www.manongalrobles.org
You are welcome to bring a poem, sing a song, bring your instrument, share a dish,volunteer, speak a few words or just listen and enjoy just like manong Al would have wanted
Neighborhood Arts Festival: Celebrating 40 Years of Neighborhood Arts CAE has launched a podcast called Deep Roots featuring CAE-supported art projects where people live and work. Come have a listen.
www.sfartscommission.org
The San Francisco Arts Commission is the City Agency that champions the arts in San Francisco. We believe that a creative cultural environment is essential to the City's well being. Our programs integrate the arts into all aspects of City life.
Neighborhood Arts Festival: Celebrating 40 Years of Neighborhood Arts
A reading by Neighborhood Arts poets, San Francisco’s Poet Laureates, and today’s poet activists.
Curated by Janice Mirikitani and Roberto Vargas, and featuring readings by Carolyn Caldwell, Jack Hirschman, Leticia Hernandez, Al Robles, Janice Mirikitani, devorah major, Alejandro Murguia, Anh-Hoa Nguyen, Nina Serrano, and Roberto Vargas.
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Neighborhood Arts Festival: Celebrating 40 Years of Neighborhood Arts
Is it possible to make it big as an artist without selling out? Individual artists discuss the pros and cons of accepting public and private funds.
A conversation with Marga Gomez, devorah major, Favianna Rodriguez.
Moderated by playwright Joan Holden and featuring performance by Marga Gomez.
Welcome by Tom Ammiano.
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Neighborhood Arts Festival: Celebrating 40 Years of Neighborhood Arts
Community-based arts organizations discuss how they have managed to not only endure, but survive.
A conversation with Nínive Calegari, Kenneth Foster, June Gutfleisch, and Jennie Rodriguez.
Moderated by Deborah Cullinan with Intersection for the Arts, and featuring musical performance by Aireene Espiritu and Rick Di Dia.
Welcome by Luis R. Cancel.
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Neighborhood Arts Festival: Celebrating 40 Years of Neighborhood Arts
A half-day celebration featuring the 40th anniversary reunion with founding members of the program, a fair of arts organizations, one-on-one “doctor sessions,” plus a “speed dating” session matching up artists with neighborhood organizations.
Performances and Other Activities
Interviews with Neighborhood Arts Program ve...terans, an audio/visual archive viewing station, performances by Danza Azteca Xitlalli, Troublemakers Union, youth performers from the African American Art & Culture Complex, and more.
Arts Fair
1 - 4pm
Learn more about some amazing organizations offering programs like arts summer camps for youth, workshops for adults, and a range of other activities that enrich the San Francisco Bay Area, and find out about how you and your family can plug in to the cultural life of your neighborhood.
Art Making Workshops
1:30 - 2:30 San Francisco Center for the Book
3:00 - 4:00 ArtSpan
Group Interviews with the NAP Veteranos
1 - 4pm
Current Arts Commission staff (Luis R. Cancel, Judy Nemzoff, and Robynn Takayama) spark a discussion with founders of the NAP and other individuals who played a key role in the development of neighborhood arts in San Francisco. This series of three round-table-style interviews include Stephen Goldstine, June Gutfleisch, Liz Lerma, Michael Nolan, Richard Reineccius, Nina Serrano, Roberto Vargas, Becky Jenkins, Don Santina, and others.
Neighborhood Public Radio will be broadcasting the interviews live at their installation in the Whitney Biennial.
Doctor Sessions
1 - 3pm
These 20-minute sessions provide you an opportunity to meet one-on-one with the following arts funder or arts mentor:
Dale Albright, (Theatre Bay Area)
Brett Conner (Grants for the Arts)
Jewelle Gomez (Horizons)
John Jota Leaños (California College of the Arts)
Madeleine Lim (Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project)
Olivia Malabuyo, (Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation)
Ebony McKinney (San Francisco Arts Commission Cultural Equity Program)
Laura Moriarty (Small Press Distribution)
Frances Phillips (Walter and Elise Haas Fund and Creative Work Fund)
Emily Sevier (Center for Cultural Innovation)
Ellen Shershow (San Francisco Arts Commission Public Art Program).
* Please review the doctors' biographies and email your top three choices. It would be helpful if you could also include the general idea you'd like to discuss in this email, but it's ok if you want to wing it as well.
* We will respond with your appointment.
* Please arrive at least ten minutes before your appointment.
Speeding Dating
3 - 4pm
This fun twist on a job fair matches up organizations seeking artists with artists seeking employment. Bring your business cards and a healthy sense of humor.
* Please RSVP to (415) 252-2554 or email us and let us know if you're 1) looking for an artist, or 2) looking for work.
A Neighborhood Arts Festival half-day party
Time:1:00PM Saturday, May 3rd
Location:SomArts Cultural Center
April 25, 2008 at 5:22pm
Neighborhood Arts Festival: Celebrating 40 Years of Neighborhood Arts
A reading by Neighborhood Arts poets, San Francisco’s Poet Laureates, and today’s poet activists.
Curated by Janice Mirikitani and Roberto Vargas, and featuring readings by Carolyn Caldwell, Jack Hirschman, Leticia Hernandez, Al Robles, Janice Mirikitani, devorah major, Alejandro Murguia, Anh-Hoa Nguyen, Nina Serrano, and Roberto Vargas.
A Neighborhood Arts Festival poetry reading
Time:7:00PM Friday, May 2nd
Location:Glide Memorial Church
April 25, 2008 at 5:18pm
Neighborhood Arts Festival: Celebrating 40 Years of Neighborhood Arts Celebrate phase one of the historic building renovation with performances by Best Intentions Motown Review, The Brown Bombers Cheer and Dance Team, and poet Janice Reaves.
A Neighborhood Arts Festival program
Time:1:00PM Saturday, April 26th
Location:Bayview Opera House
April 25, 2008 at 5:10pm
