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"content": "\u003cp>Two massive paintings by Oakland artist Dave Kim meet the viewer at the entrance to Vessel Gallery’s \u003cem>Excuse me, can I see your ID?, \u003c/em>an exhibition that aims to unravel over-simplified understandings of Asian-American identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first is a rendering of a young Korean-American boy — actually, Kim himself — sporting a small cowboy hat and playfully pointing two toy guns at the viewer, a little holster attached to his jeans. Per Kim, it’s called “Double Exposure” in part because the reference photo is literally double exposed — and you can see the effect in the painting as well, as a streak of light running across the bottom. But the title works, too, as a short poem about the experience of growing up between two cultures and the youthful naiveté of thinking they could be reconciled with a costume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13035002\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13035002 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-800x808.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2125\" width=\"800\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-800x808.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-160x162.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-768x776.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-1020x1030.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-1180x1192.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-960x970.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-240x242.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-375x379.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-520x525.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260.jpg 1459w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Double Exposure’ by Dave Kim.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The second is a reflection on Kim’s teen years, during which he joined a Filipino gang in Los Angeles called Maplewood Ave. Jefrox. To those who can decipher them, the aerosol scribbles on the gray-painted background tell a story. There’s the name of the gang, RIP messages to two lost members, a diss by a rival gang, then a rebuttal by Jefrox. At the reception for the show, Kim points out that he joined the Filipino gang because there were no Korean gangs, just as the Filipinos had joined Latino gangs before they had their own. “Even though we’re Asian, we took on the characteristics of Latino gangs in every way, from claiming a neighborhood, to the attire and even the language we used,” he writes in his artist statement. “I think the thing to remember is that I joined it not to be violent or become a criminal, but to be a part of something, to find belonging, importance — find purpose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim chuckles as he points out that these days, he’s the one having to paint over tags that show up on his home in West Oakland — even though, when he went back to paint that aerosol piece, the script didn’t take long to come back to him. Now, he says, he tries to find belonging in other ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim’s pieces are an effective primer for the show in part because of their reflection on seeking acceptance and attempting assimilation. But they’re perhaps most appropriate because they surprise — by embracing the slipperiness of Asian-American identity and the complicated ways in which Asian-Americans sometimes adopt tropes belonging to other identities in order to fill out their own relatively ambiguous cultural slates. That fluidity was, in part, what curator Lonnie Lee was trying to get at when she started developing the show two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really forcing people to see the range that is encompassed within our communities,” says Lee, who was determined to avoid any recycled Asian tropes and include works with challenging, contemporary approaches. Her intention was also to expand people’s understanding of what constitutes “Asian” beyond the assumed Chinese and Japanese backgrounds. Or, as Jasmine Lee Ehrhardt (Lee’s daughter, and the curator of a cinematic supplement to the show) quipped at the opening: “It’s not another show about having mono-lids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13035005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13035005\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-800x533.jpg\" alt='\"All American\" by Sanjay Vora. ' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘All American’ by Sanjay Vora.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Indeed, the works range widely — as do the backgrounds of the artists who made them. Indian-American artist Sanjay Vora’s artworks are always meditations on memory, often executed as abstracted paintings that work as metaphor for foggy recall. But his “All American” is a bit more racially loaded than typical: A watercolor portrait of himself in a basketball uniform, clutching a ball beneath his arm, is obscured by a thick layer of basmati rice. In another piece, he creates a canvas out of tiled burlap rice sacks, the repetition of which he says alludes to the rhythms of Indian music. “I grew up with a lot of Indian classical music, and actually rejecting it because I was so American,” he says, “and now I’m coming back to how it’s so engrained in my mental processes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13035006\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13035006 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_0623-800x1067.jpg\" alt='\"Cruel & Unjust Punishment\" by Omid Makri. ' width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_0623-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_0623-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_0623-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_0623-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_0623-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_0623-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_0623-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_0623-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_0623-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_0623-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_0623.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Cruel & Unjust Punishment’ by Omid Mokri.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Rea Lynn de Guzman — one of many Filipino artists in the show — contributes ghostly monoprints of delicate “Maria Clara” garments from the Philippines, which are made from pineapple fibers (a plant brought in by the Spanish) and functioned as a way to assimilate to Western beauty standards. And incarcerated Iranian artist Omid Mokri reflects on his own imprisonment in the form of a hand-made book and frame bearing his own mug.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Lee’s intentions for the show is to shine a light on systemic injustices that affect the AAPI community, rather than simply dwell in identity politics. The title, in part, serves that goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an interesting deviation from ‘Where are you from?’ or, ‘Where are you \u003cem>really \u003c/em>from?’” says Ehrhardt, pointing out that that’s the question typically associated with Asian-Americanness. “The question of, ‘Excuse me, can I see your ID?’ takes on this other meaning that’s not just identity, place, home, belonging. It suddenly can turn into something like: How does this state view you? How does this state categorize you? Are you documented? Are you undocumented?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13035001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"'Raj in the Tree' by Sanjay Vora. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13035001\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-1180x787.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-960x640.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-240x160.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-375x250.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-520x347.jpeg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016.jpeg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Raj in the Tree’ by Sanjay Vora. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ehrhardt’s curatorial contribution to the show comes in the form of a short film festival entitled \u003cem>Which ID?,\u003c/em> which will take place at Vessel on April 15 (2 p.m.) and again on May 18 (6 p.m.). An Asian and Asian-American cinema buff, she chose short non-fiction, narrative, and experimental films that she hopes will provide political context to the show, touching on themes such as gender, incarceration, imperialism, and harassment. A portion of the ticket sales will benefit the Asian Law Caucus and Asian Health Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that people forget that imperialism happened to us, and continues to affect our communities, and continues to affect the ways that we move through this world,” says Ehrhardt. “So, it’s really important to me that I show films that are grappling with those themes, because so often we get so bogged down in the feelings part of identity that we forget the political forces that shaped how we even came to be having these feelings about ourselves in the first place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Excuse me, can I see your ID?’ is up at Vessel Gallery (471 25th St., Oakland) through May 27. More details \u003ca href=\"http://www.vessel-gallery.com/current-exhibits/#/excuse-me-can-i-see-your-id/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Two massive paintings by Oakland artist Dave Kim meet the viewer at the entrance to Vessel Gallery’s \u003cem>Excuse me, can I see your ID?, \u003c/em>an exhibition that aims to unravel over-simplified understandings of Asian-American identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first is a rendering of a young Korean-American boy — actually, Kim himself — sporting a small cowboy hat and playfully pointing two toy guns at the viewer, a little holster attached to his jeans. Per Kim, it’s called “Double Exposure” in part because the reference photo is literally double exposed — and you can see the effect in the painting as well, as a streak of light running across the bottom. But the title works, too, as a short poem about the experience of growing up between two cultures and the youthful naiveté of thinking they could be reconciled with a costume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13035002\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13035002 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-800x808.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2125\" width=\"800\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-800x808.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-160x162.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-768x776.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-1020x1030.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-1180x1192.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-960x970.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-240x242.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-375x379.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-520x525.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_2125-e1491896238260.jpg 1459w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Double Exposure’ by Dave Kim.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The second is a reflection on Kim’s teen years, during which he joined a Filipino gang in Los Angeles called Maplewood Ave. Jefrox. To those who can decipher them, the aerosol scribbles on the gray-painted background tell a story. There’s the name of the gang, RIP messages to two lost members, a diss by a rival gang, then a rebuttal by Jefrox. At the reception for the show, Kim points out that he joined the Filipino gang because there were no Korean gangs, just as the Filipinos had joined Latino gangs before they had their own. “Even though we’re Asian, we took on the characteristics of Latino gangs in every way, from claiming a neighborhood, to the attire and even the language we used,” he writes in his artist statement. “I think the thing to remember is that I joined it not to be violent or become a criminal, but to be a part of something, to find belonging, importance — find purpose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim chuckles as he points out that these days, he’s the one having to paint over tags that show up on his home in West Oakland — even though, when he went back to paint that aerosol piece, the script didn’t take long to come back to him. Now, he says, he tries to find belonging in other ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim’s pieces are an effective primer for the show in part because of their reflection on seeking acceptance and attempting assimilation. But they’re perhaps most appropriate because they surprise — by embracing the slipperiness of Asian-American identity and the complicated ways in which Asian-Americans sometimes adopt tropes belonging to other identities in order to fill out their own relatively ambiguous cultural slates. That fluidity was, in part, what curator Lonnie Lee was trying to get at when she started developing the show two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really forcing people to see the range that is encompassed within our communities,” says Lee, who was determined to avoid any recycled Asian tropes and include works with challenging, contemporary approaches. Her intention was also to expand people’s understanding of what constitutes “Asian” beyond the assumed Chinese and Japanese backgrounds. Or, as Jasmine Lee Ehrhardt (Lee’s daughter, and the curator of a cinematic supplement to the show) quipped at the opening: “It’s not another show about having mono-lids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13035005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13035005\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-800x533.jpg\" alt='\"All American\" by Sanjay Vora. ' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/snajy-1.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘All American’ by Sanjay Vora.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Indeed, the works range widely — as do the backgrounds of the artists who made them. Indian-American artist Sanjay Vora’s artworks are always meditations on memory, often executed as abstracted paintings that work as metaphor for foggy recall. But his “All American” is a bit more racially loaded than typical: A watercolor portrait of himself in a basketball uniform, clutching a ball beneath his arm, is obscured by a thick layer of basmati rice. In another piece, he creates a canvas out of tiled burlap rice sacks, the repetition of which he says alludes to the rhythms of Indian music. “I grew up with a lot of Indian classical music, and actually rejecting it because I was so American,” he says, “and now I’m coming back to how it’s so engrained in my mental processes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13035006\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13035006 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/IMG_0623-800x1067.jpg\" alt='\"Cruel & Unjust Punishment\" by Omid Makri. 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And incarcerated Iranian artist Omid Mokri reflects on his own imprisonment in the form of a hand-made book and frame bearing his own mug.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Lee’s intentions for the show is to shine a light on systemic injustices that affect the AAPI community, rather than simply dwell in identity politics. The title, in part, serves that goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an interesting deviation from ‘Where are you from?’ or, ‘Where are you \u003cem>really \u003c/em>from?’” says Ehrhardt, pointing out that that’s the question typically associated with Asian-Americanness. “The question of, ‘Excuse me, can I see your ID?’ takes on this other meaning that’s not just identity, place, home, belonging. It suddenly can turn into something like: How does this state view you? How does this state categorize you? Are you documented? Are you undocumented?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13035001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"'Raj in the Tree' by Sanjay Vora. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13035001\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-1180x787.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-960x640.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-240x160.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-375x250.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016-520x347.jpeg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/raj-in-the-tree-burlap_88x70_2016.jpeg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Raj in the Tree’ by Sanjay Vora. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ehrhardt’s curatorial contribution to the show comes in the form of a short film festival entitled \u003cem>Which ID?,\u003c/em> which will take place at Vessel on April 15 (2 p.m.) and again on May 18 (6 p.m.). An Asian and Asian-American cinema buff, she chose short non-fiction, narrative, and experimental films that she hopes will provide political context to the show, touching on themes such as gender, incarceration, imperialism, and harassment. 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"content": "\u003cp>Santa Cruz mosaic artist Christine Evans was profoundly affected when Donald Trump won the presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so much divisiveness and serious concerns that people have, I thought I would like to do a community piece that makes it possible for people to come together and create something that they care about together,” Evans says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12667846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg\" alt=\"100Days_300x300z\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>That’s why Evans came up with the idea of a collectively created mosaic tree. “Mosaic is a really easy medium for anybody to feel like they’ve created something beautiful.” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So for the past four months, Evans and fellow mosaic artist Julie Norton have organized monthly mosaic tree-making sessions, where anybody is welcome to design and put together a leaf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13038361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13038361\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The basic concept.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The basic concept. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Christine Evans)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Evans created a template for the tree. Individuals who attend the workshops get to create their own leaf designs. Some people have made political symbols like a #BlackLivesMatter fist or a planet symbolizing environmental values. Evans and Norton encourage people to talk while they make their leaves, and especially want to inspire discussions around the meaning of what they’re creating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One eight year-old artist made a leaf he calls “Escaping the Wall,” referring to the wall on the Mexican border President Trump is keen to build. Another mosaic-maker who voted for Trump made a leaf to express the importance of love and connection with her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13038204\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13038204 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Evans and Julie Norton carve out the backer board for the mosaic tree. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine Evans and Julie Norton carve out the backer board for the mosaic tree. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Cynthia Gingerich)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two cupped hands made of tiles that reflect the diversity of skin color will go at the top of the trunk. Built of tiles that reflect the diversity of hair color, the trunk will feature prominently in the finished work, Evans says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to create a space where we can come together with respect for one another,” Evans says. “And maybe if there are differences of opinion, we can influence each other. Everyone has been very willing to share.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13038363\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13038363 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\""Scale of Justice," by Eve Eden. She says "I grew up hearing the expression, 'the wheels of justice move exceedingly slow and exceedingly fine.' She didn't come to a mosaic making session with a set idea, "but after sitting with my feelings, I realized that my hope was in the power of the law - just law. So my tile had the scale of justice at the bottom, with many colored tiles above representing all the peoples of this country - in community, being held in a just system."\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-1180x663.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Scale of Justice,” by Eve Eden. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Julie Norton)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Evans anticipates the end product will be roughly 10 feet across and six feet high and will be finished sometime before the end of the year. There is no permanent display location established yet, though Evans hopes the artwork will go on show somewhere in Santa Cruz County. “I’d love it to be on or in a public building that isn’t going to be removed anytime soon,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cem>The next scheduled mosaic making event is on Sunday, Apr. 23. More info\u003c/em> \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://mosaicswithmeaning.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>here\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Santa Cruz mosaic artist Christine Evans was profoundly affected when Donald Trump won the presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so much divisiveness and serious concerns that people have, I thought I would like to do a community piece that makes it possible for people to come together and create something that they care about together,” Evans says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12667846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg\" alt=\"100Days_300x300z\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>That’s why Evans came up with the idea of a collectively created mosaic tree. “Mosaic is a really easy medium for anybody to feel like they’ve created something beautiful.” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So for the past four months, Evans and fellow mosaic artist Julie Norton have organized monthly mosaic tree-making sessions, where anybody is welcome to design and put together a leaf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13038361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13038361\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The basic concept.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24912_Early-Overview-of-183-leaves-001-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The basic concept. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Christine Evans)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Evans created a template for the tree. Individuals who attend the workshops get to create their own leaf designs. Some people have made political symbols like a #BlackLivesMatter fist or a planet symbolizing environmental values. Evans and Norton encourage people to talk while they make their leaves, and especially want to inspire discussions around the meaning of what they’re creating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One eight year-old artist made a leaf he calls “Escaping the Wall,” referring to the wall on the Mexican border President Trump is keen to build. Another mosaic-maker who voted for Trump made a leaf to express the importance of love and connection with her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13038204\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13038204 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Evans and Julie Norton carve out the backer board for the mosaic tree. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24914_Jigsaw_tree_-Cynthia-Gingerich-IMG_3447-001-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine Evans and Julie Norton carve out the backer board for the mosaic tree. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Cynthia Gingerich)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two cupped hands made of tiles that reflect the diversity of skin color will go at the top of the trunk. Built of tiles that reflect the diversity of hair color, the trunk will feature prominently in the finished work, Evans says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to create a space where we can come together with respect for one another,” Evans says. “And maybe if there are differences of opinion, we can influence each other. Everyone has been very willing to share.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13038363\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13038363 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\""Scale of Justice," by Eve Eden. She says "I grew up hearing the expression, 'the wheels of justice move exceedingly slow and exceedingly fine.' She didn't come to a mosaic making session with a set idea, "but after sitting with my feelings, I realized that my hope was in the power of the law - just law. So my tile had the scale of justice at the bottom, with many colored tiles above representing all the peoples of this country - in community, being held in a just system."\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-1180x663.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24917_Scale-of-Justice-Leaf-IMG_0010_2-001-qut-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Scale of Justice,” by Eve Eden. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Julie Norton)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Evans anticipates the end product will be roughly 10 feet across and six feet high and will be finished sometime before the end of the year. There is no permanent display location established yet, though Evans hopes the artwork will go on show somewhere in Santa Cruz County. “I’d love it to be on or in a public building that isn’t going to be removed anytime soon,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cem>The next scheduled mosaic making event is on Sunday, Apr. 23. More info\u003c/em> \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://mosaicswithmeaning.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>here\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It was a stormy evening on Thursday, April 6, but inside the lobby of the \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">de Young Museum\u003c/a>, a warm glow emanated from lava lamps propped on the makeshift bar. Large, flower-adorned peace signs topped a pair of appetizer tables (pita and hummus, couscous salads, goblets of shrimp) while an ambiguous psychedelic tribute band—decked out in bell-bottoms, colorful vests and questionable Afro wigs—swayed on platforms and played bongos in front of a neon-lit wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, this was the press preview/donor reception for the museum’s new exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/summer-love-art-fashion-and-rock-roll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, on view now through Aug. 20, is the kind of programming every San Francisco institution is apparently required to produce by law (a.k.a. a strong promotion from \u003ca href=\"http://www.sftravel.com/summer-love-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the city’s tourism bureau\u003c/a>) during the summer of 2017. Haven’t you heard? There are concerts, talks, and photo shows. There’s a \u003ca href=\"https://magicbussf.com/tour/anniversary-summer-of-love/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magic Bus Experience\u003c/a>. There’s an ongoing \u003ca href=\"http://summerof.love/event/love-boutique-opening-reception-penthouse-five-inside-neiman-marcus-union-square/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">’60s fashion boutique at the Neiman Marcus penthouse in Union Square\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13042303\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13042303\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Performers "protesting" at 'The Summer of Love Experience' donor reception at de Young Museum.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performers “protesting” at ‘The Summer of Love Experience’ donor reception at de Young Museum. \u003ccite>(Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And, for an hour or so on Thursday night at the de Young—as the band turned into a team of cutesy, costumed “protesters” who picked up “Make Love Not War” signs and paraded groovily through the party with their bongos \u003ci>at the precise moment\u003c/i> every journalist in the room got a push notification announcing the U.S. had just launched missiles into Syria—there was a degree of tone-deafness that bordered on surreal. It was, in fact, the perfect encapsulation of the entire exhibition’s myopia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s get one thing out of the way: We are not convinced any of this summer’s grand re-telling is necessary. As California natives in our early 30s, we’ve grown up in the persistent shadow of the Summer of Love, a specter of San Francisco in the sixties as sacred text—the prophets Jerry Garcia, Ken Kesey and Bill Graham untouchable in their retroactive glory. These people, and this era, are not lacking memorialization: the stories of the Haight-Ashbury, the Human Be-In, the drugs, the free love—they have been told many times, by many people, in books and movies and American history courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13042313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13042313\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of Haight Street Gallery in 'The Summer of Love Experience.'\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of Haight Street Gallery in ‘The Summer of Love Experience.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of FAMSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The way yet another rehashing might justify itself, then, is by adding something new to this fairly recent history. (See BAMPFA’s excellent \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/02/28/at-bampfa-hippie-modernism-proves-the-fight-for-utopia-is-far-from-over/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia\u003c/a>\u003c/i>, for example.) Give us an exhibit that offers a clear-eyed critique of what truthfully was a brief social experiment, notes its shortcomings along with its joys. Give us context. At the very least, give us some intellectual honesty: an exploration of what really happened, who it affected, why it ended, and how it shaped the San Francisco (and United States) we currently inhabit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps some of this summer’s yet-unopened exhibits will offer this. \u003ci>The Summer of Love Experience\u003c/i> at the de Young does not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13042304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13042304\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200.jpg\" alt=\"A museum-goer inside Bill Ham's 'Kinetic Light Painting, 2016-2017.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A museum-goer inside Bill Ham’s ‘Kinetic Light Painting, 2016-2017. \u003ccite>(Drew Altizer Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What it does provide is a bright, colorful celebration of the aesthetics of the time period, and if you are fascinated by those, as many will be, by all means go see it. Over the long, weaving course of 10 galleries—including one selfie-ready space designed by liquid light show veteran Bill Ham—we get psychedelic rock show posters on top of posters, a giant bedspread once intended for Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, record sleeves, book covers, and pins (so many pins). Somehow overwhelming without diving beneath the surface of the era’s aesthetics, the show seems intent on proving it’s possible to have, at the same time, too much and not enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ll allow there are interesting artifacts to behold: The collection of nearly 150 posters and handbills from Bay Area music venues anchors the exhibition, and many of them are indeed beautiful. The area devoted to demonstrating the lithographic process by which they were made is also worthwhile; Stanley Mouse, Wes Wilson and their compatriots from this era of poster art deserve all the recognition they’ve received over the past 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13042306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13042306\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Left: Bob Schnepf, 'Summer of Love/City of San Francisco,' 1967. Right: Victor Moscoso, Pablo Ferro film advertisement, 1967.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-1180x789.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-960x642.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-520x348.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Bob Schnepf, ‘Summer of Love/City of San Francisco,’ 1967. Right: Victor Moscoso, Pablo Ferro film advertisement, 1967. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of FAMSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But after reading a short explanation of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/11/10/hyde-street-rock-how-wally-heider-and-the-tenderloin-shaped-the-san-francisco-sound/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The San Francisco Sound\u003c/a>, one is also left with the feeling that we’re being asked (yet again) to revere this era for the sake of reverence, in the name of pure rose-colored folklore, and in the dullest kind of vacuum. Sure, the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane have come to represent not just a musical moment but a tribe, a lifestyle. Can we discuss what came after? What bands they influenced, or even what they stood for? Where can their nonconformist message still be felt in present-day San Francisco, where capitalism run amok has made it difficult if not impossible for artists to survive? Put bluntly: \u003cem>Why are we still talking about this\u003c/em>? If it’s for reasons other than to tickle donors and tourists who came of age during this period and will smile fondly at the memories, please show us those.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime: Right this way, please. We have Jerry Garcia’s hat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The Summer of Love Experience\u003c/i> does devote a considerable amount of floorspace to the era’s clothing designers and trends, a welcome bit of tangibility in an otherwise ephemera-filled exhibition. Mannequins sport customized jeans, maxi peasant dresses and Native American-inspired leather fringe; Birgitta Bjerke’s crocheted work is a standout. Behind this vitrine—drumroll please—we even have the companion piece to Garcia’s Uncle Sam headgear: Janis Joplin’s handbag, intricately embroidered by Linda Gravenites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13042314\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13042314\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Gravenites, Handbag, ca. 1967.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1883\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-160x251.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-800x1255.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-768x1205.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-1020x1601.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-1180x1852.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-960x1506.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-240x377.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-375x588.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-520x816.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linda Gravenites, Handbag, ca. 1967. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of FAMSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But in these textiles, another missed opportunity: The exhibition catalog mentions the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency’s 1960s campaign to destroy the historically black Fillmore neighborhood—but only in the context of the boon this displacement provided to the city’s thrift stores, and hence, to the hippies fashioning creative costumes from flea market finds. Really. In the exhibition itself, this shameful “urban renewal” in the Fillmore bears no mention. (Also in the catalog but not in the show: the draft-dodging origins of tie-dye at the Haight’s Free Store, explored in Detour’s immersive \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/01/13/haight-ashbury-peter-coyote-tour/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haight-Ashbury Walking Tour\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final gallery, before the exhibition empties into \u003ci>The Summer of Love Experience\u003c/i> gift shop, tries to sum up the politics of the era in a grab-bag of issues: the Black Panthers, the Pill, Vietnam War protests, draft resistance, sex positivity. If it’s intended to be a summation, a nod to the era’s enduring legacy and a connecting thread to the present, the result is tepid at best—especially with the wall text’s vague rah-rah claim that “fifty years later, government policies resulting from such interventions render a way of life in the West that would have been unimaginable to all but the surest of sixties visionaries.” This final gallery would have benefited from a few more pieces and a lot more breathing room, especially considering the overwhelming whiteness and maleness of the characters we’ve been taught to celebrate from this time period in San Francisco’s history—none of whom receive substantial critique in the preceding rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13042305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13042305\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Birgitta Bjerke (100% Birgitta), 'Pioneer,' ca. 1972-1973.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"959\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-800x639.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-768x614.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-1020x815.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-1180x943.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-960x767.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-240x192.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-375x300.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-520x416.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birgitta Bjerke (100% Birgitta), ‘Pioneer,’ ca. 1972-1973. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of FAMSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Panthers, in particular—who had, by the summer of 1967, opened a storefront in Oakland, published their Ten-Point Program, and garnered national attention for entering the California State Assembly carrying guns to protest the Mulford Act—are represented only by a handful of Ruth Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones photographs, unless we missed something. The movement was far better represented in the \u003ca href=\"http://museumca.org/gallery/all-power-people-black-panthers-50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Museum of California’s sprawling and comprehensive 2016 exhibit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back upstairs on Thursday night, the party—“anti-war protesters” and all—was just getting going. While attendees drank lime green Midori-and-tequila cocktails labeled “battery acid” to the sounds of “White Rabbit,” we asked one of the sign-carrying protesters if he was, in fact, pulling double duty as part of the band. The be-wigged gentleman, carrying light-up bowling pins, answered, “We’re all in the band called life, man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near the exit, a de Young employee handed us each a bright Gerbera daisy. Then we made our way through the rain and wind to the faux street signs marking the entrance to the building—each one noting an “intersection” of the past and present: hippie and hipster, free love and marriage equality. A strong gust whipped the flowers from our hands right about then, which was fine. There were new notifications on our phones to check. Likely, there was something fresh worth protesting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>‘The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll’ is on view at San Francisco’s de Young Museum through Aug. 20. For tickets and more information, \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/summer-love-art-fashion-and-rock-roll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It was a stormy evening on Thursday, April 6, but inside the lobby of the \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">de Young Museum\u003c/a>, a warm glow emanated from lava lamps propped on the makeshift bar. Large, flower-adorned peace signs topped a pair of appetizer tables (pita and hummus, couscous salads, goblets of shrimp) while an ambiguous psychedelic tribute band—decked out in bell-bottoms, colorful vests and questionable Afro wigs—swayed on platforms and played bongos in front of a neon-lit wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, this was the press preview/donor reception for the museum’s new exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/summer-love-art-fashion-and-rock-roll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, on view now through Aug. 20, is the kind of programming every San Francisco institution is apparently required to produce by law (a.k.a. a strong promotion from \u003ca href=\"http://www.sftravel.com/summer-love-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the city’s tourism bureau\u003c/a>) during the summer of 2017. Haven’t you heard? There are concerts, talks, and photo shows. There’s a \u003ca href=\"https://magicbussf.com/tour/anniversary-summer-of-love/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magic Bus Experience\u003c/a>. There’s an ongoing \u003ca href=\"http://summerof.love/event/love-boutique-opening-reception-penthouse-five-inside-neiman-marcus-union-square/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">’60s fashion boutique at the Neiman Marcus penthouse in Union Square\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13042303\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13042303\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Performers "protesting" at 'The Summer of Love Experience' donor reception at de Young Museum.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/0864-Deyoung-170406_1200-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performers “protesting” at ‘The Summer of Love Experience’ donor reception at de Young Museum. \u003ccite>(Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And, for an hour or so on Thursday night at the de Young—as the band turned into a team of cutesy, costumed “protesters” who picked up “Make Love Not War” signs and paraded groovily through the party with their bongos \u003ci>at the precise moment\u003c/i> every journalist in the room got a push notification announcing the U.S. had just launched missiles into Syria—there was a degree of tone-deafness that bordered on surreal. It was, in fact, the perfect encapsulation of the entire exhibition’s myopia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s get one thing out of the way: We are not convinced any of this summer’s grand re-telling is necessary. As California natives in our early 30s, we’ve grown up in the persistent shadow of the Summer of Love, a specter of San Francisco in the sixties as sacred text—the prophets Jerry Garcia, Ken Kesey and Bill Graham untouchable in their retroactive glory. These people, and this era, are not lacking memorialization: the stories of the Haight-Ashbury, the Human Be-In, the drugs, the free love—they have been told many times, by many people, in books and movies and American history courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13042313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13042313\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of Haight Street Gallery in 'The Summer of Love Experience.'\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2017_DEY_SOL_Exhibition_Install_V59_1200-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of Haight Street Gallery in ‘The Summer of Love Experience.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of FAMSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The way yet another rehashing might justify itself, then, is by adding something new to this fairly recent history. (See BAMPFA’s excellent \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/02/28/at-bampfa-hippie-modernism-proves-the-fight-for-utopia-is-far-from-over/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia\u003c/a>\u003c/i>, for example.) Give us an exhibit that offers a clear-eyed critique of what truthfully was a brief social experiment, notes its shortcomings along with its joys. Give us context. At the very least, give us some intellectual honesty: an exploration of what really happened, who it affected, why it ended, and how it shaped the San Francisco (and United States) we currently inhabit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps some of this summer’s yet-unopened exhibits will offer this. \u003ci>The Summer of Love Experience\u003c/i> at the de Young does not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13042304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13042304\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200.jpg\" alt=\"A museum-goer inside Bill Ham's 'Kinetic Light Painting, 2016-2017.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/1202-DeYoung-170406_1200-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A museum-goer inside Bill Ham’s ‘Kinetic Light Painting, 2016-2017. \u003ccite>(Drew Altizer Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What it does provide is a bright, colorful celebration of the aesthetics of the time period, and if you are fascinated by those, as many will be, by all means go see it. Over the long, weaving course of 10 galleries—including one selfie-ready space designed by liquid light show veteran Bill Ham—we get psychedelic rock show posters on top of posters, a giant bedspread once intended for Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, record sleeves, book covers, and pins (so many pins). Somehow overwhelming without diving beneath the surface of the era’s aesthetics, the show seems intent on proving it’s possible to have, at the same time, too much and not enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ll allow there are interesting artifacts to behold: The collection of nearly 150 posters and handbills from Bay Area music venues anchors the exhibition, and many of them are indeed beautiful. The area devoted to demonstrating the lithographic process by which they were made is also worthwhile; Stanley Mouse, Wes Wilson and their compatriots from this era of poster art deserve all the recognition they’ve received over the past 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13042306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13042306\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Left: Bob Schnepf, 'Summer of Love/City of San Francisco,' 1967. Right: Victor Moscoso, Pablo Ferro film advertisement, 1967.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-1180x789.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-960x642.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Schnepf_Summer-of-Love_1200-520x348.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Bob Schnepf, ‘Summer of Love/City of San Francisco,’ 1967. Right: Victor Moscoso, Pablo Ferro film advertisement, 1967. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of FAMSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But after reading a short explanation of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/11/10/hyde-street-rock-how-wally-heider-and-the-tenderloin-shaped-the-san-francisco-sound/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The San Francisco Sound\u003c/a>, one is also left with the feeling that we’re being asked (yet again) to revere this era for the sake of reverence, in the name of pure rose-colored folklore, and in the dullest kind of vacuum. Sure, the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane have come to represent not just a musical moment but a tribe, a lifestyle. Can we discuss what came after? What bands they influenced, or even what they stood for? Where can their nonconformist message still be felt in present-day San Francisco, where capitalism run amok has made it difficult if not impossible for artists to survive? Put bluntly: \u003cem>Why are we still talking about this\u003c/em>? If it’s for reasons other than to tickle donors and tourists who came of age during this period and will smile fondly at the memories, please show us those.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime: Right this way, please. We have Jerry Garcia’s hat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The Summer of Love Experience\u003c/i> does devote a considerable amount of floorspace to the era’s clothing designers and trends, a welcome bit of tangibility in an otherwise ephemera-filled exhibition. Mannequins sport customized jeans, maxi peasant dresses and Native American-inspired leather fringe; Birgitta Bjerke’s crocheted work is a standout. Behind this vitrine—drumroll please—we even have the companion piece to Garcia’s Uncle Sam headgear: Janis Joplin’s handbag, intricately embroidered by Linda Gravenites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13042314\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13042314\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Gravenites, Handbag, ca. 1967.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1883\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-160x251.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-800x1255.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-768x1205.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-1020x1601.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-1180x1852.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-960x1506.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-240x377.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-375x588.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_6_2_V5_8_1200-520x816.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linda Gravenites, Handbag, ca. 1967. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of FAMSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But in these textiles, another missed opportunity: The exhibition catalog mentions the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency’s 1960s campaign to destroy the historically black Fillmore neighborhood—but only in the context of the boon this displacement provided to the city’s thrift stores, and hence, to the hippies fashioning creative costumes from flea market finds. Really. In the exhibition itself, this shameful “urban renewal” in the Fillmore bears no mention. (Also in the catalog but not in the show: the draft-dodging origins of tie-dye at the Haight’s Free Store, explored in Detour’s immersive \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/01/13/haight-ashbury-peter-coyote-tour/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haight-Ashbury Walking Tour\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final gallery, before the exhibition empties into \u003ci>The Summer of Love Experience\u003c/i> gift shop, tries to sum up the politics of the era in a grab-bag of issues: the Black Panthers, the Pill, Vietnam War protests, draft resistance, sex positivity. If it’s intended to be a summation, a nod to the era’s enduring legacy and a connecting thread to the present, the result is tepid at best—especially with the wall text’s vague rah-rah claim that “fifty years later, government policies resulting from such interventions render a way of life in the West that would have been unimaginable to all but the surest of sixties visionaries.” This final gallery would have benefited from a few more pieces and a lot more breathing room, especially considering the overwhelming whiteness and maleness of the characters we’ve been taught to celebrate from this time period in San Francisco’s history—none of whom receive substantial critique in the preceding rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13042305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13042305\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Birgitta Bjerke (100% Birgitta), 'Pioneer,' ca. 1972-1973.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"959\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-800x639.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-768x614.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-1020x815.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-1180x943.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-960x767.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-240x192.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-375x300.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/L16_56_15_1_V1_8_1200-520x416.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birgitta Bjerke (100% Birgitta), ‘Pioneer,’ ca. 1972-1973. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of FAMSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Panthers, in particular—who had, by the summer of 1967, opened a storefront in Oakland, published their Ten-Point Program, and garnered national attention for entering the California State Assembly carrying guns to protest the Mulford Act—are represented only by a handful of Ruth Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones photographs, unless we missed something. The movement was far better represented in the \u003ca href=\"http://museumca.org/gallery/all-power-people-black-panthers-50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Museum of California’s sprawling and comprehensive 2016 exhibit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back upstairs on Thursday night, the party—“anti-war protesters” and all—was just getting going. While attendees drank lime green Midori-and-tequila cocktails labeled “battery acid” to the sounds of “White Rabbit,” we asked one of the sign-carrying protesters if he was, in fact, pulling double duty as part of the band. The be-wigged gentleman, carrying light-up bowling pins, answered, “We’re all in the band called life, man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near the exit, a de Young employee handed us each a bright Gerbera daisy. Then we made our way through the rain and wind to the faux street signs marking the entrance to the building—each one noting an “intersection” of the past and present: hippie and hipster, free love and marriage equality. A strong gust whipped the flowers from our hands right about then, which was fine. There were new notifications on our phones to check. Likely, there was something fresh worth protesting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.melbeachquilts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mel Beach\u003c/a> created her “Peace of Mind” quilt last November, directly in response to the election of Donald Trump as U.S. President. The San Jose-based artist says the piece was specifically inspired by “the growing tensions, hostility and violence directed towards immigrants, LGBTQA people, women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12667846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg\" alt=\"100Days_300x300z\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>Beach says she wanted to come up with something that would provide a sense of hope for people. “Most Americans are compassionate, peaceful and respectful of diversity,” she says. And as Beach sifted through her fabric scraps, she fixed on one of the most iconic symbols of hope: the “peace” sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What began with a simple, taped outline evolved into a large, rainbow-colored emblem, surrounded by floating triangles that symbolize a fractured nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13032693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13032693\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The basic idea begins to take shape.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-1180x663.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-960x539.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-520x292.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The basic idea begins to take shape. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Mel Beach)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The confetti print background is intentionally bright and cheerful. Beach filled the outline with five-inch charms she crowd-sourced from 60-plus quilters living around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In my darker stages, I had considered incorporating fear, hate and harm,” Beach writes in a \u003ca href=\"https://pieceloveandhappiness.blogspot.com/2016/12/peace-of-mind.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post\u003c/a> detailing her process. “But as I found peace, I chose to focus on the positive messages which I would free motion stitch into the background.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13032694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13032694\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The process photos.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The process photos. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Mel Beach)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those messages came from more than 25 of Beach’s Facebook friends and family members, and included words like “advocate,” “community,” “integrity,” and “listen,” among others. Beach also stitched in 30 translations of the word “peace,” such as “amani” (Swahili), “fred” (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish), “heping” (Chinese) and “paix” (French).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beach is hardly alone marrying her love for quilting with her concern for the larger community. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.melbeachquilts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mel Beach\u003c/a> created her “Peace of Mind” quilt last November, directly in response to the election of Donald Trump as U.S. President. The San Jose-based artist says the piece was specifically inspired by “the growing tensions, hostility and violence directed towards immigrants, LGBTQA people, women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12667846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg\" alt=\"100Days_300x300z\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>Beach says she wanted to come up with something that would provide a sense of hope for people. “Most Americans are compassionate, peaceful and respectful of diversity,” she says. And as Beach sifted through her fabric scraps, she fixed on one of the most iconic symbols of hope: the “peace” sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What began with a simple, taped outline evolved into a large, rainbow-colored emblem, surrounded by floating triangles that symbolize a fractured nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13032693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13032693\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The basic idea begins to take shape.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-1180x663.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-960x539.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut-520x292.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24899_Peace-Quilt-3-001-qut.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The basic idea begins to take shape. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Mel Beach)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The confetti print background is intentionally bright and cheerful. Beach filled the outline with five-inch charms she crowd-sourced from 60-plus quilters living around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In my darker stages, I had considered incorporating fear, hate and harm,” Beach writes in a \u003ca href=\"https://pieceloveandhappiness.blogspot.com/2016/12/peace-of-mind.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post\u003c/a> detailing her process. “But as I found peace, I chose to focus on the positive messages which I would free motion stitch into the background.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13032694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13032694\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The process photos.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24901_Peace-Quilt2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The process photos. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Mel Beach)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those messages came from more than 25 of Beach’s Facebook friends and family members, and included words like “advocate,” “community,” “integrity,” and “listen,” among others. Beach also stitched in 30 translations of the word “peace,” such as “amani” (Swahili), “fred” (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish), “heping” (Chinese) and “paix” (French).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"title": "Mark Harris Creates Postage Stamps for a Trumpian World",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.markharrisstudiosf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Harris\u003c/a> is a collage artist. “In the old school sense,” he says, meaning he finds old images, alters them, and then puts them together on a physical surface to say something new about the world we’re living in today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12667846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg\" alt=\"100Days_300x300z\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>Harris’ latest series uses the postage stamp as his frame for discussion.\u003cem> \u003c/em>“It’s retro,” Harris says. “Everybody sends emails now. When you get something in the mail, it’s like a present.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At present, there are five “postage stamps,” ranging from 24 x 30 to 30 x 40 inches in size (and no, you can’t use them to mail envelopes).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each painted image depicts “a thought-provoking and satirical narrative,” as Harris puts it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12997908\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12997908\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-800x1001.jpg\" alt='\"In Guns We Trust\" by Mark Harris. Mixed media, consisting of acrylic paint, acrylic ink, archival photo paper, and vinyl.' width=\"800\" height=\"1001\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-800x1001.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-768x961.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-1020x1276.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-1920x2402.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-1180x1476.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-960x1201.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-375x469.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-520x651.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut.jpg 1637w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“In Guns We Trust” by Mark Harris. Mixed media, consisting of acrylic paint, acrylic ink, archival photo paper, and vinyl. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Mark Harris)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Take “In Guns We Trust,” a stamp Harris started working on in the wake of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/us/dylann-roof-trial-charleston-video/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charleston, South Carolina massacre\u003c/a>. “So many other mass shootings that had taken place in the United States to that point,” Harris says of his motivation to create the piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris came across an old 1960’s era bra ad and was immediately struck by the portrayed sexiness and attitude of the model. He says he wanted to take the image out of its original context and identify it with a wild west Americanism to sell the male fantasy of guns, liberty, and violent patriotism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are fortunate in this country to enjoy incredible personal freedom found nowhere else in the world, including the freedom to shoot anyone you want,” Harris says. The title of the piece, “In Guns We Trust,” is also a play on words of “In God We Trust,” which became the official motto of the United States by an act of Congress in 1956.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12939041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12939041\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-800x1278.jpg\" alt='\"El Payaso,\" which means \"The Clown\" in Spanish. ' width=\"800\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-800x1278.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-160x256.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-768x1227.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-1020x1629.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-1920x3067.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-1180x1885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-960x1534.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-240x383.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-375x599.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-520x831.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut.jpg 1282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“El Payaso,” which means “The Clown” in Spanish. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Mark Harris)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then there’s “El Payaso,” which means “The Clown” in Spanish. Harris says the stamp’s value is 45 cents because Trump is the 45th U.S. president. “I don’t think anyone knew what to expect, but each day, it’s getting a little crazier, and more bizarre,” Harris says. “In a lot of ways, it’s funny, but it isn’t, because it damages the reputation of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris says he’s received a lot of positive feedback on \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TheArtivistSF/?hc_ref=SEARCH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/markharrisart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram\u003c/a> for his stamp series. “It’s encouraging to do this kind of work,” the artist says. “I’m in a silo most of the time. Getting feedback makes you feel like you’re doing the right thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, there are no plans for physical exhibitions of the whole series. However, one of his pieces will be exhibited at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.jccsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewish Community Center of San Francisco\u003c/a> in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12997912\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12997912\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24848_Immigration-Theory-qut-800x1002.jpg\" alt=\"“Immigration Theory” by Mark Harris. Mixed media, consisting of acrylic paint, acrylic ink, archival photo paper, and vinyl.)\" width=\"800\" height=\"1002\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24848_Immigration-Theory-qut-800x1002.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24848_Immigration-Theory-qut-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24848_Immigration-Theory-qut-768x962.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24848_Immigration-Theory-qut-1020x1277.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24848_Immigration-Theory-qut-1920x2404.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24848_Immigration-Theory-qut-1180x1477.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24848_Immigration-Theory-qut-960x1202.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24848_Immigration-Theory-qut-240x301.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24848_Immigration-Theory-qut-375x470.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24848_Immigration-Theory-qut-520x651.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24848_Immigration-Theory-qut.jpg 1636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Immigration Theory” by Mark Harris. Mixed media, consisting of acrylic paint, acrylic ink, archival photo paper, and vinyl.) \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Mark Harris)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The series is a work in progress and Harris isn’t sure how many postage stamps he’ll create overall. “It’s a great time to be an artist,” Harris says. “You can say what you want without worrying it will damage your career, the way it would if you were an actor or an athlete.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.markharrisstudiosf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Harris\u003c/a> is a collage artist. “In the old school sense,” he says, meaning he finds old images, alters them, and then puts them together on a physical surface to say something new about the world we’re living in today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12667846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg\" alt=\"100Days_300x300z\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>Harris’ latest series uses the postage stamp as his frame for discussion.\u003cem> \u003c/em>“It’s retro,” Harris says. “Everybody sends emails now. When you get something in the mail, it’s like a present.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At present, there are five “postage stamps,” ranging from 24 x 30 to 30 x 40 inches in size (and no, you can’t use them to mail envelopes).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each painted image depicts “a thought-provoking and satirical narrative,” as Harris puts it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12997908\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12997908\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-800x1001.jpg\" alt='\"In Guns We Trust\" by Mark Harris. Mixed media, consisting of acrylic paint, acrylic ink, archival photo paper, and vinyl.' width=\"800\" height=\"1001\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-800x1001.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-768x961.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-1020x1276.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-1920x2402.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-1180x1476.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-960x1201.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-375x469.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut-520x651.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24849_In-Guns-We-Trust-No2-qut.jpg 1637w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“In Guns We Trust” by Mark Harris. Mixed media, consisting of acrylic paint, acrylic ink, archival photo paper, and vinyl. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Mark Harris)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Take “In Guns We Trust,” a stamp Harris started working on in the wake of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/us/dylann-roof-trial-charleston-video/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charleston, South Carolina massacre\u003c/a>. “So many other mass shootings that had taken place in the United States to that point,” Harris says of his motivation to create the piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris came across an old 1960’s era bra ad and was immediately struck by the portrayed sexiness and attitude of the model. He says he wanted to take the image out of its original context and identify it with a wild west Americanism to sell the male fantasy of guns, liberty, and violent patriotism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are fortunate in this country to enjoy incredible personal freedom found nowhere else in the world, including the freedom to shoot anyone you want,” Harris says. The title of the piece, “In Guns We Trust,” is also a play on words of “In God We Trust,” which became the official motto of the United States by an act of Congress in 1956.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12939041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12939041\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-800x1278.jpg\" alt='\"El Payaso,\" which means \"The Clown\" in Spanish. ' width=\"800\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-800x1278.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-160x256.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-768x1227.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-1020x1629.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-1920x3067.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-1180x1885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-960x1534.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-240x383.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-375x599.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut-520x831.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/RS24680_El-Payaso-002-qut.jpg 1282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“El Payaso,” which means “The Clown” in Spanish. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Mark Harris)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then there’s “El Payaso,” which means “The Clown” in Spanish. Harris says the stamp’s value is 45 cents because Trump is the 45th U.S. president. “I don’t think anyone knew what to expect, but each day, it’s getting a little crazier, and more bizarre,” Harris says. “In a lot of ways, it’s funny, but it isn’t, because it damages the reputation of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris says he’s received a lot of positive feedback on \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TheArtivistSF/?hc_ref=SEARCH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/markharrisart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram\u003c/a> for his stamp series. “It’s encouraging to do this kind of work,” the artist says. “I’m in a silo most of the time. Getting feedback makes you feel like you’re doing the right thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, there are no plans for physical exhibitions of the whole series. However, one of his pieces will be exhibited at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.jccsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewish Community Center of San Francisco\u003c/a> in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12997912\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12997912\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24848_Immigration-Theory-qut-800x1002.jpg\" alt=\"“Immigration Theory” by Mark Harris. 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"content": "\u003cp>In a world dominated by male, left-leaning editorial cartoonists, Lisa Benson is something of a rarity: the Apple Valley, CA-based political comics artist is a woman, and a Republican to boot. Ann Telnaes, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://editorialcartoonists.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of American Editorial Cartoonists\u003c/a>, says of her organization’s 231-strong membership, only 10 are women, and only one of them, as far as she knows, leans towards the right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12667846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg\" alt=\"100Days_300x300z\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benson has been at her craft since 1992. Her work, syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group, appears in more than 100 newspapers in the United States and Canada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lisa Benson is a rare talent who can illustrate a major news story in a single drawing and convey her ideas to readers in very few words,” says Alan Shearer, Washington Post Writers Group editorial director and general manager. “Conservative describes her politically. Brilliant describes her artistically. A combination of artistic talent, moral indignation and strong point of view mesh somehow to produce some of the finest work I have ever seen from a local cartoonist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke with Benson about what it’s like to create news-driven art in the Trump era, especially in a state that mostly voted for the opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12968591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12968591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-800x899.jpg\" alt=\"Editorial cartoonist Lisa Benson's self-portrait.\" width=\"800\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-800x899.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-160x180.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-768x863.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-1020x1146.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-1180x1326.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-960x1079.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-240x270.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-375x421.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-520x584.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color.jpg 1482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Editorial cartoonist Lisa Benson’s self-portrait. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Benson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Great editorial cartoonists have a knack for seizing upon a very complicated issue and drawing it into a bold metaphor which they then present in a definitive way. How do you go about finding a simple way to illustrate a complicated issue?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s tough to boil down the thought process because there’s no scientific formula for getting from point A to point B. Basically, it’s just a matter of scribbling notes, keywords and phrases and trying to match them with a strong, recognizable visual. This stage of the process can last for hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The challenging part for cartoonists is taking an old, tired metaphor and presenting it in a fresh, new way. When John Kerry was negotiating the Iran Nuclear Deal, many experts feared that it would create an arms race in the Middle East and that some of those weapons could end up in the wrong hands. I chose to draw my cartoon in a cafe setting showing Iran ordering from the nuclear menu with Saudi Arabia and a evil-looking character telling the waiter, John Kerry, “I’ll have what he’s having.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another example is Jerry Brown’s struggle to rein in Democrats’ spending in California. When someone mentions runaway spending, you almost immediately visualize the kid in the candy store. Only this time, the candy store is stocked with rice and beans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12968601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12968601\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-800x522.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Benson comments on runaway spending.\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-768x501.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-1020x665.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-1920x1253.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-1180x770.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-960x626.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-240x157.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-375x245.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-520x339.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Benson shares her feelings about Democrats’ “runaway spending” in California in cartoon form. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Benson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Have there been any issues of such complexity or nuance over the course of your career that you felt you couldn’t fit into a single-frame cartoon? And if so, how did you go about solving that problem?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I try to avoid multi-panel cartoons, mostly because I’m too lazy to draw all those squares. In my mind, it’s not so much the complexity of the issue, but more about how you want to get the message across. When NASA’s funding was cut, I chose to draw three panels showing our space program fading away into space. The cartoon tells a sad story that would have been more difficult to illustrate in one panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12968594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12968594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-800x523.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Benson's take on cuts to the NASA program.\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-800x523.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-768x502.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-1020x667.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-1920x1255.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-1180x771.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-960x628.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-240x157.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-375x245.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-520x340.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Benson’s take on cuts to the NASA program. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Benson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You live in a state where Democrats win a lot of elections. To what extent have you had to deal with enraged feedback? Have you ever felt persecuted?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think I felt persecuted once… for about five minutes. I try to ignore hateful comments because it’s mostly irrational ramblings from hot-headed readers. There’s no way to respond to that. All editorial cartoonists experience enraged feedback, especially these days when every little thing can tick off the masses. On the flip side, we also receive many compliments and words of encouragement from readers which makes it all worthwhile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gocomics.com/lisabenson/2016/11/09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This interesting cartoon\u003c/a> from Nov. 9 seems to depict Uncle Sam as having to move to Canada. Did you draw it the day before, under the assumption Trump would win? How do you feel about that cartoon today?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many voters, I wasn’t excited about either of the candidates and fully expected Hillary to walk away with the win. I did this cartoon on election day figuring, no matter who won the election, there’d be people threatening to leave the country. Predicting the future has never been one of my talents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12968803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12968803\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-800x522.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Benson created this cartoon for Nov. 9, 2016. \" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-768x501.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-1020x665.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-1920x1252.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-1180x769.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-960x626.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-240x156.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-375x245.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-520x339.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Benson created this cartoon for Nov. 9, 2016. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Benson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Does it feel immediately different drawing cartoons that are in support of the ruling/winning party, after eight years of having a clear-cut target in the Obama Administration?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wish Donald Trump and the Republican Congress well and look forward to a conservative agenda. But I suspect that they will be dishing up just as much cartoon material as we saw during the Obama years. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that politicians make promises that are nearly impossible to keep. It’s disappointing that with each new administration, we’re still trying to solve the same old problems: national debt, affordable health care, tax reform, border security, entitlements, terrorism, etc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who are the editorial cartoonists you most admire and why?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I discovered editorial cartoons in my teens, I enjoyed following Paul Conrad and Pat Oliphant. I had always admired the artists on the comics page, but editorial cartoons opened up a whole new world for me. Early on, Jeff MacNelly’s drawing style and sense of humor made a huge impression on me. I also enjoy Michael Ramirez’s work. He always seems to get the right balance of art, message and humor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why aren’t there more conservative female political cartoonists?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You could probably count on one hand the number of female political cartoonists, both liberal and conservative. I’m guessing the talented female cartoonists choose to work for Disney rather than face an uncertain future in newspapers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Find out more about Lisa Benson and her work \u003ca href=\"http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonist/profile.cfm/BensoL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In a world dominated by male, left-leaning editorial cartoonists, Lisa Benson is something of a rarity: the Apple Valley, CA-based political comics artist is a woman, and a Republican to boot. Ann Telnaes, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://editorialcartoonists.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of American Editorial Cartoonists\u003c/a>, says of her organization’s 231-strong membership, only 10 are women, and only one of them, as far as she knows, leans towards the right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12667846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg\" alt=\"100Days_300x300z\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benson has been at her craft since 1992. Her work, syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group, appears in more than 100 newspapers in the United States and Canada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lisa Benson is a rare talent who can illustrate a major news story in a single drawing and convey her ideas to readers in very few words,” says Alan Shearer, Washington Post Writers Group editorial director and general manager. “Conservative describes her politically. Brilliant describes her artistically. A combination of artistic talent, moral indignation and strong point of view mesh somehow to produce some of the finest work I have ever seen from a local cartoonist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke with Benson about what it’s like to create news-driven art in the Trump era, especially in a state that mostly voted for the opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12968591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12968591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-800x899.jpg\" alt=\"Editorial cartoonist Lisa Benson's self-portrait.\" width=\"800\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-800x899.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-160x180.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-768x863.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-1020x1146.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-1180x1326.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-960x1079.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-240x270.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-375x421.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color-520x584.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Lisa_AV_color.jpg 1482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Editorial cartoonist Lisa Benson’s self-portrait. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Benson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Great editorial cartoonists have a knack for seizing upon a very complicated issue and drawing it into a bold metaphor which they then present in a definitive way. How do you go about finding a simple way to illustrate a complicated issue?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s tough to boil down the thought process because there’s no scientific formula for getting from point A to point B. Basically, it’s just a matter of scribbling notes, keywords and phrases and trying to match them with a strong, recognizable visual. This stage of the process can last for hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The challenging part for cartoonists is taking an old, tired metaphor and presenting it in a fresh, new way. When John Kerry was negotiating the Iran Nuclear Deal, many experts feared that it would create an arms race in the Middle East and that some of those weapons could end up in the wrong hands. I chose to draw my cartoon in a cafe setting showing Iran ordering from the nuclear menu with Saudi Arabia and a evil-looking character telling the waiter, John Kerry, “I’ll have what he’s having.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another example is Jerry Brown’s struggle to rein in Democrats’ spending in California. When someone mentions runaway spending, you almost immediately visualize the kid in the candy store. Only this time, the candy store is stocked with rice and beans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12968601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12968601\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-800x522.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Benson comments on runaway spending.\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-768x501.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-1020x665.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-1920x1253.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-1180x770.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-960x626.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-240x157.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-375x245.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c-520x339.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa011616c.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Benson shares her feelings about Democrats’ “runaway spending” in California in cartoon form. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Benson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Have there been any issues of such complexity or nuance over the course of your career that you felt you couldn’t fit into a single-frame cartoon? And if so, how did you go about solving that problem?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I try to avoid multi-panel cartoons, mostly because I’m too lazy to draw all those squares. In my mind, it’s not so much the complexity of the issue, but more about how you want to get the message across. When NASA’s funding was cut, I chose to draw three panels showing our space program fading away into space. The cartoon tells a sad story that would have been more difficult to illustrate in one panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12968594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12968594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-800x523.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Benson's take on cuts to the NASA program.\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-800x523.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-768x502.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-1020x667.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-1920x1255.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-1180x771.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-960x628.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-240x157.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-375x245.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c-520x340.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa020210c.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Benson’s take on cuts to the NASA program. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Benson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You live in a state where Democrats win a lot of elections. To what extent have you had to deal with enraged feedback? Have you ever felt persecuted?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think I felt persecuted once… for about five minutes. I try to ignore hateful comments because it’s mostly irrational ramblings from hot-headed readers. There’s no way to respond to that. All editorial cartoonists experience enraged feedback, especially these days when every little thing can tick off the masses. On the flip side, we also receive many compliments and words of encouragement from readers which makes it all worthwhile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gocomics.com/lisabenson/2016/11/09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This interesting cartoon\u003c/a> from Nov. 9 seems to depict Uncle Sam as having to move to Canada. Did you draw it the day before, under the assumption Trump would win? How do you feel about that cartoon today?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many voters, I wasn’t excited about either of the candidates and fully expected Hillary to walk away with the win. I did this cartoon on election day figuring, no matter who won the election, there’d be people threatening to leave the country. Predicting the future has never been one of my talents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12968803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12968803\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-800x522.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Benson created this cartoon for Nov. 9, 2016. \" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-768x501.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-1020x665.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-1920x1252.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-1180x769.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-960x626.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-240x156.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-375x245.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c-520x339.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/lisa110916c.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Benson created this cartoon for Nov. 9, 2016. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Benson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Does it feel immediately different drawing cartoons that are in support of the ruling/winning party, after eight years of having a clear-cut target in the Obama Administration?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wish Donald Trump and the Republican Congress well and look forward to a conservative agenda. But I suspect that they will be dishing up just as much cartoon material as we saw during the Obama years. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that politicians make promises that are nearly impossible to keep. It’s disappointing that with each new administration, we’re still trying to solve the same old problems: national debt, affordable health care, tax reform, border security, entitlements, terrorism, etc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who are the editorial cartoonists you most admire and why?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I discovered editorial cartoons in my teens, I enjoyed following Paul Conrad and Pat Oliphant. I had always admired the artists on the comics page, but editorial cartoons opened up a whole new world for me. Early on, Jeff MacNelly’s drawing style and sense of humor made a huge impression on me. I also enjoy Michael Ramirez’s work. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gf.org/news/foundation-news/fellowship-awards-in-the-united-states-and-canada-2017/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guggenheim Foundation\u003c/a> today named its 2017 fellows, and 16 are from Northern California, including \u003ca href=\"http://circozero.org/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keith Hennessy\u003c/a>, a San Francisco choreographer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s pretty dramatic. It’s pretty exciting. We did apply for it, so we knew it was possible,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hennessy and the other fellows, all what the Guggenheim Foundation calls “advanced professionals,” will get about $50,000 in an unrestricted grant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13018670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13018670\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Dancer and choreographer Keith Hennessy\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-768x508.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-520x344.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancer and choreographer Keith Hennessy \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Keith Hennessy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other Bay Area recipients include scholars in the fields of computer science and psychology, and \u003ca href=\"http://music.berkeley.edu/people/cindy-cox/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.C. Berkeley Professor and composer Cindy Cox\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://music.stanford.edu/people/jesse-rodin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesse Rodin\u003c/a>, an associate professor at Stanford, also won a Guggenheim. He’s a specialist in late medieval and renaissance music, and leads a vocal ensemble that recently released a recording of music by Guillaume Du Fay. Rodin was amazed to discover that his grandfather won a Guggenheim in 1929.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Practically speaking,” Rodin says, “the fellowship means more time to work on my scholarship, and it brings visibility to the music I’m studying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley filmmaker \u003ca href=\"http://www.canepariphoto.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zackary Canepari\u003c/a> says the money is critical to support his project \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/flintisaplace/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Flint is a Place\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a web series he started five years ago about Flint, Michigan, mixing film, photography, poetry, found objects, and news stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an incredible honor,” Canepari said by phone from Flint. “This is an experimental documentary project, and being independent, finding funding is always the name of the game. So being awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship just provides so many opportunities to maintain the creative focus of the project, and be able to find an audience for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13018667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1380px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13018667\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208.jpg\" alt=\"Police in Flint Michigan, part of Guggenheim Fellowship winner Zackary Canepari's project 'Flint is a Place.'\" width=\"1380\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208.jpg 1380w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-160x46.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-800x228.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-768x219.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-1020x290.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-1180x336.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-960x273.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-240x68.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-375x107.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-520x148.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1380px) 100vw, 1380px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police in Flint Michigan, part of Guggenheim Fellowship winner Zackary Canepari’s project ‘Flint is a Place.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Zackary Canepari)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hennessy, on the other hand, says he’s not going to spend the money on his work. “This money just goes into my rainy day try-not-to-have-a-disaster-when-I’m-an-old-person fund,” says Hennessy, who is 58.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The real value of the Guggenheim is the brand,” Hennessy adds. “The word Guggenheim means ruling class power. So when you get that brand attached to you, a whole bunch of people think you’ve arrived or that you’re important. And that’s what I would hope would help me in future projects.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gf.org/news/foundation-news/fellowship-awards-in-the-united-states-and-canada-2017/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guggenheim Foundation\u003c/a> today named its 2017 fellows, and 16 are from Northern California, including \u003ca href=\"http://circozero.org/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keith Hennessy\u003c/a>, a San Francisco choreographer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s pretty dramatic. It’s pretty exciting. We did apply for it, so we knew it was possible,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hennessy and the other fellows, all what the Guggenheim Foundation calls “advanced professionals,” will get about $50,000 in an unrestricted grant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13018670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13018670\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Dancer and choreographer Keith Hennessy\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-768x508.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot-520x344.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Keith-Hennessy-Head-Shot.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancer and choreographer Keith Hennessy \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Keith Hennessy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other Bay Area recipients include scholars in the fields of computer science and psychology, and \u003ca href=\"http://music.berkeley.edu/people/cindy-cox/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.C. Berkeley Professor and composer Cindy Cox\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://music.stanford.edu/people/jesse-rodin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesse Rodin\u003c/a>, an associate professor at Stanford, also won a Guggenheim. He’s a specialist in late medieval and renaissance music, and leads a vocal ensemble that recently released a recording of music by Guillaume Du Fay. Rodin was amazed to discover that his grandfather won a Guggenheim in 1929.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Practically speaking,” Rodin says, “the fellowship means more time to work on my scholarship, and it brings visibility to the music I’m studying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley filmmaker \u003ca href=\"http://www.canepariphoto.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zackary Canepari\u003c/a> says the money is critical to support his project \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/flintisaplace/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Flint is a Place\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a web series he started five years ago about Flint, Michigan, mixing film, photography, poetry, found objects, and news stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an incredible honor,” Canepari said by phone from Flint. “This is an experimental documentary project, and being independent, finding funding is always the name of the game. So being awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship just provides so many opportunities to maintain the creative focus of the project, and be able to find an audience for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13018667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1380px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13018667\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208.jpg\" alt=\"Police in Flint Michigan, part of Guggenheim Fellowship winner Zackary Canepari's project 'Flint is a Place.'\" width=\"1380\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208.jpg 1380w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-160x46.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-800x228.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-768x219.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-1020x290.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-1180x336.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-960x273.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-240x68.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-375x107.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/police_trip-e1491609553208-520x148.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1380px) 100vw, 1380px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police in Flint Michigan, part of Guggenheim Fellowship winner Zackary Canepari’s project ‘Flint is a Place.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Zackary Canepari)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hennessy, on the other hand, says he’s not going to spend the money on his work. “This money just goes into my rainy day try-not-to-have-a-disaster-when-I’m-an-old-person fund,” says Hennessy, who is 58.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The real value of the Guggenheim is the brand,” Hennessy adds. “The word Guggenheim means ruling class power. So when you get that brand attached to you, a whole bunch of people think you’ve arrived or that you’re important. And that’s what I would hope would help me in future projects.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"title": "'Nasty Women' Raise Funds for Planned Parenthood with Art",
"headTitle": "‘Nasty Women’ Raise Funds for Planned Parenthood with Art | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>October 2016 was a busy month for journalists covering Donald Trump and sexism. First, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/us/donald-trump-tape-transcript.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recording of him bragging\u003c/a> about forcing himself on women was released to the public. Next, women began stepping forward, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/10/13/497799354/a-list-of-donald-trumps-accusers-of-inappropriate-sexual-conduct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accusing him of sexual assault\u003c/a>. And moments after declaring “nobody has more respect for women; nobody” during the final presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, the nation watched as he \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-nasty-woman/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaned into his microphone with a frown\u003c/a> and called Clinton a “nasty woman.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg\" alt=\"100Days_300x300z\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12667846\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The internet exploded into glorious nasty woman \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/10/20/498729702/-memeoftheweek-nasty-woman-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-and-janet-jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memes\u003c/a> and punchlines. We laughed and listened to Janet Jackson and clinked our pint glasses in celebration as the reclaimed term become one of empowerment. We were hopeful that a month of blatant sexism and sexual assault allegations would cost Trump the presidential race. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The world faced another reality on Nov. 8, and so people began mobilizing en masse. Since the women’s marches in January, which saw a record number of 4.8 million estimated demonstrators worldwide, actions and activist groups have continued fanning out in resistance across the planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13014957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Monica Tiulescu, 'Yawning.'\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1231\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13014957\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-160x164.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-800x821.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-768x788.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-1020x1046.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-1180x1210.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-960x985.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-240x246.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-375x385.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-520x533.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monica Tiulescu, ‘Yawning.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One such action is a series of international \u003ca href=\"http://nastywomenexhibition.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>Nasty Women\u003c/i> art exhibitions\u003c/a>, featuring work from female-identifying and gender nonconforming artists. So far over 30 events, which have popped up globally from New York to Brussels and Phoenix to London, have raised nearly $200,000 for Planned Parenthood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next Bay Area iteration of the series, \u003ca href=\"https://nastywomenoakland.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>Nasty Women Oakland\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, opens Friday, April 7 at \u003ca href=\"http://oakland.impacthub.net/omi-gallery/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Omi Gallery\u003c/a>. But what, exactly, defines a “nasty woman”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A free woman. One of the things we’ve had a lot of conversations about is yes, this is a ‘nasty woman’ show but we can’t define what is ‘nasty’ for someone,” says Christina Campbell, an organizer with \u003ci>Nasty Women Oakland\u003c/i>. “I feel like it’s freedom; it’s freedom to define what nasty means to you. For me personally it means being outspoken, being powerful, being sexy, being free.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13014961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000.jpg\" alt=\"Madelyn Covey, 'Green Pants.'\" width=\"1000\" height=\"990\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13014961\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-160x158.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-800x792.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-768x760.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-960x950.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-240x238.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-375x371.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-520x515.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madelyn Covey, ‘Green Pants.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Campbell was inspired to hold the Oakland event after the inaugural \u003cem>Nasty Woman\u003c/em> exhibit in New York in January. As a black woman who voted for Obama — and viewed his two-term presidency as a sign of social progress in the U.S. — Trump’s win came as a shock to her. She teamed up with fellow organizers Victoria Ayees and Paula Commerford to mobilize against what she sees as threats to roll back on women’s rights, access to healthcare and general safety in an increasingly hostile world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just read an article about how Republicans in different states are rejoicing because they are getting to pass policies that will hurt women because they know they will pass now — before they didn’t have a chance,” says Campbell. “This is what I’ve been fearing and it’s just starting to come about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campbell points to a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/us/texas-burial-aborted-fetuses.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mandate in Texas\u003c/a> which requires burial of fetal tissue after abortion or miscarriage as just the beginning of laws that have a negative impact on women’s lives and serve as a precursor to criminalizing reproductive care. Racism, homophobia and hate crimes across gender lines are also a concern for Campbell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13014963\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Ella Davidson, 'I Don't Need a Crown.'\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1686\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13014963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-160x225.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-800x1124.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-768x1079.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-1020x1433.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-1180x1658.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-960x1349.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-240x337.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-375x527.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-520x731.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ella Davidson, ‘I Don’t Need a Crown.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When Obama was elected, people [who opposed him] were crying like they were gonna die: ‘Isis is coming!’ I guess for them, they made it up in their heads but for us, it’s not made up — it’s actually happening,” says Campbell. “People are in danger and people are going to die and it is very serious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campbell acknowledges that not every female-identifying person wants to bear the label of “nasty woman,” because of negative connotations associated with the term. She also says the event producers have received some minor internet trolling from anti-feminists. But Campbell has no time to engage with hateful, anti-woman commentary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a lot of that is being uncomfortable with being a powerful woman, with being a woman who is outspoken, being a woman who takes ownership of herself, of her body and her voice,” she says of the female critics. “It’s like they are losing ownership of that power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 100 women who have work featured in \u003cem>Nasty Women Oakland\u003c/em> are definitely not at risk for losing that ownership, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To see other people define [nasty woman] in different ways has been really amazing,” says Campbell. “A lot of the work is very personal about their bodies, a wide range of how they see other women, how they feel about Trump; it’s running the gamut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13014964\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 907px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Wynne Leung, 'Speak the Truth.'\" width=\"907\" height=\"1200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13014964\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200.jpg 907w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200-160x212.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200-800x1058.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200-768x1016.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200-240x318.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200-375x496.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200-520x688.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wynne Leung, ‘Speak the Truth.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The opening night reception includes musical performances from \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/theanniebacon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annie Bacon\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/dianagamerosmusic/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana Gameros\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/rialoveftw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandria Love\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/MAYASONGBIRD/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maya Songbird\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/FWMqingqi/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qing Qi\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/breezyez/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJ Breezy EZ\u003c/a>. \u003cem>Nasty Women Oakland\u003c/em> also hosts a talk with participating artists on Friday, April 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we move deeper into the current administration, Campbell is hopeful that \u003cem>Nasty Women Oakland\u003c/em> will be an inspiration for others to organize solidarity actions as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where my mind is and where I am invested in,” she says, “is re-investing in community, re-investing in people who are interested in change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>‘Nasty Women Oakland’ is on view April 7-28 at Oakland’s Omi Gallery at Impact Hub (2323 Broadway St.). For more information, \u003ca href=\"https://nastywomenoakland.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>October 2016 was a busy month for journalists covering Donald Trump and sexism. First, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/us/donald-trump-tape-transcript.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recording of him bragging\u003c/a> about forcing himself on women was released to the public. Next, women began stepping forward, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/10/13/497799354/a-list-of-donald-trumps-accusers-of-inappropriate-sexual-conduct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accusing him of sexual assault\u003c/a>. And moments after declaring “nobody has more respect for women; nobody” during the final presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, the nation watched as he \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-nasty-woman/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaned into his microphone with a frown\u003c/a> and called Clinton a “nasty woman.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg\" alt=\"100Days_300x300z\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12667846\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The internet exploded into glorious nasty woman \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/10/20/498729702/-memeoftheweek-nasty-woman-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-and-janet-jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memes\u003c/a> and punchlines. We laughed and listened to Janet Jackson and clinked our pint glasses in celebration as the reclaimed term become one of empowerment. We were hopeful that a month of blatant sexism and sexual assault allegations would cost Trump the presidential race. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The world faced another reality on Nov. 8, and so people began mobilizing en masse. Since the women’s marches in January, which saw a record number of 4.8 million estimated demonstrators worldwide, actions and activist groups have continued fanning out in resistance across the planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13014957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Monica Tiulescu, 'Yawning.'\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1231\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13014957\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-160x164.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-800x821.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-768x788.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-1020x1046.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-1180x1210.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-960x985.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-240x246.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-375x385.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-520x533.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Monica-Tiulescu_1200-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monica Tiulescu, ‘Yawning.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One such action is a series of international \u003ca href=\"http://nastywomenexhibition.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>Nasty Women\u003c/i> art exhibitions\u003c/a>, featuring work from female-identifying and gender nonconforming artists. So far over 30 events, which have popped up globally from New York to Brussels and Phoenix to London, have raised nearly $200,000 for Planned Parenthood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next Bay Area iteration of the series, \u003ca href=\"https://nastywomenoakland.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>Nasty Women Oakland\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, opens Friday, April 7 at \u003ca href=\"http://oakland.impacthub.net/omi-gallery/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Omi Gallery\u003c/a>. But what, exactly, defines a “nasty woman”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A free woman. One of the things we’ve had a lot of conversations about is yes, this is a ‘nasty woman’ show but we can’t define what is ‘nasty’ for someone,” says Christina Campbell, an organizer with \u003ci>Nasty Women Oakland\u003c/i>. “I feel like it’s freedom; it’s freedom to define what nasty means to you. For me personally it means being outspoken, being powerful, being sexy, being free.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13014961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000.jpg\" alt=\"Madelyn Covey, 'Green Pants.'\" width=\"1000\" height=\"990\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13014961\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-160x158.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-800x792.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-768x760.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-960x950.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-240x238.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-375x371.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-520x515.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/MADELYN-COVEY_1000-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madelyn Covey, ‘Green Pants.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Campbell was inspired to hold the Oakland event after the inaugural \u003cem>Nasty Woman\u003c/em> exhibit in New York in January. As a black woman who voted for Obama — and viewed his two-term presidency as a sign of social progress in the U.S. — Trump’s win came as a shock to her. She teamed up with fellow organizers Victoria Ayees and Paula Commerford to mobilize against what she sees as threats to roll back on women’s rights, access to healthcare and general safety in an increasingly hostile world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just read an article about how Republicans in different states are rejoicing because they are getting to pass policies that will hurt women because they know they will pass now — before they didn’t have a chance,” says Campbell. “This is what I’ve been fearing and it’s just starting to come about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campbell points to a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/us/texas-burial-aborted-fetuses.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mandate in Texas\u003c/a> which requires burial of fetal tissue after abortion or miscarriage as just the beginning of laws that have a negative impact on women’s lives and serve as a precursor to criminalizing reproductive care. Racism, homophobia and hate crimes across gender lines are also a concern for Campbell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13014963\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Ella Davidson, 'I Don't Need a Crown.'\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1686\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13014963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-160x225.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-800x1124.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-768x1079.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-1020x1433.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-1180x1658.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-960x1349.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-240x337.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-375x527.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/EllaDavidson_I_Dont_Need_A_Crown_1200-520x731.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ella Davidson, ‘I Don’t Need a Crown.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When Obama was elected, people [who opposed him] were crying like they were gonna die: ‘Isis is coming!’ I guess for them, they made it up in their heads but for us, it’s not made up — it’s actually happening,” says Campbell. “People are in danger and people are going to die and it is very serious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campbell acknowledges that not every female-identifying person wants to bear the label of “nasty woman,” because of negative connotations associated with the term. She also says the event producers have received some minor internet trolling from anti-feminists. But Campbell has no time to engage with hateful, anti-woman commentary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a lot of that is being uncomfortable with being a powerful woman, with being a woman who is outspoken, being a woman who takes ownership of herself, of her body and her voice,” she says of the female critics. “It’s like they are losing ownership of that power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 100 women who have work featured in \u003cem>Nasty Women Oakland\u003c/em> are definitely not at risk for losing that ownership, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To see other people define [nasty woman] in different ways has been really amazing,” says Campbell. “A lot of the work is very personal about their bodies, a wide range of how they see other women, how they feel about Trump; it’s running the gamut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13014964\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 907px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Wynne Leung, 'Speak the Truth.'\" width=\"907\" height=\"1200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13014964\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200.jpg 907w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200-160x212.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200-800x1058.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200-768x1016.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200-240x318.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200-375x496.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/wynneleung_1200-520x688.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wynne Leung, ‘Speak the Truth.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The opening night reception includes musical performances from \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/theanniebacon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annie Bacon\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/dianagamerosmusic/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana Gameros\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/rialoveftw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandria Love\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/MAYASONGBIRD/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maya Songbird\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/FWMqingqi/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qing Qi\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/breezyez/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJ Breezy EZ\u003c/a>. \u003cem>Nasty Women Oakland\u003c/em> also hosts a talk with participating artists on Friday, April 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we move deeper into the current administration, Campbell is hopeful that \u003cem>Nasty Women Oakland\u003c/em> will be an inspiration for others to organize solidarity actions as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where my mind is and where I am invested in,” she says, “is re-investing in community, re-investing in people who are interested in change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>‘Nasty Women Oakland’ is on view April 7-28 at Oakland’s Omi Gallery at Impact Hub (2323 Broadway St.). For more information, \u003ca href=\"https://nastywomenoakland.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>At any number of anti-authoritarian protests around the world, you’ll see people carrying posters printed off the Internet, designed by or distributed by Melanie Cervantes and her partner Jesus Barraza. Together, Cervantes and Barraza operate the arts collective \u003ca href=\"http://dignidadrebelde.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dignidad Rebelde\u003c/a>. Their West Oakland studio is tightly packed with the materials of their trade — screen printing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12667846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg\" alt=\"100Days_300x300z\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>The collective licenses its work under a creative commons license to make the amplification of their work easy. “What we’re doing is amplifying the voices of people in our communities,” Cervantes says. “Part of what’s powerful about the reproducible work is that you have a message that’s consistently being mobilized.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California native says she’s following in a long line of graphic collectives whose work has existed as much to educate people and fight colonialism as it has to produce art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cervantes cites outfits like \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/selfhelpgraphics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Self Help Graphics\u003c/a>, active in Los Angeles since the early 1970s, and Taller de Gráfica Popular, a Mexico City group that fought fascism in the 1930s. Cervantes finds this group’s efforts particularly relevant today, given the current divisive political climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13008905\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13008905\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='\"Domestic Workers,\" a poster by Melanie Cervantes.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Domestic Workers,” a poster by Melanie Cervantes. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Melanie Cervantes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In her view, the Trump Administration is not really a political outlier “You know, the Obama Administration built a very effective deportation machine,” she says. “We’ve been fighting colonialism for, what, 520 some odd years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if Cervantes doesn’t see herself as doing anything new, it’s also true that her talents as an art and history educator are heavily in demand right now. So much so, that you’d be hard-pressed to find her at her studio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cervantes’ calendar is packed with screen-printing workshops, which she teaches all over the country. She’s busy growing the Chicano art movement (or “Chicanx” as it’s commonly called these days in an effort to de-gender the masculine “Chicano”) with the mass distribution of her art and the know-how to produce art like it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/316310247″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chicanx art covers a wide range of political issues. These include immigration and labor rights, the militarization of the police force, mass incarceration, and environmental injustice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a conversation that was happening when I was a child,” says Joey Reyes, who along with Cervantes co-curated the last \u003cem>Chicano/a Biennial\u003c/em> at San Jose’s \u003ca href=\"http://maclaarte.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino American\u003c/a>a (MACLA.) “This is a conversation that happens right now. The tension is real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tension is also growing, as the Trump Administration makes good on promises to peel back civil rights enforcement and crackdown on illegal immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13008904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13008904 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of "Institutionally Trapped," by <a href="http://www.aarondestrada.com/" target="_blank">Aaron Estrada</a>. It was in a recent exhibition at San Jose's MACLA. Curator Joey Reye says "It’s something very personal, looking at the history of incarceration within Estrada's own family and friends that he’s grown up with in Los Angeles."\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-1020x575.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-1180x665.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of “Institutionally Trapped,” by \u003ca href=\"http://www.aarondestrada.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron Estrada\u003c/a>. It was in a recent exhibition at San Jose’s MACLA. Curator Joey Reye says “It’s something very personal, looking at the history of incarceration within Estrada’s own family and friends that he’s grown up with in Los Angeles.” \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of MACLA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You know, it’s easy to say, ‘let’s kick out 11 million people,’ but that is 11 million fathers, mothers, and children,” says \u003ca href=\"http://www.ericalmanza.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Almanza\u003c/a>, one of the artists featured in MACLA’s \u003cem>Chicana/o Biennial\u003c/em>. “My goal is to put a face to these people, so that you can no longer say, ‘hey, let’s treat them all the same and kick them out.”‘\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almanza says he and fellow Chicanx artists are hoping their work can cultivate a stronger sense of compassion for the people being evicted from the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13009113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13009113\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-800x637.jpg\" alt='\"In Search of a New Home,\" by Long Beach artist Eric Almanza. \"I have pieces that preach to the choir,\" he says, \"but I ’m also working on the more narrative, subtle pieces that try to strike a chord with people’s emotions and their hearts.\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-800x637.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-160x127.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-768x612.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-1020x813.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-1180x940.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-960x765.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-240x191.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-375x299.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-520x414.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“In Search of a New Home,” by Long Beach artist Eric Almanza. “I have pieces that preach to the choir,” he says, “but I ’m also working on the more narrative, subtle pieces that try to strike a chord with people’s emotions and their hearts.” \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Eric Almanza)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Art of Resistance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a number of years, Almanza has included a logo in his work that he imagines will prove handy in a post-apocalyptic world. It’s a circular dream catcher with a triangle in the center that looks like the “\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triforce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">triforce” \u003c/a>from \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.zelda.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legend of Zelda\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. “It’s for the resistance, because every great resistance needs some kind of logo,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time he first developed the logo, Almanza thought it was a piece of apocalyptic science fiction. Now, he says, some kind of political apocalypse seems imminent under the Trump Administration. “Wow, these guys are for real,” Almanza says. “They have their agenda, and they’re going through with it. I always imagined it would take place 50 years from now, but it almost seems like time has fast-forwarded, and we’re just about to enter this post apocalyptic society that I’ve been painting and writing about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13009114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13009114 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-800x656.jpg\" alt='Detail of \"Frida,\" an oil painting by Eric Almanza. Note the symbol of resistance he includes in many of his more recent paintings.' width=\"800\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-800x656.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-160x131.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-768x630.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-240x197.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-375x307.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-520x426.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut.jpg 893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of “Frida,” an oil painting by Eric Almanza. Note the symbol of resistance he includes in many of his more recent paintings. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Eric Almanza)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Almanza is organizing an exhibition titled \u003cem>Art of Resistance: Paintings\u003c/em> \u003cem>in Protest to a Trump Presidency\u003c/em>. Featuring 17 artists, including himself, the show is scheduled to open next month in Los Angeles. “I’ve started on a piece that takes a section of the border wall and it’s being set on fire,” Almanza says of his contribution. The logo of resistance is emblazoned on that wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cem>“Art of Resistance: Paintings in Protest to a Trump Presidency” opens Saturday, May 13th at Ave 50 Studios in Highland Park, Los Angeles. More information \u003ca href=\"http://avenue50studio.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>At any number of anti-authoritarian protests around the world, you’ll see people carrying posters printed off the Internet, designed by or distributed by Melanie Cervantes and her partner Jesus Barraza. Together, Cervantes and Barraza operate the arts collective \u003ca href=\"http://dignidadrebelde.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dignidad Rebelde\u003c/a>. Their West Oakland studio is tightly packed with the materials of their trade — screen printing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12667846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg\" alt=\"100Days_300x300z\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/100Days_300x300z-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>The collective licenses its work under a creative commons license to make the amplification of their work easy. “What we’re doing is amplifying the voices of people in our communities,” Cervantes says. “Part of what’s powerful about the reproducible work is that you have a message that’s consistently being mobilized.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California native says she’s following in a long line of graphic collectives whose work has existed as much to educate people and fight colonialism as it has to produce art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cervantes cites outfits like \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/selfhelpgraphics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Self Help Graphics\u003c/a>, active in Los Angeles since the early 1970s, and Taller de Gráfica Popular, a Mexico City group that fought fascism in the 1930s. Cervantes finds this group’s efforts particularly relevant today, given the current divisive political climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13008905\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13008905\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='\"Domestic Workers,\" a poster by Melanie Cervantes.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24866_Domestic-Workers-Poster-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Domestic Workers,” a poster by Melanie Cervantes. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Melanie Cervantes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In her view, the Trump Administration is not really a political outlier “You know, the Obama Administration built a very effective deportation machine,” she says. “We’ve been fighting colonialism for, what, 520 some odd years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if Cervantes doesn’t see herself as doing anything new, it’s also true that her talents as an art and history educator are heavily in demand right now. So much so, that you’d be hard-pressed to find her at her studio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cervantes’ calendar is packed with screen-printing workshops, which she teaches all over the country. She’s busy growing the Chicano art movement (or “Chicanx” as it’s commonly called these days in an effort to de-gender the masculine “Chicano”) with the mass distribution of her art and the know-how to produce art like it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/316310247″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/316310247″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chicanx art covers a wide range of political issues. These include immigration and labor rights, the militarization of the police force, mass incarceration, and environmental injustice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a conversation that was happening when I was a child,” says Joey Reyes, who along with Cervantes co-curated the last \u003cem>Chicano/a Biennial\u003c/em> at San Jose’s \u003ca href=\"http://maclaarte.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino American\u003c/a>a (MACLA.) “This is a conversation that happens right now. The tension is real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tension is also growing, as the Trump Administration makes good on promises to peel back civil rights enforcement and crackdown on illegal immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13008904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13008904 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of "Institutionally Trapped," by <a href="http://www.aarondestrada.com/" target="_blank">Aaron Estrada</a>. It was in a recent exhibition at San Jose's MACLA. Curator Joey Reye says "It’s something very personal, looking at the history of incarceration within Estrada's own family and friends that he’s grown up with in Los Angeles."\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-1020x575.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-1180x665.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24865_DSC_0314-001-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of “Institutionally Trapped,” by \u003ca href=\"http://www.aarondestrada.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron Estrada\u003c/a>. It was in a recent exhibition at San Jose’s MACLA. Curator Joey Reye says “It’s something very personal, looking at the history of incarceration within Estrada’s own family and friends that he’s grown up with in Los Angeles.” \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of MACLA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You know, it’s easy to say, ‘let’s kick out 11 million people,’ but that is 11 million fathers, mothers, and children,” says \u003ca href=\"http://www.ericalmanza.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Almanza\u003c/a>, one of the artists featured in MACLA’s \u003cem>Chicana/o Biennial\u003c/em>. “My goal is to put a face to these people, so that you can no longer say, ‘hey, let’s treat them all the same and kick them out.”‘\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almanza says he and fellow Chicanx artists are hoping their work can cultivate a stronger sense of compassion for the people being evicted from the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13009113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13009113\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-800x637.jpg\" alt='\"In Search of a New Home,\" by Long Beach artist Eric Almanza. \"I have pieces that preach to the choir,\" he says, \"but I ’m also working on the more narrative, subtle pieces that try to strike a chord with people’s emotions and their hearts.\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-800x637.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-160x127.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-768x612.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-1020x813.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-1180x940.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-960x765.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-240x191.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-375x299.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut-520x414.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24645_LR-In-Search-of-a-New-Home-qut.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“In Search of a New Home,” by Long Beach artist Eric Almanza. “I have pieces that preach to the choir,” he says, “but I ’m also working on the more narrative, subtle pieces that try to strike a chord with people’s emotions and their hearts.” \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Eric Almanza)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Art of Resistance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a number of years, Almanza has included a logo in his work that he imagines will prove handy in a post-apocalyptic world. It’s a circular dream catcher with a triangle in the center that looks like the “\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triforce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">triforce” \u003c/a>from \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.zelda.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legend of Zelda\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. “It’s for the resistance, because every great resistance needs some kind of logo,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time he first developed the logo, Almanza thought it was a piece of apocalyptic science fiction. Now, he says, some kind of political apocalypse seems imminent under the Trump Administration. “Wow, these guys are for real,” Almanza says. “They have their agenda, and they’re going through with it. I always imagined it would take place 50 years from now, but it almost seems like time has fast-forwarded, and we’re just about to enter this post apocalyptic society that I’ve been painting and writing about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13009114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13009114 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-800x656.jpg\" alt='Detail of \"Frida,\" an oil painting by Eric Almanza. Note the symbol of resistance he includes in many of his more recent paintings.' width=\"800\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-800x656.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-160x131.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-768x630.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-240x197.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-375x307.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut-520x426.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/RS24867_LR-Frida-001-qut.jpg 893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of “Frida,” an oil painting by Eric Almanza. Note the symbol of resistance he includes in many of his more recent paintings. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Eric Almanza)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Almanza is organizing an exhibition titled \u003cem>Art of Resistance: Paintings\u003c/em> \u003cem>in Protest to a Trump Presidency\u003c/em>. Featuring 17 artists, including himself, the show is scheduled to open next month in Los Angeles. “I’ve started on a piece that takes a section of the border wall and it’s being set on fire,” Almanza says of his contribution. 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"content": "\u003cp>Deep in the Oakland Museum of California’s art galleries, the exhibition equivalent of a Venn diagram fills a room with crowns and scepters, banners and pins, sculpture and paintings. \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"http://museumca.org/exhibit/over-top-math-bass-imperial-court-sf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF\u003c/a>\u003c/i> is the latest in curator Christina Linden’s series of (seemingly) odd-couple exhibitions, pairing local societies with contemporary artists to create unexpected conversations between disparate practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, Linden brought Bay Area suiseki groups and Los Angeles-based artist Jedediah Caesar together for \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/12/16/a-different-kind-of-rock-show-at-the-oakland-museum-of-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNEARTHED\u003c/a>\u003c/i>; the visual compare and contrast of found and man-made “stones” offered a meditation on the often-unexamined detritus of everyday life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13002556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of 'Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF' at OMCA.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13002556\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of ‘Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF’ at OMCA. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of OMCA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This time, \u003ci>Over the Top\u003c/i> combines new work from Bass (another LA-based artist) with regalia from the \u003ca href=\"http://imperialcouncilsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imperial Court of San Francisco\u003c/a>, a 52-year-old charitable organization rooted in the city’s drag queen and LGBTQ communities. Not to be outdone by rhinestone-encrusted costume jewelry, velvet robes and commemorative enamel pins, Bass’ large-scale gouache paintings and sleek sculptures hold their own. Through worn objects and aesthetic arrangements, \u003ci>Over the Top\u003c/i> repeatedly demonstrates the ways in which symbols — depending on context — create and complicate identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The monarchs of the Imperial Court benevolently preside over the exhibition in the form of individual glitter and feather-embellished portraits, beginning with the court’s founder, José Julio Sarria, otherwise known as The Grand Mere, Absolute Empress I de San Francisco and the Widow Norton José Julio Sarria, the Nightingale Empress. Offered the title “Queen of the Beaux Arts Ball” at a San Francisco event in 1965, Sarria, like the self-appointed \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emperor Norton\u003c/a> over 100 years before her, demanded a larger territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13002560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 948px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Harrington, Untitled portrait of Flame, Absolute Empress XI, 2002.\" width=\"948\" height=\"1226\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13002560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200.jpg 948w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200-160x207.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200-800x1035.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200-768x993.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200-240x310.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200-375x485.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200-520x672.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Harrington, Untitled portrait of Flame, Absolute Empress XI, 2002. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of John Carrillo and Misty Blue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The rest, as they say, is history. Following in Sarria’s heels, the court crowns a new Emperor and Empress with the imperial name of their choosing each year. The year’s reigning monarchs — currently Emperor 45 After Norton Nic Hunter, His Most Imperial Majesty, the Hunter Green Bootylicious Flaming Giraffe Emperor of San Francisco and Absolute Empress 52 Mercedez Munro, Her Most Imperial Majesty, both Merciful and Stern, The Virgin Empress of San Francisco — are responsible for directing the society’s fundraising efforts. Over the decades, the court has shifted its priorities to reflect the needs of the local LGBTQ community, from civil rights to AIDS to homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bass’ work interrupts and complements the court’s ceremonial objects by referencing their emblems, colors and patterns in visual systems of her own making. Like the courts’ commemorative felt banners hung near the gallery’s ceiling, several of Bass’ paintings echo heraldic compositions; eyes, pyramids, punctuation marks and jagged zigzags replace a coat of arms. In one of four paintings all titled \u003ci>Newz!\u003c/i>, a rounded red X sits dead-center against a rich purple background, linking the velvet robes of the Imperial Court with the bright red of Bass’ slowly-turning oversized apple sculpture, \u003ci>Elizabeth\u003c/i>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13002555\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of 'Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF.'\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13002555\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of ‘Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of OMCA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it isn’t all abstract, enigmatic symbols in Bass’ work. The stark painting \u003ci>Bones\u003c/i> and \u003ci>Teen Dream\u003c/i>, a pair of upside-down bell bottom jeans of made of cast concrete, are reminders of the people — like Sarria and her imperial descendants — who carved out a space for themselves and others in a society that would ignore or erase them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This bodily presence is most tangible in a leather vest once worn by Absolute Empress 18 Connie, The Siren, Temptress, Seductive Empress. Heavy with bright, intricately designed enamel pins distributed by outgoing monarchs to coronation ceremony attendees, the jacket is punctuated by a response from Bass, captured in the exhibition’s wall text: “I think of armor and adornment and how these two things can share the same space… I think of the body that cradled this garment, and of the weight and security that this garment must have offered. As shield and as signal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13002557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Leather vest with enamel pins worn by Absolute Empress 18 Connie, The Siren, Temptress, Seductive Empress, circa 1975-1995.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13002557\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leather vest with enamel pins worn by Absolute Empress 18 Connie, The Siren, Temptress, Seductive Empress, circa 1975-1995. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the GLBT Historical Society Archives)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Over the Top\u003c/i> is a mesmerizing glimpse into the various acts of creative defiance available to those who would fashion their own language, symbolism and identities — both as a form of personal expression and self-preservation. As Emperor 44 After Norton Salvador Tovar, The Cheerful Unicorn Emperor of the 4th Wave says, “We draw strength from our diversity. We unite in the face of oppression. And above all, we have fun doing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>‘Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF’ is on view at the Oakland Museum of California through July 23, 2017. For more information, \u003ca href=\"http://museumca.org/exhibit/over-top-math-bass-imperial-court-sf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Deep in the Oakland Museum of California’s art galleries, the exhibition equivalent of a Venn diagram fills a room with crowns and scepters, banners and pins, sculpture and paintings. \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"http://museumca.org/exhibit/over-top-math-bass-imperial-court-sf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF\u003c/a>\u003c/i> is the latest in curator Christina Linden’s series of (seemingly) odd-couple exhibitions, pairing local societies with contemporary artists to create unexpected conversations between disparate practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, Linden brought Bay Area suiseki groups and Los Angeles-based artist Jedediah Caesar together for \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/12/16/a-different-kind-of-rock-show-at-the-oakland-museum-of-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNEARTHED\u003c/a>\u003c/i>; the visual compare and contrast of found and man-made “stones” offered a meditation on the often-unexamined detritus of everyday life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13002556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of 'Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF' at OMCA.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13002556\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019300_1200-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of ‘Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF’ at OMCA. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of OMCA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This time, \u003ci>Over the Top\u003c/i> combines new work from Bass (another LA-based artist) with regalia from the \u003ca href=\"http://imperialcouncilsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imperial Court of San Francisco\u003c/a>, a 52-year-old charitable organization rooted in the city’s drag queen and LGBTQ communities. Not to be outdone by rhinestone-encrusted costume jewelry, velvet robes and commemorative enamel pins, Bass’ large-scale gouache paintings and sleek sculptures hold their own. Through worn objects and aesthetic arrangements, \u003ci>Over the Top\u003c/i> repeatedly demonstrates the ways in which symbols — depending on context — create and complicate identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The monarchs of the Imperial Court benevolently preside over the exhibition in the form of individual glitter and feather-embellished portraits, beginning with the court’s founder, José Julio Sarria, otherwise known as The Grand Mere, Absolute Empress I de San Francisco and the Widow Norton José Julio Sarria, the Nightingale Empress. Offered the title “Queen of the Beaux Arts Ball” at a San Francisco event in 1965, Sarria, like the self-appointed \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emperor Norton\u003c/a> over 100 years before her, demanded a larger territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13002560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 948px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Harrington, Untitled portrait of Flame, Absolute Empress XI, 2002.\" width=\"948\" height=\"1226\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13002560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200.jpg 948w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200-160x207.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200-800x1035.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200-768x993.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200-240x310.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200-375x485.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/Portrait-of-Flame_1200-520x672.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Harrington, Untitled portrait of Flame, Absolute Empress XI, 2002. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of John Carrillo and Misty Blue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The rest, as they say, is history. Following in Sarria’s heels, the court crowns a new Emperor and Empress with the imperial name of their choosing each year. The year’s reigning monarchs — currently Emperor 45 After Norton Nic Hunter, His Most Imperial Majesty, the Hunter Green Bootylicious Flaming Giraffe Emperor of San Francisco and Absolute Empress 52 Mercedez Munro, Her Most Imperial Majesty, both Merciful and Stern, The Virgin Empress of San Francisco — are responsible for directing the society’s fundraising efforts. Over the decades, the court has shifted its priorities to reflect the needs of the local LGBTQ community, from civil rights to AIDS to homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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In one of four paintings all titled \u003ci>Newz!\u003c/i>, a rounded red X sits dead-center against a rich purple background, linking the velvet robes of the Imperial Court with the bright red of Bass’ slowly-turning oversized apple sculpture, \u003ci>Elizabeth\u003c/i>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13002555\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Installation view of 'Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF.'\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13002555\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019298_1200-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of ‘Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of OMCA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it isn’t all abstract, enigmatic symbols in Bass’ work. The stark painting \u003ci>Bones\u003c/i> and \u003ci>Teen Dream\u003c/i>, a pair of upside-down bell bottom jeans of made of cast concrete, are reminders of the people — like Sarria and her imperial descendants — who carved out a space for themselves and others in a society that would ignore or erase them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This bodily presence is most tangible in a leather vest once worn by Absolute Empress 18 Connie, The Siren, Temptress, Seductive Empress. Heavy with bright, intricately designed enamel pins distributed by outgoing monarchs to coronation ceremony attendees, the jacket is punctuated by a response from Bass, captured in the exhibition’s wall text: “I think of armor and adornment and how these two things can share the same space… I think of the body that cradled this garment, and of the weight and security that this garment must have offered. As shield and as signal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13002557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Leather vest with enamel pins worn by Absolute Empress 18 Connie, The Siren, Temptress, Seductive Empress, circa 1975-1995.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13002557\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/PM019306_1200-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leather vest with enamel pins worn by Absolute Empress 18 Connie, The Siren, Temptress, Seductive Empress, circa 1975-1995. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the GLBT Historical Society Archives)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Over the Top\u003c/i> is a mesmerizing glimpse into the various acts of creative defiance available to those who would fashion their own language, symbolism and identities — both as a form of personal expression and self-preservation. As Emperor 44 After Norton Salvador Tovar, The Cheerful Unicorn Emperor of the 4th Wave says, “We draw strength from our diversity. We unite in the face of oppression. And above all, we have fun doing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>‘Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF’ is on view at the Oakland Museum of California through July 23, 2017. For more information, \u003ca href=\"http://museumca.org/exhibit/over-top-math-bass-imperial-court-sf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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