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Date: Tuesdays & Thursdays, June 30- August Summer SEW-Op: Sewing Workshops and Drop-in Studio Time This Summer Get Your Stitch On at the Galeria de la Raza’s Sew-Op! Our abuelas often had the sewing machine in the kitchen, threads close at hand and a stitch at the ready; dresses, pants, even knitted socks could be had within a couple of days. This summer GET YOUR STITCH ON as the Galeria opens its doors to the DIY world. The Mission has long been the hub of pocket stitchers, knitters, crafters and makers of all veins. No longer a trendy throwback to a bygone era, we are finding that many a badass outfit, bag and belt come from the workroom of a local stitcher. We present a series of Sew-Op classes and open studio time to nurture, cultivate and energize the DIY spirit in each of us. In each session, you will come away with a completed project – beginning to end. We supply the know-how, the machines and the music…You come in and channel the CHANEL, the ABUELA and / or Project Runaway stitcher of your choice! July Classes (August schedule coming soon)
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Date: Sat., June 13
El Son Jarocho en California
Program sponsored by the Galería de la Raza 2pm – 5pm
Workshop(s) on the Son Jarocho
The workshop will be led by Russell Rodríguez (instrument technique), Sergio Omar Gutiérrez (poetry), and Laura Cambrón (dance). REGISTRATION – All workshops are FREE. Please send an email to info@galeriadelaraza.org to confirm your spot. Break 6pm - 6:45pm
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Date: Sunday, June 7 Lunada Literary Lounge and Open-Mic Galería de la Raza closes out its Spring 2009 season of LUNADAS with an eclectic line up of phenomenal, accomplished spoken word poets. Oakland based poetess, Melissa Lozano, long in the spoken word scene, curates a well rounded, outstanding program of award winning, published and highly recognized poets that will ensure the final LUNADA of the season ends with a bang! Last but definitely not least, this Sunday evening of spoken word will be well worth the trip. If you miss this one, you’ll have to wait until September when the Fall season of LUNADAS takes flight. Featured Poet Bios: Proprietor of Rondeau Records (www.rondeaurecords.com) Myron Michael is a recording artist and writing instructor. He is a Cave Canem fellow and earned an MFA in writing from California College of the Arts. His songs are featured on Songs of Experience and Masters Thesis; and his words have appeared in Bees-wax, Words+Images, The Blink, Days I Moved through Ordinary Sound, Reverie, and Pluck! He lives in San Francisco where he curates HELIOTROPE: a monthly reading series, On the Road Again and TRANSIT BELONGINGS: an online installation of song poems (www.youtube.com/moneythemystro). Nafis is a local San Francisco performance artist and DJ who has been slamming since 1999 when she entered the scene in Oakland. She is known for her strength, honesty and delivery, giving life to her subjects in a way that puts you ringside. She is inspiring and captivating, often leaving crowds breathless and wanting more. She has performed at Stanford, CCSF, SF Pride, Oakland Pride, A Poetic Experience, and many venues throughout the Bay Area. She aspires to publish her poems in a collection, perform her works over the air waves on radio, and continue to be a driving force in the performance community. Josh Healey is a writer, educator, and community organizer who strives to create beautiful solidarity. He is the author of HAMMERTIME (OMAI / First Wave Press), recently released to critical and popular acclaim. Born and raised in Washington, DC, Healey has performed and taught spoken word and populist poetry at high schools, universities, and festivals across the U.S. A two-time participant in the National Poetry Slam, he has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wisconsin Public Television. Healey currently lives in Oakland, CA and works with Youth Speaks to empower young artists and activists Jari "Sojari" Bradley is a young poet out of San Francisco,CA,born and raised. She is currently working with the non profit, Out-of-Site, located at City Arts and Tech high school, and is a poet-mentor for Youth Speaks. She is also working on a chapbook scheduled to come out this summer under Rondeau Records. Jari Bradley has also advanced in the Youth Speaks teen poetry slam finals and is now apart of the San Francisco slam team headed for Brave New Voices taking place in Chicago July 2009. This young poet is well on her way to establishing a name for herself. |
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Date: Sat., Jun. 6 Crucero Artero: A bi-monthly arts bazaar in Studio 24 Crucero Arteros are a bi-monthly crossroads of art, livelihood, y comunidad (community) in the heart of the Mission. Come support and discover local arteros(artists), designers, and crafteros doin their thing. These artists represent the Galeria's mission to support the work of local artists by providing a venue to show their arte. We are proud to host these bazaars and believe that the dazzling array of artistry speaks for itself.
check out our Facebook and Myspace for pictures from April's Crucero Future dates: 2009, June 6, 2009, August 1, 2009, October 3, 2009, December 5, 2009 |
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Date: Friday, May 8 Lunada Literary Lounge and Open-Mic Taco Shop Poet, author and youth mentor Tomas Riley curates and co-hosts this incredible night of spoken word performance by the next generation of urban griots and inner-city mystics. If you haven’t experienced a LUNADA recently, this is the one to come to! Yosimar Reyes is a Two-Spirit Poet/Activist based out of San Jose, Yosimar’s style has been described as "a brave and vulnerable voice that shines light on the issues affecting Queer Immigrant Youth and the many disenfranchised communities in the U.S and throughout the world." He has performed from the Bay Area to New York City as a teen slam poet and holds the title for the 2005 as well as the 2006 South Bay teen Grand SLAM Champion. He is featured in the documentary 2nd Verse: the Rebirth of Poetry. He currently lives in East Side San Jose. Dominique Jones A member of the Bay Area’s 2006 International Youth Slam Team Dominique Jones performed at the Apollo Theatre where the team won the national title. Currently, Dominique visits middle schools and high schools across the Bay Area spreading the message of literary arts. She co-founded the dynamic female emcee/singer duo CocoNique and works with artists like Will Bracy and I.D in her music production company ILL ONES, Entertainment. Tomás Riley is an author, educator and a veteran of the Chicano spoken word collective The Taco Shop Poets. A finalist for the California Voices Award from Poets & Writers Magazine, his written work has been featured in several anthologies including Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam (Three Rivers Press), Primera Pagina (Scapegoat Press) and Chorizo Tonguefire (California Arts Council). His first book Mahcic debuted on Calaca Press in December 2005. Currently he works as Co-Executive Director of ArtsChange, an organization dedicated to arts and social transformation in Richmond, CA. |
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Date: Saturday, May 2 El Libro del Cuerpo A multimedia, interdisciplinary performance of poetry by Adrian Arias from his new book Libro Del Cuerpo/Book of the Body. Join Adrian Arias along with friends Rachel Bouch (percussion), Sonia Caltvedt (flute), Sandra Durand (flamenco dance), Ryan Garcia (guitar), Kata Miletich and Mamacoatl (vocals) and Nina Serrano (English translation) as they present the poetry of Arias through music, dance and video. With guests Rachel Bouch, Sonia Caltvedt, Sandra Durand, Ryan Garcia, Kata Miletich, Mamacoatl and Nina Serrano. ADRIAN ARIAS is a Peruvian prize-winning poet, visual artist, curator and cultural promoter, working and living in San Francisco, CA since 2000, with more than 20 years experience in visual arts, video, photography, poetry and cultural promotion. His visual art, like his poetry, explores the absurd, the sensuality of elements, and the connection between reality and dreams. His four published books of poetry include: “Habits” (1984),“Dreams & Paranoia” (1996), “Divine Punishment” (1999), and “26-10-2028” (2000), as well as a collection of limited special editions from all his poetry readings. His poetry appears in anthologies in Peru, Spain and the US. Arias has participated in international poetry readings and congress of poets in Perú, México, Spain, and he has been invited to the Struga Poetry Evenings in Macedonia, in August 2009. His visual work was exhibit in individual and collective shows in Japan, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Canada, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Peru and the US. Arias publishes a poem daily on his blog Poemadeldia2008.blogspot.com and an English version, translated by Nina Serrano poemoftheday2007.blogspot.com
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Date: Thurs., Apr. 9 LUNADA Open Mic Featuring Alejandro Murguía, Sandra Garcia Rivera and Theresa Perez. April’s LUNADA channels the renewing energy of Spring with one of San Pancho’s most valuable literary treasures, the one and only, Alejandro Murguía, Boriqua poetess, Sandra Garcia Rivera, plus the enchanting melodies of East Bay songstress, Theresa Perez. Alejandro Murguía was the editor of Tin-Tan Magazine, the first Chicano-Latino arts and literature magazine that established an international perspective for Latino writing. A founding member and the first director of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco’s Mission District, his books include Southern Front (American Book Award, 1991), Spare Poems (2001), and most recently This War Called Love (American Book Award, 2002), City Lights Books. In non-fiction, he published The Medicine of Memory: A Mexica Clan in California, University of Texas Press. In January 2003, the New Fiction Series in Los Angeles presented his stories turned into plays. He teaches in Raza Studies at San Francisco State University. Sandra Garcia Rivera hails from New York City and is an award winning poet and singer who has captured audiences throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Great Britain, and Amsterdam, with her sensual style and blues inspired delivery. She has self-published two collections of poetry – Divination of the Mistress, and Shoulder High – and two art editions of her poem That Kiss (Ediciones Mixtas) whose book presentations evolved into the performance festivals “La Feria del Beso.” Her poems have appeared in Urban Latino Magazine, The Hostos Review, Promethean Journal, The Centro Journal of Hunter College, RiodeSoul.com, and Galería de la Raza’s zine Manteca. Recently, she was a featured artist on the MUN2 show The Chicas Project, as well as in Rosie Perez’s documentary, Yo Soy Boricua Pa Que Tu Lo Sepa. Sandra has been producing events and artist showcases professionally for over a decade, and currently performs in the Bay Area as a solo artist, and with the Latin groove band Benito Cereno. Theresa Perez was born to parents from the Dominican Republic. A graduate of the Berkeley College of Music, Theresa is a talented singer, guitarist and pianist. She has produced two CDs of her music, Boom Boom EP (2008) and her self titled debut album, Theresa Perez (2004). She has also sung background vocals on Michael Franti’s album, Yell Fire, Esperanza Spaldings, Esperanza and played piano on Turbo Tabla’s album, Bellydance Overdrive. Theresa is currently working on her next full-length album in conjunction with La Bohemia Productions and San Francisco Lounge Records.
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Date: Sat., Apr. 4 Crucero Artero: A bi-monthly arts bazaar in Studio 24 Crucero Arteros are a bi-monthly crossroads of art, livelihood, y comunidad (community) in the heart of the Mission. Come support and discover local arteros(artists), designers, and crafteros doin their thing. These artists represent the Galeria's mission to support the work of local artists by providing a venue to show their arte. We are proud to host these bazaars and believe that the dazzling array of artistry speaks for itself. check out our Facebook and Myspace for pictures from February's Crucero Future dates: 2009, June 6, 2009, August 1, 2009, October 3, 2009, December 5, 2009
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Date: Fri., Mar. 20 Paper Jam
ACT-OUT: Re-enacting Community! An exciting open workshop and dialogue, which explores issues of empowerment through education, performance and community. ACT-OUT is a skills-building workshop that will teach the basics of performance, creative writing and with a special presentation on college-access programs and the how to’s of getting into college. The paper jam will be lead by Jeff Feinman of St. John’s Educational Thresholds Center, Marc Pinate of Galeria de La Raza, Shadi Rahimi of Seventh Native American Generation (SNAG) and with youth from Galeria’s youth and media program.
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| Date: Thurs., Mar. 19 Time: 8pm Admission: $5 - $10 Sliding Scale :: Members free Galería de la Laughter
José Vasconcelos, beside being an influential educator, a great essayist and firme philosopher was also a joke writer for the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. You can google that, but the Illuminati controls the Internets. J.V. authored many zingers such as, "What do you get when you cross an Indian, European, African and Asian? Give up? The cosmic race! get it?" Suffice it to say, most of his jokes went unpublished, but he did keep his day job--which is awesome because he inspired generations of Latinos to be proud of this articulation of the fifth race, La Raza Cosmica. The visionaries who started the Galeria honored that philosophy in the very naming of the venue, La Galeria de la Raza. In the spirit of the the revolutionary artists of the the 70's who invoked cultural pride, for one night, we would also like to honor José's little known joke writing abilities and his practically unknown articulation of La Raza Cómica. Tonight we will follow in Jose's footsteps of concocting jokes, stories and philosophies which unite all people in laughter (or deadening, cricket chirping silence). We invite all the races of the world to come and check out some of the Bay Area's up-and-comers appeal to the lowest common denominator in the philosophy of stand up comedy.
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Date: Tues., Mar. 10 LUNADA: Mango Toast & Jam for International Women’s DayFeaturing Sharon Doubiago, Cherrie Moraga and Open Mic. In honor of International Women’s Day, the Mission’s own, Lorna Dee Cervantes, curates and co-hosts one of the most incredible LUNADAs ever! A trifecta of feminine literary power, featuring Lorna Dee along with award winning, renowned writers Sharon Doubiago and Cherri Moraga. Lorna Dee brings back her “Mango Toast & Jam,” tradition in March. “Years ago when I lived [in the Mission] and was running my press, I would have these ‘Mango Toast & Jam’ events. I'd invite poets from all over for pot-luck spin-the-bottle readings. Over 60 people in my little one bedroom house and yard.” –Lorna Dee Cervantes. Lorna Dee Cervantes is the author of Emplumada, From the Cables of Genocide: Poems on Love and Hunger, and Drive: The First Quartet. She has received the American Book Award, Paterson Prize, Latino Literature Award, two Pushcart Prizes and the prestigious Lila Wallace Readers Digest Fellowship. Her poems have appeared in hundreds of anthologies and collections. Sharon Doubiago is the author of numerous collections and book-length poems including Hard Country, South America Mi Hija - which was twice nominated for the National Book Award, The Husband Arcane: The Arcane of O, and Love on the Streets: Selected and New Poems. Doubiago holds three Pushcart Prizes for poetry and the Oregon Book Award for Psyche Drives the Coast. She has been nominated twice for the National Book Award. Cherríe Moraga is playwright, poet and essayist whose plays and publications have received national recognition, including a Theatre Communications Group Theatre Artist Residency Grant in 1996, the NEA's Theatre Playwrights' Fellowship in 1993, and two Fund for New American Plays Awards. Moraga has also published extensively as an essayist and poet. She is the co-editor of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, which won the Before Columbus American Book Award in 1986, and was re-released in a twentieth anniversary edition in 2002. She is the author of Loving in the War Years: Lo Que Nunca Pasó Por Sus Labios (1983) and The Last Generation (1993). |
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Date: Fri., Feb. 20 Feat. Audiopharmacy and a workshop/ presentation by the Community Justice Network for Youth In collaboration with SNAG (Seventh Native American Generation) Galería invites youth, their families, and the general public to the February Paper Jam Session! This Paper Jam will include video screenings, music by Audiopharmacy, discussions, and open mic, and a workshop/exploration of the Prison-industrial complex (PI). A presentation by the Community Justice Network for Youth will focus on detention reform. Audiopharmacy will host a beautiful open improv jam session. The Paper Jam Session will be recorded and accompanied by presentations and performances by youth attending Galería’s Youth Media Program. The Paper Jams are an open studio and media laboratory consisting of lectures, music and hands-on art-making workshops taught by professional artists and educators from Galería’s Youth Media arts education program. The sessions take place every third Friday of each month.
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Date: Mon., Feb. 9
LUNADAFeaturing: Raquel Gutierrez (L.A.), Aida Salazar, Leticia Hernandez, Tomas RileyGuest curated by Vickie Vertiz
The Bay Area’s longest running lunar literary and performance gathering kicks off its 2009 spring season with a breathtaking line up of SoCal poet-performers, including a special sneak peak of L.A. based Raquel Gutierrez’s (Butchlalis de Panochtitlan) solo show, MALATHION: Low Human Toxicity. Curated by writer and CCA instructor Vickie Vertriz.
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Sat. Feb. 7 Galeria's Arts Bazaar
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Galeria has started a new old tradition of regular Arts Bazaars. These bi monthly bazaars are a way for more artists to exhibit and prosper in an established space. Studio 24 is our mutable space that transforms into a mini bazaar space for local artist, designers, crafteros, and Galeria to feel some comunidad y apollo. Each artist represents the Galeria's mission to support the work of local artists by providing a venue to show their arte. We are proud to host these bazaars and beieve that the dazzling array of artistry speaks for itself. Come by and select from Latin-American flavored handmade crafts, t-shirts, jewelry and other DIY-inspired pieces.
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Date: Sat., Feb. 7 Los Palabristas
with special guests Las Manas Tres & video shorts by Haldun Morgan From Minneapolis, Minnesota, Los Palabristas, have taken the Midwest spoken word and slam scene by storm. Now Galería de la Raza is proud to present their first west coast appearance. Brought together by a common thread of defiance and a sense of social justice, Los Palabristas, bring a cultural mixture that includes El Salvador, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala and Puerto Rico. Urgent words from poets as they straddle the divides of language, culture, politics, economics, education and opportunity. Artist Bios: Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria (PALABRISTAS) is a writer and spoken word poet of Peruvian heritage. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and an involved activist in the Latino community. In 2006, he was a member of the poetry collective, “Found In Translation,” which was commissioned for the Minneapolis Mosaic Festival and one of the recipients of the 2005 SASE VERVE Spoken Word Grant. Lorena Duarte (PALABRISTAS) is a poet, playwright and journalist born in El Salvador and raised in Minnesota. She graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Romance Languages and Literature and now lives in Minneapolis.She has contributed to and co-edited several books including her own Abandon Poems; ¿Under What Bandera? Anti-War Ofrendas from Minnesota y Califas (Calaca Press), which won the Resource Center of the Americas Book of the Year 2004; and is featured in Telling Tongues (Calaca Press/Red Salmon). Brandon Lacy Campos (PALABRISTAS) is a 31 year old, queer, mixed, poz, poet, journalist, organizer, policy wonk, Tweeter, blogger, life commentator, actor, bad movie aficionado, lover, friend, and magic bean buyer. He was born in Duluth, MN and grew up in Minneapolis, Kansas City, and the Phillipines. He has held two Many Voices Residencies at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, has performed poetry in NYC, Albuquerque, San Francisco, Oakland, Atlanta, and Minneapolis. He received a Minnesota State Arts Board Cultural Community Partnership Grant to produce his play Dividing Lines, which was also taught at Macalester College. Las Manas Tres are Maya Chinchilla, Cruz Grimaldo and Milta Ortiz. They are hybrid poets bringing the fierce flava, heating the heart and melting the mind from the Bay to L.A. Their style is characterized by a mixture of theater, spoken word and movement, centered around themes of social justice, sexuality, motherhood and the relationship between first and third world women. Haldun Morgan is a videographer and filmmaker from San Antonio, TX. He is a founding member of Reset Collective and Madmedia. A satirist to the core, Haldun’s recent work pokes fun at Xicano stereotypes and institutions of power with such titles as EL CHORRO, CHOLO YOGA and POCHO.
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Date: Fri., Feb. 6 STRANGE HOPE << JOIN OUR ON-SITE LOTTERY BY BRINGING SOMETHING OF YOUR OWN MAKING, IMAGINATION, OR ALTER-LIFE FOR EXCHANGE..E.G. OBAMA-ANYTHING, T-SHIRT, PODS, COUPONS ETC. >> Galería’s new exhibition welcomes the Strange Hope of a new era. In honoring creativity and resourcefulness, we invited 41 artists to produce 8.5” x 8.5” works on paper that will respond both to the hopeful aspirations as well as to the uncertainty of these times. Through its collective message of transformation, renewal and collectivity, Strange Hope seeks to bring about unexpected artistic messages to motivate us through the coming times. Featured Artists: |
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Date: Sat., Jan. 10
Start off your year with a lot of hope and optimism. Black and Brown Visions, a community-building event and benefit show for all that will address issues concerning our Black and Brown communities. This 2nd Annual multimedia group show will include visual art, artist vendors, poetry and hip-hop performances by conscious women of color emcees. Curated by mexica queen. The show will be from 7:30-10pm at Galería de la Raza. Proceeds will benefit the program Sistas Take Back The Mic!, a summer workshop series and rap competition for young women of color aspiring emcees (ages 16-25). |
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Date: Wed., Jan. 28 ARTIST IN CONVERSATION: Multidisciplinary artist Ana Teresa Fernandez and award winning filmmaker, Lourdes Portillo, known for her video Señorita Extraviada, engage in a conversation about their artistic practices, inspirations and relationship to the tragedies of Juarez. Lourdes Portillo Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, and raised in Los Angeles, Lourdes Portillo has been making award-winning films about Latin American, Mexican, and Chicano/a experiences and social justice issues for nearly thirty years. Since her first film, After the Earthquake/ Despues del Terremoto (1979), she has produced and directed over a dozen works that reveal her signature hybrid style as a visual artist, investigative journalist, and activist. |
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Date: Wed., Jan. 14
Reading with Achy Obejas and Dorothy Allison
Pulitzer prize winner, Achy Obejas (Days of Awe, This Is What Happened in Our Other Life) and Robert Penn Warren award winner, Dorothy Allison (Trash, Bastard Out of Carolina), start the new year with a special, exclusive reading at Galería de la Raza. Ms. Obejas will read from her forthcoming novel, RUINS, published by Akashic Books. Born in Havana, Cuba, Achy Obejas is an award winning journalist, novelist, translator and poet. She is currently the Sor Juana Writer in Residence at DePaul University. Dorothy Allison (Trash, Cavedweller) grew up in Greenville, South Carolina. A self described “working class story teller,” Allison was a finalist for the 1992 National Book Award for her novel Bastard Out of Carolina which won the Ferro Grumley prize, an ALA Award for Lesbian and Gay Writing, became a best-seller, and was made into an award winning movie.
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Date: Sat., Jan.17 ECDISIS: ARTIST TALK An evening discussion with Ana Teresa Fernandez about the year-long process of developing material relating to the atrocities of Juarez and her work leading up to this point. Ecdisis [ecdysis], an exhibition of sculpture-based works by Ana Teresa Fernández. Working with a new medium, Fernández’s sculptural works offer a compelling interpretation of the plight young women living in border towns by overlapping imagery inspired by urban and religious vernacular, as well as coming-of-age narratives and symbols. Fernández is one of the most interesting emerging Latino artists working in the San Francisco Bay Area today. In her brief career, she has achieved significant recognition from the field, such as the 2007 Tournesol Award from the Headlands Center for the Arts; a 2006 Headlands Residency; and a 2005 Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA, among others. |
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