No on Hate

You know, it’s weird that they’re predicting California to go overwhelmingly for Obama and yet there’s growing fear that Proposition 8 will pass. Living in San Francisco–though well aware of the makeup of the rest of this state–I have been thinking that the defeat of 8 was a given. I am personally indifferent toward marriage–that [...]

Dana Lixenberg: The Last Days of Shishmaref

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Crossing Borders, Confronting Barriers, Bridging Identities

WOMEN ARTISTS ON IMMIGRATION: Crossing Borders, Confronting Barriers, Bridging Identities
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Organized and presented by: Women’s Caucus for Art with the Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles
Exhibition Dates: February 20 – March 6, 2009
Opening Reception: February 27, 2009
Deadline for Receipt of Entries: November 14, 2008
Juror: Alma Ruiz, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles
To [...]

Elisabeth Sunday: Tuareg

$5 “art”

Check the button in the lower right corner–it’s a limited edition by Kara Walker for the Gap’s Vote campaign. I spotted them in the window at the store in Palo Alto, California, so, yes, I bought the Walker one.
More About the Limited-Edition Artist Buttons:
Gap has enlisted renowned artists including Fab5Freddy, John Baldessari, Adam Pendleton, Kara [...]