Oakland Proud to be Scratchy At the opening of the special exhibition “Creative Growth at 50: A Visual History,” a woman with a guide cane asked if I’d seen her reflectors. I didn’t know who she was, and I didn’t know what reflectors she was referring to. She held out her hand… Agustín Maes 19 Sep 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland A Sophisticated Forest I certainly didn’t expect Ross-esque paintings, and the works on exhibit are definitely not “happy little trees.”…This is a decidedly more sophisticated forest than those broadcast on PBS years ago. Agustín Maes 27 Aug 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Nature, Order, and Disorder in the Art of Life and Death Artists’ Reception: Tara Esperanza, Christine Meuris, Dalar Alahverdi, Leah Korican, and Elizabeth Sher Mercury 20 Gallery 475 25th St. Oakland June 22, 2024 I was wilting under the heat of Stacey Peters 30 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Hope and History Celebrated Through Dance Fallen Heroes, Rising Stars: A Juneteenth Celebration Through Dance 494 9th St., Oakland June 22, 2024 On a closed-off block of 9th Street in Old Oakland, even the sun seemed Stacey Peters 28 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Emotional Tank Emptied This-Ability Gallery Opening UCONN Health Center Farmington April 18, 2024 The therapeutic nature of art has been well documented for thousands of years, but often presented from the perspective of Jamil Ragland 21 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Terrarium Flex: Date Night At The Shopping Mall Co-Working Space Date Night Downtown-Make Your Own Succulent Terrarium Globe WORK_SPACE Manchester April 16, 2024 “Succulent” was always a word that I associated with food until yesterday. That’s when I Jamil Ragland 17 Apr 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Seeking The Soul Of James Baldwin Winter in America: The Speakeasy; Bold, Black & Brilliant — The Baldwin Edition Joyce Gordon Gallery 406 14th St. Oakland April 3, 2024 When I think of James Baldwin, the images Stacey Peters 10 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Come For The Art, Stay For The History (And The Historian) Spring Art Exhibit Garmany Visitor Center Elizabeth Park Hartford March 7, 2024 When I go to galleries, I’m usually self-guided and left to contemplate the artwork by myself. That’ Jamil Ragland 8 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland The Power of Textures and Touch Artists Reception: Jessica Cadkin, Leah Korican, Monika Mayer, and Various Artists Mercury 20 Gallery Oakland Feb. 25, 2024 I have a friend who loves touching objects that look like they Stacey Peters 6 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland The Library of Broken Hearts Broken Hearts Party and Shrine Launch Oakland Public Library Oakland, CA Feb. 13, 2024 At The Alcove cafe on the east side of Los Angeles, there was a secret desk Stacey Peters 22 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Freaky Teenage Foibles Flaunted For Laughs Mortified’s “Doomed Valentines” Show The New Parish Oakland Feb. 10, 2024 Ah, the foolishness of youth. Is the ability to laugh at your own adolescent follies evidence of your Stacey Peters 16 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Valdez Street Vibe Captures Soul Of The city Valdez Street Vibes Valdez Street between 23rd and 24th Streets Oakland Feb. 10, 2024 I was surprised that, even if I was only there a short while, I caught it. Stacey Peters 14 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Super Sew Sunday Rock Paper Scissor Collective’s Community Art Workshop Series Oakland Public Library Oakland Feb. 11, 2024 Super Bowl Sunday in the basement of the downtown Oakland library, and I am Stacey Peters 14 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Trashy Treasures, Uncovered Garbage Art — One Person’s Trash Rock Paper Scissors Oakland Feb. 2, 2024 Is there treasure to be found in garbage? I sometimes walk around the streets in Oakland and Stacey Peters 7 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland It Was A Dark Aand Rainy Crawl Friday Night Crawl Downtown, various locations Oakland Feb. 2, 2024 I walked around the rain-slicked streets of Old Oakland on Friday night, wondering if the Night Crawl might have been Stacey Peters 6 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Graffiti Art On The Fly — And Everyone’s Welcome Jazman’s zine sale Pigment Art Supply 304 15th St. Oakland Jan. 20, 2024 I wasn’t aware of how big the graffiti scene is in the Bay Area until Stacey Peters 26 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Toru Sugita Transmits Toru Sugita Transmission Gallery Oakland Jan. 20, 2024 Is there a moment when a memory of a place changes color in the mind’s eye? When I conjure images of Stacey Peters 25 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford I’m Not Seeing The Trauma Bamboo Melamine Theaterworks Hartford Jan. 17, 2024 As I was searching for some cool art events to check out this week, I came across a listing for Bamboo Melamine by Jamil Ragland 17 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
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