Place / Displacement will take on the issues

Issues of gentrification, affordability, and social justice are all very complicated aspects of living in the dynamic city of San Francisco. How will we figure it all out?

In her first show as Curator for Inquiry and Impact at SOMArts, Melorra Green has asked me to join over 40 other artists and organizations to help sort through the intricacies and subtleties of these issues. With art, we can strike at the truth of what’s going on, while avoiding the pitfalls of blame and recrimination.

I’ll be showing paintings from the City of Awesome project and asking people to draw their ideas about how to best decorate our neighborhoods.

The opening reception will be a veritable festival of creativity. 

Place/Displaced Opening Reception
Thursday, November 20, 6–10pm. Free admission.
Visual art opening features live performances & interactive activities and experiences facilitated by more than 13 artists
More info: http://www.somarts.org/placedisplacedopens
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Exhibit runs November 20–December 13, 2014. Gallery hours: Tuesday–Friday, 12–7pm and Saturday, 12–5pm.

Also join me at these events:

Wake Up the Walls
Friday, December 5, 5:30–8:30pm. Free admission.
Evening of performance and participatory art activities among the art inPlace/Displaced and Youth Art Exchange’s Our Changing City
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Ubuntu: Everyone at the Table 
Wednesday, December 10, 7–9pm. Free with RSVP, meal included. 3-course meal uses creativity to inspire action and envision a nurturing and supportive future for art and artists in the Bay Area. Food prepared by The People’s Kitchen.
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