Francisco Aquino talking with youth at his mural. Photo by Michele Kraus.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
StreetSmARTS is a partnership between the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Department of Public Works that connects established urban artists with private property owners to create vibrant murals and make the property less likely to be vandalized. Since the program launched in 2010, the mural sites have seen a dramatic decrease in tagging. Listen to this podcast to learn about the program and hear an artist profile on StreetSmARTS artist Francisco Aquino, who started doing graffiti in the early days of hip-hop.
Special thanks to Paper Son for allowing us use of his re-mix, “Old Man Raps.”
Tags: Deep Roots, Francisco Aquino, graffiti, Luis Cancel, Mission District, Mohammed Nuru, Mujeres Muralistas, mural, Precita Eyes, StreetSmARTS, Twick
|
Rio Yañez interviews poet and performer RaKel Delgado
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
More than 40 poets celebrated El Tecolote’s 40th anniversary with Floricanto, a poetry reading at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. As the longest running Spanish/English bilingual newspaper in California, El Tecolote’s arts coverage has promoted San Francisco talent like Carlos Santana and John Santos when they were in their youth, has published the work of emerging photojournalists, and has dedicated full editions to poetry. In this episode of Deep Roots, we share Floricanto performances by Guillermo Gómez Peña, Juan Felipe Herrera, Herrera, and Beatriz Herrera. Rio Yañez kicks it off with an interview with Spanish poet and performer RaKel Delgado.
Special thanks to MCCLA house tech Will Pappin.
Art in Storefronts Launch. Photo by Genevieve Masse
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
This episode of Deep Roots looks at Art in Storefronts, our innovative pilot program that transformed the streetscape in four San Francisco neighborhoods: Central Market, the Tenderloin, the Bayview, and the Mission. Vacant storefronts with boarded up windows became destinations for vibrant contemporary art. This summer, visit Art in Storefronts in Chinatown. The launch party is Friday, June 11 from 5-7 in Wentworth Alley. (more…)
Tags: Art in Storefronts, Bayview, Central Market, Chinatown, Jet Martinez, Jonathan Burstein, Kelly Ording, Kristine Mays, Leanne Miller, Liz Maher, Malik Seneferu, Mark Leno, Mission
|
Photo of the Harvey Milk sculpture by Dan Nicoletta
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
The second episode of Deep Roots offers a rare look at the sculpture in City Hall of civil rights leader and San Francisco hero, Harvey Milk; its sculptor; and its meaning to the city and the community that it represents. (more…)
Charles Blackwell teaches a LightHouse workshop
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
The Community Arts and Education Program launches Deep Roots by featuring a behind-the-scenes tour of WritersCorps and the LightHouse for the Blind’s Insights exhibition.
(more…)
