Beyond the Paint

Join us for the last episode of Season 3 with multidisciplinary artist Lava Thomas. Drawing from her family’s Southern roots and current historical socio-political events, artist Lava Thomas, centers on ideas that amplify visibility, healing, and empowerment in the face of erasure, trauma, and oppression.

Hear from Angela Hennessy and Tahirah Rasheed, co-founders of the Bay Area artist collective See Black Womxn. Through art and theory, See Black Womxn, are telling their own stories as well as their communities in order to recognize and affirm the beauty, diversity, and complexity of Black Womxn and their aesthetic traditions.

Catherine Wagner is an American conceptual artist whose process involves the investigation of what art critic David Bonetti called "the systems people create, our love of order, our ambition to shape the world, the value we place on knowledge, and the tokens we display to express ourselves."

Catherine Wagner is an American conceptual artist whose process involves the investigation of what art critic David Bonetti called "the systems people create, our love of order, our ambition to shape the world, the value we place on knowledge, and the tokens we display to express ourselves."

A pioneer of San Francisco's community art movement, Susan Cervantes, has dedicated the last 57 years to foster community collaboration through murals. Hear from the founder and director of the Precita Eyes Muralists in the Mission District, on the importance of public art as a way to elevate voices and raise visibility.

https://www.precitaeyes.org/

A pioneer of San Francisco's community art movement, Susan Cervantes, has dedicated the last 57 years to foster community collaboration through murals. Hear from the founder and director of the Precita Eyes Muralists in the Mission District, on the importance of public art as a way to elevate voices and raise visibility.

https://www.precitaeyes.org/

Meet Dana King, classical figurative sculptor and creator of many public monuments of Black Bodies in Bronze. King opens up her studio space and shares how sculptures can provide culturally impactful memories and moments of connection.

Meet Dana King, classical figurative sculptor and creator of many public monuments of Black Bodies in Bronze. King opens up her studio space and shares how sculptures can provide culturally impactful memories and moments of connection.

Hear from Fredrika Newton and Xavier Buck of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation as they speak about the importance and responsibility of preserving the legacy of the Black Panther Party and its founder Dr. Huey P. Newton. Through love, strength and resilience, Fredrika and Xavier share the significance of correcting false narratives and memorializing the party’s historic contributions.

Hear from Fredrika Newton and Xavier Buck of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation as they speak about the importance and responsibility of preserving the legacy of the Black Panther Party and its founder Dr. Huey P. Newton. Through love, strength and resilience, Fredrika and Xavier share the significance of correcting false narratives and memorializing the party’s historic contributions.