My first guest of 2019 is Christo Oropeza, owner and co-founder of Incline Gallery in San Francisco. A native San Franciscan, Christo discusses his early beginnings as an artist and his current role as a curator, gallery owner and community arts programmer.

The current show at Incline Gallery titled The Unmonumental opened January 25th but there will be an opening reception on February 1, 2019 from 6-9pm. For more details visit inclinegallerysf.com. You can also follow the gallery on Instagram.

• Christo Oropeza
• At Incline Gallery: Josue Rojas, Christo, John Zarobell

My guest for this special Thanksgiving week episode is Susie Kantor, Associate Curator of Visual Arts at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA).  In our conversation today you’ll hear us discuss her journey to a career in the art world and Bay Area Now 8 (BAN 8), the latest exhibition she helped curated at the YBCA.

For more information on BAN 8 and other programming at the YBCA check out their website at www.ybca.org. Be sure to also follow the YBCA on Instagram as they feature artists in the exhibition.

Today’s guest is Soleil Summer, Exhibitions Associate at the Museum of African Diaspora (MoAD). We discuss her journey to the West Coast and into the art world including her time at the Betti Ono Gallery in Oakland and her membership in the Bay Area-based art collective known as the Black Mail Collective. We also talk about her role at MoAD in helping coordinate their emerging artists program.

To learn more about events and programming at MoAD please visit their website at www.moadsf.org and be sure to follow them on either Instagram or Twitter.