Artist you should know
EDM DJ & Composer To Play With The SF Symphony Orchestra
Calling all EMD and Classical music fans; composer and DJ Mason Bates joins the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Pablo Heras-Casado to bring us Auditorium, an electro-acoustic soundscape that unites two incredible methods of making music. Portions of the performance contain sounds from Nasa’s first space walk, another has beats from
Artists Taking Over Bus Benches in Oakland
Art instead of empty advertising. Check out the artwork on our public benches & roadways in Oakland
“An African City’s” Nana Mensah Talks Diversity, Style, and What it Takes to be an Actor
Working actor” is not a term that many understand. When you say the word “actor,” people picture Tom Cruise, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts. But an actor’s success isn’t determined by their level of celebrity, but by the integrity of their work. Many wouldn’t know the names of thousands of working
Engineers Empower an Artist
The FabLab was alive with energy, dozens of engineers working with impenetrable focus on all sorts of machines I’d never seen before, shop bots, laser cutters, 3D printers; computer screens flashed with renderings of Raul’s arms while a big ass fan whirled above.
Giving a Painter New Arms
A story of how an artist lost the use of his arms, and how a new design may give him back the power to eat, drink, and paint again. Meet Raul Pizarro, an artist you should know
Artist Depicts Changes in Mission Neighborhood
The “Artist You Should Know” series highlights local artists in the NYC and Bay Area. It’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep these cities strange and wonderful places. Meet SF native Alberto Ybarra. Ybarra is a native San Franciscan who grew up skateboarding and hanging out in
This Could Be You
This Bay Area artist transforms models using clay, paint, fake blood, glitter, plants, wigs…and encourages you to be part of it too. Brice Frillici of SEKDEK, an artist you should know
Cartoons from the Arab World, France, & The US React Differently to the Paris Attacks
The new Charlie Hebdo Cover and reactions from artists in Palestine, Paris, US and the broader Arab world on the #ParisAttacks