Exhibition, ‘Crossings’

Crossings explored a diverse range of trans-migratory routes, border crossings, and artistic meetings through the works of more than thirty artists and three arts organizations.

Sample Projects of BorderZone Arts:

(in addition to our ongoing program development work and Affiliated Artists outreach)

Exhibition, ‘Cultural Copy’

Cultural Copy was the culmination of a multi-sited international exhibition and symposia project across three countries – the USA, Australia and Canada – and the ‘visual conversations on cultural appropriation’ that took place among the featured artists.

Bayennale International Arts Festival

Other Past Projects and Collaborations

Working with the Port of Oakland Public Arts Commission, we collaborated on the development of more than thirty venues in the San Francisco Bay Area for the launch of this artist-driven initiative.

Caliente! Circle Around the Sun.  Featuring poets Raul Salinas and
Magdalena Gomez with solo sax by New York-based composer Fred Ho. 
In cooperation with New College of California, 2005

Co-Sponsor: 4th Annual Conference on Cultural Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations.  With Common Ground Conferences and Globalism Institute of Melbourne, UCLA Conference Center, 2004

Molas Para La Communidad. (textile arts of San Blas Kuna).
Collaboration with Harbor House Ministries and
Creative Originals of Oakland, California, 2003

Cathedral Band with New Music composer, Bill Duckworth (Audience Development/PR)
The Cutting Room, New York City, 2004
(featuring Australian Indigenous musical virtuoso, William Barton)

A Walk on the Town:  Art and Identity in Havana’s Chinatown,
Hoenthal Gallery, San Francisco State University, 2001
(featuring the works of Chinese-Cuban artists)

Who Stole the Tee Pee?, Curatorial development for the
National Museum of American Indian, New York, in cooperation with
Atlatl Native Arts Organization, Phoenix, Arizona, 2001

Lakota Don’t Say Goodbye, developed for
San Francisco Dancing Poetry Festival, Palace of the Legion of Honor, 2001

2006-2007 Conferences and Featured Speakers 

ARTS CONFERENCES

- Ulrich Schotker

- Ayse Gulec

- Carmen Morsch

- Gerald McMaster

- Leonardo Education Forum (LEF) Panel 1

- International Society for Education through
- Art (InSEA) Panel 2

Exhibition, ‘Cultural Copy’

Cultural Copy was the culmination of a multi-sited international exhibition and symposia project across three countries – the USA, Australia and Canada – and the ‘visual conversations on cultural appropriation’ that took place among the featured artists.

In Conjunction with Documenta12 and its Education Team