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Press Release: SOMArts’ Día de Los Muertos exhibition dream of worlds beyond resilience

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dara Katrina Del Rosario Communications & Partnerships Manager [email protected] DREAMS EMERGING, BEYOND RESILIENCE: DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS 2021 On view Saturday, October 9–Friday, November 5 Virtual Gallery launching Saturday, October 9 Dedicated to Yolanda Lopez, Elizabeth ‘Betita’ Martinez, Moira Roth, Betty Segal, and Ronnie Goodman Thursday, September 23, 2021, San Francisco, CA–Now in its 22nd year, SOMArts’ annual Día de Los Muertos exhibition is one of the most internationally diverse Day of the Dead celebrations in the United States. Founded by beloved San Francisco artist and curator René Yañez, Día de Los Muertos at SOMArts merges traditional [...]

September 23, 2021|

Press Release: The Annual Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition celebrates the future of Bay Area arts

Artwork credit: Ahn Lee, Cocoon, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dara Katrina Del Rosario Communications & Partnerships Manager [email protected] SOMArts and San Francisco Foundation celebrates the future of Bay Area arts at The Annual Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition On View: Saturday, September 11–Sunday, October 3, 2021 July 27, 2021 San Francisco, CA – SOMArts Cultural Center and San Francisco Foundation presents The Annual Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, a focused look at the future of the Bay Area visual and media arts landscape, on view Saturday, September 11–Sunday, [...]

July 27, 2021|

Press Release: SOMArts’ Sounds Like Home: Longing and Comfort through Lullabies brings together international artists to examine childhood songs and stories

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dara Katrina Del Rosario Communications & Partnerships Manager [email protected] SOMArts’ Sounds Like Home: Longing and Comfort through Lullabies brings together international artists to examine childhood songs and stories On View: Thursday, July 16–Sunday, August 22, 2021 June 17, 2021, San Francisco, CA–SOMArts Cultural Center is proud to announce the third and final exhibition of the 2020–2021 Curatorial Residency season. Curated by twin sisters Duygu and Bengü Gün, Sounds Like Home: Longing and Comfort through Lullabies launches with a free virtual reception on July 15, 6–8 PM PST and will be on view in SOMArts’ Main Gallery from [...]

June 17, 2021|

Sounds Like Home: Meet the Artists

Meet the curators Duygu Gün and Bengü Gün are identical twins born and raised in Turkey and they both studied at Boğaziçi University, Business Administration Department. Bengü chose a path in cultural heritage management and wrote her M.A. thesis on Musical Instrument Museums Collection Management Policies with a merit-based scholarship at Koç University. She has consulted the Dubai Culture Foundation on developing their organizational strategies and on how to develop a cultural hub in the United Arab Emirates (2007). Bengü is the director of the Mixer Art Gallery (www.mixerarts.com), which is one of the most dynamic contemporary [...]

May 5, 2021|

LUSH Film Edition celebrates queer filmmaking

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dara Katrina Del RosarioCommunications & Partnerships [email protected] LUSH Film Edition celebrates queer filmmaking with Brontez Purnell, Heather María Ács, and Leo Herrera Thursday, April 15, 7:00 PM PST Monday, March 29, 2021, San Francisco, CA–LUSH: A SOMArts Series returns on Thursday, April 15, 7pm PST with a Film Edition featuring clips and conversation centering the disruptive works of Brontez Purnell, Heather María Ács of FemmePower Productions and Leo Herrera. Moderated by SOMArts’ Director of Events and Hard French producer Devon Nandagiri, LUSH Film Edition celebrates the multiplicity of queer histories and futures. “LUSH Film Edition celebrates the [...]

March 31, 2021|

Meet the Artists

Meet the Curators CARAVANA: Mobilizing Central American Art (1984–Present) curatorial residency exhibition is curated by Fátima Ramírez, Mauricio Ramírez, and Josué Rojas, CARAVANA: Mobilizing Central American Art (1984–Present) is a multidisciplinary traveling exhibition that centers U.S. Central American artists living in California as well as across the United States to examine their lived experiences in relation to the impact of mass migration, family separation, and the legacy of political action and solidarity with the people of Central America. As Salvadoran curators raised in the U.S. after our parents fled the Civil War, the curators draw inspiration from the 1984 Artist Call Against U.S. [...]

March 16, 2021|
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