Author Archives: adrienneskyeroberts
It Is Our Duty to Fight: A Curator’s Interview with Adrienne Skye Roberts
I was asked to participate in Strange Bedfellows, a group exhibition about collaborative practice in queer art. For the show, I decided to collaborate with four prison survivors and members of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners. I asked each … Continue reading
Strange Bedfellows: Collaborative Practice in Queer Art at Root Divison
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE IN QUEER ART Presented as part of National Queer Arts Festival 2013 Curated by: Amy Cancelmo Second Saturday Reception: Saturday, June 8, 7-10 pm Exhibition Dates: June 5-29, 2013 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays-Saturdays, 2-6 pm PANEL DISCUSSION & CATALOGUE RELEASE … Continue reading
I Owe Everything To Being Queer, an interview with Tirza True Latimer
Tirza True Latimer is the chair of the Visual and Critical Studies Department at the California College of the Arts (CCA). She is a feminist art historian, a lesbian, a general mover and shaker and a huge mentor of mine. … Continue reading
BRING OUR LOVED ONES HOME! Chowchilla Freedom Rally, January 26, 2013
I usually don’t post announcements about my political world or organizing work that isn’t somehow related to art-making on this blog but this shit is too important not to. Besides, if I am really interested in bridging that divide between … Continue reading
An Infinity of Traces, an interview with Evan Bissell on Organizing Upgrade
This interview has been a long time in the making. Partly because I find Evan Bissell‘s work so damn powerful that it felt difficult for me to do it justice. I knew I wanted to interview Evan after seeing the … Continue reading
Introducing the new contributing editor for Organizing Upgrade
For some time now I’ve been seeking out a forum that emphasizes the dual practice of art making and rebel rousing, otherwise known as cultural organizing. I am so pleased to announce that I am now a contributing editor for … Continue reading
Technology, Protest, Surveillance and Collective Process!
The Fax (Facts) Bomb event at SF Arts Commission gallery was great. I researched and presented 19 Fax Facts beginning with the rise in popularity of the fax machine in the 1980s and traveling through the invention and subsequent use … Continue reading
We thought the world we built would be forever, An Interview with Lenn Keller
Maybe it has something to do with turning 29, but it seems that all I want to do lately is talk with older generations of queer artists and political organizers about their lives and work. Last week I met with … Continue reading
FAX (FACTS) BOMB, a participatory lecture at San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery on June 30th
On June 30th I will be presenting “Fax (Facts) Bomb” in conjunction with the San Francisco Art Commission Gallery’s current exhibition, FAX. Through a participatory slideshow I will trace the evolution of technology and its effects on protest tactics and … Continue reading
Toma Las Calles! Take It to the Streets! An Interview with Melanie Cervantes of Dignidad Rebelde
Whoa, lucky me! I recently interviewed printmaker and activist, Melanie Cervantes of Dignidad Rebelde. I see Melanie’s prints everywhere: at each protest or demonstration I attend, in the office of the grassroots organizations I volunteer with, in the collective households … Continue reading
