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Join Artists of the 99% at Artist Television Access
Artists of the 99% were invited to give a brief presentation at Occupy!, an event at Artist Television Access this Friday, December 9th at 6:30PM. The evening will feature the work of artists involved in the Occupy Wall Street movement, … Continue reading
The Red Scare and Adrienne Skye Roberts on the Art Blog
Here is a review of the performative lecture of “Swimming Lessons and the Red Scare” at Coral Street Arts House written by Libby Rosof of The Art Blog. Thank you, Libby!
Swimming Lessons and the Red Scare at Vox Populi Gallery
One more Philadelphia talk scheduled! See below: Moles Not Molar Reading & Performance Series presents Friday, September 23 @ 8pm Vox Populi Gallery, 319 North 11th Street, 3rd Floor SUE LANDERS (Brooklyn) Sue Landers is the author of 248 mgs, … Continue reading
The Daily Worker, Special Edition, No. 1: Swimming Lessons and the Red Scare
Below is a small, color digital version of The Daily Worker, Special Edition, No. 1 featuring archival photographs, research documents, a letter to my grandfather and stories and musing about Communism, inheritance and learning how to swim. To receive a … Continue reading
Philadelphia Research, Part 1: The Archives
August 4, 2011: Communist Party Archives, Tamiment Library, New York University, NY August 10, 2011: The Urban Archives, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Artist-In-Residence, Philadelphia Art Hotel
I’ve arrived in Philadelphia! For six weeks, I will be an artist-in-residence at the Philadelphia Art Hotel, a residency program in East Kensington created by Krista Peel and Zak Starer. I will be researching my paternal grandfather, Joe Roberts, who … Continue reading
What motivates you to do the political work you do?
I recently had to answer this question for an application to an activist training. It felt like asking someone to explain why they believe in God or in other words, it felt impossible to articulate and then I wrote this … Continue reading
North Carolina as a bridge, the South as a Mirror
North Carolina is a state with many stories to tell. American political scientist, Vladimir Orlando Key once described North Carolina as “a bridge between the Deep South and the nation as a whole.” A bridge provides passage between two distinct … Continue reading
Wonderland, A Follow Up on SFMOMA’s Open Space
My article “Wonderland: A world turned upside down” published on Open Space on September 7th sparked a lengthy and heated debate among the blog’s commentors, many of whom are participating artists or people invested in the Tenderloin neighborhood. In this … Continue reading
A Sustained Presence on SFMOMA’s Open Space
Since 1994, Lewis Watts, local Richmond, California photographer has been documenting the city of New Orleans. Today, on the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina I consider Watts’ relationship to the South through his role as witness and informed participant. Focusing … Continue reading
