From: Art Practical at connect@artpractical.com
Subject: Resources and Prompts from Szu-Han Ho & Sonia Guiñansaca

Resources for Engaging In/With/For the Public – WHAT IS PUBLIC Requiem of Instructions for the Artist/Creative to Reflect on AP Picks Illustration by Will Betke-Brunswick Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Oakland Museum of California this past weekend for Exploring Public Art Practices! If you weren’t able to make it to the symposium, you can still access resources, prompts, and practices for working In/With/For the Public through our latest issue. Sonia Guiñansaca offers a series of questions, prompts, and things to remember when working in the public. “Things for you to consider and think about: How did you arrive at this particular moment? Where are you coming from? How may you take up space?” Szu-Han Ho provides a list of resources and links for cyber-security, knowing your rights, fact-checking, fair wages, anti-oppression training, art school and cultural equity, and consensus decision making. We’ve also included a list of resources, both Bay Area-specific and national, for artists who are interested in public practice but might not know where to start. This list was originally compiled by Courtney Fink as research for the Rainin Foundation’s Open Spaces Program,, and has been amended by Art Practical. AP Picks A staff curated selection of exhibitions, receptions, and resources throughout the Bay Area. Jamil Hellu: Together & Natalie Krick: Rhymes of Confusion SF Camerawork (San Francisco) | January 30, 6–9pm Arab.AMP presents Dena Al-Adeeb, Sholeh Asgary, Lime Rickey International Pro Arts Gallery & Commons (Oakland) | January 31, 7:30–11:30pm Poetry and the Senses: Indira Allegra, Chiyuma Elliott, and Lyn Hejinian UC Berkeley | February 4, 5:30–7:30pm Don’t Shoot: An Opus of the Opulence of Blackness Museum of the African Diaspora (San Francisco) | On view through March 1, 2020 Lydia Ourahmane: صرخة شمسية Solar Cry Wattis Institute (San Francisco) | February 6–March 28, 2020 © 2020 Art Practical | All rights reserved Art Practical is a visual arts publishing organization based in San Francisco that is people-forward and equitable. We publish with passion, rigor, and integrity through initiatives that include online arts discourse, podcasts, books, educational programs, and public events. As a platform, Art Practical embraces these many forms to connect diverse regional voices and amplify underrepresented perspectives from the Bay Area and broader West Coast. Thank you for reading Art Practical! If you want to keep supporting critical arts dialogue, but have digitally moved, update your email here. |