Meet the artists and culture makers offering us sustenance and healing in a time of global upheaval.
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Kumu Hula Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu
Kumu Mark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu is the founder of the Academy Of Hawaiian Arts, a school and cultural center at the border of East Oakland and San Leandro. He is also known as a Kumu…
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Adimu “WolfHawkJaguar” Madyun
Adimu “WolfHawkJaguar” Madyun is a multi-disciplinary artist, filmmaker, and healer from Oakland, CA.
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Erik Wright
Erik Wright, known as Chiller Leo, is a multimedia artist and community leader from Oakland, CA.
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Jon Bernson
Jon Bernson is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning media artist based in San Francisco working at the intersection of film, theater, sound, and installation.
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Timothy B
Timothy B. is a muralist and storyteller from Oakland, CA.
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Violeta Luna
Violeta Luna is a San Francisco and Mexico City-based performance artist, actress, and activist born in Mexico City.
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Emory Douglas
Emory Douglas is a renowned political artist and activist whose work has been central to the Black liberation movement since the 1960s.
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Eryn Kimura
Eryn Kimura is a fifth-generation Frisconian and Japanese-Chinese American mixed media artist, filmmaker, cultural producer, and community builder.
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Corrina Gould
Corrina Gould is Tribal Chair of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation and co-founder and co-director of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust. Born and raised in Huichin (Oakland, CA), a mother, grandmother, and lifelong…
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Chucha Marquez
Chucha Marquez is a Queer, Nonbinary Chicanx artist, event producer, and social media strategist from the South Bay.
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Jackie Keliiaa
Jackie Keliiaa, Bay Area comedian and creator of Good Medicine Comedy, an all-Native comedy showcase.
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Cecilia Cassandra “La Doña” Peña–Govea
La Doña is a solo singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and music educator from San Francisco, CA.
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Shanna Strauss & Jess Sabogal
Shanna Strauss is a queer Tanzanian-American mixed media artist and printmaker based in Oakland, CA (Ohlone unceded territory). Jess Sabogal is a cuir Colombian-American muralist and printmaker from San Francisco.
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Sophia Tupuola
Sophia Tupuola is a first-generation Sāmoan-American visual artist born and raised in Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco.
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Alex Locust, aka “Glamputee”
Alex Locust, aka “Glamputee”, is a Bay Area-based drag performer, culture worker and disability justice educator.
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Paola de la Calle
Paola de la Calle is a Colombian-American multidisciplinary visual artist based in San Francisco, CA.
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Bria Woodland
Bria Woodland is a young Black Soulaan womxn, poet, activist, and community organizer from Oakland, CA.
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Tosha Stimage — In memoriam
Tosha Stimage is a multidisciplinary artist and founder of SAINT FLORA, living in Oakland, CA.
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Ray Ryda
Ray Ryda is a rapper, mentor, and community organizer from East Oakland, CA.
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Loveli “Revlon” Mohair
Loveli “Revlon” Mohair is a Ballroom artist and fashion designer originally from Vallejo, CA, who performs frequently throughout the Bay Area.
