Herland is a “lush, vibrant place whose terrain represents a current state of mind for women. It is inhabited by powerful, agile, inventive, kind, quiet, steady, raucous, witty, courageous, aggressive, and loud women who accept no inhibitions or limitations.”...
Project Row Houses is a unique public art project featuring art and culture education programs, historic preservation, urban revitalization, and community services. Seven artists brought their working studios, consisting of newspaper clippings, sketches, tools, and...
This performance was part of the All the Rage II series, showcasing women in performance art. The title comes from a phrase that San Francisco theater artist and activist Rhodessa Jones heard growing up: “Sit your big butt down. Don’t be so hardheaded.” This...
This performance consisted of selections from Donald Byrd’s works, including Bristle and Drastic Cuts. Dancers of The Group are described as “fast, charged, and direct” in their performance of Bristle, which “investigates the war between sexes, or at least the subtle...
Marlon Riggs mixes poetry and dance with autobiography and commentary by bell hooks, Bill T. Jones, and Angela Davis to explore contradictory definitions of the black identity.
