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At Intersection, we emphasize the process of art-making as much as the product. We are committed to creating space and time for artists and audience members to come together to imagine and create new cultural experiments that aim to transform our world. Art-in-Process events aim to involve as many people as possible in the creation of new multi-disciplinary work and include workshops, readings, community forums, open rehearsals, and internships. PUBLIC EVENTS Open Process Series Intersection's Open Process Series emphasizes the infinite possibilities that exist within any creative process. This season's series examines youth, imagination and transformation - themes running through many of the projects that make up our fall season which includes youth and educator workshops, panels, civic engagement projects and performances aimed at fostering a creative community and cultivating creativity and imagination. Below are workshops and events for both youth and educators aimed at opening up the creative dialogue. All workshops are open to youth ages 13-23 and are FREE. Collaborative Aesthetics Workshop with Brett Cook (Wed Nov 5, 2008) is open to adults and is also FREE. The art that results from these workshops will be incorporated into Intersection's Gallery and Theatre programs. To register for a workshop, follow the link below each workshop description. For more information or to register for a workshop by phone, please call Rebeka Rodriguez at (415) 626-2787, ext. 108 (dates and times subject to change). EVENTS Youth, Imagination and Transformation Tuesday October 7, 2008 at 7pm $5-$15/sliding scale (18 & under FREE) This Open Process event will highlight successful models and projects that explore the role of the imagination for personal and social transformation. This event includes performances, readings and interactive exercises and features performances from the Hybrid Project in association with Intersection Resident Company Campo Santo's Angry Black White Boy, Intersection Resident Dance Theatre Company The ESP Project's After All, Part 1, spoken word and poetry by Youth Speaks SPOKES, featured in the gallery exhibit somewhere in advance of nowhere*, and an interactive art exercise with internationally recognized poet, performer and activist, Jason Mateo of Youth Speaks. Designed to share work as it is being shaped and encourage new perspectives and ideas, the Open Process series helps to facilitate community building and democratize and enhance the artistic experience. Click here for tickets>>> Transitions: BAVC's Next Generation Youth Video Screening Tuesday October 14, 2008 at 7pm $5-$15/sliding scale (18 & under FREE) Featuring works produced in Bay Area Video Coalition's (BAVC) San Francisco based Digital Pathways Video Program and Oakland based Factory Video Program, this screening will showcase youth using art to document personal transformation and social transformation. These youth filmmakers use their cinematic lenses to document what matters to them in the world. At the heart of BAVC's youth programming is the belief that when given the chance of expressing themselves through digital media, young people become engaged makers of media and community members. Click here for tickets>>> Art as Education Tuesday November 11, 2008 at 7pm $5-$15/sliding scale (18 & under FREE) This Open Process features a panel discussion with local arts educators discussing the role and experiences of the educator in arts education, and sharing their perspectives and stories, challenges, practices and inspirations as they foster environments for self- expression and critical reflection among today's youth. This evening also features youth graduates from the Bay Area Video Coalition's (BAVC) Audio Production Class, as well as artists and educators Evan Bissell and Favianna Rodriguez. Click here for tickets>>> WORKSHOPS Linocut Workshop with celebrated printmaker, digital artist & activist Favianna Rodriguez Sun August 31 & Sat September 6, 2008 | 11am-2pm In Favianna Rodriguez's workshop, participants will learn the historical context of printmaking as agit prop along with practice in the techniques needed to produce one-of-a-kind hand made prints without studio facilities or expensive specialized equipment (participants pre-selected from Community Partner organizations). Portrait of a... Workshop with Youth Speaks poet & mentor Lauren Whitehead Wednesdays September 10 & 17, 2008 | 4-6pm Lauren Whitehead introduces young poets to the craft of painting a picture with words. We will create poems that depict, in detail, people who have changed our lives. Come with a pen, paper and an actual picture of someone you have loved, cherished, missed, or adored. We will incorporate these into framed paper, as portraits to be displayed in the gallery. Click here to register for this workshop>>> Girls on the Mic Workshop by GirlSource (Community Partner GirlSource has been providing meaningful employment and leadership opportunities for low-income, high-school-age girls in San Francisco since 1998) Wednesdays October 1 - November 19, 2008 | 4-6pm What matters to you most in your neighborhood and world? This unique writing workshop for young women will combine poetry and performance with social justice education. Young women who successfully complete this 8-week spoken word workshop will be part of a performance at Intersection in November 2008 and receive a $100 stipend for their work. Click here to register for this workshop>>> Creating a Portrait Workshop with public school health educator & artist Mahader Tesfai Tues October 7, 2008 | 4-6pm Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area to parents who fought in the struggle for Eritrean independence, Mahader Tesfai grew up with a constant recognition of his roots. In this workshops, participants will use a variety of mediums to create dynamic portraits of people who have inspired or influenced their lives. Click here to register for this workshop>>> The Unclosed Mind Workshop with rapper, artist, poet, activist & educator Daniel Gray-Kontar Tues October 21, 2008 | 4-6pm Performers and writers in Daniel Gray-Kontar's workshop unite to take their individual creativity and pieces to the next level as they work in collaboration with each other towards a group performance. Bring a piece that you are willing to continue to work with and make it grow along with the ideas, writings and talents of other poets and performers. Pieces made during this workshop will have the opportunity to be performed at an Intersection event. Click here to register for this workshop>>> Teen Hip Hop Dance Workshop by Destiny Arts Center (Community Partner Organization, DESTINY [De-Escalation Skills Training Inspiring Nonviolence in Youth] Arts Center exists to end isolation, prejudice and violence in the lives of young people) Tues October 28, 2008 | 4-6pm This dance class will challenge beginning and advanced dancers and encourage the development of personal style. Click here to register for this workshop>>> Collaborative Aesthetics Workshop with celebrated public artist & educator Brett Cook Wed November 5, 2008 | 7-9pm Brett Cook facilitates a dialogue on the role of creative collaborative processes in building community by looking at the work of artists engaged in practices that produce extraordinary personal and social transformation. With nearly 20 years experience in making public work through a variety of participatory models, Cook will showcase a shift from conceptions of visual art as object and/or entertainment driven to also include progressive educational pedagogy, contemplative theory, and an emphasis on collective humane values. Click here to register for this workshop>>> Two Sides One Picture Writing workshop with writer, spoken word artist & Youth Speaks mentor Chinaka Hodge Tues November 18, 2008 | 4-6pm Participants will create portraits of people who have been models and teachers in their lives. Chinaka Hodge's workshop will look more closely at the subtleties of the private vs. public of the people that we respect. Who are the people we imagine them to be? Who are we by what we choose to see in them? Click here to register for this workshop>>> ONGOING WORKSHOPS & EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES The Intersection Incubator Workshops The Intersection Incubator currently provides FREE workshops to its Incubator Members. These include orientation meetings on specific grant applications through Nancy E. Quinn Associates; classes in grant-seeking through the Foundation Center; courses in arts marketing and special events planning through the Business Arts Council; workshops on legal issues through California Lawyers for the Arts; and classes on a wide range of arts management topics through the East Bay Resource Center for Nonprofit Support, Theatre Bay Area, and the Small Business Administration. Gallery Tours Intersection offers FREE gallery tours of its exhibitions and installations to educators, students and community groups. We also offer public programs in our gallery in conjunctions with our exhibitions, which include lectures, gallery talks, panel discussions, performances, readings and film screenings by artists, critics and scholars. For further information, please contact Intersection's Program Director of Education & Community Engagement Rebeka Rodriguez. Internships Our Internship Program provides: an opportunity to work in a creative atmosphere with artists, writers, and performers; experience in the non-profit arts world; the chance to build contacts and working relationships in the Bay Area art community; school credit; and recommendations. Intersection can be a resource for the intern to learn about any and all facets of arts and nonprofit management. He or she will gain skills that can be used in future positions. The Intersection staff is happy to assist with resume development and future job placement. |
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