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During my artist residency at Carnegie Mellon University’s Frank-Ratchye STUDIO For Creative Inquiry (March 2023), I joined AMT Lab staff member Samantha Sonnet as a part of their Let’s Talk podcast series. We talked about the future of AI, identity, tech and culture, tarot reading, and more. It was a delightful conversation and I was incredibly impressed with Samantha and the rest of the production team. You can find Part I and II of our conversation by clicking here along…
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Hello there! I have been the worst at posting my work and projects. I am starting to come up with a schedule for myself to be a bit more consistent. Better late than never! I can’t believe I’m nearing the end of my first season as a podcast host. The brilliant team over at Art Practical have given me an awesome home to create PRNT SCRN and I’ve learned so much this past year. Special thanks to Leila Weefur (EIC…
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When: Friday, August 7, 2015 Time: 5:00pm– 7:30pm Location: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Front Door Gallery As a culmination of the public programming associated with the current Room for Big Ideas project, Conceiving Place, Bay Area-based writer Dorothy Santos will be in conversation with Mabel Negrete on her work and ask questions that focus on social practice, defining place, current social and political climates, as well as how the project has evolved since its inception. The conversation…
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FREE with RSVP: http://opencityartcity.tumblr.com/ Open City/Art City Festival October 4, 2014 YBCA, 701 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94113 11am – 8pm For those who want the specific details of the panel I will be participating on, here you go! Artful Models: Creative Solutions to Our Changing Industry (YAAW Lounge at 7:00 PM) Moderated by Rhiannon MacFayden, Founder, A Simple Collective Artists are tinkerers, rebuilders, inverters, and the do-it-yourselfers. Historically, artists have also been socioeconomic “canaries”—the first (vocal) casualties of…
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Please take some time to visit KQED Arts today. I am honored to be included in Christian L. Frock‘s piece “Beyond the Studio: What do Artists/Writers/Curators Need?” I highly encourage reading through the thoughtful responses from members of the arts community such as Anuradha Vikram, Megan Wilson, Christine Wong Yap, Elizabeth Travelslight, Matthew Harrison Tedford, Taraneh Hemami, Matt Sussman, and Rhiannon E MacFadyen. It would be great for you, dear reader, to answer the question as well by leaving a comment. Trust me, it’s a great conversation and much-needed. Lastly, I agree with Christian…
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Hello Family and Friends! I am curating a solo exhibition for musician, composer, and artist David Molina. He is featured in the upcoming issue of Asterisk SF Magazine. The show will be wonderful and it is his first gallery exhibition in San Francisco. With over 17 years of composing, music and instrument making, sound installation work, and theatrical production work, we are extremely happy and excited about his upcoming show. Please read the curatorial statement below and join us on…
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The New Catalogue artist collective, composed of Mary Voorhees Meehan, Neil Donnelly, Jonathan Sadler, and Luke Batten, collaborated with composer Judd Greenstein to explore humanity, history, memory, space, and the unknown in their exhibition This is a Present from a Small Distant World: New Catalogue + Judd Greenstein, at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. When viewers first enter the exhibition space, the large-scale installation is enclosed by two parallel white walls covered with friendly messages written in black bold sans…
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The opening of Question Bridge: Black Males (2011), a new-media work by Chris Johnson and Hank Willis, is a timely response to events like Trayvon Martin’s death and the Oscar Grant case. By mimicking a roundtable discussion, Question Bridge excavates and delves into issues around the notion of the African American male, forcing participants and viewers across the spectrum of human experience to witness a thought-provoking exchange. Originally, Johnson began the Question Bridge project in 1996 in order to address concerns regarding divisions within the…
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ZERO1 artist alum, Scott Kildall, is working on yet another amazing arts and technology project, Tweets in Space. The project has been covered by BBC, Forbes, Scientific American, CNET, Tech Trendy, Tech Mash and many other media organizations! Below, you will find a full description of ‘Tweets in Space’ and links to the Rocket Hub fundraising page and the project site. * * * * Official Press Release and Text Source: Artists ‘Tweets in Space’ Project Site Artists, Scott Kildall and…
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April 27, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ASTERISK SAN FRANCISCO GALLERY PRESENTS, Cholas to Picasso: The 3D Artworks of Rio Yañez Exhibition runs: Thursday, May 3, 2012 – Friday, June 1, 2012 Opening Reception: Thursday, May 3, 2012 7PM -9PM 3156 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 Gallery hours: Wednesday to Saturday, from 11am -7pm Asterisk San Francisco Gallery is pleased to present Cholas to Picasso: The 3D Artworks of Rio Yanez, a collection of 3D drawings and photography. Please join…
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writer | artist | scholar
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. 