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Every morning, I flick at my smartphone screen and read the news. I watch for some of my favorite writers in art, technology, and cultural criticism. I used to marvel at how quickly some of my favorite writers and journalists could produce content in such a prolific manner. But having done that made me spiral into some major neuroses about my writing as well as assuming the impostor syndrome. Sure, I make a fine editor because it’s always easy to…
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#mood (seriously) around my writing. The editing and curating has been pretty awesome this past year. But writing…sometimes, I suffer from severe writer’s block and I have my days where I feel stuck. It happens. Hoping you’re not feeling this way. I haven’t been great at keeping folks up to date on my blog, but will be pulling something together for the holidays.
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“Liberator by Cody Wilson, printed by James Morgan.” medium: 3d print ABS, 2013 (Photo courtesy of the artist.) Cherri Lakey for KQED writes, “Curators James Morgan and Dorothy Santos have put together an impressive exhibition of 22 artists from the U.S. and abroad to visually weigh in on the hot button topic of guns and all the territory that comes with it.” Please read the rest here.
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Call to Artists: American Gun Show Open call for artwork: Few technologies have had the impact on civilization that the gun has had. With a storied history of a millennium and having been woven into American culture, it is not surprising that it is as contentious as it is empowering. Dorothy Santos and James Morgan are bringing together a series of works across media that consider all sides of this technology. From the historic use in war to the representations in…
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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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The plot line dictates, culturally and historically, a dominant narrative told many times in film and media. I wish it were different. With the myriad of racial, cultural, and social stories flooding the media, visibility of API bodies is still so very far behind in the mainstream culture even when it is inserted into film as an aside. From two teenage boys creating a women in the 1980s film Weird Science to a robotics scientist creating a Voice Input Child…
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WHERE: SoMa StrEat Food Park WHEN: Saturday, June 20th, 2015 TIME: 1:00pm-6:00pm Drinks. Food. Inspiration To purchase tickets, click here What will San Francisco look like in in 20 years? What does it look like now? What challenges does the city face? Considering the challenging issues that face San Francisco such as gentrification, poverty, digital and educational inequity, and entrepreneurship. We have asked our speakers to envision a new San Francisco based on history and their experiences. Building on the…
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I should have posted this information earlier. But it’s been incredibly hectic on my end. Tonight was a marvelous way to start off the transbay exhibition titled The Dissidents, The Displaced, and The Outliers. The community came out, spoke to artists, and engaged in some critical conversation about the show’s themes around privacy, surveillance, and gentrification. I hope to see you at the next opening or all the public programming events. Please click here for more info. Please help spread…
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Dear Family and Friends, I devote my time to many projects. One of those special projects is serving as Hyphen magazine’s art editor. Hyphen is an all-volunteer Asian American culture and politics online and print magazine. We tell stories that don’t make it to mainstream media. We share experiences of our Asian American brothers and sisters. We spread awareness of diverse issues within our community. We do it because we love it. And we know that each story and piece of artwork benefits our entire…
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Writing is quite difficult these days and it’s in large part due to my busy schedule. I feel way busier than when I was in graduate school AND working full time. I am learning how to create boundaries (not too successful…yet), time management (even though I rarely meet my editors deadlines), and project management (as I spread myself thin professionally and personally). So, yeah, writing for myself and my personal projects has been challenging. But there have been some amazing and…
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writer | artist | scholar
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. 