Category: ethnic studies

• Mommy Queerest by Kat Evasco and John Caldon

  As a writer, I’m constantly advised to “write what I know”. Yet, this depends on whether I’m courageous enough to share my story. It’s not difficult to write what I know but the things I know some people (specifically my family) may not care to know. For some time, I’ve grappled with being queer. The […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  December 17, 2011

  Culture Criticism, ethnic studies, filipino history, Observations, Performance and Conceptual

  bindlestiff studio, john caldon, kat evasco, mommy queerest, postaday2011

• Photos from The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

  Over the weekend, I visited the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and saw The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India exhibition. I found myself making my way back to Sudarshan Shetty’s installation work. Both Untitled pieces (the above from his ‘Saving Skin’ series and the one below from his ‘Stab’ series) intrigued me. […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  November 6, 2011

  Art, Art History, Conceptual, Culture Criticism, ethnic studies, Observations

  bay area, contemporary art of india, exhibition, postaday2011, San Francisco, the matter within exhibition, YBCA