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Ecosystemic Sound and Light

ABOVE: Scott Miller contemplates his light installation in Studio 50. A large part of my work the past decade has been constructed around ecosystemic programming. This term (if not coined by, certainly popularized by Agostino DiScipio) refers to approaching any performance or presentation space as a sonic ecosystem. Computer programming (in my case, in the sound design program Kyma) "listens" to the behavior of sound in the space via microphones. The data gathered is used to determine how to generate sound or process the sound in the space. This sound (or sounds) is then introduced into the space/ecosystem with speakers.…

lone some

Featured on 25 independent public sites around the Bay Area, including Montalvo’s public park and the entry foyer of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, lone some includes works by Lucas Artists Fellow Chloë Bass, Modesto Covarrubias, Jane Chang Mi, Leena Joshi, Susan O’Malley (1976-2015), and Alyson Provax. Each artist created work considering the theme of isolation and loneliness in the ever-changing landscape of our urban areas. Explore the interactive map below to learn more about the works included in lone some. In 2019 we launched the thematic program SOCIAL: Rethinking Loneliness Together. This initiative grew out of our concern about…

Michael Hall: A Video Profile by Tina Case

In this video created by Lucas Artists Program Photographer-in-Residence Tina Case, Oakland-based artist and educator Michael Hall describes a series of new works he created while a Fellow at the Lucas Artists Program in 2015. Hall’s creative approach is strongly influenced by his childhood experiences as the son of a marine. His paintings, participatory works, sculptures, and videos are often grounded in an exploration of military aesthetics. During his time at the Lucas Artists Program, Hall began a new body of work entitled Correspondence , which was inspired by his rediscovery of a cache of letters his father had written…

INTELLIGENCE MOVES: An Artist Statement

Are we alone? No! A think tank of SETI and NASA scientists, together with artists, dancers and other experts, is gathering to expand our ability to communicate with non-humans here on earth and out in the cosmos, using art and science and language. After our think tank, we will open out our research to the public so people with all kinds of intelligence can understand and can in turn help us learn even more. “If you push novelty of language and metaphor far enough, you can end up with a new way of seeing. And a new way of seeing, can in…

What’s Next for Earth?

Join Montalvo Arts Center and Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB) as we honor the work of artists in celebrating the earth on this 50th anniversary of Earth Day. This conversation is co-organized with eco artist and arts educator Michele Guieu, and will feature a presentation on the complex human predicament by one of the world’s leading environmentalist, Paul Ehrlich, Bing Professor of Population Studies and President of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University. Artists Ivan Sigg, Shannon Amidon, and Kija Lucas will share works that honor our interconnectedness with each other and the environment. Guieu will also introduce participants to the Open…

Monica Lundy: Portrait of an Oak Tree

This coming Sunday, December 6, Oakland-based artist Monica Lundy will join companion Lucas Artist Fellows Kija Lucas and Fieldworks (Trena Noval and Ann Wettrich) for a conversation about their new nature themed work currently on view in Montalvo’s gallery exhibition, Botanica Poetica . This short video (click above to view), created by local filmmakers Alexis Costanza and Pierce Leggin, depicts Lundy in her studio at the Lucas Artists Program discussing her work and creative process. Image 1 . Image 2 . Lundy’s multimedia works often develop from her archival research into lesser known histories of marginalized communities. In 2009, she…

South Asian Literature and Art Festival

The South Asian Literature & Art Festival, presented at Montalvo by Art Forum SF in collaboration with the UC Berkeley Institute of South Asian Studies, was the Bay Area’s first festival dedicated to showcasing contemporary reflections of literature and the arts from the subcontinent. The festival featured books and readings, hands-on art activities, writing programs, art exhibitors, folk artists, Bollywood pop-up dancers, bhangra rhythms, and other dance interludes—all interspersed with delicious food stations representing the flavors of South Asia. Click the button to view the festival's marketing program. Image Gallery Participants Partners and Sponsors Threads: Weaving Humanity was made possible through the support of the…

A Ramble with Fieldworks

Next Tuesday, January 26, Lucas Artist Fellows Fieldworks Collaborative will lead a guided walk through Montalvo's gardens and wildlands, and invite visitors to engage with their new participatory outdoor intervention, Curiosity Fieldstation . Fieldworks Collaborative was founded in 2012 by Trena Noval and Ann Wettrich to invent new approaches to creative inquiry and collaborative systems that explore the world we live in. Informed by place, we are interested in stimulating curiosity by creating inclusive, interdisciplinary, and multidimensional experiences. Our working methods are inspired by arts-based research practices and relational actions that occupy the public realm, interrupt traditional education structures, and…

The Mending Project

The Mending Project is an interactive installation featuring several simple elements—thread, color, and sewing—as a point of departure to create meaningful connections between strangers. Originally conceived as an installation that would bring people together in conversation, The Mending Project was produced by internationally acclaimed visual artist Lee Mingwei and premiered in 2009 at Lombard-Freid Projects in New York. The work has since been shown in museums nationally and internationally and continues to be a catalyst for connection. The Mending Project at Montalvo ran from September 19 - December 8, 2019. The community was encouraged to bring a garment or textile…

Flavors of Resilience: The People’s Kitchen Collective

R to L: Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Jocelyn Jackson, and Saqib Keval of the People’s Kitchen Collective based in Oakland, California. February 5th, 2016. Photograph by Tina Case. Food is where we meet, where we build, where we struggle, and where we survive. Written in our family's recipes are the maps of our migrations and the stories of our resilience. We, as the People’s Kitchen Collective based in Oakland, California, believe that sharing food with each other is a powerful tool for organizing communities. We prepare food that celebrates centuries of shared struggle. Meals are seasoned with love and knowledge that…

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