SAN BRUNO –The Art of Resilience
2023-02-25 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Bruno BART, 1151 Huntington Ave, San Bruno, CA, 94066, United States
SAN BRUNO –Taking place on Saturday, February 25, 2023, 1-4 p.m., The Art of Resilience is an afternoon of arts activities following the Day of Remembrance and honoring the local history of Tanforan and beyond.
Registration and the full program schedule are below:
1:00PM & 3:30PM Exhibit Tour @ San Bruno BART Station

Two (2) tours of the San Bruno BART station’s Tanforan 1942 Incarceration: Resilience Behind Barbed Wire exhibition with artist and curator Na Omi Shintani unfolding the lesser known history of the site for its role as a racetrack turned detention center for the incarceration of Bay Area Japanese Americans during World War II and the broader impacts of Executive Order 9066.
2:00PM Panel Discussion @ AZ Gallery in The Shops at Tanforan

A panel discussion highlighting collective efforts to honor and memorialize the histories, figures, and narratives of communities of color and the role art plays featuring artists Carlos “Kookie” Gonzalez, Paul Kitagaki, Diana Li, and Patricia Montgomery. The panel will take place at AZ Gallery, in the Shops at Tanforan.
3:30PM Memorial Walkthrough @ San Bruno BART Station
A walkthrough of the new Tanforan Memorial just outside the station commissioned by the Tanforan Assembly Center Memorial Committee with Steve Okamoto. Featuring a sculpture based on photos of the Mochida sisters taken by photographer Dorothea Lange along with the 8,000+ names of those who were sent to long-term concentration camps through the site.
Attendance for all events are FREE and open to the public but spots are limited for each activity, so we ask that attendees register in advance: https://www.aawaa.net/art-of-resilience
For more information about the exhibit, contact Jennifer Easton – jeaston@bart.gov. For more information about the Tanforan Memorial: https://www.tanforanmemorial.org/
This project is supported by a Humanities for All Project Grant.
The exhibit received generous support from BART, a Humanities for All grant from California Humanities, a Japanese American Confinement Sites grant from the National Parks Service.

SONOMA–Early Chinese of Sonoma Valley
2023-02-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Sonoma Community Center, 276 East Napa Street, Sonoma, 95476, United States
SONOMA—Almost lost to our common knowledge today is the story of the Chinese who came in great numbers to the Sonoma Valley in the mid-19 th century. They came to work and their industriousness made them successful and indispensable in an assortment of occupations. The laws of the day prevented them from becoming citizens or owning property, which in turn prevented their integration into mainstream American society. Their culture was looked upon with suspicion by those who did not understand them.
Dr. Peter Meyerhof will examine the early Chinese community of the Sonoma Valley and their influence on the larger history of Valley. He will give many examples of specific Chinese individuals who lived here to personalize this forgotten history.
You can read more about the history of Chinese people in Sonoma County on the Sonoma Valley Historical Societies website here.
Where: Sonoma Community Center | 276 East Napa Street, Sonoma
Tickets: $10
Purchase tickets and learn more about Dr. Meyerhof at the program page.
This project is supported by a Humanities for All Project Grant.

RADIO BROADCAST—Valley Tales
2023-04-09 16:00 - 17:00
RADIO BROADCAST—Tune into KDUP, 88.1 FM, Surprise Valley community radio, every Sunday between 4 and 5 pm through December 17, 2023, to hear Valley Tales, a series of interviews with diverse members of the Surprise Valley community including ranchers, farmers, members of the Northern Paiute Kidutokado band, artists, writers, musicians, and others. These interviews will illuminate the remarkable stories of the people who make up the unique community of the beautiful and remote Surprise Valley in the far North-Eastern corner of California.
Sundays in 2023, through December 17, between 4 and 5 pm on KDUP FM, 88.1.
Visit the program page for the episode archive.
This project is supported with a Humanities for All Quick Grant.

SAN JOSE–Exhibit: Queer Threads
2023-05-12 - 2023-08-19 | San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, 520 South 1st Street, San Jose, California, 95113, United States
Queer Threads
OPENS TO MEMBERS ON MAY 11, 2023 / OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON MAY 12, 2023 – AUGUST 20, 2023

Guest Curator: John Chaich
Turner, Gilliland, Finlayson and Porcella Galleries – San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
Queer Threads is a traveling group exhibition and coffee-table book exploring contemporary lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer experiences through fiber and textile traditions.
This latest iteration of the 2014 exhibition at the Leslie-Lohman Museum in NYC spotlights 35 artists with roots in the American West, Northwest, and Southwest, as well as work from the museum’s collection. From the impeccably finished to the intentionally raw, many works are fully executed through thread-based processes such as crochet, embroidery, quilting, and weaving, while others interact with animation, clay, light, metal, and photography. Each artist’s use of material choices and technical finishes suggest poetic and subversive intentions.
Although all of the featured artists are LGBTQ-identified or allies, not all of the content explicitly is—and that’s perfectly queer in this context. By breaking through binaries of art and craft, male and female, gay and straight and beyond, the exhibition embraces differences and encourages experimental approaches to hand and machine textile practices.
For more information, visit https://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/.
This project is supported by a Humanities for All Project Grant.

FRESNO–Exhibit: In Their Own Words: Sikh Youth Oral History Project
2023-06-01 - 2023-09-01 | Fresno County Historical Society, 7160 West Kearney Boulevard, Fresno, CA, 93706
FRESNO-In their Own Words: Sikh Youth Oral History Project is a project sponsored by the Fresno County Historical Society (FCHS) and in collaboration with Community Media Access Collaborative (CMAC). This exciting project has focused on teaching Sikh youth how to become the collectors and curators of their personal history. Through a series of educational workshops and intergenerational public history projects, the students have learned how to perform family history research, oral history collection, digitization, and exhibition skills while developing a deeper understanding of the international context of their family history. The students conducted interviews with family members and members of the Sikh community, learning about their lives and their experiences. After completing the interview process, the students then learned how to professionally edit the interviews through training workshops at CMAC. This exhibit is the culmination of the students’ efforts and dedication to share the rich history and experiences of the Sikh community.
On exhibit now in their gallery! You can watch the full documentary on their YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/ECOcE5cxVKs
Runs: June-September 1, 2023
This project is supported by a Humanities for All Project Grant.

LOS ANGELES– Imagining Indigenous Cinema: New Voices, New Visions
2023-06-02 - 2023-06-18 | Various
“Imagining Indigenous Cinema: New Voices, New Visions”
June 2-18, 2023 | Various times
Screenings and programs will take place at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum, and the Vidiots theater in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles
All showings are FREE to the public. To register and view the full lineup, visit: https://cinema.ucla.edu/events/2023/imagining-indigenous-cinema-new-voices-new-visions
LOS ANGELES – In recent years, a new generation of Indigenous filmmakers has exploded onto the scene, producing thought-provoking and genre-defying works that draw on their personal and intergenerational experiences and use the moving-image medium to tell stories in creative new ways. From June 2 to 18, the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA American Indian Studies Center will celebrate the vision of these artists with “Imagining Indigenous Cinema: New Voices, New Visions,” a survey of contemporary Indigenous film and video featuring — and programmed by — some of the most exciting and innovative Indigenous artists working today.
Made by Indigenous artists creating on and with the land base currently known as the United States and the Indigenous Nations within, more than 40 short and feature-length works will be screened over nine nights spanning three weekends at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum in Westwood and at the Vidiots theater in Eagle Rock, complemented by panel discussions and in-person conversations with filmmakers like Fox Maxy (June 2 and 4), Christopher Kahunahana (June 3), Blackhorse Lowe (June 3) and Sky Hopinka (June 18).
About the curators

Anpa’o Locke is an Afro-Indigenous writer, filmmaker and curator who is Húŋkpapȟa Lakota and Ahtna Dené, born in the Standing Rock Nation. She currently resides in Tiwa territory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was a 2022 Full Circle Sundance Institute Fellow. She received her degree in Film Studies from Mount Holyoke College, where she honed her craft of creating films that explore the Native diaspora experience and offer a critical analysis of Indigenous activism and environmentalism. Her passion for 35mm, Super 8 and 16mm filmmaking and photography is evident in her work and is a driving force behind her creative expression.

Colleen Thurston is an award-winning filmmaker, educator and curator from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Colleen has served as the co-Executive Director of the Fayetteville Film Festival, the Film Programming Assistant at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the founding Director of Programming of Tulsa American Film Festival. She is a programmer for Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and the Project Lead for Native Lens, a digital series for Rocky Mountain PBS and KSUT Tribal Radio. She has produced work for the Smithsonian Channel, Vox, illumiNATIVE and museums, public television, and federal and tribal organizations. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma where she teaches documentary studies and film production. She is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
This project is supported by a Humanities for All Project Grant.

OAKLAND—Galactic Rivers, An AfroFuturist Journey
2023-06-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Intersection for the Arts, 1446 Market St, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
OAKLAND—For the third in our series of fundraisers, Beast Crawl Literary Festival will be featuring local Black speculative writers and poets in an extraordinary evening event called Galactic Rivers, An AfroFuturist Journey. It will be an immersive, multi-media evening of AfroFuturist Poetry and Fiction, planned for 7:00PM Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 at Intersection for the Arts at 1446 Market St, San Francisco. Doors open at 6:30. We strongly suggest you get there early to grab a seat!
Our stage will be transformed into the observation deck of a galactic star cruiser, helmed by a select group of Space Captains to guide an audience through the cosmos to a reality of their design. There will be live ambient music and film projection to provide an unmatched and entirely immersive environment for your enjoyment. The evening will be co-hosted by literary luminaries of Black speculative fiction Audrey Williams, Director of Ancestral Futures and Kevin Dublin, Director of Living Room SF Reading Series.
The Bay Area musical ensemble lay/lie (laylie.bandcamp.com) will provide a subtle synthesizer drone, space reverb guitar, ambient vocals, and visuals of galaxies broadcast on a screen.
This event is part of the fundraiser series leading up to the 2023 Beast Crawl Literary Festival. All donations will support the resurgence of the annual Beast Crawl celebration of literature as we work to return to pre-covid splendor.
Founded in 2012 by a group of writers, Beast Crawl’s mission is to promote the literary arts in the East Bay and to provide a platform for diverse voices to be heard.
This exhibit is supported by a Humanities for All Quick Grant.

VIRTUAL–Online launch of Never Forget
2023-06-06 12:30 - 13:45 | CA, United States
Virtual exhibition launch: Never Forget
Posters & Oral Histories of Movement against Martial Law in the Philippines
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm PT | Zoom
Register for free here
Never Forget is a digital exhibition of political posters and oral histories chronicling the transnational Anti-Martial Law Movement of the Philippines. This permanent digital collection highlights the Filipinx American community’s participation in the transnational struggle for human rights and democracy in response to the Ferdinand E. Marcos regime (1965 to 1986). Featuring a significant moment in the history of one of the largest Asian American ethnic groups in California, Never Forget aims to strengthen intergenerational connections within the community as it builds broader understandings of shared experiences and solidarities toward a more just future.

Speakers:
Enrique de la Cruz, Professor Emeritus of Asian American Studies at California State University Northridge; former UCLA AASC Assistant Director, former AMLM activist, and AMLM community archives organizer. He has developed and taught courses on Asian American social movements, Asian American legal history, race and racism, and Filipino American experience. He has written about U.S. Philippine relations and is co-author and editor of The Forbidden Book, an award winning collection of editorial cartoons about the Philippine American war. Aside from his academic work, Dr. de la Cruz is also a lifelong community activist, serving in various boards of community organizations and progressive philanthropic foundations.
Carol Ojeda-Kimbrough, is a lifelong political activist who fought the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines and is a strong proponent of immigrant and minority rights in the US. Her experience covers careers in the private, public and academic sectors – from a legislative and financial analyst for a major petroleum company, a field deputy and community organizer with the City of Los Angeles and as an adjunct faculty in Asian American Studies at California State University Fullerton.
Joy Sales, Curator of Never Forget poster exhibit and Assistant Professor in Department of Asian & Asian American Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. Her research on transnational Filipino activism intersects with her community work in Malaya Movement USA.
Josen Masangkay Diaz, Curator of Never Forget poster exhibit and Associate Professor in Department of Ethnic Studies and Affiliated Faculty in Program in Women’s and Gender Studies at University of San Diego. Her research and teaching focus on race, gender, colonialism, liberalism, and authoritarianism.
Edmari Joy Gutierrez is a current educator, graduate student, and organizer in Los Angeles. She currently teaches high school Ethnic Studies and US History in South Central and is a second year graduate student in UCLA’s Teacher Education Program through their Ethnic Studies Pathway. Furthermore, she is the current chairperson of the Southern California Pilipinx American Student Alliance (SCPASA), which strives to empower Pilipinx collegiate students through community, advocacy, culture, and education.
Moderators:
Lucy MSP Burns, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies Department at University of California, Los Angeles. Burns has published on race and performance in the U.S. and culture and politics in the Philippines.
Karen Umemoto, Helen & Morgan Chu Chair and Director of UCLA Asian American Studies Center, and Professor in UCLA Urban Planning and Asian American Studies. Umemoto’s research focuses on youth justice, participatory governance, and processes of systemic change.
Sponsored by
Asian American Studies Center & Department – University of California, Los Angeles
California Humanities – Humanities for All program
Supported by
Center for the Study of Political Graphics
The Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies – University of California Davis
Filipino American National Historical Society
Pilipino Workers Center
Visual Communications
Asian Solidarity Collective
The Digital Sala
Malaya Movement SoCal
Read our May 2023 blog interview with project directors Lucy Burns and Karen Umemoto: https://calhum.org/apa-heritage-month-never-forget-ucla/
This project is supported by a Humanities for All Project Grant.

DEADLINE—Humanities for All Quick Grant
2023-06-14 - 2023-06-15 | CA, United States
Image: Armando Hernandez and Michael Aguirre of Humanities For All Quick Grant grantee Trash-Mex, surrounded by original Mexican Genre Film poster art. Credit: Armando Hernandez.
DEADLINE—Attention public humanities programmers! Do you have an idea for a public-facing humanities project you would like to implement within the next year? Do you need funds to carry out a plan you’ve already developed? Our next application round for Humanities for All Quick Grants opens on May 15, 2023. Start the process by reviewing the Quick Grants homepage with an eye to the Guidelines and FAQs to learn more. Applications are due June 15, 2023.
Quick Grants (between $1,000 and $5,000) are awarded three times a year to small-scale public humanities programs and projects which take place within one year from the award date. Appropriate formats include but are not limited to community dialogues, reading (or film) and discussion groups, oral history or nonfiction writing or story-sharing workshops, and other types of activities. Any California-based nonprofit organization or non-federal public agency is eligible to apply. Note: A cash or in-kind match of the award is NOT required.
On May 11, 2023 at 11am PT, California Humanities will host a free informational webinar on how to develop your application. Please register here in advance.
If you have any questions, contact Lucena Lau Valle at lvalle@calhum.org.

SACRAMENTO–Partner Screening: MIJA
2023-06-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Crocker Art Museum, 216 O Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
SACRAMENTO–Back by popular demand, the Crocker Museum is proud to partner once again with California Humanities to present three films that tell compelling stories rooted in the Golden State. Expanding on subjects like collective action, identity, immigration, and art as activism that are present in the exhibitions Estampas de La Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection and Royal Chicano Air Force, A Gathering: Works from ‘Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists,’ and Breaking the Rules: Paul Wonner and Theophilus Brown, this film series explores the power of bike riding, roller skating, and music in a manner that is both substantively thought-provoking and entertaining.
Each screening is introduced by John Lightfoot of California Humanities. A Q&A with the filmmakers or subjects will follow select screenings.
MIJA, Directed by Isabel Castro
Runtime: 88 Minutes
Thursday, June 15, 2023, at 6:30 pm

Location: The Crocker Museum | 216 O Street | Sacramento, CA 95814
Dive into the world of ambitious music manager Doris Muñoz, a young woman hustling to carve out a space for her culture within the turbulent music industry, in this documentary that explores the intersection between generational identity and community along the U.S./Mexico border.
For more information and tickets, visit https://my.crockerart.org/1133/1174
This project is supported by a California Documentary Project Grant.

PBS Premiere–FIRE ON THE HILL
2023-06-17 - 2023-07-17 | PBS Station
PBS Premiere–Tune in for the PBS Premiere of FIRE ON THE HILL, supported by a California Documentary Project grant. Just five miles south of downtown Los Angeles, South Central LA was for much of the twentieth century an agricultural boomtown filled with ranchers, farmers, and equestrians alike. Since the city’s establishment, Compton and the surrounding neighborhoods have always had a culture of Cowboys. Once common to the dusty dirt roads, this culture has all but disappeared now in a wash of land-hungry developers, apathetic politicians, and relentless gang activity. FIRE ON THE HILL tells the story of the South Central and Compton Cowboys and the last strongholds that they have; a horse stable known as the Hill that was mysteriously set on fire in 2012. This is the story of three of those Cowboys and their fight to live out their vision of the West.

FIRE ON THE HILL, Directed/Produced by Brett Fallentine
Find a few initial California airdates for the PBS premiere of FIRE ON THE HILL below, and be sure to check your local PBS station listings for more airdates:

Station
Date
Time
Timezone
Day part

KCET
6/17/2023
9 PM
PT
Primetime

KVCR
6/17/23
6 PM
PT
Evening

WORLD
6/19/23
4 PM
PT
Late afternoon/Evening

KOCE
6/20/23
9 PM
PT
Primetime

For more information on the film, visit https://www.fireonthehill.la/
This project is supported by a California Documentary Project Grant.

CULVER CITY—SOL community event
2023-06-24 13:00 - 16:00 | Stoneview Nature Center, 5950 Stoneview Drive, Culver City, 90232
CULVER CITY—Join a community gathering at the park featuring Indigenous artists, live dance, environmental justice talks, films & more. Free & family friendly! SOL, hosted by Invertigo Dance Theater, is going live this year and the event will take place at the beautiful Stoneview Nature Center at the Baldwin Hills & Urban Watersheds Conservancy. This events celebrates the Summer Solstice, and will feature dance, films, poetry, art and environmental talks.
SOL
Stoneview Nature Center, Baldwin Hills Park
5950 Stoneview Drive, Culver City, CA 90232
June 24 from 1-4 pm
To register for free, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sol-nature-dance-films-walks-talks-tickets-595439324047
This exhibit is supported by a Humanities for All Quick Grant.

OAKLAND–Screening of SANSÓN AND ME
2023-06-27 19:00 - 20:30 | The New Parkway Theater, 474 24th St., Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
OAKLAND– Join a very special screening of SANSÓN and ME at The New Parkway Theater in Oakland on June 27, at 7pm.
Hosted by the Berkeley Film Foundation, the event will feature a post-film discussion with Alameda County Public Defender, Brendon Woods, together with Susan Bustamante from the Drop LWOP Coalition.
SANSÓN AND ME (2022), Directed by Rodrigo Reyes
Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at 7-8:30 pm

Location: The New Parkway Theater | 474 24th Street | Oakland, CA 94612
Filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes re-creates the life of a young man named Sansón, an undocumented immigrant from coastal Mexico who is serving a life sentence for murder in California.
For more information and tickets, visit this link.
This project is supported by a California Documentary Project Grant.

LOS ANGELES—For Linda Film Showcase
2023-06-29 18:00 - 21:00 | Far East Lounge, 353 1st St., Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
LOS ANGELES—Visual Communications (VC) presents FOR LINDA, an in-person showcase of short films from our 2003-2005 Digital Slam series, honoring Linda Mabalot and her legacy at VC.
The VC Digital Slam challenge was a short film series introduced in 2003, running until 2005, which invited all members of the Visual Communications community to create a 30-second video piece reflecting VC’s belief that compelling stories can be told without the extravagance of time or money. As an effort to maintain inclusivity and encourage artistic creativity, all submissions were accepted as long as participants followed the two main rules of the challenge: 1.) The Digital Slam piece had to be 30 seconds or less, and 2.) submitted by the proposed deadline. Every year coincided with a specific theme each Digital Slam entry had to incorporate into their films, but many filmmakers dedicated their submissions to Linda.
Linda Mabalot was the beloved Executive Director of Visual Communications from 1984 to her passing in 2003. She was a filmmaker, mentor, and community leader, remembered for her wild laugh and spontaneous energy. Her values and regenerative spirit are still prevalent today in VC’s mission. To honor the 20th anniversary of Linda’s passing, these films are “For Linda”.
Join us on Thursday, June 29 @ 6PM at the Far East Lounge for a walk down memory lane and to celebrate Linda’s everlasting spirit. FREE ADMISSION. Light refreshments will be provided. Capacity is limited. Learn more about Linda Visions HERE.
FOR LINDA
Far East Lounge
353 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Thursday, June 29, 2023
6PM – 9PM
Doors open at 6PM
Program starts at 7PM
This event is supported by a Humanities for All Quick Grant.

SAN FRANCISCO—Quiet Lightning: Better Ancestors
2023-07-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
OAKLAND—Quiet Lightning’s quarterly showcase of writers of color features intimate readings/performance by Mimi Tempestt, James-Amutabi Connie Haines, Dr. Jeanne Powell, Terry Taplin and special host for the evening, Charles Orgbon III, followed by a community Q&A. Tickets include museum admission and (while supplies last) a copy of Quiet Lightning’s latest book, which features writing from last year’s Better Ancestors. Come early to check out the current exhibitions, Black Venus and Nimah Gobir: Holding Space, and to have local muse Briana Swain create a custom poem just for you. Advance registration is highly encouraged. Better Ancestors is a Humanities for All Quick Grant-funded series.
Quiet Lightning: Better Ancestors
Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94105
July 6 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
To reserve tickets and for more information, go to Quiet Lightning’s site. For questions or accessibility requests, contact Evan Karp, Program Director: 415-967-8376, evan@quietlightning.org.
This exhibit is supported by a Humanities for All Quick Grant.

SAN FRANCISCO–Film panel discussion: SALLY
2023-07-09 14:00 - 15:30 | San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
SAN FRANCISCO– View sneak preview of excerpts of SALLY, a documentary-in-progress about the life and work of Sally Gearhart, lesbian feminist activist, scholar and fantasy author. With a panel discussion featuring SALLY director Deborah Craig, Jewelle Gomez, Ruth Mahaney and Cherrie Moraga.
Event description:
Panel: Sally: A Documentary Film in Progress | San Francisco Public Library (sfpl.org)
Sunday, July 9, 2023 |2-3:30 pm
Koret Auditorium
Main Library | 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Contact Telephone: 415-557-4400
Contact Email: hormel@sfpl.org
This program is drop-in only (no registration necessary). All SFPL locations are wheelchair accessible. For accommodations (such as ASL or language interpretation), call (415) 557-4557 or contact accessibility@sfpl.org. Requesting at least 3 business days in advance will help ensure availability.
Film description:
Sally Gearhart was a charismatic radical lesbian activist, author, and academic who spearheaded the 1970s and 80s lesbian feminist movement yet has been largely forgotten. But the film SALLY is not just a straightforward biography of this “hidden figure” deserving more recognition. It also shows the symbiotic relationship between spokeswomen like Sally and movements for social change, which are necessarily collective. And it highlights Sally’s captivating iconoclasm and contradictions: SALLY is both a wild lesbian safari and a timely and deeply moving meditation on the tensions inherent in revolutionary movements: ideological principles versus human realities, separatism versus mainstreaming, and throwing down the gauntlet versus reaching across the aisle. Ultimately, Sally and compatriots’ key contributions can help guide our current, urgent battles for social justice.
About the panelists:
Deborah Craig is an award-winning documentary director and producer whose films use compelling personal stories to raise awareness about the challenges and strengths of underrepresented communities. Her work has played at LGBTQ+, women’s and documentary film festivals in the U.S. and internationally. Deborah’s most recent short, A Great Ride, a 33-minute documentary about lesbians and aging, premiered at the Frameline LGBTQ+ Film Festival in San Francisco in 2018, was picked up for distribution by Frameline, has screened at over 50 film festivals around the globe and has won multiple awards.
Jewelle Gomez (CaboVerdean/Wampanoag/Ioway; she/her) is a novelist, poet, playwright and cultural worker. Her eight books include three collections of poetry and the first Black Lesbian vampire novel, The Gilda Stories. In print for 30 years, it was recently optioned by Cheryl Dunye for a TV mini-series. Her recent collection of poetry, Still Water, was published in June 2022. Her new play, Unpacking in Ptown, will premiere at New Conservatory Theater in 2024.
Ruth Mahaney has taught LGBT History at City College of San Francisco for over 35 years and was a collective member of Modern Times Bookstore for 35 years. She has lived in San Francisco since 1971, when she first met Sally Gearhart. She and Sally both taught at SF State University and both were members of the Lesbian Caucus, a group of Lesbian activists attempting to advocate for Lesbian Rights with the City government.
Cherrie Moraga is an internationally recognized poet, playwright, essayist and memoirist. She began work as professional writer as a co-editor (with Gloria Anzaldúa) of the avant-garde feminist anthology, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. As a political and literary essayist, she has published several collections of writings, including: A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness, Loving in The War Years: Lo que nunca pasó por sus labios, The Last Generation and Waiting in the Wings: Portrait of a Queer Motherhood.
Connect
Sally – Facebook
Sally – Website
For more information, visit https://sfpl.org/events/2023/07/09/panel-sally-documentary-film-progress
This project is supported by a California Documentary Project Grant.

SAN FRANCISCO—CHINATOWN RISING at 4 Star Theater
2023-07-13 - 2023-07-16 | 4 Star Theater, 3290 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA, 94115, United States
Still from CHINATOWN RISING.
SAN FRANCISCO—Join 4 Star Theater in San Francisco for a series of special screenings of CHINATOWN RISING.
Chinatown Rising
4 Star Theater
2200 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA, 94121
Friday, July 14, 2023, 8:00 PM
Saturday, July 15, 2023, 10:00 AM
Saturday, July 15, 2023, 8:00 PM
Sunday, July 16, 2023, 1:00 PM
Against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-1960s, a young San Francisco Chinatown resident armed with a 16mm camera and leftover film scraps from a local TV station, turned his lens onto his community. Totaling more than 20,000 feet of film (10 hours), Harry Chuck’s exquisite unreleased footage has captured a divided community’s struggles for self-determination. Chinatown Rising is a documentary film about the Asian-American Movement from the perspective of the young residents on the front lines of their historic neighborhood in transition. Through publicly challenging the conservative views of their elders, their demonstrations and protests of the 1960s-1980s rattled the once quiet streets during the community’s shift in power. Forty-five years later, in intimate interviews these activists recall their roles and experiences in response to the need for social change.
This film is supported by a California Documentary Project grant.

FORT BRAGG–Magic Lantern Workshop
2023-07-15 - 2023-07-16 | Larry Spring Museum, 225 E Redwood Avenue, Fort Bragg, 95437
Magic Lantern Workshop at the Larry Spring Museum
Saturday, July 15, 2023
Sunday, July 16, 2023
Address: 225 E Redwood Avenue, Fort Bragg 95437
Cost: $25 (no one turned away due to lack of funds)
**Email: director@larryspringmuseum to register**

Join artist in residence, Melissa Ferrari for a two-day experimental nonfiction animation workshop. Here we will playfully explore aspects of both the observed and unseeable worlds. This workshop will introduce participants to various experimental animation approaches that can be used to find and visualize truths outside conventional documentary modes.
Schedule:
Day 1: Intro to Experimental Nonfiction Animation & Archival Documentary
Saturday, July 15th 10am-1pm
Location: Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics
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Day 2: Landscape as Archive
Sunday, July 16th 10am-1pm
Location: A beach in Fort Bragg. Exact location tbd.
Artist bio:
Melissa Ferrari is a nonfiction filmmaker, experimental animator, magic lanternist and educator who seeks to acquaint folklores of the past with contemporary culture. In exposing peripheral histories, she aims to unveil the wonder that lies in the shadow of nonfiction, rather than fiction. Originally from Virginia, Melissa is now based in Los Angeles where she received an Experimental Animation M.F.A. from CalArts. Her films and magic lantern performances have been shown internationally in venues such as Hot Docs, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Hauser & Wirth LA.

About Redwood Time:
Redwood Time is a multi-disciplinary project that encourages us to re-evaluate the dominant narratives of settlement and resource development along the northern Californian coast. Through creative exploration and reflection, we will produce a collaborative account of Fort Bragg that reflects formerly excluded local histories and worldviews, providing us with a richer understanding of the past we inherit and the territory we inhabit.
The central object of our reflection is a timeline affixed to the commemorative redwood round that has dominated our downtown center since its dedication in 1943. As with similar redwood rounds, Fort Bragg’s public memorial and timeline privileges linear time as the driver of history and naturalizes far-flung Euro- and human-centric events as the default approach to understanding our past and presence here in Fort Bragg.
Over the next two years, “Redwood Time” will unfold as a focused series of live performances, public art installations, and community gatherings designed to generate new understandings of our relationship to our shared geography. Together we will create an empathic and nuanced counter-narrative that will draw into question our inherited notions of individuality. Our activities will culminate in the creation of reimagined versions of the round and a new legend that reveals our messy and vital connectedness.
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Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this evening’s happenings do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Larry Spring Museum is a registered 501(c) (3) organization EIN #32-0604596

This project is supported by a Humanities for All Project Grant.

CALAVERAS COUNTY–Poetry and Journaling Day at Calaveras County State Park
2023-07-15 09:00 - 18:00 | Calaveras Big Trees State Park, 1170 CA-4, Arnold, CA, 95223, United States
Workshops and Poetry readings
Poetry and Journaling Day at Calaveras County State Park
Saturday, July 15, 2023 | 9 am – 6 pm PT
Address: 1170 CA-4, Arnold, CA 95223

Visit Calaveras Big Trees State Park at Jack Knight Hall for a day of poetry and journaling on Saturday, July 15, from 9 am – 6 pm, with California poets Dana Gioia, Lee Herrick, and Susan Kelly-Dewitt, Calaveras Poet Laureate Linda Toren, and Monika Rose of Manzanita Writers Press.
The day will include paid and free activities: $45 for the day includes two workshops, writing on the spot, a walk with the poets and docents in the North Grove, journaling and live writing, then sharing your work in the Jack Knight Hall with the public invited in a participant reading at 3 pm. After 3 pm, there will be free readings by the featured poets, participants, and Poetry Out Loud recitations by regional young poets in Jack Knight Hall.
Schedule:
9-3 pm ($45): Workshops, Walk with the poets, journaling and writing beneath the giant Sequoia3-6 pm (open for free to the general public): Free public program with Dana Gioia, poets, Poetry Out Loud students, participants, and open mic for the public.
Register for the workshop ($45, space is limited to 75 people)

*Participants are asked to bring their food & beverages for the day since this is not provided, and no restaurants or food venues are available at the park. Bring your folding chair or stool if needed for the trail. Seating areas are limited. Journals and writing implements are not provided. Entrance to the park is also not covered by the event fee. Cost for that: $10 per carload. Handicapped access is available in parts of the park.
Contact Manzanita Writers Press for event schedule information, and reservation updates. manzanitawp@gmail.com | https://manzapress.com
About the poets:
Dana Gioia is an internationally acclaimed poet and writer. Former California Poet laureate and Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Gioia was born in Los Angeles of Italian and Mexican descent. The first person in his family to attend college, he received a B.A. and M.B.A. from Stanford and an M.A. from Harvard in Comparative Literature. For fifteen years, he worked as a businessman before quitting at forty-one to become a full-time writer. His surname is pronounced Joy-a.
Lee Herrick is the current California Poet Laureate. He is the author of three books of poems: Scar and Flower, finalist for the Northern California Book Award; Gardening Secrets of the Dead; and This Many Miles from Desire. He is co-editor of The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit. His writing appears widely in literary magazines, textbooks, and anthologies such as HERE: Poems for the Planet, with an introduction by the Dalai Lama; Indivisible: Poems of Social Justice, with an introduction by Common; and Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy, among others. He served as Fresno Poet Laureate from 2015-2017. Born in Daejeon, Korea and adopted to the United States at ten months, he teaches at Fresno City College and the MFA program at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe.
Poet and visual artist Susan Kelly-DeWitt is the author of the full-length poetry collections Gatherer’s Alphabet (CA Poets Prize, Gunpowder Press, 2022), Gravitational Tug (Main Street Rag, 2020), Spider Season (Cold River Press, 2016), and The Fortunate Islands (Marick Press, 2008), as well as numerous chapbooks. Her honors include a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University and the Chicago Literary Award from Another Chicago Magazine. Her work has been included in many anthologies, including The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry (2011), In Whatever Houses We May Visit: An Anthology of Poems That Have Inspired Physicians (2008), Highway 99: A Literary Journey through California’s Great Central Valley (1996) and Claiming the Spirit Within: A Sourcebook of Women’s Poetry (2001).
Current Calaveras County Poet Laureate, Linda Toren lives in the foothills of Calaveras County with her husband Theo, dogs, a cat, two pigs and many chickens. Linda is a retired teacher and currently director of Voices of Wisdom through Manzanita Writer’s Press (MWP). She has presented poetry workshops for children and adults—publishing schoolwide collections of poetry and art at local elementary schools for more than 15 years. Her poetry appears in the following collections Manzanita: Poetry and Prose of the Mother Lode & Sierra (MWP 1995 – 2008), Wild Edges (MWP 2013) Wine, Cheese & Chocolate (MWP 2014), Voices of Wisdom (MWP 2018, 2019), Out of the Fire (MWP 2017), Teaching with Fire (Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach) by Sam M. Intrator & Megan Scribner, editors (2003), CollisionV: an Intersection of Poetry and Photography (2018).
Monika Rose, at home in the foothills of Calaveras County since the early 1980s, living the rural good life with her husband on a small cattle ranch, founded Manzanita Writers Press, a nonprofit literary publisher in San Andreas. She has been published in many anthologies and literary magazines. Busy editing and publishing California authors’ books, leading workshops, directing programs, and promoting the literary arts in the region, with nine new books coming out by the press in 2023, she has also focused on her writing projects. Her book of poems, River by the Glass, by GlenHill Publications, and her children’s book for early readers, Bed Bumps, will have company soon with a novel, a collection of short fiction, a poetry collection, and three more children’s books. The Call – A Moth Journey, a children’s book for grades 4-7, will be released in August of 2023. As an Adjunct Associate Professor of English at San Joaquin Delta College for over two decades and retired from full-time high school teaching, she continues to encourage her students to write their stories.
This project is supported by a Humanities for All Project Grant.

DEADLINE—Humanities for All Project Grant
2023-07-16 - 2023-07-17 | CA, United States
Image: Cast member of Project Wild Edges holding a “Y” shaped branch and leading a group of attendees along a trail.
DEADLINE—Attention public humanities programmers! Do you have an idea for a public-facing humanities project you would like to implement within the next 30 months? Do you want to expand your existing programming into the digital realm? Do you need funds to carry out a plan you’ve already developed? Our next application round for Humanities for All Project Grants opens on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Start the process by reviewing the Project Grants homepage with an eye to the updated Guidelines and FAQs to learn more. Applications are due July 17, 2023.
Project Grants (between $10,000 to $25,000) are awarded twice a year for public humanities projects of up to two-years duration from the award date. Appropriate programming formats include but are not limited to interpretive exhibits, community dialogue and discussion series, workshops and participatory activities, presentations and lectures, conversations and forums, and interactive and experiential activities. Virtual as well as face-to-face programming is encouraged. Eligibility is limited to California-based nonprofit organizations and non-federal public agencies. Note: Awards must be matched with an equivalent amount of cash or in-kind resources over the life of the project.
On June 8, 2023 at 11am PT, California Humanities will host a free informational webinar on how to develop your application. Please register here in advance.
If you have any questions, contact Felicia Kelley at fkelley@calhum.org.

SACRAMENTO–Partner Screening: UNITED SKATES
2023-07-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Crocker Art Museum, 216 O Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
SACRAMENTO–Back by popular demand, the Crocker Museum is proud to partner once again with California Humanities to present three films that tell compelling stories rooted in the Golden State. Expanding on subjects like collective action, identity, immigration, and art as activism that are present in the exhibitions Estampas de La Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection and Royal Chicano Air Force, A Gathering: Works from ‘Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists,’ and Breaking the Rules: Paul Wonner and Theophilus Brown, this film series explores the power of bike riding, roller skating, and music in a manner that is both substantively thought-provoking and entertaining.
Each screening is introduced by John Lightfoot of California Humanities. A Q&A with the filmmakers or subjects will follow select screenings.
UNITED SKATES, Directed by Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown
Runtime: 89 Minutes
Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 6:30 pm

Location: The Crocker Museum | 216 O Street | Sacramento, CA 95814
Discover a bastion of regional African-American subculture, music, and dance in United Skates, a documentary that highlights a racially-charged battle to save an underground subculture as America’s last standing roller rinks are threatened with closure.
For more information and tickets, visit https://my.crockerart.org/1134/1172
This project is supported by a California Documentary Project Grant.

FORT BRAGG–Magic Lantern Screening
2023-07-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Larry Spring Museum, 225 E Redwood Avenue, Fort Bragg, 95437
Magic Lantern Screening at the Larry Spring Museum
Salon de Physique & Relict: A Phantasmagoria
Saturday, July 22, 2023 | 8 pm PT
Cost: $10 (no one turned away due to lack of funds)
Address: 225 E Redwood Avenue, Fort Bragg 95437

Supported by a 2023 California Humanities For All Project Grant, The Larry Spring Museum kicks off their project Redwood Time with artist Melissa Ferrari. In residency at the Larry Spring Museum, Ferrari will create a site-specific adaptation of a Phantasmagoria Salon de Physique (or “Physics Parlor”) that will feature an evening of animation experiments, installation work, and a magic lantern expanded cinema performance at the Larry Spring Museum. This Salon de Physique will be a series of experiments – an animated cabinet of curiosities and magic lantern projections – prioritizing expositions of the preternatural in the local environment. Rooted in the curatorial philosophy of Redwood Time, the animations will seek local rhythms and ecologies that fall outside of conventional systems of value, time, and scale. Historically, the intent of the Salon de Physique was to magnify the space between the natural world and the supernatural through the wonder of science spectacle, shaking the participants’ foundations in what is “real” and “rational” in a playground for Natural Philosophy.
Artist bio:
Melissa Ferrari is a nonfiction filmmaker, experimental animator, magic lanternist and educator who seeks to acquaint folklores of the past with contemporary culture. In exposing peripheral histories, she aims to unveil the wonder that lies in the shadow of nonfiction, rather than fiction. Originally from Virginia, Melissa is now based in Los Angeles where she received an Experimental Animation M.F.A. from CalArts. Her films and magic lantern performances have been shown internationally in venues such as Hot Docs, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Hauser & Wirth LA.

About Redwood Time:
Redwood Time is a multi-disciplinary project that encourages us to re-evaluate the dominant narratives of settlement and resource development along the northern Californian coast. Through creative exploration and reflection, we will produce a collaborative account of Fort Bragg that reflects formerly excluded local histories and worldviews, providing us with a richer understanding of the past we inherit and the territory we inhabit.
The central object of our reflection is a timeline affixed to the commemorative redwood round that has dominated our downtown center since its dedication in 1943. As with similar redwood rounds, Fort Bragg’s public memorial and timeline privileges linear time as the driver of history and naturalizes far-flung Euro- and human-centric events as the default approach to understanding our past and presence here in Fort Bragg.
Over the next two years, “Redwood Time” will unfold as a focused series of live performances, public art installations, and community gatherings designed to generate new understandings of our relationship to our shared geography. Together we will create an empathic and nuanced counter-narrative that will draw into question our inherited notions of individuality. Our activities will culminate in the creation of reimagined versions of the round and a new legend that reveals our messy and vital connectedness.
This project is supported by a Humanities for All Project Grant.

OAKLAND–Exhibit: The Audacity to Believe
2023-07-31 - 2023-11-30 | African American Museum and Library, 659 14th Street, Oakland, 94612, United States
OAKLAND- Come experience “The Audacity to Believe”, a tribute to the life, legacy, and impact of an Oakland giant: Dr. Marcus A. Foster, the urban education activist and superhero who gave his life for the children of Oakland.
Dr. Marcus A. Foster was the definition of a community superhero. The first Black Superintendent of any major school system in the United States: Oakland Unified, he was a trailblazer whose life was cut short in 1973 due to his courage to bring innovation and accountability to the school system. He encouraged and challenged teachers and administrators to have “the audacity to believe” in the inherent talents of all young people, and pioneered a “Master Plan Citizens Committee” tasking each neighborhood of the city to draw up their community-led visions as part of the district’s strategic plan. His dedication to youth and community made him a fierce advocate and beloved leader. As a teacher who began her first year during his tenure shared, his presence and work made it so “We knew we were on our way to excellence.” His assassination cut that work short and left a community in mourning. Curated by local artist and storyteller Patanisha Williams as part of the Marcus Foster Education Institute’s 50th anniversary celebratory events, “The Audacity to Believe” pays tribute to his life and impact, and creates a long-needed space for the community to remember and heal.
On view: July 31 – November 30 2023
Location: The historic African American Museum and Library of Oakland is located at 659 14th Street, Oakland. The Museum and Library wheelchair accessible and is open and free to the public at the following hours:
Monday – Thursday 10 am – 5:30 pm
Friday 12 pm – 5:30 pm
Saturday 10 am – 5:30 pm
For more information, visit: https://www.marcusfoster.org/events/audacity-to-believe-exhibit
The Marcus Foster Education Institute (MFEI) was established by Dr. Marcus A. Foster in 1973 prior to his passing. 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of MFEI and our work engaging community to see improved conditions, experiences, and outcomes for K-12 and postsecondary BIPOC and first-generation students. To learn more about MFEI, visit www.marcusfoster.org. For more information about the exhibit, contact info@marcusfoster.org.
This project is supported by a Humanities for All Quick Grant.

OAKLAND–The Audacity to Believe Opening Reception
2023-08-03 17:00 - 19:00 | African American Museum and Library, 659 14th Street, Oakland, 94612, United States
OAKLAND- The Marcus Foster Education Institute invites you to celebrate the opening reception for “The Audacity to Believe”, a tribute to the life, legacy and impact of an Oakland giant: Dr. Marcus A. Foster, the urban education activist and superhero who gave his life for the children of Oakland. This free event will include live music, wine and hors d’oeuvres, and a conversation with local education advocate Oscar Wright, MFEI Board Member Vance Lewis and community leader and visionary Regina Jackson.
Dr. Marcus A. Foster was the definition of a community superhero. The first Black Superintendent of any major school system in the United States: Oakland Unified, he was a trailblazer whose life was cut short in 1973 due to his courage to bring innovation and accountability to the school system. He encouraged and challenged teachers and administrators to have “the audacity to believe” in the inherent talents of all young people, and pioneered a “Master Plan Citizens Committee” tasking each neighborhood of the city to draw up their community-led visions as part of the district’s strategic plan. His dedication to youth and community made him a fierce advocate and beloved leader. As a teacher who began her first year during his tenure shared, his presence and work made it so “We knew we were on our way to excellence.” His assassination cut that work short and left a community in mourning. Curated by local artist and storyteller Patanisha Williams as part of the Marcus Foster Education Institute’s 50th anniversary celebratory events, “The Audacity to Believe” pays tribute to his life and impact, and creates a long-needed space for the community to remember and heal.
On view: July 31 – November 30 2023
Location: The historic African American Museum and Library of Oakland is located at 659 14th Street, Oakland. The Museum and Library wheelchair accessible and is open and free to the public at the following hours:
Monday – Thursday 10 am – 5:30 pm
Friday 12 pm – 5:30 pm
Saturday 10 am – 5:30 pm
Register for free here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reset-vol-viii-youth-showcase-the-audacity-to-believe-opening-reception-tickets-678024929817
The Marcus Foster Education Institute (MFEI) was established by Dr. Marcus A. Foster in 1973 prior to his passing. 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of MFEI and our work engaging community to see improved conditions, experiences, and outcomes for K-12 and postsecondary BIPOC and first-generation students. To learn more about MFEI, visit www.marcusfoster.org. For more information about the exhibit, contact info@marcusfoster.org.
This project is supported by a Humanities for All Quick Grant.

SANTA CRUZ–Exhibit: Contemporary Indigenous Voices of California’s South Coast Range
2023-08-17 - 2023-08-27 | Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
SANTA CRUZ—Contemporary Indigenous Voices of California’s South Coast Range: Enduring Relationships with the Land is a project featuring a traveling exhibit of photography and short film interviews, presented as in-person events with presentations, demonstrations, and discussions. It explores tribes’ land-based culture, cultural restoration, the perspectives of elders and youth, and barriers to cultural expression in the modern world.

Photographer and documentarian Kirti Bassendine is leading this traveling exhibit, part of a project to interview and document tribal participants from the 10 tribal groups from the ancestral homeland of the Ohlone territories from California’s South Coast Ranges. It weaves together still photography, narrative storyboards, and short films that will be presented as an exhibition/event with in-person presentations and demonstrations.
Its first opening will be the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH) (Amah Mutsun territory) and will focus on this region, Amah Mutsun, Indian Canyon Nation, Salinan Tribe of San Luis Obispo and Monterey Counties,and Esselen Tribe of Monterey County.
Where: Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History | 705 Front Street, Downtown Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Runs: August 17-27, 2023
Panel discussion and cultural demonstrations: August 19, 2-6 pm

Learn more and purchase tickets at MAH’s website.
This project is supported by a Humanities for All Project Grant.

SACRAMENTO–Partner Screening: OVARIAN PSYCHOS
2023-08-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Crocker Art Museum, 216 O Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
SACRAMENTO–Back by popular demand, the Crocker Museum is proud to partner once again with California Humanities to present three films that tell compelling stories rooted in the Golden State. Expanding on subjects like collective action, identity, immigration, and art as activism that are present in the exhibitions Estampas de La Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection and Royal Chicano Air Force, A Gathering: Works from ‘Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists,’ and Breaking the Rules: Paul Wonner and Theophilus Brown, this film series explores the power of bike riding, roller skating, and music in a manner that is both substantively thought-provoking and entertaining.
Each screening is introduced by John Lightfoot of California Humanities. A Q&A with the filmmakers or subjects will follow select screenings.
OVARIAN PSYCHOS (2016), Directed by Joanna Sokolowski and Kate Trumbull-LaValle
Runtime: 72 Minutes
Thursday, August 17, 2023, at 6:30 pm

Location: The Crocker Museum | 216 O Street | Sacramento, CA 95814
Meet a new generation of fierce, feminist women of color from the Eastside of Los Angeles through personal stories shared by members of the raucous and irreverently-named bicycle crew, The Ovarian Psycos Cycle Brigade.
For more information and tickets, visit https://my.crockerart.org/1134/1173
This project is supported by a California Documentary Project Grant.

SAN FRANCISCO–HOME IS A HOTEL theatrical premiere
2023-08-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Roxie Theater San Francisco, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, 94103
Winner of Documentary Feature Award & Audience Award at the 2023 SFFILM Festival!
SAN FRANCISCO–You are invited to theatrical premiere of HOME IS A HOTEL on Thursday, August 17, at 6:30 pm PT, at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco.
From within the walls of their 80 sqft SRO hotel rooms, a diverse group of San Franciscans strive against systemic forces and a housing crisis with hope and humor in their search for a place to call home.
A loving newly single mother in Chinatown, a blind Latina librettist fighting harassment and eviction, an ex-couple in recovery and co-parenting a 6-year-old son, a spirited graffiti artist ambivalent about painting murals for the tech companies moving into his neighborhood, and a determined mother on a quest to find her runaway daughter while raising a toddler. Through these stories, filmed over 5 years, this character-driven, verité documentary immerses viewers in what it means to call a single room home in one of America’s wealthiest cities.
Thursday, August 17, 2023 | 6:30 pm PT
Roxie Theater | 3125 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
**Q&A with filmmakers Kevin Duncan Wong, Todd Sills, Kar Yin Tham and subjects after the screening!
Tickets can be purchased through the Roxie website: https://roxie.com/film/home-is-a-hotel/
This film is supported by a California Documentary Project Grant.

SANTA CRUZ–Exhibit Opening Reception: Contemporary Indigenous Voices of California’s South Coast Range
2023-08-19 14:00 - 17:00 | Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
SANTA CRUZ—Contemporary Indigenous Voices of California’s South Coast Range: Enduring Relationships with the Land is a project featuring a traveling exhibit of photography and short film interviews, presented as in-person events with presentations, demonstrations, and discussions. It explores tribes’ land-based culture, cultural restoration, the perspectives of elders and youth, and barriers to cultural expression in the modern world.
Its first opening will be the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH) (Amah Mutsun territory) and will focus on this region, Amah Mutsun, Indian Canyon Nation, Salinan Tribe of San Luis Obispo and Monterey Counties, and Esselen Tribe of Monterey County. Join the opening reception on August 19, from 2-6 pm, where project participants will share their stories and hold a Q&A panel discussion around issues raised by the exhibit.

Photographer and documentarian Kirti Bassendine is leading this traveling exhibit, part of a project to interview and document tribal participants from the 10 tribal groups from the ancestral homeland of the Ohlone territories from California’s South Coast Ranges. It weaves together still photography, narrative storyboards, and short films that will be presented as an exhibition/event with in-person presentations and demonstrations.
Where: Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History | 705 Front Street, Downtown Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Panel discussion and cultural demonstrations: Saturday, August 19, 2-5 pm
Exhibit runs: August 17-27, 2023
Free and open to the public!

Learn more and purchase tickets at MAH’s website.
This project is supported by a Humanities for All Project Grant.

SAN JOSE–Closing reception and artist panel: Queer Threads
2023-08-19 15:30 - 19:00 | San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, 520 South 1st Street, San Jose, California, 95113, United States
SAN JOSE- To commemorate the closing of Queer Threads, the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles invites you to a reception and artists talk on Saturday, August 19. Featured artists Craig Calderwood, dani lopez, and Richard-Jonathan Nelson will discuss their work and join guest moderator Elena Gross (Co-Director, Berkeley Art Center) for a conversation on how queerness informs their unique approaches to fiber and textile art.Free with museum admission.
Queer Threads – Closing reception and artist talk
When: Saturday, August 19, 2023
Turner, Gilliland, Finlayson and Porcella Galleries – San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
CLOSING ARTIST PANEL 3:30 pm to 5 pmCLOSING RECEPTION5 pm to 7 pm
About the exhibition: Queer Threads is a traveling group exhibition and coffee-table book exploring contemporary lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer experiences through fiber and textile traditions.
This latest iteration of the 2014 exhibition at the Leslie-Lohman Museum in NYC spotlights 35 artists with roots in the American West, Northwest, and Southwest, as well as work from the museum’s collection. From the impeccably finished to the intentionally raw, many works are fully executed through thread-based processes such as crochet, embroidery, quilting, and weaving, while others interact with animation, clay, light, metal, and photography. Each artist’s use of material choices and technical finishes suggest poetic and subversive intentions.
Although all of the featured artists are LGBTQ-identified or allies, not all of the content explicitly is—and that’s perfectly queer in this context. By breaking through binaries of art and craft, male and female, gay and straight and beyond, the exhibition embraces differences and encourages experimental approaches to hand and machine textile practices.
For more information, visit https://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/.
This project is supported by a Humanities for All Project Grant.

OPEN—California Documentary Grants
2023-08-31 - 2023-09-01 | CA, United States
Image: Stills from CDP projects Song of Salt, MIJA, Sansón and Me, Fanny: The Right to Rock.
DEADLINE—Are you a mediamaker working on a California story? We invite applications for the next round of California Documentary Project (CDP) grants in support of film, audio, or digital media projects that document California subjects and issues; use the humanities to provide context, depth, and perspective; and have the potential to reach and engage audiences statewide and nationally through multiple means.
Funding is available in two categories:

Research and Development Grants up to $15,000 (new amount for 2023)
Production Grants up to $50,000

Applications open September 1, 2023. This year’s application deadline is Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 5 pm PT.
Register HERE for a free CDP grant application informational webinar on September 13 at 10-11 am PDT.
Visit the California Documentary Project grants page for guidelines, application instructions, a list of previously awarded projects, and to register for a free informational webinar. Click HERE to apply.
For more information, contact Director of Media & Journalism Programs, John Lightfoot at jlightfoot@calhum.org.
