Alice Street [co-presented with Indigo Arts Alliance]
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66 min. Not Rated. Directed by Spencer Wilkinson.
Free screening presented with Indigo Arts Alliance.
Register here to receive a free link to view the film between May 21 - June 6 or join us in person for a live outdoor screening at Fox Field in Kennedy Park on Friday, May 21st at ~7:15 p.m. The film is preceded by a closing reception beginning at 5 p.m. for Daniel Minter’s TEMPOart public art piece, “Mother’s Garden.” [Rain date: Sunday, May 23rd]
Two Oakland artists, Pancho Peskador, a Chilean studio painter, and Desi Mundo, a Chicago-born aerosol artist, form an unlikely partnership to tackle their most ambitious project to date, a four-story mural in the heart of downtown Oakland. Their site is situated at a unique intersection where Chinese and Afro-Diasporic communities face the imminent threat of displacement and gentrification. Prior to painting, the mural faces numerous obstacles: complex negotiations with profit-minded property owners, satisfying a community of diverse residents, and resolving the artists’ own aesthetic conflicts. As the mural takes shape on the wall, Oakland’s unique cultural legacies come to life through historical flashbacks. Past exclusionary policies replay themselves in the present as gentrification threatens to uproot long-term residents. Ultimately displaced, the mural becomes a spark for the community to rally to protect cultural arts, and coalescing community resistance.
Register here for a live panel conversation These Are Our Streets: The Power of Public Art, Thursday, May 27th at 6 p.m. via Zoom. Featured artists include Desi Mundo, Oakland aerosol artist and founder Community Rejuvenation Project, Halifu Osumare, Black popular culture scholar, dance educator and choreographer, Ryan Adams, Portland-based muralist, illustrator and recent Indigo Artist in Residence, Carl Joe Williams, New Orleans-based visual artist, upcoming Indigo Artist in Residence. Conversation facilitated by Atiim Chenzira, Oakland-raised, Portland-based musician, poet, organizer and Indigo Arts Advisory Board member.