The next MAPP happening. ..
Saturday, February 6th, 1pm-Midnight
MISSION ARTS & PERFORMANCE PROJECT
"BEST ART ALL OVER THE HOOD" Best of the Bay, SF Bay Guardian 2006
The folks at the Red Poppy Art House are proud to participate in the 40th MAPP cultural extravaganza, featuring activities, works, and presentations, by artists and curators spanning India, Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Mali, and the US.
The MAPP is a homegrown bimonthly intercultural multidisciplinary unruly neighborhood cultural happening. It’s not an “art walk” (thank god). Instead, it’s a collage of 10-15 odd spaces transformed into mini-cultural centers, focused on the intimate experiences of culture and people. The charm of the MAPP is that you never know quite what’s going to happen until you get there, so don’t be miffed if you can’t find up-to-date information ahead of time. The point is to arrive, and embrace the adventure. Plus, you’ll get a program (with an actual map) to navigate the event.
Please be advised, no one is in charge. While there are a few organizers that may help to direct new inquiries, there is, in actuality, no central committee or curatorial staff. The MAPP is a non-centralised open platform, intended to facilitate diverse artistic-cultural participation at a neighborhood level.
Listed below is only the program for the Red Poppy Art House, headed up the Poppy’s 2010 Resident Artists, and the N.I.C.E. Project crew. Be sure to check out all the other spaces in the neighborhood. We don’t even know what they have planned.
By the way, it's FREE.
The Mission Arts & Performance Project: www.sfmapp.com
The Neighborhood Initiative for Cultural Engagement: www.theniceproject.com
Poppy MAPP Schedule
Workshops
2:30pm: Free Salsa Workshop w/ Andrea Cortes-Juarbe
1:00pm-4:00pm: Free Family Art Activities (Outdoors)
12:30pm-4:30pm: (NICEproject) participatory installation focused on invasive species. Artist: Scott Polach
Exhibition
“El Aeropuerto Arias”: A family of 3 generations of artists from Peru landing together in SF art making. Silkscreens of Luis Arias Vera (b.1932), Photography of Adrian Arias (b.1961) & Prints and Collages of Anais Arias-Aragon (b.1995).
Coversation/Dialog
6:30pm-8:00pm Join in a discussion on the crossover of art and ecology, hosted by the NICEproject, followed by an informal MAPP tour. (the NICEproject is: Saif Ali, Jayaranjan Anthonypillai, Jen Banta, Michelle K. Lynch, Melita Morales. www.theniceproject.com)
Performances
Hosted by the 2010 Poppy Resident Artists
8:31pm: On the Griot Trail / Bob Holman and Griot Karamo Susso / Poetry & Kora Music, in English and Manding
9:16pm: Not Even the San Joaquin / Poetry-Music / Michael Warr, A. Keirbel, T. Brown
9:33pm: Prasant Radhakrishnan / South Indian Carnatic Solo Performance
10:01pm: Meklit Hadero & Aaron Keirbel / Songs, guitar, drums
10: 37pm: Encuentamiento Story-telling Collective / Bryan Robledo, Pablo Velez
11:07pm: Maria Machetes / Voice, cajon
11:27pm: Johanna Suarez / Voice, guitar, cajon / guest artist: Rosa los Santos & Gary B.
ARTIST BIOS
Andrea Cortes-Juarbe is Puerto Rican born and raised in New York City. She is a teaching artist in an elementary school and studies film at CCSF, with a particular interest in producing dance films. Andrea has been dancing since the age of 4 and teaching Salsa for 3 years, including in Buenos Aires.
Scott Polach is currently attending the San Francisco Art Institute as the recipient of a M.F.A. Fellowship. Polach’s ongoing work is a study of the intersection between environmental, social, and psychological ecologies. Through subjects such as the fantasy of zoological gardens, the intersection of city and country, and the xenophobia of invasive species, Polach explores a variety of techniques centering on lens-based media and sculptural installations.
Anais Arias-Aragon (La Azulita) is the little Arias with so many talents, teaching to the other Arias how to preserve the word “art” in the spirit of life.
Adrian Arias (Poet & Cevichero) This new Oaklanian with San Francisco heart used to write poems in the middle of the night (viva la luna!) and take photos and videos of poetic bodies.
Luis Arias Vera (Padre & Abuelo) is the founder of the Aeropuerto Arias, because he is the grandfather (no other reason) and also is a painter with hundreds of exhibitions and prizes in Japan, Spain, Argentina, Mexico, US & Peru.
On the Griot Trail
A year ago, Bob Holman and Karamo Susso traveled through Mali, Senegal and the Gambia making a documentary film about griots and other West African poetry traditions. They wrote some tunes, jammed with Vieux Toure, hung out with Toumani Diabate and Balike Sissoko (Karamo's neighbor and uncle, respectively), spent time with the Tuaregs and Dogons. Tonight they'll be performing all new material about their trip.
Karamo Susso is a 24th generation Griot who has recently moved to the Bay area from The Gambia. He grew up in Bamako, in the Sissoko compound, next door to Toumani Diabate -- this is where he learned to play kora, and the jeliya traditions. He is a studio musician and sound engineer. And is looking for work.
Bob Holman (the Poet) is the founder and proprietor of the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City -- he lives over the shop. He is a professor at NYU and Columbia; his documentary series on the poetry of Endangered Languages premieres on LinkTV in March. He often travels and performs with Karamo's father, the world-renowned griot, Alhaji Papa Susso.
Prasant Radhakrishnan is a Poppy Resident Artist. The foremost disciple of Carnatic saxophone pioneer, “Padmashri” Dr. Kadri Gopalnath, Prasant has been forging new ground in the American jazz scene, serving as a liaison between the worlds of jazz and Indian classical music. His band VidyA was named among the top jazz acts for 2007 by the San Francisco Chronicle.
Meklit Hadero is an Ethiopian-born singer, musician and cultural activist. She is a TED global fellow, a Poppy Art House Resident artist, and recently returned from a trip to Ethiopia with the Arba Minch Collective, a group of ten artists from across the Ethiopian diaspora living in North America.
Aaron Keirbel, gentleman and drummer, travels the world as the percussive backbone of Rupa & the April Fishes. He occaisionally freelances with Meklit Hadero and Nefasha Ayer.
Michael Warr’s awards include a NEA Creative Writing Fellowship for Poetry and the Gwendolyn Brooks Significant Illinois Poets Award. His books include We Are All The Black Boy. As a Nefasha Ayer collaborator, he explores poetic-storytelling of his travels within the African-American and African experience. Michael is a Poppy Resident Artist.
Todd T. Brown hides his musical talent in a closet at the Poppy. He is a founding member/guitarist of Nefasha Ayer, an explorative project of collaborations between an international array of musicians, poets, and composers.
ENCUENTAMIENTO es una mezcla de historias, cuentos, y anécdotas. Un espacio para disfrutar la tradición oral latinoamericana de los cuenteros, y la riqueza de la imaginación cuando se vuelve palabra, cancion y movimiento. Cada miembro del colectivo explora sus cuentos de una manera personal e incorpora diferentes formas como canto, poesia, teatro, danza, video, y musica. Encuentamiento esta comprometido a manter viva esta tradicion oral.
Pablo Velez Villegas incorporates the wealth of Colombian oral tradition, mixing everyday life and imagination to tell stories as a way of celebrating the pleasure in expression. Pablo is the creator of Encuentamiento which has had numerous presentations in the Bay Area with the collaboration of storytellers of different nationalities.
Bryan Robledo is a New Comer high school student who recently emigrated from Mexico. He spends his free time writing and performing hip hop. He is the newest and youngest guest storyteller of Encuentamiento.
Maria Machetes began singing ranchera at age four in her home town of Uruapan Michoacan, Mexico. Song-writer and painter, she is one of the founders of borderOut collavorative. She has performed in the National Queer Arts Festival, Quelaco, MAPP, International Women’s Day celebration at Plaza 16, Amor Sin Fronteras, Noches Bohemias and Galeria de la Raza.
Johanna Suarez is a dance teacher, song-writer and storyteller from Colombia. Johanna is the founder and choreographer of the Colombian Cultural Project "Son Tambor" focused on researching, preserving, teaching and performing the Afro-Colombian folklore.
Other Locations in the Neighborhood
goforaloop
1458 San Bruno Ave (near 24th and Portero)
Curator: Evi Ellias & Phoebe Gelfand
Guess Who? The Mystery-in-your-face Game
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 6th, 4-8 PM, Free & All Ages
We invite visitors to play a life-size version of the game “Guess Who?” and explore what art in a gallery can be, when it is taken down from the wall and placed in the hands of its audience. Guess Who? The Mystery-in-your-face Game is an interactive, site specific, group show, featuring the work of 19 artists from the Bay Area, Northern California, New York, Texas and beyond.
PATHOS-on-HARRISON
2754 Harrison btwn 23rd and 24th.
Curators: David Kubrin and Jorge Molina
8:00 Jack Hirshman
8:30 Classical Revolution
9:15 Alejandro Chavez (Singer/Songwriter)
10:00 David Kubrin (Poetry)
10:20 Jorge Molina (Pianist) Luis Carbo (percussion), Raul Vargas, (percussion). Spontaneous Combustion Opera.
11:00 Nicole Klaymoon, (poetry).
11:20 Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney
Studio 24
2857 24th St @ Bryant
Curator: George Brais
7:30 to 7:50 "Jean Claude" (Indegineous Music)
7:50 to 8:10 The Rhythm Gypsy, (singer/songwriter)
8:10 to 8:30 Octjado (Singer/Songwriter)
8:30 to 9:00 George Brais (New age Soundscape Collaboration)
9:00 to 9:30 Ben Thompson and Tony Kiser (Electronica and didgeridoo collaboration)
Featuring poetry throughout by Paper Lanterns
kaleidoscope free speech zone
3109 24th st @ folsom next door to philz coffee.
Curator: Sara Powell
Piano concert by Fred Adler and Natasha Feygina and nature photography by melissa agocs @ 9 pm
Galería de la Raza
2857 24th St @ Bryant
Curator:: RACHEL DE ANDA
Galeria de la Raza presents the U.S. premiere of Hollywoodpedia, a solo exhibition by Mexico City conceptual artist, Artemio, in collaboration with Queens Nails Projects
The Box Factory
865 Florida St. #1, Between 20th and 21st
Curator: Tim Hingston
Age of Aquari-yes Celebration!
7pm - 12am
Music / spoken-word / video screening – Manu Francisco & Jelani Lateef
Live jazz / funk from the Aaron Leese Trio
Photography - Hal Bergman
Wallspace curated by Bernadette
Spontaneous Salsa – Cassandra Clark & Xavier Serrato
Transformation station w/ photo booth, Houka tent and more!
Rosie's Cheeks Garage
1132 Florida St. @ 23rd/24th
Curator: The Lowbrow Society for the Arts
Come enjoy a night of nostalgia for childhood fairs, right in the comfort of your city...
Hay Rides! Popcorn! Cider! Bobbing for apples! Face painting! Games and prizes throughout the night.
Fantastic visual art by 10 different fantastic artists-covering family freakshows to crazy costume shoots to americana collages.
Performances by:
8:45 Mugg Muggles, The man with the Jive
9:30 The Ukulady
10:15 Waltzing Matilda The One Beer Prophet
and a special appearance by: Dr. FeelFine, an Eco-Carny from the Big Tadoo Puppet Crew
SUB
199 Capp St @ 17th & Capp
Curator: Alex Greenburg
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 6th, 8pm-12am, Free & All Ages
Sebastian Parker: wood sculpture & furniture design
Alex Greenburg: photographs & slideshows on the hour
Area 2881
2881 23rd Street (at Florida)
Curator: Carl Pisaturo
Kinetic, Robotic, Light Art, 3D photography of Carl Pisaturo8pm - midnight
Sunrise Cafe
3126 24th St
Curator: Alfonso Texidor
"El Amor y la Amistad" Art Show
El Amor y la Amistad se festejan felizmente en el Sunrise Restaurant (3126 24th St.) con una Exhibicion de Artes Plasticas, organizada por Maestros y Estudiantes del area de la Mision... Se invita a todos, para asistir al evento el mes entrante, especialemente el dia de la inauguracion, el 6 de febrero, a partir de las 5pm... NO DEJEN DE ASISTIR!
We will be celebrating love and friendship next month at Sun Rise Restaurant (3126 24th St.) with an exhibit of visual artists, organized by students and teachers from the Mission District... Everyone is welcome to come by and check out the art, and also to attend the opening day,February 6, starting at 5pm... DON'T MISS THIS EVENT!
ARTISTS:
Raul Florez, Carlos Soberanis, Shara Nieto, Ramon Hernandez, Candelaria Villegas, Francisco Soto (FASO), Genesis Soto, Vladimir Cuevas, Antonio Herta, Sr. y Magdalena Florez
POETRY:
Alfonso Texidor, Jackie Mendez, y Paul Florez
MUSIC:
Ernesto Jimenez, Rosa Muda y Canea Martinez
Mission: Comics and Art
3520 20th St
Curator: Leef Smith
Mission: Comics & Art presents "All The Best," by San Francisco artist Josh Ellingson, whose artwork draws inspiration from comic books, classic sci-fi movies, video games, pop-culture and the potential of the human mind.
MAPP PROGRAMS will be available on the day of the event, but not sooner (except for momments of divine intervention). This is due to the nature of the project - that of trying to organize 100 artists with no money, paid staff, or singular infrastructure. We call it "mapp magic" - the rule of improvisation - down to the last minute. But always be certain, if you just show up with an open mind, you'll find your way.
www.sfmapp.com |
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