IMAGE: Crochet Jam at George & Lennie Coffee Shop with two San Francisco police officers 2017
Crochet Jams engage the public to think differently about the role of art within community and the power of art within society.
Crochet Jama public, art-making event that's embracing and inclusive, with no attempt made to dictate the creative process nor judge the finished projectis meditative, liberating, and empowering.
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Crochet Jam in 2012. His social-art practice is rooted in a cherished childhood memory that's steeped in the African-American tradition of weaving in a calm and non-judgmental environment without rules or limitations.
UPCOMING CROCHET JAMS: Visitacion Valley Library 16 Feb, 12:302:00 pm
Generations: Black LGBT History Experiences: Celebrating The Lives of Black LGBT People, 22 Feb 19, SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St, SF, 6:308:30 pm
JACCC, 23 February, 14 pm, Los Angeles, CA
Berkeley City College, 18 March 2019, 9:30 am12:30 pm
de Young Museum, Public Programs 2019,
TBARECENT AWARDS:SFMOMA announces 2019 finalists for prestigious SECA AwardKala Art Institute's Print Public AIR 201617
Counter Pulse Art Activator Public 2016-17
Recology Artist-in-Residence Program 201617
Eureka Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation 2014
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