Breaking Ice

This juried, multi-media exhibition seeks to bring to public attention the scope and influence of the African Diaspora on all facets of Bay Area life and culture using the imagery of art to “break the ice” in order to stimulate a dialogue between artists and viewers. Reflecting the global reach of the African Diaspora, in the Bay Area a cross-cultural art community has emerged that extents beyond nationalism and ethnicity to, instead, focus on ideology and global impact in order to create works of art that address contemporary issues of the Diaspora: politics, war, poverty, famine, disease, AIDS, religious cosmology, beauty. Curators: Maggie Malloy, Matt McKinley Jurors: Mildred Howard: National and International artist known for her large scale installations. Awarded the 2004/05 Joan Mitchell Award. Teaches at San Francisco Art Institute Apsara DiQuinizo; Curatorial Associate, SFMOMAThelma Fuqua; President of the Board of Director’s: San Francisco International Arts Festival Raymond Holbert; Instructor of Design ,African-American Art History, an Illustration, City College of San Francisco TWO LOCATIONS: ARTworkSF Gallery 49 Geary St. Ste. 215 SF, CA May 15 – June 3, 2007 Reception Thursday, May 24, 2007 5:30 – 7:30pm San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch 3rd FloorMay 12 – June 7, 2007 Reception Saturday, May 19, 2007 1pm – 3pm Selected Artists: Rawn McCloudKat FlynnSherri CavanLois LlewellynMarion ColemanMaxine SolomonAmanda WymerRives GranadeLynn FriedmanVera CostaRachel SagerColin HarrisTammy WilsonStephanie Anne JohnsonBayete Ross SmithKaren HamptonSuzun HughesJohn Grew SheridanSusan MatthewsKristine MaysD'Arci BrunoMatteo NeivertHolly WongCharles H. StinsonMaggie MalloyGlodean ChampionLorraine BonnerOpal Palmer Adisa Jeffrey BlankfortFan L. WarrenKaren RuenitzAngela Hennessy