“In Memory of George Floyd 1974-2020”, Keyvan Shovir, 2020 The following article was posted in The Right Stuff on January 8, 2021: Art Activism and Human Rights: A Bay Area Perspective by Sarah Jury This past November, on a trip to the Mission District in San Francisco, my friends and I stumbled across an […]
Our Hemisphere, Poem by Q.R. Hand Jr., painted by Aaron Noble, Clarion Alley, 1993 wordWind – Our Hemisphere from Mark Werlin on Vimeo. Beloved Bay Area Black poet who blended verse and jazz dies at 83 by Jason Fagone , January 4, 2021 Q.R. Hand Jr., an inventive, beloved Bay Area poet who chronicled the Black […]
TO BE RESCEHDULED!!! CANCELLED DUE TO INABILITY TO FILM DURING SHELTER- IN-PLACE: Friday, January 29, 2021 6pm Hosted by Booksmith and The Bindery This virtual event is free and all ages, but RSVP is required. Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) is proud to present the second event of our Wall + Response project, featuring sixteen Bay Area […]
Friday, November 20, 7pm Hosted by Booksmith and The Bindery This virtual event is free and all ages, but RSVP is required. Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) is proud to present the first event of our Wall + Response project, featuring sixteen Bay Area poets responding to the social/ political/ racial/ justice narratives of four murals on […]
Please join CAMP in supporting our community partner the Coalition On Homelessness through Art Auction 20: Art Into Action San Francisco – The Coalition On Homelessness will hold their 20th Art Auction, kicking off the month of October. Art Auction 20 has something for everyone while still adhering to safety precautions with […]
Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) presents Wall + Response, a project featuring 16 poets responding to the social/ political/ racial/ justice narratives of four murals on Clarion Alley, curated by CAMP artist and organizer Megan Wilson and poet Maw Shein Win. Participants include: poets Heather Bourbeau, Aileen Cassinetto, Tongo Eisen-Martin, and Chris Stroffolino responding […]
CAMP artist and Board member Chris Gazaleh’s new mural on 16th Street (between Valencia and Guerrero), calling for an end to the “illegal, inhumane erasure & theft of Palestine” has been defaced nine times in the past two weeks. On Thursday, Gazaleh caught the perpetrator in the act; the person, pictured below, identified themselves as […]
Congratulations to Nano Warsono and Butong for the virtual exhibition Peace in Chaos, featuring the works of Agus Yusuf, Anfield Wibowo, Bagaskara Maharastu P.I., Lala Nurlala, Laksmayshita Khanza L.C., M. Yusuf Ahda Tisar, Rofitasari Rahayu, Wiji Astuti, Winda Satyagraha, and Yuni Darlena. Nano Warsono is one of the organizers/curators and artists of Bangkit/Arise, CAMP’s international arts […]
Clarion Alley Mural Project stands with our #Asian neighbors in the face of the #racist and xenophobic violence they face as scapegoats for the #COVID-19 virus. We refuse to be silent bystanders. We vow to speak up if we witness discrimination. @stopdiscriminasian #stopdiscriminasian
Hi CAMPers, As with the rest of California’s population, CAMP’s organizers/directors/artists are currently taking shelter and doing everything we can to help our communities in this time of global crisis. We are deeply concerned for our community members who are sick, struggling and/or unhoused. Deep respect to our medical community, our community partners, and […]
In Honor of… is a multi-faceted project of art, literature, and performances, in remembrance of hundreds of men and women who have been taken as political prisoners in Iran in recent years. They have fought for social justice, civil liberties, and worker and environmental rights. Today, they are behind bars for wanting to speak […]
CAMP is honored to be included in Albena Azmanova’s new book Capitalism On Edge: How fighting precarity can achieve radical change without crisis or utopia. The book features Megan Wilson’s CAPITALISM IS OVER If You Want It mural and her “TAX THE RICH mural. From the book: It might be true that the networked protests […]
CAMP is thrilled to be included in William Gibson’s new novel Agency as Chapter 33: Clarion Alley: Verity always enjoyed the murals in spite of the smell of pee, the alley’s walls doing double duty as public gallery and casual urinal, but it had been over a year since she’d last been here. Eunice […]
CAMP is honored to be featured in Anthro Magazine, Palo Alto High School’s Social Activism Magazine! Anthro’s Mission Statement: The ultimate goal of Anthro Magazine, Paly’s social activism publication, is to create a platform and forum for students to express their opinions and voices. Social activism is bringing issues into the spotlight to spread awareness […]