Josiah Luis Alderete is a full blooded Pocho spanglish speaking poeta who has been an active part of La Area Bahia’s Spoken Word scene for over twenty years. He was one of the founding members of outspoken word group The Molotov Mouths and is the curator and host of the long running monthly Latinx reading […]
Please join us for the Opening Celebration and Mural Unveiling for Manifest Differently on Clarion Alley. This community-based event features new murals, speakers, music, and poetry. We hope to see you there! Led by Clarion Alley Mural Project, Manifest Differently is a new project developed and directed by Megan Wilson and Kim Shuck. Over […]
Adrian Arias is a visual artist, poet, performer, curator, activist, and cultural promoter, who brings together multidisciplinary artists to engage in community projects with messages of social justice, racial equality, climate change, peace, beauty, health, and hope in the San Francisco Bay Area. Arias is one of the founders and creators of MAPP (Mission Arts […]
Please give a warm welcome to our next magnificent poet, Aileen Cassinetto. Aileen was named a YBCA 100 honoree in 2023 for her contributions in building regenerative and equitable communities through poetry. An Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow and 2022 Metro Film and Arts Foundation grantee, she also served as San Mateo County Poet […]
Carolyn Castaño is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work in painting, drawing, video, and mixed-media installations has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. She is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters and Sculptors (2013), the California Community Foundation Getty Fellow Mid-Career Grant (2011), and the City of Los Angeles Individual Artist […]
Dena Rod is a trans-non-binary poet whose work has been widely published and highlighted in My Shadow is My Skin: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora, The Rumpus, and more. Their debut poetry collection, Scattered Arils, is now in its third printing from Milk and Cake Press. A fellow of Kearny Street Workshop’s Interdisciplinary Writer’s Lab, […]
When: June 10, 2023, 11am – 4pm Where: AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park We cordially invite you to the “Woman Life Freedom” Quilt exhibit, hosted by Iranian Women in Network (IWIN). This event celebrates women’s empowerment through art and raises awareness about discrimination which is at the core of IWIN’s mission. […]
CAMP is thrilled to announce the launch of Manifest Differently, a new project developed, curated, and led by artist/poet Kim Shuck and artist/writer Megan Wilson. Over the next year, Clarion Alley Mural Project, a project of Independent Arts & Media, will be working together with 38 diverse, multigenerational visual/media artists and poets to interrogate the […]
Great event on Saturday, April 15, 2023 for Resilience of Poppies / Women Life Freedom! Deep gratitude for Katayoun Bahrami for her awesome work and vision curating and leading Resilience of Poppies, for the powerful work of artists/poets/organizers Persis Karim, Farnaz Zabetian, Badri Valian, Narges Poursadeqi, Aisan Hoss, Adrienne Shamszad-Manoukian, Megan Wilson, Bay Area 4 […]
WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM! Resilience of Poppies Presented by Clarion Alley Mural Project in collaboration with CCA Center for the Arts and Public Life and Diaspora Arts Connection Resilience of Poppies One Day Public event with New Murals, Live Performances, Poetry Readings, and Speakers to Show Our Community Solidarity with the Brave Women in Iran. […]
In case you missed it on Clarion Alley in November, The Wind in My Hair will be presented at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor on January 28, 2023: Where: Legion of Honor, Court of Honor, 100 34th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94121 When: January 28, 2003 @ 1pm What: Performance: Mobina Nouri Music: Nima […]
Thank you KQED for covering Clarion Alley Mural Project’s support in solidarity with the current revolution taking place in Iran Clarion Alley ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ Mural Keeps Focus on Iran by Lakshmi Sarah Earlier this week, after a brief rain in San Francisco’s Mission District, the sun appeared on Clarion Alley where a small team […]
Thank you Local News Matters for covering Clarion Alley Mural Project’s support in solidarity with the current revolution taking place in Iran ‘Women, Life, Freedom’: Clarion Alley artists take to walls in solidarity with Iran protests by Local News Matters AS THE PROTESTS in Iran move through their third month, there is little sign that the movement […]
On November 12, 2022, Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) in collaboration with CCA Center for Art and Public Life, ARTogether, and Diaspora Arts Connection presented Women! Life! Freedom! The Wind in My Hair, showcasing art performances, music, murals, and poetry by Iranian artists and allies in the Bay Area and beyond, standing in solidarity with […]
<< For Immediate Release >> WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM! #Mahsa_Amini The Wind in My Hair Presented by Clarion Alley Mural Project in collaboration with CCA Center for the Arts and Public Life, ARTogether, and Diaspora Arts Connection The Wind in My Hair One Day Public event with New Murals, Live Performances, Poetry Readings, and […]
The National Coalition Against Censorship Urges the San Francisco Public Library to Reinstate/ Reschedule Wall + Response Exhibition Community Continues to Demand the Public Library Adhere to First Amendment Rights of Freedom of Speech After four months of planning, the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) abruptly informed Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) that it would […]
On Saturday, May 28, 2022 in collaboration with SOMCAN, SoMa Pilipinas, and the African American Arts & Cultural District, CAMP hosted a celebration for Claire Amable’s and Lorenzo Tamayo-Lee’s new mural Frisco Rise featuring: DJ Jenset Emcee Claire Welcome by Kyoko Sato Land Acknowledgement by Marina and Elaine words by Kyoko Sato words by […]
Statement in Response to Nomadic Press’ and EastSide Arts Alliance’s call for the removal of the exhibition Painting the Streets: Oakland Uprising in the Time of Rebellion and boycott of the accompanying panel discussion Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) is deeply grateful to Nomadic Press & EastSide Arts Alliance for canceling and calling for the […]
Deeply Grateful to Nomadic Press & EastSide Arts Alliance for their support of Clarion Alley Mural Project and Wall + Response. Please read their statement below, and sign the petition: https://act.newmode.net/…/sf-library-censors-palestine +++ repost +++ “Nomadic Press and EastSide Arts Alliance firmly stand with the Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) and denounce the library’s decision to […]
Please join us on Saturday, August 27 at the David Ireland House, 500 Capp Street, San Francisco