Sam Lefebvre
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Oakland, CA, United States
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Artists Collectively Write a Poetry Book During the Pandemic
“The Poem is Telling Me I Remember” features collaborative poetry from the Oakland studio and gallery for artists with developmental disabilities. → Read More
In a New Book About Unions and Financial Capitalism, Lessons for the Arts
"Unions Renewed" explores the changing role of organized labor under financial capitalism. It maps meaningfully onto the arts. → Read More
Plan to Sell Diego Rivera Mural at San Francisco Art Institute Draws Backlash
What the board calls the San Francisco Art Institute’s “most liquid asset” is “not a commodity,” the adjunct faculty union says. → Read More
Teachers, Staff Block Traffic in Escalating Labor Dispute at California College of the Arts
Tense union contract talks come during a precarious transition for the leading Bay Area art school. → Read More
After SFMOMA Cuts Salaries by 20%, Employees Call Out Major Loans Granted to Executives
Many SFMOMA salaries have barely kept pace with the city’s minimum wage, while executive salaries have multiplied. → Read More
Former SFMOMA Staffers Demand “Radical Reexamination” of Board of Trustees
Former workers published a letter asserting that the 75 museum trustees are responsible for “the continued development of a white supremacist exhibition and collecting program.” → Read More
Senior SFMOMA Curator Resigns Amid Reckoning With Institutional Racism
The announcement on Saturday came less than 24 hours after a petition launched calling for Gary Garrels’s resignation. → Read More
National Coalition Launches $10 Million Artist Relief Fund
The fund offers $5,000 unrestricted grants to artists affected by the novel coronavirus. → Read More
In ‘Alice Street,’ Oakland Artist-Activists Build Power By Bridging Communities
How a mural’s creation and erasure catalyzed an anti-gentrification coalition in Oakland. → Read More
National Endowment for the Arts Awards $1.7 Million to Bay Area Arts Groups
President Donald Trump has for the past three years in a row proposed eliminating the federal agency. → Read More
To ‘Reduce Loitering,’ a Plaza? Downtown Oakland Landlords Plan To Annex a Street
The incoming 13th Street Commons shows the extraordinary power of Business Improvement District organizations to shape and police public space—with little oversight. → Read More
Treasure Island Music Festival On Indefinite Hiatus
The cancellation comes amid a regulatory spat between the Port of Oakland and the Bay Conservation and Development Commission regarding Middle Harbor Shoreline Park. → Read More
Jewish Community Center Removes Pro-Palestine Artworks From Gallery, Stirring Controversy
Artists and lenders have signed a letter promising to withdraw additional works from the show in protest of what they call censorship. → Read More
Ghost Ship Trial: Defendant Replaced Exploded Fuses Among Managerial Duties at Warehouse, Jurors Learn
The evidence and testimony seemed to counter the defense's depiction of Max Harris. → Read More
Hot Summer Guide 2019: Get Outside in the East Bay this Summer
Our picks for music, dance, film and more outdoors and in the streets this summer in the East Bay. → Read More
Bandcamp Announces Vinyl Service, Partnering with Pirates Press in Emeryville
The Oakland-based streaming service and merchandise platform assumes more duties traditionally performed by a record label. → Read More
Rotary Nature Center to Reopen With Owl Pellet Dissection (and Jazz)
The nation's oldest official wildlife refuge, Lake Merritt has long been Oakland's center of civic life as well as a destination for urban naturalists. But its Rotary Nature Center, for more than 50 years a site of public programming, closed with little warning in March, 2017. This Saturday marks its anticipated reopening. The event, which begins at 1pm, features various popup "exploration… → Read More
Pandora’s New Corporate Parents Gave Millions to Trump, GOP
The merger of Oakland-based Pandora and Sirius XM continues a troubling music industry consolidation trend. → Read More
Pllush Headline Father/Daughter Records Showcase at The Independent
2018 was a banner year for the local independent label. → Read More
In 2018, Corporate Monotony Seized San Francisco Music Venues
Independent venues continue to struggle, diminishing concerts for attendees and performers. → Read More