http://evanbissell.com/writings daily 0.75 2015-12-30 http://evanbissell.com/writings/2015/12/30/reflections-on-mirrors-in-every-corner-2010 monthly 0.5 2015-12-30 http://evanbissell.com/commissioned daily 1.0 2023-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463787476575-MK76GXTSVSUPCFHX8ML0/IMG_8505.JPG Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463788700033-3ZT00T98RJ4KL5QSHYQA/IMG_1782.JPG Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463789059173-1CNF0FNMWNJAPADLME98/_MG_5893.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1515799627650-BCFRU6X9HE14Q6IO21K2/Report_cover_edit.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1515800240389-3UHAV18JEO3R0QAICVPH/abundance_CMYK.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1601839209816-OEEZR9Y03CEDFVD5ZXK1/Wealth+Suite-4.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1601843862311-QSOB0KCWOR7FFWU02OKF/DSC09492.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1678994804175-RA5WXS15YLTJSWOM9LU9/Screen%2BShot%2B2022-03-18%2Bat%2B5.13.49%2BPM.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1678995573794-O9W9JQFQOUM6VYCXN290/Screen+Shot+2022-08-17+at+10.52.25+AM.png Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1462553843186-49ECQ6L99CKA56A8L1VX/Picture+10.png Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463438038839-VFE0SOSU6HZI58SKNBRO/_MG_7482-E.Bissell-WCTBA.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463440499976-FUIK8BYYO051S66HV1HB/1_P1040952+%281%29.JPG Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463586062842-LBDV0D4RS3RCI33IHEJ7/face+animation+72dpi+%2855+of+64%29.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463586250471-BDZ9K9K18B9CKLX2IRMF/somewhere+in+advance+of+nowhere*+-+16th+St+BART.JPG Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463586418144-EHGZM1UKCD7S00GG38L1/IMG_5590.JPG Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451504752695-QAEO027DVFTK4R72FGDD/1_P1040952+%281%29.JPG Art & Research MJP members hold up a poster that we designed before it will be wheatpasted in the neighborhood/research area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1462509532087-GMVAOCVF4BLU70R33T45/jacNadfawn_web.jpg Art & Research One of three posters designed with MJP over the summer of 2014. The posters, which were given out and wheatpasted throughout the neighborhood, sought to counter the narrative that the area was "disorderly" and thus required heavy policing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451504763021-KP84N1O4GDTQR4VV3WE9/IMG_1752.JPG Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451504756523-9H4GGN7T7I5B6WOWWU7Z/Paul_web.jpg Art & Research The posters also sought to draw connections between stop-and-frisk policing and the "new" form of policing known as "broken windows" policing. Stop-and-frisk, which was ruled unconstitutional in New York is a practice of broken windows policing, or order-maintenance policing. It seeks to aggressively target small, disorderly issues in order to prevent more serious crime. There is no reputable study that shows it increases safety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451504756847-B2K3SNQLMDETP04EVT25/praAntpearl_web.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451504755381-BFUQ2XDAFH9ML69UM6FR/IMG_1382.JPG Art & Research MJP collects and shares the bulk of its data, reports, posters, stickers and writings through "sidewalk science" actions. Here, residents are writing postcards to the NYPD. The postcards also include findings from previous sidewalk science actions, so with each iteration of data collection, the dialogue builds on itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1462512380780-SYFLZVOU0HUKP1VFWAWH/NYPD+Yankees_color_nomorepolicing_4x4in.jpg Art & Research A sticker distributed at sidewalk science actions and Yankees games (the stadium borders the research area). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451504748654-TCBQGVLX708OVMVY7678/IMG_1016.JPG Art & Research One of the MJP researchers shows off the outside of the letter that was distributed to over 1,000 visitors to Yankees stadium at Derek Jeter's last home game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1462510888459-UGZJ54JHA5SZQGI10F79/Yankees_fans_letter.jpg Art & Research The text of the collaboratively written letter that was distributed to Yankees fans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451502477869-CM7V3DMAEIPST6PW9EWI/knottedline4.png Art & Research The Knotted Line interface consists of black silhouettes that can be "opened" to reveal paintings and text about specific historical moments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451502477961-IHKJVN3KLUVFFJAJ9GOT/knottedline5.png Art & Research By clicking on a painting in the silhouette interface, users enter a new page that highlights related "Actions for Self-Determination" and media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451502476540-HH9BN0YTC7FU4EZTPGA3/knottedline1.png Art & Research The timeline goes from 1495 to 2012 (when the website was published) and then offers speculative possibilities for the future up to 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451513446508-CQ0QI5GSGXX148C4CU0S/Bissell_Evan_The_Knotted_Line_2009.jpg Art & Research Painting detail. The top part of the image references the number of people incarcerated or under supervision in the U.S. based on the skylines and populations of L.A., Chicago and Boston. The bottom image references the continuation of Guantanamo prison in Cuba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451513445776-VX4UKVXBQFRX4PJHTH45/Bissell_Evan_The_Knotted_Line_1994.jpg Art & Research A painting that references the growth of three strikes laws in the country, using Escher's infinite staircase as a departure point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451513444276-OGD9B5TD156HVY48J47Q/Bissell_Evan_The_Knotted_Line_1954.jpg Art & Research A painting that references the connection between law and violence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451502460592-FKKWQZLFAV3LIJELRNZN/Screen+Shot+2015-12-30+at+9.52.31+AM.png Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451502476462-MNZN8525FZKCENS3QKGW/Screen+Shot+2015-12-30+at+9.51.48+AM.png Art & Research After the publication of the website, I worked with Ora Wise and educators around the country to develop a curriculum for using the project. The curriculum includes 9 workshops and 3 projects. The curriculum is free to download at knottedline.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451502460326-V3D63Q3EJOU9NDN4A7IQ/Screen+Shot+2015-12-30+at+9.53.18+AM.png Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451505654742-XJOPGE13DREQKZASLJP0/IMG_2946.JPG Art & Research The stoop. At the top of the stoop is the main character's bed, propped up on BART windows and books. The backdrop is created from sewn bedsheets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451505652100-VJX3TTUCKU7G99RXIB7S/IMG_7889.JPG Art & Research Photo by Joan Osato https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451505643607-8CJB2CE7FZH7XE9EDF1D/IMG_7845.JPG Art & Research Photo by Joan Osato https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451505648444-GZVU61IO77OCZKJM4B0M/IMG_8505.JPG Art & Research Photo by Joan Osato https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451505642109-6T574BD7L1O0P3G6GHA9/IMG_7825.JPG Art & Research The back of the stoop, which functioned as a "command center" for the main character as he chased down Johannes Mehserle. The room incorporates an earlier painting and makes formal reference through the lighting system to Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. Photo by Joan Osato https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451505648639-RBC0WVK5R57X1QV4FFCO/CHASING_Eli+Jacobs-Fantouzzi.jpg Art & Research Photo by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451505650791-WNIU22HJICCZ87QC3QRB/IMG_2972.JPG Art & Research Audience members entered through a "tunnel" made of white yarn, signaling a break with the outside world and entering the mind of the main character. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451501547050-P9DLYVPIWY7KU2WPWCZP/Screen+Shot+2015-12-30+at+9.40.51+AM.png Art & Research Screenshot from the website. The text plays in a vertical scroll in time with King's speech while the visuals change continuously. Blue text can be clicked to take the user to video interviews, historical media and additional annotations. The user can also change views to see the extemporaneous parts of the speech, what was prepared, and which pieces King left out while standing on the podium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451500871080-BPSXSBSW6IG25FY1HJ7Z/image-asset.png Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451501545643-RSI08L692EOV9ORWA7XO/Screen+Shot+2015-12-30+at+9.37.24+AM.png Art & Research Detail of the website showing a variety of media types used to create the scrolling animation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451501546196-T1QR3WA9HYPLEHXG2H19/Screen+Shot+2015-12-30+at+9.39.44+AM.png Art & Research When a user clicks on a blue text, they are taken to a media rich annotation of that text. Here, they can find interviews with movement activists, primary documents and historical context. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451501548075-3NJ2XRLGC8RZ655VQD2K/Waterfall_clean_web.jpg Art & Research Detail of the scrolling animation section based on the section of the speech where King praises, "the veterans of creative suffering" engaged in civil disobedience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451501545378-EX31ATS4OJ65G7XGN58G/El+Fondren_clean_web.jpg Art & Research Detail of a painting used for the animated scroll of 106 year old El Fondren registering to vote. Based on the photo by Bob Fitch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463013122176-QLG27TTSI6AGDJ3GBGV4/Sing+America+three+women_clean.jpg Art & Research Detail of the scrolling animation. Based on an uncredited photo via http://www.crmvet.org/images/imgstaug.htm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463013127451-5O92SXIMXYY7OQTH77RS/Flowing+Water+Scene_clean_web.jpg Art & Research Detail of the scrolling animation section based on, "justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463013214056-83Z2MHN9Z5FIVAE4PQAB/bham+woman+arrested_clean.jpg Art & Research Detail of a section of the scrolling animation based on a photo by Bob Adelman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463789254785-PQUBQY511IE9NGFI12FM/EB_8350.jpg Art & Research The mural featured here depicts the story of the Jimenez family and their relationship to the Mission district of San Francisco. The mural was created through a participatory process with the Jimenez family and in dialogue with the play, Mirrors in Every Corner. The mural was visible as the backdrop of the stage until the play began. The painting includes historical photos, text from interviews with family members, and media archives depicting struggles against displacement. Photo by Michael Allen Jones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1448561853248-NVANI49F96K00GVRN49E/IMG_0293_2.jpg Art & Research In the fall of 2009 I connected with Mercy Jimenez and her family through Poder – an organization working for environmental and economic rights in the Mission. Mercy is one of the group’s longest active members, born and raised in the Mission District and the daughter of Nicaraguan immigrants active in Latino rights causes. Working closely with the Jimenez family over the following six months, we created a piece that tells the history of their Mission over the past 20 years through the story and perspective of their family – including family photos, historical photos from El Tecolote photo archive, text from interviews with the family, poetry and neighborhood photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1448561853578-SQ11AG8MINL3X808PWZG/_MG_4950.jpg Art & Research When audience members arrived, they were ushered onto the stage/set before finding their seats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463789403519-T5DK94XXATKAHREVLQLU/_MG_5893.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1448561853379-21K1P3ALE14KUOXWJUGO/IMG_6903.jpg Art & Research The majority of the play took place around a card table. Photo by Joan Osato https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1448563912824-6X1HNDL0PS462PQ18GKL/image-asset.jpeg Art & Research Detail from the set, which played off of Hodge's use of magical realism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1448561853641-GSKKMBU2I53AANCV9MQ5/_MG_5674.jpg Art & Research Detail from the set, which audience members were able to examine closer before the play began. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463789593553-M9VH1ZGYV0HK58U7X4ID/_MG_5677.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1448561853710-LDLGDLK4BMUQOBC0KYQB/_MG_5694.jpg Art & Research Detail from the set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1448561853940-WPHGNN44840Y7745LIXL/_MG_5769.jpg Art & Research Detail from the set. One section of the set/installation consisted of photos, paintings and writings created in a set of free workshops and photo booths. Workshop facilitators: Daveed Diggs, Chinaka Hodge, Joan Osato, Kari Orvik, Mahader Tesfai and myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463789555791-ED20MAT02ZKI8I5LZMMR/_MG_5815.jpg Art & Research Set detail with images created by workshop participants and one half of a wheat-pasted mural depicting past and present images of the Mission district. Photo by Michael Allen Jones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1448561854158-9Z8J4ZDI9LUOAIVMK7Q8/IMG_0711.jpg Art & Research Kari Orvik showing a family their portraits. Around the holidays, we invited families from the Mission to sit for portraits and gave them one framed portrait in exchange for the use of the portrait in the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507406845-A7VX8TVL8A0BR9SK07VH/IMG_1782_web.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507415570-BY6N3D5WLWVPM9L5A4D8/IMG_0276_web.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507405950-BM897PQOO89JOY7NU2TL/IMG_0037_web.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507409698-WY9P3PRZZNTQDL26DMRV/IMG_8634_web.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507408321-5AEY3XJ7FV6NUAZ91NC8/IMG_8585_web.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507405934-JWMCOQH97AA23AD7E05H/IMG_0074_web.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507683230-NIIVF9NAZJIC3JPL2JOT/_MG_7320+Evan+B.+WCBTA.jpg Art & Research Gallery view of the final project installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507693996-QGGLYHFM90WCAZ6XSSXH/5-Bissell%2C+1st+Timeline.jpg Art & Research An early workshop tool, which charted the recent growth of incarceration in the United States (below the line) and project members' experience with incarceration (above the line). This timeline would later be expanded for public installation of the project and formed the conceptual seed for The Knotted Line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507699030-JAH2H4ER6RGOES1ZVZBM/IMG_0321.jpg Art & Research Each week the two groups wrote letters, shared audio and visuals in an evolving conversation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507662168-R57ALVX88MGWH2XBIP6S/Liz+Stress+Process.jpg Art & Research A workshop tool focused on stressors that come as a result of being incarcerated or having a family member incarcerated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507694004-N2O96AU3L1CN6UDUEAAH/IMG_0441.jpg Art & Research Sadie works on sketches for her final portrait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507696023-3EI7H6WNSSJX6ETZ7430/IMG_0460.jpg Art & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507696116-HQPA4C5QXKR7NIMVCKI5/IMG_0484.jpg Art & Research Sadie sharing her final portrait and eyes painting with her family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507679211-HMIOU3GI60CL0R58WYR5/_MG_7481-E.Bissell-WCTBA.jpg Art & Research Sadie Acrylic and oil pastel on non-woven media, 8'x5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463437491824-HV8BVC1CQUVHFTJCXMI2/Sadie_text_BW.jpg Art & Research When exhibited, the portraits are accompanied by "legends" that describe the symbols and narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507660817-SMJC1KVNZ37Z38724M63/Ben+Sketch+Process.jpg Art & Research Draft sketch created by Ben for his portrait. The silhouette in the middle is based on a staged photograph that we created. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507664709-9647JWWIA6FL4L1LZPC6/_MG_7589-E.Bissell-WCTBA.jpg Art & Research Ben Acrylic and oil pastel on non-woven media, 8'x5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463437489436-FW86C9K14R75QAB1FELZ/Ben_text_BW.jpg Art & Research When exhibited, the portraits are accompanied by "legends" that describe the symbols and narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507697895-K3EGV5GGC9ZE0M8BD9J2/IMG_0293.jpg Art & Research Chey working on her final sketch, depicting a prison visiting room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507673351-M327547OGY8TS9H8UKOX/_MG_7491-E.Bissell-WCTBA.jpg Art & Research Chey Acrylic and oil pastel on non-woven media, 8'x5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463437489551-BWDNZ9WCXIGK75O8Y96B/Chey_text_BW.jpg Art & Research When exhibited, the portraits are accompanied by "legends" that describe the symbols and narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507669240-E7ESCD4N8PNQBM1S7VA9/_MG_7504-E.Bissell-WCTBA.jpg Art & Research Vonteak Acrylic and oil pastel on non-woven media, 8'x5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463437491889-6I3L78YYKHQYVLH6PUZ6/Vonteak_text_BW.jpg Art & Research When exhibited, the portraits are accompanied by "legends" that describe the symbols and narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507665947-CT6DLBAEQIOCJ2YHVA0L/_MG_7564-E.Bissell-WCTBA.jpg Art & Research Liz Acrylic and oil pastel on non-woven media, 8'x5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463437491139-OOX9A8GATJ35UYHCHJ97/Liz_text_BW.jpg Art & Research When exhibited, the portraits are accompanied by "legends" that describe the symbols and narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507668408-OX8VNBUIQFF7W710H68Q/_MG_7548-E.Bissell-WCTBA.jpg Art & Research Melvin Acrylic and oil pastel on non-woven media, 8'x5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463437491206-FXA7WLEG9DEDXS7PP2QO/Melvin_text_BW.jpg Art & Research When exhibited, the portraits are accompanied by "legends" that describe the symbols and narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507672168-85866H4Y41UV5IZ4YK73/_MG_7507-E.Bissell-WCTBA.jpg Art & Research Darren Acrylic and oil pastel on non-woven media, 8'x5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463437490329-PGI80642GOLCFCAFTN7M/Darren_text_BW.jpg Art & Research When exhibited, the portraits are accompanied by "legends" that describe the symbols and narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507682293-Z5IZDXC9UOXN7PTRT5AH/_MG_7482-E.Bissell-WCTBA.jpg Art & Research Joe Acrylic and oil pastel on non-woven media, 8'x5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463437490594-2I3PIRAITHZ8ODRU1G3C/Joe_text_BW.jpg Art & Research When exhibited, the portraits are accompanied by "legends" that describe the symbols and narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507686900-CTTKFHKN8KZ0613ND1LN/_MG_7306+Evan+B.+WCBTA.jpg Art & Research Installation view, including the meditation labyrinth, the eyes paintings by project members and the portraits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507687247-Z4X5XEBVSF3TUHTJIS7A/_MG_7090+Evan+B.+WCBTA.jpg Art & Research Installation view of audio installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451507692151-015FUG2ZG2LDSV59AH87/IMG_0462.jpg Art & Research The labyrinth in use during a workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451504476416-OK475RLMBD0OHPRHCAG0/somewhere+in+advance+of+nowhere*+-+Writing+is+a+forum...2008.jpg Art & Research One of 18 portraits of youth poets who work with Youth Speaks. Each poet was interviewed and then chose a quote that highlighted their relationship to writing and creativity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451504476907-QKTAZFMUS91DM3SPL5BN/Drew+studio.jpg Art & Research When installed, each portrait had a phone number that could be called to hear the poet perform a poem of their choosing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451504475850-N5BE6ZAQC54WB9Q1OU6F/somewhere+in+advance+of+nowhere*+-+Cohen+Alley+2008.jpg Art & Research Portraits were installed in public locations throughout San Francisco. Here, the poet chose a location where Youth Speaks hosted open mic nights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451504475787-ZS93VTAEGH753PZP87C7/somewhere+in+advance+of+nowhere*+-+16th+St+BART.JPG Art & Research Portrait installations at 16th BART station in San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1463438545310-ZKPFCKQJJX2KE7XWSGXF/somewhere+in+advance+of+nowhere*+-+West+Portal+2008.JPG Art & Research Installation in West Portal, San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451504476447-Z0NA359NDEH7NBNQ9UDO/_MG_8733.jpg Art & Research The gallery installation highlighted the project as well as arts providers in San Francisco. The map included all of the portraits and many of the free and low-cost art programs in the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451504476712-F122EI8KTWO5HC7O11HV/0507046-R01-013.jpg Art & Research Installation view of the exhibit at Intersection for the Arts, with pieces created during a free workshop series and an original mural created for the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56415637e4b0d6710e2c8cb3/1451504476192-VQJGPWSF4WXLW5QLBQB2/20080909_0017.jpg Art & Research During the exhibit, we hosted a series of free workshops. 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