Un-Disclosure We were teaching on the reservation when, overnight, the campus closed. We were working remotely, seeing students in person only when shopping at Fred Meyer. The tribe took care of us, valuing science over the bottom-line. There were challenges for students — finding Wi-Fi in Starbucks parking lots, dealing […]
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Holding Space for Both the Prophetic & the Pastoral This Advent season
This Advent, as we near the close of a hard and heavy year for all of us, we know more than ever that we desperately need sacred space to lament, grieve, receive spiritual comfort, and glimpse hope. At the same time, heeding the call to justice is just as needed […]
On Tacoma Arts and Social Change : Open Space
5 Stages mural by Saiyare Refaei and Tiffanny Hammonds, 2017. Photo: Crews Creative. The mural was produced through Spaceworks’ Artscapes program. Last October, as part of Tacoma Arts Month, I drove around the city with my sister, artist Teruko Nimura. We delivered handmade mental-health care packages to residential food pantries, […]
Holding Space for Both the Prophetic & the Pastoral This Advent season — A Sanctified Art
This Advent, as we near the close of a hard and heavy year for all of us, we know more than ever that we desperately need sacred space to lament, grieve, receive spiritual comfort, and glimpse hope. At the same time, heeding the call to justice is just as needed […]
What’s an Amateur, Anyway? : Open Space
Eds note: The prose in this post was written by Creative Growth Poet-in-Residence Lorraine Lupo Heather Edgar, Untitled, 18″x24″ acrylic on paper I like to proselytize to any non-poet who will listen. My speeches go something like this: You don’t have to understand every poem that you read, and you […]
Memento mori at The Parlor: Baltimore’s Newest Art Space in a Former Funeral Home
“Marking a significant transition in the life of 108 West North Avenue, Memento mori mines the liminality of this architectural ghost and the profound association with loss and remembrance imbued in the funeral home setting,” reads curator Catherine Borg’s statement. “The expansive space is a readymade work of art further […]
Over My Shoulder : Open Space
Oakland, August 2020 Leslie Scalapino is a summer poet. Her work’s humid, skin and air become indistinguishable. She catches glints of light and dogs and sex, unfurls montages of violence distant and palpable, interpolates and peels away the composite mercy of structure. Cloud and camera, her figures vent an obstructive […]
Foundations : Open Space
When SFMOMA established its archives in 2006, the museum was lucky enough to have its early records, dating back to its founding in 1935, still intact and ready to be accessed by the research public. Among those records were ones documenting the activities of the Women’s Board, formed in 1934 […]
Notes From Our Last Meeting : Open Space
We arrive at Tecopa Hot Springs after dark. It’s too late to use the pools. Due to an incident (significance expressed on the attendant’s face) the unisex bath is out of service. The sign on the door reads CLOSED IN PERPETUITY. Alison notices that someone sort of like a beaver […]
Track Changes : Open Space
The colophon for the original Open Space, published by White Rabbit Press. The 1965 volume is a cherished gift from OS contributor and then-colleague Jay Mollica. It’s 9:44 p.m. on the last Monday in October. I just finished editing the last first draft for Open Space’s last season. Lots more […]