There is nothing more challenging to us as human beings than to embark on the path of self-enlightenment. Throughout her life, tonight’s honoree has done this admirably. It is with great honor that I introduce Bernice Lee Bing–artist and activist–who has courageously searched for self-enlightenment through a life of creativity and community commitment.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT By Bernice Bing Reprinted from the Asian American Women’s Artists Association Catalogue When I was an art student, I came to the realization that a brush felt more […]
Clarity: Bernice Bing by Moira Roth Bernice Bing was a dearly loved friend of mine, and I knew her very well for the last ten years of her life. […]
BERNICE BING RETROSPECTIVE – SOMArts Cultural Center San Francisco – 1999
QUANTUM BINGO By Lydia Matthews Quantum theory reveals a basic oneness of the universe. It shows that we cannot decompose the world into independently existing smallest units. . .but rather […]
Bernice Bing (1936 – 1998) A San Francisco native, Chinese American, artist, lesbian, community activist–Bernice Bing, 62, was a bridge between many worlds. She came of age during the Beat […]
LENORE CHINN SOMArts Cultural Center Installation View
LENORE CHINN: INTERVIEW Interview with Kim Anno and Ellen Meyers by Molly Robertson and Moira Roth, at the home of Anno and Meyers, Berkeley, California, March 17, 2001 Moira Roth: […]
LENORE CHINN BEFORE THE WEDDING A series of 1999 emails to Moira Roth, accompanied by jpegs, from Chinn chronicling the evolution of “Before the Wedding,” a portrait of Kim Anno […]
LENORE CHINN CHRONOLOGY by Molly Robertson Quotes, unless identified otherwise, are taken from a video interview Rudy Lemcke did with Lenore Chinn in her San Francisco apartment on February 1, […]