Hope and Healing: 2006 – Queer Cultural Center

HOPE AND HEALING IN TIMES OF WAR
SomArts Gallery
June 2006

“I have learned two lessons in my life: first, there are no sufficient literary, psychological, or historical answers to human tragedy, only moral ones. Second, just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one.”

Elie Wiesel accepting his Nobel Peace Prize

Queer Cultural Center (Qcc) and the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC) co-host a major exhibition that asks: how do artists, as individuals and as members of communities, spread hope among the population during times of increasing violence, political conflict and war? We believe that artists are capable of bringing about positive social change by creating work that addresses inequities, leads to the healing of injustice and inspires hope and a belief in a better future.

Qcc & APICC have collaborated with over 20 arts organizations to curate this exhibition.

Co-Curator’s Statement

While many Americans feel powerless and cynical about our nation’s direction and choices, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC) and Queer Cultural Center (Qcc) believed it was time for artists to express their views. Hope and Healing in Times of War addresses the urgent question: How do artists, as individuals and as members of diverse communities, inspire hope among the population during times of increasing violence, conflict and war? This collaborative visual art exhibition brings together 40 of the Bay Area’s outstanding artists who believe that artists are capable of bringing about positive social change by creating work that leads to healing and inspires hope.

We hope these events will connect audiences with the deep feelings expressed by this diverse company of artists about wars they are engaged in – poverty, racism, citizenship status, ageism, disease, disasters, the environment, politics, colonization and gender issues – and build bridges across the divides that inspire us to actively participate in creating a more equitable and peaceful society.

Pamela S, Peniston
Executive Director, Qcc

Pamela Wu Kochiyama
Executive Director, APICC


Jose Maro Alvarado Study For an Unlikely Exit: La Gloria(Heaven) 1989 Lithograph Curator: QueLaco	Kim Anno San Francisco: American Violence Morningstar, Juanita & Derrie 2004 Photograph, Interview Curators: Tirza True Latimer	Andrea Antonaccio My Daily Health Chart Mixed Media on Panel Curator: VisualAID	Tomie Arai Four White Officers Acquitted of Beating a Black Man: Violence Erupts 1992 Wood & Mixed Media Curator: Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center	Anders Barth John Walker Lindh Being Taken Away 2003 Encaustic Curator: VisualAID

Veruska Bellistri, Stephanie Muller, Christine Kewitz Rag Dolls: Beauty & Blackness 2005 Wool, Silk & Cotton Cloth, Plastic Materials Curator: Queer Cultural Center	Bernice Bing Lotus 1990 Mixed media on Rag Paper Courtesy of the Bernice Bing Estate Curator: Queer Cultural Center	Bill Bowers Hurricane Katrina 2006 Wall Hanging Assembling Curator: Camaraderie Art Salon	Nancy Brooks Brody Torn and Sewn 2006 Thread & Paper Curator: Sini Anderson	CeCe Carpio Untitled 2006 Acrylic on Canvas Curator: East Side Arts Alliance

May Chan HOME-LAND 1994-1996 Hair, Red Thread, Hand Woven with Thread Shoe size 7.5 Curator: Diem Jones	Lenore Chinn Before the Wedding 2000 Acrylic on Canvas Curator: SomArts Cultural Center	Torreya Cummings, Terry Berlier Shelter in PlaceSuit or The PlaceSuit 2006 Chromira Print Curator: Tirza True Latimer	Urban Miracles 2 2005 Mixed Media on paper Curator: SomArts Cultural Center	Emory Douglas Reparations 2005 #1 – Acrylic on Wood #2 – Acrylic on Canvas Curators: Greg Morozumi; Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center

Rodney Ewing Days and Occasions 2006 Graphite & Oil Stick on Paper Courtesy of Frey Norris Gallery Curator: SomArts Cultural Center	Nancy Hom Caged Freedom 2005 Pastel & Guache on Silkscreened Paper Curator: Asian Pacific Cultural Center	Joe De Hoyos Viral Load Series 2002 Collage Curator: VisualAID	Stephanie Anne Johnson For The Children, For the Women, For The Elders 2005 African mask (Dan people), beads, fiber, salvaged wood, incandescent and cathodes lighting Curator: Queer Cultural Center	Betty Nobue Kano Make Trade with Cuba 1993 Serigraph Curator: Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center

Rudy Lemcke The Origin of Light 2001 Photo & Text (Video Stills & Script) Curator: Queer Cultural Center	Yul-san Liem Our Puzzle Installation 2006 Mixed Media Curator: Queer Cultural Center	Githinji Wa Mbire Maobolezo Ya Mawazo Na Nysy 2006 Mixed Media Curators: Greg Morozumi; East Side Arts Alliance	Jessica Miller Wooden Folklore 2006 Digital Print Curator: Intersection For The Arts	Rumi Missabu Masked Revelers 1993 Black & White Photography Curator: Camaraderie Art Salon

Six N. Morsch Spider Wed – Joshua c-print Curator: Queer Cultural Center	Ramekon O’Arwisters Pockets of Resistance 2006 Chopsticks with White Toy Soldiers in a Kate Spade Rice Bowl Curator: Queer Cultural Center	Frank Pietronigro 2006 Documents Salt/Installation Curator: Queer Cultural Center	Santo Nino de Nadie 2005 Acrylic on Canvas, Gold Leaf, U.S. Dollar Bills, Used Fuzeon Vials Curator: QueLaco	Favianna Rodriguez We are not the Enemy 2001 Offset poster Curators: Galeria de la Raza & Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center

Michael Ross Taking Up Arms to Hold a Candle 1997 Acrylic on Paper Curator: Afro Solo	Heather Rowley Michael & James Studying in H-unit 2005 c-print Curator: Tirza True Latimer	Jen Smith Holding the Selma Line Graphite On Paper Curator: Tirza True Latimer	Annie Sprinkle Elizabeth Stephens Breast Cancer Ballet #1 and #2 2006 Radiation Treatment Plan Xeroxes and Photo Collage Curators: VisualAID & Femina Potens	Sandra Ortiz Taylor Gracias a la Vida 2005 Mixed Media Construction Curators: SomArts Cultural Center

Gustavo Villareal Campo Santo/New Orleans 2006 Photography Curator: Camaraderie Art Salon	Zulu Williams Trans Blues (McCoy) 1991 Silkscreen Curators: Greg Morozumi; East Side Arts Alliance	Jim Winters Hope and Healing 2006 Silkscreen Curator: VisualAID	Flo Oy Wong 1942: Luggage From Home To Camp 2006 Curator: Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center	Ji Young Yoo Video Installation 2006 Curator: Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center

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