Community: StayBite showcases work that investigates, questions, and advances social justice issues in its content and/or process. Opening will include a live performance by Nathan Tenney at 10pm followed by a live DJ set.
StayBite includes incendiary text pieces, video screenings, original music compositions, photography, drawings, poster art and t-shirt art. Artists: Marlene Beltran, Caroline Chang, Diego Garza, Nicholas Grider, Vriginia grise, Monica Hicks, Luba Lukova, Elana Mann, Vita Rabinovich, Amanda Vigil and CAP/Digital Media Youth Participants.
This show was curated Stephen Lockwood and Evelyn Serrano and it is a first in a series of exhibitions organized by the Artists for Social Justice Collective (ASJ). ASJ is a group of artists and troublemakers meeting every month at CalArts. We act on and engage in dialog about:
Art for social change + Art and social responsibility + Strategies for community engagement and social change through the arts +Context-based and collaborative artistic practices + Presentations by visiting artists, activists and civic leaders + Self-empowerment strategies for artists and their communities + Alternative or minority histories +Practices outside institutional and mainstream venues
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