Thanks for posting Renee. It’s very exciting! Congratulations to all the artists.

 

Of course the City of Oakland is so proud to be represented by Walter Hood, along with restorative justice advocate and attorney sujatha baliga:

https://www.kqed.org/news/11776572/two-bay-area-residents-named-2019-macarthur-genius-grant-winners

 

As NPR put it: MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Winners Attest To 'Power Of Individual Creativity'

 

Kristen Zaremba

Public Art Coordinator

Economic & Workforce Development Department 

City of Oakland

1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 9th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612

510-238-2155 / kzaremba@oaklandca.gov

http://www.oaklandculturalarts.org or http://www.oaklandca.gov

 

 

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Hey PANPALS!

 

Who else was excited to see the list of artists who won MacArthur awards this year?

 

Mel Chin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOIIDQuaq_o

 

Walter Hood: https://youtu.be/wgpx5gdAOJA

 

Jeffrey Gibson: https://youtu.be/l7bKeGcpqXQ

 

Lynda Barry: https://youtu.be/z1YnT5dopGI

 

Cameron Rowland: https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1048/

 

Wow!  So inspiring.

 

Renee Piechocki

 

www.reneepiechocki.com

 

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