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Welcome to our online magazine and archive project dedicated to providing readers with a window inside the creative incubator of the Lucas Artists Residency Program at Montalvo Arts Center.
Welcome to our online magazine and archive project dedicated to providing readers with a window inside the creative incubator of the Lucas Artists Residency Program at Montalvo Arts Center.
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Recent Posts
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Upcoming Events
Arts events at Montalvo are often led by fellows in the LAP. The Lucas Artists Program is also proud to present its signature event series, Open Access, designed to showcase artists’ work, offer a behind-the-scenes view into how they generate ideas, and provide a forum for dialogue. Find out what is happening now and what is coming soon! Read More >> |
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SCRATCH SPACE
How can we keep our hearts open? On November 19, 2020, we had a conversation with visual artists Leah Rosenberg and Christine Wong Yap as they discussed their shared interest in psychological wellbeing at a time of great social anxiety and discord. Watch Here >> |
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The Dilate Ensemble Presents: "On Memory II: Scaling the Palace" On November 12, 2020, we held a live streamed audio visual performance by the artist collective the Dilate Ensemble, featuring LAP Fellows Carole Kim and Scott L. Miller. The performance was followed by a discussion about the importance of creating shared imaginative and collaborative spaces, how memories can interweave within a collective dream-space, and what we will remember about living through 2020. Watch Here >> |
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COLLABORATION
OneBeat Marathon Live Online! This fall marks the 10th anniversary of OneBeat, the series of revolutionary international collaborations led by the Found Sound Nation team. This is some of the most noble work—using music to build bridges across geographies and nationalities and cultures, redefining and expanding our artistic family, giving deep and meaningful opportunities to musicians coming from a wide spectrum of disciplines and traditions, underlining the recognition that our communities need to be central to how we all make music together. In honor of these 10 years, OneBeat showcased some groundbreaking work from past OneBeat alumni in a 4-hour long live streaming marathon concert, co-hosted by Montalvo! Read More >> |
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SPOTIFY MIXTAPE
Fall 2020: Quarantine Edition By Emily Borchers The leaves are changing, days are becoming shorter, the smell of warm spices linger in the air—it must be fall. For this year's fall playlist, we opted for more soothing sounds that feel reminiscent of the season: soft atmospheric hums, folk-inspired rock, and some classical music. Listen Here >> |
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Reinventing Ritual On October 29, 2020, we were joined by artists Hector Dionicio Mendoza, Amalia Mesa Bains, Viviana Paredes, and Pilar Agüero-Esparza as they discussed their shared interest in ritual, memory and tradition. Watch Here >> |
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Weeping Mary On October 22, 2020, we were joined by moving image artist Lisa Crafts, composer and performer Matt Petty, and playwright Alva Rogers to discuss their collaboration on Weeping Mary. Watch Here >> |
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Reimagining Border(ed) Lands On October 15, 2020, we were joined by visual artist Maria Hupfield and poet Natalie Diaz as they reimagined our border(ed) lands as fluid, and returned to the practice of migration as a natural relationship with language, story, land, water, and one another. Watch Here >> |
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Investigating Whiteness On October 8, 2020, we were joined by artist, educator, and mediator, Dorit Cypis; artist and scholar Janet Owen Driggs; and artist and justice reform advocate Gregory Sale where we discussed and reflected on whiteness in this moment of racial reckoning. Watch Here >> |
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The Possible Impossible: Lex Brown & Kristina Wong On October 1, 2020, we were joined by artist, musician, and writer Lex Brown and performance artist, comedian, and writer Kristina Wong for a wide-ranging conversation on dismantling internalized and external racism and sexism through art and humor. Watch Here >> |
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Afterglow: Raqs Media Collective on the Yokohama Triennale On September 24, 2020, we were joined by Delhi-based artistic trio Raqs Media Collective discuss their vision for the Yokohama Triennale, one of the first major art events to take place after a flood of cancellations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Watch Here >> |
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AntigoneNOW: A Virtual Screening and Conversation with Margaret Laurena Kemp On September 17, 2020, we were joined by multi-disciplinary performing artist Margaret Laurena Kemp where she discussed her recent work during lockdown, and introduced a virtual screening of AntigoneNOW, a contemporary response to the classical play she co-directed, which was rehearsed and created collectively online between the USA, Singapore, Japan and the UK using mobile phones, IPad and video. Watch Here >> |
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The Appearance of Black Lives Matter On September 10, 2020, we were joined by activist and scholar Nicholas Mirzoeff, visual artist Carl Pope, and poet Karen Pope to discuss their collaborative work and revisit their 2018 publication The Appearance of Black Lives Matter from the perspective of our current moment of racial reckoning. Watch Here >> |
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OPEN ACCESS
Follow up on F.U.N. On August 13, 2020, our residency director Kelly Sicat was joined by vocalist, activist, and LAP Guest Fellow Jennifer Johns to discuss self-care, joy, vision, interdependence and freedom, and the evolution of her "Free U Now Manifesto." Watch Here >> |
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EXHIBITION
lone some Featured on 25 independent public sites around the Bay Area, including Montalvo’s public park and the entry foyer of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, lone some includes works by Lucas Artists Fellow Chloë Bass, Modesto Covarrubias, Jane Chang Mi, Leena Joshi, Susan O’Malley (1976-2015), and Alyson Provax. Each artist created work considering the theme of isolation and loneliness in the ever-changing landscape of our urban areas. Read More >> |
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PRESS RELEASE
Montalvo Announces New Lucas Artists Fellows in Visual Arts for 2019 Montalvo Arts Center’s Sally and Don Lucas Artists Program is proud to announce its most recent Lucas Artists Fellowship awards to 33 artists of exceptional talent from across the US and the world. This distinguished group includes individuals from 16 countries working in the fields of visual arts, architecture, urbanism, and design. Read More >> |
