Overview
ConVerge
Monthly, see dates below
Room for Big Ideas & Grand Lobby
Free
The YBCA:ConVerge series is a free monthly public gathering featuring creative and generative social art practices. ConVerge is where community and innovative multi- and inter-disciplinary arts practices come together in our free and public spaces in a fluid, interactive, experimental format designed to engage audiences. YBCA's Grand Lobby and Room for Big Ideas will come alive during ConVerge events with social art, live music and inspiring curated performances, as well as drinks prepared by YBCA mixologists.
Events
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ConVerge: Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi and collaboratorsMay 16, 2013 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Grand LobbyFreeThis month’s YBCA:ConVerge presents Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi (DJ 3rd Degree) exploring the dialectic between traditional art forms and contemporary hip-hop. In addition to music in the Grand Lobby, he will bring together films, interviews, and music videos from countries such as Ghana, Colombia, and Cuba; photos and video projections of folkloric art and global hip-hop culture; and a spirited discussion of the art and the ideas behind it.
4 PM: Live DJ in the Grand Lobby
5 PM: Film in Screening Room
5:45 PM: Q&A
6 PM: Party, photo exhibit, video projection, live DJ in Grand LobbyThe YBCA:ConVerge series is a free monthly public gathering featuring creative and generative social art practices. ConVerge is where community and innovative multi- and inter-disciplinary arts practices come together in our free and public spaces in a fluid, interactive, experimental format designed to engage audiences. YBCA's Grand Lobby and Room for Big Ideas will come alive during ConVerge events with social art, live music, and inspiring curated performances, as well as drinks prepared by YBCA mixologists
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ConVerge: Critical Karaoke by Raquel GutiérrezJun 20, 2013 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Grand LobbyFreeYBCA: ConVerge will present Raquel Gutiérrez of the new YBCA In Community program and her karaoke star friends. YBCA In Community pairs professional artists with community members in three Bay Area neighborhoods to create art together!
Join a who’s who of Bay Area community-based artists, community organizers, and scholars as they tackle their favorite songs through Critical Karaoke! Each artist will speak about a song as it plays, with approaches and topics as varied as the artists and songs themselves. Meet and mingle with community partners from Soma, Mission & Excelsior, and West Oakland; learn more about the dynamic work happening in those communities; and listen to the range of artists participating and presenting in the activity of Critical Karaoke. Featuring Jaime Cortez, Xandra Ibarra, Carrie Leilam Love, Perra Pumps, and many more!
The YBCA:ConVerge series is a free monthly public gathering featuring creative and generative social art practices. ConVerge is where community and innovative multi- and inter-disciplinary arts practices come together in our free and public spaces in a fluid, interactive, experimental format designed to engage audiences. YBCA's Grand Lobby and Room for Big Ideas will come alive during ConVerge events with social art, live music, and inspiring curated performances, as well as drinks prepared by YBCA mixologists.
Artist Bio
Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi is a film director who graced the screen making his mark in international documentaries. His unique style blends a modern visual aesthetic with relevant content.
A graduate of UC Berkeley, he received his MA degree from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Prior to graduation, the Pan-African Film Festival honored Jacobs-Fantauzzi with the Student Filmmaker Award for his first solo feature length film, Investos: Hip Hop Cubano. Jacobs-Fantauzzi continues to utilize music as a tool to provide insight into culture and socio-political community struggles. In 2010, he released his second film, Home Grown: Hip Life in Ghana. His current production, Revolucion Sin Muertos (Revolution Without Death) captures a youth movement in Comuna 13 in Medellin, Colombia, where hip-hop is utilized to empower a peace movement.
Capturing stories for nonprofits, Jacobs-Fantauzzi has carved a niche working to further the missions of organizations like Ford Foundation, Leveraging Investments in Creativity Inc., Microsoft Research India, Youth Speaks, La Pena, Sol Collective Arts and Cultural Center, National Black Filmmaker Foundation, and the National Institute of Culture & History in Belize. Other clients include the Sundance Channel, Luna Productions, and TEDx. His work has circulated through the National Broadcast: Free Speech TV, Teaching Channel, and PBS.
Jacobs-Fantauzzi has been awarded grants from The National Endowment for the Arts, James Irvine Foundation, Zellerbach Family Fund, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. He was honored in 2005 with a Webby Award for Best Political Website. His residencies include the Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis and the University of North Carolina.
Currently, Jacobs-Fantauzzi is curating the Fifth Annual FistUp Film Festival in Berkeley, California. His dedication to his craft is deeply connected to his commitment to social justice and the belief in the transformative power of film
YBCA's programs are made possible in part by:
Adobe
Koret Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Lam Research
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is grateful to the City of San Francisco for its ongoing support.
Community Engagement and Youth Education Programs are made possible in part by:
The Bernard Osher Foundation, The Sato Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Panta Rhea Foundation, The Kimball Foundation, U.S. Bank, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Members of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Special Innovation Projects in 12-13 supported, in part, by generous grants from:
Association of Performing Arts Presenters and MetLife Foundation All-In: Re-imagining Community Participation Program, and EmcArts’ Innovation Lab for Museums in partnership with AAM’s Center for the Future of Museums and MetLife Foundation
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