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Metro Staff on February 18, 2020
“Ten Japanese-American Concentration Camps,” featuring photos by photographer, teacher and mixed media artist, Renee Billingslea. The exhibit revisits F.D.R.’s Executive Order 9066, which authorized Japanese Relocation in 1942. Billingslea contrasts current day images of the camps with photographs from 75 years ago. The artist wants viewers to remember this chapter in our…
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Metro Staff on May 16, 2019
The late Ruth Tunstall-Grant was a true alternative hero who made a lasting impact on the local creative community. This exhibition celebrates Tunstall-Grant’s life and legacy as an artist and advocate for children’s rights and social justice issues in Santa Clara County. She led the charge on bringing arts education for San…
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Metro Staff on January 23, 2019
Ric Ambrose is both an artist and an arts professional. As the executive director of the Richmond Art Center, he is experienced in curating exhibitions and managing collections. In his large-format drawings in “Going Places: Drawings by Ric Ambrose,” he captures cityscapes and landscapes in a style that blends the precision of…
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