This juried, multi-media exhibition seeks to bring to public attention the scope and influence of the African Diaspora on all facets of Bay Area life and culture using the imagery of art to “break the ice” in order to stimulate a dialogue between artists and viewers. Reflecting the global reach of the African Diaspora, in the Bay Area a cross-cultural art community has emerged that extents beyond nationalism and ethnicity to, instead, focus on ideology and global impact in order to create works of art that address contemporary issues of the Diaspora: politics, war, poverty, famine, disease, AIDS, religious cosmology, beauty. Curators: Maggie Malloy, Matt McKinley Jurors: Mildred Howard: National and International artist known for her large scale installations. Awarded the 2004/05 Joan Mitchell Award. Teaches at San Francisco Art Institute Apsara DiQuinizo; Curatorial Associate, SFMOMA Thelma Fuqua; President of the Board of Director’s: San Francisco International Arts Festival Raymond Holbert; Instructor of Design ,African-American Art History, an Illustration, City College of San Francisco TWO LOCATIONS: ARTworkSF Gallery 49 Geary St. Ste. 215 SF, CA May 15 – June 3, 2007 Reception Thursday, May 24, 2007 5:30 – 7:30pm San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch 3rd Floor May 12 – June 7, 2007 Reception Saturday, May 19, 2007 1pm – 3pm Selected Artists: Rawn McCloud Kat Flynn Sherri Cavan Lois Llewellyn Marion Coleman Maxine Solomon Amanda Wymer Rives Granade Lynn Friedman Vera Costa Rachel Sager Colin Harris Tammy Wilson Stephanie Anne Johnson Bayete Ross Smith Karen Hampton Suzun Hughes John Grew Sheridan Susan Matthews Kristine Mays D'Arci Bruno Matteo Neivert Holly Wong Charles H. Stinson Maggie Malloy Glodean Champion Lorraine Bonner Opal Palmer Adisa Jeffrey Blankfort Fan L. Warren Karen Ruenitz Angela Hennessy