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