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THE NOTION OF FAITH- AND QUESTIONING WHAT WE PLACE FAITH IN- IS MATERIAL FOR ACTIVISM. IT IS A WAY OF LOOSENING THE BELIEFS WE UNCONSCIOUSLY HOLD ONTO SO TIGHTLY. I attended the performance FAITH MATERIAL: ACTIVISM created by Jesse Hewit / Strong Behavior showing at the performance art space, CounterPulse. The show title is both direct in its call and subtle in its suggestion. We are asked to explore faith in more complex terms- not just as the personal sphere and

Photo by Robbie Sweeny Project Space artist Alice Combs: power and idleness By Erica Dixon   I had a great conversation with Alice Combs, our March Project Space resident artist, during her residency earlier this month. We sat down in the windowless, concrete room amidst her then in-process installation, charger cables hanging from the ceiling all around. While in residence at CounterPulse, Alice installed Total Turn On, a project exploring power and turn on, through plugged in chargers

Where does art fit in the landscape of social justice? Through peering into social constructs, can art instigate direct action? Where is the line drawn between performance and audience, and is the most transformative art those without a clear division? These questions I pondered prior to Annie Danger's production, The White Stuff, immersing me into the experience weeks before it began. I theorized with friends, their grimacing faces inquiring “how can you promote social justice by separating races? Isn’t that, like, segregation?” The noise surrounding

Traveling Mural Block Fest participants Late in the winter of 2016, CounterPulse’s call for artists invited me to their new home in the heart of San Francisco’s Tenderloin.  That evening inspired the idea of a mural created on a collection of canvases made by Block Fest participants. The mural would travel around the Tenderloin and San Francisco as a showcase of collective art-making and community. I’d appropriately name the project the Traveling Mural. When I got to my studio

Artists like Rick Lowe have changed the landscape of Art Practice in this country. In ART MATTERS we survey artists who have created major works that give us powerful models to reference, learn from, be in dialogue with as artists engaged in social change, civic engagement, and/or community engaged work. Project Row Houses, is one of the project models we'll be looking at and discussing: The mission of Project Row Houses is to be the catalyst for transforming community through