
	CURRENT & UPCOMING somewhere in advance of nowhere Sep - Nov 2008 Banned & Recovered Aug - Oct 2008 Declaration of Immigration July - Sep 2008 There! New Art from Oakland July - Sep 2008 Yo! What Happened to Peace? July - Sep 2008 Remembering the Struggle July - Sep 2008 SELECTED EXHIBITS 2006. Roots, Resistance & Recognition 2006. Hope & Healing in Times of War 2006. Battle Emblems 2006. Ink & Clay 32 2006. Paper Politics Brooklyn 2005. CSPG Award Dinner 2005. El Ultimo Grito 2005. YO! What Happened to Peace, Chicago 2005. YO! What Happened to Peace, Tokyo 2005. MACLA Art Auction 2005. B-Girl Be 2005. Foothill College 2005. Paper Politics West 2005. Chicana/o Biennial WORK IN PERMANENT DISPLAYS Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum Pilsen Neighborhood, Chicago, IL

somewhere in advance of nowhere*:
youth, imagination and transformation

by Evan Bissell
* I am a workshop collaborator in the show

September 26 - November 22, 2008
Gallery Hours: Wednesdays - Saturdays 12-5 pm, FREE
Opening Reception: Friday September 26, 6-9pm

This multi-tiered visual arts project explores and celebrates the transformative potential of the creative process in the cultivation and expression of individual voice and social activism among today's youth.

Artist and youth educator Evan Bissell combines his painting and artistic vision with multiple writing, arts education, and creative community projects with Bay Area Youth. Bissell's vibrant portraits, created in collaboration with the youth poets of Youth Speaks that he has worked with, will be on display at Intersection as well as at public locales throughout San Francisco. Part of a larger Arts Commission funded "Civic Life Project," this project includes the gallery exhibition, public art projects, youth-based writing and visual arts workshops, and civic engagement opportunities celebrating the importance and impact of writing, arts education and creative community in individual and social transformation. Corresponding activities will also involve other artists and educators demonstrating methods and philosophies aimed at empowering the next generation through creativity.

I am involved in the project as a workshop leader. Scroll down to see images from the workshop.

More Information

http://www.theintersection.org/calendar/program_gallery.php#workshops

Art as Education Workshop featuring Evan Bissel & Favianna Rodriguez

Tuesday November 11, 2008 at 7pm
$5-$15/sliding scale (18 & under FREE)
This Open Process features a panel discussion with local arts educators discussing the role and experiences of the educator in arts education, and sharing their perspectives and stories, challenges, practices and inspirations as they foster environments for self- expression and critical reflection among today's youth. This evening also features youth graduates from the Bay Area Video Coalition's (BAVC) Audio Production Class, as well as artists and educators Evan Bissell and Favianna Rodriguez. Click here for tickets