The Late Mary Ellen Pleasant’s Napa: A Tour, A Toast!
Aug
21
9:30 AM09:30

The Late Mary Ellen Pleasant’s Napa: A Tour, A Toast!

Hosted by interdisciplinary artist Cheryl Derricotte and curators Ashara Ekundayo and Lucia Olubunmi R. Momoh in conjunction with Collective Arising: The Insistence of Black Bay Area Artists, on view at the Museum of Sonoma County.

Celebrate #BlackAugust with this day-long excursion to important sites from Mary Ellen Pleasant's life and death in Sonoma County including Tulocay Cemetery in Napa and Beltane Ranch where guests will be given a very special tour of the historic site by local historian Arthur Dawson. $175 pp/includes luxury coach travel, meals, potent or gentle beverages, and admission fees to venues. (Note: Guests on this exclusive tour are asked to wear masks when on-board the coach at all times). Detailed agenda and meal preferences survey will be sent a week prior to the event.

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Panel: Lastgaspism: Art and Survival in the Age of Pandemic
Jul
18
7:00 PM19:00

Panel: Lastgaspism: Art and Survival in the Age of Pandemic

Dan Wang (co-editor), Kimberly Bain, Ph.D. (Author/Artist), Pato Hebert (Artist) and Cheryl Derricotte (Artist) discuss artistic practice, the pandemic and the new book, Lastgaspism.

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Lastgaspism: Art and Survival in the Age of Pandemic is a collection of interviews, critical essays and artwork that consider matters of life and death having to do with breath, both allegorical and literal. Bringing into mutual proximity the ecological, public health, political and spiritual crises that came to the fore in 2020, this book considers these compounding events and how they impact one another and asks with critical optimism what can happen in this moment of transition.

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Lastgaspism
Mar
21
to May 25

Lastgaspism

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The exhibition includes work that addresses the police murders that gave rise to the “I Can’t Breathe” slogans of the movement for racial justice, makes visible the life-taking and life-remaking force of the COVID-19 pandemic, and grapples with the white nationalist streaks fueled by fear of demographic suffocation. Exhibiting artists consider the climate and social emergencies that afflict US society, and look for available peace in our new age of perpetual biopolitical chaos. For these artists, the ‘last gasps’ of a dying order starkly expose the either/or that stands before us: either we breathe or we die. In photography, video, printmaking, and other media, the artists of Lastgaspism highlight a host of pressing subjects both critically and with compassion, to help us make sense of the interlocked crises of the unfolding present.

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Virtual Artist Conversation featuring Cheryl Derricotte and Lucia Momoh
Mar
17
6:00 PM18:00

Virtual Artist Conversation featuring Cheryl Derricotte and Lucia Momoh

Join the MSC to celebrate Women's History Month and get a sneak peek at our upcoming exhibition, Collective Arising: The Insistence of Black Bay Area Artists. Special guest curator Lucia Momoh will be in conversation with artist Cheryl Derricotte who will be discussing her research on Mary Ellen Pleasant, a prominent black female entrepreneur who lived in San Francisco in the 19th century. Pleasant also owned property in Sonoma County and is buried in Napa. Cheryl's new work explores Pleasant's life, biography, and legacy in an original print and two books made during her residency at Paper Machine in New Orleans and new glass work created in the Bay Area.

This virtual event is free and open to the public. The link will be sent to your email address once you register.

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Nov
22
5:00 PM17:00

In Conversation: Ashara Ekundayo x Cheryl Derricotte

Paper Machine’s November Artist-in-Residence, Cheryl Derricotte, has a new show online now. Cash Crops, her first solo presentation with re.riddle, features 12 new works in glass and on paper. The Antenna/Paper Machine community is invited to join re.riddle for “In Conversation: Ashara Ekundayo x Cheryl Derricotte,” Nov 22, 2021 5pm PST/ 7pm CST/ 8pm EST Register Here for Zoom Link.

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Nov
16
6:30 PM18:30

Artist Talk with Cheryl Derricotte

Hybrid event, RSVP to publications@papermachine.works to reserve one of 20 in-person spaces, or for zoom link for the event.

Cheryl Derricotte will be discussing her book arts project Friend of John, currently in the development during her month-long residency at Paper Machine. This book arts print project explores the Louisiana intersections in the life of Mary Ellen Pleasant, a trusted confidant of abolitionist John Brown. She was also once the richest Black woman in San Francisco, a self-proclaimed “capitalist” on the 1890 census.

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Dialogue: Cheryl Derricotte and Ramekon O'Arwisters in conversation
Feb
16
7:00 PM19:00

Dialogue: Cheryl Derricotte and Ramekon O'Arwisters in conversation

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More Than a Month

More Than a Month is San Francisco Public Library’s Black History Month celebration, in which they recognize important historical events, honorable leaders and steps towards collective change. More Than a Month programming features authors, poets and craft classes all ages.

They library will virtually visit the home studios of artist Cheryl Derricotte and Ramekon O'Arwisters, who will talk about how the history of Black craft and folk arts influences their current practice.

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Cheryl Derricotte is a visual artist and her favorite mediums are glass and paper. Originally from Washington, DC, she lives and makes art in San Francisco, CA. Derricotte has an extensive background in the arts and community development. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), a Master of Regional Planning from Cornell University and a B.A. in Urban Affairs from Barnard College, Columbia University.  

Ramekon O’Arwisters grew up in Jim Crow South during the Civil Rights Movement, where he had a safe haven, quilting with his Grandmother where he was “embraced, important and special.” These early memories prompted his nascent series of unique crocheted/ceramic sculptures titled, Mending. Employing ordinary household, or decorative pottery, broken and discarded, O’Arwisters combined traditional crafts into a dimensional woven tapestry, stripping both cloth and ceramic of their intended function. O’Arwisters is represented by Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco.

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ARTIST TALK: In the Artist’s Studio
Dec
30
1:00 PM13:00

ARTIST TALK: In the Artist’s Studio

MoAD’s physical building may be closed due to the mandatory shelter-in-place, but you can still get your fill of art and artists of the African Diaspora. Each Wednesday at 1:00 pm PST, join MoAD staff members as we visit some of our favorite artists in their studios to see what they’re currently working on and how their work is changing as a result of the quarantine. This is a rare opportunity to hear from artists directly from their studios. We will follow all talks with an audience Q&A. (Pay What You Can)

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