AOTAD Featured Speakers: Monetta White and Key Jo Lee
Saturday, January 28, 12:30pm-2pm
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA
FREE
A special conversation with MoAD’s Monetta White, Executive Director and CEO, and Key Jo Lee, Chief of Curatorial Affairs & Public Programs. Facilitated by Flo Wiley.
Monetta White, a native San Franciscan has strong ties to the city both personally and professionally. In 2007 when she and husband Chef David Lawrence opened 1300 on Fillmore, the duo were excited by the opportunity to help revive the neighborhood through good food and music. For the past ten years, White’s business savvy and passion for food and community continues on with her opening 1300 on Fillmore at SFO International Airport. White manages and oversees all business operations and marketing for the restaurant group. White has been recognized for her knowledge and leadership by the City of San Francisco, for which she served as Vice President of the Small Business Commission. She sits on the board of directors for several non-profit and business organizations including SF Travel.
Key Jo Lee is a Ph.D. candidate in History of Art and African American Studies at Yale University. She is the author of Perceptual Drift: Black Art and an Ethics of Looking (2023) and the forthcoming essay, “Gesturing Towards Infinitude: Writing Blue/Black Cosmologies” in Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility. (Guggenheim Museum. Curated by Ashley Jones. (2023)). Lee was formerly the Associate Curator of American Art, Director of Academic Affairs at Cleveland Museum of Art. She curated the exhibition Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus (2020) featuring Dawoud Bey and Lorna Simpson, and was the co-moderator Art of Collective Care & Responsibility: Handling Images of Black Suffering & Death, (2020) a virtual teach-in with LaTanya Antry.
Florene Wiley is a 50 year veteran arts administrator in the Bay Area, New York City, and Lagos Nigeria. Former Chair of the Richmond Arts & Culture Commission, President of Spirit & Image Entertainment whose Actors Workshop with Flo Wiley starts February 4 at CoBiz in Richmond.
Under Construction Creations / Frikkin Laser Sharks will be a vendor at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
About: I am a watercolorist painter from Oakland! I specialize in botanical illustration and I sell a line of paper products featuring my paintings. I also teach watercolor classes and offer team building workshops in addition to accepting commissions.
Sophie Tivona Illustration will be a vendor at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
About: I am excited to be participating in this year’s Richmond Art Center’s holiday craft fair. I hope you get a chance to check out my website patriciatostensonjewelry.com. I will be bringing my newest one of a kind pieces and look forward to seeing you.
Patricia Tostenson Jewelry will be a vendor at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
About: Meg Pohlod is a print artist based in the Bay Area. She is a Printmaking Faculty at Laney College in Oakland, California. Please visit her website for more information: www.meghanpohlod.com or email her at meghanpohlod@gmail.com.
About: I am a local Berkeley glass artist. During November and December my North Berkeley studio will be open on most weekends – look for the open signs across from Indian Rock Park. linda@glassilica.com, 360-941-4974
LSK Creations will be a vendor at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
About: Ji Wook Choi is an oil paint artist based in San Francisco. Her work explores the beauty she finds in nature as well as her cultural background as a Korean Argentine American person. Most of her work is done with oil paints, but through the pandemic, she has been exploring other mediums and subjects while scaling down in size of her work. For this Richmond Art Center Festival, she will bring some works on oil as well as watercolor, collages and even scratchboard.
Ji Wook Choi will be a vendor at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
About: Ilah Jarvis’ art is a reflection of her daily experience as a life long resident of Berkeley and the Bay Area. She works in watercolor, acrylic, encaustic and printmaking. Postcards are available as well as commissions.
Ilah Jarvis will be a vendor at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
About: I draw and paint using mostly watercolors, gouache and ink, as well as make some collages with painted paper. I really enjoy making original greeting cards and bookmarks. A lot of my work is intuitive and inspired by the natural world. Follow me on Instagram @teabugart
About: Based in the Bay Area, LaanMao’s works incorporate stories from her community, her identity and her favorite topics such as food and Japanese animation. They invoke a feeling of nostalgia to create a sense of warmth and comfort.
