TAC: Temescal Art Center

Be a grant reviewer for the California Arts Council - its a great way to learn more about the grant making process, and to learn about our field. See info here: https://arts.ca.gov/grants/grant-panels/

WOW! We are so grateful to announce that TAC: Temescal Art Center received much needed support from the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation and the Oakland CARES Fun...d for Artists and Arts Nonprofits, a grant made possible by the City of Oakland Economic & Workforce Development Department, Cultural Affairs Division and administered by Center for Cultural Innovation. #DoubleRainbow #Oakland #TACLOVE

#DANCE #TACLOVE # Isabelle Sjahsam, Coreen Danaher, Sharon Kung - #TACresidentartists Until next time!

Do you miss our Dabke workshops? So do we!!! You can catch Wael Buhaissy & Al Juthoor Dabke on Thursday Nov 12, 6pm PST - for @Virtual Palestine Cultural Week - one of many events this week celebrating Palestinian voices and flavors!

TAC was blessed w. the sounds and energies of these beautiful musicians last week. @yasmine.diaz @laylomer @salmadona @amaaniyahya #TACmusic #Residencies #TACsanctuary @arab.amp guest artists!!!

Do-Over Music #19: The (virtual) Jordan Glenn Party IN 2 DAYS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2_gef0TMq4

Free Arab.AMP workshop on Thursday - MAJLES w. Sholeh Asgary! Register for free to get in on it ~ 45 minutes of community, voice, place, fun. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arabamp-majles-workshop-w-shol

Pro Arts Gallery & Commons doing things right, as always! Check out the new exhibit!

OMG TAC@20!!! Well - we're still here - holding strong at 23 - and looking forward to welcoming you all back when possible. TAC LOVES YOU. If you wanna send us a BDAY gift - tax deductible donations are welcome! PayPal temescalartscenter@gmail or Venmo @tac_oakland... IF YOU WANT AN EXCLUSIVE COMMEMORATIVE MANY_OF_A_KIND #TACbag - donate something above $100, and we'll send you one! There are like 11 left...

AMP workshop with Sholeh Asgary - broadcasting from TAC this Thursday!

Bay Area Artists & Practitioners! Temescal Arts Center in Oakland is considering a workspace residency program in 2021. Please take this survey for us to learn more about our community's needs in order to create a the best residency model possible.

Temescal Arts Center is considering a workspace residency program in 2021! Please take this survey (https://forms.gle/46oHknQbxXpxzHP39 ) for us to learn more about our community's needs in order to create a the best residency model possible. The survey is open until October 1st - please share with your fellow arts community! ... #tacoakland #workspace #residency #artistresidency #bayarearesidency #bayareaartists #bayareapractitioner @tac_oakland

CHECK THIS OUT / Lisa Mezzacappa's newest undertaking!

Sonic WIFI coming at ya #localbusiness

OOOOH! LOOK The Center for New Music hosts an online Zoom launch event with the cast and creators of The Electronic Lover, a new podcast opera by Bay Area composer Lisa Mezzacappa and Brooklyn writer Beth Lisick, on Friday, August 14 at 7pm.

I’ve been active on insta about 5% more than I’m active on here. But, I’m cross posting this: Work in progress. This piece came to me as a sudden vision like ...most pieces do, but not without all the unseen work that gets me to the place so that I can see. Thinking a lot about the body in place and time (not a new theme in this/last year’s projects, just an acceleration of what once felt speculative). As well as what my sound performances mean when I don’t have a physical room to share with an audience. As a live sound performer, I’m pretty visually unremarkableI twist knobs, program things and mumble or scream into microphones. For me, that’s not the kind of stuff that needs to be live streamed. However, in a physical performance space, sharing an intimate environment changes everything. This piece feels like the closest I could get to that if I can finish it. See more

Do-Over Music Series concert benefit for TAC last night was Over the Top Awesome!!! Congrats to all the musicians and hats off to Lisa Mezzacappa for the vision! And DAMN - you all came out of the gate in support of TAC - I am feeling so deeply encouraged by the strength of our community to do what we can at every turn to keep the work and the spirits alive. Sending #TACLOVE and Gratefulness to everyone. #TACmusic #RoomforBelonging #SanctuarySpace (photo c/o Polly M. Springhorn)

TONIGHT! Do-Over Music Series - live!

#ChallengeAccepted thx @isjahsam TAC #BIPOC #WOMXN RUN OAKLAN BIZ SINCE ‘97 Lets get these #TACLOVE goddesses in on it @sandemon__ @dnishhh @sholehasgary @lisamezzacappa @nicolemariadance

DONT STOP THE MUSIC!!! #TAClove Yeah, Do-Over Music #18: The dBxB Zooms LIVE + Mark Dresser SOLO

As California’s state arts funder, the California Arts Council’s upcoming grants season may be more important than ever, as our sector faces some of the greates...t economic impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us for a live community listening session on July 8 or July 9 to share your input on how our grants can best meet the needs of your community in the coming year. Sign up now at http://caclistens.eventbrite.com. See more

all the love, musicians....

Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce - OAACC Reopening Black Businesses Together - RELIEF FUND for BLACK-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES

TAC exterior needs a new look ~ Cece? Chris?

The divine @nicolemariadancing making sure our TAC floor is clean and SHINES. We miss you fam! We are with you, on the streets, in your homes, pushing this #revolution forward! #defundthepolice #abolishthepolice #OaklandSolidarity #internationalsolidarity #blacklivesmatter

FROM THE BLACK ORGANIZING PROJECT- "Let’s reflect, let’s act, and let’s support generations of on-the-ground organizing work. George Floyd’s murder is symptom...atic of a country whose systems are built on anti-Blackness, white supremacy and social control. Our fight here in Oakland is a part of the larger fight against mass incarceration and has a critical role in the movement. It is important that we see the connections and understand that the police in schools are the same police in the streets, with the same biases and judgements of most in power that are complicit in the oppressive systems that rule this country. Support our campaign to eliminate the Oakland School Police Department which currently arrests Black students disproportionately! We all have a role! Every call , every email, every letter counts. It is time the district addresses real issues and reinvest money into reimagining education, and creating school environments where ALL feel safe." #PeopleOverPolice #PoliceFreeSchools #StandForBlackSanctuary #StandWithBOP

Resources for Reopening analysis, inter/national and state:

VOLUNTEER / Black Cultural Zone, East Oakland, onsite/remote Friends of the Black Cultural Zone: We need volunteers to support our COVID-19 relief and economic relief efforts. If you or someone you know is interested please complete this form: http://ow.ly/lalT50zYYpK or send an email to [email protected]

MANY WAYS TO SUPPORT THE REVOLUTION - go local, go real, go all the way

via Bandcamp: This Friday, #June5th (from midnight to midnight PDT), we’re once again waiving our revenue share for all sales on Bandcamp to support #artists impacted by Covid-19. We’ve put together a list of artists and labels preparing special releases for Friday, including those donating their share to organizations in support of racial justice and change. In addition, on Friday, #June19th, we’re donating 100% of our share of sales to the #NAACP Legal Defense Fund, a racial justice organization with a long history of effectively enacting change through litigation, advocacy, and public education.

ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES from Californians for the Arts/ https://www.californiansforthearts.org/anti-racism-resources

awesome & congrats & thank u Do-Over Music #17: The (virtual) Jordan Glenn Party !!! ~ Do-Over Music Seriesawesome & congrats & thank u Do-Over Music #17: The (virtual) Jordan Glenn Party !!! ~ Do-Over Music Series

ah. the times...

Saturday!!! Do-Over Music Series / new work by Jordan Glenn Party premieres online

Sat May 23!!! On Sat 5/23 @wienerkids premiering a video version of The Jordan Glenn Party (an all improvised ensemble conducted by yours truly). Two trios with members in NY and the Bay Area. This is part of the #doovermusicseries normally held at TAC: Temescal Art Center. Yup... tune in!

INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS - get on this!

The NEW California Arts Council Administrators of Color Fellowship program is now open! Apply now through July 31 for the statewide pilot program, administered by the School of Arts & Culture @MHP supporting BIPOC leaders in the arts field with resources, mentorship opportunities, and a $50,000 stipend. Host Organizations will receive $35,000 to assist with administrative costs of the fellowship. View the full announcement at http://www.arts.ca.gov/news/prdetail.php?id=314.

OH HELL YEAH! Can't keep us down. We gonna make that music. Coming at you online - Do-Over Music #17: The (virtual) Jordan Glenn Party

On behalf of TAC, I want to express my profound gratitude to the #TACmusic, #Oaklandarts community for their recent actions to benefit our beloved space! The #Bandcamp sales that were donated from Lisa Mezzacappa, Jordan Glenn, Ryan Pate and Nathan Clevenger topped $800! - and donations that rolled in over the weekend through Karl Alfonso Defensor Evangelista's LOCKDOWN Festival brought us to a total of $1400! What an outpouring of LOVE, and also solidarity. #HeartLeaping I... have the highest hopes for our future music together. Thank you to Lenny Gonzalez, Kathy Zarur, Michael Davenport, Phillip Wayne Greenlief, Berp, Nina Sunsten, Jesse Rimler, Gregory Scharpen, Kim Nucci, Grace Glen Anthony, Anne Moon Glenn, Linnea Defensor, and Devery Glenn, James Wilson, Oaktown Improv, Margit Galanter - and to all of you who BOUGHT MUSIC on Friday!!! Enjoy it - and come hear these folks in person, you know... when the time comes that we can gather again in our #RoomforBelonging. LOVE YOU, TACFamily! -- Leyya Mona Tawil See more

To the TACmusic Community::: You are all EVERYTHING - in this together and together again!!! Patience, Gratitude, and Music! #TACLOVE

YES Jordan Glenn! THANK YOU for the TAC support through the Bandcamp action yesterday! And our community forces continue to activate! Jordan kicks off the Lockdown Festival 2 (Online) today at 3PM - and is donating his proceeds from the festival to TAC! So Is Lime Rickey International, Lenny Gonzalez, Grex - and there are a slew of other artists and orgs that stand to benefit from our audience contributions. #OAKLANDmusic #TACmusic #TACLOVE #RoomForBelonging https://www.facebook.com/events/568385740469289/?notif_t=plan_reminder¬if_id=1588453216558996

WHAT AN OUTPOURING! Thank you Ryan Pate for ALL THIS! We're all working hard so we can meet up again at TAC in our most beautiful future! #COMMUNITY #RoomForBelonging

Thank you Nathan Clevenger!!! And everyone who said YEAH I'LL DO THAT! #TACLOVE via Nathan: Thank you so much to everyone who purchased my music yesterday in support of Temescal Arts Center! It is deeply appreciated; I hope you enjoy the music and I hope to see you all at TAC soon. Thank you to lovely supporters Leyya Mona Tawil, Isabelle Sjahsam, Kyle Bruckmann, Ian Carey, Rent Romus, Erika Oba, Charles Smith, Christine Daniels. If I missed you, I likely haven't received your name from my record label yet, so apologies and I'll thank you soon!

community is THE BEST THANK YOU Lisa Mezzacappa for your generosity and leadership and solidarity!!!!

THANK YOU Nathan Clevenger::: As you may have heard, the wonderful folks at #Bandcamp are forgoing all fees again on Friday (tomorrow), meaning 100% of proceeds go direct to the artist. In the spirit of passing it on to one of the many crucial venues really struggling right now, I'll be donating 100% of my Friday Bandcamp sales to Oakland's Temescal Arts Center. You can find my latest proper album, 2019's octet/nonet epic Stateless, here: https://nathanclevenger.bandcamp.com/album/stateless Other items from my discography available on the same page. Naturally, this is also a great day to buy music from most of my favorite artists and ensure they get the maximum cut in a time when every little bit helps immeasurably. Thank you for considering.