KQED Arts Series, 'Our Creative Futures,' Profiles Bay Artists and the Communities that Uplift Them

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🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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A new series from KQED Arts & Culture takes stock of how Bay Area artists have weathered the pandemic and what they are doing now to lift up themselves and their communities. "Our Creative Futures" profiles artists and programs that support them, highlighting voguers in Oakland tackling LGBTQ+ health issues, a guaranteed income pilot program for artists and a new collective in San Francisco that uplifts Filipino voices. We’ll talk about the challenges for local artists and the ways that many have found to thrive during the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.7	Listen, there's a reason that the phrase starving artists exist.
0:55.1	The people who make beautiful things in our world commit to a life that can be really difficult
0:59.4	financially. And we're in the wildly expensive Bay Area. And we're in this pandemic era, which
1:05.8	hurt anybody whose livelihood depended on gathering strangers in a room. But our KQED arts team hit the pavement to find the people
1:13.7	who are adapting to this new environment and building a new creative economy.
1:17.8	It's not just about money either, but sharing all kinds of resources and support
1:21.5	in the face of structural oppressions.
1:23.9	We'll talk about how they do it with performing artists,
1:26.7	culture amplifiers, and space makers.
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