Episode 24: Rio Yañez

My guest this week is Rio Yañez, an artist/curator born and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. I met up with Rio at his home in the East Bay where he shared about his time growing up in the Mission District’s Chicano art scene, his fascination with Godzilla and his early beginnings as a photographer. We also discussed the various art projects he has worked on including the annual Día de los Muertos exhibition he co-curates with his father at the South of Market Cultural Center (SomArts).

Titled Remembrance and Resistance, the Día de los Muertos exhibition is currently on exhibit at SomArts til November 9th, 2017. Visit www.somarts.org for more info.

Be sure to also visit www.rioyanez.com to learn more about Rio and his past, present and future projects. You can also follow him on either Instagram or Twitter at @rioyanez.

Lastly, thanks again to Richie Cunning for the intro music.

Episode 23: David Kasprzak

These week I am joined by David Kasprzak, the other half of the Colpa Press team in San Francisco. I met up with David at the Colpa Press basement in the Mission district where we discussed his time growing up in Tennessee, the years he spent train hopping all over the country and the multitude of art projects he has taken on here in the Bay Area.

David’s work is currently on exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum as part of the the show, Jewish Folktales Retold: Artist as Maggid. Visit www.thecjm.org for more info.

Be sure to also visit colpapress.com to learn more about past, present and future projects coming out of Colpa or if you just want to buy some cool prints for your collection. You can also follow Colpa Press on either Instagram or Twitter at @colpapress.

Lastly, thanks again to Richie Cunning for the music.