EVENTS

Fall 2022 Lecture Series
On "The Golden Age" with Alanna Airitam and Kirsten Imani Kasai

Photographer Alanna Airitam and author Kirsten Imani Kasai discuss the experience of being photographed as a subject for The Golden Age and the dynamics of race, identity, belonging, and colorism as it pertains to this photographic series as well as their independent works of art and literature. 
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September 15, 2022 |
​Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Inside Diversity in Publishing
​Gotham Writers Workshop
Kirsten Imani Kasai and Samantha Fabien
​with Rosalie Morales Kearns. July 2020
Feminist writers Kasai, de Vestel, and Zive examine the need to contradict cultural narratives in order to reclaim them, using storytelling as a bridge to build empathy, and the role of feminism in building sustainable and equitable futures.
Vanguard Culture presents "Xquisite Corpse"
Jan. 12 - March 30, 2019 at Bread & Salt Gallery, San Diego, CA
Artists curated by Chi Essary.  Poets curated by Adrian Arancibia. 
Writers curated by Cornelia Feye 

Xquisite Corpse is an exhibition with roots in the Surrealist movement. It is based on a technique invented by surrealists in the 1920’s in which a sequence of images was blindly assembled by the participants giving rise to whimsical, impossible and unexpected results. It stems from an old parlor game called Consequences in which players write on a sheet of paper, fold it to conceal the previous writing, and then pass it to the next writer to continue based only on the last sentence or words. This exhibition will combine both. Two writers and two poets started the game with a short selection from their published work. These words were given to four artists to interpret into a narrative 2D piece of art within a month. The artwork was in turn given to four more word smiths to interpret and so on for four turns.
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Artists: Alanna Airitam, Alida Cervantes, Anna Stump,John Purlia, Julia San Román, Nathaniel Clark, Pamela Jaeger, PANCA, Pat Kelly, Ricardo Islas, Sheena Rae Dowling, Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio
Writers: Adrian Arancibia , Corey Fayman, Francisco J. Bustos, Kirsten Kasai, Lizzie Wann, Max/Cornelia Feye, Michael Cheno Wickert 
Tamara Merrill
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​“Commissioning Artwork in the 21st Century: New Concepts & Buying Art That You Can’t Keep”
Collateral Collective discussion panel with:
Michael Ruiz (Visual Artist), Jeanne & Devin Scott (American Dream Cinema), Kirsten Imani Kasai, Anna Stump (Visual Artist, Hill & Stump), Laurie Fisher (Architect, founder Collateral Collective).
​Vanguard Culture is the proud nonprofit beneficiary for @Hotels/Motels Unofficial Art Fair. Join us December 14-15 for an incredible art takeover of The Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows by more than 80 regional artists! — with Fallen Tree Exhibitions (Contemporary Art In Redefined Spaces).
February 28, 2018
Join author Kirsten Imani Kasai in celebrating the release of her newest novel, The House of Erzulie at Tiger!Tiger! in San Diego's North Park neighborhood. Enjoy delicious food, craft beer, and wine during the live performances by the author and special guest readers. Stay afterward for a Q&A, book sales, and signings.
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San Diego Comic Con, 2009