RTS is excited to host Real Talks with resident artists Cristine Blanco and Jin Zhu Wednesday, September 13th from 6-8 pm PST.
Real Talks will be held via zoom.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84396703416?pwd=VHhBaWdLVVcrazg4UXBPTEFuYjJBZz09
Meeting ID: 843 9670 3416 Passcode: 783307Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbZqkQvWIj
Cristine Blanco is an interdisciplinary artist who works in painting, sculpture and installation. Her works take environmental injustices, the precarity of resources, and lineage as her starting point. Her labor intensive practice combines material and weight to explore both tension and care. Blanco holds an M.F.A. in Studio Art from Mills College. She is a recipient of California Arts Council Individual Fellowship and a Murphy Cadogan Award. She has exhibited works at Alternative Space LOOP in Seoul, Korea, Berkeley Art Center, Kala Art Institute, SF Arts Commission’s Main Gallery, /slash library and SOMArts Cultural Center. Blanco attended residencies at Balay Kreative, ARROZidency and Kala’s Print Public.
Jin Zhu is an Oakland-based multi-disciplinary artist who works with video and text to examine local housing and environmental justice issues. Her practice often involves interviews with impacted communities, public document queries, collaboration with activists and collectives, attending meetings with regulatory agencies, direct action documentation, and visits to sites of contamination, displacement or colonization. Her toolkit consists of cameras, conversation and, increasingly, code. She has presented or exhibited work at SFMOMA, BAM/PFA, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Southern Exposure, SF Arts Commission Galleries, and the Cantor Arts Center, among others. She holds an MFA from UC Berkeley. Currently, she is particularly interested in conversing about archives, storytelling games and diving birds.