Art Expanding: Poetry + Quilt + More

Written last night:

Dear Friends,

I’ve been meaning to explore Brickhouse, an art complex the next neighborhood up, which is called Oak Park. I guess it is the resurgence of a declining area, with coffee shop and brewery, etc. What drew me was the poetry and the quilt exhibit — both in the same building this morning.

I got lost because there are diagonal streets as well as the grid I’ve internalized, so I circled the block several times before stopping. Nothing seemed to be going on — I mean, 10 a.m. on a Sunday? And I didn’t want to be this gray-haired lady walking where I shouldn’t be. 

But it is exactly where I should be — an expansive, tall-walled gallery that shows quilts better than anywhere I remember, with a garden/patio beyond, where a man was at a table reading. In a side room a small group was preparing to record a Coffee and Poets podcast interview with the poet Frances Kakugawa  I stayed for that, and then saw the African American History Legacy Juried Quilt Exhibition, highlighting two quilts by Alice Beasley. (Check out her photo — the lenses of her rimless glasses are two different shapes.) The Brickhouse is another place to love in Sacramento.

Love,

k

Frances Kakugawa answers an audience question

Miles Ahead 

Miles Davis by Alice Beasley

Unidentified Black Male

Alice Beasley

Power to the People

Rosita Thomas