San Francisco the Center for the Book & The African American Museum & Library at Oakland
Banned & Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship

The Center for the Book in San Francisco and the African American Museum and Library in Oakland will be exploring the theme of censorship in Banned and Recovered Books: Artists Respond to Censorship in association with the American Library Association's Banned Books Week. Curator Hanna Regev asked prominent Bay Area artists (e.g., Sandow Birk, Enrique Chagoya, Emory Douglas, Mildred Howard, Naomie Kremer, Jan Wurm) to choose once-banned books as inspirations. Many events.

August 15 - November 26
Reception: Friday, August 15, 6-8 pm
Gallery hours: Mon-Fri, 10-5; Sat, 12-4
San Francisco Center for the Book, 300 De Haro Street, San Francisco
(415) 565-0545 www.sfcb.org

September 5 - December 31
Reception: Friday, September 5, 6:30-8:30 pm, David Molina, will perform an original score composed for this exhibition based on Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass.
Gallery hours: Tues-Sat, 12-5:30
African American Museum and Library at Oakland, 659 14th Street, Oakland
(510) 637-0200 www.oaklandlibrary.org/AAMLO

PANEL DISCUSSIONS
September 28, 2 p.m., San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium: Dispelling Dirt: Sex, Gender and Censorship
October 18, 3 p.m., AAMLO: Mark Twain Then and Now
November 22, 3 p.m., AAMLO: Literary Works on Trial
December 6, 3 p.m., AAMLO: African American Writers and Censorship

The Addison Street Windows Gallery, Berkeley
Art of Democracy Posters
October - Mid- November
The windows will feature Art of Democracy posters made all over the country.
Addison Street Windows Gallery, 2018 Addison Street, Berkeley

Warnock Fine Arts, San Francisco
Prints in all the Wrong Places: the Democratic Print
October 2 - November 4, 2008
Reception October 9, 5 - 8 p.m., Thursday, featuring The Great Tortilla Conspiracy, printing on tortillas, and benefit sale of prints and posters for groups including San Quentin Arts in Correction, Oaxacan Revolutionary Artists, Western Regional Advocacy Project, and others.

Warnock Fine Arts 49 Geary #211, San Francisco, CA
(415) 677-4001 lwarnock@earthlink.net
www.warnockfinearts.com

Front Gallery, Oakland
We're All Outside the Green Zone
October 3 - November 25, 2008
Receptions: October 3, & November 7, 7:00 - 10:00
Political prints by Art Hazelwood, Art of Democracy posters, sculpture by Sol Aquino, and an altar to slain artist Casper Banjo.

Front Gallery 35 Grand Avenue, Oakland, www.frontgalleryoakland.com 
hours by appointment anytime 510 735-7295
Friday 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. and Saturday 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Galeria Zapatista, Mission Grafica
at the Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco
Arte de la Democracia/Art of Democracy
Political Poster exchange between San Francisco and Puerto Rico
October 3 - November 29, 2008
Reception October 3, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
November 2, Day of the Dead with an altar to the death of Democracy.

Galeria Zapatista, Mission Grafica 4th floor, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, grafica@missionculturalcenter.org, 415 643-2786

Inferno Gallery in the Vulcan warehouse, Oakland
The Final Day of George W. Bush
Curated by Max Mellenthin
September 12 - November 4, 2008
Reception: September 12 - 7 - 9 p.m.
Election Event: November 4 - 8 -10 p.m.

INFERNO Gallery, 4401 San Leandro Street, Oakland, info@infernogallery.com, www.infernogallery.com

The Mill, Santa Cruz
OUT: A Shoutout of Painful Paintings, Sculpitti, and More by Sheila & Eike
October 3 - November 3, 2008
Opening Night: Friday, October 3
Closing Night: Monday, November 3
Open every day from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Live music, dance, fashion show, political debate, and speakers every Friday and Saturday and the last day, November 3.

The Mill, 131 Front Street, Santa Cruz

Student Art Gallery, Monterey Peninsula College
Art of Democracy - Voices From Students Nationwide
October 1 - 31, 2008
An exhibition of college student political artwork from around the country. Featuring work by students from the following schools.
Ball State University, Muncie, IN; Chico State University, Chico, CA; Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA; Murray State University, Murray, KY; Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

Student Art Gallery, Monterey Peninsula College, 980 Fremont Street, Monterey

Delta Venus Café, Davis
Art of Democracy
October 4 - 31, 2008
Reception: October 4, 5 - 8 p.m.
Delta Venus Café, 122 B Street, Davis, www.deltaofvenus.org

See www.artofdemocracy.org for more information about the national coalition.

We are grateful for sponsorship from the SF Bay Guardian, Mother Jones, the American Friends Service Committee