Artist in Residence, July 2022
This Will Take Time’s Oakland BIPOC Residency
Erina’s month-long residency is generating whirring periods of rest, creativity, and alternative models of re-connecting. Through collaboration with various colleagues, artists, and youth and families, they are co-producing three programs at the end of their residency virtually, and in-person on the unceded territories of the Ramaytush (San Francisco, CA), and in Chochenyo (Oakland, CA) peoples. Special thanks to This Will Take Time co-founders Tara Shi and Benjamin Lotan, jurors and community involved in nurturing the residency, Erina’s family, and collaborator-participants, and the people and neighborhood that embraces the residency studio.
Featured Programming (July 29-31, 2022)
I ADMIT IT, I'M ADMITTED: Building a Narrative for your College Admissions Strategy
With Juliana (Juju) Wong, M.Ed.
Friday, July 29, 2022, 3-4:30PM Pacific Time via Zoom
Do you wanna know the REAL about college admissions? Come through to learn what admissions officers actually look for and how you can assess your student profile in order to build a narrative that tells your story strategically and authentically!
Our invited workshop participants are rising high school seniors of various SFUSD schools. They are all alumni of Galing Bata Bilingual Program at Bessie Carmichael Filipino Education Center Pre-K - 8 and SoMapagmahal Photography Mxntorship Program. These scholars have known each other since they were in middle school, or even as far back in kindergarten.
About the Facilitator:
Juliana (Juju) Wong, M.Ed. (she/her) is a bicoastal educator and higher education expert based in Ohlone & Lenapehoking land - San Francisco and New York City. She was born and raised in the Bay Area, and designs culturally-affirming content on social media to make college resources truly accessible to first-generation, lower income, BIPOC students. Follow @ProfessorJuuj on Instagram and TikTok
This collaboration with Juliana (Juju) Wong, M.Ed. is made possible by our rising high school seniors, Erina Alejo, SoMapagmahal Photography Mxntorship Program, and This Will Take Time's Oakland BIPOC Residency.
Connections to Reflections
Saturday, July 30th, 2022, 2-3:30PM
Community Well, 78 Ocean Ave, San Francisco, 94112
Featured Artists: Allyna Jimenez, Julianna Nojadera, Dayzsha Jaranilla, and Stephanie Adina
Curated by: Julianna Nojadera and Ate Erina Alejo
Sponsored by This Will Take Time’s Oakland BIPOC Residency and the Artists’ Families and Communities
Listening Party! Self and Community Care in Grant Management for Artists/Cultural Workers
Sunday July 31, 2022, 11AM-1PM
644 40th Street, Oakland, CA 94609
Grantmaking Coaches Akemi Chan-Imai and Terri Trang Le collaborate with artist Erina Alejo on a listening party centering on artists and cultural workers’ self and community care in the grant management life cycle. Over a shared meal and intimate dialogue, the gathering aims to generate connections on the invited participants’ experiences with the Bay Area arts grants landscape. Sponsored by This Will Take Time’s Oakland BIPOC Residency.
About the Co-facilitator-Listeners:
AKEMI CHAN-IMAI (she/her) CNP, PMP® began her career as a performing artist and administrator with Makoto Taiko in 2011 and continues to build a diverse portfolio of experience in the U.S. nonprofit sector. She is committed to helping creative and cultural organizations and individuals build capacity and serve their communities more effectively. Akemi’s nonprofit experience includes board governance and leadership, organizational capacity, programming, fundraising, project management, public speaking, and community engagement. A freelance professional, Akemi is establishing a nonprofit coaching practice with Terri Le to better serve BIPOC grassroots organizations and individuals in the Bay Area. For more information, visit her LinkedIn profile.
TERRI TRANG LE (she/her) MBA, MA in Museum Studies has developed her career in the public and nonprofit sectors to promote arts, culture, and humanities since 2010. She currently works as the Institutional Giving Manager at Mission Economic Development Agency (full-time) and as the Development Coordinator at Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (contracted). Outside of work, Terri remains involved in the Bay Area arts/museum community serving as the Treasurer of Cultural Connections. Together with Akemi Chan-Imai, Terri wants to support BIPOC organizations and individuals in the SF Bay Area to take root in their mission and aspirations by offering accessible freelance and coaching services. For more information, visit her LinkedIn profile.
ERINA ALEJO (they/them) is an artist, researcher, and arts administrator. Their timekeeping, ethnographic practice sustains long-term collaborative relationships with micro communities-- including families, tenants, and service workers-- that, in turn, protect and archive these important narratives of care, community action, and anti-displacement resilience. Alejo has presented at Kearny Street Workshop, American Studies Association, Association for Asian American Studies, YBCA, and has work acquired by SFMOMA. Alejo administers grants for the Office of the Vice President for the Arts at Stanford University and is the July 2022 Artist in Residence at This Will Take Time’s Oakland BIPOC Residency.