Greg and Lisa speak with Oliver DiCicco and Truong Tran, two Bay Area based artists featured in Building the Building: SOMArts 40th Anniversary Exhibition. This exhibit includes a sampling of artwork by artists who laid the foundation for SOMArts creatively and administratively, artists whose contributions bridged multiple generations of the space, and artists who continue to work within the organization today. The exhibition title takes its inspiration from the internal nickname for SOMArts’ large physical space – “the building” – and honors and celebrates the work of artists and leaders that have made SOMArts what it is today, a crucial champion of culture and community. For over four decades, SOMArts has occupied a unique foothold in the arts landscape of the Bay Area, as many artists and communities that would not have had an outlet for their work found space and support within the walls of “the building.” Countless artists, collectives, organizations, movements, and rebellions that have made the Bay Area arts community what it is today have at one point engaged with the services and space of SOMArts.
Oliver DiCicco and Truong Tran on Arts in Review
