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            <h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Artists Alter Their Own Work
              at YBCA in Pro-Palestinian Protest | KQED</h1>
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                    <p>Feb 16, 2024<br>
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                    <p><font size="1"><span>Artist Jeffrey Cheung alters
                          his own work with a cloth that says 'Ceasefire
                          Now!' during a demonstration calling for a
                          ceasefire in Gaza and criticizing YBCA
                          leadership for their support of Israel at the
                          show Bay Area Now at Yerba Buena Center for
                          the Arts in San Francisco on Feb. 15, 2024.</span><cite> (Beth
                          LaBerge/KQED)</cite></font></p>
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                  <p>Eight artists painted and draped pro-Palestinian
                    messages over their own work during an event at the
                    <a href="https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/ybca"
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                      Arts</a> (YBCA) on Thursday evening as part of a
                    surprise protest to demand the museum show support,
                    publicly and institutionally, for the people of
                    Gaza.</p>
                  <p>At the event, titled <a
                      href="https://ybca.org/event/love-letter-to-soma/"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">A Love Letter to SOMA</a>,
                    protesters unfurled a sign reading “Stop Funding
                    Genocide” as several artists currently featured in
                    the museum’s <i>Bay Area Now 9</i> group show began
                    to alter their pieces on display.</p>
                  <p>Ceramic artist Paz G spray painted their sculpture
                    <em>You Have a Broken Heart</em> in bright pink
                    letters reading “Viva Palestina — Free Palestine.”
                    Jeffrey Cheung, whose colorful, large-scale
                    paintings of abstracted nude forms hang in the main
                    gallery, hung a sign reading “Ceasefire Now!” over
                    his works.</p>
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                  <font size="1">Artist Paz G altered their work with
                    spray paint that says ‘Viva Palestina – Free
                    Palestine,’ calling for a ceasefire in Gaza during a
                    protest at the show ‘Bay Area Now’ at Yerba Buena
                    Center for the Arts in San Francisco on Feb. 15,
                    2024. <cite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)</cite></font>
                  <p>The protest at YBCA comes during a week in which
                    pro-Palestinian demonstrators <a
href="https://www.artforum.com/news/pro-palestine-demonstrators-take-message-to-museums-549239/"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">disrupted programming at
                      other high-profile arts institutions</a>. A
                    reported 800 people flooded New York’s Museum of
                    Modern Art with pro-Palestinian chants and flyers,
                    causing security to shut down the galleries within
                    15 minutes. Other protests have occurred at the
                    Brooklyn Museum and Jewish Museum in New York, the
                    British Museum in London, and the Hamburger Bahnhof
                    museum in Berlin.</p>
                  <p>At YBCA, the artist champoy, along with several
                    people wearing masks and keffiyehs, turned champoy’s
                    boat sculpture into an altar for Gazan people killed
                    in Israeli airstrikes, with their names and ages
                    written on notecards. Tracy Ren laid a banner on
                    their wool rug installation that read “No more blood
                    money — ceasefire now.”</p>
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alt="A scultupre of a boat is covered in a drape of white and red, with notecards surrounding on the wooden floor below"
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                  <font size="1">Art by champoy is altered during a
                    protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at the show
                    ‘Bay Area Now’ at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in
                    San Francisco on Feb. 15, 2024. <cite>(Beth
                      LaBerge/KQED)</cite></font>
                  <p>Other artists who modified their works included
                    Sholeh Asgary, Courtney Desiree Morris and Leila
                    Weefur.</p>
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                  <p>Meanwhile, protestors from several Bay Area
                    activist groups — including Jewish Voice for Peace,
                    Palestinian Feminist Collective, U.S. Palestinian
                    Communities Network and Palestinian Youth Movement —
                    addressed the crowd through a megaphone.</p>
                  <p>“Art is a universal language meant to speak out
                    against injustice. The institution of art, just like
                    every U.S. corporation, is aligned with the state of
                    Israel,” said Palestinian American muralist Chris
                    Gazaleh. “As an artist, I use my art to educate
                    about my people. Artists in general — we need to
                    speak out against what is happening. It is our
                    duty.”</p>
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src="https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/240215-YBCAGazaProtest-25-BL_qut.jpg"
alt="A woman in a denim jacket and keffiyeh speaks into a megaphone to a group of about three dozen museumgoers"
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                  <font size="1">Aysha Abraibesh speaks during a protest
                    calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at the show ‘Bay
                    Area Now’ at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San
                    Francisco on Feb. 15, 2024. <cite>(Beth
                      LaBerge/KQED)</cite></font>
                  <p>“We’ve come to tell San Francisco and the people of
                    Yerba Buena that we’re not gonna stop,” said Maisa
                    Morrar of Palestinian Feminist Collective. “We’re
                    gonna show up in your art exhibits, at the Academy
                    of Sciences, at the Golden Gate Bridge, at the Bay
                    Bridge, at the Federal Building — we’re gonna be
                    there. This genocide is one too many lives lost.”</p>
                  <p>The protest took place as the death toll in Gaza,
                    according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, climbs to
                    upwards of 28,000, including 12,300 children and
                    8,400 women.</p>
                  <p>When approached at the museum for comment, YBCA’s
                    head of art and public programs Amy Kisch directed
                    inquiries to Lauren Macmadu, head of external
                    relations, in attendance nearby.</p>
                  <p>“We really want to be a space where we can support
                    the community and bring people together to have open
                    conversations,” Macmadu said, adding that she was
                    not prepared to discuss the specifics of the
                    protesters’ demands.</p>
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                  <font size="1">Artist Chris Gazaleh speaks during a
                    protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at the show
                    ‘Bay Area Now’ at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in
                    San Francisco on Feb. 15, 2024. <cite>(Beth
                      LaBerge/KQED)</cite></font>
                  <p>During the protest, activists passed out flyers
                    with the heading “Love Letter to Gaza” that
                    contained a list of demands for YBCA leadership —
                    firstly, that the museum join the Palestinian
                    Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of
                    Israel, which calls for international cultural
                    institutions and universities to refrain from
                    working with Israeli institutions. Without naming
                    examples, the flyer also demands that YBCA “stop
                    censoring artists’ language, work and programming
                    that involves and centers Palestinian liberation.”</p>
                  <p>When reached by phone, exhibiting artist Lukaza
                    Branfman-Verissimo — who helped coordinate the
                    protest, but was not in attendance — told KQED that
                    in 2023, YBCA had prevented them from including the
                    words “Free Palestine” on the building’s orange
                    marquee as part of their outdoor installation
                    commissioned by the museum. YBCA has previously
                    displayed messages on the marquee <a
href="https://www.instagram.com/ybca/p/CtkentCvY-8/"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">supporting Iran’s Woman
                      Life Freedom movement</a> and <a
                      href="https://ybca.org/2020-black-lives-matter/"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">Black Lives Matter</a>.</p>
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                    Demonstrators chant during a protest calling for a
                    ceasefire in Gaza at the show Bay Area Now at Yerba
                    Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on Feb.
                    15, 2024. <cite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)</cite></font>
                  <p>In a Dec. 20 email reviewed by KQED, Kisch told
                    Branfman-Verissimo that YBCA “will not be able to
                    include mention of Palestine on the marquee,” citing
                    YBCA’s 501(c)(3) status, as well as its position in
                    the SOMA neighborhood, directly across from the
                    Contemporary Jewish Museum.</p>
                  <p>Asked for comment over email, YBCA CEO Sara Fenske
                    Bahat replied that throughout the process with
                    Branfman-Verissimo, “YBCA remained committed to
                    exploring options to highlight their advocacy work
                    through programming and/or on other platforms.
                    Lukaza did not respond to our offer, but continued
                    to collaborate on the installation of their mural.”
                    (Branfman-Verissimo disputed this characterization
                    in a follow-up interview.)</p>
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alt="an overhead view of a museum gallery full of artworks, with a Palestinian flag hanging to the right"
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                  <font size="1">Demonstrators calling for a ceasefire
                    in Gaza alter art during protest at the show Bay
                    Area Now at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San
                    Francisco on Feb. 15, 2024. <cite>(Beth
                      LaBerge/KQED)</cite></font>
                  <p>Fenske Bahat also noted that YBCA did not interrupt
                    or attempt to stop Thursday night’s protest, and
                    reiterated the museum’s commitment to serving as a
                    safe gathering space for people of different
                    identities and viewpoints. She did not address a
                    KQED inquiry about YBCA’s decision to display
                    marquee messages for Black Lives Matter and Iran’s
                    Woman Life Freedom Movement while refusing a message
                    in support of Palestinians.</p>
                  <p>“As you might imagine, in our own curatorial and
                    programming decisions we need to carefully weigh
                    whether we are in fact contributing to deeper
                    division, something we actively seek not to do,
                    while striving to ensure different perspectives are
                    heard,” she wrote. “To date, we are not aware of any
                    accusations that any <em>BAN9</em> artists have
                    been mistreated by our team.”</p>
                  <p>For their part, the artists who altered their own
                    exhibition work are primarily asking YBCA to make a
                    statement of solidarity with the Palestinian people.</p>
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                                                          <h2>Stop
                                                          Censoring Art
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                                                          <p
style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">On Thursday,
                                                          February 15th,
                                                          2024, eight
                                                          artists
                                                          altered their
                                                          own work that
                                                          is being
                                                          exhibited in
                                                          the Bay Area
                                                          Now show as
                                                          part of a
                                                          surprise
                                                          protest to
                                                          demand the
                                                          museum show
                                                          support,
                                                          publicly and
                                                          institutionally,
                                                          for the people
                                                          of Gaza. The
                                                          artists used
                                                          banners, spray
                                                          paint, and
                                                          other creative
                                                          interventions
                                                          to update
                                                          their pieces
                                                          to reflect </span></span><b><span
style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">solidarity
                                                          with Palestine</span></span></b><span
style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">. </span></span></p>
                                                          <p
style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">“In recent
                                                          years, YBCA
                                                          created robust
                                                          programming
                                                          and community
                                                          engagement in
                                                          response to
                                                          social justice
                                                          issues ranging
                                                          from Black
                                                          Lives Matter
                                                          to the war in
                                                          Ukraine. </span></span><b><span
style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">Why are they
                                                          silent on the
                                                          genocide of
                                                          Palestinians?”</span></span></b><span
style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif"> said Champoy,
                                                          a Bay Area Now
                                                          9 artist who
                                                          transformed
                                                          their boat
                                                          sculpture into
                                                          an altar
                                                          during the
                                                          demonstration.
                                                          “Cultural
                                                          workers and
                                                          artists across
                                                          the Bay are
                                                          dreaming of a
                                                          free
                                                          Palestine. We
                                                          hope that YBCA
                                                          would want to
                                                          be included in
                                                          that vision,
                                                          not working
                                                          against it.”</span></span></p>
                                                          <p
style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">In response,
                                                          YBCA closed
                                                          its doors this
                                                          weekend</span></span></b><span
style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif"> and canceled
                                                          Fresh Festival
                                                          San Francisco,
                                                          an event
                                                          centering
                                                          artists whose
                                                          work subverts,
                                                          disrupts, and
                                                          responds to
                                                          the tokenizing
                                                          identity
                                                          politics
                                                          forced onto
                                                          Black
                                                          creatives by
                                                          art
                                                          institutions.</span></span></p>
                                                          <p
style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">Tell the
                                                          leadership of
                                                          YBCA to:</span></span></p>
                                                          <ul>
                                                          <li
style="text-align:left">
                                                          <p
style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">Stop censoring
                                                          artists who
                                                          stand for the
                                                          liberation of
                                                          Palestine</span></span></b><span
style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></span></p>
                                                          </li>
                                                          <li
style="text-align:left">
                                                          <p
style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">Keep the
                                                          altered works
                                                          on view until
                                                          May 5, 2024
                                                          when the Bay
                                                          Area Now 9
                                                          exhibition is
                                                          scheduled to
                                                          end</span></span></p>
                                                          </li>
                                                          <li
style="text-align:left">
                                                          <p
style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">Commit to
                                                          collaborating
                                                          with artists
                                                          showing at
                                                          YBCA to create
                                                          robust
                                                          programming
                                                          that </span></span><b><span
style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">centers
                                                          Palestinian
                                                          voices and
                                                          Palestinian
                                                          liberation</span></span></b></p>
                                                          </li>
                                                          <li
style="text-align:left">
                                                          <p
style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">Make a public
                                                          and internal
                                                          commitment to
                                                          The
                                                          Palestinian
                                                          Campaign for
                                                          the Academic
                                                          and Cultural
                                                          Boycott of
                                                          Israel (PACBI)</span></span></p>
                                                          </li>
                                                          <li
style="text-align:left">
                                                          <p
style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">Publicly
                                                          apologize</span></span></b><span
style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif"> for censoring
                                                          artists, both
                                                          the Bay Area
                                                          Now 9 artists
                                                          and the
                                                          artists of
                                                          Fresh Festival</span></span></p>
                                                          </li>
                                                          <li
style="text-align:left">
                                                          <p
style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">Reopen your
                                                          doors and
                                                          allow the
                                                          public to see
                                                          the altered
                                                          and uplifted
                                                          works of the
                                                          eight Bay Area
                                                          Now 9 artists
                                                          involved in a
                                                          Love Letter To
                                                          Gaza</span></span></p>
                                                          </li>
                                                          </ul>
                                                          <p
style="text-align:left"><a
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style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">Sign on now
                                                          using the link</span></span></a><span
style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif"> below to send
                                                          an email to
                                                          the staff and
                                                          board at YBCA,
                                                          with your
                                                          support for
                                                          these demands.</span></span></p>
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                                                          Liberation and
                                                          Return,</span></span></p>
                                                          <p
style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:18px"><span
style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif">Rama Kased</span></span></p>
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