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Heyday @heydaybooks.com · 06/10/2026

Join photographer Ken Light, author Ishmael Reed, and photographer and curator Lewis Watts for a conversation celebrating 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮: 𝙊𝙖𝙠𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙐.𝙎.𝘼.—a remarkable photographic archive captured of 1970s West Oakland. 📅 October 10, 2026 🕑 2 PM 📍 Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) 🎟️ Free admission

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Book Launch | Soul City: Oakland, U.S.A. | MoAD

Join us for a book launch and celebration of Soul City: Oakland, U.S.A with Ken Light and Ishmael Reed in conversation with Lewis Watts.

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in…When you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting." Bowie on creativity and his advice to artists www.themarginalian.org/2026/10/05/d...

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David Bowie on Creativity and His Advice to Artists

“It’s terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people’s expectations”

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

The Virgin Mary punching the devil in the face, 'The De Brailes Hours', Oxford ca. 1240 #WorldHistory #History

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@berkeleyscanner.com why are there helicopters circling overhead?

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The Compound Gallery @thecompoundgallery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

David Fullarton is in the letterpress print shop printing up some of these bonus beauties for our Print Cult subscribers. If you want to join the cult, you can subscribe and get a limited edition David Fullarton print plus bonuses (like this)delivered every 2 months shopcompound.com/products/dav...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#printsky #printmaking #monotype #skull #spiritanimal spent a delightful afternoon capturing this skull in monotype form. I'm unsure of the species - maybe bobcat. If it is a bobcat, that's my spirit animal.

Skull of a small mammal - probably a bobcat.

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Juju Bee! @fireflyfox5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

elegant gingko leaf #classicmono #ECK

A black and white photo of a fan shaped leaf. Photo of a Gingko leaf by me

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Olivia is right! It's my favorite song on Brainwashed

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 24/09/2026

We don't need Prop 45 to build new housing - recent state laws have already streamlined approval of new homes in existing cities and suburbs. Instead, Prop 45 would rubber stamp sprawl in wildfire zones, and make California's insurance crisis worse. Vote No on 45.

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@syrculturalworkers.bsky.social #poetry #art #womensart #organized Just received my comp copies of the 2027 Women Artists Datebook for 2027. Always a delight to be included here. If you need art + poetry inspiration, I recommend getting a copy here: syracuseculturalworkers.com/products/202...

cover of the 2027 Women artists datebook

page from a datebook: on the left is the week of January 18th and on the right is a picture of a chicken named Phoebe

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I had a friend in highschool who used to do this. I hammered him about it one day and all he would say was he loved it when I was angry. Yeah, fuck that game.

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My Imaginary Brooklyn @myimaginarybrklyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hiroshi Yoshida, 1926. “Fujiyama from Kawaguchi Lake” #printmaking #woodblockprint #1920s #HiroshiYoshida

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Loki Gwynbleidd 😷🏴🎨 @lokipropagand.art · 18/09/2026

Réparons le tissu social ! Encrage (pas forcément définitif) pour une refonte d'une affiche de 2021. En attendant, retrouvez mes autres visuels (plus de 200) sur mes boutiques, catalogues gratuits, etc. RDV sur social.lokipropagand.art #Art #Illustration #Vintage #Anarchie #AnimauxMignons

Encrage en noir, sans couleurs ni texture d'un dessin d'inspiration fin XIXe avec un chat, un raton-laveur, des rats et un oiseau qui actionnent une machine à coudre ancienne pour coudre le mot Anarchie sur une bannière.

Au dessus de la scène, en haut à gauche, un texte avec des lettrages différents, des effets de profondeurs et des fioritures indique "Let's repair the social fabric".

En dessous de la scène, en bas à droite, un texte d'abord régulier puis plein de courbes élégantes indique "Choose Anarchy"

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"If you can fall in love again and again ... if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical, man you've got it half licked." Henry Miller on how to grow old and remain young www.themarginalian.org/2014/06/26/h...

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The Measure of a Life Well Lived: Henry Miller on How to Grow Old and the Secret of Remaining Young at Heart

“If you can fall in love again and again … if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical, man you’ve got it half licked.”…

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craig robertson @craiglee47.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Oakland, California

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Heyday @heydaybooks.com · 16/09/2026

"𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 unfolds with cinematic syntax." An intimate time capsule of 1970s West Oakland featuring never-before-seen photography from Ken Light now debuting in a stirring new photo book. 📷️ Read more from @kqedarts.bsky.social: 📍 #Oakland, CA

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Ken Light’s Intimate Portrait of West Oakland in the 1970s | KQED

‘Soul City: Oakland U.S.A.’ captures the spirit of a neighborhood’s Black community in the Watergate era.

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#printmaking #printsky #monotypes #oceanbeach I embraced my inner Marc Chagall and made a full chroma monotype today based on a memories of times at the beach.

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katrint2021.bsky.social @katrint2021.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#sciartseptember 13 diamond shape Crotalus unicolor Aruba Island rattlesnake "It is light brown, tan, or almost pink in color, reflecting the soil color of its native habitat, with darker brown diamond-shaped markings" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalu... #kleinekunstklasse #oilpastel

A coiled snake in reddish-brown with clearly visible diamond-shaped markings in a darker brown. Its head is raised and turned away from the viewer
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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#printsky #printmaking #monotype #sunflowers Then I let Vincent Van Gogh have a turn with my spirit. I put on Bob Dylan and went for it. Maybe if Vincent could have listened to Bob, he would have survived.

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#printmaking #printsky #monotypes #oceanbeach I embraced my inner Marc Chagall and made a full chroma monotype today based on a memories of times at the beach.

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#bookbinding #handmadebooks #handwovenfabric My friends in Sonora have invited me to teach a bookbinding workshop at the end of October. My friend Anne sent me her handwoven fabric for a cover. This is the yummy result.

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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this.

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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️

8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#printsky #printmaking #monotype #butterfly My studio looks into the garden. This butterfly stopped for a meal.

A butterfly drinking nectar from a flower

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#printsky #printmaking #monotype #grief #SanFranciscoBay My friend Michael Lownie spent 8 weeks in room 1002 at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center. He sent me a picture of the view everyday.

A view of San Francisco Bay from the 10th floor of Kaiser Oakland

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George Harrison Archive @harrisonarchive.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“‘Any Road’ is one of my favorites. Pure George. He use to quote that line all the time, ‘If You don’t Know Where You’re Going, Any Road Will Take You There.’ I love that song so much.” - Jim Keltner Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8267513.... 🎥: John Fugelsang’s 1997 interview

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Carmen Harris🇿🇦 @carmenharris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🕯️A legacy that lives on. ✊🏼✊🏾🖤

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm going to miss his light in the world.

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Fantastic thinking and gorgeous as always!

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#printsky #printmaking #monotype #dandelion #wish Enjoyed some time in my studio today. Wish I had more time to make art. Make your own wish with this handy dandelion.

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#printsky #printmaking #monotype #SutroTower #grief #MichaelLownie one big monotype today of Sutro Tower. It's a symbol of communication. My friend Michael loved it. What do I name it?

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Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“Time: hold still awhile. I have so much more work to do. There are so many things I want to express. But time just keeps ticking away, and the earth never for an instant ceases to turn.” Yayoi Kusama Cosmic travels Yayoi.

Reworked linocut illustration of Yayoi Kusama for the hardback cover of ‘A Little History of Art’ by Charlotte Mullins.

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#printsky #printmaking #monotype #Ironwood #Tree This delightful monotype happened on Sunday at the end of my studio time. I turned around a work table so I could look at this tree while I created it in ink. Plein air monotype sounds messy so I won't be going to my local park with pots of ink.

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kennedyprints.bsky.social @kennedyprints.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Still puttin' ink on paper

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April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly + Kermit singing my theme song!

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