Alternating Currents –
intermedia PROJECTS
was conceived and designed in spring 2020 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting severe limiting of safe performance venues for Bay Area artists and audiences.
Alternating Currents celebrates the rich and diverse creativity of Bay Area artists and musicians working in all media and genres .
D.L. Pughe
Co-curator | Co-director
D. L. Pughe is a writer and artist. She previously worked as Director of Exhibitions at San Francisco's DeYoung and Legion of Honor art museums.
Her interests in art, philosophy and history have led to museum work and research projects around the world, with publications in various journals and books. You can read more about her here.
JON WINET
Co-curator | Co-director
Jon is an artist, researcher and educator. Through 2019 he was professor and director of the Intermedia Program in the University of Iowa School of Art & Art History.
He is currently working with the University of Mississippi and Oxford community on voter engagement, and in Massachusetts on climate change and sea level rise. .
Raquel Baker
Special Projects.
Raquel is a professor at California State University Channel Islands in English and Africana Studies. She specialize in Postcolonial Studies and 20th- & 21st-century African literatures in English. Her research includes a focus on Oakland and creative writing.
She holds a PhD in English Literary Studies from the University of Iowa.
noah factor
Noah is a recent graduate of the University of Southern California Music Industry Program.
He works as Creative Sync Coordinator - Marketing and Partnerships at Interscope & Capitol Records>
He has worked with a number of artists helping with marketing and promotion. He loves music.