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  ruth gebreyesus

  Introduction

  Ruth Gebreyesus, a writer and producer based in the Bay Area, is currently the cocurator of Black Life.

In Conversation

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  Peter Conheim

  Peter Conheim is a film and audio restorationist (and PFA alum) and the head of Cinema Preservation Alliance in El Cerrito. 
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  Steve Seid

  Steve Seid was a curator at BAMPFA for twenty-five years. Read more about Luminous Procuress and its history in his article ”Illumination Procured: Steven Arnold and the Body Eclectic.”
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  Harry Tsvi Strauch

  Harry Tsvi Strauch, an early backer of Luminous Procuress, was its main funder and its executive producer.

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  Roy Chan

  Introduction

  Roy Chan is associate visiting professor in East Asian languages and cultures at UC Berkeley and associate professor of Chinese and comparative literature at the University of Oregon.

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  Lucy Stark

  Workshop led by

  Stark holds a BA in art practice from UC Berkeley and works at Paulson Fontaine Press. She has made art with children and others, including at BAMPFA’s Family Day.

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  Andrea Kneeland

  Reading led by

  Andrea Kneeland, librarian, Berkeley Unified School District

In Person

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  Carolina Markowicz
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  Maeve Jinkings