“Diverse Ways of Knowing”
“Diverse Ways of Knowing” is a an archive of art works by Fredericko Alvarado. The title “Diverse Ways of Knowing”" derives from the belief that each lived experience is a valid source of reference in building equitable moments, social spaces, and/or societies. In the context of art it refers to the collaborative and joint authorship of cultural process. “Diverse Ways of Knowing” is an archive of individual art works and collaborative projects created with different communities from 2012 to the present. The archive presents explorations into creating mechanisms of liberation, understanding, and balance. Image- ““Diverse Ways of Knowing”” 2019 Digital video, receipt paper, markers, and motion. With students at Shield Reids Community center North Richmond, CA.
“Diverse Ways of Knowing” is a term I heard bell hooks use in an interview discussing her writting.
“Dream Roots; Tus Recetas-A Recipe Book”
Dream Root: Tus Recetas is a book of recipes made after the quarantine time of covid 19 in early 2021. As soon as we all got vaccinated we held 12 workshops at 2 senior housings complexes in the Fruitvale District. Additionally, we held 4 youth workshops and 2 intergenerational cooking classes.
The project conceived by Fredericko Alvarado was created with the help of one lead illustrator Pablo Ruiz Arroyo with contributing pieces by artist/illustrators:
Max Allbee
Fredericko Alvarado
Keena Romano
Thomas Jones
Stephanie Hooper
Blanca Landa
Rafael Sanhueza
Sarah Siskin
Thitiwat Phromratanapongse
The initial workshops were designed to mine the memories of the elders in our communities. Documenting recipes as a way to create a portrait of our community. The book is compiled from participants recipes and includes a photo journal of streets adjancent to the San Antonio/Fruitvale Senior Center.
Image- “Dream Roots; Tus Recetas” Recipe Book 2021 Cover Design Fred Alvarado
“Dream Roots;Tus Recetas”
Cooking Workshop with Cocina Del Corazon
Image- Seniors and youth preparing fresh juice for the collective meal cooked during the workshop.
“Now We Are Here”
2021, Acrylic on Terrazo, concrete, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, Grand Lobby, San Francisco, CA.
“Now We Are Here” is inspired by the Wiphala, a multicolored, square flag that connects many indigenous Andean communities from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and has been adopted as the dual flag for Bolivia. The Wiphala is a symbol of unity for these communities and speaks to their ancestral knowledge and wealth. Alvarado believes our city can learn from this unity and bring us closer to its future by fostering a deeper awareness of our environment and conscious collaboration with the Earth.” YBCA website
Future Relations: A Resource For Radical Teaching #1, #2, and #3 2016-2020
Future Relations: A Resource for Radical Teaching is an artist magazine that was created as an inspiration for those resisting and creating space with ideas of Radical Love. Since the publishing of the first zine the team at Future Relations have produced teach ins, art jams, and pop ups that feature the works of those who have participated in the project. In 2016 we were part of “Exist and Resist" at the Mission Cultural Center for Latinx Arts, where we created posters based on “Books You Should Read”, this included works by Pablo Feire, bell hooks, Jeff Chang and others. The art works were created by Los Pobres Artistas.
The work created were shared at the “Emergence” gathering hosted by Emerging Arts Professional at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco. In 2018 as part of the Alternative Exposure grant from Southern Exposure; Future Relations #2 was created. As part of the magazine’s release we created events at different galleries and spaces. We held events that focused on the work of young educators working with youth in the bay area. As part of a teach in at the Naming Gallery, we had discussions with Doctoral candidates William Ochoa and Ishman Anderson founders of My Other Brother and Mis Otros Hermanos. At another event held at the Incline Gallery we displayed visual art wokr and heard readings from poets and musical performers who contributed to the zine. The evening was started with a free protest poster making workshop.
The zine Future Relations A Resource for Radical Teaching is a compilation of artist that help gather new inspiration to keep teaching towards a collective freedom from injustices. The latest iteration of the project Future Relations: A Resource For a Radical Teaching focused on the idea of F.T.P. the acronym for Fight The Power, Free The People, Fuck The Police, and others. The 3rd zine documented a month long exhibition at SOMArts Cultural Arts Center as part of its curatorial residency. The project included over 18 artists and artist collectives art work’s that investigate, “How Do You F.T.P?”
Future Relations: A Resource for Radical Teaching created By Fredericko Alvarado Co-curated with David Petrelli and Thomas Jones
“Protest Signs; Books You Ought To Read”
c.2016-2020 enlarged copies on plotter paper on wood panels with wooden stick. This crowd sourced project asked exhibition audiences and participants to illustrate book covers for works that created empathy.
Image-Group of people holdig “Protest Signs” in front of “F.T.P mural”, 2019 by Los Pobres Artistas (Thomas Jones, Sarah Siskin, Keena Romano, Stephanie Hooper, and Fredericko Alvarado)
Up Front- “Serpent River Boook” 2018 Carolina Caycedo part of the Future Relations A Resource For Radical Teaching Presents F.T.P. exhibition at the SOMArts Cultural Center, 2019
“Tall Walls And Glass Ceilings”
Digital Video, 5:28 min. c.2021 animation created from photos and video from a walk in Silwan and a drive to Ramallah in Palestine.
Image: “Eye Witness Silwan”, Artforces (Susan Greene with Fred Alvarado) c.2019 Wadi Hiweh, East Jerusalem
ABOUT MYTHS AND LEGENDS: MONSTERS, HEROES AND LOWRIDERS
“About Myths and Legends” explores appropriation of cultures and the idea of identity in a post melting pot United States. The exhibition includes paintings, digital video, and performance pieces. Art pieces created for this exhibition are included as props for an interactive role playing game. The game focuses on the migration routes of players from different origins through a fictionalized California. The exhibition space serves as the location or “dungeon” where each adventure is launched as audiences are welcomed to play weekly games of “About Myths and Legends”. The exhibition includes a limited edition deck of cards, weekly gatherings discussing central themes of the game, and a players tournament that culminates at the closing of the exhibition. Site TBD