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Tony Bravo February 24, 2021Updated: February 28, 2021, 7:47 pm Mildred Howard is seen with her “Untitled House” project in her studio in Oakland. Photo: Paul Kuroda, Special to The Chronicle Mildred Howard is known globally for her award-winning work as a sculptor and assemblage artist who frequently takes everyday objects and imbues them with greater meaning and depth in her revisioning and recontextualizing. The work often takes the form of structures and shelters, like her 2011 installation “The House That Will Not Pass for Any Color Than Its Own,” a shed-like constru...

Chronicle Staff February 16, 2021Updated: February 22, 2021, 8:12 am The Chronicle’s guide to notable arts and entertainment happenings in the Bay Area. ‘Black Joy’ explored in Black History Month artist panel hosted by James Lick Middle School The concept of “Black Joy” has meant different things to different Black individuals over the years: For some it is performing acts to push for inclusion, for others it’s the feeling of accomplishment when racial divides are challenged, and some define it simply as the feeling of resistance they experience just daring to exist ...

Current projects: “The Lost Art of Dreaming,” including “The Dictionary of Joy and Pleasure” (micro-commissions to 10 artists seeking a source of pleasure for every letter of the alphabet); “Video Postcard” series “Our most recent project, ‘Boys in Trouble,’ did sharpen focus and shift direction upon the election of the last administration. The emboldening of white supremacy and specifically proudly anti-trans, transphobic values and strategic planning by the administration meant that I really wanted our project to stand up and speak back to that. “(‘The Lost Art of Dre...