Hiraeth: 3.9 Collective Finds Home in Thacher Gallery
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THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO © THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015 • VOL. 112, ISSUE 18 NEWS SCENE OPINION SPORTS A9 USF transitions its intranet f\f* Read about this past f\Q Father Fitzgerald writes "I O Two different perspectives from USF Connect to My- week's Holi Festival an op-ed clarifying any on both Bay Area baseball USF to improve function celebration that brought confusions about his teams from MLB spring and format. -vibrant Spring colors to comments on sexual ttaining in Arizona. campus. assault made on March 12. jENERAL " FNl RA! LECTION [ i HOJWfl Students observe Mark Harris' "Take Me to Your Leader," displayed in the Hiraeth: 3.9 Collective ip Thacher Gallery. KRIS GEORGE/FOGHORN HIRAETH: 3.9 COLLECTIVE FINDS HOME IN THACHER GALLERY CORIE SCHWABENLAND exploring what it means to be "black" in San class," says Rhodes. "It became a concern for us, Contributing Writer Francisco when, according to the 3.9 Collec and we decided that, since we're both attists, to tive, is a word that's "now synonymous with try to figure out a way to talk about these issues With the arrival of Hiraeth: The 3.9 Col 'vanishing.'" through our art and form a collective." lective Searches for Home in Thacher Gallery, Since its founding, 3.9 has swelled to twen Gleeson Library has transcended its function 3.9'S ROOTS, GROWTH AND ty-five artists, the group's highest numbet. as a study haven for students in an exception GOALS Then five of their own artists were priced out ally poignant way. Now, its space has trans The collective started with a discussion of San Francisco, leaving the collective at its formed into a visual, and visceral walkthrough between two East Coast-to-SF transplants, current total of twenty, nine of whom conttib- exploration of "home," and what exactly that says 3.9 co-founder William Rhodes. When uted art to "Hiraeth." means in San Francisco's rapidly changing eth Rhodes, originally from Baltimore, and fellow Joining 3.9 has been an important source of nic landscape. Where is home? How is it cre artist Nancy Cato shared their perceptions support for many of its members as art resources ated? Most importantly, what happens when about San Francisco after living in the city for decrease in tandem with the city's overall cost- home begins to slip away from you, changed by a respective seven and twenty years, they came of-living increase. "You know, just trying to time into something increasingly unfamiliar? to a striking conclusions make it as an artist anywhere in the country is The latter is an essential question for the "We really just felt there was a huge dis hard," explains member Mark Harris. "Be you a 3.9 Art Collective, both in theit contributions parity when it comes to wealth, and very few minority or a woman, it's tough to make it as an to Hiraeth and in their art as a whole. When variations of African Americans: You see a lot attist. It's even tougher here, where the presence a preliminary census statistic pegged the city's of Aftican Ameticans that are homeless; you of African American artists is almost nil. I don't black population at 3.9 in 2010, the collective do not see a lot of African Americans living in think that most people would think we have a found their name, and an important niche: San Francisco that are middle class or working presence here in the city." 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