KQED’s Arts & Culture desk brings daily, in-depth cultural commentary and coverage of the Bay Area with a mission to enrich lives and inspire participation. Who We Are
East Bay Street Photographers Want You to Take ‘Notice’
With a new show, a collective of Oakland's top-tier lens artists invites viewers to see beauty in the mundane.
nic feliciano Is Blessed With The ‘Curse of an Overactive Creative Mind’
The fashionista, playwright, chef, thespian and 'master of fun' discusses her many artistic endeavors.
High Schoolers Give TLDR Versions of Rightnowish Episodes
The Drumbeat of Home: How Loco Bloco Keeps One Family Tethered to the Mission
As rehearsals heat up for this year's Carnaval, one 15-year-old dancer calls Loco Bloco 'like family.'
A Photographer Documented Black Cowboys Across the U.S. for a New Book
Ivan McClellan’s ‘Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture’ puts Black cowboys — male and female — front and center.
SFMOMA Workers Urge the Museum to Support Palestinians in an Open Letter
The letter calls on the museum to join an academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions.
Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi Is ‘Tickled Pink’ to Inspire a Barbie Doll
The Bay Area ice skating champ is thrilled that the new doll is coming out in time for AAPI Month.
Funding for KQED Arts & Culture is provided by:
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Akonadi Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Yogen and Peggy Dalal, Diane B. Wilsey, the William and Gretchen Kimball Fund, Campaign 21 and the members of KQED.