"Her choice? San Francisco designer Ken Fulk, whose style she described as louche with a little too much velvet. That style is on display at Saint Joseph's Arts Society, which Fulk founded in 2018, turning the former Romanesque church into a glamorous, massive art space south of Market. Looking around on September 12th, the opening night of La Pocha Nostra's The Other Art World, it seems that for Fulk, there is no such thing as too much velvet."
"The maximalism of the former church, full of patterned drapes, hidden spaces, and velvet couches, goes well with the maximalism of La Pocha who, on opening night, put on the roving performance The History of Art in 15 Minutes with music, songs, poetry, and special appearances by Flower Piano Festival musicians. An performance at the opening night of 'The Other Art World - La Pocha Nostra'(Jackson Courtney, Saint Joseph's Arts Foundation) This desire to do it all is another thing La Pocha Nostra has in common with Saint Joseph's, which along with hosting arts events like this one, also does residencies, readings, film festivals, and mahjong nights."
"Collective member Francisco Orregowho read his poem Liquid Wreck wearing a tie, jacket, and black cartoon-robber-style maskjoined after meeting Gomez-Pena by chance at City Lights Books one night a couple of years ago. He is currently working on a film with them, Rancho Noir. He loves being part of La Pocha. No boundaries is fantastic. It applies to everything in life, from gender to politics to actual borders, he says. It transcends all of that, and that's pretty exciting."
Ken Fulk remodeled a former Romanesque church into Saint Joseph's Arts Society in 2018, creating a glamorous, velvet-filled art space south of Market. La Pocha Nostra, a long-running collective founded in 1993 and now based in San Francisco, staged The Other Art World opening with a roving performance mixing music, songs, poetry, and special appearances. The venue's patterned drapes, hidden spaces, and velvet couches amplified La Pocha Nostra's maximalist aesthetic. Saint Joseph's hosts diverse programming including residencies, readings, film festivals, and mahjong nights. Collective members like Francisco Orrego emphasize fluidity and boundary-crossing across gender, politics, and borders.
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