Alex Kanevsky (b. 1963, Russia) is a painter currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kanevsky maintains that “artists statements are not possible and any attempt to write one leads to confusion and misinformation,” as painting is a visual medium and should be read and understood visually, not with words. Others have described his works as multilayered portraits that combine abstraction and figuration, playing with the depiction of motion and time. On November 1, we will hear about his art and process in his own words.

Ilka Hartmann, whose work is included in the de Saisset Museum’s current exhibition Radical Velocity, discusses her photography documenting the United Farmworkers and American Indian Movement with activist Eloy Martinez.

Martinez was involved in the original Occupation of Alcatraz (which celebrates its 50th anniversary this November) and worked closely with both César Chávez and Dolores Huerta.