April 2022: Jamae Tasker
Jamae Tasker (collage artist): Decades-long resident of and teacher in the Outer Sunset of SF, Jamae Tasker began her creative practice when making hundreds of protest signs in 2020 that she and other community members placed on the Great Highway here in our neighborhood. Her practice has since developed into collage art as a way of processing the world, personal events and emotions.
"In life, I am incredibly drawn to people and community. I am curious about our interconnected lives and our intersectional identities. I explore both in my artwork, and my art practice. My peices sometimes start with a feeling, that leads to a color, that leads to a face. But they can also happen the other way around. Although the people come from my imagination, there is something incredibly familiar in each one. I think it's simply our humanity and I love looking at them."