People’s Kitchen Collective
Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik: She // Her // Hers
Jocelyn Jackson: She // Her // Hers
Saqib Keval: He // Him // His
Social Artists
Oakland, California
Photo by Molly DeCoudreaux.
People’s Kitchen Collective works at the intersection of art and activism as a food-centered political education project. Based in Oakland, CA and co-founded by Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Jocelyn Jackson and Saqib Keval, People’s Kitchen Collective is rooted in decolonization with the belief that written in our family’s recipes are the maps of our migrations and the stories of our resilience. Their immersive, accessible community dining experiences celebrate centuries of shared survival. The group believes that sharing food with each other is a powerful tool for organizing communities. Their Kitchen Remedies project was installed at the Smithsonian in 2016.
In 2020, People’s Kitchen Collective received a Creative Capital Award. They have also been named “Rising Star Chef” by the San Francisco Chronicle, honored on the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 100 list and presented with the advocate award at the Center for Asian American Media Feast.
Donor -The Rainin Arts Fellowship is supported by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation.
This artist page was last updated on: 09.18.2024
STREETS! by People's Kitchen Collective and Brooke Anderson, 2018. A 500-person community meal program on two city blocks celebrating the intersectional activism and survival of the artists' peoples, West Oakland, CA.
TABLE by People's Kitchen Collective and Sana Javeri Kadri, 2018. A 100-person community meal and program recognizing the intersection between movement work against the executive orders allowing Japanese internment and the ban on Muslim entry into the US. West Oakland, CA.
Free Breakfast Program with Life is Living, by People's Kitchen Collective and Brooke Anderson, 2020. Three-part social intervention in the midst of a pandemic and forest fire air quality advisories. West and East Oakland, CA.