Artists
Related Tactics
Michele Carlson: She // Her // Hers
Weston Teruya: He // Him // His
Nathan Watson: He // Him // His
Arts Collective
San Francisco, California
Related Tactics is an artistic collaboration formed in 2015 between artists and cultural workers Michele Carlson, Weston Teruya, and Nathan Watson. Their projects are made at the intersection of race and culture and explore the connections between art, movements for social justice, and the public through transdisciplinary exchanges, collective making, and dialogue. The collective is comprised of three artists of color who came together to proactively and specifically address the impacts of systemic racism and white supremacy and create spaces for mutual support and transformation. While the core of their work is a creative collaboration between the three leads, they often utilize curatorial approaches as artistic gestures to create opportunities within their communities and construct space for collective voice. They confront systemic and institutional racism or inequities that influence our immediate socio-cultural lived experience—a practice that benefits from collective support and sharing knowledge or resources. Related Tactics' projects have been presented by Wexner Center for the Arts, University of San Francisco Thacher Gallery, Berkeley Art Center, The Luminary, Museum of Capitalism at the Kellen Gallery of Parsons School of Design, Center for Craft, Southern Exposure, and Chinese Cultural Center of San Francisco. They have been supported through Kala Art Institute’s Print Public, a Craft Research Fund Artist Fellowship, a CoLAB residency from the Lucas Artists Program of Montalvo Arts Center, and grants from the San Francisco Arts Commission and Ruth Foundation for the Arts.