About this episode

Monte Masi discusses his journey into art and experiences during significant cultural movements.

Monte joins Associate Curator Anna Zagala to discuss what drew him to art in the first place, the thrills and perils of the improvised unscripted encounters, and his experience living and studying in San Francisco during a tech boom and the tail end of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

People in this episode

Host: Anna Zagala

Guest: Monte Masi

Topics covered

• art
• improvised encounters
• San Francisco
• tech boom
• Occupy Wall Street

Keywords

• art
• improvised encounters
• San Francisco
• tech boom
• Occupy Wall Street

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Places: San Francisco

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