Rex Ray (September 11, 1956–February 9, 2015) was an American artist best known for his innovative pop aesthetic in fine and commercial art – on canvases, wood panels, album covers, paper, book jackets, murals, and rock and roll posters. A major cultural force in the art, literary, and activist communities in the Bay Area, he was recognised for his signature work in collage. Ray’s work has been included in exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Akron Art Museum; Berkeley Art Museum; Crocker Art Museum; MCA Denver; McNay Art Museum; San Jose Museum of Art; and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Griff Williams is an artist, educator, and the founder of Gallery 16 in San Francisco. Bay Area writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of twenty books on feminism, social change and insurrection, hope and disaster, and more. Christian Frock is a writer, art critic, and public scholar based in San Francisco.