The Holiday Sale is here again this year. The SJSU Ceramic and Glass Guild will be selling handmade items. The tent is located in front of the Student Union Building on campus.
There are a number of one of a kind items that can be purchased with cash or a check (please, no credit cards). Go early to glimpse all the items before they sale out:
Monday, Nov 30th – 10am-8pm
Tues./Wed., Dec. 1st and 2nd – 8am-8pm
Thursday, Dec. 3rd – 8am-4pm
Show your membership card from San Jose Museum of Art and receive 30% off at the Downtown ICE. The offer is good from November 20, 2009, to January 18, 2010
The Bay Area Glass Institute (BAGI) Presents…
~ THE NINTH ANNUAL 2010 GREAT GLASS AUCTION & PREVIEW ~
Annual Benefit Supports Emerging Glass Artists, Aspiring Students and Public Glass Art Education
SAVE-THE-DATES! (See ARTSHIFT calendar for more information).
PREVIEW: Friday, February 5, 2010 / 6:00-9:00 pm
Fourth Street Summit Ballroom, San Jose
AUCTION: Saturday, February 6, 2010 | 5:30-10:00 pm
Fourth Street Summit Ballroom, San Jose
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) invites Two-Spirit First Nations, American Indian, Native American, Indígenas and indigenous people of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Pacific Islands who are queer women of color to submit short films to our 6th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival, to be held June 11-13, 2010 at the Brava Theater, in San Francisco. The submission deadline is 5pm, Friday, December 31st, 2009. All submissions must be received in the QWOCMAP.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1. Films MUST be made by a First Nations, American Indian/Native American, Indígena or indigenous queer woman of color filmmaker.
2. Year of completion must be between 2007 and 2010.
3. Film must be under 15 minutes.
4. Complete the Festival Entry Form below.
5. Submit a VHS (NTSC) or DVD (Region 1) preview copy of your film/video. These items will be archived and will not be returned.
6. Include a CD of high-resolution stills (300 dpi).
7. Final exhibition format must be on Mini-DV (standard definition) tape.
Mail items to:
2010 Queer Women of Color Film Festival
c/o QWOCMAP
59 Cook Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
U.S.A.
Contact:
Liliana Hueso
Program Manager
festival@qwocmap.org
415.752.0868
www.qwocmap.org
FESTIVAL ENTRY FORM
Please attach this form with the preview copy of your film, along with a CD of stills, Press Kit and any other promotional materials.
Name of Filmmaker:
Race/Ethnicity:
Nationality:
Gender:
Sexual Orientation:
Full Mailing Address:
Email Address:
Phone Number:
1. Title of Film, Total Running Time, Year of Completion
2. Synopsis of Film (one sentence, 15 to 20 words)
3. Filmmaker Biography (one sentence, 15 to 20 words)
4. How do you envision your film fitting within the context of our Festival Focus on Two-Spirits?
Before Columbus arrived in the Americas, Two-Spirits: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender Native Americans were revered and honored in their cultures as ambassadors, treaty negotiators and spiritual leaders. Colonists also forced themselves into our ancestral homes in Africa, Asia and the Pacific Islands. Our powerful and tender stories were forcibly silenced, but today they can heal our communities while putting a different spin on notions like “traditional values” and issues like same-sex marriage and immigration. So send us your stories of credence, creation and creative resistance. Send us stories that allow us to remember the truth and hope for justice and love.
San Jose ICA Honors Long-time ICA Supporter
by Kathryn Hetzner
photo, 2009, Kathryn Hetzner
It is seldom that one experiences a legacy, one is more often told, but last Saturday evening was one of these experienced moments. I was grateful to have been invited to photograph a tribute and celebration for Michele J. Scott, a former board member of the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
I did not know Michele but the voices that shared her past molded an image of her. Her passion for printing, her loyalty to friends and her endless enthusiasm touched those who knew her.
Many honored her by toasting to her endurance, her humor and her commitment to the ICA and the San Jose Art Community. Those who attended were invited to make a monotype in her name. Many drew objects—persimmons, oranges, and just about anything orange (Michele’s favorite color) onto small Plexiglas sheets that Print Center Director Fanny Retsek then printed as a monotype. People exchanged images and the drawn objects conjured up stories of Michele and her tireless spirit.
Michele was one of the driving forces behind the ICA Print Center and making sure it would be an open access studio created for the community; it was her dream and now it is her legacy. Though the generous contributions of her friends and family, the ICA Print Center’s Michele J. Scott Open Access program has been named in her honor. For more detailed information on the Print Center and the Open Access Program call the San Jose ICA at 408.283.8155, or visit the web page at: http://www.sjica.org/printcenter/printcenter.htm
All grad students are eligible to submit to the first fully collaborative, student-run publication on visual studies. If you are studying for an MA, MFA, or PhD, or if you received your PhD in the last six months, you can contribute texts to this book. The deadline for proposals is January 30. To apply, visit the wiki for full information:
http://visualreader.pbworks.com/and then send us a two-page description of what you’d like to contribute. Your proposal will be read by the grad-student authors who are currently in the project (the editor, Jim Elkins, doesn’t vote). Full instructions are on the wiki.
Feel free to write us with questions: Department of Visual and Critical Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, mail@imagehistory.org
An archive of the forum webcast, which took place on Friday, November 20th, will be available on www.arts.gov next Friday, November 27th. The National Endowment for the Arts hosted a forum about America ‘s artists and other cultural workers and the way that art works as part of this country’s real economy. Academics, foundation professionals, and service organization representatives will come together to discuss improving the collection and reporting of statistics about arts and cultural workers, and to develop future research agendas and approaches.
For more information on the forum presenters go to: http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/cultural-workforce-forum.html
The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) is pleased to announce that the Guidelines and Application Form for Round V of the Investing in Artists grants program are now available for download at www.cciarts.org/funding
The Investing in Artists program provides grants in two categories for: 1) Artistic Equipment and Tools; and 2) Artistic Innovation. Beginning in 2009, the grants program will contain significant guideline changes, including a new Artistic Innovation grants category, the rotation of application deadlines according to discipline-specific groupings, and the requirement of online application submissions only. Round V is designated for Visual Arts, Craft and Literary Arts applicants only, and the deadline for submission of online applications is January 11, 2010.
Sana Makhoul, a San Jose State Art History MFA graduate, has just curated a new exhibition which provides alternative viewpoints of the Middle East. Passages is presented at the The Artaud Theater, 450 Florida Street, San Francisco from November 19th through December 3rd. View of the exhibition is free, Open Weekdays 1‚Äê3PM, Except Thanksgiving Weekend
The Exhibition features: Zeina Barakeh, a multimedia artist whose artwork explores identity, memory, and territory through an imagined space that emerges out of the necessity for survival during conflict; and May Hariri Aboutaam, an artist whose artwork investigates identity politics through the use of autobiography as an analytical tool to negate the past in the present, to interpret the living experience, and to project on the future. Curated by San√° Makhoul and co‚Äêpresented by Sunbula: Arab Feminists for Change.
This art exhibition is in conjunction with the Golden Thread’s celebration of ReOrient’s tenth anniversay. For more information go to: www.goldenthread.org
The Dr. Martin Luther King Library is a great destination during these shorter, cooler days when indoor activities can be even more inviting.
The Library is home to Recolecciones, the public art collection created by an artist team led by Mel Chin. Recolecciones contains 34 artworks that vary widely in form: they include functional installations such as chairs, tables and shelves as well as wall paneling, sculptural ceilings, technology-driven works, and more traditional sculpture.
Other San Jose Public Art highlights include information on taking the Cultural Vision Plan survey; creating your own art walking tour of downtown. Pick up a downtown map to start your adventure and to add your own favorites!
Also, don’t miss the This is San Jose Calling! Celebrating 100 Years of Radio Broadcasting in the City Hall windows on 4th street, Hidden Heritages: Six African American Families, in the City Hall Tower, Santa Clara St. Lobby, and at the Santa Clara Office of Education young artist are featured in Face2Face.
The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) (www.sjica.org) is pleased to announce that ICA Print Center Director, Fanny Retsek has been invited to participate in the Jentel Artist Residency Program at the Jentel Arts Center in Banner, Wyoming. Fanny will begin her month-long residency at Jentel in February 2010. She will be working in the Center’s printmaking studio creating monotypes, mixed media works on paper and drawings. The subject matter and content of Fanny’s work will be based on and informed by the efforts being undertaken by private and public conservation organizations working to preserve the state’s endangered native animal species and public lands.
Fanny Retsek was named the ICA Print Center Director and Master Printer in 2007. She received her MFA in printmaking from San Jose State University (SJSU) where she was twice awarded the Kenneth and Mary Auvil Printmaking Scholarship and Graduate Assistantship. While at SJSU, she was the assistant to the Master Printer of the university’s Washington Square Press. In 2003 Fanny co-founded Magpie Studios, a private printmaking facility previously located in downtown San Jose that offered workshops, one-on-one instruction and editioning. Fanny’s prints are included in numerous private and institutional collections and are exhibited throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and internationally. For more information: www.sjica.org
Jentel admits two writers and four studio artists to each residency session. The Residency Program offers dedicated creative professionals a supportive environment in which to further their creative development. Artists and writers enjoy unfettered time to allow for thoughtful reflection and mediation on the creative process in a setting that preserves the agricultural and historical integrity of the land. For more information: www.jentelarts.org
WORKS/San Jose has agreed to host a 3 day retrospective of the art of Tim Cottengim, a downtown fixture and good friend to many. His work spanning the last two decades is filled with power, anguish, and fearless self-portraits. He will be missed and we invite everyone to join us at WORKS on Nov. 20th for a reception 7-9pm, folloed by a drum circle and open mic at 9pm.
Let’s celebrate this wonderful man!!
The Cartier Award 2010
The Cartier Award for emerging artists living outside the UK is a major initiative by Frieze Projects in collaboration with Gasworks and sponsored by Cartier. Artists are invited to propose a new work to be realised at Frieze Art Fair 2010, which will be produced under the auspices of Frieze Projects. Proposed works may take the form of site-specific installation; performance; film; video or print work. The Cartier Award is open to non-UK-based artists within five years of graduating from an undergraduate or postgraduate degree, or under 30 years of age.
The deadline for applications is 4 January 2010. For full details of the award and an application form please see: http://friezefoundation.org/cartier
We Remember Geoff Bowman with Fondness and Admiration
Geoffrey Bowman
By Theta Belcher, Assistant Gallery Director,
San Jose State School of Art and Design
Geoffrey Bowman was born with a keen intellect and a mind filled with curiosity about the world around him. As a consequence, Geoffrey led a richly varied life. During his lifetime he earned his living as a Navy sailor, insurance salesman, taxi cab driver, mail carrier, prison art teacher, SJSU professor, and as an artist. During that same lifetime Geoffrey seriously pursued and became intimately acquainted with the cooking and eating of good food, the calligraphy and spoken word of the Japanese language, growing tomatoes and eggplants, world history both ancient and modern, politics, bebop, opera, jazz, playing the tenor saxophone badly (Geoffrey felt that it was the only instrument that had a truly human musical voice), eastern philosophy, and above all his art, both printmaking and painting.
ÔªøÔªøBen Alexy’s, The World As It Should Be, opens this Friday, November 13 at the Empire Seven Studio. The Studio is located at 525 N. 7th Street, San Jose. There will be also be music by Ves1 & Leo, from 7-midnight. The Studio is also supporting the Second Harvest Food Drive by collecting canned food. Please bring canned goods to help support the community. For more information visit: www.empiresevenstudio.blogspot.com