Leroy Parker announced that his new studio is finished. The studio is at his home in Lafayette. He said, it is both large (14′ walls, rest room and shower) and beautiful (ash hardwood floors). He plans to celebrate its opening sometime in the spring. Additional, the City of Richmond purchased one of Leroy’s paintings for their permanent collection at their new Civic Center.
Archive for December, 2009
News from Leroy Parker
Posted by kathryn on December 21st, 2009San Jose Installation through January: The Red Line
Posted by kathryn on December 20th, 2009
T.W five’s fourth installation “The Red Line”, is curated by Christine Canepa (SJSU Lecturer). The installation will be in the window of Blakes’s Steakhouse and Bar, San Jose, until the end of January. T.W, a Brazilian born street artist, received her Master’s degree from San Jose State in 2004. five is a Swedish born pictorial artist who will receive her Master’s degree from San Jose State in May 2010. The artists work primarily with vinyl directly on wall spaces, plexiglass or door-skin.
Glass: Fine Art Buying and Collecting
Posted by kathryn on December 20th, 2009Well-known San Francisco, CA-based gallery owner, Micaela Van Zwoll, will give an interactive lecture focused on fine art glass buying and collecting on Sunday, January 8, 2010, from 6:00-8:00 p.m., at the Finn Center, Community School of Music & Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, in Mountain View, CA. The lecture is presented by the Bay Area Glass Institute as part of its mission to make the celebration of glass art accessible to all, and to provide continued artistic and educational growth to artists, patrons and the community. ‚ÄúConnections, Culture, Collecting … A Contemporary View of Buying Art,‚Äù will provide both the novice and more experienced glass collector with insights on starting a glass collection as well as enhancing and/or expanding an existing one. The evening will begin with a reception featuring light hors d‚Äôoeuvres and wine, followed by the lecture and a questions and answers session. The lecture is open to the public, but space is limited so reservations are required. To RSVP or obtain more information, please contact BAGI at 408.993.2244, or visit the BAGI website: www.bagi.org.
A native of Berkeley, CA, Mica√´la Van Zwoll‚Äôs early education was formed in Europe and Southeast Asia, while following her vagabond parents around the world. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from San Francisco State University, and studied law at the University of San Francisco. In 1997, Mica√´la opened her eponymous gallery in San Francisco. Her exhibitions include collections of works by modern and contemporary masters, such as Picasso, Matisse, Nolde, Escher, Hamaguchi, Gilhooly, Lipton and Lipofsky, to annual monolithic presentations of glass sculpture, and esoteric digital essays. She’s shown work by emerging and mid-career artists, such as Martin Janecky, David Ruth, Susan Longini and Carol Lawton, and plans to collaborate with Bella Feldman, JP Long and Mark Leibowitz. Her personal collection includes works by emerging glass sculptors, drawings, paintings, video, and select mezzotint and woodblock prints. As a curator, she has presented exhibitions in Chicago, Miami, and New York. She has also juried auctions, provided museum assistance, and has been interviewed on public radio and television. For more information on Mica√´la Van Zwoll and her gallery visit: www.micaela.com
The mission of the Bay Area Glass Institute (BAGI) is to make the celebration of glass art accessible to all and provide continued artistic and educational growth to artists, patrons and the community. BAGI is the only public access glass-working facility in the Santa Clara County. A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, BAGI is funded in part by the City of San Jose and the Arts Council Silicon Valley. BAGI educates the public about glass art by teaching a variety of glass-working classes, offering tours of its facility, bringing in internationally renowned as well as local guest artists to conduct free public demonstrations and lectures. Every year, BAGI co-sponsors the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch® and hosts the annual Great Glass Auction. BAGI’s goal is to continue expanding its education and public access program offerings to artists and the general public. BAGI is located at 401 E. Taylor Street, Suite 115, San Jose, CA 95112. Phone: 408.993.2244; Email: studio@bagi.org; Web: www.bagi.org
ANDREW HEDGES INAUGURATES A NEW INVENTION AT THE ART ARK
Posted by erin on December 17th, 2009Oh! that TANTRUM!
by Erin Goodwin-Guerrero
Shooting flames and firing serial explosive bursts, Tantrum circled the grounds of the Art Ark
On Saturday, December 12, Andrew Hedges gave a supportive, albeit wet, audience an entertaining inaugural show of his newest vehicle, Tantrum. Gas, oxygen and acetylene power the functions of this single seat convertible that cavorted nimbly around the grounds of the Art Ark, shooting fire and making startling sounds like a fusillade of gunshots. Red banners, echoing the contours of the panels in the sculpted body of the vehicle flapped in the breeze, possibly implying “caution, gangway!” A brave few boarded for a test ride of what constituted Hedges’ MFA exhibition project. Although this light industrial neighborhood is somewhat inured the sound of gunshots, apparently the police did appear to investigate, found the source of the complaint to be benign enough, enjoyed the “spectacle” and moved on.
Tantrum appears to be hybrid of Mad Max art car, car machismo, alternative fuel vehicle and hissing frill-necked dragon lizard. It is best seen with the inventor himself at the helm, a self-satisfied and slightly demonic grin lighting up his face. Hedges has managed, once again, to combine into sculpture his love of machines that move, make noise and incorporate some sort of naughty if not downright antisocial elements, (his motorized bicycles notwithstanding).
KARIMI’S STUDENTS ENGAGE THE PROCESS, FORM AND CONTENT
Posted by erin on December 17th, 2009Two Hours at the San Jose Museum of Art with Young Art Students
By Pantea Karimi, Artist/Art Teacher
Studying art using computer screens, posters and books cannot evoke the same reaction as seeing the actual pieces in a museum or a gallery. Sunday December 13th was the last day of Alexander Calder’s show, Color in Motion, at the San Jose Museum of Art. Additionally, two other wonderful exhibitions were on display: Chuck Close prints: Process and Collaboration and Ansel Adams: Early Works. I took a few of my students, 7-11 years old, to the San Jose Museum of Art on December 13th for a two-hour field trip.
Sara Emami’s drawings, Yellow Whale and Dots and Dashes after Alexander Calder, December, 2009
We started our tour with Chuck Close gallery. I told my students about his life, media and work process before we entered the gallery. Screen-print and Intaglio printmaking techniques sounded mysterious to my students and they were amazed by how Chuck Close has been using these two processes in his works. Chuck Close’s twelve-step etching, Self Portrait-Scribble, elicited a stirring reaction; my students tried to figure out how Close used the metal plates, colors, and layers in order to create his self-portrait print; they counted and matched the layers for a few minutes. I let them figure out the process and when they finally did it, they got excited and started a commotion, which also engaged other visitors around us and put a smile on the gallery guard’s face.
Call for January Proposals: Campbell Public Art
Posted by kathryn on December 14th, 2009The City of Campbell is excited to announce a request for qualifications from artists interested in creating, fabricating and installing public artwork for the Stojanovich Family Park Project. Stojanovich Family Park is located at 316 Union Avenue in Campbell, California within a high density residential area. The property is currently vacant and has never been developed, having been part of a fruit processing and drying facility supporting the City’s orchard industry. This site is 1.32 acres in size (approximately 139’ x 408’). The City of Campbell would very much like to encourage local artists to submit proposals for this Public Art opportunity.
Proposals are due on January 22nd. For full proposal information, including exhibits and submittal requirements go to the City’s website:
http://www.cityofcampbell.com/General/Projects.htm
BECA Foundation Announces Expansion of Curate This 2010
Posted by kathryn on December 14th, 2009CURATE THIS! 2010, the second installment of the CURATE THIS! exhibition series created by BECA: Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art, is evolving from a one city-wide event location into a global arts + cultural exchange event involving multiple venues located in multiple cities around the world. The global art + design exhibition will take place from July 1 – December 31, 2010.
Through the exhibition of works of art + design by emerging artists, designers, duos, groups and collectives around the world, The BECA Foundation aims to facilitate an experimental, cross-pollination of creative innovation and new ideas in diverse locations around the world. The title, ‘CURATE THIS!’ reflects a departure from the familiar large scale exhibition model, typically curated by a singular vision with one head curator, to an exhibition with components and related events ‘curated’ by the public and professional and independent participants residing in multiple cities around the world. The first ‘CURATE THIS!’ experiment took place in early 2008 and led artists and directors, Melissa Roberts and Kurt Schlough to begin brainstorming the expansion of the experiment to bring about greater benefits to a larger number of participants.
BECA is an acronym for Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art and the core belief system at The BECA Foundation is that “New art + new design fuels the best of what’s yet to come on this planet.” To help mix that fuel and kick start new possibilities, the expansion of the CURATE THIS! exhibition project will facilitate a broader exposure of new art, new design and new ideas through both a physical and online network of participating venues in multiple cities around the world. The aim of building the network is to create international arts + cultural exchange opportunities, broaden arts education opportunities and appreciation for emerging contemporary art + design, facilitate introductions and lay the foundation for future collaborations toward the realization of a progressive, meaningful and fulfilling future for everyone. Global online content delivery of exhibition events and related special projects will enable global participation by millions around the world. The BECA Foundation is pleased to welcome the participation of Helen Pheby, PhD, Curator of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK whose research and curatorial work spans the globe including the US and Iraq and Ellen Lupton, legendary design educator and Curator of Contemporary Design at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Each has a unique insight which will add further depth and diversity to new CURATE THIS! 2010 exhibition components.
Upcoming participating venues in Boston, New Orleans, Miami, Denver, Los Angeles, Santa Fe and London have been the first locations to sign on. Venue participation proposals have also been submitted by exclusively online communities. Artists, designers, independent and established curators, gallery and art space directors as well as lease-holders and owners of other event and non-traditional exhibition spaces may email Melissa Roberts at mail@thebecafoundation.org for venue participation information. The BECA Foundation is building a global network to achieve a positive impact on the future of the residents of cities around the world. The formerly unimaginable, previously impossible and the creative ideas and proposals that may run counter to the current status quo are most welcome.
“Free your mind and the rest will follow.” – En Vogue
Support Headlands Art Center
Posted by kathryn on December 14th, 2009Please help Headlands raise $75,000 by December 31.
Make a fully tax-deductible year-end gift of any amount online, (https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=26672) or become a Headlands Member and enjoy special benefits connecting you to the Headlands community. You can also make a gift via phone or stock transfer; for more information contact Eva Rogers, Development Associate for Donor Relations, at 415.331.2787 x27.
To purchase limited edition prints from Alumni Artists go to: http://www.headlands.org/limitededition/index.html
MEMORIAL TO AN ARTIST WHO MADE A REAL DIFFERENCE
Posted by erin on December 11th, 2009SFAI Community Mourns The Passing of Bob Colescott
By Erin Goodwin-Guerrero
Colescott working in print media at Crown Point Press
Robert Colescott was outrageous, courageous, prolific, a pioneer, an activist, gentle, and loving. He was an important historical figure in the world of painting in the shifts from Modernism to Postmodernism from the late 20th Century to the present. In 1997, the entire American pavilion at the Venice Bienale was dedicated to Colescott’s work, an unprecedented yet merited honor.
Local Artist Work at SF Root Division Gallery Sale
Posted by kathryn on December 10th, 2009The Under 100 ‘H’ Sale, at Root Division Gallery, 3175 17th Street (at S. Van Ness), San Francisco, happens on Saturday, December 12th form 7-10 pm. Some of the Bay Area’s finest local artisans and emerging artists are coming together for a one night only sale. Items for sale include unique drawings, paintings & photographs, handmade jewelry, fairtrade clothing, knitwear made from recycled yarn, and much more!
And here’s the best part: no one item will be over $100. We’re taking the heartache out of holiday gift giving. After all, ‘H’ also stands for handiwork, homegrown, harmless, heroics, hyeanas, and hadeas corpus, all great reasons to celebrate. So come by, grab a cheap cocktail, listen to some beats, and be inspired to buy yourself something! And, if you really want to, we’ll let you take care of everyone else on that list too. Proceeds support local artists and Root Division’s Youth Education Program.
Featured Vendors & Artists: Carlo Abruzzese, Aerosthetiks, Myla Baker, Will Barclift, Bathing in Luxury, Elisheva Biernoff*, Nicholas Bohac, Elizabeth Cayne*, Alice Clemans/Wayward Seamstress, Coma and Cotton, Curlew Artisan Candles, The Crow’s Nest, Lauren Davis, Claire Droney*, Minh Duong, Estudio Martita, Adam Friedman*, Erin House, Peter Jacques, Funky Lotus Jewelry, Avy Jetter, Margo Jones, SJSU, MFA, 2009, Kenna Kristine, Nicholas Kulick, Kendra Renee Lawrence,
Gabrielle Lessard/Mangosteen Jewelry, lookwhatimade, Dana Levitt, Michelle Mansour*, Vanessa Marsh, Michele de la, Menardiere, Randall Miller*, Deneane Niebergall, Ramekon O’Arwisters, Phoenix Zoellick / Pixiebird, Rebecca Richards, Megan Patrice Riley, Daphne Ruff, Maureen Shields, Jamie Spinello, Lauren Summers, Blake Tucker, Ben Venom, Jen Waldhaus/REVERE Collection, Keef Ward, Laurie Wilson (*Root Division artist).
ROOT DIVISION GALLERY
3175 17th Street (at S. Van Ness)
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.863.766
www.rootdivision.org
ICA Announces Open Access Printmaking Program
Posted by kathryn on December 10th, 2009
In memory of Michele Scott, former Board member and dear friend of the ICA, we are very pleased to announce the recent naming of the Michele J. Scott Open Access Printmaking Program at the ICA.
As a longtime supporter of the ICA, Michele led a small group of visionaries who were determined to have a printmaking facility included in the ICA in the early planning stages of the new facility. It is in large part thanks to Michele’s tireless dedication and enthusiasm that we were able to realize that dream. Since opening in 2007, the ICA Print Center has hosted 30 workshops, eight Artists-in-Residence and 25 open access work days. Of all the Print Center programs, open access days are the most popular among our artist members.
The Michele J. Scott Open Access Program is available to artists familiar with the printmaking process to use as their own studio work space. Any artist who demonstrates an understanding of the medium is eligible to use the studio’s supplies, the press, and/or digital equipment (the certification program is offered free at the Print Center). This is especially helpful to graduates of local arts programs who no longer have access to university facilities, and artists who do not have the resources or studio space to own their own equipment.
Open access days at the Print Center are held on the first Sunday of the month from 10am – 4:30pm ($15 per hour). Upcoming open access days: Sunday, January 24 and March 7 (and the first Sunday of the month thereafter). Contact Fanny Retsek for more information.
We also invite you to take advantage of the wide range of printmaking workshops and programs offered for novices and experienced artists at the ICA Print Center. The 2010 ICA Print Center Workshop and Michele J. Scott Open Access Program schedule will be available in January.
We look forward to seeing you in the gallery and in the Print Center, soon!
Cathy Kimball
ICA Executive Director
Space 47 Remains Active with Virtual Space
Posted by kathryn on December 10th, 2009Dear Supporters of Space 47,
After a great two-year run, we have decided to close our beloved project space located in downtown San Jose’s SoFA district. Space 47 will remain active by continuing to provide a virtual space at www.space47.org. Together with a dedicated online presence, a dynamic group of artists, and upcoming site-specific projects and exhibitions, Space 47 will continue to promote its mission of fostering new ideas and supporting artistic exchange. Although there are several reasons behind our decision to close, it is now time for us as an independently run artist space to branch out into a new direction. We whole-heartedly encourage projects such as Space 47, and we hope that you will continue to support the efforts of emerging arts and artists in the South Bay.
Again, we are very thankful for your support during that past two years, and we will keep you posted on our latest Space 47 Projects.
Sincerely,
Angelica Muro
Principal and Curator, Space 47
angelica@space47.org
www.space47.org
Become a Docent!
Posted by kathryn on December 10th, 2009Do you have a passion for art and enjoy engaging others in artful conversation? Docent classes at the San Jose Museum of Art begin on January 12th, 2010. No art background is necessary; the museum will train all volunteers. For more information on how to sign up for the class email, vol4llaa@sjmusart.org or call the museum at 408.521.4005.
WORKS Art Marathon Fundraiser: Team/Individual Sign-ups
Posted by kathryn on December 3rd, 2009
Works/San Jose presents NOON2NOON, a 24 hour art marathon, beginning at noon First Friday, December 4th and continuing until Saturday noon, December 5th. We are seeking teams or individual artists who will be sponsored during a lock-in to create art to sell in a benefit fundraiser for Works/San Jose.
To sign-up as an individual or team please see the following information:
1) SIGN-UP: Contact Stephanie Battle at Works/San Jose. Call (408)286-6800 or write to gallery@workssanjose.org. You can also sign up on Thursday between 12-7pm at Works/San Jose.
2) ARTISTS/TEAMS: Drop off supplies and set up times are: Thursday Dec. 3rd, 12-7pm and Friday December 4th beginning at 12noon. Each team will be given a booth/area of the gallery that will include floor and wall space. Please bring art to display, preferably art for sale!
3) PERFORMERS: Performance area will be set up day of event. Basic mic will be available. Contact Stephanie to find out more about time of sets.
4) THIS IS A FUNDRAISER! We are asking each artist to commit to raising at least $25 for Works/San Jose! This can be done through sponsorship of a team and donating 50% of sales to Works/San Jose.
5) WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU? Over 1000 visitors on First Friday will get to see your artwork, network with some of the greatest artists in Silicon Valley, sell some artwork to people for the holidays, hang out in our VIP Artist Lounge with food, movies, and coffee!
This event will be streaming live online for those of you who are unable to join us on First Friday. For more information please contact Stephanie Battle, Gallery Coordinator at (408)286-6800
20010/11 Grant Workshops Begin Dec. 7th
Posted by kathryn on December 3rd, 2009Applicants workshops for (FY2010-11) Operating Grants and Project & Program Grants start at City Hall next week. Prospective applicants are encouraged to attend an applicable pre-application workshop. Please RSVP your attendance by sending an email to grantsworkshop@sanjoseca.gov and indicate your name, organization, and workshop date that you will attend.
Operating Grants provide general operating support to professional and semi-professional San Jose arts organizations with budgets consistently over $50,000 and a full season of arts programming. The Operating Grant Pre-Application Workshops are at City Hall Meeting Room T-644, Mon, Dec 7 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm; and Weds, Dec 9 from noon-1:30pm. The deadlilne for this grant is Mon, JANUARY 25, 2010 by 5pm.
Project & Program Grants provide support for publically-accessible arts activities by San Jose organizations; fundraising events and in-school projects that benefit a specific school/district are not eligible. The Project & Program Grant Pre-Application Workshops are at City Hall Meeting Room T-1446, Tues, Dec 8 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm; and Thurs, Dec 10 from noon-1:30pm. The deadline for this grant is Tues, FEBRUARY 16, 2010 by 5pm.
For more information about the operating grant application, please contact Karen Park at 408-277-5144 x26 or by email karen.park@sanjoseca.gov.
For more information about the project & program grant application, please contact Joe Rodriguez at 408-277-5144 x29 or by email joe.rodriguez@sanjoseca.gov.