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PLAND (Practice Liberating Art through Necessary Dislocation) is thrilled to announce their inaugural residency and invite you to apply. Please take some time to download and review the residency overview and application and consider applying to the program from our website: http://itspland.wordpress.com/residency-info/

http://www.sustainablepractice.org/2010/04/16/pland-new-initiative-proclaims-practice-liberating-art-through-necessary-dislocation/

PLAND is a rather unusual context and what we offer through this residency is an immersive opportunity for spirited, gritty, and very real daily existence. We invite you to consider visiting our tiny parcel of land near Taos, New Mexico. Not only will a residency offer you the direct experience of living off-the-grid, but it will also invite new ways of thinking, making, seeing and collaborating.

Please note that the application deadline is May 10th and due via email.

Pass it on! In circulating this application information, we are also creating a social network of like-minded people. While PLAND can only choose one resident or collective for the 2010 season, they would still like to know who you are and how you’d like to participate in this endeavor. If you like what PLAND is up to, let them know! Join the email list, follow their blog, and befriend them on Facebook. … let’s make something happen!

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The National Endowment for the Arts supports the visual arts – painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, drawing, craft, etc. – through grants to organizations that serve the needs of and enhance opportunities for artists and their audiences. The FY 2010 funding categories for the Grants for Arts Projects include:

Visual Arts: Access to Artistic Excellence

The Visual Arts: Access to Artistic Excellence category encourages and supports artistic creativity, preserves our diverse cultural heritage, and makes the arts more widely available in communities throughout the country. While projects in this category may focus on just one of these areas, effective projects often encompass both artistic excellence and enhanced access. Proposals due August 12, 2010.

Challenge America Fast-Track

The Challenge America Fast-Track category offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations – those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. Fast-Track Grants are available only for:

(1) an arts event that will feature one or more guest artists; (2) professionally directed public art projects; (3) civic design activities that involve the renovation, restoration, or adaptive reuse of cultural facilities or spaces; or (4) the unified promotion of community-wide arts activities and resources to enhance cultural tourism or activities in cultural districts. Proposals due May 27, 2010.

Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth

The Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth category offers funding for projects that help children and youth acquire knowledge and understanding of and skills in the arts. Projects must provide participatory learning and engage students with skilled artists, teachers, and excellent art. Funded projects apply national or state arts education standards. Proposals due June 10, 2010.

The full guidelines can be found and reviewed at: http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/Visualarts.html

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Join the MPC Fine Art Print Club for a Print Day in May! Just make the commitment to print somewhere, somehow, on Saturday May 1. Send us a note letting us know where and when you’ll be printing. A phone # if possible. We will let everyone know who is participating. We can call each other, blog about it or just revel in the fact that we are all taking some time to do what we love to do. Let us know where you’ll be printing.

Blog with us: printdayinmay.wordpress.com

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May 1-2: Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, San Jose, Saratoga.
May 8-9: Atherton, Belmont, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, Woodside.
May 15-16: East Palo Alto, Ladera, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Loyola, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale.
Details: Admission is free. For an artist directory, locations and hours, go to www.svos.org.

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April 30 – May 9, 2010 (10am-4pm)
Reception: Friday May 7 (5:30-7:30pm)

Digital Arts Research Center (DARC), UCSC

http://danm.ucsc.edu/

Showcasing digital art with social impact, Things That Are Possible presents the work of fourteen MFA candidates who employ advanced technologies for creative potential. Their work interrogates the borderlands, edges, and contested territories of contemporary new media art practice.

Come explore interactive installations and audio, video and performance pieces.

Join us for our reception on Friday May 7, 5:30 – 7:30 pm!
Meet the artists! Enjoy food, drink and music!

For more information see: http://danm.ucsc.edu and click on News + Events, or email danm@ucsc.edu.

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CSMA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEFFRY WALKER APPOINTED TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NATIONAL GUILD OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Mountain View, CA — The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts recently named Jeffry Walker to its Board of Trustees. Walker is the Executive Director of the Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) at Finn Center , the largest non-profit provider of arts education programs in the region.

The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, located in New York City , is the national service organization for a diverse constituency of 400+ non-profit organizations providing arts education in urban, suburban and rural communities throughout the United States . CSMA, which has been a Guild member for close to 40 years, is one of the 10 largest schools of its kind in the nation.

As a trustee, Walker joins 21 directors and senior leaders from Guild schools across the country. Currently, Walker is the only trustee from California . “Serving on the Guild board is an opportunity for me personally and for CSMA as an educational leader to support advocacy and build awareness for the importance of arts education,” said Walker . “Arts education is not only a critical part of a child’s school curriculum, but involvement in the arts is important for people of all ages and throughout a lifetime.”

During his tenure on the Guild Board, Walker will serve on the Arts Education Advocacy Committee. He will also co-host the organizing committee for the next national conference of the National Guild to be held in San Francisco , November 3-6, 2010.

Building on a 30-year career in arts education and performance, Jeffry Walker was appointed CSMA Executive Director in 2007. At CSMA he oversees a $4.3 million non-profit dedicated to providing “arts for all,” regardless of age, level, experience or economic means. Annually, the school reaches more than 40,000 people, including over 6,000 children through its in-school programs.

Walker is very active in arts advocacy on the local, state and national level. In March 2009, he was selected to serve as part of the California delegation at National Arts Advocacy Day presented by American for the Arts on Capital Hill in Washington , D.C. In June 2009, he represented CSMA at the National Conference of Americans for the Arts in Seattle .

Walker currently serves on Leadership Teams for Santa Clara Office of Education’s “Artspiration” Arts Education Initiative and for the San Jose-based 1stACT’s “Creative Kids” initiative. He is the recipient of two Leadership & Organizational Enhancement Scholarships presented by the Applied Materials Excellence in the Arts program. His past experience also includes serving on grant panels of Arts Council Silicon Valley, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, and Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Prior to coming to CSMA, Walker served as the Director of the Austin Arts Center at Trinity College in Hartford , CT where in 2005 he received the Elizabeth L. Mahaffey Fellowship, the State of Connecticut ’s highest achievement award for excellence in arts administration. Complementing his administrative responsibilities, Walker also wrote and performed one-man plays, won a playwriting fellowship at the MacDowell Colony, and worked a clean-up stint in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Mr. Walker’s other professional experiences include teaching at Bucknell University (PA), West Virginia University and Drew University (NJ) as well as managing Mandell Theater at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He has also worked as a stage designer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. His abiding interest has been the medium of the arts in building a more culturally democratic society and more open relations and connections between people. Mr. Walker received an MFA from the School of Theater at Ohio University and a BA in Theater and Art from Slippery Rock State College (PA).

The Community School of Music and Arts ( CSMA ) was founded in 1968. At its Finn Center campus in Mountain View , programs include: music, art and new media classes and camps; private lessons; free concerts, lectures and exhibitions; and community outreach events. In the community, CSMA provides art and music education programs at more than 25 schools in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties . In keeping with its mission to make the arts accessible to all, the school’s Financial Aid Program awards over $250,000 annually in tuition aid and program subsidies to youth and low-income families. CSMA is located at Finn Center , 230 San Antonio Circle , Mountain View . For information about the school, its programs, people and events, call CSMA at 650-917-6800 or see www.arts4all.org. For information about the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, see www.nationalguild.org.

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SJSU’s School of Art and Design proudly announces the launch of a new website. The redesigned site gives access to the wide scope of activities, classes, faculty and student art that make up the school. Please view the new site:
http://ad.sjsu.edu/

The new site is the product of hard work by a dedicated team of students, mentored by Prof. Connie Hwang. The School of Art and Design is very proud of this project and very proud of the team. To view the fine work of all art students please see, “Our Work” page: http://ad.sjsu.edu/ourwork/

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MexntheCity.com
This week on the blog Erika wrote to us from Coachella. Ruby found the Mexican inspiration in Tim Burton’s MoMa show. And Marina is in DF for the week covering DFashion.

Racial Profiling: Photographer: Giovanni Cervantes
Giovanni specializes in photographing women. Yes it’s a tough life passion but he does it with so much ernestness! In his photos are ladies poised with grace and unabashed in their glowing sensuality. His work is a celebration of beauty and we fully endorse such demonstrations. Read more about this NY-based creative here: http://mexnthecity.com/

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Peninsula Studios is a thriving new community of artists with 16 private, professional studios. A welcoming group of 16 artists and growing, we currently have four studios left which are available for immediate occupancy. Please forward this information to anyone who might be interested.

Available Studios:
-High ceilings with beautiful exposed wood beams & skylights that allow for an abundance of natural light
- 24 hour secure access in well lit building
-Common sinks with hot water, 2 bathrooms
-Free wireless Internet
-Located in San Mateo @ Burlingame Border, West side of 101, Up the block from Nini’s Coffee Shop

158 sq. ft @ $244.90/month
180 sq. ft @ $279/month
190 sq. ft @ $294.50/month
215 sq. ft @ $333.25/month

Please call or email for information and an appointment to view.

Nancy Garcia
(650) 224-7883
nancygar2000@gmail.com

Brett Barron
(650) 400-7089
brettbarron@capitalrealtygrp.com

Peninsula Studios
1020 & 1022 North Idaho Street
San Mateo, CA 94402
(@ B ayswater/ West side of Hwy 101/Up the block from Nini’s Coffee Shop)

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Chronos and Kairos, A Dynamic Artwork for New Airport Terminal Reflects Nature of Time

In June, when the new terminal at Mineta San Jose International Airport opens, it will feature a bounty of new permanent and changing artworks. These artworks, based on the theme of Art + Technology, will be situated throughout the terminal in both pre- and post-security areas.

One of the changing artworks that will be featured in a gate seating area is Chronos and Kairos. This artwork, created by Gorbet+Banerjee with Maggie Orth, will be on display for two years. Chronos and Kairosis a dynamic interactive artwork consisting of sixty-five identical kinetic identical sculptural elements hanging below the waiting area ceiling. Each element is composed of two metal arcs that rotate around each other, manipulated like marionettes with a visible pulley system. Linked with a Jacob’s Ladder-type hinge, the arcs maintain a mysterious physical connection as they rotate in a graceful choreography. The artwork’s movements combine four actions: a soft kinetic breathing motion; ripples moving across the field of nodes activated by passenger movement; ‘counting’ through discrete node flips, and a completion mode when the nodes close to a static oval shape. When all nodes are closed, there is a slow reassembly and reset sequence, allowing the cycle to begin anew.

The artwork is based on a Greek concept that describes time in two ways, Chronos and Kairos – quantitative versus qualitative, numeric time versus metaphysical time. While we move faster, go faster, and measure time in ever-smaller increments, we are still able to seize the moment, to step outside the bounds of Chronos and embrace the opportunity that Kairos brings.

The artists chose this theme because airports, and their waiting areas, are hubs of travel and communication, the latest technology, speed and life. Time in the waiting areas ebbs and flows with the buildup of passengers before each flight, the clamor to board, and the emptiness that sits idle then slowly fills again. Airports have a larger rhythm as well, slowing at night, and speeding up during the day. Travelers rush through security then wait for boarding, rush to disembark then wait for luggage. They are ruled by the clock and yet time stretches and compresses based on their surroundings, expectations and desires.

Chronos and Kairos will give travelers an opportunity to ponder the nature of time while they enjoy its passage and interact with this beautiful, mesmerizing sculpture.

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Tuesday Nights March On with Surprise and Satisfaction

By Erin Goodwin-Guerrero

If there is any reader that does not yet know, every Tuesday evening at 6:00 pm, following a guest lecture in Room 133, the San Jose State University Art Department opens a new set of five to seven gallery shows with a mix of work that ranges from student-experimental to emerging artist and professional quality. Last week, an elegant opening of Nathan Olivera’s prints and bronzes in the Natalie and James Thompson Galleries was followed by visits to the student galleries featuring BFA and MFA exhibitions. This was one of those weeks when the BFA shows were every bit as exciting as the MFAs. You were bound to find one that you loved.

Susan Suryapa’s drawings evoke nature and move toward the abstract.

In Gallery Two, Susan Suriyapa presented large drawings on a toothy transparent plastic paper. Some of her drawings are minimal, sublime and lyrical, drawing on phenomena in nature that are often barely recognizable. I am fond of the fragile, pastel images in this earlier part of her series. In the last year some of her work has become bolder, more aggressively black and white, with an energy that sometimes borders on frenetic. They seem further abstracted and focus my attention quite exclusively on the lines and marks themselves, subjecting every mark to great scrutiny. I enjoyed the opportunity to discover the form of a storm or mountain vista or delve slowly into the details of every freckle on the petal of a lily that the more representational works afford.

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April and Art in New York

by Virginia Westphal Uhl

California

I grabbed the chance for a free place to stay, and headed to New York City for five days of gallery and museum crawling. My own work has addressed time, place, and spiritual connection. Since leaving school (SJSU MFA Spring 2009), my new dream is to make art with the potential to promote social justice and peace and reconciliation. I hope to open American’s hearts to the people of the Middle East. Defining this new direction is challenging and I am researching narratives. While in New York, I sought art that responded to issues of social injustice. Here is what I liked best:

Having read about Irving Petlin (Art in America, Mar.2010), I sought out his work, particularly Gaza/Guernica at the Kent Gallery in Chelsea. Alas, the gallery was closed the week I was there, but this painting is also in the current show, Mad Men (through May 1, 2010) http://www.kentgallery.com/exhibitions/2010/02_men/13.html.

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David Ruddell – New Work
Beverly Rayner – Accretion

April 22- May 22, 2010
Reception: Saturday, April 24, 2010, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
David Ruddell explores his own mythology for the journey of life by using the boat form as a metaphor for the passage of the human vessel through time. The physical representation of this symbol is meant to represent the choices we make in our lives.
In this exhibition Ruddell has created works on raw poplar panels and blackboards, including a small series of boats on children’s readymade chalkboards. Ruddell utilizes a palette of rich blues, reds, and yellows, in natural tones that evoke a symbolic landscape. David Ruddell’s work is in the collections of the Smithsonian American Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC, the di Rosa in Napa, California, and the Oakland Museum of California, as well as many private collections.

Accretion, by Beverly Rayner, inhabits the form of an exaggerated housecoat, covered with the residual ephemera carefully saved by one person over a lifetime. Greeting cards, bills, receipts, notes, inspirational quotes, prayers, poems and letters sheath the garment. In Accretion, Rayner illustrates the burden of psychological entanglement that human beings have with overabundance. These everyday objects are amassed into a monument to this human compulsion.
Beverly Rayner’s work is in the Oakland Museum of California, the San Jose Museum of Art in San Jose, California, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. She is a past recipient of the Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship.

Photographs and additional press information available on request.
Image top to bottom: David Ruddell, Red Board, Grey Board, Canvas Fir Boat, 2006; Mixed media; 49 x 83 x 7 1/2 inches. Beverly Rayner, Accretion, Mixed media, 2009.

Braunstein/Quay Gallery
430 Clementina (btw. 5th and 6th)
San Francisco, CA 94103
T. 415/278-9850

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