wednesday august 1 - thursday august 9, 2012

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1 - THURSDAY  AUGUST 9, 2012

Here's what MFA faculty, students, alums & friends are up to this week...

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\Congrats to Benjamin Ilka (MFA '12) on receiving the Keyholder Residency at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Springs, Maryland!

\Attn Faculty and Alumni: We're searching for contact info for the following alums: Jean Rainer, textiles (class of 1987); Craig M. Black, sculpture (MFA '89); Dennis L. Spicer, painting ('89); Richard E. Cunningham, painting (MFA '90); Bob Chorak, sculpture (MFA '92), Stephen J. Lee, painting (MFA '92), David N. Rosberg, film/video (MFA '95); Karen Krall, textiles (MFA '97); estate of Curtis Hsiang, sculpture (MFA '98); Nicole C. Saulnier, sculpture (MFA '98); Chy-Young Kang, painting (MFA '00); Rebecca Schaefer, textiles (MFA '02). Please help

\Sasha Duerr (MFA faculty/alum) and her Permacouture project is profiled on the CCA site

\Victoria DeBlassie (MFA alum) has a great little travel blog chronicling her Fulbright adventures up on the CCA site

\Some photos and a write-up in the Bold Italic about "Matcha: Taking Up Space" at the Asian Art Museum brought to you by Imin Yeh (MFA alum)

\Sarah Thibault (MFA alum) was interviewed for the Wolfe Contemporary blog regarding recent show "Immaterial"

\Christine Wong Yap (MFA alum) has some really nice work posted on SFMOMA's Open Space blog

\Sean McFarland's (MFA alum) recent show at Eli Ridgeway Gallery was reviewed by Temporary Art

THU 2 // Opening // "Searose Garden" solo show by Kathleen Clausen (MFA alum) // 6 - 10pm // Ramon's Tailor (628 Jones Street, SF)

FRI 3 // Tour // "Pacific Rim Sculpture Group tours American Steel Studios" // 3pm // American Steel Studios (1960 Mandela Parkway, OAK)  [contact Carol Koffel for a ride from CCA!]

FRI 3 // Opening // "Corner of the World" with work by Elizabeth Moran (MFA/MA '14) and Margo Woloweic (MFA '13), curated by Amanda Roscoe Mayo (CURP alum) // 7 - 10pm // Macarthur B. Arthur (1030 Martin Luther King Jr Way, OAK)

FRI 3 // Opening // "I'm So Goth - I am Dead!" curated by Bob Linder and Julio César Morales (both MFA advisors) with work by Andrea Bacigalupo, Bessma Khalaf, Jonathan Runcio (all MFA alums) and Enrique Chagoya, Jason Jagel (both MFA advisors) and Desiree Holman (MFA faculty) // 7 - 11pm // Queen's Nails Annex (3191 Mission Street, SF)

FRI 3 // Opening // "Sharp Pop, Dull Break" solo show by Rebekah Goldstein (MFA alum) // 6 - 9pm // The Wall Gallery (473 25th Street, OAK)

FRI 3 // Event // Oakland Art Murmur

FRI 3 - SUN 5 // Event // American Craft Council Show at Fort Mason Center, with work by Meghan Urback (MFA '12) and others  [see Classifieds section for discounted tickets]

SAT 4 // Opening // "House Show" presented by S.H.E.D. Projects, organized by Sarah Hotchkiss (MFA alum) and Jackie Im (MA alum) among others, with work by Kate Bonner, Zachary Royer Scholz, Hillary Weidemann (all MFA alums) and Calder Yates (MFA/MA '14) // 7 - 11pm //  1506 Peralta Street, OAK

SAT 4 // Talk // "The Whole Ball of Works II (a fresh breath of air)" with Brian Conley (MFA faculty) // 4:30pm // Mildred's Lane (517 Plank Road, Beach Lake, PA) RSVP

WED 8 // Opening // "Southern Exposure's Mission Voices Summer - Grito de la Mision Celebration" organized by David Sandoval and taught by Cara Levine (both MFA alums) // 5 - 7pm at Southern Exposure (3030 20th Street, SF)

THU 9 // Opening // "Messengers" solo show by Maja Ruznic (MFA alum) // 6pm // Trailer Park Proyjects (#65 calle Balseiros, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) 

(8/10) Elizabeth Dorbad at G11 Galerie, Berlin

(8/11) Raphael Noz at Coagula Curatorial in LA

(8/18) Permacouture's Summer workshop series with Sasha Duerr  TICKETS

(8/21) Amy Balkin, Shaun O'Dell, Elizabeth Dorbad, Ann Schnake, and Ruth Robbins at dOCUMENTA(13)

(8/31) Amy Balkin at Ballroom Marfa

(9/1) Mark Benson solo show at Ever Gold

(9/7) Malak Helmy in the Gwangju Biennale, South Korea

(9/7) Sarah Thibault at Mark Wolfe Contemporary

(9/8) Amy Balkin at Favorite Goods in LA

(9/12) CCA Faculty Exhibition (OAK)

(9/21) Amy Balkin at CCA Derry in Northern Ireland

(10/20) Cara Levine in ArtSpace, New Haven

"dOCUMENTA (13)" with work by Amy Balkin (MFA faculty) at Mueuem Fridericianum (through September 16) "I (Heart) Data Mining" with work by Amy Balkin (MFA faculty) at Kadist Foundation (through August 31) Jessica Skloven (MFA alum) solo show "Recent Works" at Z Space (through October 14)  "Beauty" with work by Fatema Abdoolcarim, Leora Lutz, Neil Rivas (all MFA '13), Ann Schnake, Jake Ziemann, Jeanine Scarboro, Johanna Friedman (all MFA '12) and Christopher Nickel (CCA staff) at Berkeley Art Center (through September 9) "Up Against It" with work by Matt Borruso, Margaret Tedesco (both MFA advisors), Luke Butler (MFA alum) and D-L Alvarez (MFA faculty) at Munch Gallery (through August 11)  "Fuzzy Logic" solo show by Sarrita Hunn (MFA alum) with work by Gareth Spor, Nightmare City (Carol Anne McChrystal + Keturah Cummings) (all MFA alums) at Good Citizen Gallery (through August 18) "Underneath It All: Desire, power, memory and lingerie" with work by Amanda N. Simons (MFA/MA '14) at Textile Center (through August 25) "Residency Projects" with work by Michele Carlson (MFA faculty) at Kala Institute (through September 15) "MATRIX 243" solo show by D-L Alvarez (MFA faculty) at Berkeley Art Museum (through October 7) "Dirty Funk" with work by Alika Cooper (MFA alum) at ACME. (through August 11) "Summer Slam" with work by William Emmert (MFA '12) at Guerrero Gallery (through August 4) "Movement in Many Parts" with work by Kim Anno, Sanjit Sethi (MFA faculty) Mik Gaspay, Susan Chen (MFA alums), curated by Weston Teruya (MFA/MA alum) at the Asian Resource Center Gallery (through September 28) "Tournesol Awardee Exhibition" with work by Neil LeDoux (MFA alum) at the Luggage Store Gallery (through August 11) "Earth Putt / Putt Works" at Will Brown (through August 12) "Rendez-vous 12" with work by Zarouhie Abdalian (MFA alum) at South African National Gallery (through October 14) "At the Edge" with works by Sean McFarland, Jamie Vasta, Anna Von Mertens (all MFA alums) and Jay Nelson (BFA alum) at Berkeley Art Museum (through December 23) "Untitled (1948 - 2012" by Sean McFarland (MFA alum) at Eli Ridgeway Gallery (through July 28) "Believe It" solo work by Hank Willis Thomas (MFA alum) at the Savannah College of Art and Design Pinnacle Gallery (through August 24) "Strange Fruit" solo work by Hank Willis Thomas (MFA alum) at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (through September 30) "Tournesol Awardee Exhibition" with work by Neil LeDoux (MFA alum) at the Luggage Store (through August 11) "Wall of Sound" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts (through September 8) "Salon No 9" with work by Alika Cooper (MFA alum) at MArine Art Salon, LA (through September 15) George Pfau (MFA alum) residency at Royal Nonesuch Gallery (4231 Telegraph, OAK) "Earth Putt / Putt Works" at Will Brown Gallery (through August 12) "Modeling the Universe" solo show by Linda Fleming (MFA faculty) at the Arty Museum of the University of Wyoming (through August 4) "Return to Rattlesnake Mountain" with work by Brindalyn Webster (MFA alum) at Maxon Mills (Wassaic, NY) (weekends through September 2) "Chico & Chang" group show with work by Pablo Cristi (MFA alum), San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (through September 16) "Stretch & Expose" with work by Aaron Terry (MFA faculty), Angus Haller, Jonathan Runcio, Mark Taylor, Erin Allen (all MFA alums) at San Francisco City Hall (through August 27) "Anomalous Perspectives: The 2011 Critical Mass Creative Stimulus Award Exhibition" with work by Sarrita Hunn (MFA alum) at Sheldon Art Galleries (through September 15) "Portrait of a Generation" with work by Libby Black (MFA faculty) and Alison Bickle (BFA alum) at The Hole (through August 10) "Mind the System, Find the Gap" group show with work by Stephanie Syjuco (MFA faculty), z33 (through September 30) "International Orange" group show with work by Doug Hall (MFA advisor), Allison Smith and Stephanie Syjuco (both MFA faculty), Fort Point National Historic Site (through September 3) "David Maisel: History's Shadow" at Keck Center (through October 5) paintings and wall installation by Leah Rosenberg (MFA alum) at State Bird Provisions (ongoing) "Long Island Biennial 2012" with work by Anne Devine (MFA '07) at the Heckscher Museum of Art (through August 12)