wednesday august 8 - thursday august 16, 2012

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8 - THURSDAY  AUGUST 16, 2012

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

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\Congratulations to Bean Gilsdorf (MFA alum) on her fall residency at the Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta, Canada!

\Congratulations to Meghan Urback (MFA alum) for winning the Book Arts Competition!

\Attn Faculty and Alumni: We're still searching for contact info for the following alums: Jean Rainer, textiles (class of 1987); Dennis L. Spicer, painting ('89); Stephen J. Lee, painting (MFA '92); 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). Thanks for all your help so far!

\ColorLines has an article about Neil Rivas (MFA '13) and his recent project on their website

\A sweater Amy Keefer (MFA alum) made is featured on the cover the Fall 2012 issue of Interweave Knits magazine

\The latest incarnation of ArtPractical features a number of familiar names: Leigh Markopoulos (MFA advisor and CURP Chair) has an article about this summer's "European mega-exhibitions"; Lia Wilson (MA alum) has a profile on Lane Relyea; Zachary Royer Scholz (MFA alum) has a review about Tucker Nichols's exhibition at Gallery 16; and there are four shotgun reviews about the "About Face" exhibition at Pier 24 by Diana Stapleton (MFA/MA '14), Leora Lutz (MFA/MA '14), Michael Rothfeld (MFA/MA '14) and Maureen Burdock (MFA/MA '14)

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) 

WED 8 // Event // "Earth Putt/Putt Sounds" // 7 - 10pm // Will Brown (3041 24th Street, SF)

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

FRI 10 // Opening // "Fight Therapy Portraits" by Melissa Wyman, curated by Sarah Lenore Nelson (both MFA alums) // 6 - 10pm // Error Plain 206 (Gallery) (1932 S. Halsted St. #206, Chicago)

FRI 10 // Opening // "Itinerant Architectures" solo show by Elizabeth Dorbad (MFA alum) // 7 - 10pm // G11 Berlin (Funkhaus, Nalepastr. 18-50, 12459 Berlin)

SAT 11 // Opening // "Rock Paper Scissors" with work by Raphael Noz (MFA alum) // 12 - 5pm // Coagula Curatorial (977 Chung King Road, LA)

SAT 11 // Opening // "From Our Bodies Blinking" with work by Noah Krell (MFA alum) // 7 - 10pm // Root Division (3175 17th Street, SF)

TUE 14 // Conference // "SFAI Annual Art Criticism Conference", staged reading of Oscar Wilde's "The Critic As Artist" // 7:30 - 9pm // SFAI (800 Chestnut Street, SF) RSVP

WED 15 // Screening // "TRAPS" with work by Rob Fatal and Noah Krell (both MFA alums) // ?pm // Space 1026 (1026 Arch Street, Philadelphia)

THU 16 // Conference // "SFAI Annual Art Criticism Conference", keynote speaker Lane Relyea // // 7:30 - 9pm // SFAI (800 Chestnut Street, SF) RSVP

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

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

(8/23, 25, 26) DL Alvarez (MFA faculty) and Kevin Killian (MFA advisor) with Ben Vilmain (MFA alum) at SFMOMA TICKETS

(8/25) Carl Auge (MFA alum) at chashama 461 Gallery in NYC

(8/25) Mark Benson (MFA alum) at Museo Tamayo in Mexico City

(8/25) Carl Auge (MFA alum) opening at 461 Gallery, NYC

(8/31) Amy Balkin (MFA faculty) at Ballroom Marfa

(9/1) Mark Benson (MFA alum) solo show at Ever Gold  [register for your limited edition flu shot!] 

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

(9/7) Sarah Thibault (MFA alum) at Mark Wolfe Contemporary

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

(9/12) CCA Faculty Exhibition (OAK)

(9/14) Serena Cole (MFA alum) solo show at Soo Visual Arts Center

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

(10/20) Cara Levine (MFA '12) in ArtSpace, New Haven

(11/8) Toyin Odutola (MFA '12) at the Studio Museum in Harlem

"Five Corners" with work by Evan Ellsworth Jourden, Matt Gordon (both MFA alums) and others at 2nd Floor Projects (through September 12) "Sharp Pop, Dull Break" solo show by Rebekah Goldstein (MFA alum) at The Wall Gallery (through August 29) "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) at Queen's Nails Annex (through September 15) "Corner of the World" with work by Elizabeth Moran (MFA/MA '14) and Margo Woloweic (MFA '13), curated by Amanda Roscoe Mayo (CURP alum) at Macarthur B. Arthur (through September 2) "Searose Garden" solo show by Kathleen Clausen (MFA alum) at Ramon's Tailor (through September 15) "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) "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) "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)