wednesday january 30 - friday february 8, 2013



// Belated congrats to Lia Cook (MFA faculty), recipient of the Smithsonian's Artist Research Fellowship for 2012/13

// Stairwell's is offering their third Field Trip on February 10! MORE INFO! RSVP!






// Julia Goodman's (MFA alum) work from her Dump Residency was covered in the SF Chronicle

// Michele Carlson (MFA/VCS alum and faculty) and Sarah Hotchkiss (MFA alum) have essays in SoEx's new publication, Making a Scene

// Pictures of the Earth, (MFA alum) Sean McFarland's recently published catalog, features his work and an interview with the artist and David Kasprzak (CURP alum) 

// Imin Yeh (MFA alum) recently started a residency in Partapur, India. Here's a peek at what she's been up to

// Nick Meyer's (MFA alum) photo book Pattern Language is featured on The Indie Photo Library

// Take a look at the Uprise Art blog's Q&A with Nick Meyer (MFA alum)  

// Kenneth Baker covered exhibitions by two MFA alums, Lindsey White and Taha Belal, in the same blog post

// (MFA alum) Anthony Marcellini's exhibition at the Wilkinson Gallery got a nice mention in Artform's Critic's Picks for London

// (MFA alum) Amanda Curreri's current show "The Aunque" at Romer Young got write-ups in the latest Art Practical, SFAQ, and the Colpa Press Gazetta




 
WED 30 // Open Critique // With guests Leigh Markopoulos, Josh Faught (both MFA faculty) and Claudia Altman-Seigel // 6 - 8PM // Drawing Room (SF)

THU 31 // Lecture // Jon Sueda (MFA Design Faculty) // 7PM // Timken (SF)

FRI 1 // EXPO PREP // Presentation + resume review // 12:15 - 1:30PM // East 1, East 3 (SF)  (REGISTER)


WED 6 // IMPACT AWARD Info Session // 3 - 4PM // East 1 (SF)

WED 6 // NOTES FROM THE STUDIO // Leslie Shows // 4 - 5PM // Drawing Center (SF)


WED 6 // SATELLITE LECTURE SERIES // Jemima Wyman // 7:15PM // Room GC4 (SF)

THU 7 // CERAMICS LECTURE SERIES // Carol Koffel (MFA alum), Erik Scollon (MFA/MA alum), and Ben Belknap // 7:15PM // Treadwell Ceramics Arts Center (OAK)


FRI 8 // IMPACT AWARD Speed Dating Event // 10 - 11:30AM // West 2 (SF)

FRI 8 // EXPO PREP // Portfolio reviews // 12 - 4PM // East 1, West 3 (SF)  (REGISTER)






WED 30 // Performance // "Jean Genet in the Aunque" by Amanda Curreri (MFA alum) // 7PM // Romer Young Gallery (1240 22nd St, SF)

THU 31 // Opening // "That's what I figure" with work by Elisheva Biernoff (MFA alum) and others // 5 - 7PM // Kondos Gallery (3835 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento) 

FRI 1 // Opening // "The Death of Rave" with work by Orphan Drift (MFA faculty Ranu Mukherjee and others) // noon - 8PM // Kunstquartier Studio (1 Mariannenplatz 2, Berlin)

FRI 1 // Opening // "And the Crowd Had Rushed Together, Trying to Keep Warm" solo show by Alicia Escott (MFA alum) // 6 - 9PM // interface gallery (486 49th St, OAK)

FRI 1 // Lecture // "Racing to Catch Up" by Dan Cameron // 4:30PM // SFAI (800 Chestnut St, SF)

FRI 1 // Opening // "Weaving and Innovation: Digital Fibers Converse with Neural Networks" solo show by Lia Cook (MFA faculty) // 5:30 - 8PM // Design Gallery, University of Wisconsin (1300 Linden Drive, Madison, WI)

SAT 2 // Opening // "Look Out" solo show by Elisheva Biernoff (MFA alum) // 4 - 7PM // Eli Ridgway (172 Minna St, SF) 

SAT 2 // Opening // "Futures" with work by Sara Dykstra (MFA '13) // 7 – 9PM // Arc Gallery (1246 Folsom St, SF)

SAT 2 // Opening // "The Ghost of James Lee Byars: A Retrospective" // 8 - 11PM // Will Brown (3041 24th St, SF)

MON 4 //­ ON VIEW // "The Art of Living Black" with work by John McCoy (MFA '14) // State Building (Great Hall and Lower Gallery, 455 Golden Gate, SF) MORE INFO

WED 6 // Opening // "By-Product Becomes Product" with work by Julia Goodman, Imin Yeh (both MFA alums), Russell Baldon, Barbara Holmes (both CCA faculty) // 7 - 9PM // Intersection for the Arts (925 Mission St, SF)





(2/9) Dalia Anani, Byron Peters, Lauren Marie Taylor, Tali Weinberg, Ansley West Rivers, Megan Atherton, Adam Henderson, Elizabeth Moran in MFA NOW at Root Division

(2/9) Cinematography workshop (SF)  RSVP

(2/11) Julia Goodman at Z-Space

(2/12) Brook Hinton talk at Wattis (SF)

(2/13) Elisheva Biernoff talk

(2/14) Nick Meyer at United Photo Industries HQ

(2/15-22) Susanne Cockrell's Field & Kitchen Workshop

(2/15) Ranu Mukherjee, Mik Gaspay, Weston Teruya, Skye Thortenson at SOEX

(2/15) Jason Hanasik at SF Arts Commission Gallery

(2/15) IMPACT Award Grant Writing Workshop (SF)

(2/16) Serena Cole's magazine show at Issues

(2/18) Jamaica Kincaid lecture (see CLASSIFIEDS for free tix)

(2/18 - 3/8) Second Year Final Reviews

(2/20) Brett Reichman Satellite Lecture

(2/20) Desiree Holman talk

(2/21) Narrative (Inter)actions: DJ Spooky (SF)

(2/21) Welly Fletcher, Renee Gertler, Amber Stucke, Kevin Chen at KALA

(2/22) MODEL MODEL UN

(2/25) Lia Cook at Hong Kong Polytechnic University

(2/27) Jordan Kantor talk

(2/27) Shih-Chieh Huang Satellite Lecture

(2/28) Ranu Mukherjee's ENGAGE/SRL class performance at Asian Art Museum

(2/28) Narrative (Inter)actions: Juvenal Acosta

(2/28) reception for John McCoy at the State Building

(3/1) Barclay Simpson Award applications due




"Identical Operations" solo show by Doron Fishman (MFA alum) at The Lab (Through February 9)

"Futures" with work by Sara Dykstra (MFA '13) at Arc Gallery (Through March 23)

"Painting Between the Lines" with work by Jordan Kantor (MFA faculty) and others at Williams College Museum of Art (February 16 through June 9)

"Irrational Exuberance (Asst. Colors)" solo show by Christine Wong Yap (MFA alum) at Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK (through February 16)

Jordan Kantor (MFA faculty) solo show at Ratio 3 (through February 9)

"The Aunque" solo show by Amanda Curreri (MFA alum) at Romer Young Gallery (through February 16)

"In the Event of My Death" with work by Elizabeth Dorbad (MFA alum)Justin Limoges (WATTIS), and others at Unspeakable Projects 

"The Aunque" solo show by Amanda Curreri (MFA alum) at Romer Young Gallery (through February 16)

"BACON WONDERS" with work by Ann Schnake (MFA Alum) at Sacred Wheel (through February 1)

"Pointless Show" with work by Arash Fayez and Christie Noh (both MFA ´13) at Kearny Street Workshop Office Space Gallery (through February)

"Fore" with work by Toyin Odutola (MFA '12)  at Studio Museum Harlem (through March 10)

"Postscript: Writing After Conceptual Art" group show with work by Kristina Podesva (MFA faculty) and others (through February 2013)

"Fore" with work by Toyin Odutola (MFA '12) and others at Studio Museum Harlem (through March 10)

Jeanne Finley (MFA faculty), Anthony Discenza (MFA faculty/alum), Weston Teruya (MFA/MA alum), Carlos Ramirez (MFA alum) at Palo Alto Arts Center (through April 14) 




wednesday january 23 - friday february 1, 2013




 
// Take a look at the Uprise Art blog's Q&A with Nick Meyer (MFA alum)
 
// Kenneth Baker covered exhibitions by two MFA alums, Lindsey White and Taha Belal, in the same blog post

// (MFA alum) Anthony Marcellini's exhibition at the Wilkinson Gallery got a nice mention in Artform's Critic's Picks for London



 

WED 23 // Opening // "Reflection 100" with work by Curtis H. Arima, Marilyn da Silva, Angela Hennessy (all MFA advisors) and others // 5:30 - 7:30PM // Oliver Art Center (OAK)

WED 23 // Opening // Staff Art Exhibition // 5:30 - 7:30PM // Isabelle Percy West Gallery (OAK)

THU 24 // SPRING GRAD SYMPOSIUM // "Narrative (Inter)Actions" faculty roundtable with Kim Anno, Brook Hinton, Andrew Lyndon, Kristian Simsarian, Steve Diller, Cheryl Dunye, Tania Hammidi // 7PM // Timken (SF)

MON 28 // DESIGN + CRAFT LECTURE SERIES // Simon Starling // 7PM // Nahl Hall (OAK)

TUE 29 // INFINITE SCREENS LECTURE SERIES // "Orphan Morphin'" by Craig Baldwin // 7:30PM // Wattis Galleries (360 Kansas, SF)

WED 30 // Open Critique // With guests Leigh Markopoulos, Josh Faught (both MFA faculty) and Claudia Altman-Seigel // 6 - 8PM // Drawing Room (SF)





ON VIEW // 2013 MexiCali Biennial, including work by Natalia Anciso, Frederick Alvarado (both MFA alums) // Vincent Price Art Museum (1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA)
 
ON VIEW // "Continuations: Processing War and Trauma" with work by Natalia Anciso, Bessma Khalaf, Wafaa Yasin (all MFA alums) // Asian Resource Gallery (310 8th St, OAK)

FRI 25 // Artist Talk // Sean McFarland (MFA alum) with James Henkel // 7:30PM // SFAI (800 Chestnut, SF)


FRI 25, SAT 26 // Opening // "Rag Sorters and Star Gazers" by Julia Goodman (MFA alum) // FRI 5-9PM, SAT 1-3PM // San Francisco Dump (503 Tunnel Ave, SF) 

FRI 25 // Opening // "Even a Perfect Crime Leaves a Trace" solo show by Anthony Marcellini (MFA alum) // 6 - 9PM // Goteborgs Konsthall (Gotaplatsen, SE-412 56, Goteborg)

FRI 25 // Artist Talk // "Allegories and Metaphors" by Paul Kos // 4:30PM // SFAI (800 Chestnut St, SF)

FRI 25 // Opening // "Happiness is..." with work by Susan O'Malley, Lean Rosenberg, Christine Wong Yap (all MFA alums) // 7 - 9:30PM // Montalvo Arts Center (15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga)

FRI 25 // Opening // "Other People's Property" solo show by Hank Willis Thomas (MFA/MA alum) // 5:30 - 7:30PM // Fritzgerald Gallery, Haverford College)

SAT 26 // Opening // "MAS ATTACK" with work by Rema Ghuloum (MFA alum) and others // 6 - 11PM // LA Mart (1933 S Broadway, Los Angeles)

TUE 29 // Panel Discussion // Julia Goodman (MFA alum) // 7PM // San Francisco Dump (401 Tunnel Avenue, SF)

WED 30 // Performance // "Jean Genet in the Aunque" by Amanda Curreri (MFA alum) // 7PM // Romer Young Gallery (1240 22nd St, SF)

THU 31 // Opening // "That's what I figure" with work by Elisheva Biernoff (MFA alum) and others // 5 - 7PM // Kondos Gallery (3835 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento)

FRI 1 // Opening // "The Death of Rave" with work by Orphan Drift (MFA faculty Ranu Mukherjee) // noon - 8PM // Kunstquartier Studio (1 Mariannenplatz 2, Berlin)

FRI 1 // Opening // "And the Crowd Had Rushed Together, Trying to Keep Warm" solo show by Alicia Escott (MFA alum) // 6 - 9PM // interface gallery (486 49th St, OAK)

FRI 1 // Lecture // "Racing to Catch Up" by Dan Cameron // 4:30PM // SFAI (800 Chestnut St, SF)





(2/2 Sara Dykstra at Arc Gallery

(2/2) Post Production workshop (SF)

(2/2) Elisheva Biernoff at Eli Ridgway
(2/6) Julia Goodman, Scott Oliver, Imin Yeh, Russell Baldon, Barbara Holmes at Intersection 

(2/6) Leslie Shows talk (SF)

(2/6) Jemima Wyman talk


(2/7) Carol Koffel, Erik Scollon talk in Treadwell (OAK)


(2/9) Cinematography workshop (SF)

(2/11) Julia Goodman at Z-Space


(2/12) Brook Hinton talk at Wattis (SF)

(2/13) Elisheva Biernoff talk

(2/15-22) Susanne Cockrell's Field & Kitchen Workshop

(2/15) Jason Hanasik at SF Arts Commission Gallery



(2/16) Serena Cole's magazine show at Issues

(2/18) Jamaica Kincaid lecture (see Classifieds for free tix)

(2/18 - 3/8) Second Year Final Reviews

(2/20) Brett Reichman talk

(2/20) Desiree Holman talk



(2/21) Narrative (Inter)actions: DJ Spooky (SF)

(2/27) Jordan Kantor talk

(2/27) Shih-Chieh Huang talk



(2/28) Narrative (Inter)actions: Juvenal Acosta

(3/1) Barclay Simpson Award applications due

(3/8) MFA Thesis website content due




"Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture" with work by Jordan Kantor (MFA faculty) and others at Salina Art Center, Kansas

"Painting Between the Lines" with work by Jordan Kantor (MFA faculty) and others at Williams College Museum of Art (through June 9)

"Irrational Exuberance (Asst. Colors)" solo show by Christine Wong Yap (MFA alum) at Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK (through February 16)

 
"Matter of Fact" solo show by Lindsey White (MFA alum) at Eli Ridgway (through January 26)

"Obsolete Californians" with work by
Justin Limoges (WATTIS), Maria Porges (MFA faculty), Christine Wong Yap (MFA alum), Neil Rivas (MFA '13) at Shipping & Receiving Storefront Lab


Jordan Kantor (MFA faculty) solo show at Ratio 3

"The Aunque" solo show by Amanda Curreri (MFA alum) at Romer Young Gallery 


"In the Event of My Death" with work by Elizabeth Dorbad (MFA alum), Justin Limoges (WATTIS), and others at Unspeakable Projects


"The Bensons: A Show of Art by Two Bensons" with work by Mark Benson (MFA alum) at Royal Nonesuch Gallery

"Uncharted Formations: Site-Specific Art on Angel Island" with work by Gina Acebo, Julie Feldman, Leora Lutz, Neil Rivas, Robert Gomez (all MFA '13) and others at Angel Island State Park (through January 26)
"The Aunque" solo show by Amanda Curreri (MFA alum) at Romer Young Gallery (through February 16)


"BACON WONDERS" with work by Ann Schnake (MFA Alum) at Sacred Wheel (through February 1)

 "Pointless Show" with work by Arash Fayez and Christie Noh (both MFA ´13) at Kearny Street Workshop Office Space Gallery (through February)

"Les référents" with work by Anthony Marcellini (MFA Alum) Galerie Édouard-Manet (through January 26)

Interview(s)" collaboration between Herman Chong and Anthony Marcellini (MFA alum) (through January 27)

"Fore" with work by Toyin Odutola (MFA '12)  at Studio Museum Harlem (through March 10)

"The Continental Interior" solo show by Val Britton (MFA '06)  at San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries (through January 26)
"Postscript: Writing After Conceptual Art" group show with work by Kristina Podesva (MFA faculty) and others (through February 2013)

"Fore" with work by Toyin Odutola (MFA '12) and others at Studio Museum Harlem (through March 10)

 Jeanne Finley (MFA faculty), Anthony Discenza (MFA faculty/alum), Weston Teruya (MFA/MA alum), Carlos Ramirez (MFA alum) at Palo Alto Arts Center (through April 14) 











THRDSY JNRY 17 - FRDY JNRY 25




// WORKING TITLE, a podcast developed for KQED by Kelly Lynn Jones (MFA alum) and Andrew Martin Scott exploring how local artist entrepreneurs are re-inventing the American Dream, creating alternative economies, is up and running!

// Daily Serving posted a nice review by Lia Wilson (VCS alum) on "Fabricators" curated by Glen Helfand (MFA faculty) and currently on view at Jack Fischer Gallery


// A little post about (MFA DESIGN alum) Matthew Korbel-Bowers' rad Secret Surf Maps is up on FastCoDesign

// Some advance press for "Remembering is Everything" involving Kate Nartker, Nancy Nowacek, Bean Gilsdorf (all MFA alums), David Kasprzak, Will Brown (both CURP alums), and on and... 

// An interview with Alicia Escott (MFA alum) is currently up on In The Make, and her Love Letters Sent Sometime After the Continents Split were published in issue 37.3 of Dandelion Magazine





TUE 22 // FIRST DAY OF CLASS

TUE 22 // Opening // CLAIRE FONTAINE: REDEMPTIONS // 7 - 9PM // New Wattis Gallery (360 Kansas St, SF)

TUE 22 // Opening // "The Way Beyond Art 4: Infinite Screens" featuring work by Werner Herzog // 7 - 9PM // New Wattis Gallery (360 Kansas St, SF)

WED 23 // Opening // "Reflection 100" with work by Curtis H. Arima, Marilyn da Silva, Angela Hennessy (all MFA advisors) and others // 5:30 - 7:30PM // Oliver Art Center (OAK)

THU 24 // Spring Grad Symposium // "Narrative (Inter)Actions" faculty roundtable // 7PM // Timken (SF)





ON VIEW // "Two Weeks / Two Works" solo show by Conrad Ruiz (MFA alum) // Fourteen 30 Contemporary (1501 SW Market St, Portland, OR)

THU 17 // Artist Talk // "The Unlikely Artist" by Brian Conley (MFA faculty) // 6PM // Beirut (11 Mahmoud Sedky St, Agouza, Cairo)

THU 17 // Opening // "In the Event of My Death" with work by Elizabeth Dorbad (MFA alum), Justin Limoges (WATTIS), and others // 6 - 9PM // Unspeakable Projects (735 Tehama St, SF)

FRI 18 // Opening // "The Bensons: A Show of Art by Two Bensons" with work by Mark Benson (MFA alum) and some other Benson I've never met // 7 - 10PM // Royal Nonesuch Gallery (4231 Telegraph, OAK)

FRI 18 // Opening // "Resistance" solo show by Taraneh Hemami (MFA advisor) // 6 - 8PM // Luggage Store Gallery (1007 Market St, SF)

FRI 18 // Opening // "Remembering is Everything" with work by Nancy Nowacek, Kate Nartker (MFA alums), David Kasprzak (CURP alum) and others, curated by Bean Gilsdorf and Will Brown (more alums) // 7 - 10PM // Alter Space Gallery (1158 Howard St, SF)

SUN 20 // "Translocura: Art at the Brink of Madness" with work by Raphael Noz (MFA alum) and others // 12 - 5PM // Headlands Center for the Arts (Marin Headlands

FRI 25 // Artist Talk // Sean McFarland (MFA alum) with James Henkel // 7:30PM // SFAI (800 Chestnut, SF)

FRI 25, SAT 26 // Opening // "Rag Sorters and Star Gazers" by Julia Goodman (MFA alum) // FRI 5-9PM, SAT 1-3PM // San Francisco Dump (503 Tunnel Ave, SF) 



 

(1/26) Rema Ghuloum at the LA Mart

(1/28) Simon Starling talk in Nahl Hall (OAK)

(1/29) Julia Goodman talk at the Dump

(1/29) Craig Baldwin talk at Wattis (SF)

(1/30) Open Painting Critique (SF)

(1/30) Amanda Curreri performance at Romer Young

(1/31) Elisheva Biernoff at Kondos Gallery

(2/1) Alicia Escott at Interface Gallery (OAK)

(2/2) Post Production workshop (SF)

(2/2) Elisheva Biernoff at Eli Ridgway

(2/7) Carol Koffel, Erik Scollon talk in Treadwell (OAK)

(2/9) Cinematography workshop (SF)

(2/12) Brook Hinton talk at Wattis (SF)

(2/15-22) Susanne Cockrell's Field & Kitchen Workshop

(2/15) Jason Hanasik at SF Arts Commission Gallery

(2/16) Serena Cole's magazine show at Issues

(2/21) Narrative (Inter)actions: DJ Spooky (SF)

(2/28) Narrative (Inter)actions: Juvenal Acosta

(3/7) Narrative (Inter)actions: Sister Spit (SF)

(3/14) Narrative (Inter)actions: Scott Snibbe

(3/16) Lighting workshop (SF)

(3/18) Narrative (Inter)actions exhibition opening

(4/13) Green Screen workshop





"Matter of Fact" solo show by Lindsey White (MFA alum) at Eli Ridgway (through January 26)

"Obsolete Californians" with work by
Justin Limoges (WATTIS), Maria Porges (MFA faculty), Christine Wong Yap (MFA alum), Neil Rivas (MFA '13) at Shipping & Receiving Storefront Lab


Jordan Kantor (MFA faculty) solo show at Ratio 3

"The Aunque" solo show by Amanda Curreri (MFA alum) at Romer Young Gallery


"In the Event of My Death" with work by Elizabeth Dorbad (MFA alum), Justin Limoges (WATTIS), and others at Unspeakable Projects


"The Bensons: A Show of Art by Two Bensons" with work by Mark Benson (MFA alum) at Royal Nonesuch Gallery

"Ruined" solo show by Shaun O'Dell (MFA faculty) at Jack Hanley (through January 20)

"Uncharted Formations: Site-Specific Art on Angel Island" with work by Gina Acebo, Julie Feldman, Leora Lutz, Neil Rivas, Robert Gomez (all MFA '13) and others at Angel Island State Park (through January 26)


"The Aunque" solo show by Amanda Curreri (MFA alum) at Romer Young Gallery (through February 16)


"BACON WONDERS" with work by Ann Schnake (MFA Alum) at Sacred Wheel (through February 1)

"Pointless Show" with work by Arash Fayez and Christie Noh (both MFA ´13) at Kearny Street Workshop Office Space Gallery (through February)

"In Formation" with work by Bean GilsdorfMaggie Haas (both MFA alums) and others at Berkley Central Arts Passage (through January 18)

"Les référents" with work by Anthony Marcellini (MFA Alum) Galerie Édouard-Manet (through January 26)

Interview(s)" collaboration between Herman Chong and Anthony Marcellini (MFA alum) (through January 27)

"Romancing the Tone" with work by Rachel E. Foster (MFA alum) and others at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (through January 20)

"Fore" with work by Toyin Odutola (MFA '12) at Studio Museum Harlem (through March 10)

"The Continental Interior" solo show by Val Britton (MFA '06)  at San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries (through January 26)

"LIMBO" with work by Melissa Dickenson, Kathryn van Steenhuyse (both MFA alums) at WAAS Gallery (through January 18)

"Postscript: Writing After Conceptual Art" group show with work by Kristina Podesva (MFA faculty) and others (through February 2013)

"Fore" with work by Toyin Odutola (MFA '12) and others at Studio Museum Harlem (through March 10)

"Determining Domain" with work by Stephanie Syjuco (MFA faculty) and others, Intersection for the Arts (through January 19)

"Tracing Light" with work by Klea McKenna (MFA alum) and others at the Datz Museum, Seoul, South Korea (through December 30) 

Jeanne Finley (MFA faculty), Anthony Discenza (MFA faculty/alum), Weston Teruya (MFA/MA alum), Carlos Ramirez (MFA alum) at Palo Alto Arts Center (through April 14)