Hang Art 

July 1, 3-5PM |  http://hangart.com

Hang Art is pleased to announce Wood, an exhibition featuring new sculptural works by Bill Fultz and Will Mantor. 

Both Fultz and Mantor’s work challenges the traditional uses of their materials creating a balance of extremities, while adding a softness to naturally rigid shapes and forms. Encouraging alternative perspectives, the viewer is forced to contextualize the materials outside of their traditional settings and interact with them as they navigate through different angles and viewpoints. 

Contact: Kay Jaramillo / kjaramillo@hangart.com

Presented by the MFA in Fine Arts Program

Location: CCA San Francisco Campus, Nave Alcove

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queer, odd, outside of the box, strange.
innovative, experimental, experiential, strange.
Uncertain, unruly, unprecedented, unreal, strange.
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The 2017 graduating MFA class presents two hours of strange films and performance to celebrate/contemplate our strange times at CCA and the strangeness of the universe. 

Rolling List of Participating Artists: Amy Tavern, Jamee Crusan, Maggs Dao Hansen, Courtney Trouble, Zahra Axinn // more announced daily!

Live Performance by Prima Chalijandra-Sakuntabhai


Curated by Sea Griffin
Nave Alcove, San Francisco Campus
Free and open to the public
Nave Presentation Space
More Info: Lisa Friedman, l.friedman@cca.edu

April 8, 5:00pm: Roxie Theater

FIND TICKETS

American Paradise
A desperate man plans a bank heist and comes up against the stark realities of white privilege in this extraordinary story inspired by true events.
(Joe Talbot, USA 2016, 18 min)
This is a Cinema by the Bay film.

Balloonfest
In a determined bid for a Guinness record, Cleveland sets loose 1.5 million balloons; what happens after they are released is a big surprise.
(Nathan Truesdell, USA 2016, 7 min)

Break of Day
A young woman meets a man in a seedy hotel for a mysterious assignation in this unsettling narrative.
(Kyoungju Kim, South Korea 2016, 19 min)

Happy Birthday Mario Woods
A bereaved mother in San Francisco's Bayview nieghborhood, tends the grave of her son and remembers his life.
(Mohammad Gorjestani, USA 2017, 6 min)
This is a Cinema by the Bay film.

In the Wake of Ghost Ship
After the horrific Oakland Ghost Ship tragedy, a Richmond, CA, building known as Burnt Ramen comes under the scrutiny of local officials.
(Jason Blalock, USA 2017, 20 min)
This is a Cinema by the Bay film.

Meaningless Conversations in Beautiful Environments
The banalities of the modern age—computer passwords, luggage codes, and the like—come up against natural wonders in Östberg's hysterically funny film.
(Lisa Östberg, Sweden 2016, 8 min)

Univitellin
Terence Nance, whose 18 Black Girls/Boys program is also being presented at this year's Festival, takes a meta-fictional look at the love story of two French Africans who meet in Marseilles.
(Terence Nance, USA/France 2016, 15 min)

Embark Gallery

On view April 8 - May 7, 12-5pm | Press Previews by Appointment

 Embark Arts is proud to announce a 300 sq. ft. addition to Embark Gallery. In honor of Embark’s expansion, Spread will explore the theme of growth. Ideas of change, improvement, transformation, transition, multiplying, metamorphosis and/or modification permeate this show. From urban sprawl to illness, mimesis and the social practice of sharing ideas, Spread addresses a variety of subjects through installation, performance and other innovative processes.

Embark Gallery
Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture
2 Marina Blvd., Bldg. B, Ste. 330
San Francisco, CA 94123

HANG ART GALLERY

April 1 - 5, 2017 | Artist Reception, April 1: 3 - 5pm

For Eclipse, Olivia Brown explores various aspects which occur during this astronomical event including the temporariness, visual perception, and the ambiguous forms created in the process.Within this passing moment, the opaque overlap of shape and light alters your perception, in-affect creating a strange and mysterious experience. Intrigued by the magical possibility of an eclipse, Brown invites us to explore our subconscious and encourages the engagement of the our senses as meditation.

Brown is continuously investigating the relationship between painting and movement by creating a physical experience through her use of bold and fluid abstractions. Through this relationship led primarily by instinct, Brown searches for the physical interpretations of painting.

567 Sutter st
2nd Floor
San Francisco, ca 94102

 http://www.hangart.com/index.php

THE SCREEN

Please submit your proposal by Thursday, March 16th at the stroke of midnight.

Often disguised as a blank slate, the digital screen frames our interactions, realities, and socio-political formations. Sometimes a lens, sometimes a medium, how does the the screen perform? We encourage proposals that experiment with the possibilities of the screen; as proxy, as cipher, as mediator, as apparatus, etc.— these are merely suggestions of potential ways to approach the prompt. We’re specifically interested in proposals that take into account the very nature of DISSOLVE as a digital project.

If you’ve any questions or would like to speak with us about your ideas before sharing a proposal, please write to DISSOLVE at info@dissolvesf.org. Selected contributors will participate in an exchange with their assigned editor.  

R/SF projects & BAUHAUS SF have partnered to invite you to a night of new media work and projectionist delight at R/SF’s downtown storefront 1050 Larkin St. 

This pop-up, one night, group exhibition will feature the work of Bay area artists as part of the greater BYOB mission:

BYOB is a series of one-night-exhibitions curated by different people around the world. The idea is simple: Find a place, invite many artists, ask them to bring their projectors BYOB is a way of making a huge show with zero budget. It is also an exploration of the medium of projection. The first edition of BYOB was initiated by Anne de Vries & Rafaël Rozendaal in Berlin and has been an ongoing series in a number of spaces around the world since 2010. Learn more at http://www.byobworldwide.com.

http://rsfprojects.com/upcoming-programming/

ROOT DIVISION: Call for Curatorial Proposals

Deadline: Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Root Division's Second Saturday Exhibition Series annually showcases the work of over 400 artists, and offers up to eight emerging curators the opportunity to explore conceptually rigorous group exhibitions in our galleries.

Strong proposals to our curatorial program are innovative, engaging, and conceptually driven group exhibitions.

Full Application + Instructions

Traveling performance procession 

Saturday, February 25, 3-5pm

SOMArts is proud to partner with Global Street Dance Masquerade artistic director Rashad Pridgen to present The Black Lives Masquerade on Saturday, February 25. Beginning at Zaccho Dance Theatre (1777 Yosemite Ave, San Francisco) at 3:00 pm, this site-specific performance will travel through the Bayview neighborhood to remember and honor San Franciscans who have been lost to police brutality and injustice. The performance procession will finish at the Bayview Opera House (4705 3rd St) with a community celebration and reception.

Full Event Details

Love Letters to Legislators

Oakland | Sequoia Diner 4-6PM Adults + Children | 7-9Pm Adults Only

“Love Letters To Legislators” is an opportunity to express yourself to senators and representatives with honey or vinegar. Show love to officials who have done right by us, or share some fiery and powerful feelings with the legislators who refuse to protect the people we love. You’ll leave with the tools, knowledge, and inspiration to maintain your resistance by the power of the pen.

We’ll provide V-Day inspired letter writing materials, suggested scripts, and lead a teach-in on best practices. Post-event, all letters will be speedily delivered to the Post Office by the Nourish|Resist team. Participants will enjoy a spread of artisan chocolates, locally-crafted baked goods, and tasty bites. Bubbles for drinking and treats to take home will be available for additional purchase. Bring your sweetie, pal or family - we need everyone to rise up and write!

REGISTER

San Francisco Art Institute Walter & McBean Galleries

Saturday, February 18, 2-4PM

2:00 - 2:30pm Gather
2:30 - 3:00pm Conversation: Revealing Touch
3:00 - 4:00pm Merriment

ROOT DIVISION: BACK TO THE GARDEN

Extended Deadline: Sunday, February 12, 2017

Root Division invites artists working in all media to submit work for an exhibition entitled Back to the Garden curated by Lauren Etchells.

Presented in conjunction with Root Division’s annual culinary event, TASTE, Back to the Garden examines the ways in which artists create order, find inspiration, and craft identity through the natural sublime.

FULL APPLICATION + INSTRUCTIONS

Hadar Kleiman: Premium Emporium 

On view through 26 February

PREMIUM EMPORIUM weaves a beguiling tale of high and low culture through the deconstructed psychological narratives of isolated imageries. 
Splayed across the gallery’s two levels and rendered in Kleiman’s installational proclivity, the exhibition reads like a smattering of elaborate set designs or walk-in dioramas, each their own maquette of a simulated reality. Her arsenal of unassuming media runs the gamut from nail polish and plastic laminate to silk fabric and brass trim, each employed to emulate opulence through alchemic sleights of hand.
 

R/SF projects
1050 Larkin St, San Francisco, California 94109

GET LOST

On view January 27-March 4, 2017
This exhibition was juried by Avram Finkelstein.

Inspired by philosopher Herbert Marcuse's notion of "the great refusal," Embark’s latest exhibition Get Lost showcases contemporary takes on queer identity politics. By challenging the representational imagery that queer art is perhaps best known for, these artists present a new understanding of the self through displacement and absence, suggesting that queer activism in the digital age may take more nuanced forms of expression.

Artists: Simón Garcia-Miñaur (SFAI), Izidora Leber (SFAI), Richard-Jonathan Nelson (CCA), and Courtney Trouble (CCA).

Embark Gallery

2 Marina Blvd #330, San Francisco, CA 94123
 

February Issue Prompt: 

TOUCH

The body is that which gives rise to existence. It is the very plasticity of expansion, of extension according to which existences take place. -- Jean-Luc Nancy, Corpus

When the visual dominates within mass culture, touch is often dismissed. However, touch, or haptics, are always implicated in the experience and conception of space. How are specific sites, spaces, works, and their tangents experienced as touch?

We invite potential contributors to use this nuance as a point of departure, expanding on this conversation through both written and visual works.

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Please submit your proposal by December 15th. If you’ve any questions or would like to speak with us about your ideas before sharing a proposal, please write to DISSOLVE at info@dissolvesf.org. Selected contributors will participate in an exchange with their assigned editor.

Join us at R/SF projects' new space at 1050 Larkin for the celebration of DISSOLVE's second issue, /fôrm/. Speak with the contributors, witness a brief presentation of films, poetry, and manifestos—in short, experience the formation of the newest issue of DISSOLVE. Please celebrate with us.

7:00 - 7:30 pm Gather
7:30 - 8:00 pm Presentations
8:00 - 10:00 pm Party Time

Hosted by THE GLBT Historical Society

4127 18th St, San Francisco, California 94114

Emerging scholars at Bay Area schools are producing innovative research to advance understanding of queer culture. This panel offers an introduction to master's thesis work in architecture, visual culture, race, gender studies and queer theory: 

• Elena Gross (California College of the Arts) will discuss artistic exploration of surveillance and the racial politics of public sex in her presentation "The Body Remains: The Felt/Photography of Lorna Simpson." 

• Julian Wong-Nelson (San Francisco Art Institute) will discuss artist Tina Takemoto's work based on Jiro Onuma, the subject of an exhibit at the GLBT History Museum, in "Fisting for Freedom: Queer Gesture as Temporal Liberatory Practice." 

• Stathis Gerostathopoulos (University of California, Berkeley) will discuss his work in "Spaces of Sexual Citizenship: Notes Toward Fieldwork in Three American Cities." 

Professor Sampada Aranke (San Francisco Art Institute) will serve as moderator. The program is sponsored by the Queer Cultural Center as part of its Emerging Scholars Series.

300 Jefferson Street, Oakland 

Nov. 5th at 7pm.** wine, snacks, art. Film + Photos by artists from BK, Bogota, SF and Oak. 

Open Studio Dates + Times:
ov. 4th 6pm-10pm | Nov. 5th 10am-11pm | Nov. 6th 10am-8:30pm

Photos & Films by:
Jason LeCras
Laila Bahman
Zach Hyman
Liliana Merizalde
Gemma Doll-Grossman

R/SF Projects opening launch of its new brick and mortal space

R/SF projects will launch with a hotbed of performance, new media works, and a gallery space open to the public on its inaugural night. 

Friday, November 4, 7 - 10 PM / 1050 Larkin

Press Preview: Wednesday, November 2, email info@embarkgallery.com for a preview by appointment

Embark Gallery’s newest exhibition, #simulacra, asks how Jean Baudrillard’s philosophical treatise “Simulacra and Simulation” is relevant in the digital era. We live in a visual culture in which it is increasingly easy to participate. Images are all-important, and no longer mere symbols of truth. As Baudrillard predicted, reality itself has begun to imitate what was once its model. This medium-specific show explores signs, memory and documentation from a diverse sampling of perspectives. 

Full exhibition description HERE

2017 Call for Proposals—Justice

Proposals are due at 11:59pm on October 31, 2016. 

Curatorial Statement:
Justice is the theme of the 2017 Open Engagement Conference. The weight of historical injustice interrupts daily life nationally and internationally. There is no better time than now, and no better city than Chicago, for examining pathways to create justice and exploring the manifold artistic strategies that demand and enact fairness, and equality. Chicago is a city that is under the spotlight and in the news for horrific gun violence, devastating public school closures, and police brutality that is carried out with impunity. These are conditions, of course, that have been a part of black and working class peoples’ lives in our city and across this nation for a long time, but only most recently with the rapt attention of the media.

Open Engagement 2017 — JUSTICE will take place April 21–23, 2017 at the Chicago Cultural Center and a constellation of sites across the city. This year’s conference, guided by the curatorial vision of Romi Crawford and Lisa Lee, will explore the centralized theme of Justice, and will feature presenters including Theaster Gates, Maria Gaspar, Maria Varela, and Laurie Jo Reynolds.

Link to application instructions and application HERE. 

Me and You and This Other Thing

Southern Exposure's 25th Annual Entry-Fee-Free Juried Exhibition

Proposals Due Saturday, October 29th @ 3:00PM

Northern California visual artists are invited to submit work for Me and You and This Other Thing, our 25th Annual Juried Exhibition. This year, the title of our juried show is an imperative! Submitted works must be made in collaboration by at least two people. Contributors can take any form (co-creator, performer, fabricator, etc) but must be acknowledged. The exhibition will be juried by Mexico City-based artist and curator Francisco Cordero-Oceguera.

SUBMISSION DETAILS HERE

SoMARTs Curtatorial Residency

Letter of Intent Deadline October 26, 2016 5:00PM PST

SOMArts Curatorial Residency Program is a unique opportunity for emerging artists and curators to execute their bold vision for our Main Gallery space. The support provided by the Curatorial Residency enables artists to continue their professional development, form new creative partnerships, and engage community residents through programming that serves the mission of SOMArts: to promote and nurture art on the community level and foster an appreciation of and respect for all cultures.

Letter of Intent Guidelines

Program FAQs and Application Instructions HERE.