Project: ARTspace is presenting a solo exhibition of new
work by alum Hedwig Brouckaert (M.F.A., ‘05). The show –
“Peel
(America)” — will feature a new site specific installation
of found porcelain tiles built up with layered paper
collages from glossy magazines depicting images of skin.
Rachel Maryam Smith will perform her Tuna Can Cabaret #3 — a
60-seat live recorded concert in the round — with Bassist Dan
Robbins and Drummer Steve Robertson on Saturday, Nov. 4.
Grace Munakata (B.A., M.F.A., ‘85) will show new paintings that
reveal her delight and concern for nature in the
exhibition ”Biology of Flight” at the Anglim/Trimble gallery in
San Francisco.
The San Francisco Arts Commission’s (SFAC) new group show
“Transcending Physicality: The Essence of
Place” features artists whose work explores the
complicated concept of “place” and the interplay of relationships
and interactions that shape and define places. Curated by artist
and educator Minoosh Zomorodinia includes work by alum
Kelley O’Leary (M.F.A., ‘22), Alex Arzt,
Ebti, S.
Alum Lauz Bechelli
(B.A., ‘10) is stepping in as interim director at the Visual Arts Center (VAC) at the
University of Texas at Austin. Bechelli received her
M.F.A. in Painting from the Department of Art and Art
History at the UT Austin in 2020, and has extensive
experience working with small non-profit art organizations and
directly with artists.
Terry Berlier (M.F.A.,’03) has been awarded a Faculty
Creative Project Seed Grant from Stanford University to
support a new project to re-envision the 19th-century statue of
renowned scholar of natural historian Louis Agassiz, once
installed at Stanford University.
Xavier Lopez (M.F.A., ‘98) is participating in the
Second International Latinx Performance Art Festival
“On
the Edge” at Seattle’s first Thursday Artwalk. The
festival will showcase a wide range of experimental performances
grounded in the themes of inclusion, identity, and
intersectionality. Lopez is the director of the festival as
well as one of nine performers showcased in “On the Edge.”
In a recent interview with Kathleen Wong of the UC Natural
Reserve System, alum Jordan Benton (M.F.A., ‘23) discusses the
intersection of art and science in his new photographic work.
Congratulations to Alberto Hamonet (M.F.A. ‘23) on his debut San
Francisco show “Orange Splendor!” His solo show
opens Saturday, Sept. 23. from 5-8 pm at the new
art space Climate Control connected to Et Al.
Hamonet is also exhibiting some of his large paintings at the
Through the Looking Glass festival in Oakland at Children’s
Fairyland amusement park from 7-11 pm this Saturday, Sept.
16.
Maija Peeples-Bright (B.A., ‘64, M.A., ‘65), known for exuberant,
whimsical paintings and sculptures, is featured in
8 Over 80, KQED’s
seriescelebrating artists and cultural
figures over the age of 80 who continue to shape the greater Bay
Area.
In pursuit of activating her sculptures with sound, Julia
Elsas (M.F.A., 09) started Sonic Mud, a band of professional
musicians that showcases her ceramic instruments. Elsas considers
her sculptures to be fully realized only when they are being
played.
“Indígenous – Vincent Pacheco” presents Pacheco’s (M.F.A.,
‘17) ongoing body of work to develop a lexicon of
his ancestral lineage as a tool
to understand his identity.