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.
“Steel Tongue Accordion Ears,” a new sound piece by Professor
Darrin Martin, is now accessible on MIT List Visual Art
Center’s online sound experiences titled Replenish.
Professor Darrin Martin’s Artist
in Residence Program at Recology San Francisco culminates
with an exhibition titled “Past Life Resonance.” In this solo
show, Martin explores the possibilities of tuning in to everyday
things and surroundings and the resonances embedded in the things
we have thrown away.
“Nuts and Who’s: A Candy Store Sampler,” the new exhibition
at the San Jose Museum of Art, focuses on the 1960s arts scene in
Northern California and the cross-fertilization of ideas between
Funk, Nut, and the Hairy Who in the Bay Area and at the Candy
Store Gallery from 1968 to 1985.
On August 26 from 6:30–8:30 pm, Torreya Cummings (B.A.,
‘99) will hold a performance and video shoot
aboard Balclutha in San Francisco’s Maritime National
Park for her new work “Barbary
Coast Keelhaul.”
The Faith J. McKinnie Gallery re-opens a Project Space for
Curatorial Intervention with their new show “When They See
Us.” Alum Will Maxen (M.F.A., ‘23) and Jessica Wimbley (M.F.A.,
‘05) contribute works to this exhibition which opens August
19 and runs to September 10, 2023.
Alum Brenda Gonzalez (M.F.A., ‘20) has been included in the
upcoming “Summer
Salon” group show at Art
Share LA.
“Summer
Salon” features sculpture, paintings, photography, and
mixed-media collage and will be on view from August 12 –
September 2, 2023 with an opening on August 12th at 7 pm.
Congratulations to Lisa Rybovich Crallé (M.F.A., ‘11) who will
soon open her very own storefront project space in Vallejo called
Personal Space. The inaugural show ”Salad
Days” and the Grand Opening will take place place on Sunday,
July 30 from 2-5 pm.
“Salad Days” is on view from July 30 to Sept. 10 and features
work by Keith Boadwee, Maria Guzmán Capron, Takming Chuang,
Reniel del Rosario, Lena Gustafson, Jordan/Martin Hell, Cliff
Hengst, Karen May, Carlos Charlie Perez, Abel Rodriguez, Gyan
Shrosbree, Jennifer Sullivan, Sarah Thibault, and Phyllis Yao.
Alumn Jordan Benton (M.F.A., ‘23) and William
Speiser will exhibit their collaborative work in the
new show “Coast in Color: Imaging Northern California Coastal
Dynamics.”
“ME in a(ME)rica” is a new group show at Root Division in San Francisco
which features alum Helia Pouyanfar (M.F.A., ‘22) as she
explores migration journeys.