Manetti Shrem Art Studio

A new group exhibition curated by Connie Walsh is now on view at Foyer-LA. “Selvedge” features work by professor emerita Lucy Puls and alum Helia Pouyanfar (M.F.A., ‘22).

Selvedge will be on view from June 3 to July 22.

“Feeding the Unseen: Remediations of Earth,” a new group exhibition curated by Heidi Gustafson and Devon Deimler, is on view at The Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles. Alum Kelley O’Leary (M.F.A., ‘22) is contributing to this show featuring artworks that explore spiritually-charged rocks, soil, metal, and pigment.

Noted artist, educator, curator and alumnus Chris Daubert (M.F.A., ’88) died on May 22.  

Professor Emerita Lucy Puls is featured in the group show “What’s That About” at the Anthony Meier Galllery in Mill Valley. “What’s That About” is on view from June 1 to August 1, 2023. Also included are Teresa Baker, Libby Black, Ernesto Burgos, Cross Lypka, Melvin Edwards, Conrad Guevara, Jennifer Blackmon Guevara, Clifford Hengst, Eamon Ore-Giron, Jay Payton, Grace Rosario Perkins and Rosie Lee Tompkins.

The Verge Center for the Arts will present its second solo exhibition by Stephen Kaltenbach (M.A., ‘67). “What Death Does: Time, Scale and Anonymity” brings together several different bodies of work from Kaltenbach’s more than 55-year career. The exhibition will focus on his career long interest in time and scale.

Professor emerita Lynn Hershman Leeson’s ”Phantom Limb” series, which was created in the 1980s, is on view in an Altman Siegel’s online viewing room. The “Phantom Limb” collages illustrated the impacts of mass media and technology on women’s bodies, borrowing from the visual language of advertising to fuse female forms with technology. 

On May 17, Pratt Institute bestowed an honorary degree on professor emerita Lynn Hershman Leeson in recognition of her prescient work as a new media artist and filmmaker.

BROKE-OLOGY, a play by Nathan Louis Jackson and now playing at The Sofia in Sacramento, features artwork in the set design by Jessica Wimbley (M.F.A., ‘05) and husband Chris Christion. The play which explores a family at a crossroads, runs to June 4, 2023. 

“Woman Life Freedom,” the new group show at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, takes it’s inspiration from the chant by women marching for human rights, bodily autonomy and regime change in Iran. This exhibition brings together the work of 43 women and nonbinary artists who responded to a call for art, including alum Helia Pouyanfar (M.F.A., ‘22), and contributions by 18 Iranian artists who were invited to participate.

The work of undergraduate students in ART 113: Interdisciplinary Art taught by internationally acclaimed artist Shimon Attie, teaching artist in residence for the Manetti Shrem California Studio, will be featured in the 2nd Friday ArtAbout in downtown Davis on May 12. The students’ work is a series of video projections that can be viewed in the Pence Gallery courtyard from approximately 7:45 to 9 p.m. 

Alum Helia Pouyanfar (M.F.A., ‘22) is participating in SF Camerawork’s annual survey exhibition “FORECAST 2023″ in their new gallery at Fort Mason. SF Camerawork’s annual survey showcases the work of emerging imagemakers, with an eye toward current movements, trends and concerns in contemporary photography.

“Who Was Wayne Thiebaud, and What Is His Place in American Art?” Writer Howard Halle tackles these questions in an article in ARTnews which explores the professor emeritus’ place in art history and his committment to painting.

Read the full article here.

Alum Brooklynn Johnson’s (M.F.A., ‘19) solo show will open on Saturday, April 29 at The Weight Room on the BYU campus. Johnson is currently a visiting lecturer in the Department of Art at BYU.

An opening reception will be held 6-8 p.m.

Save the date for a conversation between alums Brenda Gonzalez (M.F.A., ‘00) and Julia Rigby (M.F.A., ‘00) on May 16 at 6 p.m. via Zoom. Brenda will discuss her work and her residency at Arts at Blue Roof.

Hyperallergic’s most recent installment of “A View From the Easel: Grad School Edition” spotlights second-year M.F.A. candidate Justine Di Fiore and her studio space in the Art Studio Grad Building. “A View from the Easel” features artists reflecting on their workspace and its impact on their art.