SFAA Newsletter November 2020
We are an independent non-profit organization run by San Francisco Art Institute alumni. We build upon SFAI's 150-year alumni legacy with a commitment to SFAI's core values of critical thinking, exploration, and expression.
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We will announce the 1st Annual SFAI Alumni Scholarship Fundraiser soon.
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Artist Alumnus Kota Ezawa (BFA 1995) in conversation with curator and Rail Editor-at-Large Constance Lewallen.
Kota Ezawa produces animated videos, slide projections, lightboxes, collages, and prints that recreate images and events from recent history and popular culture. Through a labor-intensive process that involves the production of hundreds of drawings, Ezawa translates charged events. In The Simpson Verdict (2002), he transforms the verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial into a 3-minute-long cartoon version, playing on notions of image-saturation and the power of these references in the popular imagination. Speaking of the painterly quality of his bold colors and forms, Ezawa has said, “I feel that I’m in the business of making moving paintings more than making videos with a beginning and an end.” Artsy.com
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Image from the banner logo (c. 1976) of the SFA EYE student newspaper.
Berkeley Art Museum/Matrix presents.
An exhibition in the form of a website, MATRIX 277 explores and honors the rich legacy of the San Francisco Art Institute on the occasion of its 150th anniversary, tracing connections among artworks, people, and places over the trajectory of the institution’s history.
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Image: The Leonard Peltier Statue by Rigo 23 at the San Francisco Art Institute, 2020.
Photo by Alex Peterson.
On View Oct 9, 2020 - March 28, 2021 Rooftop Terrace at SFAI - Chestnut Campus
Alumnus and former faculty member Rigo 23 (BFA 1991) brings his large-scale statue of Leonard Peltier to SFAI's rooftop terrace this fall to gaze across the bay to Alcatraz, a pivotal place for the American Indian Movement (AIM) and Indians of All Tribes. The 12-foot-high likeness of Peltier, a Native activist incarcerated since 1977, is based on a small hand painted self-portrait that Peltier created in prison.
Currently, the public can experience the statue online at SFAI’s website. The virtual exhibition includes drone footage of the statue in situ on SFAI’s rooftop terrace, photographs from the statue’s travels across the country, information on the importance of land acknowledgement, and more about Peltier and the artist.
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From the Tower: Transmission, 2020, screening "Iran-Israel" (2013) by Maya Smira (MFA 2014)
& Samira Hashemi (MFA 2014). Courtesy of Christopher Paddock and San Francisco Art Institute.
SFAI's historic tower at its Chestnut Street campus was transformed into a monumental wraparound canvas for video screenings exploring SFAI’s history of experimental art making. This series ran from September 4, 2020 - October 23, 2020 and showcased archival and contemporary works by SFAI alumni, whose practices developed under the ethos of the school's New Genres department. Projected on all four sides of the tower, audiences watch from vantage points throughout North Beach, or may experience live-streamed archived projections virtually from anywhere in the world.
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Alumni, including faculty, visiting artists and former staff, present their work in support of freedom of artistic expression.
Among those participating: Aziz + Cucher, Joyce Burstein, Linda Connor, Shelley Cook, Lonnie Graham, Michelle Handelman, Perry Hoberman, Tony Labat, Minnette Lehmann, Aline Mare, Tom Marioni, Linda Montano, Tony Oursler, J. John Priola, Annie Reiniger, Lynne Sachs, Mark Street, Stuart Vance, Robin Winters.
Auction proceeds benefit NCAC’s Arts Advocacy Program, the only national project dedicated to working directly with individual artists and curators involved in censorship disputes. NCAC is a proud advocate for the arts community, and they work to protect artists’ rights and support their ability to freely express views that might be unpopular or controversial.
Live bidding began on Wednesday, October 28th, and closes on Friday, November 13th at 8 pm EST. Mark your calendars! http://vugalleries.com/ncac-auction-home/
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Image: Annie Reiniger-Holleb
This is a virtual Zoom meeting for alumni with members of SFAI's board, staff, and faculty, and representatives from SF Artists Alumni.
We will share with you updates on the school, including programming and initiatives currently ongoing and those planned for our 150th Anniversary Year in 2021.
Follow this link to register: SFAI Alumni Gathering!
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Image: Richard Barnes and Brenda Prager, 1991-92 SFAI Catalogue
The Committee to Re-Imagine SFAI, an autonomous committee empowered by the Board of Trustees, is fully focused on re-imagining what it takes to prepare emerging artists in the year 2021 and beyond.
Follow this link to register for the Town Hall: Re-Imagine Town Hall Zoom Meeting
Follow this link to watch the Town Hall if you missed it: Re-Imagine Town Hall Video
Follow this link for more information about Re-Imagine: Re-Imagine
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Image: The 2 in 1 international Recipe Card Collection For Mixed Drinks And Hors D'Oeuvre 1977.
Collection of Toban Nichols, MFA 2003
SFAA welcomes you to a community of Alumni for Alumni. Our mission is to foster and strengthen our connections with all SFAI Alumni globally. With admiration for our alma mater we maintain our legacy alive through all forms of artistic expressions—reaching out with you in mind.
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Editors: Annie Reiniger-Holleb & Joyce Burstein
Coeditors: Xiaopeng Liu & Marian Wallace
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