SFAA Newsletter January 2024 |
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SFAI Courtyard on 7.18.22. Image Credit: Thomas Houston |
Exciting update regarding the former SFAI campus at 800 Chestnut Street: On December 21st, 2023, a significant milestone was reached as the SF bankruptcy court overseeing SFAI's Chapter 7 case approved the sale of 800 Chestnut - comprising the land, building, and its cherished mural. The sale, totaling USD 31 million, has been sanctioned to a non-profit organization led by prominent figures such as Lauren Powell Jobs, David Stull (President and CEO of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music), and Brenda Way (Founder of the ODC/Dance Company).
Though the sale process will take several months to finalize officially, the outlook is incredibly promising. This pivotal step brings hope and anticipation as plans unfold for a new chapter in this remarkable location. It's an inspiring prospect that a new art school will soon grace this space, continuing the legacy of creativity and education that SFAI has long exemplified. Stay tuned for further updates! |
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Image: Mural workshop at the SF Art Institute as a summer course in 1976, courtesy of Consuelo Méndez |
Please join us for our next Spotlight talk featuring Consuelo Mendez (BFA '73) on Monday, February 5, 2024, 10:00 AM PST! Consuelo Méndez (born 1952 in Caracas, based in Graz, Austria) studied in California, where she obtained a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts. She was part of the group Mujeres Muralistas of San Francisco, CA, until 1976. She was an artist associate professor and researcher at Instituto Armando Reverón since 1991 and is now a retired professor from UNEARTES. Her work has received awards at the Michelena Salon (1983, 1981), Municipal Visual Arts Prize of Caracas (1984), and the TAGA Biennial of Graphic Miniatures (2004, 1990, 1982), among others. She has participated in exhibitions in countries such as South Korea, Bulgaria, Puerto Rico, Colombia, USA, Cuba, Mexico, and Poland. Her artistic production is ongoing, spanning painting, drawing and graphic arts, showing a special interest in the production of book-objects and works on paper.
For more info visit here!
You can view all of our previous Spotlight lectures on our website and our Youtube channel! |
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Joe Ramos (b. 1949), Monique as a Child, 1980/2023, digital photograph, 10 x 8 in. Courtesy of the artist. © Joe Ramos. |
| Mixed Up – Connected presents the works of California photographer, Joe Ramos. The exhibition merges intimate portraits of family and friends with captivating landscapes, reflecting themes of identity, belonging, and the intricate interplay between humanity and nature. The portraits capture a lifetime of cherished faces, while the landscapes reveal the artist's profound connection to the Salinas Valley. As a person of mixed Filipino and Mexican heritage, Ramos navigates the complexities of identity, echoing the experiences of many. These photographs, from birth to the end of life, remind us that we are all connected, regardless of our backgrounds. More info here |
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Image credit: Anita Rosenberg |
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From the writer/producer/director of female-driven films Assault of the Killer Bimbos and Modern Girls, comes a collection of captivating conversations with movie industry insiders about what it takes to be the star of your life.
"Rosenberg’s resounding message—that 'life is a movie and you are the star'—is bolstered by a slew of sensible steps to success, making this guide as practical as it is inspirational." —Publishers Weekly Booklife |
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Mason Dowling, Gila, Acrylic on panel, 72 x 48 in., 2022 |
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Anglim/Trimble presents In a grove, a gathering of artists utilizing abstraction to create rapturous states of vision marked by the qualities of the sensorial and perceptual. Curated by Dean Smith, the exhibition includes work by Thomas Akawie (SFAI Faculty), Brad Brown, Mason Dowling (BFA 2015), Donald Feasél (SFAI Faculty), Renée Gertler, Robin McDonnell (SFAI visiting artist/advisor), and Nancy White. The artists of In a grove ask us to consider wonderment and enigma as strategies for exploring what it means to reach outside the self and its environment into something far greater. They too ask what the possibilities of deciphering the talk of the gods may ultimately reveal. Opening reception on Saturday, January 13 from 4–6 pm at Minnesota Street Project, 1st floor. |
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Chester Arnold, A Murder of Crows, 2023, Oil on linen. 44 x 36 inches. |
| Chester Arnold's Tributaries – on view in the North Gallery – features new paintings and drawings that powerfully reflect on nature, memory, loss, and healing.
Arnold’s paintings convey the complexities of the human psyche. His compositions often present skewed perspectives that often place the viewer at a remove, above unfolding narratives. In 2008, the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art highlighted Arnold and other recipients of the 2005 Eureka Fellowship. In 2010, the Nevada Museum of Art presented a solo exhibition, On Earth as It Is in Heaven, with an accompanying catalogue. More info here |
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Paul Pfeiffer, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (09), 2004 © Paul Pfeiffer. Courtesy of the artist; Paula Cooper Gallery, New York; Carlier | Gebauer, Berlin/Madrid; Perrotin; and Thomas Dane Gallery, London |
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“Do NOT miss this epic, moving survey of Pfeiffer's tracings of the global trajectory of image circulation, interrogating how 'desire, heroism and worship operate as part of the mechanisms of art, religion, politics, and nationhood," and really, truly so much more!'
Christine Y. Kim, Britton Family Curator -at -Large, North America Art, Tate Modern LA, NY and London More info here |
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Image Credit: Youth Speaks (Instagram account) |
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Congratulations to Holly Wong who has been selected to continue her work through the Individual Artist Fellowship in collaboration with @calartscouncil! Holly Wong (b. 1971, North Miami Beach FLA) creates fiber and drawing-based installations and assemblages that explore grief, mourning and resilience. She was educated at the San Francisco Art Institute where she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in New Genres.
Youth Speaks was selected to administer the California Arts Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship Program, which will regrant $740,000 to 48 California-based individual artists and culture bearers at the intersection of culture, ancestral and Indigenous practices, and multi-racial movement work. |
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SFAI LEGACY FOUNDATION & ARCHIVE
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Image credit: Jeff Gunderson |
We are excited to share that with the generous support of the SFAI Transcript Fundraiser donors John Sanger, Paul Sack, John Marx, Jeremy Stone, Jose de los Reyes, Linda Connor and an anonymous donor, SFAA was able to bring historical, pre-1970 SFAI student transcripts out of storage and safely into the SFAI archival collections. Becky Alexander and Jeff Gunderson are currently processing these documents and will share some of their discoveries in the coming months. Please support the SFAI Legacy Foundation & Archive here! |
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Editor in Chief: Annie Reiniger-Holleb Co-Editors: Marian Wallace, Rye Purvis |
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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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