Present Tense: 2012-13 Graduate Fellows Exhibition at Headlands Center for the Arts

Headlands Center for the Arts is only one part of the multifaceted, convoluted history of the Marin Headlands. Legends of the Miwok Native Americans to the archived histories of the seacoast fortification Fort Barry perhaps known by many will also tell just one fraction of the land’s entire story. ”Present Tense,” guest curated by Christian L. Frock, whose past interests include art [...]

Needles & Pens 10 Year Anniversary Show at Luggage Store Gallery

05.22.2013
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Needles & Pens celebrates its first ten years with a diverse group show now on view at Luggage Store Gallery of sixty-six artists– just a fraction of the many hundreds who have exhibited or participated in this unique art space’s eighty-five exhibitions and multiple readings, book signings, and musical performances. Co-founders Breezy Culbertson and Andrew Scott have been stalwart, long-time supporters of the [...]

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Present Tense: 2012-13 Graduate Fellows Exhibition at Headlands Center for the Arts

05.17.2013
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Headlands Center for the Arts is only one part of the multifaceted, convoluted history of the Marin Headlands. Legends of the Miwok Native Americans to the archived histories of the seacoast fortification Fort Barry perhaps known by many will also tell just one fraction of the land’s entire story. ”Present Tense,” guest curated by Christian L. Frock, whose past interests include art [...]

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Scott Hove, “Guns & Ecstasy” at Spoke Art

05.09.2013
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Known for his ferocious taxidermy cake sculptures and conceptual artistic approach, Bay Area artist Scott Hove delves further into his unique medium at “Guns & Ecstasy” now on view at Spoke Art. Hove has continued to toy with the polar emotional qualities of extreme euphoria and deep paranoia, and further expounds upon that ambiguity through two main elements of [...]

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Fine Line: Kelly Ording and Jet Martinez at Luna Rienne Gallery

05.07.2013
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Upon primary inspection, “Fine Line” at Luna Rienne Gallery of Jet Martinez’s vibrantly colored, folk-reminiscent depiction of animals and Kelly Ording’s minimalist representations of geometric shapes may seem like an uncommon pairing for a dual exhibition. Organized as two exhibitions at one space, Ording’s framed works on paper are secluded to one gallery, one wall of works lead [...]

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“Decade-1″ at Varnish Fine Art

05.03.2013
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“DECADE-1,” a group exhibition at Varnish Fine Art of fourteen artists who have exhibited at the gallery throughout the last ten years, celebrates the gallery’s history while concurrently illustrating founders Jen Rogers and Kerri Stephens’ commitment to directing their mission and interests into the next decades, presenting a particularly unique contemporary pop-surrealism style. In “Decade-1″ Varnish Fine Art brings [...]

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Photo Feature: San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Studios Open House

04.30.2013
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On Saturday April 20, San Francisco Art Institute graduate students in the Dogpatch neighborhood opened their studios to the public, providing visitors to this one-day only event a unique look at the experiments and challenges within disparate media, and a chance to see the visually stunning results of the creative processes the students have undertaken throughout their academic career. Over 200 students engaged with [...]

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