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Northern California
Marcia Stuermer, SOMA Spring Open Studios Event
April 2nd and 3rd,2011 @ Fossil Faux Studios, 1268 Folsom St, San Francisco
Come out for Fossil Faux Studios, founded by artist/designer Marcia Stuermer, SOMA Spring Open Studios Event. The event will feature new works in resin, wine, shuffleboard and more. Can’t wait until Saturday? The opening reception is on Friday April 1 from 6-9.
Public Glass Artists and Artisan Benefit Auction
April 16th, 2011 @ First Unitarian Universalist Church, Franklin at Geary, San Francisco
Public Glass, San Francisco’s center for glass art, invites you to its 7th annual benefit auction gala, ARTISTS & ARTISANS. The gala will feature the exquisite creations of more than 60 local national and international glass artists, all up for bid via live and silent auction. The event is Public Glass’ biggest fundraiser of the year, providing vital financial support for three shops, used by 66 resident artists, and for its education program that reaches more than 300 students a year. Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door. Purchase tickets here.
Shibumi Gallery presents Darcy Miro’s Sculptural Jewelry
April 2, 2011 – May 29, 2011 @ Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley
Shibumi Gallery in Berkeley will be showcasing the fabulous sculptural jewelry of Darcy Miro. The artist reception will be held on April 2 from 4-7 pm with an informal talk from the artist herself about the works displayed and the process from 4-5 pm.
San Francisco Center for the Book: Earth Day
April 23rd @ SFCB, San Francisco
Join SFCB as they celebrate Earth Day with fun and sustainable printing activities for the whole family. This year’s Earth Day will include the celebrating “Squid Printing” with two big, beautiful Pacific Humboldt Squid donated from the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. We’ll be inking them up and laying them out on paper to create fascinating imprints of their bodies. We will also be teaching a simple and sustainable book binding method to make your own journals, as well as vegetable carving to make uniquely printed greeting cards. Local book arts vendors will be on hand with their wares.
Exploding the Codex: Gallery Exhibition
March 1, 2011 – April 2, 2011 @ 142 Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley
Exploding the Codex is a show of artists’ books currently on view at Throckmorton Theater Gallery. Discover the theater of books! From the collection of Mary Austin, co-founder of San Francisco Center for the Book, this selection of sculptural artists’ books explores theather and story in structure outside of the traditional codex.
San Francisco Center for the Book Workshops
Ongoing in the month of April @ SFCB, San Francisco
Sign up for one of the many spring workshops San Francisco Center for the Book has to offer. Engage your creative spirit with workshops from textural letterpress printing to bookbinding with leather, they have something for everyone!
Architectural Photography Exhibition
March 3, 2011 – April 22, 2011 @ AIA San Francisco Gallery 130 Sutter Street
AIA San Francisco and Center for Architecture + Design present Architectural Photography, an exhibition featuring the creative work of a group of talented Bay Area architectural photographers. These images convey more than pictorial representations of a static building or space: they are expressions of the architect’s vision through the photographer’s filtered camera lens. It is an artistic endeavor that focuses on the photographer’s role to decide what information to include and what information to leave out, what is the best way to convey the architect’s vision, what emotions to elicit from the viewer, and ultimately what best captures the soul of the building or space. Participating photographers include, Keith Baker, Bruce Damonte, Joe Fletcher, Timothy Griffith, Emily Hagopian, Muffy Kibbey, David Duncan Livingston, Sharon Risedorph, Cesar Rubio, John Sutton, Matthew Millman, Ethan Kaplan, Michael David Rose, and Rien van Rijthoven.
April 14th, 2011 @ San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, Green Room, 401 Van Ness Ave
Join AIA San Francisco and the local architectural community in celebrating the winners of the 2011 AIA San Francisco Design Awards. The 2011 Gala honors the best of Bay Area architectural design and recognizes achievement in a broad range of architectural work. $55 AIA SF members – $65 General Admission. Purchase tickets athttp://aiasfgala.eventbrite.com
Crafting Architecture: Concept, Sketch, Model
February 16, 2011 – May 29th, 2011 @ Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco
Handmade and digitally fabricated architectural models and mockups provide insight into the role of craft in the architectural design process in this pop-up exhibition presented by the Museum of Craft and Design (MCD). The exhibition features models from over 20 San Francisco Bay Area architects and landscape architects and is located at the MCD at 201 Third Street in the heart of San Francisco’s museum district.
Through April 10, 2011 @ Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley CA.
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/When we ask our interviewees who inspires them, Eva Hess’s name crops up time and time again. Now the Berkeley Art Museum is holding an exhibit of her work. The exhibit features work made from a diverse range of materials, and includes pieces never before seen. This should be good.
Pulp Fashion: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave
Feb. 5 – Jun. 5, 2011 @ the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave is a painter by training, but textile and costume are her muses. Working in collaboration with leading costume historians and young fashion designers, de Borchgrave crafts a world of splendor from the simplest rag paper. Painting and manipulating the paper, she forms trompe l’oeil masterpieces of elaborate dresses inspired by rich depictions in early European painting or by iconic costumes in museum collections around the world. The Legion of Honor is the first American museum to dedicate an entire exhibition to the work of Isabelle de Borchgrave.
7th Annual Wearable Art Show and Sale
April 30, 2011 @ Lucie Stern Community Center, Palo Alto, California
Featuring unique artisan-made clothing, jewelry, and accessories, this year’s showcase welcomes a host of new and returning artists from throughout California and beyond, live models, and a chance to meet the designers in person.
Southern California
One by One: An Exploration of Book as Medium
March 3rd – May 14th, 2011 @ Craft in America Study Center
The Craft in American Study Center will be celebrating contemporary Book Arts with our exhibition “One by One”, an exploration of the book as a medium. This exhibition will gather the works of some of the most influential book artists and will be on view at the Craft Study Center. Complimenting this exhibition are a number of events and receptions, INSERT LINK
Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Affair With Textiles
Oct. 3, 2010 — Apr. 3, 2011 @ the Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California
Mingei International Museum collaborated with Zandra Rhodes and her studio to organize this exhibition of haute couture garments from the 1960’s through the 1980’s. The pieces reveal her process and worldwide influences.
Tour Heath Ceramics with Adam Silverman
April 10, 2011 @ Heath Los Angeles, 7525 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Like Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman, Heath Ceramics has a long history of producing quality wares that enrich our daily experiences. Meet Heath Los Angeles studio director and potter Adam Silverman for a tour and learn more about Heath’s unique approach to creating products that improve the lives of both their users and makers. RSVP in advance to RSVP@folkarteverywhere.com. This is a Folk Art Everywhere Happening. 2:00 – 3:30pm • FREE at Heath Los Angeles, 7525 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Oregon
Laurie Herrick: Weaving Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
March 17 – July 30, 2011 @ the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Oregon
Portland based designer-craftsman Laurie Herrick created widely recognized weavings from the 1940’s until her death in 1995. This retrospective exhibition explores weaving as a living craft. Selected patterns by Herrick will be available on the web for weavers worldwide to interpret and share via Flickr. Five contemporary artists will participate in Museum residencies, creating personal responses to Herrick’s patterns and adding to this traveling exhibition.
East Coast
April 14-17, 2011 @the National Building Museum, 401 F St. Washington D.C.
120 juried artists, including DesignCraft Heroines Christina Goodman and Peggy Loudon, will sell their fine American craft from April 14th-April17th. Daily admission is $15 or $6 after 6pm on Thursday and Friday.
A Bit of Clay on the Skin: New Ceramic Jewelry
March 15 – September 4th, 2011 @ the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City
This exhibit explored the manifold appeal of ceramics, especially porcelain, in jewelry. It showcases the versatility and allure of the medium, which can be modeled or cast, used alone or with metal, wood and stone, and vary in color and texture. The exhibition showcases the scope an ingenuity of the more than one hundred works on view and features the work of 18 cutting-edge jewelry artists, including Peter Hoogeboom, Evert Nijland, Ted Noten, Gesine Hackenberg, Marie Pendaries, and Shu-Lin Wu. This is an AWESOME exhibit.
Yanick Lapuh: Your Ladder Is On Fire
March 12- July 10, 2011 @ Fuller Craft Museum, Massachusetts
Your Ladder is on Fire is an exhibition of approximately 15 bas-reliefs which revel in the space between painting and sculpture. They combine a series of symbols, shapes, and proxies into compositions painted with an exquisite control of color and tone. Lapuh painstakingly fabricates the individual elements of his compositions, forming an active three-dimensional structure rather than simply a passive surface. Many of his new works featured refer to the ancient traditions of jewelry making as a means of expression. Fuller Craft will celebrate the opening with a public reception on April 10th from 2-5 pm at the Museum. The reception is free for members and free with museum admission for all others.
Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele, Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos, Josef Hoffman, Koloman Moser, Dagobert Peche: Birth of the Modern: Style and Identity in Vienna 1900
Feb. 24, 2011 – Jun. 27, 2011 @ the Neue Galerie Museum for German and Austrian Art, New York
Major works by fine artists Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, and Egon Schiele will be on view, as well as furniture by architects Otto Wagner and Adolf Loos, and decorative artists Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser. There will be a special emphasis on fashion, with loans of key clothing and accessories from the period. The exhibition will also explore the overlap with new attitudes towards gender and sexuality that surface in Viennese literature and psychology at the time.
Feb. 4 – Apr. 17, 2011 @ the Pittsburgh Glass Center (Hodge Gallery), Pittsburgh
For 10 years Pittsburgh Glass Center has been growing a community of glass artists. PGC’s newest exhibition, “TENacity”, will showcase the talents of glass artists in the region. Artists will reflect on events from the last 10 years ranging from 9/11 to the election of the first black president in the U.S. and create new work based on a historic event.
Loom and Lathe: The Art of Kay Sekimachi and Bob Stocksdale
Feb. 5 – Sep. 11, 2011 @ the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
This exhibition of fiber art and woodturning showcases the long and distinguished careers of Kay Sekimachi and Bob Stocksdale. Married for over thirty years, each supported the other’s work, while becoming renowned in their separate fields.
Furniture Divas: New Work by Contemporary Makers
Feb. 19 – Oct. 30 2011 @ the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
Curated by Meredyth Hyatt Moses, “Furniture Divas” presents the contemporary work of a dozen women in the field of studio furniture. The exhibition celebrates the contributions of these women to studio furniture and provides a snapshot of contemporary developments in the field. “Furniture Divas” celebrates the following artists: Vivian Beer, Polly Cassel, Gail Fredell, Jenna Goldberg, Barbara Holmes, Kristina Madsen, Sarah Martin, Wendy Maruyama, Judy Kensley McKie, Alison McLennon, Sylvie Rosenthal, Rosanne Somerson, Wendy Stayman, Leah Wood, and Yoko Zeltzerman-Miyaji.
April 14-17, 2011 @ Park Avenue Armory in New York City
The 14th International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art is a gallery-presented, international art exposition dedicated to bridging the worlds of design, decorative and fine art. Works by emerging and established artists and designers will be presented by international galleries and dealers.
United Kingdom
Meltdowns: Standard Bronze Casting Course
March 3 – April 5, 2011 @ Meltdowns, Ramsgate, Kent
Meltdowns have a new bronze casting course. With two dates in the diary for March – April and October 4th-November 8, 2011, this is a great chance to join an exciting workshop and learn the skills of bronze casting.
COLLECT: The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects
May 6-9, 2011 @ Saatchi Gallery, London
COLLECT is a highlight in the cultural calendar for anyone passionate about buying the very best in contemporary craft. This prestigious fair presents a selection of UK and international galleries representing dynamic work by their portfolio of artists. This year, COLLECT will feature 37 selected galleries showcasing the very best ceramic, glass, jewelry, textile, wood, furniture, silver and fine metal work by over 300 new and established artists from around the world.
