Bayview Rise Lighting and Animation Ceremony

We've all seen the mural from the freeway, from Third St, and from our dining room windows.  But the best is yet to come!

Please join District 10 Supervisor Malia Cohen, Port Commissioners, Port Executive Director Monique Moyer, San Francisco Arts Commissioners, community members, and the artists for the lighting animation of Bayview Rise.

The ceremony will be held on Cargo Way between 3rd Street and Illinois Street on February 26, 2014 at 5:30 pm.

For more information, visit the SF Port's Bayview Rise website.

Artwork Proposals for the Southeast Community Facility

From the SFAC website,

Untitled by t.w.five

The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) is commissioning a public artwork for the Southeast Community Facility (SECF). Four artists/artist teams were selected by a Public Art Selection Panel to create proposals for the new artwork: Kipp Kobayashi, John Pugh, Ron Moultrie Saunders, and T.W. Five. - See more at SFAC's website.

Untitled by Ron M. Saunders

Please take a few minutes to review the proposals at SFAC's website and complete a comment form. You may email your comments to Zoë Taleporos, at zoe.taleporos@sfgov.org or mail/hand deliver comments to the San Francisco Arts Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 345. Comments must be received by 5 p.m. on December 9, 2013. 

These proposals will be on display at the Southeast Community Facility, 1800 Oakdale Ave, San Francisco, CA 94124, November 26 – December 9, 2013. 

Untitled by John Pugh

The final Artist Selection Panel meeting is scheduled for December 11, 2013, 1 – 5 p.m. at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70. The winning proposal will be selected at this meeting, which is open to the public. The meeting location, date and time is subject to change. For the most up-to-date meeting information, please visit http://www.sfartscommission.org/pubartcollection under the Meetings and Events section. 

Re Berth by Kipp Kobayashi

Click here to download a comment form as a Word document. 

Art springs up in Bayview

Artist Malik Seneferu puts the finishing touches on his latest work, located at Oakdale Ave at 4800 Third St.

The grand unveiling will take place Saturday at 11:30AM.

Art Explosion Spring Open Studios

From Art Explosion Studio,

Opening Reception:
Fri March 23rd 7-11pm

Open Studios:
Sat Sun March 24th & 25th 12-5pm

Locations:
2425 17th St, San Francisco, CA
744 Alabama St, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco's largest Artist's collective is holding its 12th Annual Spring Open Studios on March 23rd thru 25th. Come see over 140 artists as they exhibit their work from their studios and show in the gallery. Painters, sculptures, photographers, fashion designers and jewelers and will be showing. Please come and support original local artists, expand your art collection and find great deals. Get quality art at studio prices.

Free Admission
Free Refreshments

Pop-Up Art Gallery in the Portola

Artists Ray Coshow, Roz Chang, Kate Connell, Charles Dabo, Keith Ferris, Richard H. Garrett, Oscar Melara, Allen J. Mort, Cheryl Olinger, Michelle Holdt Roderick, and Monica Sullivan will be showing recent works  at the Portola District Art Show -- One Night Only!  FREE ADMISSION!

1 Burrows Ave. (just east of San Bruno Ave.)
Friday, Feb 24
6PM - 9PM

Reception. Friends. Fun. Come.

For more information, visit the Portola District Art Show on Facebook.

Friday, January 20 & Saturday, January 21, 2012 San Francisco Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions Work by Terry Berlier, Donna Anderson Kam and Ethan Estess Location: 503 Tunnel Ave. San Francisco, CA 94134 Environmental Learning Center Gallery at 401 Tunnel Ave. Date/Time: Friday, January 20, 2012, 5pm to 9pm Saturday, January 21, 2012, 1pm to 5pm Admission is free and open to the public, all ages welcome, wheelchair accessible. http://www.recologysf.com/AIR San Francisco, CA. The Artist in Residence Program at Recology San Francisco will host an exhibition and reception for current artists-in-residence Terry Berlier, Donna Anderson Kam, and Ethan Estess on Friday, January 20, from 5-9pm and Saturday, January 21, from 1-5pm. This exhibition will be the culmination of four months of work by the artists who have scavenged materials from the dump to make art and promote recycling and reuse. Terry Berlier: Even the Windmills are Weakening In today’s world where hi-tech gadgets are revered an afternoon at the dump quickly puts things in perspective, making visible technology’s vulnerabilities and illustrating how easily modern inventions can become footnotes to a bygone era. While we often consider technology to be impersonal or unemotional, when faced with a pile of old typewriters or a trove of homemade electronics it’s hard not to be struck with some gut level feelings, and it seems inevitable to think about these objects’ place within our modern history. Working with the idea of the dump as both a ruin and a monument, Terry Berlier has created sculptural works that metaphorically excavate and honor these inventions and our intertwined relationships to them. It is not unusual that Berlier is interested in how history and time mediate our understanding of ingenuity. Berlier’s own ingenuity is a main component of her work, and she frequently employs mechanical or scientific methods in sculptures that are often kinetic or physically engage the viewer. Past works have addressed nuclear storage facilities, time as recorded in tree rings or core samples, as well as issues of queer identity, interpersonal relations, and how we negotiate being human in a technological age. Berlier asks, “...as innovations alter how we perceive and interact with the world, are we coming closer to or farther from understanding each other and the world around us?” Also of interest to Berlier is sound and the instruments and machines involved in its production. An underlying current of humor can also be found in her work, along with an appreciation for failed inventions and acamaraderie with those that have made them. Berlier is Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Stanford University. Donna Anderson Kam: Beginning at the End Looking at Donna Anderson Kam’s large-scale drawings in pastel one might not realize the source of her imagery or the process behind her work. Anderson Kam uses contemporary newspaper stories as a starting point to explore pressing social issues, especially the paradox of prosperity and sustainability. She begins by photographing young actors as they perform the stories, then uses the resulting photographs to create collaged studies that she eventually reinterprets in pastels. The final drawings are finely rendered scenes in soft tones that can be as large as four by six feet and which are left intentionally ambiguous. Negative space is as significant as the drawings themselves as it serves to isolate and accentuate, and the soft pastel tones speak to hazy memories of past events. The youth of the figures alludes to everything from fragility and peril to mischievousness and rebellion, and intimates that the issues that play out in these scenarios will continue to face future generations. She explains, “…our consumption based economy, our media influenced identity, and the unrealistic expectations of personal prosperity inspired by a constant barrage of messages from the media to consume/renew/refresh, have created a mountain of discarded commercial goods, cultural amnesia, and the many spiritually impoverished ‘consumers’ that exist today.” During her residency, Anderson Kam has used the Recology San Francisco facility as a backdrop for her actors and recognizable areas—the sculpture garden, hillside, and Public Disposal Building are all visible in her final pieces. She has also incorporated new materials into her practice including computer paper and advertising signage, and as pastels have been harder to come by, she is working with a variety of chalks and crayons. Expanding on the narrative nature of her work, she plans to present drawings in free-standing circular formats, enabling the viewer to walk around a piece, entering and exiting at any place to create their own beginning and end. Ethan Estess: Stories from the Changing Tide Student artist Ethan Estess uses sculpture to address environmental issues, particularly the perilous state of our oceans. As a graduate student at Stanford University, Estess is pursuing an interdisciplinary environmental science degree where he studies science communication, mechanical engineering, and studio art, with a focus on the marine environment. “If there is one thing that I have discovered by studying the ocean, it is that it is greatly imperiled - it is treated both as humanity's waste bin and its fast food joint. As a result, most of my works tell narratives about environmental science issues, from marine plastic pollution to shark conservation. My focus is on appealing to the basic emotions of the viewer such that they can understand the scientific concepts at play and internalize the gravity of humanity's impact on the global ecosystem.” While at Recology Estess has been drawn to the copious amount of plastics found in the Public Disposal and Recycling Area, and in particular, items that have never been used, such as cases of coffee cup lids. The works he has created from his finds should hopefully give viewers pause and prompt thinking about the daily decisions we make and their effect on the environment. Estess’s work will be on view at the Recology Environmental Learning Center at 401 Tunnel Avenue. The Artist in Residence Program at Recology San Francisco is a one-of-a-kind program established in 1990 to encourage the conservation of natural resources and instill a greater appreciation for the environment and art in children and adults. Artists work for four months in studio space on site, use materials recovered from the Public Disposal and Recycling Area, and speak to students and the general public. Over ninety professional Bay Area artists have completed residencies. Applications are accepted annually in August. Directions to 503 Tunnel Ave. Directions from downtown San Francisco & East Bay Go south on Highway 101 and exit at “Candlestick Park/Tunnel Ave.” After the stop sign, continue straight on Beatty Rd. Turn right on Tunnel Ave. Direction from The Peninsula Go north on Highway 101 and exit at the first “Candlestick Park” off-ramp. Stay in the left lane and take the first left toward the stop sign. Turn left onto Alanna Way and go under the freeway. At the next stop sign, turn right on Beatty Rd. Turn right on Tunnel Ave. Public Transit The “T” Third St. streetcar and bus lines 8x, 9, 9L, and 56 stop at Bayshore Blvd. and Arleta Ave. (three blocks away). The Caltrain “Bayshore Station” stop is directly across the street from our facility.

Art Auction at Hunters Point Shipyard Art Colony

Art Auction at Hunters Point Shipyard Art Colony
Live Auction: Sunday, October 30, 12 pm

SILENT AUCTION: View the donated art and make silent bids or by proxy on Saturday, Oct 29, from 11am to 6 pm until Sunday, Oct 30, at 5:00 pm.
LIVE AUCTION: Sunday, Oct 30 at 12:00 NOON (at an exciting NEW TIME!)
BID NUMBERS: $10 donation to STAR (a non-profit organization)
LOCATION:  Hunters Point Shipyard, Building 101, 2nd floor, in “Gallery 101”
OPEN STUDIOS is a free event with plenty of free parking.

Shipyard Trust for the Arts (STAR) hosts the Annual Art Auction on Sat Oct. 29 and Sun Oct 30, 2011. Proceeds benefit STAR, the organization that has helped keep arts at the shipyard for over 30 years. There is a silent auction all weekend and a live auction, which is juried by prominent SF art professionals:  dealer George Krevsky of George Krevsky Gallery and Maria Medua, Director of SFMOMA’s Artist Gallery. The live auction is Sunday at 12 pm.

EVENT: SF Open Studios in D10

Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16

SF Open Studios is the oldest and largest open studios program in the country, featuring an annual, month-long art event in October that showcases over 900 emerging and established San Francisco artists in their studios. Each weekend, art patrons, admirers, and collectors venture out on self-guided tours to see as many SF Open Studios artists and their artworks as possible, in the hopes of finding their next true art love. The event connects collectors with artists for engaging dialogue and a glimpse into the life of the working artist; SF Open Studios simultaneously helps artists build their mailing lists, gain new admirers, and ultimately sustain a living making art.

Visit ArtSpan for details.

Also, Open Studios at the Bayview Opera House
11 participating artists including Ron Saunders, Malik Seneferu and William Rhodes
October 14-16
Reception for the artists Friday, October 14th 6-9PM
Open Studios Saturday/Sunday October 15/16 11AM-6PM daily 

EVENT: Art at the Dump Exhibit

Lauren DiCioccio

Abel Rodriguez

Kaiya Rainbolt

The next Recology art exhibition will take place Friday September 23, 2011, 5-9 p.m. and Saturday September 24, 2011, 1-5 p.m. This show features artwork made by Lauren DiCioccio, Abel Rodriguez and Kaiya Rainbolt during their residencies at Recology. The exhibition will be held at the studio located at 503 Tunnel Avenue in San Francisco. 

STAR Artist in Residence Program at the Hunters Point Shipyard

Applications are now available for the STAR Artist in Residence Program at the Hunters Point Shipyard.  Artists who live or work in the Bayview are eligible to apply. 

ABOUT STAR'S ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM

Now in its eleventh year, the Artist-in-Residence Program was one of the earliest initiatives undertaken
by Shipyard Trust for the Arts (STAR) after its formation in 1995.  The organization itself grew out of
artist involvement in San Francisco's redevelopment planning process dating back to the mid 1980's and the public debate over shipyard development and possible home porting of the USS Missouri.

Goals of STAR's AIR Program:
1) To make a bridge between the existing shipyard artist community and the Bayview-Hunters point
neighborhood.
2) To assist in the professional development of artists.
3) To Provide an opportunity for the public to be educated about the residency experience.

The grant gives the recipient the opportunity to have a full-time studio at the Shipyard, allowing the
artist to concentrate on creative work and be part of the nation's largest community of fine arts
professionals.

Residency Period:  The period of residence is for 18 months and provides a large working studio space, participation in Fall and Spring Open Studio events and opportunities for interaction with the Shipyard artist community and the Bayview-Hunters Point community.  The residency begins on or about Wednesday, December 14, 2011 and ends June 14, 2013.

Eligibility:  All visual or cross-disciplinary artists at least 18 years of age who are living in, working, or significantly involved in the Bayview-Hunters Point community may apply.

Requirements:  The AIR is required to participate in the SF Open Studios in the Fall and the Shipyard
Spring Open Studio in the Spring.  The artist is required to volunteer 12 hours to one of these programs
in exchange for fees covering their open studio participation.  The artist is required to provide an art
piece for each of the following events:  STAR Auction during Fall Open Studio, the Art Span exhibition
during Fall Open Studio, the Spring Sale or auction during Spring Open Studio.  The artist is also required to donate to STAR an artwork created during the residency.

Selection based upon: 
1) the strength of the artwork submitted;
2) the merit of the project or work to
be completed during the residency;
3) the strength of the artist's ties to the Bayview-Hunters Point
community.

Application:  For an application of more information, please go online to www.shipyardtrust.org, or
write to us at STAR, PO Box 880083, San Francisco, CA  94188.  Or e-mail us at info@shipyardtrust.org

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATION IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2011.

The winner will be announced on November 30, 2011.

ABOUT SHIPYARD TRUST FOR THE ARTS
Mission Statement: STAR's mission is to preserve and expand the artist community at Hunters Point
Shipyard by: conserving affordable artist studios and workspaces; complementing and supporting arts
programs in the surrounding community; creating arts exhibition and education facilities; promoting the shipyard as a hub of artistic activity.

EVENT: Visitacion Valley Branch Library Re-Opening July 30

SAN FRANCISCO, July 8, 2011 - The San Francisco Arts Commission is pleased to announce a new public artwork at the Visitacion Valley Branch Library by the award-winning artist team of Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector. Suspended 20 feet above ground in the central dome of the newly-built library, Full Circles is a dynamic constellation of interlocking steel hoops embellished with recycled bicycle gears. According to the artists, the artwork is intended to evoke a "universe of possibilities" and communicate to "all walks of life." The public will get its first glimpse of the artwork at a ribbon-cutting celebration on July 30 at 1:00 p.m.

"Everyone who visits the new Visitacion Valley Library will be swept away by Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector's beautiful installation, which sparkles against the ceiling's oak beams and dark blue vaulted ceiling," said Director of the Public Art Program Susan Pontious. "The work evokes the cosmos and inspires contemplation about a host of topics from astronomy to the humanities, and what better place to delve into those topics than at a library?"

Summer program @ Southern Exposure

A neighbor in Potrero Hill just sent this...

 An awesome summer program @ Southern Exposure for teens ages 14-21.

Its free and highly collaborative-and AWESOME of course....
 
Youth will work with 6 artists.
 
If they dont like the first day, they dont have to commit of course, but they ask the youth to commit to each class if they decide to come back.
 
The workshop is Monday and Wednesday from 1-4:30.
 
July 6th - August 10, with a two week exhibition.
Southern Exposure
3030 20th Street, @ Alabama (in the mission)
phone# 415/863-2141

Deemed "Too Serious", Ritual Coffee Bans Artists' Work

That's one SERIOUS cabinet!

There's a storm brewing, with Ritual Roasters owner Eileen Hassi at its eye. The article that is creating all the caffeine-buzz first landed on SFist.

Although this is all happening at the Valencia St Ritual Roasters shop, I mention it here for a couple of reasons. First, photographer Varese Layzer is a member of SF Camerawork, a gallery space that is supporting the opening of a show tomorrow at the Bayview Opera House (read more about it here). Second, the owner of Ritual Roasters operates a store inside the Flora Grubb nursery on Jerrold St, and so policies regarding artist-relations and content at one location can logically be assumed to apply to another. Third, our neighborhood is home to Hunters Point Shipyard Artists, one of the last remaining artist communities in the city, and so relations between that community and local businesses are important.

I for one do not want "tapestries of heavy metal lyrics" and other, "fluffier stuff" to be the only art that I see when I go into a local coffee shop that has gallery space. I want to see it all - stuff that makes me smile, wince, wonder.  I especially want art that makes me think.  I really like to see our privately owned spaces providing wall space to artists who may otherwise not have a venue to display their works, and hope we don't only get to see the fluffy stuff, needing instead to step through the doors of SFMOMA to get anything thought-provoking.  Thank goodness we have spaces like ART94124 and Javalencia to display pieces we may otherwise not get to if we only were to go into Ritual.

Dumpster Artists

From Eco-Artware-Notes,

While a growing number of craftsmen are working with other people’s discards, Recology, a California resource recovery company, actually pays artists to turn trash into art.

In 1990 Recology began a unique art and education program. The company selected artists to work full time for four months in a large, well-equipped studio next to its transfer station in San Francisco. The transfer station is located within a 46-acre property that includes several recycling facilities and the public disposal area (aka “the dump”). Most of San Francisco’s garbage  is temporarily stored at this site before moving on to a landfill elsewhere in California.

Read more...

New Art Space Opens in Dogpatch with Striking Exhibition from Rodney Ewing

From SF Weekly,

Two impressive collections dealing heavily with race, ritual, trauma, and injustice from Rodney Ewing make up the inaugural exhibit in Dogpatch Cafe & Art Gallery, according to a statement from Ewing and John Warner of the cafe and gallery. Saturday night is Ewing's opening reception.


The first series is called "Port Chicago," named for the infamous Bay Area facility, the Port Chicago Naval Magazine. Located on Suisun Bay between Martinez and Bay Point, it was where munitions were loaded in World War II. In July 1944 a shipment exploded, injuring and killing hundreds of mostly black enlisted men. The Navy blamed the men for the explosion and later imprisoned some 50 who refused to work because of unsafe conditions. The late Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American on the U.S. Supreme Court, defended the men, most of whom were released but not exonerated for decades.

Shipyard Trust for the Arts Invites You

Shipyard Trust for the Arts Invites You Quick Links www.bvoh.org   www.shipyardtrust.org  A Retrospective: Jacques Terzian, Founder of "The Point" Artist Colony On May 15, we will honor Jacques Terzian, 89, who founded the largest artist colony in the world at the Hunter's Point Shipyard in San Francisco.  The Bayview Opera House has installed a retrospective exhibit of Jacques' work and artwork of his friends, Stephen Namara and JoeSam.  There will be speeches and awards, refreshments, and an auction of Jacques' last 5 sculptures to benefit the Bayview Opera House's "Dare to Dream Youth Arts Program."  As part of the day's program, Shipyard Trust for the Arts (STAR) will also recognize those who worked hard years to keep artists and small businesses on the shipyard, including previous STAR Board Members Linda Hope, Scott Madison, Ian Green.  We will also acknowledge Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, whose support has been crucial to us many times in the past.    Some History: Jacques Terzian is an artist and businessman who in 1984 rented unused buildings at the decommissioned Shipyard to sublet them to artists at affordable prices. Then already in his 60's, he crawled under dilapidated buildings, replaced rusted water lines, tore out the crumbling asbestos and built partitions for art studios, assisted by his son David Terzian, who now runs the business.  As you know, the Hunters Point Shipyard art colony has grown to over 300 artists, along with a few musicians and small businesses Artists were threatened with eviction more than once, starting with the Navy's intention to homeport the USS Missouri here in 1987. Several artists and small business people formed a loose organization that organized resistance and garnered the support of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, among others, to keep the artists in their studios. Eventually, STAR (Shipyard Trust for the Arts) was founded in 1995 to secure the future of an arts district at the shipyard and replacement studio space for all artists who will be displaced by buildings torn down as part of the Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Project. Please join us in honoring these people and how far we have have come over the past 30+ years.  The event will be attended by many past and present tenants of the Shipyard so it will be a good opportunity to visit with friends and acquaintances,as well as to pay tribute to Jacques. We hope you will join us. The event is free, but please RSVP online to terzian.eventbrite.com/ so the organizers will have an idea of numbers in attendance. EVENT DETAILS: Sunday, May 15, 2 - 5 pm Bayview Opera House 4705 Third Street (between Newcomb & Oakdale) San Francisco, CA  94124

UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay--RFQ for artists

UCSF has issued a “Request for Qualifications – Call to Artists for the Temporary Art Projects for the Construction Site Perimeter”; please read for details.

The RFQ can also be viewed at http://ucsf.rfq.gregoirebaer.com/

This temporary art project for the Medical Center at Mission Bay construction site perimeter will be the first project in an ambitious art program. It will reflect UCSF’s commitment to integrate art into the fabric of the new facilities as well as engage the surrounding community. The fence will be in use for approximately 3 years and the selected projects may be rotated or may remain for the duration of the construction process with the possibility of becoming a permanent art project within the hospitals.

Click to find out how to apply and to

San Francisco General Hospital Foundation announces 2011 ‘Hearts in San Francisco’ artists

Chris Wright at StarkInsider.com writes,

The San Francisco General Hospital Foundation (SFGHF) has announced the 14 artists who have created the 2011 series of Hearts in San Francisco – a public art exhibition in conjunction with the annual “Heroes & Hearts Luncheon.”

One of the artists chosen, Linda Adreveno, works out of her studio at Hunter's Point.

Linda Adreveno has been creating art for several years and has participated in many exhibitions in the Bay Area as well as other parts of the country.  A native San Franciscan, she’s inspired by the many cultures and communities that make up The City.  At her studio in Hunters Point she creates pieces using elements that people can easily relate to.  It’s one of the reasons text often finds its way into her work.

Read more at StarkInsider.com

Life in '70s Hunters Point captured in photo book - SFGate

Sam Whiting at the Chronicle writes about a photographic treasure-trove, on display at SF Cameraworks until today and collected in a new book entitled "A Dangerously Curious Eye",

The book is divided into two sections: "Hunter's Point and Beyond" and "Through the Window," which consists of pictures that Shapiro took while driving around in his VW bus. Sometimes the windshield wiper is in the middle of the frame and sometimes his hand is at the big steering wheel.

Street-corner life was more photogenic then than now. For one thing, everybody wasn't talking on a cell phone or staring into one punching keys. Either inside or out, the hair, the cars, the plaid pants and denim leisure suits all say '70s "Soul Train."

"You put this in context, despite harsh economic realities, despite the Great Society not living up to what (President Lyndon) Johnson had planned, black people in their own communities did celebrate," says Richards. "They're poor but they're having fun. In my mind, this could be put to music."

Photographs by Barry Shapiro: Through Sat. SF Camerawork, 657 Mission St. (415) 512-2020. www.sfcamerawork.org.

Palega Recreation Center Artwork Proposals on Display

From the SF Arts Commission Website:

The San Francisco Arts Commission plans to implement two public art projects in conjunction with the renovation of the Palega Recreation Center: one to be located outdoors and one for the building’s interior. A total of five artists were selected by the Palega Recreation Center Artist Selection Panel to create artwork proposals for these two opportunities. The artists Scott Oliver, Rebar Group and the team of Peter Richards and Susan Schwartzenberg have created proposals for an outdoor artwork. The artists Jeffrey Long, Scott Oliver and Kelly Ording have created proposals for large scale, two-dimensional integrated artwork inside the Recreation Center. Come see the public art proposals while they are on view at the Palega Recreation Center and provide us with feedback in the comment book located at the Center. Your opinions will be shared with the selection panel before one proposal is chosen for implementation.

Proposals can be viewed at the Pegala Rec Center, 500 Felton St., until the 20th, or they can be downloaded from the SF Arts Commission website at:

Outdoor Artwork Opportunity:
Scott Oliver
Rebar
Peter Richards/Susan Schwartzenberg
Interior Artwork Opportunity:
Jeffrey Long
Scott Oliver
Kelly Ording