Press Releases
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2012
January 19, 2012
Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck Welcomes Maxine Hong Kingston & Yasmin Golan, February 21
February’s theme is inspired by At War
January 9, 2012
The News Debuts February 7th
Monthly queer performance series features new, experimental, or in–process works
January 5, 2012
Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck Gets Lucky with Mariama Lockington, January 17
January’s theme “Get Lucky” is inspired by Get Lucky: The Culture of Chance
2011
December 22, 2011
At War, February 3–29, 2012
Peter Max Lawrence & Truong Tran explore identities in conflict
November 28, 2011
Community Leadership Roundtable Series: New Frontiers and Seismic Upheavals in Curatorial Practice, December 5
November 21, 2011
Bay Area Artists Celebrate John Cage in Get Lucky: The Culture of Chance, December 17–January 26
An exploration of the the implications of chance operation in the arts and across cultural beliefs, values and practices
November 4, 2011
Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck Features Angie Chau and Ren Buenviaje, November 15
November’s theme “Objectified” is inspired by Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze
October 19, 2011
Third Strike: 100 Performances for The Hole, December 10
A one night only mini-marathon of time-based alternative performance
October 6, 2011
SOMArts seeks proposals for 2012-13 Commons Curatorial Residencies
Artists and curators can expand their practice by curating the SOMArts Main Gallery for a month-long exhibition
September 28, 2011
Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck Features Ron Ragin and Amara Tabor-Smith, October 18
October’s theme “Illuminations” is inspired by Illuminations: Dia de los Muertos 2011
September 26, 2011
Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze Exhibition, November 4–30
Women artists open new possibilities for the gaze and reverse conventional hierarchies in the culture of display
August 30, 2011
Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck Features Youth Reader & Chef, September 20
826 Valencia & Old Skool Café collaborate with Feast of Words to host first-ever youth literary & culinary guests
August 3, 2011
Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck Features Kevin Simmonds, August 16
August’s theme “Blue Ribbon” is inspired by Frontrunners: The San Francisco Foundation 2011 Murphy & Cadogan Awards Exhibition.
July 29, 2011
Mobile Arts Platform Pop-Up Wrap-Up Exhibit, August 14
Mobile Arts Platform wraps up year-long mobile exhibitions program.
July 28, 2011
Illuminations: Día de los Muertos 2011, October 8–November 5
12th Annual Day of the Dead Exhibition and programming curated by René and Rio Yañez.
July 14, 2011
Frontrunners: The San Francisco Foundation 2011 Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship Awards Exhibition
Juried selection showcases best of Bay Area MFA programs.
June 27, 2011
Mobile Arts Platform at Urban Youth Arts Festival
Mobile Arts Platform creates interactive, pop-up exhibition at 15th annual Precita Eyes Urban Youth Arts Festival.
June 21, 2011
Feast Of Words: A Literary Potluck Features Cole Krawitz
July’s theme “destruction” inspired by The Book exhibition & performance series.
May 10, 2011
SOMArts Presents: The Book, July 1, 7, 14, 21 & 29
The first ever contemporary dance driven installation and performance in the SOMArts Main Gallery.
May 13, 2011
SOMArts Announces New Staff Member
Jess Young is added to the SOMArts team as Director of Communications & Community Engagement.
April 26, 2011
SOMArts Presents Low Lives 3, April 30
Live networked performance event features Julio Cesar Morales and Juan Luna Avin.
April 3, 2011
SOMArts: All Access Weekend April 8–10, 2011
Free events include free yoga, open house and pop-up shop of art $5–$25.
March 30, 2011
2010/2011 Commons Curatorial Residencies concludes with Spread
An exhibition by OFF Space which juxtaposes historic key players of Bay Area conceptual and new media art alongside a selection of emerging and next-generation artists of promise.
March 30, 2011
Mobile Arts Platform at Cherry Blossom Festival
SOMArts Cultural Center and the Mobile Arts Platform (MAP) present a pop-up exhibition in conjunction with the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival; April 9th 2011, from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
March 16, 2011
Literary Guest Kirya Traber Joins Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck
Theme “On the Shoulders of Giants” reflects on literary and culinary heroes.
February 7, 2011
Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck Features Micah Ballard, Bill Berkson and Yasmin Golan in March
March 1st theme is “Unsaid: Stories Between Bites”.
February 7, 2011
Breathed … Unsaid …
Exhibition by Commons Curatorial Residency recipient Katya Min features twenty Bay Area, multi-disciplinary artists exploring their personal encounters with cultural diaspora.
January 18, 2011
Literary Potluck Embraces Exhibition Theme “A Sensory Feast”
SOMArts presents Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck with literary guest Thy Tran and a culinary Potluck Brigade.
January 11, 2011
A Sensory Feast
SOMArts presents the second Commons Curatorial Residency of 2010-11: an immersive exhibition exploring the multisensory nature of food, curated by Ellen Oh, Executive Director of Kearny Street Workshop, and local artist Sita Bhaumik.
2010
December 23, 2010
SOMArts presents La Pocha Nostra’s Corpo/Ilicito: The Post-Human Society 6.9
One-night-only multi-stage immersive performance extravaganza features Guillermo Gómez-Peña with world class troupe of local and international performance artists.
December 14, 2010
Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck blurs identities
A feast for the mind and body with cultural writer Faith Adiele and Canvas Underground Chef Peter Jackson. Photo: Faith Adiele.
November 9, 2010
Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck Gets Naughty (and Nice!)
Foodies and writers unite! SOMArts’ monthly event gets naughty (and nice) with erotic writer Simon Sheppard and the heavenly cuisine of Azalina’s Malaysian. Photos: Simon Sheppard, Azalina Eusope
October 28, 2010
It’s All A Blur
December and January Main Gallery exhibition and programs explore perspectives of empowerment and enfranchisement in the American West.
October 20, 2010
Feast of Words: A Storytelling Potluck returns Nov 2
Foodies and writers unite! SOMArts Studio Series presents potluck for writing and inspiration.
October 18, 2010
SOMArts Seeks SF-Based Artists and Curators
SOMArts seeks proposals for 2011-12 Commons Curatorial Residencies
October 1, 2010
MAP Potrero Hill Exhibition
SOMArts collaborates with the Mobile Arts Platform to exhibit local art at Potrero Hill Festival
September 15, 2010
I Live Here:SF
November Main Gallery exhibition features photography by Julie Michele in collaboration with Rick Prelinger, Chris Rusak and many others.
August 28, 2010
SOMArts Awarded $50k Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) Grant
Grant to support touring exhibition and the creation of innovative exhibition technology
August 28, 2010
SOMArts Awarded $40k Creative Work Fund Grant
Grant will support launch of new Mobile Arts Platform (MAP), expanding arts participation at neighborhood cultural festivals.
August 28, 2010
Media Alert: What Cannot Be Taken Away Dates Extended
Upcoming Events and Extended Dates: Death Row, Animation Screening and Creative Workshops
July 16, 2010
What Cannot Be Taken Away
Exhibition and workshops featuring artist Evan Bissell in collaboration with Community Works.
June 25, 2010
Totally Unrealistic: the art of abstraction
Group show features Cecil C. Childress, Ralph Joachim and Marilyn Kuksht
June 25, 2010
Night Light: Multimedia Garden Party
July 17 one-night-only event features abstract sound, light and video installations.
May 24, 2010
SOMArts Launches New Website (Google Doc)
New platform, expanded content and search engine connect artists, audiences and cultural communities with opportunities, space and support.
May 19, 2010
SOMArts Main Gallery Presents Sister City Video Screening (Google Doc)
Program to feature the work of local San Francisco artist Lynn Marie Kirby, Shanghai-based artist and gallery director Li Xiaofei, and international (San Francisco and Beijing-based) artist Fang Lu.
April 24, 2010
SOMArts Debuts New Ramp Gallery With Month of Youth Exhibitions (Google Doc)
Main Gallery Exhibitions & Programs expands, teams up with Cornerstone Academy for May.
March 12, 2010
SOMArts Main Gallery Presents Beauty Shops: Candacy Taylor (Google Doc)
Award-winning photographer explores the beauty shop as a community-based institution and addresses issues of gender, race, class and identity.
February 18, 2010
SOMArts Main Gallery Presents Moments (Bringing Back the Now) (Google Doc)
Series of live art events transforms gallery into laboratory, kicking off with 100 site-specific performances
February 18, 2010
Media Alert: Prints Byte Panel Discussion on February 20, 2010 (Google Doc)
January 15, 2010
Power (and Funding) to the People! SOMArts Seeks Proposals for Main Gallery Exhibitions (Google Doc)
January 14, 2010
SOMArts Main Gallery Presents Prints Byte:the cutting edge of printmaking (Google Doc)
Group show featuring 30 local artists and highlighting community print studios
2009
November 17, 2009
SOMArts Main Gallery Presents Invisible Homes (Google Doc)
Group show featuring work of 27 artists from the Bay Area, New York, and abroad
October 8, 2009
SOMArts Main Gallery Presents Unfurling: This Land (Google Doc)
Group show features Mark Bode, Mike Dingle and Isabel Rucker
September 30, 2009
SOMArts Presents Altars for the Spirits, Offerings for the Living (Google Doc)
September 29, 2009
SOMArts Appoints Justin Hoover as New Curator and Gallery Director (Google Doc)
June 8, 2009
Control Opens In SOMArts Main Gallery (Google Doc)
79 California Women Artists Showcased
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