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At War Opens Friday, February 3, 6–9pm
What: Opening reception for At War
When: Friday, February 3, 6–9pm
Where: 934 Brannan St. (between 8th & 9th)
How Much: Free Admission
Attend the opening reception for At War for a first look at hundreds of paintings, drawings, videos, and sculptures which incorporate religious elements, assumptive queer histories, and war iconography. A DMZ line divides the gallery in half for Peter Max Lawrence and Truong Tran’s respective installations, and allows the artists to explore their many identities in conflict while relegating their wildly conflicting artistic styles to opposing ends of the gallery.
January & February Volunteer Opportunities
What: Tons of opportunities to make a difference by volunteering at SOMArts!
When: January & February
Where: 934 Brannan St. (between 8th & 9th)
Our biggest volunteer event of the year, Community Volunteer Garden & Cleanup Day, will be held on Saturday, February 4, 10:30–3:30pm, partial day shifts available. We need all hands on deck for a day of beautification and socializing. To join the crew for this volunteer opportunity or to request more information, please email volunteer@somarts.org or phone 415-863-1414, x111.
Below the jump, you will find even more opportunities to get involved in January & February.
ArtSpan’s Annual SF Open Studios Exhibition
What: SF Open Studios Exhibition
When: September 30–October 29, 2011
Gallery Hours: Tues–Fri, 12–7PM, Sat 11–5PM, Sun 11–3PM.
Where: 934 Brannan St. (between 8th & 9th)
How Much: Free admission
Over 400 SF Open Studios artists will display their artwork during this month-long, free exhibition presented by ArtSpan in the SOMArts Main Gallery. Events accompanying the exhibition include an ArtLaunch Preview Gala on Thursday, September 29th, and a SOMA Saturday Mid-Way Party following open studios in the SOMA neighborhood on Saturday, October 15th.
Open Call for Participation: Performance, Time-Based, Relational, Experimental, or Just Plain Fearless Artists
On December 10, 2011, from 5:58pm to midnight, SOMArts Cultural Center presents Third Strike: 100 Performances for the Hole for which we request your collaboration. As the third manifestation of this one-night-only mini-marathon of artistic moments, the 100 Performances exhibitions are intended to extend and challenge our conceptions of the gentle, the exotic, the poetic, the extreme, the funny, the simple, and anything in between.
We imagine this event as a spectrometer for time-based art, an open forum for creativity governed by a precise time-signature reflecting contemporary media and popular culture. SOMArts is dedicated to raising all voices and 100 Performances removes barriers for arts participation by illuminating underground performance happenings in the Bay Area.
You are invited to submit a proposal for new performance about, above, around, against, near, in relation to, in contradiction of, or inspired by a 100 year old mechanics pit (the hole) in the floor of our Main Gallery.
Video: The Tailored Body, an Artist Talk by Currently Exhibiting Artist Rachel Mica Weiss
On on August 30, 2011, SOMArts and The San Francisco Foundation hosted a series of live artist talks called Lesser But Vital Practices to accompany Frontrunners: The San Francisco Foundation 2011 Murphy & Cadogan Awards Exhibition. The talks honed in on where our currently exhibiting artists find their inspiration and how these practices, be they artistic or otherwise, filter into the production of their artwork.
The talks were so fascinating, we asked participating artists to record them for our online audiences to enjoy. The Tailored Body by Rachel Mica Weiss is the first released, but stay tuned for five more talks scheduled for release in the coming weeks.
You can meet Rachel Mica Weiss and talk to her about her work in person at the closing reception on September 16th, or ask her a question through our interactive video Q&A channel.
This video was created by SOMArts volunteer, Christina Brossa.
The Book: Free Closing Event With Dance Installations
What: Closing reception for The Book, a multimedia, installation-performance and exhibition.
Performances By: Avy K Productions
When: July 29, 6:00 – 9:00PM
Where: SOMArts Main Gallery (934 Brannan Street, between 8th and 9th).
How Much: Free admission, cash bar
Exhibition Dates: July 1 through 29, 2011
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday 12:00 – 7:00PM, Saturday 12:00 – 5:00PM
The Book is a series of contemporary dance based performances and accompanying gallery exhibition created by Commons Curatorial Residency recipients, Avy K Productions. The Book will be both epic and evolving in scope. In addition to a free opening and closing event, The Book will include three ticketed performances (July 7, 14, & 21) and incorporate more than twenty artistic collaborators.
Join us for the closing event to see how Avy K has activated and altered the look and feel of the Main Gallery over the course of the exhibition, and help us celebrate the denouement of the first-ever performances in the Main Gallery based in the language of the theater. The closing event will feature ambient dance installations by Avy K performers.
About The Book:
The Book is an installation-performance series accompanying an ongoing exhibition based in experimental non-theater dance. Each performance is a random page from The Book, and each invites a different guest artist to enter the structure, created by Avy K Productions and collaborators, in order to destroy it and give it new life. Avy K brings together artists of different media to create improvisational multidisciplinary performances involving contemporary dance, live painting, evolving installation, video projection, and live music.
Click here for more detailed information about The Book.
The Book is made possible through support from the SOMArts Commons Curatorial Residency, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, and the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
The Book Performance With Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney, Philip Huang and Paul Clipson
What: Performance 4 of 5 for The Book, a multimedia installation-performance series and exhibition
Performances By: Avy K Productions & guest artists Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney and Philip Huang. Video effects by Paul Clipson.
When: July 21, 2011, mingle with artists 7:30 – 8:00PM, performance 8:00 – 9:00PM
Where: SOMArts Main Gallery (934 Brannan Street, between 8th and 9th)
How Much: $10 in advance, $12 at the door, cash bar
July 21st marks the last of the ticketed performances for The Book, a series of contemporary dance based performances and accompanying Main Gallery exhibition created by Commons Curatorial Residency recipients, Avy K Productions. In addition to a free opening & closing event, The Book will include a total of three ticketed performances (July 7, 14, & 21) and incorporate more than twenty artistic collaborators. Along with dance installations by Avy K Productions, this page of The Book will feature experimental performance artist Philip Huang and multi-instrumentalist, poet, and healer Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney.
About Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney
Mooney is an artist, activist and ritualist who has been working with the Bay Area Pagan group Reclaiming for fifteen years. He specializes in ritual drumming and singing, and teaching how to raise energy while staying grounded and connected to each other.
About Philip Huang
Huang is the founder of the (International) Home Theater Festival and the author of A Pornography of Grief. You can read his recent contributions to THEOFFCENTER’s blog salon series and get a taste of his work on his YouTube Channel.
About The Book
The Book is an installation-performance series accompanying an ongoing exhibition based in experimental non-theater dance. Each performance is a random page from The Book, and each invites a different guest artist to enter the structure, created by Avy K Productions and collaborators, in order to destroy it and give it new life. Avy K brings together artists of different media to create improvisational multidisciplinary performances involving contemporary dance, live painting, evolving installation, video projection, and live music.
Click here for more detailed information about The Book.
The Book is made possible through support from the SOMArts Commons Curatorial Residency, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, and the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
The Book performance with Ken Ueno & Matt Ingalls
What: Performance 2 of 5 for The Book, a multimedia installation-performance and exhibition
Performances By: Avy K Productions & guest artists Ken Ueno & Matt Ingalls
When: July 7, 2011, mingle with artists 7:30 – 8:00PM, performance 8:00 – 9:00PM
Where: SOMArts Main Gallery (934 Brannan Street, between 8th and 9th)
How Much: $10 in advance, $12 at the door, cash bar
July 7th marks the second of five performances for The Book, a series of contemporary dance based performances and accompanying Main Gallery exhibition created by Commons Curatorial Residency recipients, Avy K Productions. In addition to a free opening & closing event, The Book will include three ticketed performances (July 7, 14, & 21) and incorporate more than twenty artistic collaborators. Along with dance installations by Avy K Productions, this page of The Book will feature two sound artists whose trademarks are improvisation and experimentalism.
About Guest Artists Ken Ueno & Matt Ingalls:
Ken Ueno is a composer, vocalist, improviser, and winner of the 2006-2007 Rome Prize and the 2010-2011 Berlin Prize. In addition to Heavy Metal sub-tone singing and Tuvan throat singing, he is also informed by European avant-garde instrumental techniques, American experimentalism, and sawari or beautiful noise, an aesthetic in traditional Japanese music. Ken’s artistic mission is to champion sounds that have been overlooked or denied so that audiences reevaluate their musical potential.
Matt Ingalls is a composer, clarinetist, concert producer, and computer music programmer. Often incorporating elements of improvisation, his music is heavily influenced by his long involvement in computer music. His solo improvisations explore extended clarinet techniques that interact with the acoustic space, often as combination tones. Matt is the founder and co-director of sfSound, a new music series, ensemble, and internet radio station devoted to new ideas and traditions of experimental music, performance art, live electronic music, Bay Area composition, and the various facets of contemporary improvisation.
About The Book:
The Book is an installation-performance series accompanying an ongoing exhibition based in experimental non-theater dance. Each performance is a random page from The Book, and each invites a different guest artist to enter the structure, created by Avy K Productions and collaborators, in order to destroy it and give it new life. Avy K brings together artists of different media to create improvisational multidisciplinary performances involving contemporary dance, live painting, evolving installation, video projection, and live music.
Click here for more detailed information about The Book.
The Book is made possible through support from the SOMArts Commons Curatorial Residency, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, and the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
