Forbes Report: S.F.’s Academy of Art Beset by Low Grad Rates, Code Violations
San Francisco’s Academy of Art University, a San Francisco-based institution that’s been operating for 86 years, is the nation’s biggest private art college. But only 32 percent of its full-time...
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Web-Based Art Project Reveals Heart of the Migrant Struggle
With the issue of immigration so hotly contested, it seems everyone has opinions about who and why and what continues to bring thousands of immigrants into the United States each year. Often overlooked...
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Xandra Ibarra Parodies Stereotypes with Playful Burlesque
Event Information ‘Ecdysis: The Molting of a Cucarachica’ Xandra Ibarra playfully challenges stereotypes. Through Sept. 6, 2015 Galería de la Raza Details A giant cucaracha (cockroach), made of...
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After Displacement, Redlick Artists Rally Against Changing Mission
Nearly every week we hear of another beloved Bay Area business closing, another cultural space threatened by rising rents and changing tastes. But what happens after an eviction notice, after a lease...
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Tony Gleaton: Photographing the African Story Across the Americas
Photographer Tony Gleaton died last Friday at the age of 67 after struggling with a particularly aggressive cancer for 18 months. He was working, signing prints, talking to museums (several have his...
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Instead of Changing Leaves, Peep Eight Bay Area Art Shows this Fall
Fall, a season experienced in other climates as crisp weather, woolly sweaters, crunchy leaves and autumnally-appropriate spiced drinks. Here in the Bay Area, September is much the same as August,...
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Fearing Loss of Space, Precita Eyes Tries to Discourage Prospective Buyers
Precita Eyes, a 38-year-old mural arts nonprofit in San Francisco, hosted a combination free toddler art class and rally against the speculative real estate market Tuesday afternoon. As toddlers...
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The Artists May Not be Present at di Rosa’s ‘Body Talk’
Event Information ‘Body Talk’ A group exhibition of physically-activated spaces and sculptures. Through Sept. 27 di Rosa Details Tucked away among vineyards on Napa’s Carneros Highway is di Rosa,...
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Bay Area Painting Right Now: Katie Dorame Rewrites California History
Editor’s Note: Bay Area Painting Right Now peers into the studios of emerging local painters to find out what they’re making, how they’re making it and why. Guiding our tour is Brandon Brown, poet,...
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San Francisco Seen Through an Analog Lens, One Hour at a Time
Event Information ‘Project 24 San Francisco’ One photographer per hour per SF neighborhood over the course of one day. Through Sept. 10, 2015 The Dryansky Gallery Details Using only hand-printed...
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Bay Area Artists Dive into the Big Blue
Perched as we are on the edge of the North American continent with the Pacific Ocean continuously nipping at our heels, it’s no surprise that Bay Area visual artists look to the water for inspiration....
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Remembering Architect and Arts Patron David Cunningham (1967–2015)
News of the death of San Francisco-based architect and arts patron David Cunningham spread swiftly on Facebook this week, to the disbelief of many who knew the former owner of David Cunningham Projects...
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Fighting the Empathy Deficit: How the Arts Can Make Us More Compassionate
Stanford University’s Jane Shaw is a kind of empathy activist. “How do you make the leap,” she said a few days ago, “to understand the experience of another person is really what empathy’s about. Shaw,...
View ArticleA Course in Empathy: Stanford Exhibit Takes on Our Culture of Narcissism
Stanford University’s Jane Shaw is a kind of empathy activist. “How do you make the leap,” she said a few days ago, “to understand the experience of another person is really what empathy’s about. Shaw,...
View ArticleShooting Hoops With an Astronaut: David Huffman
Artist David Huffman explores ideas about identity, cultural trauma and social relationships through paintings, performance and sculptures that revolve around the symbolism of basketball and the space...
View ArticleForbes Report: S.F.’s Academy of Art Beset by Low Grad Rates, Code Violations
San Francisco’s Academy of Art University, a San Francisco-based institution that’s been operating for 86 years, is the nation’s biggest private art college. But only 32 percent of its full-time...
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Kadist’s Online Exhibitions Link to Deeper Art Experiences
While most visual arts organizations kicked back this summer, Kadist, a Paris and San Francisco-based art foundation, launched an entire online exhibition program. These online exhibitions reflect a...
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Below Market Rate Housing Gets High End Sol LeWitt Artwork
While Oakland wades into a lawsuit against the city’s percent for art ordinance, a new piece of public art on a private development quietly went up in San Francisco’s mid-Market neighborhood and was...
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From Art to Gaymers to MOM, The South Bay Has Something for All
Autumn, more than any other season, reminds me of how quickly time flies. Perhaps it’s the sensation of the days shrinking coupled with the rapid-fire nature of the oncoming holiday season. Charles...
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Across the Bridge: North Bay Arts on Tap for Fall
In the North Bay’s arts scene, sometimes the setting is worth the price of admission. From a rustic 100-year-old barn on the side of a hill to a luxurious $140 million concert hall, discovery and...
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