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Bigger, Brighter, Better? Will San Francisco Become a Light Art Destination?
Last year a conscious effort to leverage light as part of San Francisco’s city brand, primarily to attract hospitality revenue and tourism, was initiated with the debut of Leo Villareal’s The Bay...
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Bob Miller: Teasing Science Lessons from Everyday Phenomena
Until February 5, 2015, you can visit the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library and be momentarily transported through space and time to the early days of the Exploratorium via the life and...
View ArticleLight Art Brings Holiday Glow to Darkest Nights
Tonight is midwinter, Yule, the solstice – the longest night. During winter’s dark depths, San Franciscans with an urge to seek the light will find a wealth of illuminated art pieces blinking and...
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Jason McHenry and His Quest for One Million Paintings
The intent wasn’t always to create a million paintings. Speaking of his early art-making days with his brothers-in-arms back in high school, where the seeds of the idea were planted, artist Jason...
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Radio Show: Rockin’ Roots to Radical Rauschenberg
Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great events around the Bay Area this week. http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thedolist/2014/12/20141226tdl.mp3 The Roots The Roots have been...
View ArticleHell No, We Won’t Go: Outstanding Radical Art And Global Movements in 2014
Recently New York Times film critic A. O. Scott asked, “Is our art equal to the challenge of our times?” Querying the role of culture en masse (films, music, books, theatre and, yes, visual art), Scott...
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Radio Show: 2015, The Year of the “Do”
Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great events around the Bay Area this week, and in the first months of 2015. http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thedolist/2014/12/20150102tdl.mp3...
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BART Gallery Pt. 1: Take the Train to Oakland’s Art Boom
Want to escape the crush of First Fridays and still spend some quality time with the Oakland art scene? Whether you dwell in 94704 or 94110, a web of art spaces, from commercial galleries to nomadic...
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‘Charlie Hebdo,’ a Magazine of Satire, Mocks Politics, Religion
Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French magazine that was the target of a deadly attack today, is part of a long tradition of French satire dating to the days before the French Revolution. The left-wing...
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Amateur Photography Gets a Fresh Look from Erik Kessels in ‘Secondhand ‘
Erik Kessels is looking at your photos. On your Flickr stream, on your blog, in your family album for sale at the flea market. He plucks them out of the growing mass of images, online and discarded, to...
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The Black Comix Art Festival Celebrates the March to Freedom
Event Information Black Comix Art Festival Inaugural celebration with artists, panels and more. Jan 18-19, 2015 Yerba Buena Gardens Details and tickets It’s been two years since mega comic-book...
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All That Glitters Isn’t Gold: ‘Glamorgeddon’ at SOMArts Gallery
Event Information ‘Glamorgeddon’ Artistic exploration of glamour. Jan. 8-Feb. 4, 2015 SOMArts Main Gallery Details and tickets It’s tough not to be dazzled by Glamorgeddon: the Spectacle, on view...
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Radio Show: Young, Early, and Hard-Hitting
Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great events around the Bay Area this week. http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thedolist/2015/01/20150116tdl.mp3 French Cassettes The San...
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Local Artists Discuss the Place of Healing Artwork in Black Lives
Inequality and police brutality aren’t exactly new, but social media is. And in reaction to the recent spate of killings of unarmed black men, which have been well-documented by smartphones and online...
View ArticlePulitzer Prize-winning Cartoonist Reflects on ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Attacks
I first heard about the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists early in the morning while juggling my two kids at breakfast. My wife and I spoke in hushed tones and spelled out words in front of the...
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BART Gallery Pt. 2: Take a Journey Beyond Downtown
Continuing our two-part tour of Oakland art galleries organized by BART stops (see Part 1 here), we journey in this installment a bit farther afield, to Temescal, Eastlake and Golden Gate. By no means...
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Radio Show: From Bill T. Jones to Banksy and Beth Custer
Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great events around the Bay Area this week. http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thedolist/2015/01/20150123tdl.mp3 Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance...
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Janet Delaney’s Photos of SoMA Before the Boom Reveal Lost Side of SF
Having documented San Francisco’s ever-evolving communities in the ’70s and ’80s, photographer Janet Delaney offers a retrospective moment for a city presently undergoing yet another sea change in...
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Cool Hand Ken: A Traditional Sign Painter in a Digital Age
For 73 years, Rey Giese painted the Valley of Heart’s Delight in letters, numbers and company logos. A skilled artisan whose craft was earned by years of apprenticeship, working as a journeyman and...
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Radio Show: New Frequencies, Deep Roots, and the Circus
Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great events around the Bay Area this week. http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thedolist/2015/01/20150130tdl.mp3 Joe Pug Few singers mix country,...
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