Ongoing to May 31st – Clare Rojas’s Caerulea and Ala Ebtekar’s Parallax at Gallery Paule Anglim: The gallery will feature solo shows by Clare Rojas and Ala Ebtekar. Rojas’ focus of the past several years has been on abstraction and color, building 2-dimensional compositions from panes of color that meet and interact. Ebtekar will present a concise arrangement of two new works in dialogue, a large painting and Fantastic Voyage, a mixed media light-box. A reception will be held for the shows Thursday, May 1st from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. Gallery Paule Anglim is located at 14 Geary St, San Francisco.
Clare Rojas, Untitled, 2014 oil on canvas; Ala Ebtekar, Parallax. Images courtesy of Gallery Paule Anglim
May 15th – May 18th – Art Market San Francisco at Fort Mason Center – Festival Pavilion: Artsource Consulting invites you to join us for Art Market San Francisco. As a sponsor of the fair, we are pleased to be providing VIP programming and tours. Complimentary VIP tickets can be found here. There will be a Opening Night Preview Reception on Thursday, May 15th from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM benefiting the de Young and Legion of Honor. Tickets for that event are located here. Fort Mason Center – Festival Pavilion is located at 2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco.
Image courtesy of Art Market San Francisco.
Thursday, May 22nd – Re:depiction with Hughen/Starkweather at the Asian Art Museum 6:30 PM: The collaborative artist team Hughen/Starkweather has been invited to create a one-night installation for the Asian Art Museum. Hughen/Starkweather invited staff members from the museum to select artworks on view and describe their chosen artwork to the artists in an interview. Using these interviews, the artists created an abstract work on paper. The final installation will feature the new Hughen/Starkweather abstraction alongside a sound piece based on the interview. The original artwork described by museum staff will be on view in the Museum and can be found via special map created for the event. The event is free with price of museum admission, tickets to the museum can be purchased here. The Asian Art Museum is located at 200 Larkin St, San Francisco.
Hughen/Starkweather, “Shiho Sasaki, Album of Lacquer, 19c Japan” and “Jay Xu, Ritual Vessel, 11th c. China”, archival pigment prints on paper. Images courtesy of Hughen/Starkweather
Bay Area Graduate MFA Thesis Shows:
May 4th – 25th – Mixed Messages, Mills College 2014 Thesis Exhibition: Featuring work by 12 MFA candidates, this annual exhibition is the culmination of the two-year Mills College MFA program in Studio Art. On view during regular museum hours Tuesday–Sunday 11:00 am–4:00 PM and Wednesday 11:00 am–7:30 PM.
May 15th – May 24th – California College of the Arts Graduate Exhibition: This year’s show will be presented in the Nave of the San Francisco campus. The opening reception is Thursday May 15th from 6 – 10 pm, and open daily from 10 am – 7:30 pm.
May 16th – May 18th – Principal, San Francisco Arts Institute MFA Thesis Exhibition: Presented at The Old Mint (located at 88 5th Street) with a Gala Vernissage on Wednesday, May 14th from 5:30 – 10:30. Regular visiting hours are 11 am – 6 pm daily with a public opening reception Friday, May 16th from 7:00 – 9:00 PM.
May 16th – May 30th – University of California at Berkeley: Presented at the BAM/PFA with an opening reception on Friday, May 16th beginning at 5:00 PM. Regular hours are Wednesday – Sunday 11 am – 5 pm.
Installation shot from SFAI MFA Exhibition 2013. Image courtesy of Art Business.