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Photo Feature: Jennie Ottinger & Megan Reed, “Rabble-Rousers” at Johansson Projects

Artwork can insert itself in various contemporary issues, whether it is offering a contrary voice among political discourse, or it prods at social norms and (in)propriety. In Rabble-Rousers at Johansson Projects, Megan Reed and Jennie Ottinger’s work examine the multiple layers of the contemporary visual world around us, from the attractive array of colors meant to entice consumption […]

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Photo Feature: Shannon Taylor, “The Stars Come Down” at Redux Studios & Gallery

09.01.2015

“The Stars Come Down,” a solo show of new artwork by Oakland artist Shannon Taylor at Alameda’s Redux Studios and Gallery is the culmination of Taylor’s artist residency at the St. Vincent de Paul Sorting Facility in East Oakland. For three months Taylor explored the Society’s vast facility of donated objects in search of objects that might be implemented creatively. Introduced to atypical […]

Call for Curators: 2×2 Solo Shows at Pro Arts Oakland — Due: September 21, 2015

08.21.2015

2 x 2 Solos: Call for Curators Entry Deadline: Monday, September 21, 2015, midnight Pro Arts is accepting applications from curators for 2 x 2 Solos, an exhibition series commissioning new work from four accomplished emerging artists based in the Oakland/Bay Area. ONLINE APPLICATION FORM: Click Here Four curators will be selected for the […]

“Botanica: All Things Plant Life” at Bedford Gallery

08.15.2015

Floral still lifes and lush landscapes were once considered lowest in the Hierarchy of Genres, until the Middle Ages when a secular, upper-middle class of art consumers emerged, and filled their lavish homes with them. From here the Dutch Golden Age, the 19th and early 20th century Impressionists and Fauves that broke the rules again, and to present-day modern […]

Michael Arcega, “ESPYLACOPA: A Place” at Johansson Projects

07.16.2015

Horace Mitchell Miner’s, The Body Ritual Among The Nacirema, published in 1956, was a ripping satire of the proliferation of anthropological and behavioral science papers narrating the nuances of other cultures that were rife with arrogant Western biases. Nacirema was an intentionally transparent word play, spelling “American” backwards; Miner’s fabricated native group of people were directly based upon […]

Artist Proof: Constructing The Sacred, A Conversation with Sound Sculptor Kate Lee Short

06.15.2015

Cease is Basement Gallery Oakland’s second exhibition since the artist run space reopened in May. Using wood forms augmented with audio transducers, this site-specific work is engaged in lengthy dialogue with the humming, rumbling industrial neighborhood in which it is located. As gallery director, my curatorial mission is to showcase emerging talent and never before […]

Call for Applicants: Oakland Museum of California Bay Bridge Steel Program for Creative Reuse in Civic and Public Art Projects

06.03.2015

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Bay Bridge Steel Program for Creative Reuse in Civic and Public Art Projects www.museumca.org/bay-bridge-steel The Bay Bridge Steel Program, being administered by Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), was created in response to significant public interest from Bay Area artists and creative communities in making steel from the bridge available for repurposing and reuse. The program’s […]

Photo Feature: “Terra Incognita,” Mills College 2015 MFA Exhibition

05.27.2015

“Terra Incognita,” the title of this year’s Mills College’s Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, translates from Latin to mean an unknown or unexplored territory. Certainly this title resonates significantly within the work, career, and creative practices of this year’s graduating artists of the Studio Art Program: Megan Enderschmidt, Jackie Farkas, Sara Kerr, Kevin Keul, Malena Lopez-Maggi, Dani Padgett, Christine Patterson, […]

Call for Art: “Superstrata: 3D Printed Art” at The Compound Gallery — Deadline: June 1, 2015

05.13.2015

SUPERSTRATA: 3D PRINTED ART OPEN CALL FOR 3D PRINTED ART There is a $25 submission fee for up to 5 works Submission Deadline: June 1st, 2015 midnight Notification of acceptance: by June 15th, 2015 Show dates: July 18th-August 30th, 2015 If accepted, drop off/deliver work by: July 8th, 2015 If work is accepted: Artist must […]

Call for Applicants: 2015-2016 Kala Fellowship Award — Deadline: May 22, 2015

05.12.2015

2015-2016 KALA FELLOWSHIP AWARD Kala Art Institute is pleased to announce the thirtieth year of the Fellowship Program. The Kala Fellowship award is an international competition open to artists from the U.S. and around the world. Artists producing innovative work in all mediums including printmaking, digital media, installation art, social practice, photography, and book arts […]

Samantha Bittman, “Material Data” at Johansson Projects

05.10.2015

Historically it has been seen that as new materials with propensity for creative use have come to prominence, many designs, motifs and even techniques are transferred from existing, traditional mediums and crafts, creating an intriguing continuity of culture, as well as a furthered examination of arts’ objecthood and its significance. Samantha Bittman’s new series of works in Material Data now […]

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