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Innovative Design for the Wine Industry: Patti Britton
Presented by the CCA Alumni Council Archive and Exhibition GroupsJanuary 17–March 31, 2012
Oakland campus | Meyer Library
Reception: Wednesday, January 18, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Free and open to the public
More info: email alumni@cca.edu or call 415.703.9595; see cca.edu/alumni
Alumna Patti Britton, founder of Britton Design in Sonoma, California, designs for the wine industry. She earned her BFA in Graphic Design from CCA in 1984, studying with Michael Vanderbyl, Michael Manwaring, Michael Cronin, Doug Akagi, and Leslie Becker.
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Wattis Institute: John Baldessari: Class Assignments, (Optional)
January 19–March 31, 2012
Wattis Institute, San Francisco campus
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Reception: Thur., Jan. 19, 6-8 p.m.
Hours: Tues.-Fri., noon–8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Info: 415.551.9210 or wattis.org
Students from CCA's Graduate Program in Fine Arts will exhibit works that they created based on Baldessari's teaching notes from his time as a professor at California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts). The original course was titled Cal Arts Post Studio Art: Class Assignments (optional), 1970. Based on his class notes, students will, for instance, be instructed to "imitate Baldessari in actions and speech. Video," "Disguise an object to look like another object," or "Develop a visual code. Give it to another student to crack."
This exhibition pursues two of Baldessari's own concerns. The first is art making -- specifically his predilection for language's structure and arbitrary games, which have been a key element in his conceptual works of the 1970s, such as Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts) from 1973. The second is pedagogical. For many decades Baldessari has been directly engaged with the education of artists. He has continued working with students for nearly three decades, most notably between 1970 and 1986 when he taught at Cal Arts. Many of the strategies Baldessari deploys in his own work -- experimentation, rule-based systems, and the defiance of arbitrarily imposed limits -- are akin to contemporary pedagogical methods.
The participating MFA students are:
Fatema Abdoolcarim
Zafer A. Aksit
Andrea Bacigalupo
Simone Bailey
Teresa Baker
Kate Bonner & Rebekah Goldstein
Maureen Burdock
Caroline Charuk
Ji Eun Chun
James Coquia
Kimberlee Cordova
Kimberlee Cordova & Elizabeth Moran
Melissa Dickenson
Jeremy Ehling
Elizabeth Eicher and Helene Schlumberger
Katelyn Eichwald
Jamie Emerick
Will Emmert
Arash Fayez
Rachel Granofsky
Larissa Greer
Seth Gutierrez
Sadie Harmon
Jaimie Healy
Helga Hizer
Megan Lavelle
Cara Levine
Heidi Lubin
Leora Lutz
Lindsey Lyons
Phillip Maisel
Marc Manning
Yan Yan Mao
Nicole Markoff
Bruna Massadas
Senalka McDonald
Zoe McCloskey
Em Meine
Elizabeth Moran
Christie Yuri Noh
Alison Padgett
Alison Padgett and Andrea Gonzalez
Christine Pan
Maya Pasternak
Byron Peters
Christine M. Peterson
Aïdah Aliyah Rasheed
Joshua Reinstein
Neil Rivas
Michael Rothfeld
Ann Schnake
Diana Stapleton
Lauren M. Taylor
Maria Torres
Meghan Urback
Ben Vilmain
Alex Wang
Heather Watson
Heather Watson and Katelyn Eichwald
Heather Watson and Janey Smith
Tali Weinberg
Ansley West
Jacob Wick
Calder Yates & Helga Hizer
Jake Ziemann
Founding support for CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts programs has been provided by Phyllis C. Wattis and Judy and Bill Timken. General support for the Wattis Institute provided by the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Grants for the Arts / San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, Ann Hatch and Paul Discoe, and the CCA Curator's Forum.
Categories: Fine Arts Graduate Studies Public Calendar Wattis Institute
Wattis Institute: 101 Collection
Route 3: Anthony Discenza Meets Mungo Thomson Meets Harrell Fletcher Meets Alicia McCarthy Meets Eleanor Antin Meets Jason Meadows Meets Rodney Graham Meets Pascal Shirley Meets Ari Marcopoulos Meets Paul McCarthy Meets James Welling Meets Catherine OpieJanuary 19–February 25, 2012
Wattis Institute, San Francisco campus
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Reception: Thur., Jan. 19, 6-8 p.m.
Hours: Tues.–Fri., noon-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Info: 415.551.9210 or wattis.org
Route 3: Anthony Discenza Meets Mungo Thomson Meets Harrell Fletcher Meets Alicia McCarthy Meets Eleanor Antin Meets Jason Meadows Meets Rodney Graham Meets Pascal Shirley Meets Ari Marcopoulos Meets Paul McCarthy Meets James Welling Meets Catherine Opie Meets Tammy Rae Carland Meets Ed Ruscha is the third exhibition in an annual series to be drawn from the 101 Collection based in San Francisco. It examines the essential nature of an art collection -- an accumulation of objects gathered for personal interest, research, or presentation -- and attempts to provide an alternative organizational strategy to that of a thematic structure.
The curator, David Kasprzak (MA Curatorial Practice 2011) has completely relinquished the decision-making process, instead inviting the artists in the 101 Collection to select the works themselves. In addition, he delegated his curatorial tasks to colleagues within the Wattis and CCA. The chief preparator, who typically follows the installation plan and instruction of a curator, has installed the exhibition. The institution’s designer has created the graphic identity. All texts have been generated by the institution's managing editor.
Featured artists: Anthony Discenza, Mungo Thomson, Harrell Fletcher, Alicia McCarthy, Eleanor Antin, Jason Meadows, Rodney Graham, Pascal Shirley, Ari Marcopoulos, Paul McCarthy, James Welling, Catherine Opie, Tammy Rae Carland, and Ed Ruscha
101 Collection: Route 3 is sponsored by Kadist Art Foundation.
Founding support for CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts programs has been provided by Phyllis C. Wattis and Judy and Bill Timken. General support for the Wattis Institute provided by the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Grants for the Arts / San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, Ann Hatch and Paul Discoe, and the CCA Curator's Forum.
Categories: Curatorial Practice Public Calendar Wattis Institute
Spaces Between / Ara Mekanlar: Istanbul Exchange Exhibition
January 23–February 3, 2012
Tecoah Bruce Gallery at the Oliver Art Center, Oakland campus
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Reception: Wed., Jan. 25, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Hours: Mon.–Fri., 8:30 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m. (closed Wed. mornings)
Info: mpoli@cca.edu
This exhibition highlights the results of an international exchange between CCA students and students at the Istanbul Bilgi University in Turkey. It features the works of artists investigating current and historical perceptions concerning culture and identity in everyday life and their complex relationship to artistic and cultural production. Issues under examination include the representation of space -- both physical and psychological -- as well as public space (urban fabric) versus private space (memory and history).
Curated by Mariella Poli, featuring:
Carly Borman
Esra Canogullari
Janiva Ellis
Quinn Hartel
Hanna Jewett
Mark Johnsen
Emmanuelle Joyeux
Bryan Morello
Olivia Neal
Esteban Partida
Larry Peifer
Ana Quintanilla
Susan Rennie
Joseph Thomas
Tyler Tornaben
Ana Zaharia
(artwork: Mark Johnsen, Municipal Parks, 2011)
Categories: Diversity Diversity Studies Interdisciplinary Studies Public Calendar Undergraduate Exhibitions
TONIGHT: "It Gets Better: CCA" screening + panel discussion
Hosted by the Queer/Straight Alliance (QSA)Friday, February 3, 2012, 6–8 pm
Timken Lecture Hall, San Francisco campus
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Free and open to the public
Ongoing Reception: 6-8 p.m. (Timken reception area) Light refreshments will be served
More info: Jim Norrena, jnorrena@cca.edu or 415.703.9544
The college is proud to announce It Gets Better: CCA, a video submission to the It Gets Better Project, featuring students, alumni, staff, and faculty. CCA ranks among the first -- likely the first! -- art colleges in the United States to submit an institutional video in the national campaign committed to preventing suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (and queer) youth. The project uses firsthand testimonials by LGBTQ persons who share their inspirational stories about coming out, growing stronger, and finding support and happiness -- proving it does actually get better.
Audience Involvement Encouraged!
The official It Gets Better:CCA video will be played intermittently throughout the event, and following each screening will be a rotating panel that features, among many, the filmmaker (Photography student Yoni Klein), film participants, Queer/Straight Alliance representatives, and CCA administration to engage queer conversation about why this film is so important -- as well as other topics related to the queer community at CCA.
About CCA's Queer/Straight Alliance (QSA)
The QSA strives to provide a “safe space” where all individuals can be free of harassment, discrimination, isolation, judgment, or violence, or any combination thereof, that occurs because of who they are, and to raise public awareness through multiple perspectives about diverse issues surrounding the LGBT community and its presence here at CCA.
Contact: qsa@cca.edu
Founded: fall 2009
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Categories: Alumni Diversity Diversity Studies Film Graduate Studies Photography Public Calendar Student Life
IMPACT Work Party
Sunday, February 5, 2012, 11 am–2 pm
Nave, San Francisco campus
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RSVP Encouraged
Info: Aaron McKenzie, amckenzie@cca.edu, 510.594.3765
Join us for a fun and productive IMPACT work party. Whether you are already working on a project proposal or are simply interested in getting involved, this will be a beneficial event for you.
Come meet with fellow and potential teammates to make some serious headway on your IMPACT application process. Center for Art and Public Life staff and IMPACT mentors will be available for further guidance.
And of course, food will be provided.
Categories: Center for Art and Public Life Community Arts Public Calendar Student Life
Reading by Matthew Iribarne
HearSay Reading SeriesTuesday, February 7, 2012, 7:30–9:30 pm
Nahl Hall, Oakland campus
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Info: humblepie@cca.edu
Matthew Iribarne is the author of Astronauts and Other Stories, published by Simon and Schuster. He has been the recipient of the Joseph Henry Jackson Award, the Sewanee Walter E. Dakins Fellowship, and the Nelson Algren Prize in Fiction. He teaches in the Writing and Literature Program and the MFA Program in Writing at CCA.
All HearSay events include delicious refreshments!
Categories: HearSay Reading Series Lecture Series Public Calendar Writing Writing and Literature
Lecture by Donald Friedlich
Design and Craft Lecture SeriesWednesday, February 8, 2012, 7–9 pm
Nahl Hall, Oakland campus
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Info: 415.703.9563 or designandcraft@cca.edu
Donald Friedlich uses a wide range of materials in his jewelry, such as slate, glass, gold, and diamonds. His current work in "site-adaptive jewelry" exploits the optical qualities of glass so that the jewelry changes with the clothing on which it is worn. Friedlich is also interested in the creative adaptation of industrial technologies such as electroforming, laser cutting, CNC, and rapid prototyping.
Friedlich served a term as president of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, and his work is in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and many others. He holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. His awards include a National Endowment for the Arts New England Regional Fellowship. He has been an artist in residence at the Corning Museum of Glass, New York; Canberra School of Art, Australia; and Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan.
The Design and Craft Lecture Series is funded by the Wornick Endowment Fund.
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Lecture by Rebecca Morris
Painting Lecture SeriesWednesday, February 8, 2012, 7–9 pm
Timken Lecture Hall, San Francisco campus
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Info: 415.551.9230
Rebecca Morris lives and works in Los Angeles. She received her BA from Smith College (1991) and her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1994), and she attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1994). Morris was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (2008) and has also received awards from the Tiffany Foundation (1999), the Durfee Foundation (2005), Art Matters (1996), and the Illinois Arts Council (1996).
A solo survey exhibition of her paintings was held at the Renaissance Society, Chicago, in 2005. She has also had solo exhibitions at Harris Lieberman, New York; Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin; Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles; Susanne Vielmetter, Los Angeles; the Santa Monica Museum of Art; and Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Par, Illinois. She has participated in group exhibitions at the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland; the Hessel Art Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Grieder Contemporary, Zurich; Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago; Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York; Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis; Participant Inc., New York; and Donald Young Gallery, Chicago. Morris is a professor of painting at Pasadena City College. She has lectured widely, and co-organized the lecture series Talks on Painting in Los Angeles.
Categories: Lecture Series Painting Drawing Painting Lecture Series Public Calendar
Female Trouble Film Screening
Visual and Critical Studies Special Forum Lecture SeriesThursday, February 9, 2012, 7–9 pm
Timken Lecture Hall, San Francisco campus
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Info: 415.551.9251 or kmoore@cca.edu
Female Trouble: A Genderfuck Program
QCCA (Queer Conversations on Culture and the Arts) in collaboration with Dirty Looks presents an evening of genderqueer shorts:
Conrad Ventur, Mario Montez Screen, 2010
Patti Podesta, Stepping, 1980,
Steven Arnold, Messages, Messages, 1968
Narcissister, Every Woman, 2010
Zackary Drucker, Fish, 2008
Vaginal Davis, Barbi Twins, 1993
Film series impresario Bradford Nordeen and curator Margaret Tedesco will lead a discussion about queer perspectives in contemporary cinema following the screening.
Categories: Film Graduate Studies Public Calendar Visual and Critical Studies