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1951

Robert Neuman: Solo show: Robert S. Neuman: Recent Works on Paper, Redfield Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine, Aug.-Sept. 2011.

1970

Barbara Kasten: Group shows: The Edge of Vision: Abstraction in Contemporary Photography, Organized by Aperture Foundation, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, Jan.-Mar. 2011; Immaterial, Ballroom Marfa, Texas, Oct. 2010-Feb. 2011; Constructions: Barbara Kasten and Alexandra Leykauf, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, Jan.-Feb. 2011; Featured in: L.A. Rising: SoCal Artists Before 1980, The California/International Arts Foundation, 2010.

Susan Weller: Solo shows: Journey: dedicated in memoriam to Susan's cousin, the poet Roberta Spear (1949-2003), Ivanffy Uhler Gallery, Carlsbad, California, Aug.-Oct. 2010; La poesia dei muri, Spazio 6, Verona, Italy, May-June 2010; Cover design: Nel mondo che verra (Edizioni Medusa), a chapbook of Roberta Spear's poetry, 2010; Group show: Southern California Printmaking, Palos Verdes Art Center, California, Jan.-Apr. 2011.

1972

Larry Berger: Work featured: Green Art Furniture: Gallery M, Half Moon Bay, California, 2011; der Keller Furniture, San Rafael, California, 2011; RooTs, Mill Valley, California, 2011.

1973

Anne Zielenski-Fleming: Group show: OFF CENTER, Chicago Women's Caucus for Art, Arc Gallery, Feb. 2010.

1982

Jennifer Bain: Group show: BLOOM, Gallery One, Nashville, Tennessee, Mar.-Apr. 2011.

David Peniston: Solo show: Retrospective of David Peniston's Oil, Acrylic and Enamel Paintings, 1975-2011, Lakeveiw Branch, Oakland Public Library, Jan. 2011.

1983

Sadikisha Collier: Group shows: 2011 Harlem Fine Arts Show, Riverside Church, New York, Feb. 2011; Artists Speaking for the Spirits, ARTCURIAN Gallery, Brooklyn, June 2010.

1984

Michael Beck: Solo show: Michael Beck: Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, June-Aug. 2011; Featured in: Michael Beck: On Our San Francisco Watchlist, ArtSlant San Francisco, 2011.

1986

Dana Plays: Award: Winner of the 2011 HCC-Ybor Festival of the Moving Image Florida Filmmakers Contest in the Florida Independent Filmmaker: Atlantic & Pacific Productions Award category for her film Exquisite Corpses, Tampa, Florida, Mar. 2011.

1987

Tracy Krumm: Group show: John Bonick & Tracy Krumm, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, Mar.-Apr. 2011.

1989

Gregangelo Herrera: Group show: Reframe: Making Sense of Waste, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, May 2010.

1990

Amy Kaufman: Solo show: Amy Kaufman: Recent Work, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, Jan.-Mar. 2011.

1993

Naomie Kremer: Solo show: Multiverse, Modernism, San Francisco, Mar.-Apr. 2011.

1994

Karen Gilbert: Featured in: 5 Bay Area jewelry artists to notice, San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 2011.

1995

Lawrence Azerrad: Featured in: Chicago: The Wilco towers, Pop Pilgrims, The A.V. Club, July 2011.

Jason Jagel: Group show: Stella Luminosa, Electric Works, San Francisco, Dec. 2010; Work featured: Jason Jägel with Alula Editions / Release party, The Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, Sept. 2010.

Bruce McAllister: Solo show: New Works In Charcoal, JK Gallery, Los Angeles, Feb.-Mar. 2011.

1996

Carla Ross Allen: (with KnoWear ) Group show: The Future That Never Was, Modemuseum Hasselt, Belgium, Jan.-May 2011; Featured in: Design Anthropology, Alison J. Clarke, 2011; Made In Code, Dr. Jane Harris, 2011; Toward A New Interior, Lois Weinthal, 2011; Jeux de sociétés, Oct. 2010.

1998

Stephanie Dean: Group show: Civilized Waste, FourSight: An Artists' Collective, Chicago, May-June 2011.

David Huffman: Group show: Bay Area Now 6, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, July-Sept. 2011.

1999

Narangkar Glover: Group show: INARGUABLY UNCERTAIN: 41st Annual UC Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum, May 2011; Featured in: MFA Annual 2011 #93, New American Paintings, 2011; Award: Joan Mitchell MFA Award in Painting and Sculpture, 2011.

2000

Dana Harel: Group shows: A Live Animal, Root Division, San Francisco, July 2011; Pangea: Art at the Forefront of Cultural Convergence, Frey Norris, San Francisco, Feb.-Mar. 2011.

2002

Jim Ricks: Solo shows: Synchromaterialism, Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin, Ireland, Oct.-Nov. 2010; 14th January 2009 (We will say it has nothing to do with us), Fort Dunree, Buncrana, Co. Donegal, Ireland, July-Aug. 2010; Commission: Poulnabrone Bouncy Dolmen, Galway County Council, The Aughty regions of County Galway, Ireland, Spring 2011.

Candacy Taylor: Featured in: ABC television has optioned her book, Counter Culture, for a television series, Jan. 2011.

2003

Laura Kramer: New position: Art Director, Oscar de la Renta, New York, 2011.

2004

Sean McFarland: Group show: Bay Area Now 6, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, July-Sept. 2011.

2005

Charles Beronio: Group shows: Sorta-Rican, Taller Boricua, Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center, New York, Apr. 2011; I'm Caught Up..., CONVERSIONs | one-night stands, BronxArtSpace, New York, Apr. 2010.

Lori Gordon: Group shows: Top Ten, MacArthur b arthur, Oakland, Apr. 2010; As part of the Social Evolution Research Gang (SERG): The Friendship Centre, MacArthur b arthur, Oakland, Mar. 2010.

Pippa Murray: Featured in: Mosaic artist Pippa Murray an intricate blend, San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 2010.

Derek Weisberg: Solo show: Auroral Dreaming, Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, Feb. 2011; Group shows: 144, Blue Five Art Space, Los Angeles, Jan. 2011; THINGS ARE EXPANDING, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, Dec. 2010-Jan. 2011; The Bridge is Over, Lopo Gallery, San Francisco, Nov.-Dec. 2010; Featured in: David Choe on Artist Derek Weisberg, Juxtapoz, Dec. 2010.

2006

Weston Teruya: Group shows: Bay Area Now 6, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, July-Sept. 2011; ASSEMBLED, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, Feb.-Mar. 2010.

2008

Taha Belal: Group show: ASSEMBLED, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, Feb.-Mar. 2010.

Christina Empedocles: Solo show: As Evidenced..., David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 2010.

2009

Jaime Austin: Co-curated: Out of the Garage Into the World and Assistant Curator for Build Your Own World, 01SJ Biennial, San Jose, California, Sept. 2010.

Julia Goodman: Solo show: Everything is Always Moving, Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, Mar.-Apr. 2011; Group show: Pure Paper, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, Feb.-Mar. 2011; Panel: Performance, Act, Ritual: Art and Mourning with Cooley Windsor, Julia Goodman, and Adrienne Skye Roberts and moderated by Maria Porges, Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, Apr. 2011; Workshop: Transparent Substrate: A Hands-on Art Workshop and Lecture on Beet Papyrus , 18 Reasons, San Francisco, Feb. 2011.

Shawn HibmaCronan: Solo show: Drive The Herd, Basement Gallery Oakland, Apr.-May 2011.

Hilary Pecis: Solo show: Half Truths and Outright Lies, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, Feb.-Mar. 2011.

Jennifer Roberts: Performance: Beekeeper (A play written by Roberts for her CCA thesis), Virago Theatre Company Production at Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda, California, Mar.-Apr. 2011.

2010

Sam Strand: (with Rio Babe International) Group show: Bay Area Now 6, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, July-Sept. 2011.