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1956

Stanley Grosse: Publication: The Art of Stanley Grosse, (Version 2), blurb.com, Mar. 2012.

1961

Ed Bohon: Group show: 8th Biennial National Art Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, Florida, Feb.-Mar. 2012.

1964

Tom Nuzum: Featured in: Pioneering artist, the late Tom Nuzum, to be remembered in a special way during the Second Friday ArtWalk, The Flint Journal, Nov. 2011.

1968

Frank Gaard: Solo show: Frank Gaard: Poison & Candy, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan.-May 2012; Featured in: Frank Gaard At The Walker Art Center, The Huffington Post, Jan. 2012.

1969

Ron Tanovitz: Illustrations featured in: Poetry Games: Celebrating the ancient link between the athletic and the poetic, NPR, July 2012.

1975

Marc Katano: Solo show: Penumbra, Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, Apr.-June 2012.

1976

Erik d'Azevedo: Group show: Far Out! The University Art Scene | Reno, Nevada 1960-1975, Whittemore Gallery, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, Reno, Nevada, July-Sept. 2012.

1979

Ruth Boerefijn: Group show: All You Need Is Love, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, California, Mar.-July 2012.

1981

Sarah Ferguson: Solo show: Milwaukie City Hall, Oregon, Aug. 2011.

1986

Kurt Walters: Solo show: Pretty Little Paintings, Michael Mut Gallery, New York, Aug. 2012.

1987

Erik Adigard: Award: (for Design) 116th Annual Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome, 2012-2013.

1992

Jeff Kramm: Group show: All of Us or None: Social Justice Posters of the San Francisco Bay Area, Oakland Museum of California, Mar.-Aug. 2012; Featured in: All of Us or None: Social Justice Posters of the San Francisco Bay Area, Lincoln Cushing, 2012.

Erik Schmitt: Residency: KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, Jan.-Dec. 2012.

1993

Naomie Kremer: Featured in: 'Light Moves' review: Meditative digital-human mix, San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 2011.

Jon Rubin: Solo shows: The Speech of the Swans, Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept.-Oct. 2011; Thinking About Flying, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Colorado, Aug. 2011; Featured in: 9th Shanghai Biennial highlights Pittsburgh and presents new commission by Jon Rubin, ArtDaily, Aug. 2012; Pittsburgh cafe offers cuisine from the U.S. conflict du jour, Los Angeles Times, May 2012.

1994

Keiko Gill: Group show: Broadside Attractions | Vanquished Terrains, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, Apr.-May 2012.

Arthur Polendo: Group shows: 7th Berlin Biennale, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, June 2012; Installation (with Maraya Lopez): 2012 Space Transparency, Wall Street to Main Street, 365 Main Street, Catskill, New York, Mar.-May 2012; Residency: Catwalk Artist Residency, Catskill, New York, Mar. 2012.

1995

Gaby Brink: (with Tomorrow Partners) Featured in: How A Web App Can Help Nonprofits Tell Better Stories And Raise Cash, Co.DESIGN, Fast Company, June 2012.

Toby Fifield: Group show: Time will Tell, Z Lab Watch / Zerone, Hong Kong's International Watch Fair, Feb.-Sept. 2012.

1996

Jennifer Langhammer: Group show: Boundless Ambition - Part Process, Part Product, Thompson Gallery, Garthwaite Center for Science and Art, The Cambridge School of Weston, Massachusetts, Mar.-June 2012.

1997

Matt Dick: Featured in: Matt Dick's indigo spirit colors his creations, SFGATE, Apr. 2012.

1999

Narangkar Glover: Group shows: Admit Eight, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, Sept.-Oct. 2011; Altered Ground, Work - Ann Arbor, University of Michigan School of Art & Design, Sept.-Oct. 2011.

Tim Kelly: Featured in: Gourmet Gas: Kelly's Provisions in Yountville, Farmhouse Style, Remodelista, Vol. 6, Issue 26, June 2012.

Johan Liden: Featured in (with aruliden): Wanted: A Fishbowl That Doubles As Glass Sculpture, Fast Company, Jan. 2012.

2000

Alexandra Grant: Group show: Womb-womb Room: Channing Hansen and Alexandra Grant respond to Faith Wilding's Crocheted Environment, 1972, The Night Gallery, Los Angeles, California, Dec. 2011-Jan. 2012.

2001

Libby Black: Solo show: Nothing Lasts Forever, Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, Apr.-May 2012; Featured in: Libby Black: Looking, being good: It's provocative, San Francisco Chronicle, Apr. 2012.

Lily Cox-Richard: Solo show: Site:Lab, Public Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sept.-Oct. 2012; Awards: Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (Cox-Richard conducts research at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington to create new work for The Stand/Possessing Powers), Smithsonian Institution, June-July 2012; Faculty Seed Grant for The Stand/Possessing Powers, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, 2012; Residency: MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, Nov. 2011-Jan. 2012.

Mary Meyer: Featured in: Mary Meyer does Chill Cool Girl Basics from a Painter's Perspective, FashionIndie, New York, July 2012.

Christopher Nickel: Group show: BEAUTY: Annual Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, July-Sept. 2012.

2002

Candacy Taylor: Award: Archie Green Fellowship, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, June 2012; Featured in: American Folklife Center Announces Recipients of Fellowships and Awards, Library of Congress, May 2012.

Kelly Tunstall: Featured in: 12 Rising S.F. Artists Show Us Around Their Creative Spaces, Refinery29, July 2012.

2003

Sasha Duerr: Featured in: Colors of the Caldron: A New Generation Discovers Grow-It-Yourself Dyes, The New York Times, Apr. 2012.

2004

Ernesto Burgos: Solo show: the tone was a synthesis of all the voices they had ever heard, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, June-Aug. 2012; Featured in: Ernesto Burgos at Kate Werble Gallery, The Huffington Post, Aug. 2012.

John Chiara: Solo show: Crestmont at Coral, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, Apr.-May 2012.

Rachel Kaye: Featured in: 12 Rising S.F. Artists Show Us Around Their Creative Spaces, Refinery29, July 2012.

2005

Jake Longstreth: Solo show: Jake Longstreth: Pastures, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, Sept.-Oct. 2011.

2006

David Maisel: Solo show: Subverted, Ivorypress Gallery, Madrid, Spain, Feb. 2011-May 2012; Group shows: The Altered Landscape: Photographs of a Changing Environment, Nevada Art Museum, Reno, Sept. 2011-Jan. 2012; Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, Apr.-Oct. 2011; Publication: The Heart of the Art by David Maisel, The New York Times, Oct. 2011.

Matthew Palladino: Featured in: Announcing! The Top 10 California Artists You Need to Know in 2012, California Home + Design, Apr. 2012.

Leslie Shows: Solo show: Leslie Shows: Split Array, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, Nov.-Dec. 2011.

2007

Amanda Curreri: Performance: Double Barbershop Poles, International Incheon Women's Biennale, South Korea, Oct. 2011.

Mati McDonough: Featured in: Mati Rose McDonough makes her art dreams come true, San Francisco Chronicle, July 2012.

2008

Taha Belal: Solo show: Taha Belal: The Atmosphere from before the Step Down Returns to the Square, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, Jan.-Feb. 2012.

Danny Keith: Solo show: Danny Keith: Flannel and Fur, Ratio 3, San Francisco, Jan.-Feb. 2012.

Charles Lee: Group show: Nature's Toolbox: Art, Biodiversity, and Invention, The Field Museum, Chicago, May-Dec. 2012; Featured in: HOK's Net Zero "Battery Park" for San Francisco Has an Algae Facade, inhabitat, Feb. 2012.

2009

Molly Ackerman-Brimberg: Publication: How 'Gender-Washing' Can Kill Brand Love And Loyalty, Forbes, Feb. 2012.

Ellen Black: Group show: Bischoff Soren Black, Johansson Projects, Oakland, Aug.-Oct. 2011.

Katelin Dutton: Featured in: Shea Program Brings Hope to Otuke, BeadForLife Blog, May 2012; Communications Internship: BeadForLife, Kampala, Uganda, Mar.-Aug. 2012.

Alicia Escott: Featured in: Bear Relocation Documentation # 2, La Petite Zine, Issue 29, pp. 17-19, 2012; Love Letters to extinct animals from San Francisco artist Alicia Escott, Examiner.com, May 2011; Residency: Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California, Aug.-Sept. 2012.

Jason Hanasik: Featured in: The Warriors' Turn: Compassion and Control in Jason Hanasik's Militaria, Art21, Dec. 2011.

Hilary Pecis: Featured in: 12 Rising S.F. Artists Show Us Around Their Creative Spaces, Refinery29, July 2012.

Maja Ruznic: Featured in: 12 Rising S.F. Artists Show Us Around Their Creative Spaces, Refinery29, July 2012.

2010

Rema Ghuloum: Group show: Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I like, George Lawson Gallery, Culver City, California, Feb.-Mar. 2012; Featured in: Art review: 'Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like' at George Lawson, Los Angeles Times, Mar. 2012.

Amy Martin: Awards: Interactive / Web / Mobile: Notable and Runner Up, Core 77 Design Awards, July 2011.

Hillary Wiedemann: Solo show: Hillary Wiedemann: Afterimage, MacArthur B Arthur, Oakland, Mar.-Apr. 2012.

2011

Tobi Adamolekun: Featured in: A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs: Bushakan's Wooden Glasses Stands, 7x7, June 2012.

Elizabeth Dorbad: Solo show: Occult Land: Glamour Terroir, Unspeakable Projects, San Francisco, May-June 2012.

Jonathan Runcio: Solo show: Blue Turns to Grey, Ratio 3, San Francisco, Feb.-Apr. 2012; Featured in: Jonathan Runcio: Chips at man-made world's base, San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 2012.

2012

Mia Christopher: Featured in: Made in Kind: Mia Christopher, Anthropologie, July 2012.

Johanna Friedman: Group show: BEAUTY: Annual Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, July-Sept. 2012.

Toyin Odutola: Featured in: TOP TEN by Hank Willis Thomas, ArtForum International, p. 117, Apr. 2012.

Jennine Scarboro: Group show: BEAUTY: Annual Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, July-Sept. 2012.

Jake Ziemann: Group show: BEAUTY: Annual Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, July-Sept. 2012.