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Fourth and Final Phase of "100 Families Oakland: Art & Social Change"
Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2005, by Brenda Tucker
The recruitment process is underway to find 25 West Oakland families for the fourth and final phase of "100 Families Oakland: Art & Social Change," a multiphase community art project, sponsored by F. Noel Perry and the Center for Art and Public Life at California College of the Arts (CCA). The families will come together at the M. Robinson Baker YMCA, located at 3265 Market Street in Oakland, as part of the Attitudinal Healing Connection's ArtEsteem Program.
Professional artists from the West Oakland community and students from CCA will work with the families to create individual and collaborative art projects during 10 consecutive weekly workshops to take place January 11 through March 15. The organizers are also still taking applications for artists to facilitate the family workshops. As in the prior three phases of "100 Families Oakland," the families' artwork will be exhibited to the public at the end of the workshop series (date and location to be announced).
About 100 Families Oakland
One hundred families from four Oakland neighborhoods (East Oakland, Chinatown, Fruitvale and West Oakland) are participating in the yearlong project in which they work together under the guidance of professional artists to create paintings, drawings, sculptures and other works centered on the theme of family. The sites for these workshops are East Oakland Youth Development Center, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Unity Council Fruitvale Senior Center and the M. Robinson Baker YMCA in West Oakland. The families are encouraged to create individual art projects as well as work together to create a collaborative art piece.
The purpose is to demonstrate and celebrate the power of families, the creative spirit of Oakland and how art can connect families to families, families to neighborhoods and neighborhoods to neighborhoods. Individual exhibitions feature the artwork of each of the neighborhoods. The project will culminate with an exhibition opening in January 2007 at the Oakland Museum that will feature work from all of the families. Guiding the program are "100 Families Oakland" creative director, artist and philanthropist F. Noel Perry, and the Center for Art and Public Life at California College of the Arts.
"To date, the program has exceeded expectations. The time spent together as a family and community is reflected in the artwork being created by Oakland families," said F. Noel Perry, creative director, artist and social entrepreneur.
"We've seen the project create stronger connections within and between families. We hope this experience also encourages all families to work together to address challenges that affect the greater community," said Sonia BasSheva Mañjon, director of the CCA Center for Art and Public Life.
"100 Families" has been so popular that the organizers are now working to secure funding for a new round of neighborhood rotations. They also hope that organizations in other cities will take notice and create similar programs for their communities.
In January 2007, the Oakland Museum of California will present an exhibition of all of the artwork created through "100 Families Oakland."
Oakland families who would like to participate in the upcoming West Oakland phase of "100 Families Oakland" should contact Amana Harris at (510) 652-5530.
About the Center for Art and Public Life
The Center for Art and Public Life at California College of the Arts (CCA) is at the intersection of art, education and community. Connecting art and design with community development, the Center for Art and Public Life enriches education and artistic practice at the college. Its mission is to create community partnerships based on creative practice that serve the CCA community and the diverse populations of Oakland and San Francisco. For more information, please visit center.cca.edu or call (510) 594-3761.
About California College of the Arts
Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts) is the largest regionally accredited, independent school of art and design in the western United States. Noted for the interdisciplinary nature and breadth of its programs, CCA offers studies in 19 undergraduate and 6 graduate majors in the areas of fine arts, architecture, design and writing. The college offers the bachelor of fine arts, bachelor of arts, bachelor of architecture, master of fine arts, master of arts and master of architecture degrees. With campuses in Oakland and San Francisco, CCA currently enrolls 1,600 full-time students.
Timeline
January 11–March 15, 2006
Twenty-five West Oakland families will participate in workshops at M. Robinson Baker YMCA, 3265 Market Street, Oakland. March 2006: West Oakland neighborhood families' artwork will be exhibited (date & location TBD) .
August 10–October 13, 2005
Twenty-five Fruitvale neighborhood families participated in workshops at the Unity Council Senior Center in Fruitvale Plaza. October 30, 2005: Fruitvale families' artwork was exhibited at the FDC building at 1249 34th Avenue, Oakland in conjunction with Dia de Los Muertos.
June 23–August 25, 2005
Twenty-five Chinatown neighborhood families participated in workshops at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. August 27–September 21, 2005: Chinatown families' artwork was exhibited at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, in conjunction with the Chinatown Streetfest.
April 9–June 4, 2005
Twenty-five East Oakland families participated in the inaugural workshops at the East Oakland Youth Development Center. June 16–July 29, 2005: East Oakland families' artwork was exhibited at Gallery 555 in Oakland's City Center.
Media sponsors for "100 Families Oakland: Art & Social Change" are KPFA-AM and KPIX-TV/CBS5.
Editors, please note: to arrange interviews and site tours or to access photos and b-roll, contact Kim Lessard at (415) 703-9547 or klessard@cca.edu.
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Ralph Rugoff, Director of the CCA Wattis Institute, Wins Prestigious Ordway Prize
Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005, by Brenda Tucker
Ralph Rugoff
Ralph Rugoff, director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, is the winner of the inaugural Ordway Prize in the category of arts writer and/or curator. This new prize, awarded by the Penny McCall Foundation, is one of the most generous international art prizes awarded in the United States. Given biennially, it recognizes two recipients, a midcareer artist and an arts writer and/or curator, each of whom will receive an unrestricted monetary award of $100,000. Doris Salcedo was the recipient of the Ordway Prize in the artist category.
Ralph Rugoff commented, "It is an unbelievable honor to receive the Ordway Prize. I am deeply grateful to Jennifer McSweeney and the Penny McCall Foundation for their foresight in establishing this prize and for their ongoing support of contemporary art and artists. It was a privilege to be nominated along with my distinguished colleagues Lynne Cooke and David Rimanelli—both of whom have had a great impact on my understanding of contemporary art. This prize also recognizes the work of the CCA Wattis Institute and the importance and relevance of its broad international focus."
About Ralph Rugoff
Since 2000, Ralph Rugoff has been director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. His curatorial experience at the Wattis includes "Monuments for the USA," "Capp Street Project: 20th Anniversary Exhibition," "Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art" (with Daina Augaitis, Lisa Corrin, Matthew Higgs and Toby Kamps), and "Sudden Glory: Sight Gags and Slapstick in Contemporary Art." Rugoff was also the founding chair of CCA's Curatorial Practice Program.
Prior to coming to CCA, he co-curated (with Lisa Corrin) "The Greenhouse Effect" at the Serpentine Gallery in London. His freelance curatorial projects include "Just Pathetic," which was exhibited in Los Angeles and New York, and the touring exhibition "At the Threshold of the Visible: Minuscule and Small-Scale Art 1964-1996."
Rugoff's principal publications include monographs on George Condo, Mark Wallinger and Anya Gallacio. He is the author of "Circus Americanus" (Verso). Rugoff also served as editor and co-author of "Scene of the Crime" (MIT Press) and "At the Threshold of the Visible" (Independent Curators International). In addition, Rugoff has been a research fellow at Goldsmiths College in London and a Pew Arts Journalism Fellow at Columbia University in New York.
About the Wattis
Established in 1998, the CCA Wattis Institute serves as a forum for the presentation and discussion of leading-edge local, national and international contemporary culture. Through exhibitions, the Capp Street Project residency program, lectures, symposia, performances and publications in the fields of art, architecture and design, the CCA Wattis Institute fosters interaction among the students and faculty of California College of the Arts; art, architecture and design professionals; and the general public.
Rugoff comments, "As large museums in the United States increasingly focus on producing blockbuster shows, the task of developing truly innovative and challenging projects has been taken up by smaller, more responsive institutions like the CCA Wattis Institute. Occupying a strategic niche between artist-run spaces and museums, the Wattis Institute operates as a cultural test site or aesthetic think tank, where artists and visitors alike can experiment with new ideas about relationships among art, society, popular culture and everyday life."
About the Ordway Prize
The Ordway Prize is named in honor of McCall Foundation Director Jennifer McSweeney's great-great-aunt, Katharine Ordway, who was a philanthropist, art collector and lifelong naturalist. The prize recognizes mid-career artists and arts writers and/or curators who have made important contributions to the field of contemporary art and letters. Recipients must be at least 40 years of age and created a significant body of work over a minimum of 15 years. Nominees are considered from around the world. The short list for the 2005 Ordway Prize comprises three artists and three arts writers and/or curators selected from seven nominees in each category. The other finalists are artists Sam Durant and Senga Nengudi and curator Lynne Cooke and art critic David Rimanelli.
The nominators, who were invited by Ms. McSweeney to participate in the selection process, are a distinguished group of artists, curators, writers, museum professionals, scholars, philanthropists and leaders in the field of contemporary art.
Penny McCall Foundation
The Penny McCall Foundation (PMF), a private organization dedicated to supporting contemporary artists, arts writers, and curators, was established in 1987 by Jennifer McSweeney's late mother, Penny McCall. From 1988 to 2004, the activities of the PMF included awarding more than $2,000,000 to emerging artists, arts writers, and curators. In 2005, under Ms. McSweeney's directorship, the Foundation initiated the biennial Ordway Prize; in the intervening years, it will continue to award the Penny McCall Awards, among other initiatives.
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CCA Student Tony Meredith Wins the Translations in Tupperware Global Design Contest
Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005, by Brenda Tucker
CCA student Tony Meredith was named the U.S. winner of the Translations in Tupperware global design contest, with a beautifully lit and shot photograph entitled "Tupper Rose Window," which uses multicolored and multitextured, vintage and contemporary Tupperware bowls, coasters, and tumblers to replicate a stained-glass window. He is a student in the college's Industrial Design Program.
Entries from the United States, Greece, Brazil, and Indonesia took top prizes and form the centerpiece of an exhibit that features more than 30 pieces of Tupperware-inspired artwork, from delicately designed purses and dresses to 7-foot-high Indian gods and panoramic city landscapes.
The contest was launched in May 2005 and invited consumers and designers from around the world to create a piece of art or functional product using Tupperware products as the basis for their inspiration. The prize package for the four top entrants includes a trip for two to New York City, a $5,000 cash prize, and inclusion of their work in the global tour.
The four winning pieces were selected from more than 1,000 worldwide entries by a panel of judges from the design media and industry. The panel included Mariska Hargitay, actress; John-Michael Ekeblad, former Tupperware chief designer; Carl Magnusson, executive vice president and director of design for Knoll Design; Linda O'Keeffe, director of design and architecture for Metropolitan Home magazine; Laetitia Wolff, senior design editor for Surface magazine and founding director of futureflair; Satyendra Pakhale, international industrial designer; George M. Beylerian, founder of Material ConneXion; and Dr. Peter Zec, president of Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen (DZNRW), the organization that runs the red dot awards program in Germany.
About the College
Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts) is the largest regionally accredited, independent school of art and design in the western United States. Noted for the interdisciplinary nature and breadth of its programs, CCA offers studies in 19 undergraduate and 6 graduate majors in the areas of fine arts, architecture, design and writing. The college offers the bachelor of fine arts, bachelor of arts, bachelor of architecture, master of fine arts, master of arts and master of architecture degrees. With campuses in Oakland and San Francisco, CCA currently enrolls 1,600 full-time students.
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Faculty Work On View at National Gallery of Australia
Posted on Friday, December 2, 2005, by Brenda Tucker
Marilyn da Silva, Rock Paper Scissors
The work of three CCA faculty members—Lia Cook, professor of Textiles; Marilyn da Silva, chair of Jewelry/Metal Arts; and Donald Fortescue, chair of Wood/Furniture—is featured in Transformations: The Language of Craft, an international exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. The exhibition showcases recent work by the world's leading studio craft artists and is the first of its kind at the National Gallery. Transformations is on view through January 29, 2006.
Three years in the making, the exhibition includes 85 Australian and international artists and 135 works in the area of studio craft, including ceramics, furniture, glass, jewelry, metalwork, sculpture, textiles, and wood.
Transformations was organized by Robert Bell, senior curator of decorative arts and design at the National Gallery. Bell comments, "The work of international artists most prominent and influential in these fields is seldom seen in Australia; this exhibition offers visitors a chance to encounter their unique and compelling objects that challenge our perceptions of design and function, and the meaning of the materials they use."
Cook and Da Silva each gave presentations on their work during a two-day conference held in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition. They were among the 18 artists from Australia, the United States, Europe, and Asia who were invited to speak.
A full-color exhibition catalog is available from the National Gallery of Australia online shop. For more information, see www.nga.gov.au.
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Extended Education Presents Interior Designers Forum: Beyond Green
Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005, by Brenda Tucker
Speaker John Danzer
Top California designers show new work at the winter 2006 Interior Designers Forum, "Beyond Green," sponsored by the Extended Education Department at California College of the Arts (CCA) and presented by best-selling design author Diane Dorrans Saeks. This dynamic, multidisciplinary forum looks "beyond green" to consider environmentally friendly design and inspiration in the broadest sense. The forum examines stylish architecture, interiors and furniture that embody wise, ecologically benign and environmentally smart practices. The speakers—seven leading interior designers, furniture designers, design practitioners and architects—will show images of their newest work and discuss their design philosophies, including aspects of the "green" house: color, sustainable materials and landscape. The forum will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 28, 2006, at the CCA San Francisco campus, 1111 Eighth Street.
Sim Van der Ryn of Van der Ryn Architects is the forum's keynote speaker. The program also includes special guest speaker John Danzer of Munder-Skiles, Inc., and featured speakers Martha Angus of Martha Angus, Inc.; Olle Lundberg of Lundberg Design; Melissa Mizell of Gensler; Henry Siegel of Siegel & Strain Architects; and Anni Tilt of Arkin Tilt Architects.
Moderator Diane Dorrans Saeks is the author of 17 books, most recently "Michael Smith Elements of Style" and "Hollywood Style" (both from Rizzoli). A noted editor and lecturer, Ms. Saeks has written extensively for the New York Times, Garden Design, Departures and many other design publications around the world. She is the interior design editor of PaperCity, the San Francisco editor at large for C Magazine and the California editor of Metropolitan Home.
Please note that speakers are subject to change. The cost of the forum is $120 and will include lunch. Preregistration is required. Those interested should call (510) 594-3710 to register or receive more information.
About the College
Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts) is the largest regionally accredited, independent school of art and design in the western United States. Noted for the interdisciplinary nature and breadth of its programs, CCA offers studies in 19 undergraduate and 6 graduate majors in the areas of fine arts, architecture, design and writing. The college offers bachelor of architecture, bachelor of arts, bachelor of fine arts, master of architecture, master of arts and master of fine arts degrees. With campuses in Oakland and San Francisco, CCA currently enrolls 1,600 full-time students.
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Ralph Rugoff, Director of the CCA Wattis Institute, Short-Listed for Prestigious Ordway Prize
Posted on Monday, November 21, 2005, by Brenda Tucker
Ralph Rugoff
Ralph Rugoff, director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, was named one of three finalists for the inaugural Ordway Prize in the category of arts writer and/or curator. This new prize, awarded by the Penny McCall Foundation, is one of the most generous international art prizes awarded in the United States. Given biennially, it recognizes two recipients, a midcareer artist and an arts writer and/or curator, each of whom will receive an unrestricted monetary award of $100,000. The four remaining finalists will each receive awards of $7,500. Jennifer McSweeney, director of the Penny McCall Foundation, announced the six finalists on November 11. The award recipients will be revealed on December 16 at a special event in New York City.
Ralph Rugoff commented, "I am delighted to be considered for the Ordway Prize and honored to be nominated along such distinguished colleagues as Lynne Cooke and David Rimanelli."
About Ralph Rugoff
Since 2000, Ralph Rugoff has been director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. His curatorial experience at the Wattis includes "Monuments for the USA," "Capp Street Project: 20th Anniversary Exhibition," "Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art" (with Daina Augaitis, Lisa Corrin, Matthew Higgs and Toby Kamps), and "Sudden Glory: Sight Gags and Slapstick in Contemporary Art."
Prior to coming to CCA, he co-curated (with Lisa Corrin) "The Greenhouse Effect" at the Serpentine Gallery in London. His freelance curatorial projects include "Just Pathetic," which was exhibited in Los Angeles and New York, and the touring exhibition "At the Threshold of the Visible: Minuscule and Small-Scale Art 1964-1996."
Rugoff's principal publications include monographs on George Condo, Mark Wallinger and Anya Gallacio. He is the author of "Circus Americanus" (Verso). Rugoff also served as editor and co-author of "Scene of the Crime" (MIT Press) and "At the Threshold of the Visible" (Independent Curators International).
In addition, Rugoff has been a research fellow at Goldsmiths College in London and a Pew Arts Journalism Fellow at Columbia University in New York.
About the Wattis
Established in 1998, the CCA Wattis Institute serves as a forum for the presentation and discussion of leading-edge local, national and international contemporary culture.
Through exhibitions, the Capp Street Project residency program, lectures, symposia, performances and publications in the fields of art, architecture and design, the CCA Wattis Institute fosters interaction among the students and faculty of California College of the Arts; art, architecture and design professionals; and the general public.
Rugoff comments, "As large museums in the United States increasingly focus on producing blockbuster shows, the task of developing truly innovative and challenging projects has been taken up by smaller, more responsive institutions like the CCA Wattis Institute. Occupying a strategic niche between artist-run spaces and museums, the Wattis Institute operates as a cultural test site or aesthetic think tank, where artists and visitors alike can experiment with new ideas about relationships among art, society, popular culture and everyday life."
About the Ordway Prize
The Ordway Prize is named in honor of Ms. McSweeney's great-great-aunt, Katharine Ordway, who was a philanthropist, art collector and lifelong naturalist. The prize recognizes mid-career artists and arts writers and/or curators who have made important contributions to the field of contemporary art and letters. Recipients must be at least 40 years of age and created a significant body of work over a minimum of 15 years. Nominees are considered from around the world.
The short list for the 2005 Ordway Prize comprises three artists and three arts writers and/or curators selected from seven nominees in each category. The other finalists are artists Sam Durant, Senga Nengudi and Doris Salcedo; curator Lynne Cooke and art critic David Rimanelli.
The nominators, who were invited by Ms. McSweeney to participate in the selection process, are a distinguished group of artists, curators, writers, museum professionals, scholars, philanthropists and leaders in the field of contemporary art.
Penny McCall Foundation
The Penny McCall Foundation (PMF), a private organization dedicated to supporting contemporary artists, arts writers, and curators, was established in 1987 by Jennifer McSweeney's late mother, Penny McCall. From 1988 to 2004, the activities of the PMF included awarding more than $2,000,000 to emerging artists, arts writers, and curators. In 2005, under Ms. McSweeney's directorship, the Foundation initiated the biennial Ordway Prize; in the intervening years, it will continue to award the Penny McCall Awards, among other initiatives.
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CCA Wattis Institute Presents "Capp Street Project: Jeanne Dunning"
Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005, by Brenda Tucker
Jeanne Dunning is the fall 2005 Capp Street Project artist in residence at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. In this exhibition, Dunning elaborates on her continuing investigation of representations of formlessness that evoke disturbing corporeal associations. Centering around a series of large-scale photographs depicting a monochrome color field (composed of smashed stewed tomatoes), Dunning's installation explores boundaries between the sublime and the grotesque, while playing on our perceptions and misperceptions of images connoting physical vulnerability. Organized by Ralph Rugoff, director of the CCA Wattis Institute, "Capp Street Project: Jeanne Dunning" is on view November 30, 2005–February 21, 2006, in the Logan Galleries of the San Francisco campus of California College of the Arts. An opening reception will take place on Wednesday, November 30, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The exhibition and reception are both free and open to the public.
"Jeanne's work explores our sense of the boundaries that separate our bodies and the outside world, and that enable us to define a sense of self," says Ralph Rugoff, director of the CCA Wattis Institute. "In this new series of images, she evokes the body at its most visceral—indeed, conjures a scene of terrible carnage—yet does so without depicting literal blood and guts. She keeps us in a state of suspense regarding what we are actually looking at, and how we should be responding to it, whether with horror, fascination or pleasure."
Jeanne Dunning was born in 1960 in Granby, Connecticut, and lives and works in Chicago. Her solo exhibitions include shows at the Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden, 1999, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, 1994 (traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago). Her work was included in New Photography 14 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1998; the Sydney Biennale, 1996; the Venice Biennale, 1995; and the Whitney Biennial, 1991. She completed a web-based work for Dia Center for the Arts in 2002. A selective survey of her work will open at the Berkeley Art Museum in January 2006.
About Capp Street Project
In the 22 years since its creation, Capp Street Project has given more than 100 local, national and international artists the opportunity to create new work through its residency and public exhibition programs. Capp Street Project offers artists the opportunity to formulate ideas and experiment in a variety of exhibition spaces, while discovering and reacting to the San Francisco Bay Area. The project provides artists with time and resources to conceptualize, plan and execute new work. Artists are encouraged to continue their experimentation and dialogue with the community throughout the exhibition period.
About the Wattis
Established in 1998, the CCA Wattis Institute serves as a forum for the presentation and discussion of leading-edge local, national and international contemporary culture. Through exhibitions, the Capp Street Project residency program, lectures, symposia, performances and publications in the fields of art, architecture and design, the CCA Wattis Institute fosters interaction among the students and faculty of California College of the Arts; art, architecture and design professionals; and the general public.
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CCA Wattis Institute Presents Artur Żmijewski and Philip Zimbardo: A Conversation
Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2005, by Brenda Tucker
The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts presents world-renowned Stanford psychologist Philip Zimbardo in conversation with Polish artist Artur Żmijewski on Wednesday, November 30, at 6 p.m. in Timken Lecture Hall at the California College of the Arts San Francisco campus, 1111 Eighth Street.
This special event kicks off an exhibition of Żmijewski's 39-minute film "Repetition" (2005), a documentary recording his reenactment of Professor Zimbardo's 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment. The film screens every hour on the hour at the CCA Wattis Institute's Logan Galleries from November 30, 2005, to February 21, 2006.
Professor Zimbardo's experiment, which isolated groups of graduate students in randomly designated roles of prisoners and guards in a simulated prison, had to be interrupted due to the participants' own abusive behavior.
For "Repetition," Żmijewski hired unemployed Polish men to play the roles of prisoners and guards. Filmed with hidden cameras, their behavior quickly progresses from playacting to acts of seemingly genuine frustration and anger. Confrontations escalate, but just when it seems Żmijewski's experiment will replicate the original, things take an unexpected turn.
The outcome raises questions about individual responsibility and social roles, the similarities and differences between art and science, and whether either can offer convincing conclusions about human nature.
"'Repetition' is not only a conceptually astute investigation of ethics, but also an intriguing and innovative example of narrative art," says Ralph Rugoff, director of the CCA Wattis Institute. "Artur Żmijewski has emerged over the past five years as one of the most consistently challenging, provocative and profoundly thoughtful artists in Europe. His work examines in an unflinching manner complex moral issues that few of his contemporaries ever address."
Born in 1966 in Warsaw, Żmijewski works exclusively with photography and film, often taking the position of an observer of human behavior, provoking and studying unusual situations. His works often reference the aesthetics of violence and segregation and deal with fringe groups and the socially underprivileged.
The November 30 conversation marks the first time Żmijewski and Zimbardo will discuss "Repetition" and the issues surrounding it. The event and exhibition are free and open to the public.
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Exhibitions Organized by CCA Wattis Institute Tour North America 2005–6
Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, by Brenda Tucker
Monuments for the USA
Exhibitions organized by the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts at California College of the Arts are traveling throughout North America and making an impact on contemporary art. The CCA Wattis Institute and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, have coorganized an exhibition by prominent Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn titled "Utopia, Utopia = One World, One War, One Army, One Dress." It is on view in Boston through January 16, 2006, and will open in the Logan Galleries at the CCA San Francisco campus in March 2006. "Irreducible: Contemporary Short Form Video" was on view this summer at Miami Art Central and travels next to the Bronx Museum of the Arts, where it runs from October 26, 2005, through February 2006. "Monuments for the USA" will be presented at White Columns in New York from December 15, 2005, through January 28, 2006. "Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists" opened in August 2005 at the University Art Museum at California State University, Long Beach, and runs through October 30. In 2006 "Likeness" will travel to galleries in Calgary and Virginia Beach. The CCA Wattis Institute has produced accompanying exhibition catalogs for all of the traveling shows.
Ralph Rugoff, director of the CCA Wattis Institute, said, "As large museums in the United States increasingly focus on producing blockbuster shows, the task of developing truly innovative and challenging projects has been taken up by smaller, more responsive institutions like the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. Occupying a strategic niche between artist-run spaces and museums, the Wattis Institute operates as a cultural test site or aesthetic think tank, where artists and visitors alike can experiment with new ideas about relationships between art, society, popular culture and everyday life."
Established in 1998, the CCA Wattis Institute serves as a forum for the presentation and discussion of leading-edge local, national and international contemporary culture. Through exhibitions, the Capp Street Project residency program, lectures, symposia, performances and publications in the fields of art, architecture and design, the CCA Wattis Institute fosters interaction among the students and faculty of California College of the Arts; art, architecture and design professionals; and the general public.
About California College of the Arts
Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts) is the largest regionally accredited, independent school of art and design in the western United States. Noted for the interdisciplinary nature and breadth of its programs, CCA offers studies in 19 undergraduate and 6 graduate majors in the areas of fine arts, architecture, design and writing. The college offers the bachelor of fine arts, bachelor of arts, bachelor of architecture, master of fine arts, master of arts and master of architecture degrees. With campuses in Oakland and San Francisco, CCA currently enrolls 1,600 full-time students.
The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts Traveling Exhibitions
Thomas Hirschhorn: "Utopia, Utopia = One World, One War, One Army, One Dress"
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Mass.
September 21, 2005–January 16, 2006
CCA Wattis Institute, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, Calif.
March 9–May 13, 2006
"Irreducible: Contemporary Short Form Video"
CCA Wattis Institute, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, Calif.
January 19–March 19, 2005
Miami Art Central, Miami, Fla.
June 24–September 11, 2005
Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, N.Y.
October 26, 2005–February 2006
"Monuments for the USA"
CCA Wattis Institute, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, Calif.
April 7–May 15, 2005
White Columns, New York, N.Y.
December 15, 2005–January 28, 2006
"Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists"
CCA Wattis Institute, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, Calif.
February 28–May 8, 2004
McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, N.C.
September 3–November 6, 2004
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Mass.
January 19–May 1, 2005
Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
May 26–July 31, 2005
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.
August 30–October 30, 2005
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
January 12–February 26, 2006
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Va.
March 23–May 12, 2006
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CCA Alumni Council Presents "Aesthetics of Ecology: Occupying Space for Sustainable Living"
Posted on Monday, October 24, 2005, by Brenda Tucker
Jessica Resmond, Billboards
The California College of the Arts Alumni Council presents "Aesthetics of Ecology: Occupying Space for Sustainable Living," an exhibition featuring work by artists, designers and architects that has an emphasis on sustainable living. The exhibition is on view November 16–December 8, 2005, in the Oliver Art Center's Tecoah Bruce Gallery on the Oakland campus of California College of the Arts, located at 5212 Broadway. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
"Aesthetics of Ecology" examines the global ecological impact of various fabricated and natural materials, and considers the function of the materials in their immediate surroundings. The artists, designers and architects featured in the exhibition draw attention to ways in which everyone affects the environment's capacity to support life. They seek answers to questions such as: What is the meaning of sustainability? What kinds of visionary thinking will lead communities to be in sync with local ecological systems rather than doing further harm to the earth?
The exhibition includes works by Teri Claude Dowling, William and Elizabeth Hathaway, Douglas Jacuzzi, Daniel Krivens, Matthew Laughlin, Anthony Marschak, Gail McDowell, Hector Dio Mendoza, Michele Pred, Wesley Ramirez, Jessica Resmond and John Colle Rogers.
Jurors for the exhibition are Shoshana Berger, founder and editor in chief of ReadyMade magazine, and Erez Steinberg, industrial designer and cofounder of Studio eg.
The exhibition is part of the CCA alumni exhibition series, a project of the CCA Alumni Council that promotes awareness of CCA and its community of artists.
About The College
Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts) is the largest regionally accredited, independent school of art and design in the western United States. Noted for the interdisciplinary nature and breadth of its programs, CCA offers studies in 19 undergraduate and 6 graduate majors in the areas of fine arts, architecture, design and writing. The college offers the bachelor of fine arts, bachelor of arts, bachelor of architecture, master of fine arts, master of arts and master of architecture degrees. With campuses in Oakland and San Francisco, CCA currently enrolls 1,600 full-time students.
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