California College of the Arts Fine Arts Department
Graduate Program in Fine Arts
The 30th Annual Barclay Simpson Award Exhibition is a juried exhibition of artwork by CCA’s Graduate Program in Fine Arts.
This year the winners are Danielle Andress, Woody De Othello, Ryan Frank Hueston, Dionne Lee
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are looking for students to take part in the Spring 2017 Education Internship – Monet Monday School Programs. This internship is an unmatched entry-level opportunity for participants to gain an in-depth understanding of the functions of FAMSF’s permanent school programs, and offers a chance for interns to actively support the program’s mission while collaborating with staff, docents, and other interns. This internship is unique in its short duration and in depth access to program implementation offering an ideal opportunity to for students interested in history, art, and education.
Make Art/Work is an exhibition of CCA staff members. In its physical form, this exhibition presents the individual practices that the diverse staff at CCA explores in their personal time outside of work.
RAW Académie is a tuition-free residential experiential study programme for artistic and curatorial thought and practice inquiry of eight weeks in Dakar. It is dedicated to a lively reflection on artistic research, curatorial practice and critical writing. The academy is held during two distinct sessions per year: October–December and April–June. Each session is directed by a Lead Faculty who has displayed an off-the-beaten-track practice in regard to artistic, curatorial and critical imagination. Session 2 is led by Chimurenga, the Cape Town based pan-African platform for writing, art and politics. It takes place from April 3 to May 26, 2017.
San Francisco Bay Area artist Brandon Shimmel is interested in the trappings and seductive science of consumer marketing and retail display. He uses materials associated with window dressing (polished aluminum, colored plexiglass, pearlescent colors and Trompe-L’oeil surfaces) to extend his picture plane beyond the traditional window frame and by implication, to comment on the manner in which the object of desire is leveraged in consumer culture. His ability to successfully meld his painted surfaces with the partial surround of his framing devices extends the aura and reach of his imagery.
From Glen Helfand’s catalog essay, “Sometimes he paints seductive, painstakingly detailed, patterns that could be lifted from designer handbags or Burberry houndstooth. These motifs accessorize the paintings, but also complete them. They also cross the economic spectrum—from Burberry to Blue Blockers, the low rent sunglasses that inspire a 2016 painting of the same name—in which orange plexi suggests a filter through which we perceive aspects of the artist’s vision.”
Shimmel is a 2015 MFA graduate of California College of the Arts. This is his second solo show with the gallery. A 50-page color catalog with an essay by Bay Area critic and curator Glen Helfand accompanies the exhibition. The show will be on view from January 6 — February 2, 2017. An opening reception will be held at the gallery, located at 315 Potrero Avenue, on Saturday, January 7, from 4 — 6 PM.
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Blue Bear School of Music, the original school of rock and roll is pleased to announce the Dare to Design our Bear contest. Help them raise funds for their school by drawing a bear and potentially win $1200 of art supplies.
For more information and to enter visit their website.
The Los Angeles Artadia Awards are open to visual artists who have lived or worked in Los Angeles County for at least two years. Individual artists and collaboratives working in all media, and at any stage in their career are strongly encouraged to apply. Artadia Awardees are selected through a two-tier jury process that combines local expertise with outside perspective from leading curators and artists. Two Awardees will be selected from the Finalist pool to receive unrestricted Artadia Awards of $10,000.
For more information and to apply visit the website.
SFAI offers living and working space for one to three months in a beautiful, Ricardo Legorreta-designed building within Santa Fe. Each residency includes a fully furnished, private apartment and bath, communal kitchen, dining, and living room areas, laundry facilities, gallery / installation / event space, access to outdoor spaces and interior courtyards, a contemporary art library, basic foodstuffs, and bicycle access. SFAI subsidizes all the above at no cost to residents as part of their commitment to supporting individuals dedicated to positive social change through creativity.
Visit the website for more information.
