People Who Like Art Are Better Than People Who Don’t, Study Finds [from UnBeige]

Pat yourself on the back because finally we have proof that you’re a superior bunch. It’s not simply reading here that makes you a better person but your love for art and design. According to a new study, people with an active interest in the arts contribute more to society than those with little or no such interest.

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BIER SOMMER at SFAI

BIER SOMMER
Movie Theater and Beer Garden
Friday, July 27–Saturday, July 28
3:00 pm–9:00 pm
Sponsored by Karen and John Diefenbach

Join conceptual artist Hans Winkler, Office Wiederholt, and SFAI for "BIER SOMMER: View Point Movie Theater and Beer Garden" on the quad of our historic Russian Hill campus.

BIER SOMMER explores beer gardens in the broader context of consumer and spectator culture. Discover films with
notable beer garden scenes, including Bierkampf and Das Andechser Gefuhl by Herbert Achternbusch and Herr Ober and Democrazy by Gerhard Polt. Take home beer coasters featuring original artwork from Tom Marioni, Paul Kos, Julio Cesar Morales, Nao Bustamante, and Rebecca Goldfarb. Drink fresh beer from Hofbruhaus Traunstein, one of the oldest breweries in Germany.

This two-day event is FREE and open to the public, but space is limited and advance registration is recommended. Beer and food will be available for purchase. Guests must be 21 or older to drink beer.

Reserve your FREE ticket to BIER SOMMER today:http://sfaibiersommer.eventbrite.com

111 Minna Gallery event - call for submissions

Call for Submissions - Due Friday November 11th

Nexus ArtReach is organizing a one-night exhibition event at the 111 Minna Gallery that will happen on November 23, the day before Thanksgiving. The deadline for submissions for the show is Nov. 11, which is Friday and they are still looking for art - namely from college/university students, recent graduates, or community-based artists. The theme of the event is "Have Your Say," and is supposed to be a platform for artists to share what's on their minds regarding today's local, national, or global affairs.

Designers Consumed by Lust as Wacom Unveils ‘Inkling’ - UnBeige

Designers Consumed by Lust as Wacom Unveils ‘Inkling’ - UnBeige

SFAC Gallery Internship Program

The SFAC Gallery internship program is unique in that the gallery staff works directly with each intern to develop specific projects that suit his or her talents while providing professional development.

When an intern is hired, the first month is dedicated to training and introduction of gallery operations. During this time, the intern will work with the gallery staff to develop a long-term project that he or she will manage during the course of the internship. While working at the SFAC Gallery, all interns are considered staff members. It is an open-ended collaborative relationship that both serves the needs and goals of the gallery while providing essential experience for the intern.

If you are interested in working with the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, submit your resume and a cover letter to Aimee Le Duc, Gallery Manager. The application deadline is Friday, May 27, 2011.

More info here

Public Program: Afghanistan in 4 Frames Exhibition Walk-Through and Artist Talk with James Lee

Thursday, March 10, 2011
6:30-7:15 pm Exhibition Walk Through at City Hall led by exhibition curator and SFAC Gallery Director, Meg Shiffler
7:15-8 pm Artist Talk with James Lee at SFAC Main Gallery

Join us for a guided tour of Afghanistan in 4 Frames: 4 Embedded Photojournalists Take Aim at War led by Meg Shiffler and an artist talk by exhibiting photographer, James Lee. Mr. Lee lectures on his work and life as a photojournalist, writer and US Marine Corps Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A camera belt-pack donated by Think Tank Photo will be given away.

Please RSVP to aimee.leduc@sfgov.org. Seating is limited.

For more information about Afghanistan in 4 Frames: 4 Embedded Photojournalists Take Aim at War please click here.

de Young Museum Call for Art

New Generations: Student Showcase
Call for student artwork to be featured at the
de Young Museum on April 22, 2011
Application deadline: March 14

TITLE: Where to? The Call of the Times

DESCRIPTION: Our communities are responding in different ways to the social issues of our times such as the recession, human rights or climate change. The challenges ahead are dynamic and often troubling, yet, we will continue to find solutions through activism and art.

DESIGN ALERT: Talk by Mexican architect/designer Eduardo Terrazas -Thursday, 2/17, 4pm, FA 203

Talk by Mexican architect/designer Eduardo Terrazas, on the interrelationship of design and art.
Thursday February 17 at 4:00 pm, Dance Studio, FA 203.
Mr. Terrazas is best known for his work creating the signage for the Mexico City subways and the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.  This talk is held in conjunction with México: Política y Poética, the exhibition of contemporary art from Mexico being held in the CCA Fine Art Gallery.

The poster for this event (attached) was designed by Steve Jones, Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design, Department of Design & Industry.

We Are Still Here: Exhibition

The Art Gallery is proud to present WE ARE STILL HERE: 

a multi-media exhibit on the historic American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island.

photography  •  video collage  • audioscape • original art

Exhibit Opening and Reception: Friday, November 19^th at the Cesar Chavez Student Center Art Gallery and Jack Adams Hall

Running Dates: November 19^th – December 19^th, 2010

Curated by Vince Skelly and Phil Klasky

Cost: Free

Opening Reception: November 19, 2010 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Where: The Art Gallery, Cesar Chavez Student Center

               

Gallery Hours: M-F 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.; or by appointment

Website: www.sfsustudentcenter.com/artgallery

SFAI Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series: Andrea Zittel

Andrea Zittel

Ann Chamberlain Distinguished Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Studies

Monday, November 8, 7:30 pm
800 Chestnut st, Lecture Hall
Andrea Zittel combines her work as an artist, designer, engineer, consultant, and advocate with the practices under her corporate identity, A-Z Administrative Services. The latter "encompasses all aspects of day to day living: home furniture, clothing, food all become the sites of investigation in an ongoing endeavor to better understand human nature and the social construction of needs". Zittel has been the subject of one-person exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of Art at Altria, the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and the Vancouver Art Gallery in Canada among others. She has been in group shows at Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany; the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; the National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan; Van Abbemuseum, Netherlands; Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy; and the Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland. Zittel has received awards such as the AICA Award for Best Architecture or Design Show in 2007, the College Art Association Distinguished Body of Work Award in 2006, and the Lucelia Artist Award from the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2005.
www.zittel.org


Free and open to the public

www.sfai.edu/vas