RE[FRAME] Arts Industry Conference at MoAD - September 26

Tickets are available through Eventbrite.

Reframe your view of the art world at the RE[FRAME] Arts Industry Conference on Saturday, September 26, 2015. Presented by 3.9 Art Collective and produced by A Simple Collective, RE[FRAME] is a unique look at all aspects of the art industry through the eyes and experience of black artists and arts professionals. Hosted by the Museum of the African Diaspora, RE[FRAME] will present discussion forums on industry trends, multidisciplinary works by self-identifying black Bay Area artists, and professional development workshops. Portfolio reviews and networking opportunities will also be provided. Re[present], re[examine], re[connect], re[fresh]…RE[FRAME] Arts Industry Conference, examining the industry of arts through an African American lens. Confirmed speakers include...
Ashara Ekundayo
Jacqueline Francis, Ph.D.
David Huffman
Karen Jenkins-Johnson
Maria Jenson
Ernest Jolly
Niema Jordan
Rhiannon Evans MacFadyen
Kristine Mays
Ebony McKinney
Ron Moultrie Saunders
Jessica Shaefer
Lava Thomas

Special performances will be presented by...
Chris Evans & David Boyce
Tim Roseborough
Anthony Julius Williams

Closing Party and Catalog Release

Photo: John Wilson White

Photo: John Wilson White

Lava Thomas: Looking Back and Seeing Now

This is the last chance to see this exhibition!
August 23, 3:00 to 5:00pm

Join artist Lava Thomas for a final look at her transformative installation and purchase a limited edition catalog produced by Berkeley Art Center and generously supported by Rena Bransten Projects. The catalog contains an essay by art historian Jacqueline Francis, Lava's inspiring artist statement and beautiful photographs of the exhibition by John Wilson White.

Free and open to the public. if you cannot attend but would like to purchase a catalog, please email programs@berkeleyartcenter.org.

Lava Thomas: Looking Back and Seeing Now

The Berkeley Art Center is proud to present the next installment of Agility Projects - Looking Back and Seeing Now. New work by Lava Thomas.

West Coast artist Lava Thomas has created a site-specific installation that transforms the gallery into a unique site of reflection. The exhibition serves to connect past and present, artist and audience, in an ongoing revelation of shared histories, struggles and aspirations. The Agility Projects is a series of exhibitions and public programs that seeks to engage diverse audiences with new and commissioned art by outstanding emerging artists from the Bay Area. The program provides artists with time and support to create new bodies of work that will push their own artistic practices in new directions.

This exhibition is generously supported by the City of Berkeley and Rena Bransten Projects.

Art Market SF

Art Market SF

Join me at Art Market SF from 4/30 to 5/3! Festival Pavillion Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94123

I'll have work at Rena Bransten Projects, Booth 403. Hope to see you there.

Cloudscape Portrait 9401, 2015

Cloudscape Portrait 9401, 2015

Press preview of 'Beyond' & MoAD's Grand Re-opening

December 2, 2014 was MoAD's grand re-opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. It was also the press preview of my new solo exhibition 'Beyond.' The exhibit will be up through April 5, 2015.

 

West Coast Printmakers at Sonoma State University Art Gallery

If you're in the Sonoma area catch this group show of west coast printmakers. A couple of my pieces are included in the exhibition. "The University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University is pleased to announce the exhibition WEST COAST INK: PRINTMAKING FROM SAN DIEGO TO SEATTLE, which opens with a reception on Thursday, March 13, from 4:00-6:00, and remains on view through Sunday, April 13, 2014.

The exhibition, which has been organized by Kurt Kemp, Professor of Printmaking at Sonoma State, and Michael Schwager, Professor of Art History and Director of the University Art Gallery, is being presented in conjunction with “Bridges”, the annual international conference of the Southern Graphics Council being held in San Francisco this year. West Coast Ink will display a wide range of contemporary printmaking techniques and approaches, including etching, lithography, linocut, monotype, silkscreen, woodcut, digital and even tapestry by a range of artists from up and down the West Coast, as well as one artist from Hawaii. The exhibition will feature the work of Sandow Birk (Long Beach), Michele Burgess (San Diego), Anthony Discenza (Oakland), Eleanor Erskine (Portland), Kota Ezawa (San Francisco), Kevin Fletcher (Santa Rosa), Salomon Huerta (Los Angeles), Chris Johanson (Los Angeles), Eunice Kim (Seattle), Amanda Knowles (Shoreline, WA), Hung Liu (Oakland), Kim MacConnel (San Diego), Ben Moreau (Bellingham, Washington), Deborah Oropallo (Oakland), Chris Papa (Seattle), Clare Rojas (San Francisco), Masami Teraoka (Hawaii), Lava Thomas (Berkeley), William T. Wiley (Woodacre, California), and Robert Yoder (Seattle)."

Text, image credit and more information on the exhibition here.