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| Stephanie Peek "Double Dutch II" 45 x 45” oil on canvas ©2011 Frank Wing Photography |
Open Studios – June 4 & 5 – 11am to 6pm
3246 Ettie Street, #15 – Oakland, CA 94608
Image: Simple Construction 1, Monoprint, 28 x 22 Inches, 2010 (Photo: Phil Cohen)
Current Exhibitions
Small Miracles
San Pablo Art Gallery
13831 San Pablo Ave – Maple Hall in San Pablo Civic Center
Open Sat & Sun - Noon to 4pm - Through June 19
Art Passages
Contra Costa County Community Colleges Faculty
CoCoCo Administration Bldg, Gallery 651 - 651 Pine Street, Martinez
Open Monday thru Friday, 9am to 5pm
CCA Alumni Exhibition Series
Brava Theater
2781 24th Street - The Mission, San Francisco
Open during performances only
Work can also be seen at KALA in the Smullen Print & Media Study
Center - 2990 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley,
contact Andrea Voinot -510.841.7000, x 206 or andrea@kala.org
Louis DeLuco BA '74, has been selected for the a great number of juried photography exhibits this year:
Bystander, Working With Artists -FLASH Gallery, Lakewood, CO. April 29 - June 11, 2011.
Early Morning after Dark, MLPS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN, Exhibition Dates: June 24 - August 13, 2011.
The Halpert Biennial '11, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone NC, July 1 - December 3, 2011.
Robert Armstrong, Exhibiting mixed media show, “Meanwhile…and…Likewise” at the Barbara Anderson Gallery from April 9 to May 7 and has a show at the Garage Gallery for three weekends starting April 9.
Jo Whaley’s “Theater of Insects” will be at Santa Clara University from April 9 to June 12.
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The Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco is exhibiting shows by two former and beloved members of the faculty, i.e., Emeritus Professor of Art Robert Hartman and the late Joan Brown until April 30th.
Censorship in the Arts: A Trend or Just a Passing Fad Panel Discussion Saturday, February 26, 2:30pm
at the Performance Art Institute |
Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever. NADINE GORDIMER, 1990
Saturday, February 26, 2011, 2:30 p.m. Performance Art Institute 575 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 A program of two sessions, two moderators and seven panelists.
The Performance Art Institute in partnership with the First Amendment Project is proud to present Censorship in the Arts: A Trend or Just a Passing Fad, a public forum. Please join our panelists in a discussion about the rise of censorship and the renewed threats to abolish funding to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
The urgency to engage the public in a debate about censorship started in earnest with the controversy surrounding the removal of the video, A Fire in My Belly from the Smithsonian's Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture. The interest in freedom of speech and expression has spread and intensified beyond our shores in the wake of WikiLeaks, the house arrest and studio demolition of the Ai Wei Wei, and the spread of revolutionary fever sweeping the Middle East.
The forum sponsored by PAI and FAP is designed to delve into these concerns, inform the public about the recent censoring activities and address the threats that call for the termination of the NEA. Late January, 165 conservative members of Congress representing the Republican Study Committee called for termination of the NEA. When a similar battle was fought, the NEA's budget was cut by 39% and led to the end of awarding grants to individual artists.
The moderators will steer the debates in their respective sessions towards an exploration of issues that stem from the Smithsonian caving in to political pressure and discuss questions such as "What is the underlying objection to A Fire in my Belly? "Are we on the verge of seeing the comeback of culture wars in this country? Are museums appropriate forums for engaging in civic debates? Do curators and artists have an obligation to test the limits of fundamental civil liberties? What effects does self-censorship have on museum integrity? Is self-censorship ever justified? How resilient is the First Amendment? How did the First Amendment fare in the past? What encouragement do we draw from past landmark cases involving the First Amendment (Ulysses, Tropic of Cancer, Howl and more)? How real are the threats of eliminating the NEA, NEH, and PBS? What lessons can we draw from the Robert Mapplethorpe controversy and the uproar over NEA funding in 1989? And what about censorship in China? Why should we be concerned?
These are serious questions and disturbing trends that have a chilling effect throughout the art community in the Bay Area and beyond and; thus, require our engagement. This event is free and open to the public. The slate of the two panels includes: Ray Beldner, conceptual artist
Allan deSouza, artist and Associate Professor, Chair of New Genres at San Francisco Art Institute, who co-created an installation with Yong Song Min for the 2008 Guangzhou Triennale, which was subsequently censored by the museum with no explanation given.
Kenneth Foster, Executive Director of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
David Greene, Executive Director of the First Amendment Project and professor of constitutional law at University of San Francisco
Art Hazelwood, artist, impresario and instigator, who integrates his art practice with curating and political activism
Justin Hoover, Curator and Gallery Director, SOMArts Cultural Center
Dr. Paul Karlstrom, former director of the American Archives of the Smithsonian on the West Coast and art historian
Jeff Kelley, Moderator of Session Two is the former curator of contemporary art of the San Francisco Asian Art Museum.
Laura Sydell, NPR correspondent who reports frequently on currents events in China
Jan Wurm, Moderator of Session One is a practicing artist and art educator
Participating and sponsoring organizations are: Arc Gallery and Studios California Exhibition Resources Alliance (CERA) is the sponsoring organization of the traveling show, Banned and Recovered: Artists Intervention Di Rosa, Napa, CA Intersection for the Arts SOMArts Cultural Center The First Amendment Project Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Contact Information for this event: Hanna Regev (Tel: 415-566-7515) Heather Smith (Tel: 415-501-0575 |
