CLOSING SOON!
Hosfelt Gallery
January 30 - March 6, 2010
Opening Reception: January 30, 2010, 4 - 6pm
430 Clementina Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
t 415-495-5454
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Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 - 5:30
Recent Exhibitions and Events:
Yuma Symposium 2010 Guest Lecturer
February 25 - 27, 2010
Yuma, AZ
Thanks to all who attended-- and I look forward to next year!
This year at the 31st annual Yuma Symposium I presented a slideshow of my work, talked about the evolution of my sculpting process, and gave a demonstration of my technique.
The Yuma Symposium is a series of demonstrations, lectures and slide presentations given by both internationally recognized and emerging artists who have demonstrated unusual talent. Activities include an exhibit of work by presenters and a student show, the National Saw, File, & Solder Sprints, the annual pin auction, shopping and eating in Algodones, Mexico, and a fiesta and dance on Saturday night.
Bay Area Currents 2009
Group Exhibition Juried by Kevin B. Chen
June 23 - July 24, 2009
(Oakland, California) June 2009 – Pro Arts and the Oakland Art Gallery present Bay Area Currents 2009, the annual juried exhibition showcasing the depth and variety of inspired artists currently working in the Bay Area art scene. Twenty-seven artists from a pool of almost 300 were selected for studio visits from which the juror made eleven final selections for the exhibit.
Sculptor Stephanie Metz investigates the relationship between humans and other animals in a unique and engaging medium: felted wool. The Bay Area native utilizes a laborious craft technique - needle felting - to shape wool fibers into solid free-standing sculptures that blur the line between art, science, and science fiction. On display are seven of her ‘Overbred’ animals that bear the imagined results of domestication pushed to absurdity. They are both strange and familiar: the future product of bioengineering and the somehow logical next step in the process of taming nature. Metz’s creatures contribute to the ongoing dialog surrounding the human demands that affect the biological world. More of her work can be viewed at www.stephaniemetz.com.
Other Featured Artists:
Bert Bergen, Adam Friedman, Daniel Healey, Donna Anderson Kam, John Patrick McKenzie, Billy O'Callaghan, Joan Osato, Elizabeth Pedinotti, Alex Potts, Annie Vought
Juror Kevin B. Chen, Program Director for the Visual Arts, Literary Series, and Jazz at Intersection for the Arts, has been involved in the San Francisco Bay Area arts community for over 15 years as a curator, arts administrator, and visual artist. He serves on selection panels for such entities as the Creative Capital Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grants and Public Art Programs, City of San Jose Cultural Affairs Office, Alameda County Arts Commission, Arts Council Silicon Valley, WORKS/San Jose, San Francisco Recycling & Disposal, Inc. and the Headlands Center for the Arts.
Axis Gallery National Juried Exhibition
Group Exhibition Juried by Janet Bishop
August 1 - 30, 2009
(Sacramento, California) August 2009 – Axis Gallery presents the 4th National Juried Exhibition, curated by Janet Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. My felted wool sculpture 'Mammalian' has been selected for the exhibition. Mammalian' is a toad-like creature that nevertheless displays the warm-blooded features of hair and... mammary glands.
The de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University presents
Natural Blunders
January 24 - March 20, 2009
Like artists throughout history, those in the Natural Blunders exhibition use nature as a departure point for compelling and resonant works of art. Uniquely, the Natural Blunders artists address the historically antagonistic relationship between humans and nature, highlighting the recent trends toward cloning and aggressive breeding techniques. In this exhibition, you will see a broad range of responses toward the environment—from veneration to more critical responses toward our traditionally Western adversarial relationship to nature. Ultimately, the works in Natural Blunders can be viewed as an artistic rebellion against what is essentially a world out of balance.
– Curator Karen Kienzle
Featured Artists:
Alastair Bolton, Cheryl Coon, Lauren Davies, Susan Felter, David Hevel, Elisabeth Higgins O'Connor, Misako Inaoka, Ernest Jolly Michael McConnell, Stephanie Metz, Paul Paiement, Jane Rosen, John Slepian, Kathryn Spence, Tara Tucker, Sarah Wagner, Gail Wight
2010 Monotype Marathon
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
Exhibition: March 6 - March 27, Focus Gallery
Silent Auction: Saturday, March 27, 5:30-7:30pm
Opening Reception: Friday, March 5, 6pm-8pm
Free admission. No host bar and complimentary hors d'oeuvres.
The ICA will remain open until 10pm for the First Friday art walk.
This year I created my monotype print using (surprise!) felt forms to transmit the ink. All Monotype Marathon auction proceeds support ICA Print Center programs. Please demonstrate your support by purchasing a Monotype Marathon auction sponsorship. Sponsorship tickets ($300 each) are now on sale. Your sponsorship purchase guarantees you'll receive a work on paper at the auction. Call 408.283-8155 or Email.
560 S. First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
