Artists’ Talks by Robert Snowden and collaborators Luther Thie and Kathrine Worel

Please join us for the artists’ talks at the new Kala Gallery located at 2990 San Pablo Avenue (around the corner from the Kala studios). The event is free and open to the public.

Current Fellowship Artist Robert Snowden, a self-described New York based dilettante, will present a talk titled:

The Unpunctual Past?!)
The Unpunctual Past(…)
The Unpunctual Past(.)

Robert has been in residency at Kala for the past six weeks while researching the history of obsolete/unpunctual punctuation and the piratical seizure of wave 104.9 F.M. Robert alerts us - the talk will be always relevant and never useful or it will be never relevant and always useful or it will be something else completely.

Luther Thie and Kathrine Worel have recently joined Kala’s Artist-in-Residence community. They will be discussing their recent work and how their respective practices have led to their collaboration at Kala. Currently in the planning stages for a large-scaleinstallation, the workexplores themes of wish fulfillment, futility and luck in the form of digital prints, video and kinetic sculpture.

Luther is both an artist and critical designer working in new media and other forms. He received the Emerging Artist award at ISEA/ze01 2006 for his project Acclair, a brain-scanning service. Other recent endeavors include an essay on LA Interchange, a real-time memorial that will be featured in Leonardo Journal of Arts, Sciences and Technology in the Creative Data special issue; and Tilted Pole a disorienting installation that featured a PGE power pole rotated 90 degrees within a gallery.

Kathrine is an interdisciplinary artist and curator whose most recent work explores the idea of surfaceas site, point of insertion and metaphor. Using the surface as a starting point, she explores thenarrative potentials of subjects as diverse as chance, desire, authenticity, ownershipand cute little girls in school uniforms. Kathrine has exhibited in the U.S, Europe and China and iscurrently working with OFF Space curatorial collective of which she is a founding member.

May 8th, 2009 - Posted in Events | | 0 Comments

“Re:con-figure”- Artists’ Reception 6-9 Pm @ Kala

Srdjan Loncar

MAY 1, FRIDAY, 2009
re:con-figure
Artists’ Reception 6-9 pm
In the Kala Gallery, New Address: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702

Adriane Colburn Midori Harima Randy Hussong Packard Jennings Jeff Kao
Scott Kildall and Victoria Scott Srdjan Loncar Gary Nakamoto Leslie Shows Bayeté Ross Smith

The inaugural exhibition in Kala’s expanded new gallery location features innovative works in print media, paper sculpture, digital collage, photography and video. Each of the artists included in this exhibition has recently been affiliated with Kala through our Fellowship program, the Phelan Art Awards program, and residencies funded by the James Irvine Foundation and the Alliance of Artist Communities. We welcome their return to the kala gallery in re:con-figure, a shape-shifting exploration into the blurring of boundaries as images, objects and information continuously stream and reconfigure into simulated reality.

Panel Discussion:
Thursday, May 14 • 7:00 pm
with Panel Moderator, René de Guzman, Senior Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California
This event is free and open to the public.

April 29th, 2009 - Posted in Opening Photos | | 0 Comments

Creative GENIUS-100 Artists art book for collectors and bookstores

We are inviting contemporary artists to submit artworks for selection in CREATIVE GENIUS a new collectible global art book for collectors, museums, galleries, bookstores and eCommerce. Each artist selection, nomination and inclusion is made on the merit of the works. The editors will review all submissions and make decisions on acceptance. Each artist included will receive three copies of the book.

Materials to Submit
Artists wishing to enter an Artist Profile should provide to the selection:
” 3~6 art works (email us JPG /TIFFs image files as 300 dpi /23 cm/ 9 in on side.
” The works details : title, year, media, size
” Up to 500 words of critic or statement
” The personal website
” The place of residence and work
” A photo of yourself (300 dpi/4 cm/1,5 in)

PRICES
If you are selected an editorial fee is requested to defray editorial and production expenses. The current editorial fee start at 990 Euro or the equivalent currency for two-page spreads in the book (one-page for 590 Euro or the equivalent currency is also available but will exclude the free page in ART Made Only Once).
The editorial fee is not for the right to be the included in our collectible global art books but represents an standard production cost that includes creative layout and design, full editing, plates, offset print, packing, shipping, distribution and three book copies send to each artist included.

FREE PAGE!
Once approved, submitters in Creative Genius will get free of charges one-page in Art Now /ART Made Only Once (value 590 Euro) a collective, collective global art book edited and published by MOT in cooperation with artoteque.com

Deadline
The editing process is in progress. Click-on the PDF below to view, download, and print the Application Form.

DISTRIBUTION
MOT’s distribution is through large book wholesalers and ecommerce channels in US bookstores and internationally including Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon ad more.

HOW MUCH IS A MOT ART BOOK WORTH?
Masters of Today (MOT) collective art books are collectible art objects. Each published artist profile in MOT books should be authentically signed by the artist and the value of the book could be extended to the value of an investment art object. By including one autograph signature or the autographs of several of the artist’s published in the book the suggested value of an authentic signed 100 contemporary artists Masters of Today (MOT) art book could be from $199 to over $11,700 per copy, depending on circumstances and on the number of authentic autographs.

http://www.mastersoftoday.com/mot/calls_xyz.htm

April 29th, 2009 - Posted in Call for Entries | | 0 Comments

The Spare Room Project

Call for Artists / Curators:
The Spare Room Project, an ever evolving gallery and a project space in a Bernal Heights (SF) home, is looking for folks that want to curate shows or lead workshops / skillshares for 2009. The Spare Room Project generally has shows the last Friday of every month, and sometimes workshops in between. Interested in the potentiality behind alternative spaces, and the ways that their informalities lend to innovations, surprises, and collaborations, the Spare Room Project hopes to help artists share their work and/or their curatorial voice within the community. Please feel free to check out our website, www.thespareroomproject.net to get more of an idea about us, and if you’ve got a great idea for the space, please email thespareroomproject@gmail.com.

April 29th, 2009 - Posted in Call for Entries, Looking for ... | | 0 Comments

Artwork for San Francisco Area Housing Complex

474 Natoma Street Rendering

474 Natoma Street, LLC, an affiliate of BRIDGE Housing Corporation, is seeking qualified artists residing in the state of California, preferably Bay Area, to submit their qualifications for the commissioning of an artwork for an affordable homeownership development in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco. The development, currently called 474 Natoma Street, will be affordable to low and moderate income homebuyers. 474 Natoma Street, LLC is required to provide art equal to 1% of the development’s construction cost and provide the art be installed and maintained in an area that is on the site of the building and clearly visible from the public sidewalk or open space feature.

The goal of the selected artwork will be to enhance the neighborhood, complement the building architecture and public streetscape improvements along Sixth Street, and reflect the overall character and diverse cultures of the South of Market area.

BUDGET

Approximately $200,000. Will cover all related costs of design, insurance, materials, fabrication and installation.

REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION OF QUALIFICATIONS

1. One page letter of interest indicating an approach for the project and related experience.

2. Resume (up to 3 pages).

3. Fifteen (15) images of past work on a PC Compatible CD. All images must be in Power Point Presentation. Please name power point file as follows: with artist’s last name, first initial (e.g. smithb). Number each image in lower right hand corner (superimposed on image), corresponding to the number on the Annotated Image List.

4. Annotated Image List must include title of artwork, media, dimensions, year completed, budget and commissioning agency, and a number corresponding to a CD filename as specified above. Please include a brief and clearly narrated project description for each image.

5. If applying as a team, please designate a lead artist as the primary contact. A maximum of 10 images may be submitted per artist.

6. Self-addressed stamped envelope for return of paper material or CD. (No work will be returned without SASE)

REVISED DEADLINE FOR SUBMISION: May 29, 2009

(Must be in the office by this date, no hand deliveries will be accepted)

MAIL TO: Lynne Baer
Public Art Advisor
1020 Union St. #2
San Francisco, CA 94133

INQUIRIES TO: For a complete description of the RFQ and further questions please contact Lynne Baer at (415) 931-1592 or email lbaer@earthlink.net. For further information on BRIDGE Housing Corporation, please go to

www.bridgehousing.com

April 29th, 2009 - Posted in Call for Entries | | 0 Comments

Family Spaces by Stella Kalaw

Family Spaces by Stella Kalaw (Kala former AIR) opens at 6pm on January 8, Thursday and runs until February 7, 2009. There will be an Artist Talk by Stella Kalaw on January 10, Saturday, from 3-5pm. Family Spaces will be shown along with Library Bookworks by Renato Orara at SLab (Silverlens Lab).
Silverlens Gallery is at 2/F YMC Bldg. II, 2320 Pasong Tamo Ext., Makati City, MM 1231, Philippines, 816-0044, 0905-2650873, www.silverlensphoto.com.

Stella Kalaw

December 20th, 2008 - Posted in Exhibition Announcements | | 0 Comments

Jack Fahnestock at the 2009 Codex Book

Merry Christmas!

Kala AIR, Jack Fahnestock is going to be exhibiting his artist books at the 2009 Codex Book Fair in Berkeley (Feb. 8–11). For more information, go to: http://www.codexfoundation.org/bookfair.html.

December 20th, 2008 - Posted in AIRs, Exhibition Announcements | | 0 Comments

Kala Artists’ Annual, Opening Reception on December 11!

Kala Artists’ Annual Exhibition
December 11, 2008 – March 28, 2009
Reception on Thursday, December 11, 6-8 pm

Fresh work in a variety of media by Kala’s community of artists!

More than seventy artists affiliated with the Kala Art Institute of Berkeley will be exhibiting their work at the Kala Gallery from December 11, 2008 through March 29, 2009. The exhibition will present a diverse array of prints, photography, video, digital media works and mixed media combinations. A reception will be held on Thursday, December 11 from 6:00-8:00 pm. The public is cordially invited to join us for our holiday-style gala reception. The Kala Artists’ Annual exhibition is generously supported with a grant from the Zellerbach Family Foundation.

On Saturday, January 31st we will be hosting an afternoon Open House in the Kala studios. The Open House is a great opportunity for the public to learn more about print media and meet artists from our community. Nearly thirty artists associated with Kala will be presenting a wide variety of works for sale.

December 3rd, 2008 - Posted in Exhibition Announcements | | 0 Comments