To Do List: May - Artsource Consulting

Ongoing to June 16th, Bay Area Graduate MFA Thesis exhibits: Spring time means it’s time for Master of Fine Arts Thesis exhibits. Congratulations to the Bay Area artists that are receiving their MFAs this Spring. Support the artists and these Bay Area programs by visiting their thesis exhibitions.

Visitors arriving to last year’s CCA MFA Exhibition. source: www.artbusiness.com

4/27 – 5/25 – San Francisco State University: This exhibition is already open with gallery hours Wednesdays through Saturdays, 11am to 4pm.

5/3 – 5/18 – San Jose Sate University Lift-Off MFA Exhibition: Presented at Ark Art Gallery in San Jose, Opening Reception, Friday May 3rd, 6-9pm. Gallery hours, Tuesday – Saturday 12 – 4pm.

5/4 – 5/26 – Compound Vision, Mills College 2013 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Will be on view at the Mills College Art Museum. The opening reception is Saturday May 4th, 6-9pm, regular Museum hours are Tuesday – Sunday 11 am – 4pm.

5/14 – 6/16 – Stanford University Presented at the Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery with an opening on May 14th from 10 am – 5pm. Regular viewing hours are Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 5 pm.

5/15 – 5/19 – San Francisco Art Institute MFA Thesis Exhibition: Presented at the Old Mint (88 5th Street), with a Gala Vernissage on Wednesday May 15th 5:30 – 10:30. Regular visiting hours are 11 am – 6 pm daily.

5/16 – 5/25 – California College of the Arts Graduate Exhibition is presented in the Nave of the San Francisco campus. The opening reception is Thursday May 16th, 6 – 10 pm, and open daily from 10 am – 7:30 pm.

5/17 – 6/16 – University of California at Berkeley: Presented at the BAM/PFA with an Opening Reception Friday, May 17th, 6-8 pm. Regular hours are Wednesday – Sunday 11 am – 5 pm.

Ongoing to June 2, 2013, Christian Marclay’s The Clock at SFMOMA: As SFMOMA prepares to close for a remodel and expansion they are presenting Christian Marclay’s celebrated video installation The Clock (2010). The video is composed of thousands of film clips referencing the time of day, intricately edited into a 24-hour-long montage that matches real time minute for minute — a tour de force of appropriation that is also a functioning timepiece. Marclay has been known since the late 1970s for his highly crafted remixes of time-based media, from vinyl records and tape loops to digital video. He spent three years assembling this staggering work, piecing together fragments from films both famous and obscure. On Saturdays/Sundays in May SFMOMA will offer continuous 24-hour screenings in order to view the piece in full, check here for exact times. Otherwise you can view segments of the piece during regular Museum hours. Follow @TheClockSFMOMA on Twitter for estimated wait times.

May 11 – June 22, Andy Vogt, Submerged on the Surface at Eli Ridgway Gallery, 172 Minna Street: Based on the sculptural potential of lumberyard detritus and repurposed rough-cut Douglas Fir lath, Vogt’s works take on the materials in both graphic and architectural terms as well as the gray area between. His vision of well-worn, structural demise finds a language in the crisp edges and broken off-cuts of discarded plywood and lath and their shadows.The artist will transform the gallery space producing a mixture of site specific installation, sculpture and drawing using his found palette of materials. Here, shadows become plans for sculptures and edges of lath emerge as a drawing medium in works that blur the ephemeral and permanent. Opening reception, Saturday May 11, 4-7 pm.

Andy Vogt, “Shadeshape 3” made from salvaged wood. source: www.eliridgway.com

Andy Vogt, “Shade Study 1” & “Light Study 2” both made from salvaged wood. source: www.eliridgway.com

May 16th – 19th, artMRKT and ArtPadSF Art Fairs: There are two contemporary art fairs coming to San Francisco in May. Art Fairs offer visitors a chance to see artists and galleries from outside San Francisco, as well all of the local galleries all in one place. artMRKT San Francisco located at the Fort Mason Center, features 70 galleries from around the globe showcasing historically important work alongside relevant contemporary pieces and projects. The Opening Night Preview Reception benefits the de Young and Legion on Honor museums. ArtPadSF is located at the Phoenix hotel and features new-on-the-scene galleries as well as highly regarded established galleries. Hotel rooms will be transformed into gallery booths by 40 national and international galleries. The ArtPadSF Opening Night Reception benefits the SFMOMA SECA Art Award exhibition. Please let us know if you would like passes to either fair.

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