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 Lisa SigalWomen's Balcony, 2008 House paint on wall and windows, Park Avenue Armory, Whitney Biennial 2008 Courtesy of the artist | |
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) SFAI's Spring 2010 Visiting Artists and ScholarsSan Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94133 800 345 SFAI / 415 749 4500 http://www.sfai.edu/vas http://www.sfai.edu/spheres http://www.sfai.edu/current http://www.sfai.edu/admissions | |
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| Of decisive importance to SFAI's overall educational mission, the artists and scholars who visit SFAI each semester to present their work and research include a broad spectrum of internationally renowned theorists and practitioners of contemporary global art. The Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series provides the students and faculty at SFAI—as well as the wider Bay Area public—with direct access to the major practitioners and theorists of contemporary global art and culture. The series also creates an open forum through which SFAI's students are challenged to go beyond basic canonical approaches to the study of art and to discover a global perspective made possible by conceptual and comparative approaches. The graduate lecture series—Spheres of Interest: Experiments in Thinking & Action—provides SFAI students and faculty, together with the wider Bay Area public, an opportunity to engage with the thoughts and productions of an array of international participants from a variety of fields. A goal of the series is to provoke its various audiences—through exposure to new and challenging ideas—to begin to imagine unfamiliar forms of perceiving and creating. The Ann Chamberlain Distinguished Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Studies, the Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation Distinguished Visiting Painting Fellowships, and the Pilara Foundation Distinguished Visiting Photography Fellowships are envisioned to provide SFAI's students with direct access to artists and thinkers whose contributions to contemporary global art practice and theory represent the highest level of achievement and the promise of continued excellence. With a view to deepening each artist's impact, the fellowships are structured as sustained on-campus residencies that provide SFAI's students extensive interaction with the fellows—facilitating discussions of process, aesthetics, cultural influences, and career paths. Spring 2010 Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series Douglas Fogle Wednesday, February 3, 2010 — 7:30pm Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation Distinguished Visiting Painting Fellow Monday, February 22, 2010 — 7:30pm Michael Arcega, Ursula Biemann, Claire Fontaine, Carlos Motta, Société Réaliste, and Hou Hanru Panel discussion—Geography of Transterritories Wednesday, February 24, 2010 — 7:30pm Wafaa Bilal Wednesday, March 10, 2010 — 7:30pm My Barbarian Monday, March 22, 2010 — 7:30pm Sharon Lockhart Pilara Foundation Distinguished Visiting Photography Fellow Friday, April 2, 2010 — 7:30pm Julie Heffernan Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation Distinguished Visiting Painting Fellow Monday, April 5, 2010 — 7:30pm Lisa Sigal Wednesday, April 21, 2010 — 7:30pm Walead Beshty Pilara Foundation Distinguished Visiting Photography Fellow Wednesday, April 28, 2010 — 7:30pm Mierle Laderman Ukeles Ann Chamberlain Distinguished Fellow in Interdisciplinary Studies Monday, May 3, 2010 — 7:30pm For more information, including participant bios, on the Spring 2010 Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series, please go to http://www.sfai.edu/vas For detailed information on the upcoming exhibition—Geography of Transterritories—in SFAI's Walter and McBean Galleries, please go to http://www.sfai.edu/current Spring 2010 Graduate Lecture Series—Spheres of Interest: Experiments in Thinking & Action Louise Lawler "Taking Place" Friday, January 22, 2010 — 5:00pm Mika Tajima "A Place for Transacting Abstractions" Friday, February 5, 2010 — 5:00pm Trajal Harrell "Maybe to Spectacle: Showpony and Twenty Looks or Paris Is Burning at the Judson Church" Friday, February 26, 2010 — 5:00pm Renée Green "Ongoing Becomings: The Whole Is Simpler Than the Parts" Friday, March 5, 2010 — 6:00pm Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco Howie Chen "More Anytime Minutes: Post-Fordist Work Dilemmas" Friday, March 26, 2010 — 5:00pm George E. Lewis "Mobilitas Animi: Improvising with Creative Machines" Friday, April 2, 2010 — 5:00pm John Akomfrah "The Burden of Mnemosyne" Friday, April 23, 2010 — 5:00pm Michael Corris "Unintended Consequences: Conceptual Art and Its Legacy" Friday, April 30, 2010 — 5:00pm For more information, including participant bios, on the graduate lecture series—Spheres of Interest: Experiments in Thinking & Action—please go to http://www.sfai.edu/spheres SFAI's exhibitions and public programs—a component of which is the Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series—are supported in part by the Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund. The Distinguished Visiting Painting Fellowships are funded by the Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation, and the Distinguished Visiting Photography Fellowships are funded by the Pilara Foundation. The Distinguished Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Studies is provided by the Ann Chamberlain estate. Geography of Transterritories is made possible through the support of swissnex San Francisco, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, CulturesFrance, and the Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in San Francisco. Spheres of Interest: Experiments in Thinking & Action is organized through SFAI's Division of Graduate Studies in cooperation with SFAI's Centers for Interdisciplinary Study. Renée Green's lecture is copresented by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Applications for MA, MFA, and Post-Baccalaureate programs at SFAI for Fall 2010 are now being accepted through March 15, 2010 on a space-available basis. Applications for the Low-residency MFA program are now being accepted for Summer 2010 through March 15, 2010 on a space-available basis. For more information, please call 800 345 SFAI / 415 749 4500, e-mail admissions@sfai.edu, or go to http://www.sfai.edu/admissions ______________________________________________________________________________ San Francisco Art Institute Founded in 1871, SFAI is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of higher education in contemporary art in the US. Focusing on the interdependence of thinking, making, and learning, SFAI's academic and public programs are dedicated to excellence and diversity. SFAI's School of Studio Practice concentrates on developing the artist's vision through studio experiments and is based on the belief that artists are an essential part of society. It offers a BFA, an MFA, and a Post-Baccalaureate certificate in Design and Technology, Film, New Genres, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture/Ceramics. SFAI's School of Interdisciplinary Studies is motivated by the premise that critical thinking and writing, informed by an in-depth understanding of theory and practice, are essential for engaging contemporary global society. It offers degree programs in Exhibition and Museum Studies (MA only), History and Theory of Contemporary Art (BA and MA), and Urban Studies (BA and MA). SFAI's Dual Degree MA/MFA program is ideally designed for students who seek a deep and balanced immersion in both theoretical discourse and art practice. A three-year commitment, the degree consists in an MA in History and Theory of Contemporary Art and an MFA in any area of study within the School of Studio Practice (see above). For more information on visiting artists and scholars or other exhibitions and public programs at SFAI, please call 415 749 4563. For information, including important dates, on graduate, post-baccalaureate, and undergraduate admissions at SFAI, please call 800 345 SFAI / 415 749 4500, e-mail admissions@sfai.edu, or go to http://www.sfai.edu/admissions |
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