Featured Artist: Painter David Marc Grant
David Mar Grant, a third-generation San Franciscan, has exhibited his work at galleries throughout the in the Bay Area, including EverGold Gallery, the Fort Mason Center, and 111 Minna and LoBot Gallery in Oakland.
Visual Artist Leo Villareal Discusses Motivation for The Bay Lights
Reporters from throughout the Bay Area gathered in the Ferry Building today for a press conference to discuss The Bay Lights art installation on the Bay Bridge with visual artist Leo Villareal, project organizer Ben Davis and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee.
Looney Tunes: Chuck Jones Exhibit Revisits Storied Career
As one of the pioneers of early animation, Chuck Jones perfected many of the techniques that would influence and inspire later generations of artists.
Featured Artist: Berkeley-based Illustrator Mario Wagner
Originally from Cologne, Germany, Mario Wagner is an artist and illustrator now living and working in Berkeley after relocating from the Mission District in San Francisco.
Oakland Museum of California Friday Nights Draws a Crowd
Oakland Museum of California recently launched “Friday Nights at OMCA,” a weekly event of food, drinks and art and on 10th Street in Oakland.
Landmark Style: On The Road by Natalie Cheung
The first in a series of photo editorials from the styling students at the Academy of Art University. Each student selected a San Francisco landmark that had a personal meaning to them and reconstructed the aesthetic into a style. This week Natalie Cheung shows us On The Road by Jack Kerouac.
Fifty24SF Gallery Hosts New Works by Sam Flores
Lion and the Lamb, the current solo exhibition by artist Sam Flores at Fifty24SF Gallery, is eerily timely. In the wake of current events—violence, political upheaval, talk about the end of the world—the dichotomies of lightness and dark, and the biblical reference to the Book of Revelation that pervade Flores’s most recent body of work seem utterly prescient.
Photo Editorial: Dark Noir
This winter step into the dark side with decadent black lace and heavy-duty metal accessories. Embrace leather and velvet, the season’s most talked about fabrics.
Mollusk Surf Shop to Debut Poster Show Friday
“Like art, surfing can be beautiful and freeing. And, save dropping in or cutting off, surfing doesn’t have rules,” says Mia Sullivan of Mollusk Surf Shop, a charming space in the Outer Sunset that is owned and run by a group of local artists.
Paul Hemming Discusses New Art Gallery Mirus
Paul Hemming is a nightclub owner, DJ, record producer and restaurateur who most recently has been working on a new venture—an art gallery, Mirus, recently opened in the SoMA that features the work of emerging and established artists and aims to foster a spirit of collaboration.
Zine Design Workshop With DIY Hero V. Vale
Contrary to popular belief blogging didn’t kill the zine; the paper zine persists even in the digital age, uniting and creating new underground communities across time and space bound together by their mutual interests.
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