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WHAT'S HAPPENING at Kala
- Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 - 8:00 pm: Artist
talk with Borjana Ventzislavova, 2009 CEC ArtsLink
Fellow.
Help Borjana's project: Borjana Ventzislavova is looking for couples with different national and cultural backgrounds (within the couple) who would like to speak openly in the front of a camera about their relationship and their experience of life together. More details below. - Saturday, November 14, 8:00 pm: Museum by Tina Howe @ Kala Gallery, box office opens at 7 pm and doors at 7:30 pm.
- Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 - 8:30 pm: AIR talks with Alex Benedict and Nancer Le Moins
- Upcoming Exhibition: Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, Green House Britain
- Highlights of Kala Classes in November!
- AIS News!
- Free Health Care Workshop at Kala on Thursday, November 5 at 11:00 am.
- Upcoming classes at Kala Art Institute! Go to www.kala.org/class/class.html for more information, or click on the links below.
- Kala on Facebook. More photos from the events! Become a fan of Kala and join our online community.
- Check out Klog. http://www.kala.org/wordpress/.
Tuesday, November 10
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Kala is proud to host Borjana Ventzislavova from Bulgaria as a 2009 CEC ArtsLink Fellow. The CEC ArtsLink Residency Program places artists and arts managers from Central/Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia as ArtsLink Fellows at U.S. arts organizations for five-week residencies. Borjana Ventzislavova is a visual artist based in Sofia and Vienna. She graduated in visual media art / digital art at the University for Applied Arts, Vienna (2005). She works in the fields of photography, film/ video, installation and new media, addressing issues such as identity and marginalization of individuals, as well as different social groups, migration and cohabitation. In a broader sense, everyday connections and social relations play a central role in her work. Her work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group shows as well as in media art and film festivals. Please help Borjana with her current project! The relationship could be a marriage, same-sex partnership, polyamorous group/couple, cohabitation or any other kind of close relationship. If anyone is interested in taking part in her art project and currently lives in California, please contact borjana@nebudu.net. |
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Saturday,
November 14, 8:00 pm |
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Museum by Tina Howe Directed by:
Stephanie Ren้e Maysonave
Featuring an impressive cast of 38 performers! Aficionados, snobs, obnoxious college girls, and a disgruntled security guard scrutinize a modern art exhibit on its final day. Performed in actual museums throughout the Bay Area, 38 actors grace the "stage" prodding conceptual art as they observe three seemingly blank canvases and paper human figures hanging from a clothesline accompanied by a bowl of clothespins, which no one can seem to keep their hands off of. Tickets: $19 To purchase tickets visit www.boxcartheatre.org or
call 1.800.838.3006 ***We encourage our patrons to sit, stand and move around. We have a limited number of benches, but also provide stools and pillows for those who ask. The performance is 75 minutes. Due to the unique nature of this event, we strongly encourage reservations ahead of time. |
Wednesday,
November 18 |
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Alex Benedict began working
through Kala Art Institute eight years ago to fully explore a process
of juxtaposing digital photographic images with his poetry. The physical
enjoyment of working with presses led to further study in intaglio, monotype,
and other means of creating an interaction of concepts with a variety
of media. His current project involves large scale printing on canvas
of images which are a result of operations of formal geometry and probability,
color, and perception. The process of generating and manipulating the
images engages Alex’s knowledge of mathematics, computer science
and digital photography. Nancer Le Moins has been teaching art in the Bay
Area for 20 years and is especially interested in community based and
activist art. She has been an artist in residence at Kala for 10 years
and works primarily as a printmaker and painter. Her work for the past
few years has been motivated by environmental and social issues but
remains solidly personal. Nancer will be showing slides from several
recent series and discussing the fine line between getting
a point across with grace and beauty and not being didactic. |
Upcoming
Exhibition at Kala Gallery: December 10, 2009 – February 27, 2010 Artists’ Conversation: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 2:00 pm Force Majeure, Panel Discussion: Saturday, February
20, 2010, 2:00 pm |
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Kala is pleased to present Green House Britain, an exhibition by Newton and Helen Mayer Harrison, a collaborative team who has been internationally respected as pioneers of the eco-art movement for nearly forty years. Their impassioned works serve as both a meditation on global ecology and also as a futuristic vision for environmental change and recovery. Perhaps best known in Europe, The Harrisons have an extensive resume
of international exhibitions and public projects. They are both Professors
Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego and have been represented
by Ronald Feldman Gallery in New York since 1974. The Harrisons currently
live in Santa Cruz. The public is cordially invited to a reception in honor of the Harrisons on December 10 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at the Kala Gallery. Exhibition and Artists’ Conversation sponsored by Bayer USA Foundation Wine
courtesy of TOG will be served at the reception. |
INTRODUCTION TO LETTERPRESS: POLYMER PLATE Register
Now!
Class #93: November 7-8: Saturday Sunday 10am - 5pm
These easy-to-use photosensitive plates allow you to incorporate digital imagery and text into letterpress printing. Learn how to make and print these versatile plates using Kala's Anderson-Vreeland platemaker and Vandercook proofing press. The course will cover multiple color printing and registration on a variety of papers. Enrollment is limited to 7 students. Nick Hurd is a professional letterpress printer and artist in residence
at Kala. He is an expert in Letterpress, photopolymer plate making and
operates his own screenprinting company. He has worked for some of the
top Letterpress Printers in the Bay Area. Nicholas graduated with a BFA
in Printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2004 and is currently
an MFA student at the California College of the Arts. WOOD ENGRAVING: An Introduction Register
Now! Class #94: November 7-8: Saturday Sunday 10am 5pm
Richard Wagener received his MFA in painting from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. His book, Zebra Noise with a Flatted Seventh, was published in 1998 by printer Peter Koch, and a suite of ten engravings was created to accompany The Fragments of Parmenides, published by Editions KOCH in 2004. Richard's work is in the collections of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, The Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco, and the Library of Congress, among others. INTRODUCTION TO ENCAUSTIC Register
Class #95: November 14-15: Saturday Sunday 10am 4pm
This studio-based class focuses on the techniques used for encaustic painting, a process that uses beeswax to carry pigment. Because of its translucency, the wax can be embedded with layers of papers and found objects. Safety and shop practices, tools and their use, priming techniques, mixed media work, and a variety of paint application processes will be covered. Students will be provided with the knowledge needed to use this medium in their own studio. Hylla Evans is a paint maker for Evans Encaustics, teaches painting extensively in the Bay Area, New York, and Amsterdam, and for the last two years has been an Expert at the National Encaustic Conference at Montserrat College of Art in Massachusetts. She has developed new paints and grounds for encaustic painting and encourages each artist to experiment with the boundaries of this exciting medium. LARGE SCALE DIGITAL PRINTING Register Now!
Class #96: November 14-15, 21: Saturday-Sunday-Saturday 10am-5pm
This course is designed for artists looking at all the options available through digital printing. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: scanning your original negatives, transparencies, original prints, and objects; analog/digital manipulation; color spaces and profiles; paper selection; display options; and mixed media applications. Workflow for importing, digital manipulation, and printing will be individualized according to the participants' needs. Basic knowledge of Macintosh and Photoshop is required. Materials fee to be paid at end of class, depending on amount printed. Enrollment is limited to 5 students. Eric Sanchez is a Bay Area artist working in photography, digital printing, sculpture, installation, and drawing. His work, mapping the intersection of science, technology, entertainment and celebrity, has been exhibited locally and nationally. He received his MFA from San Francisco State University and BFA from CSU Hayward. http://epsanchez.com/ |
Consider using this extremely accessible process at your home studio. A refined form of block printing, wood engraving offers a full range of tonality and exquisite control over mark-making. During this two-day workshop you learn about materials and techniques, and explore your own creative response by producing a limited edition of prints.
Fall is in the air and we are off and running. Kala’s Teaching Artists are inspiring creativity at school sites and performing throughout the East Bay. Halloween Printmaking at Rosa Parks
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Our fabulous student Kathak dancers were again featured in the press! Check out this article about the latest AIS Diwali dance performance: http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/10/22/in-a-festival-of-lights-oakland-youth-dance-with-indian-legend/ T-shirts needed for Kids Art Smocks
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Thursday, November 5 at 11:00 am |
Getting and Keeping Health Insurance (or
Finding Health Care When You’re Uninsured) |
· Finding affordable health insurance Q & A follows the workshop, plus individual consultations. Getting and Keeping Health Insurance is offered by The Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (www.ahirc.org), a program of The Actors Fund supported by LINC (Leveraging Investments in Creativity), and is sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation.
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This workshop focuses on health insurance
options for the unemployed and uninsured or under-insured. The information
is comprehensive and unbiased – there are no commercial or political
sponsors.
For more information about Kala: Please check our website! http://kala.org