Galleries / Museums

Contemporary Ceramics at Clark Center

rie — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:43:37 -0800

HANFORD — The Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture will present a special exhibition of Japanese contemporary ceramics drawn from the extensive collection of Natalie Fitz-Gerald, a collector now residing in Santa Fe, N.M.

This exhibition presents 54 modern works by 30 Japanese artists, representing a dialogue between past and present, and the evolution in thought and technique demonstrated in works of recent decades.

New Exhibit at ArtObject Gallery in S.J. Japantown

rie — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:04:42 -0800

SAN JOSE — ArtObject Gallery, located in the heart of San Jose’s Japantown, announces the opening of a new exhibit on Saturday, Nov. 15.

Featured will be:

Mark Bryan, satirical artist;

Mattie Leeds, clay pots and sculpted collage;

Michael Leeds, motorcycle sculpture;

Ken Matsumoto, stone and glass.

The public is invited to an artists’ reception on opening day, Nov. 15, from 7 to 10 p.m. Highlighting this visible feast will be wine poured by Brassfield Estate Winery, Japanese tapas from The Cook Club of San Francisco and live music.

Meet the Artists

rie — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:42:40 -0700

San Francisco Open Studios, a weekend event that opened Oct. 4-5 and continues until Nov. 1-2, features a number of Japanese and Japanese American artists.

Each weekend focuses on different areas of the city. The artists at Fort Mason in the Marina District on Oct. 11-12 included Taiko Fujimura (mixed media, painting and sculpture), Shari Arai DeBoer (etchings and watercolor), Noriko Kawamoto/Umi Designs (jewelry), Yuko Yuasa (printmaking) and Sachiko Green (printmaking and mixed media).

Exhibition by Takeshi Nakayoshi

rie — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:36:56 -0700

Chroma Art Design, 218 Mississippi St. (at Mariposa) in San Francisco, is presenting Takeshi Nakayoshi's "Azure Collidism — Harmonious Intensity" until Friday, Nov. 14.

Nakayoshi was born in Osaka and resides in San Francisco. He received his BFA and MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.

"Harmony mainly means rational, but emotion creates friction and intensity," Nakayoshi said, explaining the elements of his work.

Chroma Art Design is located near the Design Center in the Potrero Hill neighborhood. Parking is readily available.

Art Explosion Open Studios in S.F.

rie — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:03:10 -0700

Art Explosion Open Studios, an opportunity to see over 130 San Francisco artists at three locations, is being held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18-19, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The free event showcases painters, sculptors, jewelers, fabric artists, mixed media, photography, drawings and more at the following locations:

• 17th Street Studios, 2425 17th St. (at Potrero). Featured artists include Akane Goda, Reiko Matsuo, Priscilla Otani, Takuma Yoshida.

• Alabama Street Studios, 744 Alabama (at 19th). Featured artists include Aiko Designs.

Asian American Art at the deYoung

rie — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:51:41 -0700

“Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents, 1900–1970,” on view Oct. 25 to Jan. 18 at the de Young Museum, is the first comprehensive survey of Asian American modernism.

This exhibition of works by artists of Asian ancestry who lived and worked in the U.S. seeks to showcase some of the most important individuals contributing to the canon of Asian American art and advance awareness of this under-represented group in American art history.

Boarding House Museum to Be Dedicated in Locke

rie — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:16:27 -0700

LOCKE — The Harvest Moon Homecoming, a Main Street event, will be held on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Locke.

The Locke Foundation, California State Parks Department, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, and Locke Management Association will dedicate the Boarding House Museum, which was converted from the former Sam’s Rooms, a business that dates back to 1920.

The interpretive panels at the museum will include the history of the Kuramoto family, who lived in Locke from 1920 to 1941.

S.F. Artists Open Studios to Public

rie — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:34:15 -0700

For over 30 years, San Francisco Open Studios has provided the public with an opportunity to see artists in their workspaces. As the largest and first open studios program in the country, it showcases artists and invites art lovers to make friends and start or build their art collections.

Weekend 1 (Oct. 4-5) was dedicated to ArtSpan events. The following weekends feature artists’ studios, with Weekend 5 (Nov. 1-2) taking place at Hunters Point Shipyard. Info: www.artspan.org.

This month’s schedule is as follows:

MATCHA Series to Feature Japanese Tattoos

james — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:14:07 -0700

The San Francisco Asian Art Museum presents Japanese tattoo art during its October MATCHA series.

Author and tattoo artist Takahiro Kitamura (artist name Horitaka, apprentice to the revered Japanese master Horiyoshi III) will give a talk about the centuries-old art of traditional Japanese tattooing.

See live demonstrations of Japanese-style tattooing by various tattoo artists using both traditional and modern techniques.

Oxbow School Lecture Series to Feature Mineko Grimmer

james — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:06:19 -0700

NAPA — The Oxbow School, a studio-art-based semester program in Napa, is presenting its fall visiting artist lecture series.

Japanese-born Mineko Grimmer offers her perspectives on art and design on Monday, Sept. 22, at Copia Auditorium, 500 1st St. in Napa, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Grimmer, born in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, in 1949, received a B.A. from Iwate University. While working as a commercial artist, she moved to Los Angeles, where she earned a BFA and MFA from the Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design.