Summer Open House
Come roam the various buildings of our campus, engage with artists in their studios, experience new work and works in progress, see performances, hear readings, and stay for a housemade lunch in the Mess Hall.
Parking is limited! If you can, we encourage you to carpool, bike, or take the bus. More info on transportation and directions here.
Schedule of Events
1–1:20PM, 4–4:20PM, and 2:30–2:50PM
Building 945, Studio 5
Performance
Aki Onda (AIR ’16) presentes “Space Sound Study,” a performance that explores the interstitial spaces between live sound and visual art by utilizing daily objects (buckets, flashlights, bells…) and analogue equipment (tape recorders, radios…).
1–1:30PM
Building 944, Rodeo Room
Performance / Talk
Plant Family is an iterative, experimental essay project by Nicole Lavelle (GF ’16): The works in this project align fragments of collective California cultural histories with threads of personal narrative. Meditations on my mother’s recent death sit alongside historic images of Bay Area flower growers. Instructions on the care of miniature roses segue into the story of the Grateful Dead’s reunion tour. I am exploring the contemporary climate of San Francisco through an index of its cultural pasts. I am understanding my own grief by construction a place for it.
1:15–1:45PM and 2:45–3:15PM
Building 952, The Gym
Performance work in progress
Lars Jan (AIR ’16) and collaborator Mia Barron will perform.
1:40–2:10PM
Reading, Building 944, Eastwing
Lucy Ives (AIR ’16) and Marco Lean (AFF ’15–17) will each read 10-minute selections from recent work.
2:30–3PM
Reading, Building 944, Rodeo Room
Greg Youmans (AIR ’16) will read selections from recent work.
3:10–3:50PM
Reading, Building 944, Eastwing
Kate Folk (AFF ’16–17), Susan Gevirtz (AFF ’16–17), and Lynette Wanzer (AFF ’15–17) will each read 10-minute selections from recent work.
Ongoing Events
12–4:30PM
Hands-On Activity, Building 944, Officer’s Club
Bay Area Discovery Museum educators will be on site facilitating Tiny Furniture, an all-ages STEM based activity focused on interior design. Cultivate your creative toolbox as you design and build tiny furniture using recycled materials. Consider scale, form, and function as you adorn the interior of our miniature homes.
12–5PM
Building 961
Durational performance
Sound and visual artist Phil Dadson (AIR ’16) performs a compass of 5 hours, 360 songs, and 6 directions.
12–5PM
Installation, Building 944, Second Floor Landing
Malena Lopez-Maggi (AFF ’16–17). In the Air, 2016; dichroic acrylic, dimensions variable. These shapes are drawings of airborne particles from Lopez-Maggi’s Richmond Annex studio, as seen through a microscope.
