Exhibits
Dynasty: The Ancestral Arts of China
Dates: Sept. 8-12
Location: Museum of Ancient Civilizations, HUM 510
Hours: noon to 4 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: Museum Studies Program
Phone: (415) 405-0599
This collection of scroll portraits, statues and crafts from China's Qing dynasty is on loan to the University from Professor of Humanities George Leonard. The exhibition tells the story of religion, culture, family and architecture in the Qing dynasty that dates from 1644 to1911. Philosopher and art historian David Carrier will deliver a public lecture exploring portraits in Eastern and Western art Sept 12. from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in HUM 587, followed by a reception in HUM 510.
Tiffany Schmierer: Windows in and Out: Ceramic Wall Sculptures
Dates: Until Dec. 15; Opening reception Sept. 24, 5-7 p.m.
Location: SF State Administration building
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: Art Department, College of Creative Arts
Phone: (415) 338-2176
The SF State lecturer and M.F.A. alumna makes sculptures that investigate patterns connecting our lives to our surroundings, representing dialogues that exist in a dynamic world where everything is linked.
2008 SF State Art Department Faculty Exhibition
Dates: Aug. 28 - Sept. 12; Opening reception Sept. 23, 4-6 p.m.
Location: Fine Arts Gallery, Fine Arts building
Hours: Tuesdays - Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m.; Wednesdays, noon - 5 p.m. Opening reception: Sept. 23 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: Art Department, College of Creative Arts
Phone: (415) 338-7618
The 2008 SF State Art Department Faculty Exhibition features both long-established luminaries and rising stars of the art community, including some of the Bay Area's most critically acclaimed, internationally recognized artists and scholars. Susan Belau (printmaking), Gail Dawson (painting), Lewis deSoto (photography), Victor De La Rosa (textiles), Jeff Downing (ceramics), Barbara Foster (printmaking), Leonard Hunter (sculpture), Mark Johnson (painting), David Kuraoka (ceramics), Mario Laplante (printmaking installation), Paula Levine (multimedia installation), Julia Marshall (drawing), Paul Mullins (painting), Danielle Mysliwiec (painting), Francisco Perez (sculpture), Irene Poon (photography), Paul Pratchenko (painting), Sylvia Solochek Walters (printmaking) and Steve Wilson (multimedia installation).
Laurel Shear: Unabashed
Dates: Aug. 28 - Sept. 12
Location: Martin Wong Gallery, Fine Arts building
Hours: Noon to 4 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: Art Department
Phone: (415) 338-2176
The undergraduate Art major displays her paintings.
