Immediate Future

IMMEDIATE FUTURE: The 2009 Murphy and Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts
Dates extended! October 9 – January 9, 2010
Location: Main Gallery, 401 Van Ness Avenue (at McAllister) and 155 Grove Street

Artists: Miguel Arzabe, Mara Baldwin, Micheal Barrett, Bonnie Begusch, Oscar Bucher, Carlos Castro, Emily Dippo, Llewelynn Fletcher, Matt Kennedy, Ace Lehner, Bobby Lukas, Eric Martin, Susan Martin, armando miguelez, Kusum Nairi, Ruth Robbins, Eirini Steirou, rebecca wallace, Doug Williams, Sune Woods, Wafaa Yasin, Daniel Yovino

About Immediate Future: The 2009 Murphy and Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts

The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery is proud to present Immediate Future, featuring works by the recipients of the 2009 Murphy and Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts. This exhibition provides a focused glimpse at what is being produced by promising artists within regional graduate programs. This exhibition presents an opportunity for these artists to share what they have been developing in their studios with a wider audience.

The Murphy and Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts are annual awards sponsored by The San Francisco Foundation to assist art students in funding their final year of graduate studies. In partnership with the Foundation, the Arts Commission Gallery is committed to supporting works by outstanding Bay Area art students through the annual fellowship exhibition. The jurors for this year’s awards were Betti-Sue Hertz, Ellen Oh, Isis Rodriguez and Meg Shiffler.

Bay Area colleges and universities represented by the twenty-two 2009 recipients are the Academy of Art University, California College of the Arts, Mills College, The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco State University and Stanford University. Media represented in the exhibition include: drawing, film & video, installation, mixed media, painting, fiber art, performance art and photography.

Exhibition Events:

Michael Barrett, Punch Line, 2009
Performance Dates: Thursday, November 5, 7:30 pm
and Saturday, November 21, 1:00 pm, Free
Location: 155 Grove Street, SFAC Window Installation Site
Check out a video of Punch Line by Michael Barrett here and then join us for the performance!

Punch Line is performed in an environment that simulates the ups and downs of the battles we wage upon ourselves while struggling to achieve a goal. In this work, the environment is a boxing ring, in which the right-handed performer wages a fight with his alter ego, a left-handed boxing glove. Each performance follows the time frame of a boxing match; three, three-minute rounds, with a one-minute intermission in between each round. The goal of the performer is to control the balance of the platform while attempting to paint a straight line. Each time the performer attempts to paint a line, he is subjected to the pain of being punched in the face. As the fight continues, the artist struggles to maintain control mot only of his painting, but of his physical body as well.

Emily Dippo, Water Walk, 2009
Event dates: November 14 & December 5, 11:30 am – 3:00 pm, Free
Water Walk starting location: SFAC Gallery (401 Van Ness @ McAllister)
Join us for a walk beginning at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, heading north and concluding at Aquatic Park, using handmade viewfinders developed by Emily Dippo and assembled by participants. The viewfinders are embedded with water stories relating to sites along the way, creating a portrait of the San Francisco water system from multiple perspectives. Participants will assemble viewfinders at the Gallery before the walk and are encouraged to use the viewfinders to reframe the sites they encounter on this spirited guided walk.

Brown Bag Lunch Lecture: A Year of Getting Things Done by Daniel Yovino
Date: Wednesday, November 18, Noon-1 pm, Free
Location: SFAC Gallery (401 Van Ness @ McAllister)
Please join us for a lunchtime presentation of A Year of Getting Things Done by San Francisco Art Institute MFA student and Immediate Future exhibiting artist, Daniel Yovino. Yovino will teach a crash course on productivity methods, speculate on the possibility of increasingly productive artists, and reflect on my foray into art without a final product.