Hot Press, Cool Events November 2013

NOVEMBER EVENTS
By Danielle Sabalvaro.

Editor’s Note: As the weather chills, take some time to do the same and warm up, too, at one of the many upcoming events this month. Who cares if the days are shortening and the clock is turning back when there are so many inspiring places to be, so many wonderful artists and makers to discover? We hardly have time to mind at all. We’ll be running from one of these fabulous shindigs to the next. See you there?

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Jerry Takigawa: False Food November 9, 2013–January 19, 2014, Museum of Craft Design, San Francisco, CA. This thought-provoking exhibition focuses on discovery, sustainability, action in design, and false food as a metaphor for survival. Presented in the form of fine art photography and text, which is significantly informed by the artist’s profession as a graphic designer, the exhibition asks visitors, “What does responsible design mean?” and “Can photographs be graphic design?”

Winterfest 2013 Art Auction Preview at the Winterfest 2013 Member Party & Fundrasier, November 3, 2013 10:30PM, City View at Metreon, 105 4th Street, San Francisco, CA. We know that you consider your bike a piece of art, and we do, too! But your favorite steed doesn’t have to be the only piece of bike art in your house. Check out some of this year’s incredible Winterfest auction items. From photography to silkscreens to laser cut wood pieces, this year’s Winterfest art auction has something for everyone.

SFMade Thanksgiving Factory Tour and Tastings November 12 from 11AM to 1PM, SFMade San Francisco, CA. Celebrate the Thanksgiving season with SFMade foodmakers! For the first time, Luke’s Local—a weekly curated box of prepared meals, local produce and artisan goods—will be opening up their kitchen so you can meet and sample foods from a whole gang of great SFMade food and beverage manufacturers.

Vessel 9.5: Vessel as the Human Form, Humanity November 1–December 14, Vessel Gallery, 471 25^th Street, Oakland, CA. Vessel Gallery commemorates 9.5 years with artworks by Bill Abright, Pamela Merory Dernham, Scott Dupree, Gordon Glasgow, Thekla Hammond, Walter James Mansfield, Iris Polos, Cyrus Tilton, Wayne Shaffer, Sanjay Vora, and Allyce Wood. A percentage of sales from Vessel 9.5 will be donated in support of two non-profit Oakland youth arts education programs Destiny Arts and Oaktown Jazz Workshop.

New West Coast Design 2 October 26,2013–January 2013, Museum of Craft Design, San Francisco, CA. Where are the incubators for the designers of our decade? Which of their works will become icons treasured by the next generation? Inspired by our initial 2008 exhibition which highlighted experimental works by artists in California, Oregon and Washington, NWCD2 features over 70 artists chosen for the significant contribution they make to the world of design by expanding on the idea of function, exploiting materials, innovative techniques, or pioneering applications of new technology. From skateboards to furniture, toy houses, and lighting fixtures, NWCD2 focuses on the design process itself and how this impulse is manifested by architects, industrial designers, interior designers, studio craft artists and design groups working with advanced digital technologies.

Amy Weiks: Sift, Sort + Strain November 1–27, 2013, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Sift, Sort + Strain reflects both the potential utility of the objects within the installation as well as the processes by which those objects came to be. As humans we are designed to absorb tactile, visual, and aural information. Our minds process this information by sifting it through neural filters, sorting it into relevant and irrelevant categories, and straining out only the most pertinent input to digest, ponder, or respond to. These actions help us to meet the world; without them we would be overwhelmed by the deluge the sensory input we encounter. The objects in Sift, Sort + Strain attempt to capture the intangible and opaque processes of the mind, while also referencing the utilitarian practicality of the everyday.

David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition October 26–January 20, 2013, the deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA. David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition (October 26, 2013–January 20, 2014) marks the return of the celebrated British artist to California with an exhibition assembled exclusively for the de Young. Expansive in scope and monumental in scale, this show is the first comprehensive survey of his 21st-century work and represents one of the most prolific decades of his career. Renowned for his use of traditional media as well as evolving technologies, Hockney has selected monumental paintings, Photoshop portraits, digital films that track the changing seasons, vivid landscapes created using the iPad, as well as never-before-exhibited charcoal drawings and paintings completed in 2013.

The Art of Bulgari: La Dolce Vita & Beyond 1950–1990 September 21,2013–February 17,2014, The deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are pleased to announce The Art of Bulgari: La Dolce Vita & Beyond 1950–1990, an exhibition of approximately 150 pieces created by the renowned Italian jeweler over four decades. This exclusive exhibition will highlight jewelry that defined a pivotal period in Italian design, and will include many pieces from the personal collection of Elizabeth Taylor.

Paul PhilIp: Shadows September 27–November 2, 2013, at Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Hedge is delighted to present its next exhibition, Shadows by Welsh potter Paul Philp featuring 30 works, some of which have been released from the artist’s personal reserve and are being exhibited for t he first time. Inspired by a simple life and working in his studio, Philp continues to refine his zen approach to pottery, building elegant vessels that combine clay and impurities to achieve richly textured surfaces.

 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

DIEM 2013, Design Intersects Everything Made Curated by Frances Anderton November 8, 2013, West Hollywood Design District Showrooms, West Hollywood, CA. Curated by Frances Anderton
Host of KCRW’s DnA: Design and ArchitectureDIEM: Design Intersects Everything Made is a one-day design symposium presented by the West Hollywood Design District to inspire and encourage integral design on Friday, November 8. Captains and enthusiasts of the design industries are invited to engage with one another and cross-pollinate, through a series of events that will combine the intelligence and beauty of good design.

Artifacts of A Life Lived By the Living (To Live) September 29, 2013–January 5, 2014, at Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by artist Chris Johanson, this exhibition celebrates the meditative ritual and necessity of the creative process. The interdisciplinary exhibition brings together a group of artists who feel that they must create in service of bringing order to their lives. Johanson has assembled a group of artists he has admired whose work includes drawing, painting, installation, sound, performance and movement.

Nathalie Miebach: Changing Waters September 29,2013–January 5, 2014, at Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA. The first solo museum exhibition in Los Angeles of TED Global Fellow Nathalie Miebach, who translates scientific data related to weather patterns and climate change into musical scores and complex woven sculptures. Her large-scale sculptures and wall pieces draw upon traditional basket weaving techniques and weather pattern data collected from the Gulf of Maine.

 

PACIFIC NORTHWEST

The Tool at Hand October 2, 2013–January 11, 2014, at the MoCC, Portland, OR. The Tool at Hand presents these finished works and the tools used to craft them together with short videos produced by each artist. For a group of artists who are accustomed to working with considerable tool kits in a range of materials including metal, wood, paint, clay, as well as with non-traditional tools such as dental drills and 3D printers, this commission presented a thought-provoking challenge.

Craft Tech / Coded Media: Women, Art and Technology October 3–January 26, 2014, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO. Examines the role of gender in technology through the lens of contemporary women artists. In the twenty-first century as digital media increasingly permeates every level of our lives, what is the relationship between gender and technology? Is our period one of utopian embrace of social networks, enabled by technology? What is the relationship of the body to technology? This exhibition continues an examination of gendered frameworks for technology and art in the 21st century, and will include art by women who engage in and ultimately challenge the uncritical celebration of utopian claims for benevolent globalized technologies.

Quality is Contagious, John Economaki and Bridge City Tool Works August 16, 2013–February 8 2014, at the MoCC, Portland, OR. Drawing on his background in industrial design and knowledge of construction needs, John Economaki established Bridge City Tool Works in 1983. Using the most contemporary digital technology, Economaki designs tools to stand the test of time. The company’s products, sketches, and tools from the past thirty years will be on view for the first time.

“Edges” at Plinth Gallery  October 4–November 30, 2013, at the Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO. Plinth Gallery presents “Edges,” an exhibition of new ceramic work by David Crane. Crane’s work investigates the integration of form and geometric patterned glaze surfaces. His pottery is generally wheel thrown and altered, then fired to high temperature in a salt kiln. His surface treatments use glazes and various resist techniques to define geometric patterns with clear, sharp boundaries, creating the appearance of distinct “Edges.”

 

MIDWEST

SOFA Chicago Opening Night October 31 and continuing November 1–3, 2013, Chicago, IL. This popular three-day event features masterworks of contemporary and modern arts and design, sculpture, functional art, outsider, ethnographic, non-traditional folk and visionary art, plus related special exhibitions and a lecture series. SOFA CHICAGO enjoys the prestigious position of being the largest and longest continually running art fair in Chicago, a mainstay of the city’s cultural and social calendar.

The Gala Artist Collective 2nd Anniversary Party Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 7:00pm to Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 12:00am, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL. The Gala, an ever-expanding community of artists who hold completely independent monthly events intended to inspire collaboration, is holding its 2nd Annual Anniversary Show in a new space in partnership with the Fulton Street Collective. In addition to our normal features showcase of artists from a diverse mix of styles and disciplines, The Gala will hold a panel discussion to start off the night.

Creative Retreat: Folk Art and Paper Craft Saturday November 9, 2013, 10:00am to 4:00pm, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL. Autumn is a wonderful season for self-reflection and letting go. Lillstreet welcomes you to retreat with us as you balance your busy holiday schedule with a little creative “me time.” Our one-day retreats offer you the chance to relax and renew as you immerse yourself in the creative process. Retreats will be a unique combination of a 75-minute yoga class (for all levels), healthy and delicious catered lunch and 3 1/2 hours of hands-on art instruction.

 

EAST COAST

Renegade Craft Fair Brooklyn Winter November 23–24, 2013, Skylight One Hanson, Brooklyn, NY. We’ll have a cozy and festive fair in Brooklyn with the 2nd Annual Renegade Craft Fair Winter Market on November 23+24, 2013. The historical Skylight One Hanson couldn’t be a better venue to showcase the wares of today’s best + brightest indie makers from the Empire State and beyond. As always, we’ll have all kinds of extra fun planned for the weekend.

“Isa Genzken: Retrospective” November 23–December 21, 2013, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Isa Genzken (German, b. 1948) is arguably one of the most important and influential female artists of the past 30 years. This exhibition, the first comprehensive retrospective of her diverse body of work in an American museum, and the largest to date, encompasses Genzken’s work in all mediums over the past 40 years. Although a New York art audience might be familiar with Genzken’s more recent assemblage sculptures, the breadth of her achievement—which includes not only three-dimensional work but also paintings, photographs, collages, drawings, artist’s books, films, and public sculptures—is still largely unknown in this country.

Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile TradeSeptember 16, 2013–January 5, 2014, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. This exhibition that will look at fabric design from a global perspective and attempt to tell a story of international global trade through three centuries of fabric.

Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk October 25, 2013–February 23, 2013, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. The Brooklyn Museum is the only East Coast venue for The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, the first international exhibition dedicated to the groundbreaking French couturier. Playful, poetic, and transformative, Gaultier’s superbly crafted and detailed garments are inspired by the beauty and diversity of global cultures.

Flea Marqueta, Sundays, 12-6pm, 116^th & Park, New York, NY. In its heyday, hundreds of pushcart merchants and vendors sold and traded at La Marqueta, making it the community’s economic and social center. The once-bustling marketplace is now home to Flea Marqueta, which will feature dozens of stalls for East Harlem retailers, artists, and craftsman in the space under the Metro North tracks at E. 116th St.

Little Miss Sunshine November 14 – December 8, 2013, Second Stage Theatre, New York, NY. Composer William Finn, a master of neurotic wit and surprise twists of emotion, has worked with book writer and director James Lapine before, yielding Falsettos and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Now they reunite to adapt 2006 family-road-trip indie-film hit Little Miss Sunshine. Recent Drood costars Will Chase and Stephanie J. Block are the adult leads; nine-year-old Hannah Rose Nordberg plays their pageant-aspiring daughter.

 

ASIA

Tokyo Designers Week October 26–November 4, 2013. 2-3 Kasumigaoka , Tokyo 
Meiji-Jingu Gaien Mae (Central Venue), SHOPs around the Metropolitan Area, Tokyo, Japan. An international design event that gathers the excellent design and art from all over the world in areas close to our every-day lives, such as architecture, interior, product design, graphic design and art. Since 2005, the event has been provided the central venue of Meiji Jingu Gaien Mae (in front of Meiji-Jingu Memorial Picture Gallery) and developed into an event that attracting in 2012 a record number of over 100,000 people with highly sensitive opinions in the creative field.

 

EUROPE

Hello, My Name Is Paul Smith November 15 – March 9, 2014, The Design Museum, London, England. The Design Museum takes you into the world of fashion designer Paul Smith, a world of creation, inspiration, collaboration, wit and beauty. Celebrating his career to date and exploring future developments, the exhibition references Paul Smith’s influences and fashion designs, charting the rise of this quintessentially English label which has become one of the leading fashion brands in the world.

Christmas Open Studios 2013 at Cockpit Arts, November 29–December 1, Cockpit Yard, Northington Street, London, England, WC1N 2NP. Support independent designer-makers and pick up unique products for your home or yourself that you won’t find on the high street. Cockpit Arts supports extraordinary craftspeople, creating exquisite work. We are an award winning Social Enterprise and creative-business incubator. Proceeds from our Open Studios fundraising event help support designer-makers making work in the UK.

Renegade Craft Fair London November 9–10, 2013, London, England. Join us for the 3rd Annual Renegade Craft Fair London on November 9 + 10, 2013, at the Old Truman Brewery! This FREE to attend craft, art, design and DIY spectacular will run from 11am–6pm each day, and features 100+ of today’s finest indie-craft talents. Expect to find a wide variety of incredible handmade goods at the Fair – ranging from jewelry, clothing, ceramics and stationery, to posters, housewares, plush objects and more. Check out the list of artists who will be taking part in the fair!

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