Creativity Explored Opening

Tonight attended the opening for Super Contemporary at Creativity Explored.

April 30 - June 17, 2015

Venue
Creativity Explored

Location
San Francisco, CA

Top: Detail of Hot Pink Feelings by Jenny Sharaf, 2015, paint on paper, 22 x 30 inches; Bottom: Detail of Happy is a Shade of Blue by Eva Jun © 2015 Creativity Explored Licensing, LLC, acrylic on paper, 51.5 x 43 inches

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Participating artists: Maria Berrios + Sahar Khoury; Eva Jun + Jenny Sharaf; Kaocrew "Yah" Kakabutra + Maysha Mohamedi; Taneya Lovelace + Alicia McCarthy; and Evelyn Reyes + Sarah Thibault. 

Guest curated by Jenny Sharaf.

Opening Reception
April 30, 2015
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Music by Robert Doerr 

Ka Wai

Merna Lum Flower Chain

My favorite thing to see this evening.

Doris Yen

Bertha Otoyo

Henry Bruin Zebra & Baby

Performance Art Piece

Today at Southern Exposure was a performance piece by the talented Jennifer Locke. She was assisted by my artist friend Lucas and another gentleman. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend in person, but they streamed the whole day on YouTube. I am really impressed with Locke's work and look forward to seeing more from her in the future.

Sketch for Card

I've been playing with punched holes in my drawings.

A Night of Mediocre Performance Art

Tonight at Southern Exposure was a night of 40 performances by 40 artists for 4 minutes each. I attended with my friend Kate who is a professor of performance studies. It was great to hear her opinion, which agreed with mine–we were both very, very underwhelmed. The night felt like a Mid-Term project for freshman college students. A couple of these pics are performances that had potential, but still did not excel.

Airy's Art Opening

I attended my friend Airy's art opening last night with my friend Nikki. Airy featured an installation that included a slide show, found art objects, and a couple of beautiful drawings. She also showed three of her gorgeous films with the first multi-layered one being my favorite.

Afterwards, there was a happening that was performed by several of the other artists. It included our eyes taped shut while bright lights were shined at us. A breathy narrator told a story about going to the beach. Afterwards there was a group hug (I ran for the other room). Needless to say, I did not care for this piece filled with clichés and pseudo-spiritualism.

Nikki was not impressed with the happening...especially when it involved
having her wonderful eye makeup compromised.

Open Studios

After collaging all day, my friend Nikki and I headed over to Spring Open Studios at Blue Studios. This will be the last one due to the building being taken over by office spaces. There was a giant canvas that was a joint project and I decided to take it over.

Here is what the canvas looked like before and after:

Collage Day

Today there was 5 of us and we met at a cafe to work.

Three of us hard at work!

My work

Mark McBeth's work in progress

Nikki's work

Nikki's work

Photography Day in the Park

I obviously love shooting in macro and today was no exception.