YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS - BAY AREA NOW 7

07.18.14



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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts: Bay Area Now 7.

Artists: Agana (Vanessa Espinoza); Art preparators from Bay Area institutions; Teresa Baker; Jason Benson; Peter Bergne, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Aaron Bray; A.K. Burns; Esra Canogullari; Daniel Case; Nicolaus Chaffin; Khalifah Christensen, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Dennis Crookes, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Isiah Daniels, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Joel Dean; Matthew Endler; Justus Evans, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Kristin Farr; Christina Fong; Bruce Fowler, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Henry Frank; Roy Gilstrap, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Anthony Gomez; Ronnie Goodman; Lori Gordon; Thomas Grider, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Griffin; Gary Harrell, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Amy M. Ho; Johnny Ray Huston; Irot; David Johnson, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Joker; Marc Kate; Darryl Kennedy, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Kevin Killian; Rolf Kissmann; Kufu; Summer Mei Ling Lee; Joshua Locke, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Nathan Lynch; Felix Lucero; Curt McDowell; Scott McKinstry, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Jeff Meadows; Edgar Mojica; Omid Mokri, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; k. r. m. mooney; Brian Morello; Susan O'Malley; Brendan Murdoch; James Norton, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Erik Otto; Joel Parsons; Pemex; Miguel "Bounce" Perez; Lawrence Rinder; Leah Rosenberg; Mike Rothfeld; Floris Schönfeld; Steven Smith, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Oki Sogumi; Mark Stanley, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Paul Stauffer, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Lorna Sung; Nicholas Sung; Tina Takemoto; Brian Tester; Fred Tinsley, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Tan Tran, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Kurt Von Staden, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Wesley Washington, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Michael Williams, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Thomas Winfrey, San Quentin Prison Arts Project; Marilyn Wong; and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts staff.

Organizations: [ 2nd floor projects ], San Francisco; Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco; Bay Area Art Workers Alliance, Oakland; Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco; Creativity Explored, San Francisco; di Rosa, Napa; the Estria Foundation, Emeryville; FOR-SITE Foundation, San Francisco; Important Projects, Oakland; Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga; n/a, Oakland; Pied-à-terre, San Francisco; Publication Studio, Oakland; San Quentin Prison Arts Project, San Quentin; and Stairwell's, San Francisco.

Comment by AB: Curators Betti-Sue Hertz and Ceci Moss select 15 Bay Area arts organizations from among 50 proposals for this 7th episode of Bay Area Now, our neighborhood version of the Whitney Biennale. Now to my way of thinking, if you or your organization are gifted with an opportunity to strut your stuff at a significant public arts institution like YBCA, you'd want to take complete and unconditional advantage by making an impressive and memorable statement. Why? Because substantial numbers of people will likely be seeing your work for the first time, and you want to make sure that after seeing it they remember who your are and come back for more (or support your cause or give you exposure or whatever your goals might be). Getting accepted is only the beginning; proving you're worthy of acceptance-- that's the real deal.

Cutting to the proverbial chase, some of you crushed it while others could have done better. Making a favorable impression takes hard work and plenty of it; you don't just throw something together. For those of you who felt that merely getting accepted was sufficient validation and that you could coast your way through the rest, better luck next time... assuming there ever is a next time. Among the show's winners are [ 2nd Floor Projects ], Creativity Explored, San Quentin Prison Arts Project, Stairwell's, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery and FOR-SITE Foundation. Unevenness aside, come on down and peruse the noteworthy range of organizations that continually remind us of the infinite ways in which the visual arts can enrich and enhance the quality of our lives.

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