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  • Petaluma Arts Center, Idea Lounge

    External View this email in your browser Join us Wednesday evening for our first Idea Lounge of the new year! Wednesday, January 22, 7-8 PM (Doors open at 6:30)PAC members $15 | Non-members $20 What is the Idea Lounge? The Idea Lounge pairs two speakers who may have never met. One speaker is from the arts and…

  • ART21: MATERIALS AND ENVIRONMENTALISM

    Teaching with Contemporary Art Materials + Environmentalism by Birra-Li Ward December 17, 2024 Students created quadrants of different sections of the beach to collect data on how many nurdles there were. Courtesy of Birra-Li Ward. “Technology is not neutral. We’re inside of what we make, and it’s inside of us. We’re living in a world…

  • Arles 2025 Photography Workshops

    Voir la version en ligne See english version below → PROGRAMME COMPLET ET INSCRIPTION stage@rencontres-arles.com
 +33 (0)4 90 96 76 06 Possibilité de financement dans le cadre de la formation professionnelle continue (AFDAS, FAFCEA, plan de formation…) Avec le soutien de Fujifilm, grand partenaire des stages de photographie. Développez votre pratique aux côtés de pédagogues hors pairs, dans le…

  • Magnum Field Notes January 2025, No. 167

     Field Notes January 2025, No. 167Magnum Chronicles The Power of Collective Storytelling Ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, Magnum publishes a group Distro around the theme of the United States, inspired by its long history of collective storytelling. The series of images covers over 60 years and combines images from the Magnum archive and new work…

  • Hosfelt Gallery @ FOG Fair

    FOG Design + Art Fort Mason, San FranciscoJan 23-26, 2025 Artwork by San Francisco masters Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, Jess (Burgess Collins), and Wayne Thiebault are juxtaposed with works by contemporary international artists in a presentation curated to show the influences of San Francisco’s Beat era culture and the richness and diversity of the Hosfelt…

  • Fraenkel Gallery is pleased to return to FOG Design+Art

    Fort Mason, San FranciscoJan 23–26, 2025 Fraenkel Gallery is pleased to return to FOG Design+Art with works by:Robert AdamsDiane ArbusElisheva BiernoffSophie CalleWilliam EgglestonKota EzawaLee FriedlanderAdam FussKaty GrannanPeter HujarRichard LearoydWardell MilanRichard MisrachIrving PennAlec SothHiroshi SugimotoRichard T. WalkerCarrie Mae WeemsEXPLORE EVENTS Carrie Mae Weems will speak at the fair on Saturday, January 25, at 5pm, followed by a conversation with San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Director Christopher Bedford. The…

  • Enjoy the Winter Season at Light Work! Web, 2024. Courtesy of Nabil Harb.  Mater si, magistra no: Nabil Harb January 14 – April 25, 2025 | Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery, Light WorkOpening Reception: January 23, 5-7 PM  Nabil Harb’s project Mater si, magistra no (a macaronic phrase that translates as “Mother yes, teacher no”) presents photographs that describe and depict moments and…

  • CatchLight Local Visual Desk

    Visual highlights from the CatchLight Local Visual Desk in 2024.This spring, local news outlets across the United States will become part of a national visual journalism initiative led by CatchLight and Report for America (RFA) to provide inclusive, accurate, and locally contextualized information to the public through accessible, high-quality visual journalism. Following decades of jobs decline…

  • FotoFest’s Meeting Place 2025 Virtual Portfolio Review

    CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS AND LENS-BASED ARTISTS! It’s time to elevate your career. Register for FotoFest’s Meeting Place 2025 Virtual Portfolio Review, an online capsule iteration of its world-renowned portfolio review program. For nearly 40 years, the Meeting Place Portfolio Review has gathered thousands of photographic artists and photography professionals worldwide into one place to share their…

  • Robert Koch Gallery: SURREALISM IN PHOTOGRAPHY

    SURREALISM IN PHOTOGRAPHY:  1920s – 1980s January 9  – March 29, 2025 Featuring work by:Man Ray, György Kepes, André Kertész, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Oliver Gagliani, Jaromír Funke, Florence Henri, Josef Sudek, Ruth Bernhard, Bill Brandt, Josef Bartuška, Josef Ehm, Foto Ada, Ferenc Haar, Miroslav Hák, Philippe Halsman, Tibor Honty, István Kerny, Jiří Lehovec, Nathan Lerner,…

  • Leftward Bound: A Contemporary Photography Exhibition 

    Leftward Bound: A Contemporary Photography Exhibition  https://www.sebarts.org Visit Organization WebsiteContact Email: destrella@sebarts.orgContact Phone:   Entry Deadline: 1/22/25Days remaining to deadline: 9 Entry Fee (Entry Fee): $35.00 Work Sample RequirementsImages | Minimum: 1, Maximum: 3Total Samples | Minimum: 1, Maximum: 3 Call Type: ExhibitionsEligibility: InternationalState: California Exhibition Theme: The Sebastopol Center for the Arts (SebArts) presents an open call for submissions from November 15, 2024–January 15, 2025 for the…

  • Fraenkel Gallery: Carrie Mae Weems

    Fraenkel GalleryFRÆNKEL Exhibitions Carrie Mae Weems Jan 9–Feb 22, 2025 New work and highlights from key series Gallery Jan 9–Feb 22, 2025 Press release More About:Carrie Mae Weems Fraenkel Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition by Carrie Mae Weems featuring new work as well as highlights from several key series in the artist’s four-decade career.…

  • The Open Call List #45

    The Open Call List #45 Table of Contents Open Calls Ending This WeekJanuary 6, 2025 – January 12, 2025

  • First New Film Camera in 20 Years

    The First New Film Camera in 20 Years Was Just Released. Our Photo Experts Think It’s Fascinating. Published December 3, 2024 By Phil Ryan Phil Ryan is a writer primarily covering photography gear, printers, and scanners. He has been testing cameras professionally for 19 years. The Pentax 17, released earlier this year, is the first new film camera…

  • Godox releases V100, a 100Ws fast rechargeable flash

    Godox releases V100, a 100Ws fast rechargeable flash Comments (142) Published Dec 20, 2024 | Richard Butler Image: Godox Godox has announced the V100, a 100Ws version of its round-headed V1 on/off camera flashgun. The V100 can deliver up to 100 Watt Seconds of power in manual mode and can shoot over 70 consecutive bursts of light…

  • Magnum: Matt Black

    SOCIAL ISSUES Matt Black’s American Artifacts In a new video, the photographer presents his latest photobook, American Artifacts, a companion volume to his critically acclaimed American Geography, published by Thames & Hudson  “I’ve lived in California’s rural Tulare County my entire life. More than one in five live in poverty, and about one in four…

  • Ny Times: She Was a Child Instagram Influencer. Her Fans Were Grown Men.

    She Was a Child Instagram Influencer. Her Fans Were Grown Men. “Jacky Dejo” was introduced to social media by her parents as a snowboarding prodigy. Now 18, she has seen the dark side of the internet — and turned a profit from it. Listen to this article · 26:43 min Learn more By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Michael H. Keller Jennifer…

  • Museum of Sonoma County: Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History

    Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s HistoryNovember 16, 2024 – February 23, 2025  Almost a quarter of American women now have tattoos, while over a third of Americans between the ages of 18 and 40 wear permanent skin art.From the upper-class women who started the tattoo craze to the working-class Tattooed Ladies who performed…

  • BandH: Picturing World Cultures: Mark Leong – China

    Picturing World Cultures: Mark Leong – China 11/14/2024 In today’s podcast, we sit down with Mark Leong, a fifth-generation Chinese-American photographer, for Picturing World Cultures. Above photograph © Mark Leong From his arrival in 1980s Beijing on a one-year travel fellowship, to his decision to live and work there long-term over the following decades, we…

  • PhotoAlliance: Metaphors of Recent Times | A Dialogue of the Personal, the Political, and the Cultural

    Artist announcement for Metaphors of Recent Times ARTISTS ANNOUNCEDMETAPHORS OF RECENT TIMES | A DIALOGUE OF THE PERSONAL, THE POLITICAL AND THE CULTURAL Exhibition on view: January 16 – June 13, 2025 Opening reception: Thursday, January 16, 2025 We extend our heartfelt thanks to every artist who submitted their work to Metaphors of Recent Times | A…

  • TrueNorth A Juried Exhibition of North Bay Artists

    November 2024 True North Opening ReceptionSaturday, November 165 – 6 p.m.: Patrons & Members Hour Free for di Rosa Patrons & Members with RSVP to development@dirosaart.org 6 – 7 p.m.: Public Reception$10 General | Members Free Opening November 16 and on view through February 16, True North is di Rosa’s biennial juried exhibition celebrating the work of North…

  • SFMOMA Artist Talk This is Doug Hall

    Artist Talk This Is Doug Hall Thirty-two Feet Per Second Per Second, 1976; photo: T. R. Uthco (Diane Andrews Hall) Artist Talk This Is Doug Hall Thursday, Dec 5, 2024 6 p.m. Floor 1, Phyllis Wattis Theater Free with RSVP. This event takes place on a First Thursday when museum admission is free to Bay Area residents. Reserve…

  • Catchlight Global Fellow Photographer Johanna Alarcón

    CatchLight Global Fellow, Johanna Alarcón, is an award-winning photojournalist based in Ecuador whose visual narratives weave the themes of social justice, environmental defense, human rights and women’s issues. Alarcón’s stunning images have earned recognition from World Press Photo, National Geographic, Magnum Foundation and other prominent institutions, and her work has been published and exhibited worldwide.…

  • National Portrait Gallery’s Teen Portrait Competition

    View this email in your browserDear Teachers and Counselors,  The National Portrait Gallery‘sTeen Portrait Competition is underway! The Teen Portrait Competition is timed with the complementary exhibition, “The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today” featuring a juried selection of 35 portraits by artists 18 and up from across the country.   The Portrait Gallery’s Teen Museum Council invites students…

  • CatchLight News

    Welcome to CatchLight News, a monthly newsletter for people who believe in the power of  images as tools for information and connection. This month we feature 2024 CatchLight Global Fellow, Harlan Bozeman, a photographer, artist, and educator whose research-driven practice confronts the erasure of Black culture and histories and investigating the legacies of slavery and…

  • Paris Photo : Fraenkel with Hiroshi Sugimoto

    Paris PhotoGrand Palais 7–10 Nov 2024Under the dome of the Grand Palais, a solo presentation of works by Hiroshi Sugimoto surveys the range & depth of the artist’s practice. EXPLORE NOW Installation views of Fraenkel Gallery’s booth at Paris Photo, featuring works by HIROSHI SUGIMOTO. Fraenkel Gallery  49 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94108  Unsubscribe

  • Fraenkel Gallery : Carrie Mae Weems Awarded a National Medal of ArtsFraenkel Gallery :

    Carrie Mae Weems Awarded a National Medal of Arts Congratulations to Carrie Mae Weems on being awarded the 2024 National Medal of Arts. President Biden will present Weems the United States government’s highest award given to artists and art patrons. Established in 1984, the National Medal of Arts is presented by the President of the United…

  • DiRosa,Deborah Oropallo and the Art of Collaboration

    October 2024 Deborah Oropallo with UPRISING, 2021, produced in collaboration with Andy Rappaport. Photo by Izz Valencia. Deborah Oropallo and the Art of Collaboration Saturday, October 191:30 – 3:30 p.m.Gallery 2 Deborah Oropallo will be joined by collaborators Michael Goldin and Andy Rappaport, and artist and writer Monique Jenkinson, for a panel discussion moderated by gallerist…

  • 500 Capp Street Foundation : Mildred Howard, Excerpts from the Time and Space of Now

    With Mildred Howard’s Excerpts from the Time and Space of Now underway, due to popular demand, we invite you to join us for a screening and conversation this Thursday October 17th, 2024. We will have a screening of  Howard’s The Time and Space of Now on our patio, followed by and anteceded with conversations including Howard, Elena Gross of…

  • Robert Koch, Divergent Landscapes

    DIVERGENT LANDSCAPES September 16  – November 1, 2024 Featuring work by:Trent Davis Bailey, Matt Black, Edward Burtynsky, Tamas Dezsö, Chris Dorley-Brown, Steve Fitch, Adam Katseff, Josef Koudelka, Michael Wolf, and others. EXPLORE EXHIBITION The Robert Koch Gallery is pleased to present Divergent Landscapes, a group exhibition on view September 16 to November 1, 2024. Moving beyond…

  • Shepard Fairey, On the Wall – Mahoney Gallery, Petaluma

  • Adobe Max – Tips and Tricks to Increase a Photographs Impact

    Tips and Tricks to Increase a Photograph’s Impact – OS422 FEATURED PRODUCTS SESSION RESOURCES ABOUT THE SESSION Join Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost as she reveals her favorite quick and easy techniques that will dramatically improve your photographs in Photoshop Lightroom. Julieanne will demonstrate step-by-step how to combine the editing and masking tools in…

  • PhotoAlliance: SANT KHALSA AND DEBBIE BENTLEY

    Debbie Bentley, from series Dammed: Birth To Death Of The Colorado River OCTOBER LECTURE SANT KHALSA AND DEBBIE BENTLEY Bayfront Theater (BATS Improv) at Fort MasonSunday, October 13, 6:00 pm PDT GET YOUR TICKETSJoin us for an evening with artists Sant Khalsa and Debbie Bentley as they present Women in the Desert, a lecture exploring their deep connections with…

  • Adobe MAX Attend online

    Adobe MAX Attend online Adobe MAX — The Creativity Conference Create magic. Oct 12–13 Preconference Oct 14–16Miami Beach and online Ignite your imagination, explore the latest trends and tools, and learn from each other in a spirit of inspiration and collaboration. Register Oct 14–15 Free online registration includes keynotes and Sneaks and access to online and…

  • SPE: News

    NewsletterOctober 03, 2024diverse creative expression, cultural insight, and experimental practice. AwardsApply TodayTown Hall UpdatesVoteTown Hall UpdatesThank you to everyone who attended our Town Hall Meeting last week. We were happy to share the progress we have towards goals outlined in our strategic plan. The meeting was not recorded but minutes will be available soon on…

  • BIPOC Producers Lab

    KIMZIN CREATIVE, in partnership with Creative Sonoma Announce Inaugural BIPOC Producers Lab  Hi Sonoma County Fam!  It’s Nikko here, Founder and Lead Consultant at Kimzin Creative (local arts and equity consulting group) here to share and get support blasting a brand new professional development opportunity for Sonoma County arts and culture workers! The Kimzin Creative BIPOC PRODUCERS LAB ( INFO PACKET LINK…

  • California Academy of Sciences: NightLife

    SEPTEMBER 26 AT 6:00 PMNightLife: Unusual Perspectives Expect the unusual as art and nature collide at an enchanting NightLife that will celebrate the debut of the new BigPicture photography exhibition – an ethereal tribute to the marvels of our world and some of the talented photographers capturing them. Embark on a visual odyssey around the world through…

  • ICA SF Teen Program

    Images courtesy of City Studio and Race Dillon. ICA SF Teen Program2024-2025 Calling all Bay Area students ages 14-18!  Apply now to join weekly classes taught by local educators to learn more about art exhibitions, contemporary artists, and different career pathways in the arts. The inaugural group, led by City Studio artists Amy Berk and Chris…

  • EYE FOR EYE

    AN APPLICATION FOR EXPERIENCING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE EYE FOR EYE AN APPLICATION FOR EXPERIENCING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles and the Institut pour la photographie des Hauts-de-France are offering a free, playful application, accessible to everyone from age 8 upwards, to introduce children to the reading and practice of photographic images.  …

  • EFlux: Society of the Psyop

    Society of the Psyop Part 1: UFOs and the Future of Media Trevor Paglen Trevor Paglen, Near Windy Hill (undated), 2024. Issue #147 September 2024 We once looked at pictures. Then, with the advent of computer vision and machine learning, pictures started looking back at us. Now, something even stranger is happening. Generative AI, Adtech, recommendation…

  • California College of the Arts Open House

    Get to know California College of the Arts in San Francisco at our open house event!Email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. Announcing Fall 2024 Undergraduate Open House at California College of the Arts!We’re inviting students interested in art, design, architecture or writing to join us in San Francisco to preview our studios, tour our…

  • Sebastopol Senior Center Gallery, Perspectives

    Dreams: ‘Visions in the Arms of Morpheus’Call for EntriesWe welcome all submissions exploring the mysterious landscapes of the unconscious during sleep. Submission Guidelines:         Open to all artists         All work must be original         Artwork must be submitted ready to hangEntry fee:          $10 per submission for Members         $15 for Non-members Important Dates:         Submissions accepted: Friday, September 27, 9am –…

  • Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

    Calling all student work! The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers is is now accepting submissions for the Scholastic Art Awards. CCA is excited to serve as the greater San Francisco Bay Area regional affiliate for the third year in a row! Students can begin building their application materials for the January 6, 2025 deadline. Classes for Adults CCA Extension hosts…

  • Les Rencontres de la Photographie: Eye for eye, app for photography

    EYE FOR EYE AN APPLICATION FOR EXPERIENCING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles and the Institut pour la photographie des Hauts-de-France are offering a free, playful application, accessible to everyone from age 8 upwards, to introduce children to the reading and practice of photographic images.   The first two chapters were designed by…

  • Hallyu! The Korean Wave

    Haands-on workshop, a book talk, and more! View this email in your browser. PLAN YOUR VISIT   #MUSEUMFROMHOME   JOIN & GIVE NEW EXHIBITION Hallyu! The Korean Wave ON VIEW FRIDAY, SEP 27 Discover why millions across the globe can’t get enough K-dramas, K-pop music, K-cinema, and K-fashion in Hallyu! The Korean Wave, the first major museum exhibition…

  • Hosfelt Gallery: Almost Indecipherable

    (detail) Marco Maggi, ECONOMY OF ATTENTION (blue), 2024, cut paper, 24 x 18 inches Almost Indecipherable: Jim Campbell & Marco Maggi Opening reception: Saturday, September 7 from 3 – 5 pm In two solo exhibitions and one collaborative piece, two artists with very different practices — Uruguayan post-minimalist Marco Maggi and Bay Area tech pioneer Jim Campbell — explore perception…

  • Fraenkel Gallery: Elisheva Biernoff, Smashed Up House After the Storm

  • NEWSLETTER: photo l.a.

    NEWSLETTERphoto l.a.RETURNS FEBRUARY 13-16, 2025 A SNAPSHOT: 1 night | 3 days ~ 10,000 collectors & enthusiastsBEHIND THE LENS: 45 galleries and counting | Artists | Photographers | Experts | World renowned programming, distinguished speakers, panel discussions, and docent tours EXPLORE THE NEWEST EXHIBITIONS September is an exciting time as it often marks the beginning of the…

  • SRJC Galleries: Sara Pringle & Ground Work

    Faculty Show: Sara Pringle September 9th – October 3rd Opening Reception September 12th 4pm-6pm Ground Work UC Davis MFA Group ShowSeptember 9th – October 3rdOpening Reception September 12th 4pm-6pm

  • di Rosa : A Survey Exhibition of Works by Deborah Oropallo and Collaborators

    Deborah Oropallo and Andy Rappaport, UPRISING, 2021; three 4k projected videos with two-channel sound; 9:33. Courtesy of the artists and Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco. Moving Pictures: A Survey Exhibition of Works by Deborah Oropallo and Collaborators Opening Reception October 55 – 6 p.m.: Patrons & Members Hour | Free for di Rosa Patrons & Members with…

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