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Exhibition Opening
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September 13, 2011 |
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Opening This Week!
| Medusa's Mirror
Fears, Spells & Other Transfixed Positions
Curated by Amanda Cachia  2011 Selection, Annual Call for Exhibition Proposals
September 13 - October 20, 2011 Artists' Reception: This Thursday! September 15, 6 - 8 PM Artists' Talk: Friday, October 7, 6 PM Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday: 11 AM - 6 PM Saturday: 11 AM - 4 PM Featuring works by: Joseph Grigley, Neil Marcus, Carmen Papalia, Katherine Sherwood, Laura Swanson, Sunaura Taylor, Sadie Wilcox, Chun-Shan (Sadie) Yi. Blind Field Shuttle by Carmen Papalia Join us for a Walking Tour of Downtown Oakland by artist Carmen Papalia on Wednesday, September 21, 2 - 4 PM. Limited availability, must RSVP. To confirm your slot contact Amy Spencer at amy@proartsgallery.org or call (510) 763-4361. Image: Laura Swanson, Peggy Lee, 2005. Inkjet Print, 20" x 30". Courtesy of the Artist. |
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Call for Artists:
| Box Art Benefit Auction & Exhibition
 Pick up your box while supplies last! They're going fast! Save the Date! Friday, November 4, 2011, 6 - 9 PM Box Art Benefit Auction features original works made from recycled materials distributed by Pro Arts in partnership with The ReUse People. For more information on how to participate, contact Amy Spencer at amy@proartsgallery.org or call (510) 763-4361 Image: Lee Krasnow, Box Art 2011. Courtesy of the Artist. Sponsor this box! Contact the gallery for details. |
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Call for Entry:
Juried Annual 2012
Selections by Hamza Walker, Associate Curator and Director of Education, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
Deadline: Friday, October 21, 2011
Eligibility Information and Online Registration available at www.proartsgallery.org/callforentry
About the Juror:
Hamza Walker is the Director of Education and Associate Curator for the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. He is also on the faculty of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has written for numerous monographs and magazines including Parkett and Artforum. Recent group exhibitions he has curated include "The Age of Aquarius" (2011), "Several Silences" (2009), "Black Is, Black Ain't" (2008), and "Meanwhile, in Baghdad..." (2007). Walker received the 1999 Norton Curatorial Grant, 2004 Walter Hopps Award, and 2010 Ordway Prize. Image: Lauren Bartone, ThreeMillionDollars, 2009. Acrylic on Panel, 22" x 13". Featured in Juried Annual 2011. Courtesy of the Artist |
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September Calendar
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Thursday, September 15, 6 - 8 PM
Medusa's Mirror Artists' Reception
Pro Arts, 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
For more information on the exhibition visit www.proartsgallery.org
Wednesday, September 21, 2 - 4 PM
Blind Field Shuttle by Carmen Papalia
Join us for a Walking Tour of Downtown Oakland led by Medusa's Mirror artist Carmen Papalia.
Limited availability, must RSVP. To confirm your slot contact Amy Spencer at amy@proartsgallery.org
Pro Arts, 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
Saturday, September 24, 8 PM
Thingamajigs presents the Electric Junkyard Gamelan
Pro Arts, 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
Tickets: $15 General / $10 Students/Seniors
Tickets are available at the door and through boxoffice@thingamajigs.org
Thingamajigs and Pro Arts presents the Electric Junkyard Gamelan, as part of the 14th Annual Music for People & Thingamajigs Festival.
For more information visit thingamajigs.org
Friday, September 30, 7:30 PM
Last Fridays BACH Concert Series
Pro Arts, 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
Tickets: $18 - General, $15 - Seniors, $12 - Students & Pro Arts Members
Tickets are available at the door and at http://www.bayareabach.org/
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Visual Arts Funding provided by:
be pro arts
Jackie Im
Interim Exhibitions and Programs Coordinator/ Curator
Pro Arts
150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,
Oakland, CA 94612
(at Oakland Art Gallery)
Phone: 510.763.4361
Fax 510.763.9470
jackie@proartsgallery.org
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www.proartsgallery.org
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