Space and Place: Art in the Bay Area

 

Course Description: (Photos)


What are the criteria for installation of public art? What makes public or outside art successful? How it is created on both the official and unofficial level?

  • Our outside the walls course will spend each day experiencing the rich variety of outdoor public art, indoor alternative art and working Art studios throughout the bay area to find answers to the above questions.
  • To achieve this goal, we will tour various artist studios, public spaces, and art workshops and also have the opportunity to create firsthand public art through a unique outdoor workshop.
  • The week will be documented through the creation of personal artistic journals and will also culminate with a photo presentation on Friday to the TMS community.
  • We invite all students regardless of their fine art background to participate in this exciting week!
What I Can Expect To Learn:
  • You can expect to build on your knowledge about art in the bay area, using what you already know and bridging that with exploring new avenues to understand art in another, new context.
  • You will participate in hands-on workshops and go to places to create outdoor art firsthand.
  • You will find the answers to the above questions, by having an open-mind, having fun, and exploring!

Faculty Leaders: Alison, Nancy, josh

Schedule of Activities

Monday, 4/12
Introduction to our week: San Francisco Perspective

· What is public art? What do we know about the art scene in the bay area?

· What are alternative art spaces?

· Where is art that is often ignored by the public?

· What opportunities are there for artists and spectators?

We will Tour various public art projects supported by the San Francisco Arts commission and visit artists’ studios.

Possible venues: Wave organ, Coit Tower Murals and various public installations.

Tues, 4/13
Marin perspective: San Rafael

  • We will visit a variety of artist studios, both in private and public venues.
  • Possible places: Art Works Downtown, West Marin Cheese Factory, Novato Art Center.

Wed, 4/14
Oakland/East Bay perspective
We will explore the various ways art can be recycled and formed in an unofficial and unorthodox context.

  • We will start with a tour at the Crucible, which is a non-profit educational facility that fosters a collaboration of Arts, Industry and Community. Through training in the fine and industrial arts, The Crucible promotes creative expression, reuse of materials and innovative design while serving as an accessible arts venue for the general public.
  • We will continue to Urban Ore to find materials and then arrive at the Bulb, a landfill turned outdoor art studio in Albany for a hands-0n renegade art activity.

Thurs, 4/15
Napa/Sonoma Perspective

  • We will begin the day with a tour at di Rosa Art Preserve. This is a 216 acre nature preserve and art environment that focuses on art in many forms that is displayed in harmony w/nature in an open environment, including a sculpture meadow. It is unique and inspiring.
  • We will also visit the private hess Art Collection located at the Hess family winery. This private collection of extraordinary and thought provoking international contemporary art is often a place for emerging artists to show their work.

Fri, 4/16
Marin School Perspective

  • Bringing it all together.
  • We will wrap up the week with a morning filled with summarizing the week’s events and discussing what we learned from our workshops and visits to public art spaces. We will then use the remainder of the time discussing and completing our Art Journals and photo presentation.