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Health insurance for artists: HELP!!

Michele — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:58:46 GMT

I am an artist moving to San Francisco and I am looking for a group plan for artists that is inexpensive..does anyone know of anything??? Thanks

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ghosts at SFAI?

tarkan — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:37:44 GMT

I found this little ditty while doing as google search. I have had a few chills there at night, but never experienced anything too out of the ordinary. Does anyone have a story to relate?
http://travel.discovery.com/convergence/hauntedtravels/interactives/sanfrancisco/institute.html

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graffiti writer: "Reminisce"

citizenkate — Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:20:24 GMT

Remember her? The horses?

Anyone know what happened to her (as an artist) & whether any of her art is avaiable (online or otherwise)?

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Spoken-word / Hip-hop Show in SF One Night Only!

Uti — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:22:35 GMT

Live at the BRAVA! Vanessa Hidary's "CULTURE BANDIT"

VANESSA HIDARY’S “CULTURE BANDIT”
Sunday, December 10 @ 7pm
THE BRAVA THEATER, 2781 24th Street, SF

ONE NIGHT ONLY!
BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!
Tickets: $19.75
http://www.brava.org/Pages/CurrentPro.html#vanessa or box office @ 415.647.2822

“Hilarious! ... Vanessa Hidary seamlessly blends the multicultural hip-hop of her New York youth with her strong Sephardic/ Mizrahi heritage in a cutting-edge, spoken-word show.”

Inspired by her experiences as a Sephardic/Mizrahi Jew with close friends from different ethnic and religious backgrounds, actress/poet/playwright/native New Yorker Vanessa Hidary wrote "Culture Bandit," a solo show that chronicles her coming of age during the golden age of Hip-Hop and her dedication to fostering understanding and friendship between all people.

Vanessa is a member of the troupe “Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad,” and is featured on HBO’s Def Poetry and in the film “The Tribe” which has been selected for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.

More information: http://www.jewishresearch.org/events/culturebandit.pdf
www.hebrewmamita.com

“I’m The Hebrew Mamita, long lost daughter of Abraham and Sarah The sexy, Oy Veying, Chutzba having, non-cheaping, non conspiracizing, always questioning, hip-hop listening, Torah scroll reading, All people loving, pride filled- Jewish Girl! Bigging up all people who are a little miffed, cause someone tells you don’t look like, or act like your people. Impossible. Cause you are your people. You just tell them they don’t look. PERIOD!” – Vanessa Hidary, The Hebrew Mamita

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gallery exhibition opening! Sept 23, 2-4 pm

SFSU Fine Arts Gallery — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:20:34 GMT

SFSU Fine Arts Gallery presents ::
California Calligraphy Summit
Opening Reception Sept. 23, 2-4 pm
Fine Arts Building 238, San Francisco State University

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The California Calligraphy Summit brings together the work of a dozen artists who are now or have been based in California, for whom calligraphy is central to their artistic exploration. Diverse international and culturally complex written languages inform their inventively experimental work, ranging from abstract to literary, classic to "street." Several of the artists are already acclaimed abroad, while others are just beginning to attract art world attention for their exciting approaches. This fascinating and multilingual exhibition shows how some of the best art in California ties to the world. Exhibiting artists are Tauba Auerbach, Chen Chi-kwan, Catherine Courtenaye, Ala Ebtekar, Fu Chuan-fu, Wosene Worke Kosrof, Stella Lai, Isaac Lin, John McKenzie, Kazuaki Tanahashi, Mohamed Zakariya, and Faye Zhang.

Admission is free and open to all ages.

More information on the artists, images, and goodies can be found at www.sfsu.edu/~gallery, and at www.myspace.com/sfsufineartsgallery.

Opening Reception: Sat, Sept 23, 2-4 pm, featuring artist Wosene Worke Kosrof in conversation with curator Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins at 3 pm.

Exhibit runs through October 19.

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What did they do to SFAI

Thu, 23 Dec 2004 23:55:33 GMT

Class 1989: I remember the artstatute when students made art, now they seem to want to make mommy and daddy happy. I am so glad to have gone when I DID. BFA Painting

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Calls for Art

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:23:13 GMT

Here's a new thread: Calls for Art. Post your calls for art here!

Tina is curating monthly art shows at City Hall and is looking for artwork inspired by the Nagasaki bombing for the 60th anniversary in August.

Get in touch here:
http://people.tribe.net/d31bf255-03b3-4d79-b6ac-d3118d371511?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Person%5Bd31bf255-03b3-4d79-b6ac-d3118d371511%5D&r=10535

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New ART Images!

jeremy_sanders — Sat, 21 May 2005 18:30:05 GMT

Hey Guys,
if you have a second...
I just posted some new photos of my recent artwork on my user profile.
check 'em out and please post any questions/comments/feedback
thanks
J

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HELP! SFAI is fucking money-trap...

tarkan — Tue, 03 May 2005 20:27:41 GMT

...full of self-centered, egotistical cocksuckers. Sorry, Junior year blues. Had to vent. Does anyone have a remedy for this? How do you deal with narrow-minded fascists like Linda Connor? How do you deal with the scowls and grunts and castration? With the endlessy inane conceptual bullshit? With nauseating, cold-blooded critiques? With an ever-dwindling budget? What do you say about a 20-by-24 print of someone's erect penis, or close-ups of a girl's hairy vagina covered in chicken fat? Am I in the fucking twilight zone or what? To all you alumni: Help, please? Am i wasting my time and energy? Or will this insanity actually be worth it some day?

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a long time away

astroboy2520 — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:51:32 GMT

I can't believe that the group now has 20 members! I haven't logged on to tribe for such a long time [as you can tell, I still haven't added anyone to my list :P]. This is bad to say considering that I am listed as moderator. I hope this will continue to be a good forum for all of us SFAI alums.

astroboy2520

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BLOOD TEA AND RED STRING

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:12:33 GMT

Check out the new profile for Blood Tea and Red String, my animated opus, on Myspace!

http://profiles.myspace.com/users/8552223

You can see it even if you aren't signed up.

CC

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Mayonaisse

jainabee — Sun, 14 Mar 2004 03:42:34 GMT

Any truly valid performance art piece will include it.

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Glass tour guide

Airina — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:50:07 GMT

Seattle is coming to SF next week. Are there any glass art-related events, happenings, or places that I should know about? Does anyone want to take this opportunity to send me places that I should know about and wouldn't necessarilly find otherwise? Help! and advanced thankyou's...

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Ilford suffers

tarkan — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 06:53:56 GMT

Snagged this news from another tribe:

Digital revolution threatens Ilford jobs

Terry Macalister
Tuesday August 24, 2004
The Guardian

The British arm of Ilford, one of the most famous names in black-and-white photography, has been forced into administration.

Over 740 jobs at the company's huge plant in Cheshire are in danger following a slump in demand in favour of digital and colour equipment.

The company was formed 125 years ago by Alfred Harman making gelatine dry plates in the basement of his house in Ilford, Essex.

In recent years it has been through a variety of owners, and is controlled by private equity firm, Doughty Hanson.

Ilford Imaging has two manufacturing companies - one at Mobberley in Cheshire and the other at Marly in Switzerland.

The Swiss operation - a legacy of when Ilford was owned by Ciba Geigy - develops and manufactures digital inkjet products. It is not affected by any form of insolvency and is trading normally. A further 310 Ilford staff are employed in marketing and distribution businesses in America, Europe and Australia.

The US has traditionally been the biggest market for the monochrome films and developing paper produced by Ilford in Britain.

Mark Byers, one of the partners from Grant Thornton appointed as a joint administrator, said the next step would be to try to restructure Ilford in the hope it could be made viable for sale. He said it was "not inevitable" that this would involve job losses but admitted cuts were possible as costs would have to be taken out of the business.

Mr Byers said the pension situation appeared positive for the staff with no signs of deficits.

"It's important [for the employees] not to get spooked. Our understanding is that these defined-benefit schemes are fine," he said yesterday.

Ilford has spent the past four years trying to adjust to falling sales of black-and-white equipment.

The company claims to hold 60% of the global market but overall volumes have been falling and were down 18% last year.

Mr Byers said the figures for the first seven months of 2004 showed the overall market shrinking by 26%. "This left the [Ilford] operation badly exposed," he said.

Despite this, Ilford, which reports in dollars, has managed to increase overall sales volumes to $233m for the 12 months to December 2003.

Doughty Hanson - recently involved in the float of the Umbro sports clothing business - is understood to have tried to sell Ilford quite recently but failed to find a buyer. The private equity firm was unavailable for comment.

The fate of the Ilford operation was not recorded on the company website, which boasted only of its long and successful history. "The efficiency of our plants in the UK and Switzerland - and the award-winning products they constantly develop are the envy of the industry," it said.

Despite the problems, Mr Byers insists the Ilford name is a significant brand, with a particular following among professional and keen amateur photographers who prefer the artistry of monochrome pictures.

Ironically the Ilford business is threatened just weeks after the death of Henri Cartier Bresson, a key exponent of black-and-white photography.

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Wanted: Pre-painted, failed canvas...

dc — Fri, 14 May 2004 16:59:09 GMT

Have you been working on a canvas that just seems doomed? Are you so sick of it that you would like to get rid of it? Don't throw it in the dumpster at SFAI, recycle it by giving it to me (or trade or a few bucks) and I will recycle it into my own work as collage materials. Of course I would NEVER use your composition, but the color areas and rough spots on the canvas make a great material for me to cut up and revitalize into new works of art.

Your trash is art material to me. I will pick it up anywhere in the city of SF and bring you a frosty beer when I do.

Thanks,

DC

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split campus issues

BUCK-tard — Mon, 31 May 2004 17:33:09 GMT

800 Chestnut and 3rd Street? What are the best MUNI routes to get back & forth? I see the #15 bus. I'm stuck on transporting supplies. My 2-week intensive begins 6/2 @ the main campus, my gear is going to 3rd street. We're talking 60+ pounds of gear! How can I easily get from one spot to the other? If it helps any, I'm staying @ Taylor & Sutter, so if a route through here is an option, feel free to mention it.

D

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American Terrorists Threaten the Artists

Fri, 28 May 2004 01:07:05 GMT

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/8762086.htm?1c

Local art gallery closed because of terror threats - I thought I lived in liberal San Francisco, but the blind patriots are taking over free-speech. Instead of pointing criticism at the military for torturing prisoners, they aim their hate and rage at artists.

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Historic Photos of SFAI

Mon, 17 May 2004 21:55:13 GMT

at the San Francisco Public Library Archives online!
http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/search/X?SEARCH=san+francisco+art+institute&m=&p=&Da=&Db=&SORT=D&x=0&y=0

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Meetup at Spring Show?

Mon, 17 May 2004 22:50:52 GMT

Hey sfai art freeks and tribe, let's meet up at the Spring Show next Saturday!

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Transporting Artwork

BUCK-tard — Sat, 24 Apr 2004 22:26:53 GMT

So I'll be coming in from Chicago for a summer program and want to know how anyone else from out of state deals with sending work out at the end of the term. Is there a FedEx nearby, do you bubble wrap, drive, throw it all away?
Likewise for all your unused materials- canvas, paints, stapleguns. Are you given storage space to hold this for the inactive terms?

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Cheaper Western Civ and Art History Books....

dc — Fri, 14 May 2004 16:54:09 GMT

Art History B (Young)

TJ Clark, The Painting of Modern Life=$20
Various Authors, Primitivism, Cubism, Abstraction, The Early Twentieth Century=$20
Marnin Young's Reader (was $50 bones)=$20

Western Civ A (Mondini)

Dante, The Divine Comedy=$10
Bhagavad Gita=$10
Homer, The Odyssey=$10

Western Civ B (Madar)

Reader (was $50)=$20

or Make an offer. I consider the usual trade goods (art materials, consumables (like Scotch), etc. as well as dead presidents.

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A little help???

BUCK-tard — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 23:41:18 GMT

*Ahem*

I'm getting ready to come out to SFAI for the Summe rTerm, June through mid-August, and want to find a decent sublet in the Russian/Telegraph Hill/ Pac Hts, North Beach Area.
As a person who has spent 30 years in Chicago and with few connections out there, I'm looking for assistance in locating a studio or 1BR place. I don't have a car, and don't want to care for pets. I'll water plants and bring in your mail, that's totally doable.
This is work-related, not a vacation so that should make it clear that I'm responsible and serious about finding a good place. Should you have a lead, please fire off an email in my direction.

Thanks in advance,

Derek

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Trouble at ART, INC.

tarkan — Thu, 08 Apr 2004 17:29:12 GMT

Has anyone been following the trouble at Art Academy? Check out the article at sfgate.com.

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RIP Sarah Jacobson

Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:42:36 GMT

http://www.indiewire.com/people/people_040218sarah.html

she was a cool sweet person, full of life and determined.

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Weds. night Films

Wed, 07 Jan 2004 22:00:27 GMT

I don't go to the institute but plan on it sometime in the future.. I did wander around the place a couple weeks ago and noticed a flyer for Weds. night student films played on the roof?? I couldn't make it but was wondering if anyone knows if this is a weekly thing.. to play student films on the roof overlooking the city every Weds night?? .. that's pretty trippy!

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Sam Tchakalian -- gifted abstract painter, teacher

Sun, 25 Jan 2004 04:52:33 GMT

Jesse Hamlin, Chronicle Staff Writer Saturday, January 24, 2004

Sam Tchakalian, a San Francisco artist and teacher admired for his forceful abstract paintings and revered for his passion and honesty, died Wednesday in San Francisco of complications from diabetes and leukemia. He was 75.

Mr. Tchakalian was an unwavering abstractionist best known for the big paintings he made with thick bands of color brushed or dragged with a trowel across the canvas. They had an elemental power and vitality.

"They have an immediacy, presence and an authenticity which is so lacking nowadays,'' said painter Squeak Carnwath who teaches at UC Berkeley.

"Sam's paintings were aggressive and gentle simultaneously," said Carnwath. "I liked their physicality, the generosity of the paint handling. They were in the heroic Abstract Expressionist mode, in a great, stubborn way. '' Carnwath sees suggestions of landscape in some of Mr. Tchakalian's work and likened the experience of looking at Mr. Tchakalian's big paintings to the meditative state induced by the bands of color in certain Buddhist paintings.

Bruce Conner, a San Francisco artist who came to prominence during the Beat era, called Mr. Tchakalian "one of the major lights of Bay Area Abstract Expressionist painting in the 1950s and '60s" who used mixed media at a time when other painters didn't. "And he was always a fun guy to be around,'' Conner added.

Mr. Tchakalian was born in Shanghai in 1929 and moved with his family to San Francisco after World War II. He served in the U.S. Army and received a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master of fine arts degree from San Francisco State.

He lived in and painted in the same Duboce Street studio since 1957 and taught at the San Francisco Art Institute for 35 years, retiring in 2001.

"He was a beloved teacher,'' said Carnwath, noting that Mr. Tchakalian had a reputation as a committed teacher who didn't pull his punches when it came to assessing students' work. "He could be harsh during critiques, but people learned a lot and loved it. He was in there duking it out.''

Mr. Tchakalian's work was exhibited widely in the Bay Area and is in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Oakland Museum and the Fine Arts Museums' Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts.

Since 1985, he was represented by San Francisco's Modernism gallery, which is going ahead with plans for a large exhibition of Mr. Tchakalian's work in 2005, accompanied by the publication of a book about the painter.

Mr. Tchakalian's body will be on view from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Hogan, Sullivan and Bianco Chapel, 1266 9th Ave., and a service for him will be held at noon Tuesday at St. John's Armenian Church, 275 Olympia Way.

Mr. Tchakalian is survived by two brothers, Manuel of San Francisco and Edward of Los Angeles; and a niece and nephew, both of Los Angeles.

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WELCOME to the sfai tribe

astroboy2520 — Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:09:03 GMT

since there were tribes for a few other art schools listed, i thought i would start up one for SFAI. hopefully some of you will pass by this way. post some messages, get a discussion going, etc.

cheers

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