Spring is in the air and change is all around. In the spirit of the season, BayVAN has sprouted an updated website. Included in the update is a list of all of the artists in our registry, information about marketing services for artists and organizations, new ideas for collectors and an expanded exhibitions page, including a direct link to the new gallery website bayvanbranch.org. Check it out at bayvan.org.
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GET SERIOUS AND ORGANIZED ABOUT YOUR ART CAREER
BayVAN, along with artist and art career coach Michele Pred will present a series of workshops on promotion, marketing and development for artists who are ready to take the next step in their careers. These workshops have been designed to give you the foundation you need to present yourself as a professional artist, increase visibility and boost sales. You will come out of these workshops with a better understanding of how to harness your portfolio and newly acquired skills in marketing to approach galleries, apply to open calls and seek funding.
Interested in presenting your work through galleries, exhibitions or other venues? This workshop will focus on developing your artist statement, resume and bio. Michele Pred will help you develop and/or fine tune these necessary tools. Whether you are an emerging or mid-career artist, this workshop will support your growth as an exhibiting artist.
Early Bird Tickets
Open Call Opportunities
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Monday, May 3, 2010
Bayvan News
Branch Gallery will now be open until 9pm on First Fridays, join us May 7th for the next First Friday event.
Jessalyn Haggenjos is a San Francisco based painter and sculptor whos work has been featured in numerous publications including New American Paintings and the San Francisco Chronicle. She has shown in venues across the US and beyond. Jessalyn's work is process oriented and steeped in its materiality. The thick, glossy enamel erupts on the panel and causes a reaction to other paints by cracking and flowing in both a playful and toxic way. This duality conveys a sense of both the beauty and contamination she sees in the American landscape.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Branch Gallery New Exhibition News
Branch Gallery is excited to announce our new exhibit
No Man's Land Scape
by Jessalyn Haggenjos.
The Exhibit runs April 22-June 4th
The reception is this Thursday, April 22nd 5-8pm
First Friday receptions: May 7th and June 4th 5-8pm
Jessalyn’s work is process oriented and steeped in its materiality. The thick, glossy enamel she uses erupts on the panel and causes a reaction to other paints by cracking and flowing in both a playful and toxic way. This duality conveys a sense of both the beauty and contamination the artist sees in the American landscape. The luscious colors combine with force to create tumultuous yet sensuous abstractions of monumentally iconic American Southwest scenes.
Jessalyn Haggenjos is a painter and sculptor who lives and works in San Francisco. Jessalyn received an MFA from California College of the Arts. Her work has been shown in New York, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, Las Vegas, Portland, Seattle and Copenhagen. She was a recent resident at Ox-Bow.
Jessalyn's work has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, New American Paintings, ArtSlant, Cheap and Plastique, Shotgun Review and the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Branch Gallery
455 17th St, 3rd Floor
Oakland, CA 94608
510-508-1764
www.bayvan.org
Hours: Thurs-Fri 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm, First Friday until 8pm
image: Freestyle Rock Balance, 2009, enamel on panel
Friday, April 2, 2010
Branch Gallery open until 8pm tonight for First Friday
Some pics taken with my iphone from the Branch Gallery. I am using this great app. I downloaded that makes all images look like polaroid film...
Monday, March 29, 2010
Branch Gallery news
Branch Gallery is open.
Discolorations the solo exhibition by Karen Gallagher has been extended and will run thru April 9th.
The Gallery will be open to 8pm for this upcoming First Friday, April 2nd.
The other galleries near by will also be open late including The Crucible Gallery, Pro Arts, Awaken Cafe Gallery and Joyce Gordon. Nearby restaurants include Flora, Le Cheval and Spice Monkey..and don't forget the Layover bar for a nice cocktail.
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Karen has been working to isolate in her artistic process those facets integral to the alchemical 'print' process in both her printed & hand drawn works. By focusing on the underlying elements: pressure, stains, and the use of information systems as a sieve these hand drawn encaustic works are created.
Within this body of work, bruises are her primary subject. Focusing on the pure mechanics of writing & line work (similar to handwriting), brocade & other flourished line patterns are layered on wax panels in raw pigment to build up images of bruises. This subject matter illuminates her deep interest in scars & bruises as a fading, or permanent, record of an action or event that is intense enough to cause an imprint or stain on the body. The physical and observable evidence of damage to the body is represented as sensual and seductive undulations of brocade patterning.
Karen Gallagher was born in Queens, New York and is currently maintaining her studio in Oakland, CA. She is an experimental printmaker focused on disassembling the traditional format of printmaking into a contemporary experience of self-documentation and re-composition. Gallagher has taught in Bay Area educational programs such as Kala, the San Francisco Art Institute (where she received her MFA with the department Merit Fellowship), and the Richmond Art Center. She exhibits locally and on the east coast in Solo and Group exhibitions, and maintains an Artist Residency at Kala in Berkeley. Her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art through their acceptance of a group printmaking portfolio "The Printable Principles of Dialogue" and The State University of New York at Albany Art Museum.
Image: Black and Blue 7, drawn dry pigment on beeswax panel, 2009
Gallery Hours: Thursday and Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 12-4pm. Open until 8pm on First Friday, and by appointment.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Branch Gallery open late for First Friday
Discolorations
Solo Exhibition by Karen Gallagher
February 18th - April 2nd, 2010
First Friday Events 5-8pm, March 5th & April 2nd
Karen has been working to isolate in her artistic process those facets integral to the alchemical 'print' process in both her printed & hand drawn works. By focusing on the underlying elements: pressure, stains, and the use of information systems as a sieve these hand drawn encaustic works are created.
Within this body of work, bruises are her primary subject. Focusing on the pure mechanics of writing & line work (similar to handwriting), brocade & other flourished line patterns are layered on wax panels in raw pigment to build up images of bruises. This subject matter illuminates her deep interest in scars & bruises as a fading, or permanent, record of an action or event that is intense enough to cause an imprint or stain on the body. The physical and observable evidence of damage to the body is represented as sensual and seductive undulations of brocade patterning.
Karen Gallagher was born in Queens, New York and is currently maintaining her studio in Oakland, CA. She is an experimental printmaker focused on disassembling the traditional format of printmaking into a contemporary experience of self-documentation and re-composition. Gallagher has taught in Bay Area educational programs such as Kala, the San Francisco Art Institute (where she received her MFA with the department Merit Fellowship), and the Richmond Art Center. She exhibits locally and on the east coast in Solo and Group exhibitions, and maintains an Artist Residency at Kala in Berkeley. Her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art through their acceptance of a group printmaking portfolio "The Printable Principles of Dialogue" and The State University of New York at Albany Art Museum.
Image: Black and Blue 7, drawn dry pigment on beeswax panel, 2009
Gallery Hours: Thursday and Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 12-4pm. Open until 8pm on First Friday, and by appointment.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
BayVAN news and opening reception this Thursday 5-8pm
Join us this for a reception this Thursday 5-8pm
BayVAN is excited to officially announce the launch of Branch Gallery. The gallery will exhibit work drawn from Bay Area Visual Arts Network’s (BayVAN) premier artist registry, Branch features thoughtfully curated exhibitions showcasing a wide range of contemporary Bay Area Art.
Branch will be open Thursday- Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 12-4pm, open until 8pm every First Friday and will also be available by appointment
Discolorations
Solo Exhibition by Karen Gallagher
February 18th - April 2nd, 2010
Artist Reception, February 18th 5-8pm
First Friday Events 5-8pm, March 5th and April 2nd
Karen has been working to isolate in her artistic process those facets integral to the alchemical 'print' process in both her printed & hand drawn works. By focusing on the underlying elements: pressure, stains, and the use of information systems as a sieve these hand drawn encaustic works are created.
Within this body of work, bruises are her primary subject. Focusing on the pure mechanics of writing & line work (similar to handwriting), brocade & other flourished line patterns are layered on wax panels in raw pigment to build up images of bruises. This subject matter illuminates her deep interest in scars & bruises as a fading, or permanent, record of an action or event that is intense enough to cause an imprint or stain on the body. The physical and observable evidence of damage to the body is represented as sensual and seductive undulations of brocade patterning.
Karen Gallagher was born in Queens, New York and is currently maintaining her studio in Oakland, CA. She is an experimental printmaker focused on disassembling the traditional format of printmaking into a contemporary experience of self-documentation and re-composition. Gallagher has taught in Bay Area educational programs such as Kala, the San Francisco Art Institute (where she received her MFA with the department Merit Fellowship), and the Richmond Art Center. She exhibits locally and on the east coast in Solo and Group exhibitions, and maintains an Artist Residency at Kala in Berkeley. Her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art through their acceptance of a group printmaking portfolio "The Printable Principles of Dialogue" and The State University of New York at Albany Art Museum.
Image: Black and Blue 7, drawn dry pigment on beeswax panel, 2009
Gallery Hours: Thursday and Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 12-4pm. Open until 8pm on First Friday, and by appointment.
Monday, January 11, 2010
BayVAN News
We hope you all had enjoyable holidays. We are excited about the new year and would like to fill you in on a few great events coming up.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12th 6-8pm
Join us for a cocktail reception for BayVAN artist Daniel Healey at one of Oakland's latest great creation the Layover bar.
1517 Franklin Street
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 834-1517
FIRST FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH 5-8pm
We will be open for Oakland's First Friday art walk. The gallery is currently hosting a group exhibit of BayVAN artists who we worked with during our first year.
Participating artists: Brian Caraway, Jason Byers, Steuart Pittman, Modesto Covarrubias, Maryly Snow, Zoe Ani, Eric Larson, Martin Webb