Saturday, June 14, 2014

Within and Without: Transformations in Chinese Landscapes

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs until 8pm

Closed Mon & Tues through 9/21, then only closed Tues. The landscape, the most prominent painting tradition in China, brings with it more than…

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Inside Rodin's Hands: Art, Technology, and Surgery

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs. until 8pm

Closed Monday & Tuesday. Dr. James Chang, an internationally renowned hand reconstruction surgeon at Stanford, has long been fascinated by Rodin’s…

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Artists Observe Nature, 1600-1800

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, closed Mon & Tues

Closed MON & TUES through 9/21, then only closed TUES. After 1600, it became increasingly common for draftsmen and printmakers to study nature…

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Carleton Watkins: The Stanford Albums

Cantor Arts Center11 am-5pm, Thurs until 8 pm

Closed Monday and Tuesday. This exhibition of 83 photographic prints by Carleton Watkins—perhaps America's most influential 19th-century landscape…

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Mapping Edo: The Social and Political Geography of Early Modern Japan

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs ’til 8pm

Closed Monday and Tuesday. Experience Edo-period Japan (1615–1868) through archival maps, prints, and paintings of the capital and surrounding…

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Night, Smoke, and Shadows: The Presence of Atmosphere in the 19th Century

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs ’til 8pm

Closed Mon & Tues through 9/21, then only closed TUES. Many artists active in the 19th century manipulated the appearance of atmosphere in…

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American Photographs: A Cultural History

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs until 8pm

OPEN JULY 4, 11 am - 5 pm. Closed Mon and Tues. Alexander Nemerov, the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor of Arts and Humanities,…

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Live Oak Park Fair @ Berkeley Art Center

Berkeley Art Center11am-5pm

Stop by Berkeley Art Center during the Live Oak Park Fair for family art activities and to view the current exhibition Known Associates: Selections…

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The Skull Show

Bedford Gallery12:00-5:00pm

The Skull Show examines the role that skulls have played in the historical register as memento mori and religious icons. This exhibition also…

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ProArts East Bay Open Studios

Market Hall at jack London Square11 am - 6 pmLast Chance!

Over 70 established, local and emerging artists, working in a wide variety of mediums, will take over the expansive Market Hall building, 55…

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Spaces in Between

Dolby Chadwick GalleryT-F 10-6, S 11-5

The lyrical geometry undergirding Frank’s paintings is a means for expressing the Japanese concept of ma, or the space between objects and events…

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SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot

Oakland Museum of California11am-5pm, till 9pm on Fri

Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of groundbreaking alternative art and culture magazine Giant Robot, OMCA features the major exhibition,…

Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Forrest Bess (1911–1977) described himself as a visionary artist. His small but powerful abstract paintings, with their thick paint and handmade…

East Bay Open Studios 2014

Pro Arts Gallery11am-6pm

EAST BAY OPEN STUDIOS 2014 June 7 - 8 and 14 - 15, 11am - 6pm East Bay Open Studios offers an opportunity for art fans of all ages to meet…

Brooklyn Bridge

George Lawson Gallery - Potrero Hill12-6pm

For exhibit 39 we are pleased to present Brooklyn Bridge, a group show of fourteen contemporary Brooklyn painters, guest curated by painter…

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Wall & Ardor: William T. Wiley in the 21st Century

Sonoma Valley Museum of ArtWednesday through Sunday, 11am-5pm

Over a period of fifty years, William T. Wiley has distinguished himself as an artist whose extensive body of work has consistently defied mainstream…

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The Berkeley Potters Guild Spring Seconds Sale

Berkeley Potters Guild11:00-5:00

Like a Springtime breeze, the Berkeley Potters Guild doors open to the public to unveil a fresh array of beautiful pottery, sculpture & ceramic…

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Movement in Paper

Cesar Chavez Student CenterMonday - Friday, 11am - 6 pm [5 pm During Summer Months]

“Movement in Paper” pushes the boundaries of Origami with creations that delight and inspire through their design, innovation, and interaction.…

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In the Beginning was Black

Bullseye Resource Center Bay Area12:00 am – 5:00 pm

The Bullseye Bay Area Gallery presents In the Beginning was Black, a solo exhibition from Bay Area artist Clifford Rainey, on view April 19…

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Envisioning Human Rights: The Next Generation

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11:00-5:00

Visual art can be a powerful tool to create awareness and change in the face of both national and international human rights abuses. BAM/PFA…