Here's a preview of the two new pieces which will be on display as a part of APAture:

In other news, the Alameda County Arts Commission recently purchased A Vision of Possibilities To Lead the Way (drawing the line) for the Alameda County Art Collection.

When I was still living in LA, I would occasionally come up to SF and check out the annual APAture festival. The visual art exhibition introduced me to the work of local heavyweights like Robert Gutierrez and Mike Arcega. And I would happily go back home with new comics from indy producers like Lark Pien and Jason Shiga. So I'm genuinely excited to be in this year's 10th annual visual exhibition.

Next up: Kearny Street Workshop was kind enough to select me as the Featured Visual Artist for the 10th annual APAture multidisciplinary arts festival. The visual arts exhibition opens September 18th and runs through the duration of the festival in KSW's Space 180 gallery. I'll have a couple of new pieces in the exhibition so come check it out.

APAture Visual Arts Exhibition
Space 180
180 Capp Street (at 17th Street), 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94110

opening reception/APAture Kick-off:
September 18, 7-9 pm

And a few more.

More peeks at works-in-progress from the residency.

Greetings from deep in the Alexander Valley.

Here are some in-progress sneak peeks of what's been brewing in the studio so far during the residency.

Michele & I will be having our artists' talk at Intersection for the Arts tomorrow afternoon from 2-4 pm. We'll be talking both about How I Learned To... and our individual practices.

Recent media on How I Learned To...:

* Jeanne Storck wrote a piece about the show for Shotgun Review.

* SFers with cable, Inside City Limits on channel 11 did interviews with Michele, Kevin and I for this week's show. It debuted Wednesday and should repeat one last time tonight at 6:30pm. Anyone in SF have a tape recorder?

Various news bits:

* In June and July, thanks to the generosity of Steven & Nancy Oliver, I'll be at their new Oliver Ranch Studio Artist Residency in the Alexander Valley.

* I'll have a piece up for auction at the Intersection for the Arts Annual Fundraiser. Here's a preview:

If you don't already know, Intersection not only has an array of visual arts, literary, jazz, theater and interdisciplinary performance programming but they're probably also the biggest fiscal sponsor/incubator of arts organizations and projects in the Bay. Much respect to them. Come out and support!

May 31 - June 6, 2008

Gallery Hours: Sun - Sat, 12 - 7pm, FREE
Auction: Friday June 6, 2008 @ 7pm
(Live Auction Begins @ 8:30pm)

A much belated thank you to Tamara at Spot Design who did an amazing job framing my piece for the Southern Exposure fundraiser for an extremely generous, nominal fee. She does amazing work and I highly recommend her if you need work taken care of.

Fellow dual-degree'r Lacey Jane Roberts has a show opening this coming Saturday. Be sure to check it out. It should be amazing.

The Master's Tools (decay goes both ways)
New work by Lacey Jane Roberts

Little Tree Gallery
3412 22nd Street (@Guerrero)
San Francisco, CA 94110
littetreegallery.com

Opening May 3rd from 6-9 pm
Show runs until May 31st.

parking during openings can be problematic
please feel free to park in the barlett garage
or take public transit
bart: 24th and mission
muni lines: 14, 26, 48, 49, 67 and j-church

Special thank you's to the folks who helped us with the show at Intersection:

John Abangen, Adrian, Frank Alvarez & the members of La Causa Youthbuild, Mervyn Animatico, Mariah Bryant, Qiling Chen, Janice Chou, Devin, Beatriz Dominguez, Peter Ebersole, Libby Garon, Alecia Geno, Alexis Grant, Kristopher Grey-Wincher, Tom Hughes & the teachers and students of Westlake Middle School, Jackie Im, Kadijah, Jason Kuang, Linda Lam & the REAL Youth Center of Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Scott Lau, Katie Lewis, Jonny Liang, Jamie Lopez, Luna, Laura M., Alexses Minor, Chelsi Nakano, Irvin Orozco, Julie Ortega, Denis Perez, Jessica Putnam, Christian Ramirez, Michael Reyes, Lacey Jane Roberts, Estee Stevens, Stanley Tan, Jolene Torr, Nathan Watson, Amy Wen, Min Ying Yang, Brian Yarish, Ziming Ye and the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Many thanks to everyone who came out for the opening at Intersection yesterday. Pics of the installation are now up here.

Just a reminder that on April 21st How I Learned To... will be opening at Intersection for the Arts.

I'll have a piece at the annual Southern Exposure Spring Fundraiser and Art Auction, Optic Illusion. The event will be at SOMArts on April 26 from 7:30-11pm.

Optic Illusion
Southern Exposure Fundraiser
@SOMArts
934 Brannan Street
San Francisco
April 26
7:30-11pm

Come support a great Bay Area non-profit arts institution.

Fellow CCA alums Zach and Christine have what look to be exciting shows coming up at Swarm Gallery next week. Be sure to check it out:

EXHIBITION:
TWO PERSON SHOW | Ricky Allman + Zachary Royer Scholz
PROJECT SPACE | Christine Wong Yap, "Dark Into Light" (installation)

DATES:
February 8 – March 9, 2008
Swarm Gallery is open to the public Tuesday — Sunday 12 — 6PM
Every First Friday of the month until 9PM and by appointment

ARTISTS
RECEPTION:
Friday, February 8, 2008, 6 – 8PM

LOCATION:
Swarm Gallery, 560 Second Street, Oakland CA 94607
www.swarmstudios.net

It's almost time for that most fabulous of fundraisers, Southern Exposure's annual Monster Drawing Rally!

I'll be there drawing away during the 8-9pm shift, but as always I'm even more excited to see what everyone else will be churning out for the bargain price of $60 a drawing. Seriously. The line-up of artists is enough to make me comb my budget for some spending money. Proceeds from the event provide direct support for Southern Exposure’s Exhibitions and Artists in Education Programs.

The 8th Annual Monster Drawing Rally will be held at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa (between Hampshire and Potrero streets).

February 22, 2008 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM

upcoming shows:

Close Calls

January 13, 2008 - February 25, 2008 Headlands Center for the Arts

Opening Reception: February 3, 2-5PM.

and

How I Learned to...
a collaborative exhibition with Michele Carlson

April 21 - May 24, 2008
Intersection for the Arts

Opening Reception: Monday April 21, 6-9pm

from Intersection's press release:

A collaborative installation by Weston Teruya & Michele Carlson that looks at the construction of nationhood and identity through a sculptural disruption of institutional educational spaces. This project exposes the power dynamics contained within the architecture and set-up of traditional American classrooms and explores how histories of marginalized communities are taught and absorbed into concepts of nationhood and citizenship. This new installation destabilizes and re-imagines the environment that we learn and grow up in.

"Weston Teruya's...provocative mixed-media works on paper articulate powerful cycles of creation and destruction." - Glen Helfand, Artforum

"...to appreciate Michele Carlson's [work]...you could be jumping up and down and not miss out." - Hiya Swanhuser, SF Weekly

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