YBCA Front Door Gallery, Grand Lobby & Screening Room
FREE
More info @ http://ybca.org/converge
January's YBCA ConVerge invites Bay Area curators working in contemporary art centers to participate in an evening of performance and conversation that will explore cross-disciplinary collaboration and generative platforms in art-making today. Ringing in the New Year, YBCA’s public spaces will ignite in a fluid sculptural environment punctuated by sound, film, discussion, and more. Participating cu...
YBCA Front Door Gallery, Grand Lobby & Screening Room
FREE
More info @ http://ybca.org/converge
January's YBCA ConVerge invites Bay Area curators working in contemporary art centers to participate in an evening of performance and conversation that will explore cross-disciplinary collaboration and generative platforms in art-making today. Ringing in the New Year, YBCA’s public spaces will ignite in a fluid sculptural environment punctuated by sound, film, discussion, and more. Participating curators include: Devon Bella of Kadist SF, Kevin Chen of Intersection for the Arts, Jeanne Gerrity of the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Jenny Gheith of SFMOMA, Justin Hoover and Pireeni Sundaralingam (Commons Residency Curator) of SOMArts, Hesse McGraw of the San Francisco Art Institute, Donna Enad Napper of ICA, Betti-Sue Hertz and Ceci Moss of YBCA, Amy Owen of di Rosa, Monica Ramirez-Montagut of MACLA, Meg Shiffler of SFAC Gallery, and Frank Smigiel of SFMOMA.
Participating artists include Paul Clipson, Black Spirituals, Double Zero (Hannah Ireland and Annie Vought), Ashley Bellouin, Ben Bracken, Lisa Rybovich Crallé, Chris Duncan, Christopher Füllemann, Bailey Hikawa, Xandra Ibarra, Carrie Leilam Love, Cybele Lyle, Tahiti Pehrson and others to be announced.
4-6pm: Mixer/Social
6-7:15pm: Performances
7:15-8:45pm Conversation
8:45-9:15pm: Black Spirituals performance
The conversation session (7:15-8:45pm) will be moderated by curator and writer Christian L. Frock.
https://soundcloud.com/blackspirituals
http://www.withinmirrors.org
http://baileyhikawa.com
http://www.christopherfullemann.com
http://www.lisarcralle.com/profile/
http://christopherrobinduncan.virb.com
http://www.zacharyjameswatkins.com
http://ashleybellouin.wordpress.com
http://www.sfemf.org/ben-bracken/
http://www.thisisdoublezero.com/
http://www.tahitipehrson.com/
Sounds provided by Patrick Lotilla http://patricklotilla.com
(Image credit: Performers interacting with Talk My Language, 2013, by Christopher Füllemann, Bailey Hikawa, and Lisa Rybovich Crallé. Photo: Israel Valencia, courtesy di Rosa, Napa)
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The YBCA ConVerge series is a free monthly public gathering featuring creative and generative art practices. ConVerge is where community and innovative multi- and inter-disciplinary arts practices come together in our free and public spaces in a fluid, interactive, experimental format designed to engage audiences. YBCA's Grand Lobby and Front Door Gallery will come alive during ConVerge events with social art, live music and inspiring curated performances, as well as drinks prepared by YBCA mixologists.
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