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Kala Art Institute News - January 20, 2023
Arts and Entertainment
January 23, 2023
From: Kala Art InstituteUpcoming Exhibition
Fossil of Language, Yuzo Nakano
January 28 - March 17, 2023
Reception: Saturday, January 28, 2-4pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday, Noon - 5:00pm
Gallery Location: Kala Gallery, 2990 San Pablo, Berkeley, CA 94702
Kala Gallery is excited to present a retrospective exhibition Fossil of Language, featuring works by Yuzo Nakano, Artistic Director Emeritus and Co-founder of Kala Art Institute. The exhibition showcases Nakano’s work from the 1970s to the present, and celebrates his vision and contributions to Kala’s creative community and to the Bay Area art scene.
Yuzu Nakano is a graduate of Tenri University and Tokyo Gendai Art Institute, Tokyo, Japan. He studied printmaking with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 in Paris where he met Archana Horsting and together they founded Kala Art Institute in 1974.
Join us for the reception on Saturday, January 28, 2-4pm.
Fellowship News + Application Open
We wanted to share the good news that Kala is recommended for a National Endowment for the Arts Grant For Arts Projects in support of Kala's Fellowship residency! We're thrilled and wanted to let you know the application is now open for the next cohort of Fellowship artists. Artists receive $3,000, a one to nine-month artist residency with 24/7 access to Kala's facilities, one-month housing at the Higby (across the street from Kala) for artists from outside the Bay Area, a free class, and a culminating exhibition in the Kala gallery as a group. Thanks to support from Sustainable Arts Foundation, one of the six spots is designated for a parent artist (with a child under 18 at home) and thanks to an individual donor, one of the six spots is designated for a veteran artist (one who has served in the US armed forces).
Applications are due March 15, 2023 via slideroom.
Community Art Workshop: Lunar New Year - Creating Paper Lanterns
Date & Time: Saturday, January 28, 12-3pm
Location: Kala Art Gallery & Community Classroom
Cost: Suggested donation of $0-$10
Lunar New Year brings families together to celebrate the new year, with lighting a lantern as a way to bring good fortune, make a wish, or set an intention. In many Asian cultures, the lantern during Lunar New Year gathers people and stories together. In this workshop, participants will design and build a unique lantern using matt boards and translucent materials, incorporating images and text. Participants will learn various book arts/printmaking tools and techniques to build and decorate their own lanterns to take home. We will explore pattern, adventures in time reversal, and the distance between the real and the ideal. This Lantern Mark workshop will be facilitated by artist Linda Zeb Hang and Kala staff.
*Drop-ins are welcome but please register upon arrival. This community workshop is open for all ages (5 yrs and up). Children must be accompanied by an adult. Mask-wearing indoors is required for all visitors in Kala’s gallery and community classroom. Space limited.
The Bay Area Fine Print Fair is back at the Kala Gallery on February 4 and 5, 2023! Produced by OnPaper.Art.
Hours:
Saturday, February 4, 10am- 5pm
Sunday February 5, 10am-4pm
Free Admission
The exhibitors include:
Armstrong Fine Art / Mesh Art Gallery, Jeannot R. Barr Prints & Drawings, Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints, Roger Genser – The Prints and the Pauper, Conrad R. Graeber Fine Art, Oehme Graphics, Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, Stevens Fine Art, The Tolman Collection of New York, Verne Collection, Warnock Fine Arts
In addition to hosting the in person Bay Area Print Fair at the gallery, Kala is excited to participate in the Virtual West Coast Print Fair happening online at www.westcoastprintfair.com from January 27 – February 19, 2023. Check out works by Kala artists!
Teen Studio Programs - Grades 6-12
Zine Workshop: Stories. Character. Action!
Saturdays, Feb 18 - March 4, 1pm-4pm
Instructor: Kristen Zimmerman
Location: Kala Gallery & Classroom
We all have stories to share. Some of them are stories we’ve lived. Some of them are stories we imagine. Some of them are just the things we need to tell our friends or say to the world. In this 3-part workshop, you will develop characters and bring them and our ideas to life through making zines. Materials will be provided AND please bring any materials that you are particularly excited about – whether that be a set of pens, some cool paper, or materials for collage.
Adult Class Highlights
Painting Pastries: Sculpting With Acrylic Paint
Fridays, Feb 3 - Feb 17, 6pm-9pm
Instructor: Heather Yeo
Location: Kala Community Classroom
Project Management for Creatives (Virtual)
Wednesdays, Feb 8 - March 1,
6:30pm-8:30pm
Instructor: Sue Mark
Location: Online via Zoom
Modern Lithography: Mokulito and Polyester Plate Overlay
Saturday & Sunday, Feb 11, 12, 18 & 19, 10am-3pm
Instructor: Karen Olsen-Dunn
Location: Kala Printmaking Studio
Printing Without A Press: Trace Monotype
Saturday, Feb 11, 10am-2pm
Instructor: Liz Schiff
Location: Kala Community Classroom
Kala offers tuition assistance and sliding scale for Kala adult and youth classes. Apply online!
More News... In Brief
- David Brower Center invites Northern California-based artists to apply for "All on the Table"—the 2023 Art/Act: Local - Call for Artists. The show will feature art that engages with issues of food, justice, action, and the environment. Applications are due by 5pm January 30, 2023.
- Kala artist, Sylvia Solochek Walters exhibition, The Heart of Color: Woodcuts 1981-2021 at Firehouse Arts Center, Jan 7 - Feb 17.
- Kala artist, Pantea Karimi, exhibition, Saffron, Saint of Spices at Triton Museum of Art, Jan 14 - April 30.
- Become a part of the dynamic and creative Kala community by joining Friends of Kala Membership program today. Support Kala and receive all sorts of benefits!