At SFAI, faculty and staff members are artists too! Faculty and staff shows are a great way for students to connect with the wider community of SFAI-affiliated artists across the globe. Here’s a glimpse of what SFAI faculty and staff are up to this month:
Exhibitions
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA:
Zeina Barakeh — Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
See Zeina’s 2018 short film, Slam Bang Blue, at the New People Cinema December 2. This screening is part of the 2018 Another Hole In the Head Film Festival, which will feature several SFAI students, faculty and alumni.
Chris Bell — Faculty | Sculpture + MFA Programs
Check out Chris Bell’s work in Light Geometries: New Works, on view through December 22 at 871 Fine Arts.
Clark Buckner — Faculty | Liberal Arts + MA Program
Check out Clark Buckner’s curatorial skills in Kate Rhodes: Calfskin (Curated by Clark Buckner), on view at Telematic through December 1.
Christopher Coppola — Chair | Film
Join Christopher Coppola in person at the screening of the 1993 crime drama he directed, DEADFALL, during the “Eddie King Double Feature Night” at New People Cinema. The screening is part of the 2018 Another Hole In the Head Film Festival, which will feature several SFAI students, faculty and alumni.
Kate Rhoades — Faculty | New Genres
See Kate’s work in her solo exhibition, Kate Rhodes: Calfskin (Curated by Clark Buckner), on view at Telematic through December 1.
Taravat Talepasand — Faculty | Painting
You can see Taravat’s work on view at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts alongside the work of SFAI alumni as part of Bay Area Now 8 (Survey Exhibition), on view through March.
Wanxin Zhang — Instructor | Sculpture
See Wanxin Zhang’s work in the 40x40 exhibition through December 9 at the Sonoma State University Art Gallery in Rohnert Park, CA. If you’re in the south bay, look for Wanxin Zhang’s work on view at Santa Clara University through January 11 in Richard Shaw and Wanxin Zhang: Cultural Conversations in Bay Area Clay.
SAN DIEGO, CA:
Whitney Lynn — Faculty | New Genres
If you find yourself in the San Diego International Airport, be sure to look for Whitney Lynn’s Not Seeing Is A Flower, on view through March, 2019.
LEWISTON, ME:
Timothy Berry — Chair | Printmaking
View Timothy Berry’s work in Anthropocenic: Art about the Natural World in the Human Era (Group Exhibition), on view at Bates College Museum of Art through March 23.
MIAMI, FL:
Maria Elena González — Faculty | Sculpture + New Genres
If you’re in Miami, check out Maria Elena González’s work in Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, on view at Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum through January 13.
NEWPORT, RI:
Zeina Barakeh — Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
If you find yourself in Newport, Rhode Island, stop by the Newport Art Museum and see Zeina’s work in The Shapes of Birds: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa (Group Exhibition), on view through December 30.
Interviews + Other Fun Things:
Christopher Coppola — Chair | Film
Hear Film Department Chair Christopher Coppola talk with Nicolas Cage and Jake Cannon on The Look Back Machine Podcast.
Stephanie Sauer — Faculty | Liberal Arts
This fall, Stephanie Sauer published an essay in The Florida Review Online entitled Good Pressing. She also won the 2018 Noemi Press Prose Award for her upcoming book, Almonds are Members of the Peach Family.
Images: (1) Another Hole In The Head Film Festival, 2018 Identity. (2) Whitney Lynn, detail from Not Seeing is a Flower, 2018. Site-specific piece for the San Diego Airport, approx. 4.7 x 39 feet (each panel 56.5 inches x 116.5 inches).
