SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 6PM - 9PM
EVERETT GEE JACKSON AND FLOR Y CANTO GALLERIES AT SDSU

ADAM MANLEY - "DRIFT"
JON BONSER - "PSYCHOMECHANICS"

AS SECOND YEAR GRADUATE STUDENTS, JON AND ADAM ARE GOING THROUGH ADVANCEMENT IN ORDER TO PROCEED WITH THEIR THESIS WORK. THEY ARE DISPLAYING THEIR WORK IN THE SCHOOL GALLERIES TO ACCOMPANY THE ADVANCEMENT PROCESS. COME JOIN US ON SATURDAY TO CELEBRATE THE CREATIVITY AND EFFORT THAT THESE TWO HAVE PUT INTO THEIR BODY OF WORK.

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Congratulations to graduate student, Christy Oates...she is almost done!!! She will be having a thesis show tomorrow, Dec. 5th at 6 p.m. Come celebrate with us at SDSU's Flor Y Canto gallery and check out her folding furniture.

Christy will also be showing a few pieces in Los Angeles next month. More info coming soon.

Hope to see you there!

Tom Loeser will be joining the SDSU furniture department for a few days on November 16th to create a collaborative project with Matt Hebert and the digital fabrication class using CNC technology. On Tuesday, the 17th, after meeting with the graduate students, he will give a lecture at 6pm, followed by a reception.

Check back soon to see photos from his visit!

OUR MISSION:

To represent West Coast Design with an award winning booth at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. Our installation will use the Wunderkammer, or Cabinet of Curiosity, to explore the migration of objects and concepts through design culture. Reclaimed and reconstructed cabinets, trunks, and chests of drawers will fill our sideshow tent. These outdates and mismatched cast-offs from San Diego consumers may seem at odds with a conference devoted to the new, but will in fact act as a mirror or microcosm of ICFF. The cubbies and drawers reflect the hundreds of booths at the fair, each featuring an installation, original object, or luminescent curiosity.

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ENDEAVOR:

On Saturday, April 18th from 6-9pm, San Diego’s Design Within Reach is hosting a fundraiser and silent auction to get SDSU to ICFF. The event will include a silent auction with donated art and furniture pieces from such contemporaries as Tommy Simpson, Po Shun Leong, Bob Brady, Gail Fredell and Judy McKie. SDSU alumni, Jason Schneider, Lynn Szymansky, Mary Donald, Shawn Goodell, Dave Fobes, and Heather McCalla will be contributing pieces, as well as current grad students and faculty. Rockler Woodworking and Hardware has also donated some power tools that will also be on the silent auction table. The event will feature a hosted bar and refreshments. This event is open to the public but space is limited. Please email WENDYMATT@SDSUFURNITURE.COM to have your name added to the guest list.

EVENT INFORMATION

On View: January 12 - February 6
Artist-In-Residence Exhibit:
E.O.9066: A Search for Indentity: Wendy Maruyama
Closing Reception: 5 – 7 PM, Thursday, January 29th

Studio furniture maker and artist Wendy Maruyama’s Residency work explores the impact “Executive Order #9066” has had on her family and its' effect on the Japanese American psyche. The work incorporates objects and imagery that depict the raw reality of the internment of 120,000 innocent Japanese-Americans during World War II from 1942-1946.
The exhibition also includes recent work that explores identity, gender and ethnicity.

Also a special Visiting Artist’s Talk by Mira Nakashima “Japanese Roots, American Soil” will precede the reception and start at 4:30PM in room 1016 of the Visual Arts Building.

Matt Hutton is one of three artists chosen for the SAC's Artist Award Exhibition. The exhibition will run August 9 through October 19 in Boston, MA.

For more information, please visit http://www.societyofcrafts.org

Duncan's exhibition at Pritam and Eames runs this summer from June 27 - July 29th 2008.

go to http://pritameames.com/on_view

contributing artists:

Jennifer Anderson
Jordan Gehman
Brad Johns
Christine Lee
Wendy Maruyama
Rosario Mercado
Mike Oleson
Katherine Ortega
Marcus Papay
Srdjan Simic
Jo Stone
Lynn Szymanski
Kim Winkle

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http://www.caboomshow.com/index.html

Varian Designs

Amy Joins the Trading Spaces Team!

Premiere Episode: Saturday 3/1 at 9pm PST
(carpentry hijinks ensue)

Hi friends, just a quick note to let you know that my premiere episode as carpenter for TLC's fabulous Trading Spaces airs this weekend! Check your local cable listing for details, I'll be looking for you.

More about the show and clips at TLC.com

Amy Devers
BA 1994

Matt Hutton (MFA 2002) will be exhibiting in Materials: Hard & Soft at the Greater Denton Arts Council - Center for the Visual Arts in Denton, TX January 26 through March 20.

Cory, Mia, Bob and Matt are exhibiting new work in a four-person exhibition at the Basil Gallery - Herron School of Art, Indianapolis from April 4-30.

Matt Hutton (MFA 2002) has received a Good Idea Grant from the Maine Arts Commission to research architecture and furniture in Japan during the spring of 2008.

Barbara Holmes and Chris Lee were awarded with residencies at SF Recycling and Disposal Artist in Residency Program. (http://www.sfrecycling.com/AIR) for 2008. Barbara will be in residence in Summer, and Chris will be in residence in Fall.

Bob Marsh (MFA, 2005) is now the head of the furniture design and woodworking program at Kendall School of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, MI. Congratulations to Bob!!

Mia Hall (MFA 2004) is now the head of the woodworking and furniture program at University of Arkansas in Little Rock. She and her partner, metalsmith David Clemons, also just had a new baby girl named "Fiona". Congratulations to both!

Christine Lee received a great review for her show at Art Produce Gallery in North Park, San Diego - and also going to be working at the San Francisco Recycling Center in their Artist in Residency program.

http://www.artasauthority.com/

Brad's Thesis Exhibition, "Proxy" opens December 1, 2007. For more information, go to http://bradjohns.blogspot.com