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Enjoy these ArtHouse Pics!

Thanks to everyone who joined us at our inaugural ArtHouse event (April 30 and May 1, 2011).  It was a fabulous weekend of art-making in the Print Center, art selling and buying at the Print Fair featuring works by 35 Bay Area printmakers, exhibitions, demos and talks by visiting and exhibiting artists, and lots more.  We reconnected with old friends and made new ones and took lots of pics along the way.

To enjoy the pics, simply click on the image above.

Cheers!

Mark Your Calendar for ArtHouse

Please join us at ArtHouse, a weekend-long celebration of art and ideas at the ICA, April 30 and May 1, 2011 (9AM – 5PM each day).  ArtHouse is free to attend and will highlight and demonstrate all the great things that are going on at the ICA that benefit artists, members and our community at large, including:

The Print Fair: an open portfolio sale by more than 35 Bay Area printmakers
Printapalooza!: morning and afternoon art-making workshops at the ICA Print Center*
AIR Print Exhibition: original works on paper by ICA Artists in Residence
Talking Art: lunchtime conversations and demonstrations with visiting artists
Exhibition Tours with ICA curators and exhibiting artists

For more details and to sign-up, click here.

To win a chance to participate in a 3-hour printmaking workshop for free during ArtHouse, print this invitation card and drop it off at the ICA on or before April 15, 2011.

For ArtHouse information and programming updates, please go to http://www.sjica.org.

We are very excited to be presenting this inaugural event and hope to see you in there. Please feel free to invite your friends and family.

Cheers and stay tuned for more ArtHouse news in the coming weeks.

Mike Rathbun talks about Urgency

Enjoy this brief three-minute video interview with Mike Rathbun who’s large-scale immersive sculptural installation, Urgency is on view in the ICA’s Focus Gallery through June 4, 201

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Behind the scenes in Portland with Mike Rathbun

Enjoy these recent pics sent to us from Portland-based sculptor Mike Rathbun who’s large-scale installation piece, Urgency is coming to the ICA in February (Feb 26 – June 4, 2011). These pics were taken in Mike’s studio and document part of the process in building and assembling the massive “spires” that will become Urgency.

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