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Gallery is open with social-distancing 1-6PM on Wednesdays & Thursdays and 12-3PM on Saturdays
Arc Gallery requires all visitors and staff to wear face masks during gallery hours and in-person events.
Disposable masks will be available to all visitors, as needed - Proof of vaccination required.
Arc Gallery requires all visitors and staff to wear face masks during gallery hours and in-person events.
Disposable masks will be available to all visitors, as needed - Proof of vaccination required.
“DOLLHOUSE: Art as Serious Play” Bay Area Exhibition
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“DOLLHOUSE: Art as Serious Play” Bay Area Exhibition
“Genius is childhood recalled at will.”- Charles Baudelaire OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, January 15th, 6-9PM “Play as (serious) Art” on Sunday, January 30, 3-4PM A special afternoon of interactive performance with Jeff Raz “Artful Play” on Sunday, February 13th, 1:30-3:30PM - mixed media collage paper and bookmaking workshop with Roxanne Padgett purchase advance $30 tickets at: www.eventbrite.com EXHIBITION: January 15 - February 19, 2022 |
When you were a child you made art, probably lots of it. You, and everyone around you, called that “playing.” Art is part of a child’s normal response to almost any aspect of life. A small child asks an art-teacher what he does at work. “I teach people to draw” the teacher says, and the child responds “You mean they forget?”
Within the bounds of an imaginary dollhouse, this exhibition showcases art that uses the tropes of playtime - storybooks, toys, dolls, games, dress-up, imaginary friends, and secret spaces - to explore the serious and playful nature of art-making. The works compel the viewer to recall the joys of make-believe and to appreciate the unique interpretation of “play” that each artist brings to the dollhouse.
Within the bounds of an imaginary dollhouse, this exhibition showcases art that uses the tropes of playtime - storybooks, toys, dolls, games, dress-up, imaginary friends, and secret spaces - to explore the serious and playful nature of art-making. The works compel the viewer to recall the joys of make-believe and to appreciate the unique interpretation of “play” that each artist brings to the dollhouse.
FEATURED ARTISTS: Afatasi the Artist, Glenn Bachmann, Rosalia Baltazar-Schoemaker, Marie Bergstedt, Johnny Botts, Joshua Coffy, Sas Colby, Diana Elrod, Miriam Fabbri, Kathy Fujii-Oka, Dolores M Gray, Maribel Guzman & Miriam Munguia & Jose Nunez, Trudi Chamoff Hauptman & Zachariah Hauptman, Dianne Hoffman, Jennifer Jigour, J.L. King, Liz Mamorsky, Michael McConnell, Erika Meriaux, Geralyn Marie Montano, Howard Munson, Tomye Neal-Madison, Kristine Mays, Sean O'Donnell, Priscilla Otani, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Na Omi Judy Shintani, Liz Steketee, Denise Tarantino, Stephen C. Wagner, Tanya Wilkinson, and Sandra Yagi.
CURATORS: Priscilla Otani and Tanya Wilkinson
EVENT MANAGER: Laura Abrams
CURATORS: Priscilla Otani and Tanya Wilkinson
EVENT MANAGER: Laura Abrams
View the “Dollhouse: Art as Serious Play” Conversations with Artists at: https://youtu.be/eW1PuNcCVO0 |
“DOLLHOUSE" Zoom Artist Talk
including Marie Bergstedt, Sas Colby, Diana Elrod, Miriam Fabbri, Dianne Hoffman,
Jennifer Jigour, Liz Mamorsky, Sean O'Donnell, Stephen C. Wagner, & Tanya Wilkinson
View the “DOLLHOUSE" Artist Talk recorded on January 27th at:
https://youtu.be/Gousfdjr3Vg
including Marie Bergstedt, Sas Colby, Diana Elrod, Miriam Fabbri, Dianne Hoffman,
Jennifer Jigour, Liz Mamorsky, Sean O'Donnell, Stephen C. Wagner, & Tanya Wilkinson
View the “DOLLHOUSE" Artist Talk recorded on January 27th at:
https://youtu.be/Gousfdjr3Vg
selected works from the "DOLLHOUSE" exhibition: