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Installations at our new site this fall

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With inspiration and collaboration as our guide, Earl Speas, Jennifer Harris and Daniel Farnan have been painting a mural on our gallery. This successful team effort echoes our mission of working together building community through shared creative endeavors.

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We expect to complete painting this month. Photo credit: Earl Speas

Additionally we are teaming up with Mary Teetor again to install another labyrinth on our new home. A Vesica Pisces Form will be coming soon for your walking, exploring and meditative pleasure.

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We expect installation to begin this fall as we work out scheduling on our grounds for this and other upcoming offerings. Come by and see the space, now open at 11 Friday through Monday, closing at 5pm. Photo credit: Daniel Farnan

Opening Reception

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Pop Up: Uneasy Structures

March 4 – 18, 2017
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 4th, 2:00 – 4:00pm

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Join us for the opening of Uneasy Structures!

This pop-up group exhibition features work by six West Coast artists, Ian Dolton-Thornton, Cara Levine, Bailey Hikawa, Rachel Higgins, Lisa Rybovich Crallé and Emma Spertus. This event will also feature performances throughout the reception.

“Uneasy Structures” is an emergent installation combining a range of large-scale sculpture practices at an outdoor, public space. Through a variety of materials and scale, each of the six artists explore concepts of borders, fences, corporations, networks, and divisions in relationship to public space. Installed within a fenced-in area, this concept becomes even more heightened. With materials ranging from bread to styrofoam to plywood, there is an inherent need to create in our current unstable moment. This emergent and adaptive way of bringing six artists together is a necessary way of utilizing creative thinking moving forward.

“Uneasy Structures” will be on view through Sunday, March 18th.

This exhibition was organized by Emma Spertus and Samantha Reynolds, Art Program Coordinators for Hayes Valley Art Works under Project O.

Project O identifies public spaces in San Francisco to provide emerging and experimental artists with exhibition and residency spaces. By organizing artists and partnering with local art organizations, Project O creates accessible art spaces for the local community and greater Bay Area to enjoy. Bay Area artists experimenting and developing new ideas are at the center of Project O’s focus and support.

Love In 2017

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Join us on Sunday, February 26th, 12:00pm- 4:00pm on the corner of Octavia and Hayes St.

During the month of St. Valentine’s, we call on you to counter hate by creating cards for those in need of love.

Michelle Echenique, a mixed-media artist and Hayes Valley Art Works volunteer, will be facilitating a creative space to invite participants to create a love note for anyone in need: friends, family, acquaintances, community leaders, refugees, immigrants, the homeless and others.

A Love-In is a gathering or party at which people are encouraged to express feelings of friendship and love, associated with the hippies of the 1960s. It has been interpreted in different ways by different organizations, but is often connected to protesting local, social or environmental issues. This event is part of the 100 Days Action initiative. 

ONE Year Celebration & Opening Reception – Friday, December 9, 6 – 8pm

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Please join us for a special night event celebrating the one-year anniversary of Hayes Valley Art Works! To mark the occasion, this event will also serve as the opening reception for a dual-solo exhibitions featuring work by local artists by Nicolas Hullibarger and Kate Kuaimoku.

In addition to the art exhibited, we will have music, refreshments and tents set up in preparation for the forecasted rain.

Kate Kuaimoku will be presenting “Semblance of Order” – a series of sculptures made from various construction materials including concrete, steel and rebar to examine the visceral way these materials work within our cities.

Titled “Making Space”, Nicolas Hullibarger will be activating the inside of the large shipping container and installing a site-specific painting on the outside of the second container. Hullibarger uses line, color and shape to create “spatial environments” using both 2D and 3D works.

Where the Paint meets the Table Cloths

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Canvas Fundraiser
Sunday, October 16 form 3-6pm
Hayes Valley Art Works (HVAW) and Hayes Valley Neighborhood (HVNA) come together for an event to sustain HVAW’s large scale art shows and community programs through spring 2017.

Participating Artists:
Johnna Arnold
Michelle Echenique
Daniel Farnan
Jeremy Fish
Paulette Humanbeing
Stanley Mouse
Kate Rhoades
Emma Spertus
Emily Wick

Event Activities:
-Live auction of “canvases”
-Local art’s non-profit Public Glass will host glass blowing demos and man their Glass Pumpkin Patch
-Tours of current show Present Ground by curator Samantha Reynolds
-Light refreshment
-And more

Join us for the opening of Present Ground on Saturday, October 1, 4 – 7pm

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Image: Elizabeth Sims, 12-20 Breaths Per Minute, 2016, suminagashi ink print and graphite on paper, 30 x 44”

Join us for the opening reception of Hayes Valley Art Works second open call “Present Ground” on Saturday, October 1 from 4:00 – 7:00 pm. The opening reception will feature a live performance by Georgia Carbone. Present Ground is free and open to the public.

This exhibition curated by Samantha Reynolds features artists: Johnna Arnold, Andrea Bacigalupo, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Georgia Carbone, Consolidated Studios (Michael Goldman), Yvette Dibos, Ricki Dwyer, Michelle Echenique, Daniel Farnan, fnnch, Kevin Haas, Amy Lange, Emily Peckenham, Cait Petersen, Julia Rittereiser, Stephen Santamaria, Elizabeth Sims, Mike River Stackwell and Joshua Peder Stulen.

To read more about the exhibition and participating artists, please visit here.

Present Ground Opens Saturday, October 1, 4 – 7pm

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Image: Elizabeth Sims, 12-20 Breaths Per Minute, 2016, suminagashi ink print and graphite on paper, 30 x 44”

Join us for the opening reception of Hayes Valley Art Works’ second open call Present Ground on Saturday, October 1 from 4:00 – 7:00 pm. The opening reception will feature a live performance by Georgia Carbone. Present Ground is free and open to the public.

Curated by Samantha Reynolds, Present Ground features work by Johnna Arnold, Andrea Bacigalupo, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Consolidated Studios (Michael Goldman), Yvette Dibos, Ricki Dwyer, Michelle Echenique, Daniel Farnan, fnnch, Kevin Haas, Amy Lange, Emily Peckenham, Cait Petersen, Julia Rittereiser, Stephen Santamaria, Elizabeth Sims, Mike River Stackwell and Joshua Peder Stulen.

Fore more details about the exhibition, please visit here.

Present Ground: October 1 – November 5, 2016

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Image: Elizabeth Sims, 12-20 Breaths Per Minute, 2016, suminagashi ink print and graphite on paper, 30 x 44”

If this ground could speak, what would it say? Would it be wounded? Rejuvenated? Each artist featured in Present Ground calls attention to the unending, evolving nature and impact of the physical site as it moves into the future. This exhibition serves as a recognition of the repurposing of space that has created multiple stories, histories and narratives left imprinted in the dirt.

The physical site of Hayes Valley Art Works has had multiple histories and roles. With the removal of the central freeway in the late 1990s and remodel of Octavia Boulevard, the site was left uninhabited. It is currently deemed by the city of San Francisco as a temporary art and community space, and will subsequently be rebuilt into a low-income housing in the coming years. Constantly evolving, the narrative of the site continues.

Join us for the opening reception of Hayes Valley Art Works’ second open call Present Ground on Saturday, October 1 from 4:00 – 7:00 pm. The opening reception will feature a live performance by Georgia Carbone. Present Ground is free and open to the public.

Curated by:
Samantha Reynolds

Participating Artists:
Johnna Arnold
Andrea Bacigalupo
Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
Georgia Carbone
Consolidated Studios (Michael Goldman)
Yvette Dibos
Ricki Dwyer
Michelle Echenique
Daniel Farnan
fnnch
Kevin Haas
Amy Lange
Emily Peckenham
Cait Petersen
Julia Rittereiser
Stephen Santamaria
Elizabeth Sims
Mike River Stackwell
Joshua Peder Stulen

San Francisco Youth Theatre Presents… William Shakespeare’s HAMLET

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San Francisco Youth Theatre
Presents…
William Shakespeare’s
HAMLET

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. San Francisco 2016
August 26-28, 2016

Hayes Valley Art House
456 Laguna St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Directed by Cliff Mayotte with music by Schuyler Karr.

San Francisco (July 14, 2016) – San Francisco Youth Theatre is pleased to present the
SFYT DREAM Ensemble production of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, Hamlet.
SFYT’s production of Hamlet is set against the backdrop of present day San Francisco, with
the Danish monarchy being transformed into tech giant Elsinore.com. The play is edited so as to focus on the domestic tragedy that gives Hamlet much of its power. Hayes Valley

Artworks is a unique setting for this intimate production, performing in the open air. The live musical score, composed by Schuyler Karr, and performed on stand-up bass adds a
distinctly cinematic feel, which complements the play’s evocative language, beauty, and
imminent dread.

San Francisco Youth Theatre creates cutting-edge theater that represents the unique
sensibilities of youth. SFYT’s DREAM Ensemble consists of high school and college-aged
actors dedicated to creating and performing works of art that tells the compelling stories of their community. http://www.sfyouththeatre.org. SF Youth Theatre is in residence at Brava Theater and Red Poppy Art House.

WHEN: Friday & Saturday August 26-27, 7:30 pm
Sunday August 28, 3 pm

WHERE: Hayes Valley Art House: 456 Laguna St, San Francisco, CA 94102

TICKETS: $6/12 in advance; $8/15 at the door

No one turned away for lack of funds.

For tickets, visit http://www.sfyouththeatre.org
For more information call 415-571- 1234 or visit SFYT’s website at http://www.sfyouththeatre.org