Speaking of Art School: Recent Episodes
Thomas M. Houston
"Speaking of art school....impressions, stories and remembrances as told by alumni and faculty of the San Francisco Art Institute".
This series is about perpetuating the culture and legacy of the San Francisco Art Institute through recorded interviews. I feel that there is a rich history inside anyone that ever attended or taught at SFAI.
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In this episode of "Speaking of art school "I am speaking with producer Heather Spore and director Brian Vincent about their new film, "Make Me Famous". A madcap romp through the 1980's NYC art scene amid the colorful careerof painter, Edward Brezinski, hell-bent on making it. What begins as aninvestigation into Brezinski’s legacy and mysterious disappearancebecomes a sharp, witty portrait of NYC’s 1980s downtown art sceneresulting in an irresistible snapshot of an unknown artist that captures thespirit of an iconic era.
Make Me FamousTwitter @famousartdocInstagram @makemefamousmovieFacebook @makemefamousmovieDirector: Twitter/Insta @brianvincentnycProducer: Twitter/Insta @redsplaynycYouTube: @MakeMeFamousMoviehttps://www.youtube.com/@MakeMeFamousMovie
Judy Gittelsohn is an alumness from the San Francisco Art Institute ca 1978. She founded punk bands Pink Section and The Inflatable Boy Clams.
She now has her own studio/gallery, Studio Judy G, in Watsonville, California, where shows her own work as well as the works of others. She also gives painting lessons there in person as well as online.
studiojudyg.com
This is the audio only version of episode #11 featuring San Francisco Bay area artist/ musician, Judy Gittelsohn.
Judy is an alumness of the San Francisco Art Institute, 1978.
She was the founding member of punk bands, Pink Section and The Inflatable Boy Clams.
Mike Henderson is a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, MFA 1970. He went on to become a professor at UC Davis.He also is a blues guitar player with his own band.He is represented at the Haines Gallery in San Francisco.
Dave Getz is a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, class of 1964.He is a visual artist and musician most well known being the drummer with Big Brother and the Holding Comoany.
Lawrence White graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1975, MFA, Film.He then went on to work for years at Rolling Stone magazine, the Corbis Agency, Kelton B&W labs and Saratoga Living magazine.His work is included in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art and he has recieved many awards and has been included in many publications.
Jeanne Hansen is a photographer who graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1982. Through her photographic lens she documented the alternative art, music and political scene in San Francisco during the Reagan era and punk rock hay day of the 1980s. Her new book, "Alternative Voices" is availabe on her website: jeannemhansen.com
Pt. 1! Drummer and graphic artist, Prairie Prince, founding member of the Tubes talks about his growing up in Arizona, moving to San Francisco to go to the San Francisco Art Institute. We recount some of his experiences and instructors at SFAI and how he formed the Tubes with friend, art/music collaborator and fellow SFAI student, Michael Cotten. Our lively conversation focusses on his development as an artist both musical and visual. stay tuned for Part 2...and beyond!
Prairie has worked with many musicians/bands including Todd Rundgren and XTC to name a few. He has also worked with Chris Isaak (on his first four albums), Brian Eno, David Byrne,Tom Waits, Paul Kantner, George Harrison, Dick Dale, Glenn Frey, Richard Marx, Bill Spooner, Neil Hamburger, John Fogerty, Nicky Hopkins, Tommy Bolin, Phil Lesh, John Ferenzik, Singer at Large Johnny J. Blair, and former Tubes and Grateful Dead keyboardist Vince Welnick.[1]
Interview with San Francisco Art Institute professor, Tony Labat.
Tony Labat was born in Cuba and came to the United States at the age of 15 in 1966. He has exhibited internationally over the last 30 years. Labat has received numerous awards and grants and his work is in many private and public collections. Labat has developed a body of work in Performance, Video, Sculpture and Installation. His work has dealt with and continues his investigations with the body, popular culture, identity, urban relations, politics, and the media.
Episode #4 featuring photographer, Wayne Levin. Wayne Levin graduated from SFAI in 1979. His photographic work spans from the civil rights demonstrations in Montgomery, Alabama in 1965 to the depths of the ocean with his beautiful underwater images. waynelevinimages.com Presented by SF Artists Alumni
Jeremy Morgan was born in 1956 in Cambridge, England. He is an Associate Professor of Painting at SFAI where he has taught since 1989 in both the Undergraduate and Graduate programs.
www.jeremyphmorgan.com
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Darryl Sapien graduated from SFAI, BFA, 1972, MFA, 1976. Darryl was born in Fullerton, Ca. He currently lives in San Francisco. "Over the course of a forty-five year career I have always considered myself to be an interdisciplinary artist. Having acquired many skills I employ them as necessary, in other words, I use what I need as I need to. Thus I’ve created artwork in sculpture, performance art, theatrical scenic design, drawing, painting, collage, assemblage, film, video, and computer graphics. sapienfinearts.com
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“The interview is about getting into the San Francisco Art Institute, how SFAI was a drug rehab for me, getting through being a college student with minimal reading and writing skills, experiences with a few of my professors like Carlos Villa, and Angela Davis in the late '80s, and working through a pandemic. ” Ruth Chase
www.ruthchase.com @ruthchase
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