Barry Marris, special guest and Peter’s long time friend, entertained us with humorous Irish and Scottish songs, and poet Jonah Raskin read.
Embracing Nature: reception
We had an overflow of visitors supporting the Artists and curious to see their art.
Brigid Horgan on right with sister and Dad who made a surprise visit from Houston, TX
Deborah Corsini
Deborah Roxie Reed
A Tiny Art Show!
Sundays at 3
Some fantastic guests are showing up for Sundays at 3. Two weeks ago, Roy treated us to an international selection of accordion music. This past week, Zachariah Spellman recited a poem by Elizabeth Bishop about a fish.
photo by Mary Margaret aka Ems
Focus on Photography: Reception!
A fantastic reception featuring Beverly Tharp, Jane Ivory, and David Stroud.
Our Winter Solstice Celebration
Peter sang songs of winter and the Sun’s return to longer days ahead, and artist Ronn Rosen read his Winter Solstice Evocation.
Encore 2024 Reception
December 7 was a fun and festive occasion with 30 artists participating.
Stephen Fox
Mary Margaret (aka Ems)
Darryl Sapian
Liz Mamorsky
Carlo Grünfeld
Deborah Corsini
Chandler White
Joann Edmunds Matthew
Roxy Reed
Anne Marguerite Herbst's LIGHTWAVES Reception
Lightwaves is a feel-good show, verified by all who came to the reception Saturday!
photo by Natalie Craig
photo by Elena Sheehan
photo by Elena Sheehan
FOG is closed through November 5 for voting
This week through November 5th,
FOG is transforming into an election voting place
as equipment is rolled into the gallery.
We reopen Friday, November 8
Doggie to Doggie: Kevin Webster, Artist Extraordinaire - and Maya.
C O A S T : The Reception
We had a full house on a steaming hot day.
Natalie speaks, and Cathy Perillo shows her sketch book, the source for her oil paintings.
Starr talks about his work.
Natalie Craig
Cathy Perillo
Starr Sutherland
Olivia Ting: Touching Sound
Five repurposed vintage radios with a diorama embody sound through touch.
The audio sources are reflective of the Far Out Gallery location and include the ocean, birds, foghorns, and Muni tracks. These sounds are translated to vibrations by means of transducers installed in the radios. Olivia Ting grew up in this neighborhood. It’s where she became an artist and discovered sound as her medium despite being deaf.
Anne Marguerite, Olivia, and friend
photo by John Sanborn
Olivia and Lloyd May in background
photo by Anne Marguerite Herbst
a guest feeling sound photo by John Sanbornn
I was inspired by the story of Helen Keller experiencing the broadcast of a Beethoven symphony performed by the New York Philharmonic with her hands on the radio; it was as if she held the music as a morphing sculpture that spoke to her through touch. As a deaf artist, I am intrigued by sound as energy— the physical repercussions of molecular vibrations and their harmonious metamorphoses. The First Law of Thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transformed from one form to another. For me, what came through the radio for Keller was the creative energy of Beethoven, who himself lost his hearing as an adult, making a powerful haptic connection across time and space.
The five haptic radios I built for this series are meant to be touched. The audio sources I chose are reflective of the Far Out Gallery location – the ocean, birds, foghorns, and Muni tracks — and are translated to vibration by means of transducers installed in the radios. The neighborhood is also quite personal to me: growing up here, this is where I became an artist and discovered sound as my medium despite being deaf.
These haptic experiences are interwoven with excerpts of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony, which was, in ways, his lyrical aural portraiture of the countryside where he escaped from the cacophony of city life as his hearing was deteriorating.
This project seeks to paint a cheeky, vibratory, phonic and visual tapestry of the ways how sound infiltrates our senses, memories, and bodies.
-Olivia
Thank You
Thank you to the 111 Artists who contributed to FOG’s 3rd Open Invitation:
Karen Anderson Mark Aronoff Anahid Arslanian Bob Baker Steve Baldwin Marsha Balian Deb Bates Nikki Behnam Julie Blankenship Jessica Boddorff Michelle Bond Tim Boxell Henry Bridges Adriana Camacho Kit Cameron Sofia Carmi Chai Cecilia Chan Deborah Corsini Natalie Craig Carolyn Crampton Barbara Cromarty Sarah Cruz June Daskalakis Genie Davis Lena Desterro Drissana Devananda Ghilly DeYoung Louise Diskerud Marc Duffett Jessica Dunne Daniele Erville Mary Esther Kenneth Finberg Homer Flynn Stephen Fox Ayelet Gal-On Chris Gatt Richard Goldberg Susana Gómez Mary Gow Nic Griffin Thomasin Grim Carlo Grünfeld Marc Ellen Hamel Connie Harris Diana Hartman Chris Hennessy Anne Marguerite Herbst Roc Hopkins Brigid Horgan Louise Jarmilowicz Samuli Kekki Paul Kensinger Russel Kiehn Evelyne King Krystal Lauk Jessica Levant Beth Levitan Reddy Lieb John Lindsey Kim Long Liz Mamorsky Mary Margaret Evelyn Martinez Jimmy McCullough Michael Meehan Miguette Mochidome Breeze Momar Michelle Mongan Connie Nakamura Norita Jeanette Oliver Victoria Lynn Peterson Margaret Reardon Carol Reed Roxie Reed Henry Ricci Denise Richards Nathalie Roland Ronn Rosen Brenda Salvador Darryl Sapien Joel Schechter Andreas Schmitz Diana Scott Elena Sheehan Diana Shkolntk Manfred Stadel David Stroud Starr Sutherland Simona Szabados Peter Tavasieff Beverly Tharp Olivia Ting Leslie Trook George Ushanoff Kevin Valor Boz Verbrugghe Gregory Vernitsky Chris Wayan Kevin Webster Deidre Weinberg Karen Wenger Chandler White Don Williams Eddie Wolowski Allison Zalko Edward Zalko Scott Zimmerman Elena Zolothitsky
photo by Michelle Mongan
Reception for Our 3rd Open Invitation: Surrealism Centennial
FOG was buzzing from 12-6:30. Thank you Artists, Family & Friends for celebrating with us!
A small portion of the 100+ pieces of art submitted.
Big Thanks to Nic Griffin, Chris Wayan and Michael Marrelli of The Krelkins for performing at the reception. Their quirky songs are perfectly surreal.
Classical Piano and Singing Saturday, June 22 at 4pm
The concert begins with pianist Scott Pratt, and singer Wei Wei will follow. They have been collaborating in the Sunset and performing together for several years. The program will be approximately 1 hour long.
Scott Pratt is a piano/music teacher at the SF Music Conservatory and Laney College in Oakland.
Wei Wei graduated from the Sichuan Music Conservatory in 1991 and continued her training with Nadine Patton, a founder of the Palo Alto West Bay Opera. She also studied music interpretation under Freita Bernstein, a former voice coach at the Moscow Music Conservatory.
Ems, Wei Wei & Norita photo by Deb Lepsch
Bring Us Your Surreal Art!
Anne Marguerite Herbst Watching Within oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in. 2005
In 1924, French poet, Andre Breton, published Manifesto of Surrealism: a treatise denouncing realism and rationality. He believed the "omnipotence of dreams" and exploring the unconscious would liberate humanity. This idea became a revolutionary art movement producing weird, wild and fantastical images. It has been embraced worldwide, in many mediums, ever since. Bring us your surreal art and help us celebrate 100 years of Surrealism.
Delivery begins Friday, June 14th 12 - 6 pm and continues throughout the exhibition. Deliver only on days open: Thursday-Sunday 12-6pm.
1 submission per artist.
All mediums no larger than 4' x 4'
Delivery by anyone other than Artist will not be accepted.
Art must be ready to hang.
Art will be hung "salon style” as it arrives.
Art must be picked up by Sunday, July 28, 6pm.
Artists can retrieve their work anytime during the exhibition. Arrangements to pick up art must be made if Artist will not be available by closing date.
Reception: Saturday, July 13, 1-6 pm. Artists Talk at 2pm.
Artist may choose to sell or not.
FOG receives 30% of sale.
Print Contract and bring with your art, or fill out a contract when you deliver your art.
Questions? Contact anne@faroutgallery.com
Reception for Natural Formations
Stephen Fox gives his talk.
Darryl Sapien and Aaron Castro speak.
Stephen Fox and his wife Barbara Luzardi
Installing "Natural Formations"
Norita's Puppet Demonstration
2 photos above by Natalie Craig
Some Music for St. Patrick's Day
Zachariah Spellman and our own Peter Munks photo of Peter by Natalie Craig