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An interview with Dan Taulapapa McMullin, October Artist-in-Residence

Posted by Cynthia Inaba on October 12, 2010

What is your background as an artist?

My father's family (in Leone Village, Tutuila Island, US Territory of American Samoa) were architects, shipbuilders, and tapa (barkcloth) painters, also my grandmother and great grandmother on my mother's side were tapa painters and I used to help them when I was a small boy in Samoa.  As a young man I studied conceptual art at Cal Arts for a couple years but was disenchanted and ended up working in television in Los Angeles for years.  About seven years ago I began painting again while living in Samoa and living on money from a script I wrote.  Since then I'm in love with painting and its my life long work now.

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Introduction of September Artists-in-Residence by Gregory Stock, Education Intern

Posted by Cynthia Inaba on September 2, 2010

Generally the de Young’s artist studio is the home of one artist and their process. Museum patrons can engage in a specific artist’s technique and area of expertise. For the month of September, four artists of the Kearny Street Workshop (www.kearnystreet.org <http://www.kearnystreet.org> ) transform the Kimball Education Gallery. Throughout the month, one to four artists will be involving the public in their different processes. There is the visual art of Julie Chang (www.juliewchang.com <http://www.juliewchang.com> ) and Ala Ebtekar (www.torandj.com <http://www.torandj.com> ), the science and poetry of Pireeni Sundaralingam (http://wordandviolin.com/pireeni) or the choreography of Erika Chong Shuch (www.espproject.org <http://www.espproject.org> ).  Come and check out the community projects that will unfold over the month and be a part of all the art disciplines. 

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"Silhouettes and Conversations with Alexandra Blum, August Artist-in-Residence" by Naomi Huth, Education Intern

Posted by Cynthia Inaba on August 19, 2010

On August 19th, I sat down with current Artist-in-Residence, Alexandra Blum, to learn more about her artistic background and the connection between teaching and creating art. Ms. Blum strives to humanize the private expereince by bringing in different techniques that transform museum going into a shared technique.

(Naomi Huth currently works as an intern for the Public Programs Department at the de Young.)

You can also watch the video on our FAMSF YouTube page.
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Nancy Ewart, SF Museum Examiner, writes about Alexandra Blum's residency

Posted by Cynthia Inaba on August 6, 2010

http://www.examiner.com/museum-in-san-francisco/alexandra-blum-silhouett...

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"Reinvention with Jeanine Briggs, July Artist-in-Residence" by Naomi Huth, Education Intern

Posted by Cynthia Inaba on July 22, 2010

On July 15th, I sat down with current Artist-in-Residence, Jeanine Briggs, to learn more about her artistic background, the journey and inspiration behind her found object artwork, and the ideas that created the participatory project of an early 21st-century Detritussaurus. Appearing in galleries, museums, public spaces, trade shows, corporate collections, and government offices, her work has been exhibited extensively in California and in New York City.

(Naomi Huth currently works as an intern for the Public Programs Department at the de Young.)

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Introduction of Jeanine Briggs' "Transfigurations", July 2010 Artist-in-Residence by Gregory Stock, Education Intern

Posted by Cynthia Inaba on July 7, 2010

Walking into the Kimball Education gallery this month, a visitor might experience a childhood flashback of placing collector cards in the wheel spokes of your first bike, or scenes from Pixar’s recent film, WALL-E. In Jeanine Briggs' Transfigurations, the artist-in-residence incorporates trash and found materials in a variety of forms including small characters, masks, and full body representations.

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