American Steel Studios presents Art + Industry, an interactive group exhibition and behind-the-scenes look at our community of artists and innovators.
Our schedule includes:
– An indoor/outdoor exhibition of artwork and performance from May 11–18 filling more than 10,000 square feet of exhibition space
– Open studios on May 11–12
– A day of interactive programs, demonstrations, facility and studio tours, performances, and artist talks on May 11
The exhibition
American Steel Studios, the beating heart of West Oakland’s small business boom, is an incubator for artists, architects, fabricators, inventors, and business leaders.
American Steel’s oversized facility allows us to present member events on a scale that only museums can rival, and our tenant exhibition will fill more than 10,000 square feet of inside and outside gallery space, featuring painting, textiles, photography, printmaking, ceramics, large and small sculpture, furniture and installation, as well as fire performance and art cars from more than 45 studios and businesses.
We are also happy to have Line 51 Brewery and Suite Treatments as tenants at American Steel, and they will be providing craft brewed beer and organic juices.
Based on past exihbitions, we expect to draw roughly 1,500 visitors to American Steel for Art + Industry.
Not just open studios
On Saturday and Sunday May 11-12, our studios will be open to the public. To help give visitors a behind-the-scenes look at our artists and businesses, we have assembled a day-long schedule of guided tours, demonstrations, performances and artist talks. As the sun goes down, we’ll light up the fire effects for an evening of fire sculpture, fire performance and art cars.
The full, updated schedule of tours, talks, demos, and performances is at our website https://americansteelstudios.net/openstudios/schedule-of-events/
Participating artists and businesses
Edward Acosta | ceramic sculpture
Anarchitectural | construction and materials reuse | website
Anthony Averson | painting and sculpture
Doug Blanc | painting
David M Bowman Studio | patinaed brass metalwork | website
Stephen Bruce | patinated copper | website
Jeff Bush | sculpture
Chester | flaming horse | website
Karen Cusolito | metal sculpture | website
Department of Spontaneous Combustion | fire art, mobile art and large scale sculptures | website
Nick Dong | sculpture and installation
Elizabeth Dougherty | mixed media
Fire Arts Collective | fire dancers, stilters, jugglers and performers | website
Matt Fisher | painter, sculptor and art writer | website
Flipside Furnishings | furniture and art from re-purposed materials | website
Robert Furnback | glass and ceramic sculpture
Ryon Gesink | sculpture | website
Dan Good | music composition, sculpture, sound sculpture | website
Kitty Gordon | stone carving, mixed-media sculpture | website
Groundation Foundation | “restoring habitat from the ground up, and the sky down” | website
Carolynn Haydu | painting, mixed media | website
Brian Krawitz | sculpture
Line 51 Brewing | special hand-crafted beer | website
Medium Reality | textiles
Kyle Milligan | plating and metal casting | website
Jann Nunn | mixed media sculpture | website
Reb Peters Press | letterpress and intaglio printing | website
Romuald Picard | sculpture
Sam Reese | sculpture
Henry Riekena | painter, Professor at SFAC | website
Bill Rogers | mixed media
Dan Seneres | illustrator and multimedia fabricator | website
Sharp Teeth Press | letterpress | website
Sheet Metal Alchemist | sculpture | website
Fortune Sitole | mixed media painting | website
Kali Snowden | painting | website
Carl Stieger | painting | website
Suite Treatments | environment design and events | website
Alexandria Volk | costumer and visual artist
Anthem Ward | sculpture
Just a few exhibition highlights
More at https://americansteelstudios.net/openstudios/image-gallery/
Smithsonian 40 Under 40 artist
Nick Dong, Enlightenment Room
mixed media light and sound installation
14’L x 8’H x 4’W, 2012
Jann Nunn
Broadway Boogie-Woogie Series (Lean)
wood and fiber, 45” x 18” x 20”, 2012
Carl Stieger, Mountains 1
oil on paper, 12″ x 12″, 2012
Kyle Milligan, Hyperbole
mixed media, 4’3″ x 3′ x 3′, 2012
Romuald Picard, DANCER
steel wire structure, gold paint steel chain, recycled wine capsules, recycled water bottle, electric lighting
height 38″ width 20″ circumference 55″
Henry Riekena, Pinkspace
acrylic on canvas, 24″ x 30″, 2012
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Press and media
For advance Art + Industry information and images, to arrange for a tour or interview with one of our participants, or for guest blog posts, email Matt Fisher: matt@mattfisherstudio.com
Location of all events
American Steel Studios
1960 Mandela Parkway
Oakland, CA
(Enter on 20th Street)
www.americansteelstudios.com
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