MacArthur b arthur

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY FOR SUMMER.
Starting October 3rd:
Open Sundays from 1-6 and by Appointment
4030 Martin Luther King Jr Way Oakland CA 94606
510 219 0774

MacArthur b arthur is a space for artists to congregate and play. The space has a 400 square foot gallery for visual art, a kitchen, windows to the street, and can host readings, performances, special events, and film screenings.

June 4th -July 6th: Synap

Opening reception June 4th 7-9pm.

Synap is an exhibition of Oakland based Canadian artist Ross Campbell’s recent work involving notions of space and order as mediated by technology and other human constructs. Sculpture, installation, and digital media provide the viewer with an insight into the built and rebuilt. Campbell employs hand craft to negate high tech, using digital and architectural forms in a playful exploration of place/time perception. The objects and applications in Synap bring to mind a stage set, with no known narrative and a compressed sense of history.

May 3-29, 2010: Virginia is for Lovers

in memory of Virginia Kleker
organized by Lori Gordon

Exhibition of original works by Virginia Kleker and others

Opening Reception: Friday May 7th 2010, 6-8pm
MacArthur b arthur Gallery
4030 Martin Luther King Jr Way / Oakland CA / 94609
kevinpclarke.com/projects/macarthur-b-arthur
(510) 219-0774

Book Launch
May 24th 2010, 6-8pm
Southern Exposure
3030 20th Street (@ Alabama) / San Francisco, CA 94110
www.soex.org
(415) 863-2141

Participants include: Matthew Hughes Boyko, Dominic Bruno, Esra Connell, Elizabeth Cook, Lynn DeClemente, Dale Hoyt, Sean Horchy, Elise Irving, Lynn Marie Kirby, Euan Macdonald, Ashley Neese,
Jon Rubin, Manuel Schwab, Pascal Shirley, Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Stephens, Lindsey White, https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gifLora Williams

One and a half years after the passing of Virginia Kleker, this exhibition and book celebrates the life of a prolific artist who is sorely missed. Artists and writers from the Bay Area and beyond have provided an astonishing collection of projects, ideas and recollections of their time spent with Kleker. This month long exhibition will be accompanied by a launch of the book for one night only, proceeds of which will be used to create a scholarship fund in Kleker’s name.

For more information, visit: lorigordon.com/virginia/

April 2nd-30th: Top Ten

Pictures of the art and opening for Top Ten can be found on Flickr

March 21st-27th: Social Evolution Research Gang:

During a week long residency at MacArthur b Arthur the Social Evolution Research Gang will present The Friendship Centre. This Centre will serve as a place for people to share stories, relax, hangout and create projects together. Over the course of the residency SERG hopes to connect with Bay Area residents in a variety of fun and meaningful ways.

The Social Evolution Research Gang (SERG) explores numerous aspects of art and life. As a research gang, they are interested in the small, intimate nuances of daily life: napping, lunch, daydreams, love letters and reading – these social fragments are examples of what they investigate. Oftentimes the moments which are inherently important, in order for life to have a sense of completion and fulfillment, are frequently the ones taken for granted and allowed to fall by the wayside. Working as unconventional researchers, SERG artistically examines daily life in contemporary society.

Current schedule of events:

** Pease note: Attendees for the Closing Event/Slumber Party must please RSVP here: weareserg@gmail.com.

Sunday March 21: 5-7pm, Tea and Letter Writing Workshop
Monday March 22: 12-5pm, Ongoing activities/projects
Tuesday March 23: 7-9pm, Reading
Wednesday March 24: 7-9pm, Record listening party
Thursday March 25: 12-5pm, Ongoing activities/projects
Friday March 26: 9-11am, Breakfast and 7-10pm Off to the Movies (Movie info TBA)
Saturday March 27 (Closing Party): 8pm – 8am, A Slumber Party and Documentation of the Friendship Centre

Ongoing activities/projects: Friendship Bracelets, Napping, Letter Writing, Spirograph Drawings, Reading, Drinking Tea and Listening to Records.

For more information please email us! weareserg@gmail.com

March 5th-17th: LOVE, THE BODY, AND THE COMMONS:

Organs, Cacti & Interstitial

Landscapes BY Ann Schnake

OPENING NIGHT FRIDAY MARCH 5TH
SHORT FILMS BY ALEX WANG AND MALAK HELMY AT 8PM FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF DISCUSSION. RICE AND BEANS WILL BE SERVED BY THE ARTIST.

February 28th: TRIFECTA

The Royal NoneSuch Gallery, MacArthur b arthur, and WE Artspace, are
pleased to present Trifecta, a three course gallery walk of food and
culture. At 5pm we will begin at WE Artspace, with drinks and music by
DJ Don’t Tell Mom. At 6pm we will walk to MacArthur b arthur for a
screening of three new films by Bay Area artist, Vanessa Woods while
dining on food catered by Chef Chris. At 7:45 we will conclude with
dessert and a poetry reading from Robin Ekiss at the Royal NoneSuch
Gallery. The participants of Trifecta have collaborated with the
intention of producing a multi-sensory evening of music, film, poetry
and food. You are welcome to experience all or part of the journey.
Sliding scale donations $10-$20.