2009 MFA Graduate Exhibition


Vernissage
Reception for the 2009 MFA Graduate Exhibition
Friday, 15 May 2009 from 7:00 to 9:00pm
Herbst Pavilion in Fort Mason Center
Free and open to the public

Exhibition on view:
Saturday, 16 May to Saturday, 23 May 2009
Daily from 12:00 to 6:00pm
Free and open to the public

Vernissage Preview Party
Friday, 15 May from 5:00 to 7:00pm
Herbst Pavilion in Fort Mason Center
Ticketed event
Ticket information:
Phone: 415 749 4512
E-mail: esheets@sfai.edu

The largest show of its kind at a single venue in the Bay Area, the 2009 MFA Graduate Exhibition will feature work by nearly 100 artists. The result of an intense period of collaboration, investigation, and artistic development, the work on display will represent a range of interests, media, and approaches—providing patrons with an overview of some of the most challenging and exciting directions and strategies in contemporary art today. The 2009 MFA Graduate Exhibition is an opportunity for students to present their work to the larger world. This valuable experience of participating in a large, public exhibition is the culmination of a challenging program of study and creation. In addition, the 2009 MFA Graduate Exhibition introduces to the wider Bay Area community some of its most provocative and thought-provoking new talent.

A full-color catalogue of the 2009 MFA Graduate Exhibition will be available for purchase at the reception on 15 May 2009 and thereafter in the Walter and McBean Galleries on the 800 Chestnut Street campus. General: $20. SFAI students: $10.


Major support for the 2009 MFA Graduate Exhibition has been provided by Darius and Sarah Anderson, Tina and John Keker, and John M. Sanger and Maria Vella. Generous support has been provided by Diane and Charles Frankel, the Hobson Famil Foundation, Howard and Jan Oringer, Barbro Osher, Paul Sack, Jack and Betty Schafer, and Roselyne Chroman Swig. Additional support has been provided by Whitney Chadwick and Robert Bechtle, Michael Hackett and David Hale, Jeremy Stone and Paul Evan Matz, and Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund. In-kind support has been provided by Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Freemark Abbey Winery, Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider, and Trumer Brauerei Berkeley.