Lyn Bishop : Sharing Secrets

The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art held the Monotype Marathon over the weekend. This intensive printmaking event is a successful annual fundraiser for the ICA.

Artists are encouraged to invite a sponsor to underwrite their participation in the event and are able to print at selected studios within the Bay Area. Sponsors donate $300 to the ICA and in return are given the opportunity to use their donation as an opening bid for prints during the silent auction held after the exhibition. This years exhibition runs July 1-19 and the silent auction takes place on the last Saturday of the exhibit.

The Marathon is a collaborative effort between the ICA and several facets that make up the arts community in the Bay Area. (more…)

I ran into Lori Gordon again yesterday. I think it’s interesting how the universe continues to offer opportunities for connection. She’s showing her interactive text paintings at the ICA and in a strorefront window space on First Street.

exhibition announcement for This show needs you

The ICA is currently exhibiting This show needs you which explores work that emphasizes the collective social experience (March 28-May 17, 09). Artists in the exhibition respond to our world by creating work that asks the viewer to engage in a shared experience, and to be a part of the process.

Sound familure? I wrote about How Fast Your World Is Changing a week or so ago, and this exhibit at the ICA is along a similar thread in offering the viewer the potential to participate in creating something new from the experience.

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