The Berkeley Art Museum and Film Archives 44th Annual MFA show

Student work but it's all very intriguing..http://www.examiner.com/article/the-berkeley-art-museum-and-film-archives-44th-annual-mfa-show

Happy Birthday Richard Diebenkorn

http://www.examiner.com/article/happy-birthday-richard-diebenkorn

The de Young's tribute to 'Richard Diebenkorn. The Berkeley Years...'

 Berkeley #22. 1954

"Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years: 1953-1966," which opened Saturday at the de Young Museum, is the first show to focus on the thirteen years that he spent in Berkeley between 1953 to 1966. The core of the show is the breakthrough work of this period, where Diebenkorn developed his working methods, important artistic themes and gained national recognition.

More than 130 paintings and drawings, beginning with the artist's earlier abstract works and moving through his subsequent figurative phase, display how he moved all his life between abstraction and representation.
http://www.examiner.com/list/de-young-s-tribute-to-richard-diebenkorn-the-berkeley-years-1953-1966

The Richmond Arts Center Holdiay Festival

The Richmond Arts Center has everthing for your special holiday shopping - from art to textiles to custom made chocolate - and be sure to check out the silent auction. They have a custom made Vampire box for sale. Get that winning bid in!

Alexander James. Custom made vampire box. Wooden stake crosses - everything you need to deal with any inopportune fangers.

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-richmond-art-center-s-holiday-arts-festival

Art by elders at SF City Hall

Frances Cancilla Art, Sunrise Belmont.

http://www.examiner.com/article/bay-area-s-elder-citizens-take-over-san-francisco-city-hall

End of the month picks

Not that I can't think of a dozen more shows well worth seeing...

Ann Weber at Dolby Chadwick. @the artist. photograph Nancy Ewart

http://www.examiner.com/article/dolby-chadwick-calligraphy-sf-arts-commission-asian-art-museum?cid=db_articles

Dale Erickson, Pam Heyda, Sandy Yagi

It's not often that three of my artists friends are showing their work at the same time.

Dale Erickson. Lemons and Reflections. ArtZone 461, SF

Pam Heyda, Gum Drop Boat, Studio Gallery, SF

Sandy Yagi,  Hummingshrew, Watercolor on paper,  2012, 16 x 11-5/8 

The Bone Yard, Berkeley.

http://www.examiner.com/museum-in-san-francisco/weekend-picks-artzone-461-studio-gallery-the-bone-yard-and-more?CID=examiner_alerts_article

How to avoid Super Bowl Sunday

Blue Face with White Stripe" (1971), pigmented stoneware and porcelain, by Stephen De Staebler. (Photo: Philip Ringler)

http://www.examiner.com/museum-in-san-francisco/how-to-avoid-super-bowl-sunday