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Gatehouse, Buildings A & C
At Fort Mason Center, the third weekend in October is an art
lover’s dream. More than 25 artists show their work as
part of San Francisco (SF) Open Studios 2005. This annual
event features artists working in nearly every type of media
including painting, printmaking, sculpture, and photography.
SF Open Studios is a production of ArtSpan, the nonprofit
group dedicated to building connections between visual artists
and the general public. Open Studios began in 1975 when a
small group of artists sought ways to make their work more
accessible to those outside the art world. The novel idea
of opening their studios to the public one weekend of the
year has grown into the city’s largest, longest-running
free visual arts event. Over the course of the last four weekends
in October, more than 800 artists welcome an estimated 80,000
art lovers into their studios and workspaces in nearly every
neighborhood of San Francisco, from Telegraph Hill to Twin
Peaks, Bernal Heights to the Sunset. Some artists choose to
show their work in non-traditional spaces, including FMC.
 FMC’s
artists occupy most of the public rooms in Building C, the
Gatehouse, and the Conference Center. The latter has a "works
on paper" theme this year – as it has in the past
– when Bay Printmakers and Studio Nocturne fill all three
rooms. The 13 photographers from Studio Nocturne primarily
concentrate on night photography, but the work on display
is not confined to this genre. Said Nocturne’s founder,
Tim Baskerville, "We wanted to be able to give this group
of dedicated night photographers a chance to show the full
range of their photographic talents." Like all the artists
in FMC’s SF Open Studios 2005, they offer fine art for
sale at studio prices. For art collectors of all kinds, this
is an event not to be missed.
Some of the artists showing at FMC are: Bay Printmakers (Bldg
A), John Bergholm (C362), David Booth, Carolyn Hinman,and
Laura Williams (C205), Marie L. Britting (C355), Joanna Davenport
and Jane B. Ware (C230), Mary Howard (C370), Ethel Jimenez
(C220), Sara Kahn (Gatehouse), Peggie McDonald ((C210), Jody
McMillan (C235), Tina Lauren Vietmeier (C260), and Studio
Nocturne (Bldg A).
SF Open Studios 2005 takes place at FMC October
15 & 16. For more information see the October 15 calendar
listing and www.artspan.org.
– Jovanne Reilly
Images: "Tub Study 2" by Adele Shaw; "Overpass
1" by John Vias
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