2 p.m. Exhibition tour
2:30–5 p.m. Drop-in collage making
Make art alongside some of the Bay Area’s most interesting and diverse collage artists!
This event is to be held at the Berkeley Art Museum, Offering a hands-on experience in conjunction with Kurt Schwitters: Color and Collage. BAM/PFA presents a series collage-making events with local artists throughout the run of the exhibition. We invite you to pick up a pair of scissors and join the collage table in the museum’s exciting Gallery B space. Materials provided, but participants are encouraged to bring their own as well.
Our first guest artist in this series is Matt Gonzalez. Well known as a progressive politician who served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and as Ralph Nader’s 2008 vice-presidential running mate, Gonzalez is also an accomplished collage artist who has exhibited at numerous local venues; a recent review in the San Francisco Chronicle describes his work as “grid-like, woven geometric pieces incorporating found packaging, dappled with primary colors and riddled with frayed edges.” Gonzalez has an abiding interest in Schwitters, who, he asserts, is “important to anyone who takes up glue and scissors.”
Immediately preceding the collage making, Gonzalez will comment informally in the exhibition galleries about some of his favorite Schwitters pieces.
Tickets included with museum admission. Admission prices:
FREE: BAM/PFA Members; UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff;
Children (12 & under).
$10: Adults (18-64).
$7: Non-UC Berkeley students; Senior citizens (65 & over); Disabled persons;
Young adults (13-17).
Berkeley Art Museum Location/Entrances
2626 Bancroft Way
2621 Durant Avenue
Between College and Telegraph
Phone number: (510) 642-0808
