Public programs Articles
Jul 27, 2012
One of the most innovative components of the Artist Fellows program is the goal to reveal the process of artistic creation—the weeks (even years) of planning, the evolving ideas, and the constant back-and-forth that foments...
Jul 20, 2012
Love Letters from the Harlem Renaissance tells the story of the relationship between Alta Sawyer Douglas and her husband, Harlem Renaissance painter Aaron Douglas. Catch Me Bird’s C. Derrick Jones, the great nephew of...
Jun 22, 2012
The influence of a variety of non-western cultures can be seen throughout the collections featured in The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. Tonight at Friday Nights at the de...
Jun 6, 2012
This month, Laurel Roth and Andy Diaz Hope begin their year as
de Young Artist Fellows by setting up a research
studio in the Kimball Education Gallery. Roth and Hope will use this time in the
Artist...
Jun 1, 2012
Tonight,
Friday Nights at the de Young celebrates the history of the dandy from
Oscar Wilde to Jean Paul Gaultier. Whereas
Oscar Wilde’s aesthetic style was derided as too feminine,
Jean Paul Gaultier...
May 25, 2012
Seven years ago, the de Young hosted its first jazz performance in partnership with
Intersection for the Arts.
Jazz at Intersection at the de Young came about through my relationship with Kevin Chen of...
May 24, 2012
Composer, trumpeter and singer-songwriter Sarah Wilson technically grew up in a vineyard, but her coming of age as a musician took place in New York City. At her first performance as an Artist Fellow at the de Young tomorrow...
May 11, 2012
Tomorrow, May 12, 2012, the Legion of Honor presents
Music, Muses and Divas
, public programs associated with
The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde, 1860–1900
(...
Apr 27, 2012
Today’s guest blogger is 2012 de Young Artist Fellow Monique Jenkinson (aka Fauxnique). During her yearlong fellowship, she is focusing on the Museums’ costume and textiles collection, particularly the work of Jean Paul...
Apr 20, 2012
See tomorrow's art start tonight at the 2012 New Generations: Student Showcase. This year's theme is a call to action–think of it as a one-word manifesto: Matter!Matter is the stuff of our lives, the goods that...