"DOLLHOUSE" BAY AREA JURIED EXHIBITION
- Juror: Jack Fischer of Jack Fischer Gallery, 49 Geary Street, SF
OPENING RECEPTION on Sat, Dec 4th, 7-10PM

with FEATURED ARTISTS: Richard Bolingbroke, Jan Brugger, Elizabeth Cayne, Taylor Crawley, Miles Epstein, Kat Flyn, Felicia Forte, Paul Gibson, Kevin Grady, Audrey Heller, Liesa Lietzke, Erin Malone, Stephani Martinez, Kristine Mays, Jessica... [read more]

"DOLLHOUSE" BAY AREA JURIED EXHIBITION
- Juror: Jack Fischer of Jack Fischer Gallery, 49 Geary Street, SF
OPENING RECEPTION on Sat, Dec 4th, 7-10PM

with FEATURED ARTISTS: Richard Bolingbroke, Jan Brugger, Elizabeth Cayne, Taylor Crawley, Miles Epstein, Kat Flyn, Felicia Forte, Paul Gibson, Kevin Grady, Audrey Heller, Liesa Lietzke, Erin Malone, Stephani Martinez, Kristine Mays, Jessica McCoy, Kaitlin McSweeney, Beth Mullins, Camilla Newhagen, Danielle O'Malley, Celena Peet, Archil Pichkhadze, Lucky Rapp, Anne Ross, Maja Ruznic, Tracy Sengillo, Kirsten Stolle, Yuriko Takata, Rusty Tea, Stephen C. Wagner, Linda Wallgren, Sharon Wickham, & Greg Wilson

Dolls are substitutes for humans, and are used in both childhood and adult play. A plastic doll, robot, sock monkey, paper doll, rag doll, nutcracker, marionette, soldier, voodoo effigy and blowup sex toy, they are all repositories of our fears, fantasies, and desires. We love them, we fear them; we cherish them, we tear them apart; we talk to them, they talk to us. We imbue them with our imaginary life and in return they transport us into their worlds. For the Holiday Season, Arc Gallery will be figuratively transformed into a giant dollhouse for one-of-a-kind dolls and dollhouses. Artists were invited to liberally interpret their concept of 'dolls' and 'dollhouses,' and bring to life a creature or world from their wildest imaginings.

JUROR'S STATEMENT: "I once heard someone say ' there is nothing funny about a clown after midnight.' I think the corollary in this case would be: ' there is nothing cute or sweet about a doll after an artist has their way with it.' Try as i might to add to this statement of what the doll show is about and why I chose the way I did I am stymied by my inability to add to what the artists have already." - Jack Fischer

ON-LINE GALLERY: View the "DOLLHOUSE" on-line gallery with additional artists: Liz Mamorsky, Carrie Nardello, Alex Nichols, Marina Povalishina, Julianne Sterling, Deborah Mills Thackrey, & Tanya Wilkinson - http://www.arc-sf.com/on-line-gallery.html

EXHIBITION DATES: December 4th - January 15th by appointment

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EXHIBITION EVENTS:
Sat. Dec. 11th 11AM-3PM - Paper Doll Making Workshop
Sat. Jan. 8th 1PM-3PM - Artists Talk
Sat. Jan. 15th 11AM-3PM - Closing Reception

at Arc Studios & Gallery, 1246 Folsom St, SF
www.arc-sf.com