Soap Box Lecture Series

(schedule)

Starting in February 2007, Bernal Bubbles is initiating a series of free lectures on the first Saturday of every month at 10pm in the laundromat located at 397 Cortland Ave (@Bennington) in the Bernal Heights district of San Francisco.

Adding to the rich cultural community on the hill, these short 1/2 hour lectures by various artists, art professionals and cultural critics, living in or around Bernal Heights, will be on a range of subjects of artistic, cultural, political, and social issues of significance to the community.

Speakers will include:

JoAnne Northrup, senior curator San Jose Museum of Art
Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker and founder of the Webby Awards
Glen Helfand, art writer
Ken Goldberg, artist and UC Berkeley professor
Annie Sprinkle, post porn feminist
Alison Bing, art writer
Julia Page, media artist
Josh Greene, conceptual artist
Melinda Stone, filmmaker
Shelia Ghidini, public artist
Renee Gertler, sculptor
Bernie Lubell, sculptor
Philo Northrup, Art Car maker, founder Art Car Fest
Susanne Cockrell and Ted Purves, CCA professors, community based artists

After the lecture, all guests are invited to join us for drinks at 301 Bocana Gallery to extend the conversation.

Call Ray Beldner for more information: 415.297.2319


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Soap Box Lecture Series Schedule


FEBRUARY 3
JoAnne Northrup, senior curator, San Jose Museum of Art and Philo Northrup, Founder Art Car Fest: "Art Cars and Burning Man: Art Outside The Institution"

MARCH 3
Glen Helfand, critic and curator

APRIL 7
Ray Beldner, sculptor: "It's Who You Know: A Personal Genealogy of the Artists of Bernal Heights"

MAY 5
Bernie Lubell, sculptor

JUNE 2
Julia Page, new media artist

JULY 7
Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker, founder of the Webby Awards and Ken Goldberg, new media artist, professor, UC Berkeley: "What Can Spaghetti Teach Us About The Human Condition?"

AUGUST 4: TBA

SEPTEMBER 1: TBA
Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, new media and performance artists: "The Love Art Laboratory Project"

OCTOBER 6

NOVEMBER 3
Melinda Stone, filmmaker

DECEMBER 1: TBA

After each lecture, guests are invited to join us up the street at 301 Bocana Gallery. Run by artist Teresa O'Connor, she has graciously offered her space as a place for refreshments and to give lecture participants the opportunity to extend the conversation.