Mandeville Art Gallery

“Force Majeure, framed ecologically, enacts in physical terms, outcomes on the ground” — from “A Manifesto for the 21st Century”

𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴, on view at Mandeville Art Gallery, speaks to the Harrisons’ hope of saving the planet in the face of the crisis posed by climate change and its threat to Earth’s many ecosystems and their adaptive responses to Force Majeure, the pressure on planetary systems that are negatively impacted by industrial processes.

🌎 Join us on Saturday for 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗘𝗰𝗼-𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, a panel discussion on 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴 to learn more. The event is moderated by Anne Douglas and Chris Fremantle and it features speakers Josh Harrison, Gabriel Harrison, and Laura and Benny Fillmore.

📍 Saturday, November 23, 2:00pm. Mandeville Art Gallery. Full details in link in bio.

🟦 The Mandeville Art Gallery at UC San Diego presents 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻: 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸, a retrospective showcasing the pioneering ecological art of the Harrisons through nearly 20 projects from the late 1960s to 2000s, exploring themes of environmental awareness. Admission is free. 🟦

🌎 Join us Tuesday, November 19 for 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗥𝗲-𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀.

Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison spent five decades exploring a practice connecting art and ecology, believing in work that prioritizes the wellbeing of life’s interconnected web. Their critical observations highlight how human actions disrupt this balance.

Thinking with the Harrisons is for anyone concerned with the implications of ecological thought and practice as a reimagining of public life through the Harrisons’ approach of inviting dialogue among policymakers, artists, and the natural world to address pressing environmental crises.

🟦 Keynote Lecture with introduction by 𝗗𝗿. 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 (Associate Professor, Department of Visual Arts).
🟦 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗹𝗮𝘀, Professor Emerita at Gray’s School of Art, focuses on the artist’s role in public life and environmental crisis through practice-led research, co-producing the Harrisons’ work “On the Deep Wealth of this Nation, Scotland.”
🟦𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲, an award-winning researcher and producer, worked on the Harrisons’ “Greenhouse Britain: Losing Ground, Gaining Wisdom,” and is a co-editor of “Ecoart in Action.”

🗓️ Tuesday, November 19, 2024
⏰ 6:30pm
📍 SME 149 (Structural Mechanical Engineering)
🔗 RSVP in bio

🌎🪱”After understanding that topsoil was endangered world-wide, we made earth many times.” — Newton Harrison

𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 (1969-70), a private performance over four months at ’s Pepper Canyon Outdoor Studio, was Newton’s initial personal effort to make topsoil.

“Sand, clay, sewage, sludge, leaf material, and chicken, cow and horse manure,” were turned over following a set of prescribed movements and gestures. Newton shoveled, touched, smelled, and tasted the earth. This synthesis of scientific research methodologies and art practice resulted in arable earth, used by Helen to grow strawberries.

🟦 The Mandeville Art Gallery at UC San Diego presents "𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻: 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸," a retrospective showcasing the pioneering ecological art of founders Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison through nearly 20 projects from the late 1960s to 2000s, exploring themes of environmental awareness. Admission is free. 🟦

Image: Helen and Newton Harrison, Making Earth, 1969-1970 (Courtesy of the Harrison Family Trust)

"The Lagoon Cycle" was Helen and Newton Harrisons’ first monumental, “complex systems” artwork, which is now considered foundational for the entire ecological art movement.

Engaging with the ecosystem of the Pacific Rim, in particular interactions among food production and watersheds, "the Lagoon Cycle" took shape of multiple large-scale murals, comprising photographs, maps, collages, performances, and poetry, and organized in seven parts or “lagoons.” Beginning in Sri Lanka with an edible crab and ending in the Pacific with the greenhouse effect, it seeks ever-larger frames for a consideration of survival. "The Lagoon Cycle" prophetically visualized potentially catastrophic outcomes of the vast, evolving system of resource extraction—the central theme of all the Harrisons’ investigations. The project was later recreated as a complex, 45-page handmade book titled 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘴. Although an edition of 31 was planned, only a few copies were bound, and a handful reside in public collections around the world. Each copy is unique, as it is comprised of hand-colored photographs depicting the story of the seven lagoons. "The Lagoon Cycle" is the cornerstone of the Harrisons’ work, spanning the arc of their career. Created from 1974 to 1986, the original artwork resides at the Centre Georges-Pompidou and is now on view at .

Images: 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯: 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 installation views at Center for the Arts Escondido, September 21, 2024-January 19, 2025 (Photos by Philipp Scholz Rittermann)

𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯: 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 is presented at the La Jolla Historical Society (organizer), California Center for the Arts Escondido, San Diego Central Library Art Gallery, and the Mandeville Art Gallery at UC San Diego. This exhibition is made possible with support from Getty through its PST ART: Art and Science Collide initiative.

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🔹 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 partner highlight: 🔹

🗺️ Our current exhibition 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 is presented as a multi-site exhibition in four locations around San Diego simultaneously in Fall 2024: La Jolla Historical Society (organizer), California Center for the Arts Escondido, San Diego Central Library Gallery, and the Mandeville Art Gallery.

🔹 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴, presented at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, will introduce the viewer to the heart of the Harrisons’ research on and visualization of the existing conditions of Northern California’s water system and prophetic reflections on the accelerating greenhouse effect and climate change. The viewer will have a rare opportunity to experience the Harrisons’ landmark monumental installation, The Lagoon Cycle (1974-84), a complex 360-degree photo mural in 60 parts that has never been displayed in totality in San Diego, nor seen in public since its acquisition by the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in 1997.

Visit at 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 from September 21, 2024 – January 19, 2025

This exhibition is made possible with support from Getty through its PST ART: Art and Science Collide initiative

📸 by Philipp Scholz Rittermann

🔹 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 partner highlight: 🔹

🗺️ Our current exhibition 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 is presented as a multi-site exhibition in four locations around San Diego simultaneously in Fall 2024: La Jolla Historical Society (organizer), California Center for the Arts Escondido, San Diego Central Library Gallery, and the Mandeville Art Gallery.

🔹 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴, presented at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, will introduce the viewer to the heart of the Harrisons’ research on and visualization of the existing conditions of Northern
California’s water system and prophetic reflections on the accelerating greenhouse effect and climate change. The viewer will have a rare opportunity to experience the Harrisons’ landmark monumental installation, The Lagoon Cycle (1974-84), a complex 360-degree photo mural in 60 parts that has never been displayed in totality in San Diego, nor seen in public since its acquisition by the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in 1997.

Visit at 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 from September 21, 2024 – January 19, 2025

This exhibition is made possible with support from Getty through its PST ART: Art and Science Collide initiative

📸 by Philipp Scholz Rittermann

🔹 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 partner highlight: 🔹

🗺️ Our current exhibition 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 is presented as a multi-site exhibition in four locations around San Diego simultaneously in Fall 2024: La Jolla Historical Society (organizer), California Center for the Arts Escondido, San Diego Central Library Gallery, and the Mandeville Art Gallery.

🔹 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵, presented at the San Diego Central Library will allow visitors to delve deeply into the series of works associated with the Harrisons’ research on the fragile and environmentally threatened ecologies of the Pacific Coast fog forest and the Sierra Nevada mountains. These bioregional works, mark the Harrisons’ growing interest in complex ecologies, the impacts of overexploitation and mismanagement of natural resources and the effects of global warming on the complex bionetworks of forests and watersheds. Works reveal the Harrisons’ concept of the Force Majeure and their increasing concern with the issue of global climate change.

Visit at 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 from September 21, 2024 – January 19, 2025

This exhibition is made possible with support from Getty through its PST ART: Art and Science Collide initiative

📸 by Kathryn Caudle

🔹 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 partner highlight: 🔹

🗺️ Our current exhibition 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 is presented as a multi-site exhibition in four locations around San Diego simultaneously in Fall 2024: La Jolla Historical Society (organizer), California Center for the Arts Escondido, San Diego Central Library Gallery, and the Mandeville Art Gallery. Today we launch a series of posts focusing on each of the exhibitions at our partner locations.

🔹 𝘜𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴, presented at La Jolla Historical Society, traces the Harrisons’ collaborative practice during the late 1960s-1990s. Such iconic works as Making Earth, Survival Pieces, and California Wash highlights the development and evolution of their ideas about ecosystems, and the discovery of different approaches to land reclamation and the restoration of canyons and watersheds. The viewers also explore the Harrisons’ unrealized eco-urban projects, including San Diego Round, Horton Plaza, and Miramar Landfill, proposing how to restore the natural balance of compromised ecosystems in San Diego.

Visit at 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 from September 19, 2024 – January 19, 2025

This exhibition is made possible with support from Getty through its PST ART: Art and Science Collide initiative

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening celebration of 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 at the Mandeville Art Gallery! The show is now open Weds-Sat from 12-8pm. Admission is free. ✨

Plus, mark your calendar for upcoming public programs organized in conjunction with the exhibition. More info below, RSVP links in bio.

🔹 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨: 𝙍𝙚-𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙀𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨 Keynote lecture featuring Dr. Anne Douglas and Dr. Chris Fremantle, with an introduction by Dr. Alena Williams. November 19 at 6:30pm at SME 149

🔹 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙀𝙘𝙤-𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 Panel discussion moderated by Dr. Anne Douglas and Dr. Chris Fremantle featuring Josh Harrison, Laura and Benny Filmore, Leslie Ryan, and Barbara Benish.

Organized by , "Helen and Newton Harrison: California Work" will be presented at multiple sites around San Diego simultaneously in Fall 2024: La Jolla Historical Society , California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum , San Diego Central Library and the Mandeville Art Gallery.

This exhibition is made possible with support from Getty through its PST ART: Art and Science Collide initiative

Photos by Siobhan Gazur Photography

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝘀-𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟮-𝟴𝗽𝗺!

Beginning in Fall 2024, the Mandeville Art Gallery is now open one extra day a week on Wednesdays. 🎉

🔹 Make the most out of your visit and book a tour with one of our gallery guides. Reservation link in bio and on our website. 🔹

❓ Questions about parking and directions? Check out "Getting Here" in our IG highlights or the "Parking and Directions" link in bio.

As always, admission is free.

📸 Take a first look at the installation photos from our current show, 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠, on view through December 7th.

🔵 As part of the Getty Foundation’s : 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦, the Mandeville Art Gallery at UC San Diego presents, 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠, a retrospective exhibition about the work of husband-and-wife team of Helen Mayer and Newton Harrison, who were among the earliest and most notable ecological artists. Founding members of the at , Helen and Newton were local San Diego artists for nearly four decades, where they developed their pioneering concepts of Ecological Art.

🟦 Check out the show in-person during open hours 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆-𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟮-𝟴𝗽𝗺. Admission is free. 🟦

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Welcome back Tritons!!

Say 👋 to members tabling at today until 1pm for Celebrate the Arts. MAC President shows off the brand new catalog for our upcoming “Helen and Newton Harrison: California Work” exhibition opening soon. ✨

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🟦 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆!! 🟦

🎉 Look forward to seeing you 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬 (September 28th) for the opening of 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 from 2-6pm. The event features a tour at 3pm by curator Tatiana Sizonenko (UC San Diego, PhD '13). Light refreshments provided. 🎉

Organized as part of Getty Foundation’s PST ART: Art and Science Collide, 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 is a retrospective exhibition about the work of husband-and-wife team of Helen Mayer and Newton Harrison, who were among the earliest and most notable ecological artists and founding members of the Visual Arts Department at UC San Diego.

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📸 Helen and Newton Harrison, The Second Lagoon, The Crab Farm, 1972. Courtesy of the Harrison Family Trust.

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🟣 LaJuné McMillian: The Portal’s Keeper 🟣

July 1-September 26, 2024

Looping Daily: 7am-10pm

𝙇𝙖𝙅𝙪𝙣é 𝙈𝙘𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙡'𝙨 𝙆𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧 is a new site-specific commission for the exterior video façade of the Mandeville Art Gallery. Building on the artist's interest in stewarding spaces for liberated Black realities and the Black imagination, McMillian conducted a movement and meditation workshop with UC San Diego students using extended reality and physical computing to translate participants' movement data into visuals for this new artwork.

📷 "LaJuné McMillian: The Portal's Keeper" Installation Views, Mandeville Art Gallery, July 1-September 26, 2024 (Photos by )

The touring exhibition "Lauren Lee McCarthy: Bodily Autonomy" is now open in San Francisco at Gray Area. Check it out before the show closes on September 22nd.

➡️ 𝙊𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙧 ➡️

🟩 NOW OPEN 🟩

𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙚 𝙈𝙘𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙮: 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 is now on view until September 22nd in San Francisco. Check our slideshow for documentation of largest solo exhibition in the United States, all from this past weekend's busy Gray Area Festival.

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🧪 Originating from the Mandeville Art Gallery in Spring 2024, 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙚 𝙈𝙘𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙮: 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 brings together two major works by the artist - 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 and 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘢 - to encourage a potent and timely dialogue regarding bodily autonomy in times of rapid technological development and increased corporate and government surveillance. For the past fifteen years, McCarthy has worked in performance, video, installation, software, artificial intelligence, and other media to address how an algorithmically determined world impacts human relationships and social life.

📢 The Mandeville Art Gallery is hiring undergraduate students!

📌 We are looking for students who are passionate about people, contemporary art, and education to join our team part-time as a 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲. This is an excellent opportunity for students interested in careers in arts administration, arts education, and museum leadership.

📌 We are looking for students who are creative, collaborative, and professional to join our team part-time as an 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿. Gain
hands-on experience in exhibition installation, maintenance and deinstallation under the supervision of a preparator.

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➡️ 𝙊𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙧 ➡️

🟩 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙚 𝙈𝙘𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙮: 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 opens at on Thursday September 12th as part of the Gray Area Festival, and will remain open until September 22nd. San Francisco, this is your chance to experience largest solo exhibition in the United States to date. 🟩

🧪 Thursday Sept 12th 7pm-10pm "Saliva Bar" (Opening Performance)
🧪 Sunday Sept 15th 7pm "Surrogate" (Closing Performance)

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Originating from the Mandeville Art Gallery in Spring 2024, 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙚 𝙈𝙘𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙮: 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 brings together two major works by the artist - 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 and 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘢 - to encourage a potent and timely dialogue regarding bodily autonomy in times of rapid technological development and increased corporate and government surveillance. For the past fifteen years, McCarthy has worked in performance, video, installation, software, artificial intelligence, and other media to address how an algorithmically determined world impacts human relationships and social life.