Gatherings with David Wilson and more

MATRIX 233
David Wilson
Gatherings
July 7-August 22

Oakland-based artist David Wilson has been making unsanctioned installations in Bay Area groves and woods, as well as related gatherings incorporating art, music, film, and performance. For a special crossover project between the museum’s MATRIX and L@TE programs, he will be in residence during July and August, occupying Gallery B with his site-specific installations, and programming a series of Friday-night performances in harmony with his interventions. Throughout these months, Wilson will be building temporary architectures, setting up a drawing studio full of artifacts and specimens, and making unique visual gestures to highlight performances and participatory activities, recording them all in an ephemeral publication whose parts can be assembled over time, through each event.

L@TE: Friday Nights @ BAM/PFA with David Wilson
Follow artist David Wilson’s progress on site-specific installations in Gallery B while becoming immersed in a series of four evenings programmed in conjunction with his work. Ambient performances open each night at 6 p.m.; main performances begin at 7:30 p.m.; galleries will remain open until 9 p.m. Designated bay area neighborhoods receive free admission! See http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/visit/zipcode to find out if your neighborhood's included.

Scheduled L@TE Events:
July 9: SUN Ceremony
July 23: Grouper Presents SLEEP
July 30: Gamelan Sekar Jaya
August 13: Jamie Stewart; Max Goldberg
Please see our website for more about L@TE!

Join David Wilson in the art studio!
http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/events/education
Gatherings with David Wilson
Youth ages 9-12 (exceptions considered)
Monday-Friday, 1-4 p.m.
Three one-week sessions: July 26-30; August 2-6; August 9-13

MATRIX artist David Wilson wants a few young minds to join him during his summer-long museum residency as he develops his Gallery B installation, Gatherings. Become a collaborator with him, exploring the surrounding wilds of the UC Berkeley campus and Strawberry Canyon while looking for materials to gather and bring back to the museum. Rooting his teaching in the ideas and conversations that occur during these adventures, and in the creative exercises that occur back at the museum, Wilson hopes to learn as much as teach. The class will focus on finding new ways to build with natural materials by adding to the installation-in-progress, experiments in light projection, drawing from life, making books and field recordings, and pursuing wonder.
$200 per week; $180 for BAM/PFA members, UCB students and staff

Environmental Drawing with Marci Washington
Adults 18 and up
Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Four weeks: July 24-August 14

This class investigates drawing as a way of understanding and interpreting the world around you. Drawing from the natural world and from personal objects of your choice, participants will consider the special nature of the transformation between seeing and depicting. Take advantage of the UC Berkeley campus environment while working with a professional Bay Area artist to create large-scale drawings at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. (Butcher paper will be provided. Please bring any non-oil-based drawing materials that you prefer. No paint, please.)
$160; $135 BAM/PFA members, UCB students and staff

Register online at artstudio.berkeley.edu or by phone at (510) 642-6161. Register now; classes fill quickly and registration closes 1 week before each program starts!