For the very first time, NIAD will join Creativity Explored and Creative Growth as exhibitors at the upcoming FOG Design+Art Fair, January 18th to 21st at Fort Mason!

We’ll be bringing stellar work by NIAD artists Karen May, Julio Del Rio, Arstanda Billy White, and Alice Sampson with us to the booth, along with some stylishly comfy seating courtesy of our friends at the Eames Institute. (Art Fair Fatigue is real!)

Come through on Sunday afternoon at 3pm and you can sit in on a panel discussion featuring NIAD’s Executive Director Amanda Eicher alongside Creativity Explored artist JayD Green, designer Erica Tanov, and artist Chelsea Wong, moderated by Natasha Boas.

In celebration of the fair’s 10th anniversary, FOG Fair is presenting FOG FOCUS, a curated presentation of exhibitions by emerging and underrepresented artists, alongside artist activations and exhibitions.

NIAD faves like CULT, Johansson Projects, Et Al Gallery and Jonathan Carver Moore will be a part of the FOCUS.

We’d love to see you there!

🎟️ Get your tickets here! www.fogfair.com/tickets

Celebrating today’s most significant creatives and leading contributors to the worlds of design and visual arts, the fair assembles 45 leading international galleries; prominent 20th-century and contemporary design dealers; and a weekend of exciting programs.

FOG has become a focal point for the design and arts communities on the West Coast and further afield. The fair is synonymous with a uniquely pioneering spirit due to its bold hybrid approach and intimate presentation of art and design, dynamic programming on-site and its community-led mission to champion art and design in its historic Fort Mason setting. Building on FOG’s longstanding commitment to cultural institutions, the fair’s Preview Gala is honored to continue its crucial support of SFMOMA’s exhibitions and education programs. FOG represents a key moment in which the local and global community congregate to engage in critical dialogue, artistic exchanges, and a shared passion for creative pursuits.

FOG Design+Art Fair Features

PIER 2:

Artist-in-Residence: José Figueroa

In celebration of its inaugural year, FOG FOCUS is pleased to launch an artist-in-residence program. Oakland-based artist/educator José Figueroa will present his work in Pier 2, and will also move throughout the entirety of the fair, sketching visitors and the various goings on throughout the week. Documentation of his sketching on site at the fair will be presented alongside his work. Each artist-in-residence receives a stipend as well as support to create and install their work at the fair.

BOG – Books or Goods

This pop-up bookstore presents new releases from 25 local artist-run presses. Publishers include Sming Sming Books, Land and Sea, Floss Editions, La Chancleta Voladora, Most Ancient, Current Editions, B.B. Press, Rite Editions, Demerrit Pauwels, Absolute Quiet Room, TBW Books, Tiny Splendor, More Human Editions, Night Diver Press, But Whole Press, Irrelevant Press, Basement, Visible Publications, Amaya Productions, Eggy Press, Colpa Press and more!

Creative Growth Art Center, Creativity Explored, and NIAD

Creative Growth Art Center, Creativity Explored, and NIAD are pleased to co-present a selection of contemporary art by Bay Area artists with disabilities. This presentation runs in advance of an historic partnership with SFMOMA, highlighting a significant acquisition of works created at these three visionary nonprofits.

Feltz Bagels by Lucy Sparrow

Lucy Sparrow will present Feltz Bagels, a fully immersive Bagel Bakery where visitors can buy their favorite lunch order handmade in felt and served personally by Sparrow herself. Feltz Bagels will offer thirteen varieties of bagel – each hand-sewn and available filled or plain with a sewn selection of New York staples; choose from a poppyseed bagel with a schmear, a colorful rainbow salt-beef bagel or the everything bagel filled with pastrami and pickles.

Gray Box Installation – Pierre Huyghe

FOG FOCUS will feature a gray box installation of Pierre Huyghe’s, Untitled (Human Mask), 2014 generously on loan from The Kramlich Art Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to advancing the field of media art. The work introduces viewers to the empty streets outside of Fukushima, Japan following the 9.0 magnitude earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear meltdown of 2011.

Postscript Café

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