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Hello and welcome to our online magazine and archive project dedicated to providing readers with a window inside the creative incubator of the Lucas Artists Residency Program at Montalvo Arts Center. Learn More >>
Hello and welcome to our online magazine and archive project dedicated to providing readers with a window inside the creative incubator of the Lucas Artists Residency Program at Montalvo Arts Center. Learn More >>
Montalvo's Lucas Artists Residency Program is proud to announce its latest jury selections for incoming Fellows.
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Curatorial essays. Video interviews with participating artists. Photos and write-ups about related programming.
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Former and current Lucas Artists Fellows routinely make headlines around the world. Read the latest they've been up to.
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Recent Articles
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This Week in My Studio: Novelist Alix Christie (May 14, 2019)
Studio 41 is for visual artists so that's what I, a writer, tried to keep in mind as I began assembling memories and ideas for a memoir I am just starting here at Montalvo. Pushpins and papers appeared on the great moveable walls. More helpfully, shapes began to float in my mind. Read More >> |
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Spotify Mixtape: April 2019
Spring cleaning came early this year and we were on a mission—a mission to get our artist residency archive in order. Boxes were gathered, piles were stacked high, excel sheets were filled to the brim with information, and past artists were rediscovered. So for this month's playlist we celebrate some of these long-lost Composer & Musician Fellows and guest artists from the earlier years of our residency. Read More >> |
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Fellows in the News: March 1, 2019
For this month's Fellows in the News, we feature: three of our LAP Fellows are scheduled to perform in the New York Philharmonic 2019-2020 Project 19 program, Sita Bhaumik was mentioned in a Vogue article, Ry Rocklen premiered his food-themed exhibition at Honor Fraser, Leah Rosenberg opened her colorful new exhibition at LegionSF, and Chris Fraser transformed the Royal NoneSuch Gallery into a camera obscura. Read More >> |
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Open Access: Surprise!
On February 25, Joie Lee, Simon Pettet and Zeinab Alhashemi engaged in a public conversation at our Open Access program about the element of surprise in the creative process. Take a listen to their conversations here. Read More >> |
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What Can Poets Do: An Exchange Between Poets Ariana Reines and Julian Talamantez Brolaski
Listening to poets talking amongst themselves is a rare pleasure. On their last day at the LAP, after a rainy winter, poets Julian Talamantez Brolaski and Ariana Reines sit down and consider the question: What can poets do? Read More >> |
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Fellows in the News: February 1, 2019
Since we missed our January Fellows in the News, we've compiled all of our great news stories into this month's post! So for this edition of Fellows in the news, we feature: a PBS opera premiere, a large-scale sequin sculpture, narrative-rich paintings in Oakland, a Chinese-Jewish musical performance, a San Francisco Public Library commission, an Art Basel write-up, and a composer of the year award! Read More >> |
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Fellows in the News: December 19, 2018
December has been such an astonishing month for our Lucas Artists Fellows and Guest Artists, we had to assemble a second Fellows in the News post! In this edition, we celebrate accolades garnered by Lucas Artists Fellows in music/composition, visual arts, and literary arts in the form of a major grant, a performance festival, coverage in the New York Times Style Magazine, and an article appearing in the New York Times Magazine. Read More >> |
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EXHIBITION
Bruce Munro at Montalvo: Stories in Light Featuring 10 light-based works ranging in scale from immersive to intimate, Bruce Munro at Montalvo: Stories in Light is an ambitious outdoor exhibition that has transformed Montalvo’s historic Villa and its extensive public areas into a spectacle of light. The exhibition includes existing and new works conceived and developed by Munro while in residence at the Lucas Artists Program. Read More >> |
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Bruce Munro in Conversation with LAP Director Kelly Sicat
Bruce Munro discusses his artistic practice and the development of his latest exhibition Stories in Light with Kelly Sicat, Director of the Lucas Artists Program. The conversation explores the artist's ongoing creative process as he envisions works of art and site-based installations that bring people together in a shared experience. Read More >> |
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Fellows in the News: December 1, 2018
For this edition of Fellows in the News, we feature: Henry Threadgill is lauded by The New York Times for having released one of the best jazz albums of the year, Cal Peternell's latest cookbook is Bon Appetit's November 2018 Cookbook Club pick, María Magdalena Campos-Pons hosts a sociopolitical art lecture series at Frist Museum, Sandow Birk has an historical architectural drawing solo exhibition at Catherine Clark Galley, Stephanie Syjuco's a large-scale banner is installed at the Cantor Arts Center, Daniel Canogar's flexible digital sculptures are showcased in a solo exhibition, and Carl Pope Jr. was interviewed about his return to the art world by Hyperallergic. Read More >> |
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Spotify Mixtape: December 2018
By Emily Borchers Last year we focused on jazz music as our seasonal music of choice, but this year we are broadening our horizons. This year we've included music from our choral, orchestral, and classical music composer fellows that aims to exude a wintery calmness (something not often found during this month!). Read More >> |
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Star Car: A Collaborative Montalvo Arts Center Project
By Zeyn Joukhadar, Lucas Artists Literary Arts Fellow On the evening of September 29, 2018, Lucas Artists Visual Arts Fellow Matteo Rubbi and I painted a projection of the night sky on Montalvo's Nissan Altima using professional grade glow-in-the-dark paint. We projected a live view of the night sky onto the car using the Stellarium program and the LAP’s video projector, and then painted each star and planet by hand. Read More >> |
