Dig and Rise Artist Events

We?d love to see you at upcoming events with 2022-2023 Kala Fellowship and Media Arts Fellowship Artists in connection with the Dig and Rise exhibition. Dig and Rise celebrates diverse voices and research, with a focus on resilience and hope that each artist in the exhibition carries and amplifies through their projects.

Artist Talk with Sass Popoli & Sungjae Lee
Zoom/ Virtual Artist Talk + Q&A
Date and Time: Saturday, September 9, noon-1pm
Artists: Sass Popoli and Sungjae Lee

Join us online for an artist talk and insightful conversation featuring fellowship artists Sass Popoli and Sungjae Lee where they?ll share their creative practice.

Sungjae Lee is a Seoul-born, Chicago-based artist who works in performance, installation, text, and video. Throughout his time in the US, his practice has centered on the need for visibility and representation of queer Asians in a Western context.

Sass Popoli is a multidisciplinary artist living in the UK and Iran. Sass' creative practice positions around world building with others. Exploring the field between nonfiction and fiction, their work investigates themes of displacement and belonging.

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Artist Talk + Performance with Rosa Park & Nasim Moghadam
Artist Talk + Q&A + Performance by Rosa Park
Date and Time: Saturday, September 16, 2-3:30pm
Artists: Rosa Park and Nasim Moghadam

Join us for an artist talk with Rosa Park and Nasim Moghadam as they offer perspective and discussion about their artwork presented in Dig and Rise. Rosa Park will be doing a live performance in conjunction with her work A Body I Touched: New Sonic Look on the Graveyards.

Rosa Park is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator based in SF. Her fellowship work is a hybrid multimedia installation that combines the soundscape of traditional gravesites with moving images, photography, aural sculpture, and live performance.

Nasim Moghadam is an Iranian born art educator and a multidisciplinary visual artist. Her installations focus on discrimination and hyphenated identity, and the constraints on women, their bodies, and their voices.

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McKnight Fellows at Kala

We loved hosting three McKnight Fellows from Minnesota this year - Ka Oskar Ly,  Richard Wiebe, and Josh Winkler. Kala is one of the partner sites participating in the McKnight Artist Residencies through the Artist Communities Alliance. Richard, Josh, and Ka all came to Kala at different times, joining a talented group of artist-in-residence already hard at work in Kala's print shop, digital lab, and darkroom. We loved learning about their diverse art practices.

Ka is a multidisciplinary Hmong artist and cultural producer whose work explores meaning and manifestation with an understanding that culture is dynamic where "art" and "queer" reflect ways of existing and imagination. Richard's moviemaking is influenced by interests in DIY methods of production, deep listening, history, memory, and the fragility of life. Josh works primarily with printmaking processes and his creative practice centers around personal experience in the landscape, historical research, and the magic and mystery of the natural world.

We continue to be incredibly grateful for the opportunity to participate in this program as we look forward to hosting four new artists later this year and into 2024!

Register for Fall Teen Studio Programs

Teen Studio programs are open for registration and starting soon!

Teen Studio, 6th-12th grades, classes allow teens to explore a variety of visual art media, experiment with techniques and materials, and dive deep into the creative process.

Teen Studio: Drawing For Teens

Tuesdays, Sept 12-Nov 14,
4-5:30pm
(10 sessions)
Instructor: Ali Vaughan
Location: Kala Gallery & Classroom

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Teen Studio: After School

Wednesdays, Sept 13-Dec 6, 4-6:30pm
(12 sessions)
Instructor: Yael Levy
Location: Kala Gallery & Classroom

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Acrylic Painting: Building Layers of Color

Saturdays, Sept 16 - Oct 14, 12:30-3pm
Instructor: Krista Wright
Location: Kala Community Classroom & Gallery

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10% Multi-child / Multi-session Discount / Payment Plan

Want your child to experience our after-school programs before registering? Teen Studio Trial Days available on a space-available basis. If you sign up for a class, Kala will prorate the total tuition for the remaining time in our school year!

Adult Class Highlights

Mixed Media Dry Point Etching

Saturdays, Sept 16-23, 10am-1pm
Instructor: Kelsey Jones
Location: Kala Printmaking Studio

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Revamp Your Wardrobe: Upcycling & Dyeing Fabrics

Saturdays, Sept 16 & 23, 10am-1pm
Instructor: Njeri Akosua
Location: Kala Community Classroom

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Screenprinting as Painting I

Sundays, Sept 17 - Oct 15, 10am-1pm
Instructor: Leonard Reidelbach
Location: Kala Printmaking Studio

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Batik on Fabric

Saturday, Sept 30, 10am-1pm
Instructor: Vyjayanthi (YJ) Malladi
Location: Kala Community Classroom

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More News... In Brief
With a goal to raise $80,000 in just under six weeks, we have raised $22,000 to date and have $58,000 to go before Sept 30th! Please donate today to support Kala's mission to invest in artists and creative exchange. Thank you!

Join us for the launch party for Dia Bondi's first book Ask Like an Auctioneer, October 27th, 6pm. Profits benefit Kala Art Institute. Get your tickets now!

Julia Goodman, a Kala-affiliated artist, has work in Vessel an exhibit at Euqinom Gallery, on view through October 28th.