Artists include: Ann Bernauer, Celeste Parcell, Bill Russell, Dotti Day, Carol Bigot, Barbara Morris, Wendy Bryant, JoAnn Brand, Joan Uren, Nina Stewart and guest artists: Ellen Valentine, Allison Sofnas, Heather Martin and Pam Handleman.

Mark Drive Studios – 11 Mark Drive, San Rafael, CA is conveniently located in San Rafael off Smith Ranch exit at Highway 101

www.markdrivestudios.com

Shirin Neshat’s film Women Without Men will be screened at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art [June 15], the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego [June 18], and the Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Turin [Sept. 25].

I was browsing the NY Times today and stumbled across what’s on exhibit currently in Venice, Italy. The Japanese Gutai Group impressed me–this is a group of avante-guard artists from the 1950′s who revolutionized art outside of traditonal sculpture. Shozo Shimamoto’s work at that time was about the body and experiencing the work–if you go the NY Times article you’ll see “Please Walk Here” as an example of his work.

The Gutai group (also spelled Gutaï or Gutaj, but in every case pronounced to rhyme with “to tie”) was an artistic movement and association of artists founded (according to most sources) by Jiro Yoshihara in Japan in 1954. According to the official website of Shozo Shimamoto, Shimamoto and Yoshihara founded Gutai together in 1954, and it was Shimamoto who suggested the name Gutai, which means (again, according to this source) “concrete”.

Artist Resources:

• Marin Arts Council
• Art Grants
• Art Entries
• A to Z Art Grants
• California Arts Council