Announcing the 2016–2017 season of the SOMArts Curatorial Residency The first exhibition in the 2016–2017 season of the SOMArts Curatorial Residency will open on Thursday, December 1. We could not be more excited to announce the three vital exhibitions that will grace SOMArts' Main Gallery with socially conscious and community-engaged performances, panel discussions and multidisciplinary exhibitions. Now more than ever, it is crucial that artists have the support they need to incubate the creative visions that bring people together and inspire change. It is in the spirit of radical experimentation and true collaboration between artists and organizations that SOMArts founded the Curatorial Residency program 7 years ago. Please join us in celebrating these leading-edge artists and curators! The 2016–2017 SOMArts Curatorial Residency recipients are (drum roll please): James Fleming and Kelly Lovemonster, Touch On: Aesthetics in the Art, Politics and Ontology of Touch Exhibition: December 1, 2016–January 12, 2017 Opening Reception: Thursday, December 1, 6–9pm Figure, Form Frame — Artist & Curator Visual Dialogue: Thursday, December 15, 6–8pm Closing Reception & Film Screenings: Thursday, January 12, 6–9pm Maxine Holloway, Rob Fatal, and Javier Luis Hurtado, We're Still Working: The Art of Sex Work Exhibition: January 26–Saturday, February 25, 2017 Opening Reception: Thursday, January 26, 6–9pm Sex Worker Symposium & Panel: Saturday, February 4, 12–4pm 'You Dress Like a Whore' Fashion Show: Friday, February 17, 6–9pm The New Urban Naturalists, FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAGIC WORD MOTHER TONGUE Exhibition: March 9–April 8, 2017 Opening Reception: Thursday, March 9, 6–9pm Artist Talk & Performance: Saturday, March 18, 12–3pm Closing Reception: Thursday, April 6 , 6–9pm Learn more about the vision behind these groundbreaking exhibitions

Upcoming at SOMArts... Craig Calderwood, “Beast of Burden,” image courtesy of the artist. Touch On: Aesthetics in the Art, Politics and Ontology of Touch Exhibition on view December 1, 2016–January 12, 2017 Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Friday 12–7pm, Saturday 12–5pm Curated by James Fleming and Kelly Lovemonster, fourteen multidisciplinary artists present deep inquiries into the multifaceted nature of touch through painting, sculpture, photography, performance and video. Touch On Opening Reception Thursday, December 1, 6:00–9:00pm On Thursday, December 1, Touch On will open with a free public reception featuring  performances by acclaimed international performance artist boychild and the Bay Area’s emotionally visceral and visually fascinating Dia Dear. Both artists will compose performances that will culminate in their own visual ephemera. Learn more here!  Yves Saint Croissant hosts The News: Futurism and the Avant-Garde Tuesday, December 6, 7:00–9:00pm Step into a psychedelic world exploring the sights and sounds of futurism and the avant-garde, including performances by Lady Fair Cigarettes, Persia, Skin, Derrierykah Badu, Pseuda, and host Yves Saint Croissant! RSVP to guarantee your seat! Keep in touch with SOMArts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! #SOMArts #TouchOn From top to bottom: Sasha Petrenko, Lessons from the Forest, Digital video still, 2015; Lyric Seal & Nikki Silver, Mother's Milk, Film Still, 2015; Joseph Tagliatela, Ode To Sex Worker, Monoprint, 2015; Ramekon O'arwisters, In the folds there lives our tales, Photo by Robbie Sweeny, 2015. Visit Us! 934 Brannan St. (between 8th &9th) San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 863-1414 info@somarts.org Copyright © 2016 SOMArts Cultural Center, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have engaged with SOMArts Cultural Center in the past or subscribed to our eGroup. Thank you for being part of our community. Our mailing address is: SOMArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan St San Francisco, California 94103