'Dollhouse,' Bay Area Juried Show Opening Reception December 4, 2010

Opening Sat, Dec 4, 7 to 10pm; Show runs December 4th - January 15th by appointment

FEATURED 32 BAY AREA ARTISTS: Richard Bolingbroke, Jan Brugger, Elizabeth Cayne, Taylor Crawley, Miles Epstein, Kat Flyn, Felicia Forte, Paul Gibson, Kevin Grady, Audrey Heller, Liesa Lietzke, Erin Malone, Stephani Martinez, Kristine Mays, Jessica McCoy, Kaitlin McSweeney, Beth Mullins, Camilla Newhagen, Danielle O'Malley, Celena Peet, Archil Pichkhadze, Lucky Rapp, Anne Ross, Maja Ruznic, Tracy Sengillo, Kirsten Stolle, Yuriko Takata, Rusty Tea, Stephen C. Wagner, Linda Wallgren, Sharon Wickham, & Greg Wilson.

Dolls are substitutes for humans, and are used in both childhood and adult play. A plastic doll, robot, sock monkey, paper doll, rag doll, nutcracker, marionette, soldier, voodoo effigy and blowup sex toy, they are all repositories of our fears, fantasies, and desires. We love them, we fear them; we cherish them, we tear them apart; we talk to them, they talk to us. We imbue them with our imaginary life and in return they transport us into their worlds. For the Holidays, Arc Gallery will be figuratively transformed into a giant dollhouse for one-of-a-kind dolls.
JUROR: Jack Fischer, owner of Jack Fischer Gallery at 49 Geary in San Francisco. "There is nothing cute or sweet about a doll after an artist has their way with it."

ON-LINE GALLERY: View the "DOLLHOUSE" on-line gallery with additional artists: Liz Mamorsky, Carrie Nardello, Alex Nichols, Marina Povalishina, Julianne Sterling, Deborah Mills Thackrey, & Tanya Wilkinson.

EXHIBITION DATES: December 4th - January 15th by appointment

EXHIBITION EVENTS:
Sat. Dec. 11th 11AM-3PM - Paper Doll Making Workshop
Sat. Jan. 8th 1PM-3PM - Artists Talk
Sat. Jan. 15th 11AM-3PM - Closing Reception

Official Website: http://www.arc-sf.com/