Presidio
San Francisco, California 94123

A tribal art show featuring a sale and exhibition of art, sculpture, textile and jewelry will be held Oct. 10, 11, and 12 in San Francisco’s historic Presidio in the International Exhibition Hall, 385 Moraga Ave.

The sale and exhibition opens Friday Oct. 10 with a Gala Preview benefiting the De Young Museum. Tickets to the Gala Preview are $50 and include wine and ethnic hors d'oeuvres, music, and advance opportunity to view the 14 tribal art dealers and their displays of tribal art objects and textiles and free re-entry to the show on Saturday and Sunday.

The Gala Preview will be open from 6 to10 p.m. Oct. 10. Tickets will be sold at the door only.

The exhibit is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12. The entrance fee for Saturday and Sunday is $10. On Saturday, Oct. 11 at 10 a.m., Cathryn Cootner, emeritus Curator of Textiles at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, will do a tour of the show and provide insights into the quality and history of some of objects and textiles in the sale and exhibition.

Produced by San Francisco Tribal, an association of some of the world’s most knowledgeable dealers, the show will introduce visitors to an extraordinary selection of African masks and figures, Oceanic ceremonial and ritual objects, Pre-Columbian ceramic sculptures and vessels, Tribal Asian textiles and costumes, Native American art and artifacts, and shields, hats, ivories, featherwork, and jewelry from diverse cultures all over the world.

SF Tribal members exhibiting include: Michael Auliso, Robert Brundage, B.C. Dentan, Dave DeRoche, Erik Farrow, Zena Kruzick, Wenhua Liu, Joe Loux, Andres Moraga, Thomas Murray, David F. Rosenthal, Vicki Shiba, Frank Wiggers, and James Willis.

Official Website: http://www.sftribal.com

Added by luciagia on October 9, 2008