Burning Man Co-Founder’s Art, Circus Acts & Live Music | de Young

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Friday Nights at the de Young | Fall 2018

One of San Francisco’s most celebrated after-hours museum events returns for a fall season of 2018.

These nine Friday Nights feature free admission to the main-level galleries highlighted by a reinterpretation of contemporary art in their permanent collection and new acquisitions called Specters of Disruption. In addition, Friday Nights will offer reduced-price tickets of $14 to the exhibition Contemporary Muslim Fashions from 6–8:30 pm.

Through social-media moments and in-person dialogue, visitors can engage and commune with the art and with one another in a warm and welcoming setting. Enjoy specialty drinks and mocktails, coffees, teas, and snacks. Bring your friends. Strike a pose at the selfie wall. Listen to music. Make art. Activities take place from 6–8:30 pm.

Friday, October 17, 2014
Friday Nights at the de Young | Fall 2018

What Tethers Us? is a visual and performative love letter to the late Monica Maduro, former trustee of the Fine Arts Museums, that celebrates creativity and the artist community of San Francisco.

This show is organized by Deidre DeFranceaux, a longtime friend of Maduro, in honor of the one year anniversary of Maduro’s passing. DeFranceaux has assembled an exciting selection of work from 18 local artists, both known and up-and-coming, across all media: painting, sculpture, video installation, film, fashion, photography, music, and performance.

The evening will also feature live performances by the Vau de Vire Society, the Extra Action Marching Band, and Sanaz Gangei; with music by DJ Justin Credible.

Mixed-Media Art-Making Stations and Art Bar

Buchanan Court

6:00 pm

Every week, Friday Night at the de Young offers art making to encourage everyone, of all ages, to tap into their creativity.

“Mother Maguey: The Gift of Life” by Artist-in-Residence Viviana Paredes

Kimball Education Gallery

6:00 pm

An artist interested in the intersections of culture and environmental issues, Viviana Paredes is fascinated with the iconic maguey (agave), its mythology, and its many uses. Found throughout the Americas, the maguey has provided the staples of life necessary for human existence for thousands of years. People throughout the Americas use its many medicinal properties, granting the plant mythical powers in myths and stories told through the ages.

Music and Art Installations by Dana Albany, Rebecca Anders, Haideen Anderson, Tucker Eason, Michael Rauner, Justin Young, and DJ Justin Credible; Hosted by $teven Ra$pa

Wilsey Court

6:00 pm

Tonight’s event is hosted by $teven Ra$pa with a music set by DJ Justin Credible. The evening will feature the following art installations:

A Siren’s Flight by Dana Albany
In memory of Monica Maduro and Pepe Ozan, this bronze sculpture is lit by a candelabra that illuminates the countless souls that feel captured, and those who are set free.

Requiem for a Tree and Flying Free by Rebecca Anders

Art Installations by Karen Cusolito and Michael Sturtz

Front Entrance of Museum

6:00 pm

Tumble Leaf by Karen Cusolito
Karen Cusolito is an industrial artist who produces works on a large scale that explore concepts of nature and humanity. She presently has two sculptures on display at the Uptown Art Park and at the Gardens at Lake Merritt, both in Oakland. Cusolito is the founder of American Steel Studios, Oakland, and recipient of the 2013 Alameda County Arts Leadership Award. The artist also sits on the board of the West Oakland Commerce Association and on the advisory board for the Crucible.

Live Performances and Art Installations by Flash Hopkins, Kaytee Papusza, Paz de la Calzada, and Jules Sears

Barbro Osher Sculpture Garden

6:00 pm

A Walking Shadow, mixed-media sculpture by Flash Hopkins
Flash Hopkins, host of the Discovery Channel’s Doing Da Vinci, has worked in general construction and as a union bridge builder. He also has been an arachnologist and a botanist for the Federal Seed Bank. Flash is a co-founder of the Burning Man arts festival. In recent years, he has built large-scale public art installations throughout the United States and has been the artist-in-residence at the San Francisco Recycling Center.

Performance and Art Installation by Deidre DeFranceaux and Sanaz Gangei

Piazzoni Murals Room

6:00 pm

Deep Water, paintings by Deidre DeFranceaux
Deep Water is a series using depictions of water to represent psychological and emotional states. “When in deep water, become a diver.”

Film Screening: “The Grain Keepers”

Koret Auditorium

7:00 pm

This evening’s tribute to Monica Maduro includes an homage to her affinity for collecting salt and pepper shakers. To honor this passion, Will Allen and Kateri O’Neil have chosen to celebrate the granular vessels in all their glory. While these grain distributors are usually regarded as utilitarian, banal objects that merely serve a culinary purpose, Allen and O’Neil highlight their form over their function in a video that showcases their whimsical nature and loveable quirks.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.