YBCA:ConVerge: Communal Art, Food & Drink Table | SoMa

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Cancelled – YBCA:ConVerge Monthly Art Gathering | SoMa

Please Note: The specific ConVerge series is no longer taking place at the YBCA, but we encourage you to still come out to the Yerba Buena district every 3rd Thursday for special events at YBCA and neighboring museums.

The YBCA:ConVerge series is a free monthly public gathering featuring creative and generative social art practices.

Community and innovative multi- and inter-disciplinary arts practices come together in the YBCA’s Grand Lobby and Room for Big Ideas with art, live music and curated performances in an interactive, experimental format. Cocktails are available for purchase.

Thursday, December 17, 2015
Cancelled – YBCA:ConVerge Monthly Art Gathering | SoMa

In December, join YBCA for a winter celebration with local anthropologist Cari Borja. All evening long, Borja invites us to gather around a communal table featuring bites, beverages, and entertainment by some of the Bay Areas most acclaimed creative makers, including: James Beard winning writer Laura Werlin; executive chef of RN74, Michael Mina, and Middle’terranea Adam Sobel; sommelier and partner of Sandhi Wines and Domaine de la Côte Rajat Parr; Hannah Hoffman of Doughnut Dolly; Redbay Coffee’s Keba Konte; wine director and owner of A16 Shelley Lindgren; and a special Butoh dance performance by Deborah Butler.

Schedule

• 5 pm: Communal Table Opens, Plus Film Screening, Grand Lobby
  Cari Borja presents a visual collage on the art of gathering along with an experimental sound installation in collaboration with multimedia artist Christopher Willets.
• 5:30 pm: Guided tour of Radical Presence, Downstairs Galleries
  Gallery Guide Rhonda Pagnozzi will lead a 30-minute tour of Office Space and Work in Progress: Investigations South of Market. Meet at the exhibition entrance.
• 6:45 pm: Butoh Performance, Grand Lobby
  Contemporary Butoh artist Deborah Butler will summon the figure of Cailleach, the Gaelic deity of winter, through a roaming butoh dance in celebration of the winter Solstice.

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.