Art Practical Explained
Art Practical is an online arts magazine based in San Francisco producing arts criticism, essays, quarterly issues, and programming related to contemporary art and visual culture in the Bay Area and beyond.
History
The magazine was established in 2009 by Patricia Maloney,[1] [2] who served as director and editor-in-chief until 2015. In 2013, the publication acquired and incorporated the events website Happenstand[3] and the arts publication Daily Serving,[4] which maintained its independent site with Maloney as director. Beginning in 2015, the California College of the Arts became the publisher of Art Practical and Daily Serving with Maloney transitioning to executive director and with Kara Q. Smith and Bean Gilsdorf, respectively, as editors-in-chief.[5] [6] In March 2015, Maloney resigned and took the position of executive director of Southern Exposure.[7] Michele Carlson was named as the new executive director in May 2016.[8] [9]
Publication
The magazine has produced over 1,000 reviews,[10] hundreds of columns,[11] and more than a dozen thematic issues organized by staff and guest editors.[12] The publication also hosts a user-submitted events calendar for arts and cultural events in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Programming
The magazine has organized programming and partnered with numerous organizations including The Lab,[13] San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,[14] Ratio 3,[15] and the Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium.[16]
The publication was awarded a residency in 2011 in Kansas City via the Charlotte Street Foundation and Spencer Museum of Art[17] and a residency in 2012 in Miami via Cannonball (formerly Legal Art Miami).[18]
From 2013-2016, the magazine co-sponsored an artist residency with the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The recipients of the three residencies were Chris Vargas (2013), Nomi Talisman and Dee Hilbert-Jones (2014), and Jerome Reyes (2016).[19]
Notes and References
- Web site: Maloney . Patricia . On Art Practical . Temporary Art Review . 15 November 2016 . 25 July 2012.
- Web site: del Pesco . Joseph . Interview with Art Practical . SFMOMA's Open Space . 15 November 2016 . 21 February 2010.
- Web site: Happenstand Archive . 15 November 2016.
- Web site: Preview: Art Practical Year Five . Art Practical . 15 November 2016 . 13 June 2013.
- Web site: Bliss . Chris . California College of the Arts to Publish Art Practical and Daily Serving . California College of the Arts . 15 November 2016 . 12 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161116102343/https://www.cca.edu/news/2015/02/12/california-college-arts-publish-art-practical-and-daily-serving . 16 November 2016 . dead .
- Web site: Kirsch . Corinna . Art Blogs Daily Serving and Art Practical Find a Permanent Home at California College of the Arts . Art F City . 15 November 2016 . 23 February 2015.
- Web site: Burke . Sarah . Art Practical Founder Patricia Maloney Leaves to Lead Southern Exposure . East Bay Express . 15 November 2016 . 25 February 2016.
- Web site: DSAP Welcomes New Executive Director Michele Carlson . Art Practical . 15 November 2016 . 16 May 2016.
- Web site: Michele Carlson . California College of the Arts . 15 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161116103038/https://www.cca.edu/academics/faculty/mcarlson . 16 November 2016 . dead .
- Web site: Reviews Archive . Art Practical . 15 November 2016.
- Web site: Columns Archive . Art Practical . 15 November 2016.
- Web site: Issues Archive . Art Practical . 15 November 2016.
- Web site: Critical Sources at the Lab, Part I . Art Practical . 15 November 2016 . 13 January 2011.
- Web site: Stein . Suzanne . Open Space Thursdays: Shop Talk . SFMOMA's Open Space . 15 November 2016 . 7 March 2011.
- Web site: Santo . Dorothy . Art, Tech, and Gentrification in San Francisco . Hyperallergic . 15 November 2016 . 19 December 2013.
- Web site: ACAW San Francisco 2012 . e-flux . 15 November 2016 . 30 April 2012.
- Web site: Winner announced for Rocket Grants Call for Experimental Critical Writing . Rocket Grants . 15 November 2016 . 7 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161116101744/https://rocketgrants.org/2011/11/07/winner-announced-for-rocket-grants-call-for-experimental-critical-writing/ . 16 November 2016 . dead .
- Web site: ART PRACTICAL: RESIDENCY PERIOD: AUGUST-OCTOBER 2012 . cannonball.org . 15 November 2016.
- Web site: 2016 YBCA Artist Residency . Art Practical . 15 November 2016.