Past Events
Barber's Haircut Left, Seth Lower
Mirror
New Work by Seth Lower
August 6- September 3, 2010
Premonitions and Coincidences: A Book Exchange and Tarot Card Reading
Friday, August 20, 7-10pm
Join us for a book exchange! Swap your dog-eared or untouched books for all new titles, and discover the overlaps and coincidences that may occur in the process. After exchanging, have your tarot cards read by Cyndera Quackenbush.
Alula Editions with Jason Jägel
July 10-30, 2010
During their one-month occupation of the Royal NoneSuch gallery Alula Editions will turn the gallery into a workshop for their inaugural production. The first edition, which uses work by artist Jason Jägel, investigates the repeating pattern for its link to the electromagnetic fascia of life as found in brotherhood, family, and other social relationships. Visitors to the gallery will witness the production process as it unfolds over the month. There will also be an opportunity for public participation in the form of workshops designed to give visitors a hands-on introduction to the ideas present in the edition.
Alula Editions Events:
BBQ and Hands On Workshop:
Saturday, July 17, 2010, 12-3pm
Make your own patterns while you enjoy some refreshments and BBQ! You'll have a chance to make drawings that will be combined with Jägel's to create a wall piece that will grow over the course of the exhibition. Or you can take a crash course in how to make your own repeat pattern using tessellating shapes and walk away with a custom textile.
Closing Reception:
Saturday, July 24, 2010, 12-3pm
Come by and celebrate the inaugural edition while you check out the progress made over the course of the exhibition!
Temescal Street Cinema
Thursdays - June 17-July 22, 2010
Royal NoneSuch Receptions:
7-8pm in the gallery before each screening
Film Screenings:
8pm on 49th @ Telegraph (side of the Bank of the West Building)
Royal NoneSuch Gallery curated a series of shorts to open each night of Temescal Street Cinema 2010.
RNG's program includes shorts by following artists:
Susan Chen
Lydia Greer
Geraldine Lozano
Steuart Pittman
Scott Vermeire
Doug Williams
Vanessa Woods
Learn more about Temescal Street Cinema here
I-Object
Artist Talk: Saturday, June 12, 2-4pm
An afternoon conversation with the artists and curator of the exhibition, I-Object.
Christmas Sparkle Magic and the End of All Things Serious vs. the Return of Ancient Night presents new sculpture and animation by Erica Gangsei
Afternoon Storytelling Hours
Sunday, May 16, 2:30-4pm
Tim Svenonius
Topics may include but are not limited to sacred beasts and dying gods.
Saturday, May 22, 2:30-4pm
Amanda Treyz
Tales of Maritime Lore
Saturday, May 29, 2:30-4pm
Haden Nicholl
Exploration of Russian myths and Sufic tales that have resurfaced in Western Folklore.
Bureaucracy Now!
Royal NoneSuch Gallery became a mobile unit in May 2010 when we facilitated an experience called Personal, Practical, Professional for the exhibition, Bureaucracy Now!, curated by Elysa Lozano for Autonomous Organization under the umbrella of Parlour Exhibitions.
Exhibition weekend: May 29-30, 2010
Opening reception: Saturday, May 29, 7-10pm
Bureaucracy Now!, Parlour No. 15, was the first Parlour exhibition to take place outside of New York City. The show was guest curated by Elysa Lozano for Autonomous Organization and hosted by artist Jon Meyer in his San Francisco live-work space. It featured the works of Amy Balkin, Anthony Discenza, Daniel Eatock, Josh Greene, Jonn Herschend, InCUBATE, Packard Jennings, Pil and Galia Kollectiv, Leo Marz, Jon Meyer, Kristin Neidlinger, Nancy Nowacek, and Royal NoneSuch Gallery.
21 Projects x 21 days x 21 Hours was a community based social experiment where 21 projects took place over the course of a 21 day period, and each project was one hour in length. Drawing on the talents, interests, and knowledge of the local community, 21 Projects was created with the intention of providing a platform for people to exchange resources, ideas, experiences, and fun in a dynamic yet approachable gallery environment. All projects took place in the Royal NoneSuch Gallery, which will be empty for the duration of the series, with the exception of two chalkboard squares on the wall for participant use.
21 Projects Calendar
1. Thursday, April 8, 7pm
Non-Object Objectification and Abstraction
(Or how not to have the thought)
with John K. Melvin
In his one hour lecture and slide presentation, John K. Melvin will explore, establish, and develop the possible application of a large scale temporary installation in the earth’s orbit.
2. Saturday, April 10, 11am
Saturday Morning Cartoon Ceremony
with Dan Graham
For one focused hour we will join Dan Graham for Saturday morning cartoon watching and cereal eating. The only rule is to discuss only the cereal, the bowls, the spoons, and the cartoon. This project is an experiment in combining the "be here now" mindset of tea ceremonies with the child hood nostalgic experience of watching cartoons and eating cereal. Pajamas encouraged!
3. Saturday, April 10, 6pm
Horsin' Around with Andy Volume 1: Lost Legends of Soul
with Andrew Rottner
Andrew Rottner will lead us through a history of southern soul music as it developed out of 1950's R&B and Gospel, complete with diagrams, handouts, drinks, and, of course, music. This lecture might turn into a party.
4. Sunday, April 11, 3:00pm
Urban Dating Seminar
with Beth Alice Cook
In this mini-seminar, Beth Alice Cook will discuss the necessity of dating, ways of increasing self-confidence, improving social skills, and ultimately, how to get and prepare for dates. Cook welcomes questions (and embarrassing dating mishaps) from the audience. And for those in need of help, she follows the seminar with one-on-one counseling sessions titled "Office Hours."
5. Tuesday, April 13, 7:30pm
Laughing In Your Face
with Ian Colon
Ian Colon will present a look at how perception of validity in art over the past 50 years has shifted primarily to the viewer and to the everyman’s experience.
6. Thursday, April 15, 7:30pm
Reconstructing Memories: Works by Péter Forgåcs
with Anastasia Pahules
Anastasia Pahules will present two short documentary/art films composed of found footage shot by families in Europe during World War II by Péter Forgåcs. Following the screening will be a discussion on the concept of public events in relation to private history and how these films compel viewers to reassess what they know about this historic event.
7. Friday, April 16, 7:30pm
We Tinker Ever in Soft Definitions
with Hail
Isobel Marcus, Jen Marie Hoff and Jackqueline Frost, formerly members of The Delicate Situation, make up the Oakland-based performance group, Hail. For 21 Projects, Hail will present, We Tinker Ever in Soft Definitions, which is designed to demonstrate the fluidity of discourse using audio, text and movement, while embracing a minimalism that concerns the body as instrument and the display of embodied thoughts.
8. Friday, April 16, 9pm
Endless Love and Free Beer
with August James O'Mahoney
For his project, August James O'Mahoney considered both Brancusi's Endless Column at the Targu Jiu art park in Romania as well as our current legal drinking age, 21. He will lead participants through a live sculptural project that involves simply beer drinking and can affixing, with the ultimate goal of creating a stack of 21 beer cans that stands as a monument to the evening.
9. Saturday, April 17, 7:30pm
No Home On the Range: Cowboy Ballads and Western Singalong
with Paul Oxborrow
Come sing along to traditional songs of the early American West while learning their history and even some of the original, often tragic, verses you weren't taught as a kid. Audience participation is strongly encouraged and lyrics will be provided, so feel free to bring your instrument of choice or just grab a beer and enjoy!
10. Sunday, April 18, 12noon
Make Your Own Urban Found Object Recycled Terrarium
with Aline Dargie
Aline Dargie will lead us through the process of making something beautiful and alive out of things that we might otherwise consider to be useless or ugly. Using found or recycled glass containers, we will transplant the sour grass, clovers, different varieties of grass from the side of the street around the gallery and create our own urban terrariums.
11. Sunday, April 18, 1:30pm
One Hour. One Block of Wood.
with Kevin P. Clarke
One Block of wood. One hour. with Kevin P. Clarke. Each participant will be given a block of wood to polish to a mirror finish. Each piece will be a magical unit of lignin and cellulose. We will sit, talk, and polish our wood. Please RSVP for this project so that we know how many blocks to supply.
12. Sunday, April 18, 3:00pm
Cameraless Filmmaking
with Vanessa Woods
Beginning with a screening a suite of experimental shorts and experimental animation, we will then make and project our own short hand-painted films!
13. Wednesday, April 21, 7:30pm
Found Family Albums
with Alison Bernet
Alison Bernet will lead us through a discussion of how the form of the photo album is used to craft a family narrative. Found albums from the 1940s to the 1970s will be available for examination and investigation.
14. Thursday, April 22, 7pm
The History of Women in Electronic Music
with Aaron Harbour
Aaron Harbour will lead us through an hour-long discussion of the history of women in electronic music and remind us of underrepresented artists that have contributed to the genre.
15. Thursday, April 22, 8:30pm
Chopped and Screwed by DJ Screw
with Jeff McMillan
Come for an hour of chopped and screwed mixes by the late DJ Screw with additional information about his life and music, presented by Jeff McMillan. "The Screw sound is when I mix tapes with songs that people can relax to. Slower tempos, to feel the music and so you can hear what the rapper is saying." – DJ Screw
16. Friday, April 23, 7:30pm
Interactive reading from J.M. Coetzee’s The Lives of Animals
with Sunaura Taylor
Join us for Sunaura Taylor's interactive reading of a lecture on animal rights given by Elizabeth Costello in J.M. Coetzee’s novel The Lives of Animals. Volunteers will be solicited for interaction with Sunaura during the reading through scripted interruptions.s
17. Friday, April 23, 9pm
Ghost Stories and S'mores
with Royal NoneSuch
Come and tell your true-life ghost story!!! Listen to tales of the supremely supernatural as we sit together with flashlights (please bring your own) and eat delicious s'mores.
18. Saturday, April 24, 5pm
Dee's Nuts, Sweet Tea, and Live Blue Grass
with Ben Venom
Enjoy the southern delicacy that is the boiled peanut, courtesy of local sensation, Dee’s Nuts, while sipping on homemade sweet tea and listening to live blue grass played by the very talented KT Express.
19. Saturday, April 24, 7:30pm
Live Recording
with Colleen Mulvey
Colleen Mulvey will lead participants in various folk dance lessons, which will be completed on top of wax papered vinyl records. Emphasizing the significance of a live event and the importance of passing on of information through word of mouth and tradition, the only recording of the event will be the footprints on the paper.
20. Sunday, April 25, 2pm
Framing Devices
with Ross Campbell
Through a short-term installation and event, Ross Campbell will address issues of spatial perception while exploring what defines cultural and social boundaries and notions of public and private spaces. Participants will be encouraged to make their own framing device while navigating a divided space.
21. Sunday, April 25, 3:30
How to Confuse an Arrow with Motion
with David Wolf
David Wolf will create a site-specific, drawing/sculpture/performance, which will include two people, three colors, and a found dresser.
Vernal Equinox
Celebrate spring with live music and a bbq!
March 20, 6-10pm
Saturday, March 20 is the vernal equinox- the point at which the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator from south to north, signaling the start of nature's renewal in the Northern Hemisphere. Help us say goodbye to winter with a spring bbq and music festival at the Royal NoneSuch Gallery. Acts include Coyote Girl, Dakota Slim, Eric McInnis, and Gibson. Refreshments include: lemonade, beer, hot dogs, homemade potato salad, and homemade brownies. We hope you can stop by!
Serial Life Crisis: A Cinematic Journey From One Traumatic Transition to Another
Series curated by Anastasia Pahules
Continuing with Kicking and Screaming
Saturday, March 27, 3-5pm
Our exploration of leaving one stage of life and beginning another began on an awkward note with the trials of puberty in Slums of Beverly Hills (Tamara Jenkins, 1998). This month we continue with the fears of leaving college in Kicking and Screaming (Noah Baumbach, 1995). Our series will end in April with fading stardom in Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950).
Be sure to bring a blanket or something else to perch on!
Literary Themed Cuisine
From Nicole Klosterman
Sunday, March 28, 7:30-9:30 pm
"Let's just try to have a marvelous time this weekend. I mean not try to analyze everything to death for once, if possible. Especially me. I love you."
- J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
Don't miss this night of audience participation theater, costumery, divine treats, installation, and sound, based on the text of 'Franny and Zooey' by J.D. Salinger.
Getting Rid of the Library
Closing event: Friday, March 5, 7-9pm
To mark the closing of Lending Library, Matthew Rana and collaborator Forrest Lewinger will present a lost library of sorts, filled with misguided notations, harmful information, and decrepit materials. Getting Rid of the Library creates a narrative slide show of titles from books that have been de-accessioned from the San Francisco Public Library system in the last year, along with reasons for their removal. Come out and celebrate the closing of Lending Library!
Gibson
Friday, February 12, 8pm
Come out for live music, good company, and drinks with artist Gibson Cuyler.
Velvet Light Trap: Storytelling at the Library with Lydia Greer
Thursday, February 18, 7:30pm
An evening of refreshments and a screening of films (some chosen and some made) by Lending Library artist, Lydia Greer.
Serial Life Crisis: A Cinematic Journey From One Traumatic Transition to Another
Series curated by Anastasia Pahules
Slums of Beverly Hills
Saturday, February 27, 3-5pm
Vanessa Woods, Still from Chambered Nautilus, 2009.
Trifecta: A three course gallery walk of food and culture
Sunday, February 28, 5-9pm
An amazing evening born out of a collaboration with our neighbor spaces, MacArthur b arthur and WE Artspace. Trifecta was a three tiered evening of art, music, and food. We began at WE Artspace with drinks and music by DJ Don't Tell Mom and then moved to MacArthur b arthur for a screening of three new films by Bay Area artist, Vanessa Woods. We concluded at Royal NoneSuch for a poetry reading by Bay Area poet, Robin Ekiss.
Sunday Craft Market and BBQ
Once a month on Sundays, 1-5 pm
Come on down for our Craft Market and BBQs! Enjoy delicious BBQ fresh from our porch, home roasted coffee from a coffee bike, and more refreshments... all while browsing amazing locally made wares!!
Make-your-own-movie-day!
Sunday, January 24, 10-6pm.
Screening 6-8pm.
Plan, shoot, edit, and screen your very own movie. Costumes, materials for set-building, and inspiration will be provided. Invite friends and family to the same day screening.
Literary Themed Cuisine
Thursday, January 28, 7-10 pm
A night of audience participation theater, costumery, divine treats, installation, and sound, based on “The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’ by T.S. Eliot.
Bookbinding Workshop with artist Andrew Rottner
Saturday, December 12, 1-3:30 pm
Don't miss this bookbinding class taught by Bay Area artist Andrew Rottner. Andrew has been doing this for years and his skills are unbelievable. Also, what could be better for a holiday gift than a handmade book?
Drawing Workshop with artist Andrew Bramer
Sunday, December 20, 4-6:30 pm
Andrew Bramer has designed this drawing class especially for those of you who have limited experience or haven't drawn in years. Check out Andrew's class if you have ever been a little intimidated when faced with a blank page, or if you've ever said, "Oh, I can't draw. I suck." Move through your fears and have fun making marks on paper in Andrew's workshop!
Paper Blog-Foldover Fabulations
A Game Night
Thursday, November 19, 7-10 pm
An evening of drinks and games put together by Royal NoneSuch friend and bay area writer, Dena Beard. Entwining traditional parlor games with the ongoing narrative format of a blog, Paper Blog is a night conceived for both Internet recluses and salon socialites. Foldover Fabulations is a mash-up of Exquisite Corpse, the Telephone Game, your own subconscious slippages and is perhaps the only game that might bring together the likes of R. Crumb and Sigmund Freud. Find out for yourself.
Check out examples of foldovers we made here!