Jessica Silverman, Oct 10 – 2pm

Jessica Silverman, owner and director of Silverman Gallery, is a recent graduate of the MA Program in Curatorial Practice at California College of Art. In 2006 she took part in the inaugural Curatorial Residency at the Frankfurter Kunstverein. While in Frankfurt she worked closely with Martha Rosler's Library to create a program of film screenings, lectures and artist projects that would highlight aspects of Rosler's vast collection.

Silverman Gallery continues to play an important role in the San Francisco community while expanding its international presence. Currently, Jessica sits on the boards of New Langton Arts and the San Francisco Arts Commission. In addition, the gallery has recently worked with curators Larry Rinder, Jan Van Woensel, Lithuanian curator Raimundas Malasukas and is organizing a collaborative exhibition with Andreas Huber Galerie in Vienna.

Kristen English, Oct 24- 2pm

Kristen English received her BFA from Otis College of Art and Design and MFA from California Institute of the Arts. Currently working with the SWA Group in Creative Communications, Kristen focuses on issues of urban planning, enviromental sustainability, and landscape architecture. Recent projects include PARKing Day LA, an annual event focusing on sustainable transportation throughout Los Angeles and around the nation, as well as a curatorial project for the SWA Group "Ornament is a Crime", featuring 17 emerging Los Angeles artists.

Maya Schindler, Nov 6 – 2pm

Maya Schindler is a Los Angeles-based artist originally from Jerusalem, Israel. She received her MFA from Yale University and her BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, as well as attending the CORE program in Houston, TX. Recent solo exhibitions include Wishful thinking wishful, The Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, THE NEW DEAL at Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, and Blah, Blah, Blah Revolution at the Claremont Museum of Art.

Mark Hagen, Nov 7 - 2pm

Based in Los Angeles, Mark Hagen received his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Recent exhibitions include Give it up smooth, Mandrake, Constellation, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL, and the 2008 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art.

Sant Khalsa, Dec. 5 - 2 pm

Sant Khalsa is an artist, educator and activist living in the Santa Ana Watershed. Her artworks develop from her inquiry into the nature of place and the complex environmental and societal issues present and visible in the landscape of the American West. Her work has been shown in more than 100 solo and group exhibitions in the United States, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, etc. and have been acquired by permanent museum collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Nevada Museum of Art, UCR/California Museum of Photography, and others in addition to private and corporate collections in the U.S. and Europe.
She is Chair of the Art Department and a Professor of Art (Photography and New Genres) at California State University, San Bernardino where she is one of the
founding faculty of the Water Resources Institute (WRI). Her artwork is represented by Acuna-Hansen Gallery in Los Angeles.