Exhibition Calendar

A public art crossroads in the University of San Francisco’s main library, the Mary and Carter Thacher Gallery at USF is a forum where creativity, scholarship, and community converge. Each year the Thacher Gallery presents six exhibitions that probe community and aesthetic issues, multicultural and interfaith dialogue, and the urban Jesuit university’s commitment to social justice.

Mar 3—Apr 20, 2008

Power Up: Serigraphs by Corita Kent

Corita Kent gained international fame for her vibrant serigraphs during the 1960s and 1970s. A Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary until 1968, Kent’s art reflects her spirituality, her commitment to social justice, her hope for peace and her delight in “the world that takes place all around us.” Using exuberant splashes of color and political texts, the serigraphs exhibited here represent works done throughout her careers in Los Angeles and Boston.

Gallery presentation: Thursday, March 6, 3-4 p.m.
Speakers will include Sasha Carrera, Education Coordinator for the Corita Art Center, and Amy Franceschini and Stuart McKee, Graphic Design Faculty Members.

Donohue Rare Book Room, 3rd Floor, Gleeson Library | Geschke Center
Opening reception to follow in the gallery

May 2—Jul 13, 2008

9th Annual Mary & Carter Thacher Student Showcase

Featuring juniors and seniors in USF’s fine arts and media studies programs and coordinated by USF’s Museum Studies class, this juried exhibition features artworks ranging from architecture to new media, drawing and painting to graphic design.

Opening reception and awards ceremony: May 2, 4-6 p.m.

August 4—October 5, 2008

Ann Weber – Sculptures

Using strips of flattened cardboard, staples and shellac, Ann Weber creates voluptuous
geometric sculptures. Based primarily on the circle and cylinder, her sculptures are often
comprised of interlocking pairs, suggesting intimacy and "symbols of life, male and female,
and the origin of all forms in nature." Pushing her materials to their limits, the final forms
have the warm sheen of polished bronze and the weighty presence of prehistoric menhirs.
This exhibition is being held in conjunction with the opening of "Spirit and Matter," the
premier exhibition of USF’s new Sculpture Terrace on the roof of Kalmanowitz Hall.

October 13—November 30, 2008

The Celluloid Bible – Marketing Films Inspired by Scripture

Bringing together vintage movie posters from around the world along with a selection of
ancillary promotional and commemorative materials, The Celluloid Bible examines how
the Bible has been visualized on film. These posters, dated from 1898 to the present,
promote films inspired by the Bible and biblical era, including domestic and international
productions, the classic and obscure, grandiose and camp.

December 8, 2008—February 15, 2009

As the Stars Go By – Textiles by Anna Von Mertens

The textiles in As the Stars Go By depict the precise star rotation patterns above violent
moments in American history. The pieces, with the proportions of a movie screen to
emphasize each specific point of view, memorialize these historical events while
simultaneously documenting a natural cycle oblivious to the violence below. Events
depicted include September 11th; the one-day Battle of Antietam during the Civil War; and
the first sighting of land by Christopher Columbus off the coast of the Bahamas.

March 2—April 19, 2009

Make Believe – Video Works by Desiree Holman

As an interdisciplinary visual artist, Desiree Holman makes figurative props—costumes and
masks—to be worn by herself and actors in role-playing games and portrayals of familiar
settings such as talk therapy sessions and family sitcoms. These scenarios often play out
the characters' domestic desires, revealing more often than not the delusions of family
life.

May 8—July 3, 2009

10th Annual Mary and Carter Thacher Student Showcase

Featuring juniors and seniors in USF's fine arts and media studies programs and
coordinated by USF's Museum Studies class, this juried exhibition features design,
architecture, video and fine art.

Additional student exhibitions take place throughout the academic year in the SATELLITE GALLERY located in the Basement of the University Center. For information, call: (415) 422-5762.

Along with its exhibition calendar, the Thacher Gallery at USF presents free public programs, including artist lectures and panels, craft seminars, gallery publications, guided tours, outreach and class shows, and cross disciplinary discussions on campus and in the community.