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	NEXT... @ 667 Shotwell CALL FOR PROPOSALS! Download Issue 1! OPENING Saturday December 3, 2011 7 - 9 PM - Slideshow at 7:30 Based on recent events and occupations of public space nationally, 667 Shotwell is announcing a call for proposals by Artists to contribute to a book of artworks, ideas, and tactics for actively framing what is to come NEXT... The NEXT... book will exist as a PDF & slideshow for distributing Artist’s proposed actions / ideas for addressing the current national and international social and economic disparities in question. DOWNLOAD issue#1 here

	Hang Your Hat: an artwalk through home galleries By Christy Chan for Bold Italic 1.9.2012 Chris Sollars is a Mission-based artist whose work was picked for both the SFMOMA SECA Award and YBCA’s Bay Area Now show. He started his gallery as a response to the disappearing art spaces in San Francisco during the dot-com boom. The first event was A Site Launch in 2001, parodying the extravagant tech parties of the 1990s.

	SOUTH DAKOTA Rising?@ 667 Shotwell Opportunities for Artists in Declining Towns A Presentation and Conversation with Lawrence Diggs, aka The Vinegar Man Saturday August 13, 2011 7 - 9 PM - Slideshow at 7:30 667Shotwell and Beautiful Possibility Present: In 1989 Lawrence Diggs bought a house in Roslyn, South Dakota (pop. 250) he founded the International Vinegar Museum and International Vinegar Festival and literally put the town on the map. Lawrence sees great opportunities for artists in shrinking towns. He would like to begin a conversation with artists who can see possibilities and opportunities where others see desolation and despair.

	Trash the new children's museum Oct 15, 2011 - Sept 2013 Multi-media installation using a dumpster as a playground, landfill as park with videos of trash rain and Pile of Trash San Diego a Narrative following anthropomorphic Trash from Mirmar Landfill, through downtown San Diego to Balboa Park the former landfill.

	Project Space: Chris Sollars ...might be good issue #174 (fluent collab) Sept 16, 2011 For …might be good, Sollars presents a series of works from 1980-2040 juxtaposing time, physical and social space..

	Digger Bread Bakery OPENrestaurant @ Berkeley Art Museum August 27, 2011 In the mid-60s the Diggers in San Francisco proposed a form of ‘community anarchism’ in which they offered free food, medical care, and street performance. They also baked and gave away bread, and were rumored to have introduced whole-wheat flour into US counterculture. Artist Chris Sollars , Steve Sullivan from Acme Bakery and James Whitehead from Fist of Flour bake Digger bread in cans while David Simpson and Jane Lapiner recount stories from their experience as Diggers.

	Bay Area Now 6 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts July 9 - Sept 25, 2011 Chris Sollars' installation Hairy, featuring video and 19th century style wigs made from his long hair and beard, for Bay Area Now 6 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

	Whiskey Waxing Competition - @Comstock Saloon Monday August 15, 2011 7 PM Registration 8 PM Competition Welcome to the 2011 Whiskey Waxing Beard & Mustache Competition. Whiskey Waxing is a San Francisco Bay Area competition celebrating local hairy talent on the old Barbary Coast. Contestants judged on their form & ability to sip whiskey or tea. All sizes, shapes, and styles considered. It’s not the size of your sweep, but the shape of your broom!

	Hairy: An Interview with Chris Sollars By Danielle Sommer for Daily Serving 7.28.2011 For the last year, Bay Area artist Chris Sollars has sported a biblical behemoth of a beard, although his cleanly shaven cheeks are once again on view in Sollars’s newest project, Hairy, on view as part of YBCA’s Bay Area Now. It’s an interesting update on an identity-probing lineage that includes predecessors like Chris Burden, Gordon Matta Clark, James Luna, Ana Mendieta, and David Hammons. DailyServing recently had the opportunity to chat with Chris about the work.

	Bay Area Now 6 By Leigh Markopoulos Art Practical - Issue 2.22 / Summer Reading There were a number of artworks that I found interesting, such as Tammy Rae Carland’s staged photographs of stand-up comediennes in comic repose; Ben Venom’s outsize Medusa-head quilt fashioned from heavy metal paraphernalia; and Chris Sollars’ refreshingly bizarre and hirsute multimedia installation, to name a few.

	Wax On by Jennifer Maerz - The Bold Italic - July 28, 2011 There are a lot of great artists showing at YBCA's BAN6 showcase, but I found it really hard to pull myself away from Chris Sollars' Hairy exhibit. This Saturday Chris celebrates the art of "unruly facial hair" with a live event that features something that goes well with beards in this town — drinking whiskey! Between 5 and 7 p.m., you can get the growth on your mug sculpted, trimmed, and otherwise perfected while sipping brown booze cocktails crafted by Comstock Saloon.

	Hairy Men and Hard Alcohol Whiskey Waxing at the YBCA by Walter Green - The Bay Citizen - August 1 2011 Drawing Crowds bravely waded into a gathering of hirsute men (and the people who love them) having their facial hair massaged into wacky shapes as part of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Whiskey Waxing event, designed to accompany the ongoing exhibit, Bay Area Now 6.

	Summer of Video Art Kroswork July 1 - Aug 27, 2011 déjeuner sur la barbe (to lunch on the beard ) 2011 a new video by Chris Sollars & Jerome Waag

	Crossing the Rubicon JAS Gallery April 28 - June 11, 2011 Sollars' Drawing of the Bohemian Grove conservative U.S. Presidents and friends pounding beers naked like frat boys around the Grove's totem Owl Rock under the northern California Redwoods.

	Chris Sollars - Museum Residency SFMOMA OPEN SPACE BLOG August 20, 2010 This summer I invited Sollars to use SFMOMA as a site for art-making. As a parameter the artist used only materials on hand in the museum itself, from paper products, posters, debris left behind, to the shirt off his back. At no point was his project made official to the staff of the museum, similar to working in his neighborhood, Sollars came and went and made pieces while integrating himself as an everyday museum guest.

	Alison Pebworth's Beautiful Possibility Tour TRAVEL JOURNAL March 12 - October 1, 2010 Beautiful Possibility is a two-year, coast-to-coast touring project by Alison Pebworth investigating American history and contemporary culture. It takes the prototype of the 19th century American traveling show as inspiration for engaging people across the country in dialogue about what it means to be American. Follow Alison on her Tour here: http://www.beautifulpossibilitytour.com/#/travel_journal/

	Watch the full length feature C RED BLUE J on VIMEO!


*FUTURE*
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*PAST*
	SUMMER SHOW Owl Cave Books Brian Moran & 667 opening reception: July 31 6:00-8:00 PM 2010 Summer residents Neet and Brian Moran present works and the Owl Cave Book Store in conjunction with the 667Shotwell video archive.

	The End of Failure Louis VESP Group Exhibition April 29 - May13, 2011 Sollars investigates Failure through a multi-media installation of Mis-haps, consisting of a fleece security blanket to wear while they watch a compilation of short video mistakes.

	Procedural MacArthur B Arthur May 6 - May 29, 2011 Sollars creates A Great and Mighty Walk along MLK WAY in 3 Parts Instructions for connecting MacArthur B Arthur to their neighborhood block.

	Lost in Space Steven Wolf Fine Arts March 12 - April 2, 2011 San Francisco group exhibition showing documentation of the past 2 years of making sculptures in my neighborhood.

	ARTHUR ALLAN : CITY HALL Isn't It Obvious? SF Arts Commission Gallery Jan 21 - April 2, 2011 Arthur Allan through a series of actions will investigate the unoccupied open space of San Francisco civic buildings.

	ri-FLEKT WEartspace Oct 3 - Nov 20 2010 At WE, Sollars will create a series of works based on the interior and exterior of WE. Inside, Sollars will use images and objects from around the WE space as inspiration and outside he will utilize the Bus stop and neighborhood for a series of interventions, sculptures and videos. Watch the PROMO

	Public Service Announcement for Yerba Buena Gardens ARTHUR ALLAN was recently commissioned to do a Public Service Announcement for Yerba Buena Gardens. The announcement aired this past weekend at an event held in the gardens and was attended by Mayor Gavin Newsom.

	Trouble Everyday Booklyn Exhibitions Sept 11 - Oct 9 2010 Taking inspiration from Frank Zappa’s 1966 song Trouble Everyday Chris Sollars throws caution to the wind with facing current state of affairs. Through drawings, photographs, sculptures, and videos of critical humor, Sollars blurs the past with the present in his investigation with the troubles we find ourselves with 9 years later on September 11, 2010. Watch the promo: http://vimeo.com/14751756

	Chris Sollars Glitter Box August 7 - Sept 7 2010 A solo exhibition of sculptures, photographs, and videos installed in and around Ian Colon's apartment gallery Glitterbox in Oakland, CA. At Glitterbox, Sollars has mined Ian’s collection of works, objects, and archive into an exhibition that creates portrait of the artist, the owner and his space.

	Alison Pebworth's Beautiful Possibility Southern Exposure March 12 - April 24, 2010 Opening Friday March 12, 2010, 7-10PM Beautiful Possibility is a two-year, coast-to-coast touring project by Alison Pebworth investigating American history and contemporary culture. It takes the prototype of the 19th century American traveling show as inspiration for engaging people across the country in dialogue about what it means to be American. SOEX launches Beautiful Possibility in the form of a gallery-based exhibition, public art project, series of events, and publication. Hand-painted sideshow-style banners combining historical and contemporary images with enigmatic phrases reexamining American history through the imagery of America’s own myths are on view at SoEx.

	Chris Sollars: 2929 A Double Take A New Museum Jan 1-10 2010 opening reception: Jan 1 4:00-5:00 PM 2929 is an exhibition using A NEW MUSEUM's address as a double take. Using his series of Public Sculptures made with ready-made-trash and debris on streets and sidewalks around San Francisco Mission, Sollars will be installing some of these recent creations in the Museum over the course of the two weeks.

	Alison Pebworth's Other Possibilities Michael Rosenthal Gallery 365 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA April 10 - May 8, 2010 Opening Saturday April 10, 2010, 6-9PM In conjunction with Alison Pebworth's Beautiful Possibility currently on view at Southern Exposure, Michael Rosenthal Gallery presents a solo exhibition of Alison Pebworth's drawings. Other Possibilities also includes Buffalo Felting by Ashley Helvey and Video by Chris Sollars both specifically made for the show.

	Chris Sollars in: Decalogue: Films You Can Count on Two Hands organized by Eve Sussman Winkleman Gallery March 27 - May 1, 2010 Opening: Saturday, March 27, 6-8 PM Screening- Hours: Tues. - Sat. 11-7 PM, Sun. 2-6 PM Line Up includes: Johan Grimonprez, Leslie Thornton Julian Rosefeldt, Simon Lee + Algis Antanas Kizys Christine Rebet, Erin Cosgrove, Jim Finn, Matt Stokes, Marcus Coates, & Chris Sollars

	Chris Sollars in GLOBAL/NATIONAL - The Order of Chaos Exit Art March 13 - May 1, 2010 Opening March 13, 7-10 PM An exhibition that “addresses the anxieties of economics, environmental tragedies, and societies of control that define the chaos of globalization. It explores these social issues in an aesthetic way to demystify the notion of art only as an ornamental production.John Ahearn, Tina Barney, Jimmie Durham, Nicky Enright, Rico Gatson, Kate Gilmore, Guerra de la Paz, Charles Juhasz-Alvarado, Saeri Kiritani, Tseng Kwong Chi, Robin Lasser, Rebecca Loyche, Miguel Luciano, Jonathan Matas, Mary Mattingly, Eve Mosher, Chris Sollars, Jade Townsend, Jason Villegas, Bernard Williams, Martin Wong, O Zhang.

	Chris Sollars in PAPER! AWESOME! Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions Feb 20 - March 27 2010 Opening Feb 20 4-7PM PAPER!AWESOME!, a group exhibition of new works on paper by over 100 artists. Curated by gallery artist Brion Nuda Rosch, this exhibition contains over 300 8.5 x 11 inch brand new works on paper by an incredibly varied group of artists. Works by internationally recognized artists will hang side-by-side with those by artists just emerging, all of whom have been asked to work with the most basic of canvases, an 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper.

	Chris Sollars talk on Bruce Nauman's Wax Impressions of the Knees of Five Famous Artists in 75 Reasons to Live SFMOMA Jan 17 2010 1:30 PM We invited 75 people from the Bay Area creative community with a passion for artworks in SFMOMA's collection to tell us about their favorites in 75 7.5-minute talks spread over three days.

	ARTHUR ALLAN REVIEW by Zachary Royer Scholz ISSUE 4: ART PRACTICAL In light of cooperative creation’s many pitfalls, the success of “Arthur Allan,” is surprisingly refreshing. Developed collaboratively by Brion Nuda Rosch and Chris Sollars, the show not only combines their respective art practices and residential art spaces—Hallway Projects and 667 Shotwell—but also embraces the neighborhood and objects situated between their two homes...

	MUMBAI SF VIMEO RELEASE for one year Anniversary MUMBAI SanFranciso is a 13 minute documentary short filmed one week after the Mumbai terrorist attacks from the perspective of Indians living in San Francisco.


	ARTHUR ALLAN HALLWAY PROJECTS & 667SHOTWELL NOV/DEC 2009 667shotwell St, SF, CA 94110 closing reception: Dec 18 6:00-8:00 PM ARTHUR ALLAN is a collaboration between HALLWAY PROJECTS and 667SHOTWELL. Together Hallway Projects (Arthur) and 667 Shotwell (Allan) investigate the domestic nature of each venue through new works within each other's space and in the neighborhood between each residence to create a series of collaborative works in varying media.

	Chris Sollars Jerome Waag Matt Volla OPENfuture: Spinning Marinetti's Wheels SFMOMA Oct 17, 2009 SFMOMA Banquet Documentation Photos Banquet Video Hector Escarraman Review: Eat Me Daily Vimeo Bull tablehopper video tablehopper review more about OPEN RESTAURANT here!

	667Shotwell in article Making Space by Emily Warner NYFA Current the magazine for artists New York Foundation for the Arts: Redefining the narrow concept of suitable exhibition space, artist-run projects are booming right now, with work being shown in apartment halls and bathrooms, in buildings in transition, and in artists' studios across the country. Emily Warner reports on new projects in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago, and speaks to the key players in these renegade initiatives.

	Lucas Murgida - (w)hole Charles James Gallery July 25 - Aug 22, 2009 975 Chung King Road Los Angeles, CA. (w)hole will examine our sense of taste and is sure to be a mouth-watering experience. Lucas will perform throughout the evening of July 25, from 6-9pm at the gallery. The installation will be participatory and available thru normal gallery hours for viewer experience from the 25th of July thru the 22nd of August. Contact

	Chris Sollars Artist in Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts Open House Sunday July 12, 2009 June 1 - Aug 1, 2009 Located in the coastal wilderness of the Marin Headlands 15 minutes from San Francisco, Headlands Center for the Arts was conceived through a planning process conducted by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area after the transfer of former military property to the National Park Service. Contact

	Lucas Murgida Muster Retrodiction at 667 on VIMEO

	SFMOMA BLOG: SOLLARS. LABAT. INTERVIEW On November 4, we’ll be screening two democracy-themed projects by Bay Area artists. Chris Sollars’ documentary C RED BLUE J and I Want You (Auditions) is Tony Labat’s new work, culled from footage of the original I WANT YOU performances. I asked them to interview each other for the blog & they typed their conversation together in real time in Tony’s studio Weds afternoon.http://blog.sfmoma.org/2008/10/31/sollars-labat-interview/

	SFMOMA BLOG: RED BLUE STUDY A special election-week Collection Rotation by San Francisco-based artist & curator Chris Sollars, whose experimental documentary C RED BLUE J will be screening in the Wattis theater Nov 4. All works collection SFMOMA & listed in detail at the bottom of this post.http://blog.sfmoma.org/2008/11/03/collection-rotation5/

	SF Chronicle: Underground Art Galleries Serve a Special Niche Reyhan Harmanci, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, September 4, 2008 Maintaining an art gallery in your living room requires the perfect balance between openness and secrecy. 667 Shotwell's Sollars, for instance, learned the hard way about veering too far toward the public. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/04/DDOE12G4C6.DTL

	Lucas Murgida Opening Friday MAY 1, 2009

	The Conspiracy of the Collectors Edition curated by Berlin based artist Kottie Paloma BVG HAUS: home of Berlin based artists Negin Farsian and Kottie Paloma Opening Saturday May 23rd 6pm-9pm, 2009 May 23rd-JUNE 6TH 2009 Chris Sollars Archie Mckay Joe Roberts John Dwyer Christine Sheilds Marshall Weber Scott Williams Kal Speletich Moritz Stumm Tom Cotter Veronica Manchego Bryson Gill Nik Novak Thomas Chapman Brooks Frederick Dominik Wood Doug Katelus Eric Landmark Fred Rinne & Dom Leone Friederike Hamann Kal Seemen Spelletich Kottie Paloma Michael Friedman Mike Donovan of Sic Alps Patricia Diart Zeigenbock Kopf By Appointment only after reception For more info contact: 015124249577

	Alison Pebworth: Beautiful Possibility Field Office SIGNAL & NOISE: MEDIA ART FESTIVAL VIVO MEDIA ARTS CENTRE APRIL 23 - 26 2009 Alison Pebworth has been making “street side” projects locally and nationally since 2004 under the rubric of the Roadside Show & Tell, a series of interactive roadside attractions and related projects created in the spirit of the 19th century American traveling road show please contact info@vivomediaarts.com or phone 604 872 8337

	Chris Sollars in "AND FOR ALL THIS, NATURE IS NEVER SPENT" March 13 - April 25, 2009 Pelham Art Center Sculpture, video, photography and installation-based artwork that address specific environmental situations or that broaden public concern for environmental issues. Curated by Jo Anna Isaak. 155 Fifth Avenue Pelham, NY 10803 914.738.2525

	Kottie Paloma in Schöne neue Welt: Laurent Impeduglia & Kottie Paloma plus animated films by the artists Stéphane Blanquet, Yann Jouette, Wojtek Skowron and Sabrina Tibourtine BONGOUT GALLEY OPENING Thursday March 12, 2009 7PM 12 March – 18 April 2009 Torstrasse 110; 10119 Berlin Germany +49(0)30 280 93 758 & ann-katrin [at] bongout.org

	667 + (Positive) TAXATION = Taxation with Art Representation 667 Shotwell with Kal Spelletich Sun Nov 9, following the 2008 Presidential election, 667 is hosting a Stone Soup Meal & Positive Taxation.For more information or to make an appointment to see the current show please contact: Director/ Curator: Chris Sollars info@667shotwell.com p. 415-821-1295 Gallery Hours by request

	10 YEAR ITCH A Collection of S.F. Underground’s Music-Inspired Creations (1998-2008). Opening Saturday Sept 6, 2008 7-10 PMHOURS Sat Sept 27 & Oct 4 - 7-9 PM Opening Pics

	C RED BLUE J screening at SFMOMA Election Day Nov 4 & Dec 2

	Chris Sollars' CREDBLUEJ in: CREATIVE TIME's DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN SEPTEMBER 21 - 27, 2008 643 PARK AVENUE BETWEEN 66TH AND 67TH St PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY NY TIMES Review: WNYC RADIO: article & Listen Here

	Chris Sollars in EDIT: THE UNCERTAIN STATES OF AMERICA Opening Reception June 20th 6-9p.m. Curated by: Petra Royale Bibeau EDIT presents new work from Chris Sollars, Mads Lynnerup, NDFTBK, Erin Allen and Taha Belal MANIAC GALLERY 387 17th Street No.204 Oakland, CA 94612

	Chris Sollars in: E.P.A.(Environmental Performance Actions), EXIT ART: March 15 – May 17, 2008 Opening Saturday March 15, 7-9pm (Environmental Performance Actions). E.P.A is a group exhibition surveying recent performance work from around the world that addresses current environmental crises. Curator, Amy Lipton, and founder/co-curator Patricia Watts of ecoartspace, a leading international environmental arts organizationExit Art is located at 475 Tenth Avenue at 36th Street. For more information call 212-966-7745.

	Chris Sollars in Grown-Ups of the Corn: Opening Reception November 10th 6-9p.m. Curated by: Kottie Paloma The Grown-Ups of the Corn Artists: John Dwyer Joe Roberts Nic Chaffin Karla Milosevech Archie McKay Jack Hanley Marsea Goldberg Brian Storts Sean McFarland Lindsey White Fred Rinne Jarrett Mitchell Martin Durazo Chris Corales Alison Pebworth Chris Sollars Kottie Paloma and the Friends Gallery *NOV 10-24, 2007* 1005 Market Street #306 San Francisco, CA (415) 571-1688

	Looking for Lost America Alison Pebworth's Roadside Show & Tell www.roadsideshowandtell.com The Roadside Show & Tell hits the road for a 8 month cross country tour Looking for Lost America.