Fri, December 16, 2011
  • Soar
    Oct 15, 2011 – Jan 29, 2012
    YBCA Galleries

    The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India is an exhibition of sculpture, photography and video by artists of India living inside the country as well as in the diaspora.

    Visual Arts
  • Encounter
    Oct 14, 2011 – Jan 29, 2012
    Room for Big Ideas

    YBCA welcomes Bay Area photographer and installation artist Derick Ion to the Room for Big Ideas. His installation transforms the RBI into a meditative and sensual environment rich in symbology, Jainist iconography, and Subcontinental texture. Complementing and contrasting YBCA's large first floor exhibition, The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India, the ephemera and minutiae displayed in Ion's space reflect another contemporary – and timeless – perspective on India.

    Public Programs
  • Encounter
    Sep 29, 2011 – Jan 22, 2012
    FREE w/ gallery admission
    CrossFade Video Lounge

    A compilation of recent videos from The 8th Floor featuring established and emerging artists based in Cuba that explores a dynamic contemporary world through the lens of Cuban culture.

    Visual Arts
  • Soar
    Sep 29, 2011 – Jan 22, 2012
    FREE w/ gallery admission
    Viewing Corridor

    Castaneda/reiman investigates the treatment of the outdoors within interior domestic spaces; challenges artistic notions of display, especially as they relate to painting and sculpture; and plays with ideas of simulacra and simulation.

    Visual Arts
  • Encounter
    Oct 1, 2011 – Jan 8, 2012
    Gallery 3

    Allan deSouza’s new video and photographic installation, Close Quarters and Far Pavilions, evokes the exotic allure of a faraway place as well as the cramped interior spaces of the aircraft taken en route there.

    Visual Arts
  • Community Program
    Smuin Ballet/The Holiday Program — The Christmas Ballet
    Dec 14, 2011 9:00pm
    Dec 15, 2011 9:00pm
    Dec 16, 2011 9:00pm
    Dec 17, 2011 3:00pm
    Dec 17, 2011 9:00pm
    Dec 18, 2011 3:00pm
    Dec 18, 2011 8:00pm
    Dec 20, 2011 9:00pm
    Dec 21, 2011 3:00pm
    Dec 21, 2011 9:00pm
    Dec 22, 2011 9:00pm
    Dec 23, 2011 9:00pm
    Dec 24, 2011 3:00pm
    Lam Research Theater at YBCA
    Buy tickets from smuinballet.org »

    The Bay Area’s hottest holiday ticket, The Christmas Ballet makes its annual sassy return with a perfect gift for audience members of all ages. This enormously popular holiday celebration combines beautiful and classic performances with charming, humorous, and sexy dance pieces. This year The Christmas Ballet will include new choreography from acclaimed Choreographer in Residence Amy Seiwert to accompany time-honored favorites.

    This snow-filled extravaganza offers something for everyone, from ballet, tap, and swing to a wealth of other dances drawn from holiday traditions from around the world.

    Photo: David Allen

    Performing Arts

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