Preview of the Bay Area Treasure 2012

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will honor media art pioneer Jim Campbell with its annual Bay Area Treasure Award at a presentation and dinner on October 23, 2012, organized by SFMOMA’s Modern Art Council. The festivities will begin with a champagne reception beneath Campbell’s suspended installation, Exploded Views, a large-scale cinematic sculpture that features 3,000 flickering LED lights, in SFMOMA’s Haas Atrium. The celebration will continue at the St. Regis Hotel with dinner and conversation between Campbell, SFMOMA Curator of Media Arts Rudolf Frieling, and San Francisco-based media artist Scott Snibbe. Click here for tickets and additional information.

Hosfelt Gallery in San Francisco hosted a pre-event reception with Jim Campbell on September 12:

SFMOMA Modern Art Council Members Courtney Dallaire and Alka Agrawal at Hosfelt Gallery

Lindsay Bolton, Jacqueline Sacks and Erin Cowan at Hosfelt Gallery

Sandy Mandel, Barbara Winchell

Artist Jim Cambell, Modern Art Council President Joni Binder Shwarts, and Gallerist Todd Hosfelt

Bay Area Treasure Event Chair Shirley Parks with David Parks

Laura Sweeney, Maria Tenaglia

Wilhelm Oehl and Ran Oehl with SFMOMA Curator of Media Arts Rudolf Frieling

Jim Campbell’s exhibition Look Both Ways is on display at Hosfelt Gallery in San Francisco until October 12

Nancy Goldstein, Betsy Linder

Photos by Drew Atltizer Photography