JD Beltran on SFGATE writes on Vernissage

"The Bay Area community is awash in MFA exhibitions at the moment, with those of the San Francisco Art Institute, Mills College, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley all up at the moment. Hopefully I'll be able to get to all of them, as it's always fascinating to see what's coming out of the graduate programs, and how the work is responding to the current climate. Last Friday, I attended the opening reception for "Vernissage," the San Francisco Art Institute's MFA Exhibition, which is always a giddy madhouse. (The French term "Vernissage" comes from "varnishing day," the day before the opening of an art exhibition traditionally reserved for the artist to varnish the paintings.)"

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