Chuck Sperry

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Free University Art School – Fourth Demonstration / Documentation

Winston Smith’s class was not only informative, but extremely fun! Vale played straight man while Winston brought the house down with his quick wit, sharing his many years making some of San Francisco’s most inventive, challenging and subversive art. Winston shared so much cool art and so many hilarious stories during this class. Winston has a non-stop creative genius. Be sure to check out his books at Last Gasp. Lawrence Colacion snapped these pictures while the class progressed. Thanks to Winston and Vale for making this an historic occasion, enlightening The Free university Art School, and showing that true art can be purposeful and fun at the same time.

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Free University Art School – Third Demonstration / Documentation

The first five week course offering for The Free University Art School was completed last Sunday, April 3, 2011, with Jon-Paul Bail’s presentation of a personal history of Oakland Street Art. Fitting perfectly into the Free University Art School’s step-by-step art of the street approach, the sweep and course arch of the four presentations:

1. Chris Shaw and I present Rock Art, and demonstrate printing techniques.

2. Blek le Rat – speaks to three decades of street art, defines the state of the art both high brow and low brow, and produces a stencil painting live.

3. Winston Smith – discusses his life and art, with me and Vale of RE/Search Magazine as moderator. Winston explored the long San Francisco tradition of DYI and punk art.

4. Jon-Paul Bail’s story of Oakland and San Francisco street art from 1980’s to present. I moderated and Ron Donovan printed JP’s street piece.

Jon-Paul culminates his class – and the Free U Art School first five weeks – by leading our class down Valencia Street in the Mission of San Francisco to make art on the street. We pasted Winston Smith’s Nuclear Scream, a reaction to the Japanese nuclear disaster.

Thanks everyone who came to learn, who came to teach, and for keeping the dream alive.

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The Free University of San Francisco

Poster Edition Information:

The Free University of San Francisco 2011

23 x 35

Edition of 150

3 color poster on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

SOLD Out – Thank You!

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Matt Gonzalez contacted me and put me in touch with Alan Kaufman to make a poster for the newly established Free University of San Francisco. I include the class schedule below; you can see there’s something thought-provoking for everyone, taught by some of San Francisco’s best and brightest minds:

Here’s a little background

THE FREE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO

First Teach-In

All classes are free and take place at Viracocha, 998 Valencia Street@21st, the Mission District, SF, CA

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Sat. 9:30-11:30 AM – “Criminal Procedure and Sentencing” – Instructor: MATT GONZALEZ

Sat. 11:30-1:30 – “Jack Kerouac, Thelonious Monk and Jackson Pollack” – Instructor: ALAN KAUFMAN

Sat. 2-4 PM – “Vision and the Visionary Poem” – Instructor: DIANE DI PRIMA

Sat. 2-4 PM – “San Francisco Labor History and the Great Strike of 1934” –  Instructor: BOBBY COLEMAN

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Sun. 9-11:00 AM – “Restoring San Francisco’s Urban Wildlands” – Instructor: MARTIN HOLDEN

Sun. 11:30-1:30 – “RE/Search-Modern Primitives, Angry Women&Modern Pagans” – Instructors: V. VALE and CHARLES GATEWOOD

Sun. 2-4 PM – “Abolishing Corporate Personhood to Create Authentic Democracy” – Instructor: DAVID COBB

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7

Mon. 6-7:45 PM – “Marx from Modernity to Postmodernity (labor, time, fantasy)” – Lecturer: SUSAN SHUN HEE PARK

Mon. 8-9:45 – “John Cage and the Spirit of Dada” – Instructor: JOHN SMALLEY

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8

Tues. 6-7:50 PM – “Critical Thinking (Introduction to Logic)” – Lecturers: JORDAN BOHALL and ELENA GRANIK

Tues. 8-10 PM – “Introduction to Nietzsche” – Lecturers: EVAN KARP and ANDREW PAUL NELSON

For more information about The Free University of San Francisco: http://fusf.wordpress.com/ or 415-573-5766

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Here’s a photo of the poster:

Poster Edition Information:

The Free University of San Francisco 2011

23 x 35

Edition of 150

3 color poster on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered


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