1966 "The Experience" with Jerry Burchard

The Experience exhibition, May 1966, was a “group experiment” by Jerry Burchard, Steven Arnold, Sharon Gray, Chris Gray, and Phil Perkis “to translate hallucinatory terms to visual results.  The photographs represent the interesting beauties revealed by the eye among 5 people over a 12 hour period” in which the artists “take hallucinogenic drugs and collectively document the experience.”

For more on Jerry Burchard: http://jerryburchard.blogspot.com/

For more on Steven Arnold: https://stevenarnoldarchive.com/

For more on Phil Perkis: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/justtoseeamystery

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Linus Pauling, 2-time Nobel Laureate at Commencement, c. 1961

Two-time Nobel laureate, Linus Pauling, delivers the Commencement Speech in the SFAI Courtyard (note the Fletcher Cup to his left).  Pauling had won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962---coinciding with this speech to students and faculty.  The group photo of commencement attendees in the School’s courtyard includes Bruce McGaw, Phil Green, Bill Morehouse, Wally Hedrick, and Jay DeFeo among many other luminaries

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1986 Bruce Conner & Joan Brown and a Chicken Dinner

Photo by Dominic Angerame of “Dr.” Bruce Conner and Joan Brown…..and…..One of a set of ceramic plates  honoring Conner and Brown. 

Bruce Conner and Joan Brown received Honorary Doctorate degrees from SFAI, during Commencement,  May 1986, and were celebrated with a chicken dinner complete with ceramic plates by Richard Shaw----both baked in the School’s kilns.

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