Saturday, Feb 9, noon – 8 pm • FREE to the public

FREE all-day for everyone. YBCA invites you to an open house festival of exciting events & exhibitions that highlight one of this season's Big Ideas—Making Peace. Enjoy visual art, music, performances, hands-on workshops, film screenings and food & drink! Get an introduction to the diverse programming that YBCA offers everyday. We hope you'll join us!

Having glimpsed the abyss—culturally and politically—many artists are forging a path ahead with great optimism. What springs from our engagement with this art is a redemptive force that gives us power to re-make our world anew.

THE BIG IDEAS highlight common themes running through artworks presented at YBCA. They get us thinking about the world today and about what artists are trying to tell us.

The Big Ideas this season are:
Reality Check | Making Peace | Identity Shifts

BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS ALL DAY MARATHON
noon–6 pm • Forum

An adventurous and unexpected confluence of trailblazer composers and players from the Bay Area's eclectic alternative music scene, including the avant-garde heavy music ensemble Edmund Welles: the Bass Clarinet Quartet, a sneak preview of DJ Cheb I Sabbah's new CD Devotion, plus more genrebending artists to be announced.

Jose Navarette Performance: Making Peace
3 pm & 5 pm • Front Entrance at 701 Mission Street

A native of Mexico City, Navarette is a highly acclaimed dancer and performance artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. This piece also features Debby Kajiyama, Setsuko Nakamura and Kallan Nishimoto

More Live Music
noon–8 pm • Grand Lobby and Anteroom

Jazz, folk, electronic, roots and "avant cabaret" by a line-up featuring Amy X Neuburg, Carlos Oliveira, Student Body Presents Arts & Sciences, The Toids, Dore Stein and more from the Bay Area's thriving alternative music scene.

GUIDED TOURS: The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama & Anna Halprin: At the Origin of Performance
12–1 pm & 3–4 pm • Galleries

Take a guided tour through our current exhibitions: The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama features works by upwards of 88 artists from 30 countries in a landmark exhibition that captures the essence of His Holiness and his mission of peace. Anna Halprin: At the Origin of Performance presents the work of postmodern dance pioneer, Anna Halprin.

Fela Kuti: Suffering and Smiling
1 pm & 2:30 pm • Screening Room

Focusing on the legendary African singer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti and his son Femi, Suffering and Smiling depicts the impact of their politically charged music. Following Nigeria’s independence in 1960, Fela used his songs to speak out against the country’s corrupt leaders. Fela gave voice to Nigeria’s disenfranchised and sang of a free and united Africa. Since his death in 1997, Femi has continued his father’s legacy.

HANDS-ON PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
1–2 pm & 4–5 pm • YAAW Lounge

This workshop is for anybody who wants to explore movement using architectural concepts to inform their artistic process. This workshop will include:

• Warm-up (tai chi, chi gong, body isolation, coordination, stretching)
• Vocalization exercises, (text, poetry, songs, sounds)
• Contact improvisation exercises, (partnering, lifting, body weight sharing)
• A sequence of movements that, later, participants will modify and adjust according to their artistic sensibility and environment
• Participants will be encouraged to share their art movement and talk about their experience during creation

ART SAVVY
1–3 pm & 4–6 pm • Conference Room

Deepen your connection with contemporary art through one of the most respected art education methods in the country. Tour The Missing Peace and participate in a post-tour discussion, an overview of contemporary art and an introduction to Visual Thinking Strategies.

Space limited. To reserve a spot in the workshop, contact Esther Chang at echang@ybca.org or call 415.321.1363

MAKING PEACE MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION
noon–5 pm • Room for Big Ideas

Visit the Room for Big Ideas for our Making Peace installation workshop with YBCA featured artist Derick Ion. Have your art, writing and photos included in the installation.

We invite you to participate in creating a work of community art. Express your thoughts about Making Peace with photos and words sent from your mobile phone to create an online mosaic that will become a part of the exhibition. From your mobile phone, send the TXT message "IDEAS" to peace@tmpp.org, or visit http://peace.tmpp.org to play online or see more information.