ANNOUNCEMENT for a 1966 showing of works by JACK BOYCE at the BUZZ GALLERY in San Francisco. [Loose Leaf] by [BOYCE, Jack]

[np]: [np], (1966). First edition. 7.0 X 2.75” oak tag card with black type: JACK BOYCE at BUZZ GALLERY 1711 Buchanan/ February 19, Saturday, five to seven, Opening/and/More Viewing on February 20, Sunday one to five. Addressed with stamp. Reverse has black outlined illustration with blue and red coloring. Minor soiling, else near fine. Jack Boyce, painter and husband to Joanne Kyger, was the last artist to show his work at Buzz Gallery. Following his February 1966 viewing, the Gallery was closed. Graham Mackintosh printed all of the announcements at no cost to the gallery, according to Bill Brodecky Moore, one of the owners. Moore reflects on this period in his July 2003 writings:Something that people today don't realize or remember is that in the sixtiesthe San Francisco painting scene was completely dominated, indeed monopolized,by the San Francisco Art Institute painters... Most of our group weren't impressed with theInstitute, which was expensive to attend and therefore attracted mainly people whocould afford to go there, rather than the most talented. This was one of the mainreasons for our starting Buzz: to have the one thing we would never have otherwise, a place to show.[We were] romantic painters with strong intellectual interests and a recognition of the importance of poetry to our vision. The poets were the main element of the San Francisco Renaissance, we painters had a subsidiary, though essential, part in the drama. The important thing was that we recognized the magic that came from a symbiotic relationship with the poets. Duncan, Spicer, Blaser, Adam, Kyger, Stanley, Dull, Borregaard, Edwards, MacInnis, Todd, Kielty, Fabian, Ellingham, Fagin, all of them, had electric interactions with painting, and this is what we thrived on.Paul Alexander, another part-owner, reflects in his writings from July 16, 2002, [that] “the solo shows were a great success. When we ran out of artists we closed the gallery.”