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Rejoiceremember-1 Review of: Tim Kerr, Russ Pope, Mathew Rodriguez, Michael Sieben: If, Then Maybe, Needles & Pens  
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Tim Kerr, Russ Pope, Mathew Rodriguez, Michael Sieben at Needles & Pens October 3rd 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Posted 9/29/09

Please join us this weekendat Needles & Pens, Saturday 6:00 - 9:30 PM(October 3rd, 2009) for the opening reception ofIf, Then Maybe...featuring new works by Tim Kerr Russ Pope Mathew Rodriguez& Michael Sieben Three fellows from Austin, Texas and a gent from Southern California** In Addition, there will be an olde-time musical performance by Tim Kerr, Eric Landmark and others! **     Artist Bios: Tim Kerr is most well-known as being the guitarist in the seminal Austin Texas skate punk band,... [more]

Dscf0004 More Info.  
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Therese Agnew, Jeanine Allpress-Cliffe, Kat Horn, Chad KIpfer, Ilyse Iris Magy at Big Umbrella Studios September 25th - October 26th
Posted 9/12/09

be sure to check out our newly remodled website to get additional information an all the goings on at Big Umbrella Studios-including updates on the Craft show and the kids' art classes that will contribute to it.   http://bigumbrellastudios.com   [more]

Dscf0027 PAL's second show!  
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Poor Artist League Collective -PAL at Big Umbrella Studios August 21st - August 27th
Posted 8/17/09

Hosted By Big Umbrella Studios will include work by all of the Poor Artist League Collective. Benjamin King Robb Oshima Chelsea Wong Michelle Fleck Danny Espinoza Miriam Dias Cortney Cassidy Ryan Del La Hoz Amy Vazquez Nick Klein Scott Cooper Liam Devowski Matt Hewitt Andrew Lee Neilson Ishida Chad Kipler Laurie Wilson Tiffany Enriquez Phiton Nguyen Therese Agnew Nick Chan Danielle Manzon... [more]

Sausalitoartstudiosattheicb love the art there!  
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Gail Sterling Mari Aaronsouth, Chris Adessa, Susan Aulik, Sue Averell, Raquel Baldocchi, Jack Beck, Deborah Bertola, Judy Calder, Cynthia Duncan, Emily Dvorin, Stephen Ehret, Mirian Ellingson, Frances Galli, Elaine Gentile, Rhoda Grossman, The Artist Hines, carol Jacobsen, Susan Jansen, Gloria Johnson, Christine Kelly, John Kunzweiler, Linda Larsen, Laura Lengyel, Ellen Levine-Dodd, Sherry Miller, Cindy Miracle, Cheryl Rabin, Dani Roach, Sandra Schoenberg, Fine Art Services at ICB Building September 5th - September 7th
Posted 8/5/09

I have meet some of these artists at a previous event, what a super experience! Lots of good art to see and friendly artists to meet! Some of the artists even give lessons! [more]

Swordofdamocles John Yoyogi Fortes at SFMOMA Caffé Museo by Melissa Wyss  
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John Yoyogi Fortes at SFMOMA Caffé Museo May 21st - June 30th
Posted 6/25/09

Gestural, textured and asymmetrical, John Yoyogi Fortes' show at the SFMOMA Caffé Museo is a punk rock alternative to the American modernist legends Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams currently showing upstairs.  While O'Keeffe's and Adams' work reflects the beauty of the outside world, Fortes' psychological landscapes strive to illustrate complexity of the self.  His canvases are layered with impulsive colors, patterns and shapes which accumulate to both expose and conceal.  Collaged images, of... [more]

Shalinee-kumari_global_warming_lg Mithila Painting   Pick-button
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Shalinee Kumari at Frey Norris Gallery June 18th - July 19th
Posted 6/21/09

At least since the 14th century, women in the Mithila region of the state of Bihar in northeast India have painted auspicious images on the walls of their homes. Traditionally, these paintings were done on ritual occasions, especially to celebrate marriages, and encourage fertility and prosperity. Over time several distinctive styles of Mithila painting have evolved. Then in the late 1960s the women began transferring these paintings to paper for sale. Today, woman in the region still ador... [more]

Amory_s Bite-sized Brett Amory Show at FFDG  
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Brett Amory at Fecal Face Dot Gallery June 17th - June 20th
Posted 6/21/09

(Author's note: The following is excerpted from a longer post on my blog, Arteaser) We headed over to Fecal Face Dot Gallery (FFDG) for the latest installment of their "In-N-Out" series, which featured Brett Amory: I really enjoyed a new series of small paintings (above) based on a dream: Amory also had a couple of new pieces from the "Waiting" series up: Sadly, the show was only up for four days and is already down. As the name implies, the "In-N-Out" series are week long shows with openings on Thursdays. Amory (below right) was in attendance ta... [more]

Fuji_yoshida_2 Sacred Mountain @ St Mary's   Pick-button
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at Hearst Art Gallery May 2nd - July 3rd
Posted 6/8/09

A quest for divine beauty and the role of the artist in preserving and exalting images of sacred nature provides the poetic foundation of Sacred Mountain: Images of Mount Diablo and Mount Fuji. Sacred Mountain is curated by St. Mary’s Hearst Gallery collections manager, Julie Armistead, who arduously collected and researched the artists, as the extended captions indicate. The show itself is impressive alone in its breadth (the earliest Mount Fuji work is from circa 1810, and the... [more]

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at Kala Art Institute -Happy Hour/ Wine, Music, Art June 25th 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Posted 6/4/09

Kala hosts the best events! There is always a great mix of professionals and arts. Great wine! Great Music! Great Art! Great people! [more]

Shaw_dag Artist as Subject, Curator, and Author   Pick-button
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Alice Shaw at Gallery 16 May 21st - July 3rd
Posted 5/31/09

Artist-curated exhibitions are a particularly interesting site of information and disinformation about the artist. Alice Shaw creates a prescribed path of viewing around the gallery in a trajectory that begins with what at first may appear to be a very self-indulgent series of work. It begins with a self-portrait, shot in a style similar to her previous identity-based work, and moves on to non-photographic work and documents created by others. Auto Portrait (2003) is followed by an exhibition statemen... [more]


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