Canvas Ghost Productions presents WONDERLAND 2010 Art Show

March 20th and March 21, 2010 at 992 South Eighth Street, San Jose, CA 95112

Come experience the sights and sounds of Wonderland 2010, inspired by the story of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. This is an art party, so dress as your favorite character and come meet the artists.

March 20, 7pm to 10pm- MUSIC by Paul Relvas and Fontain’s Muse

March 21, 11am to 5pm- MUSIC by Dune Tran, Jenny Milne, Bill Rupel and Corpus Callosum.
Noon on the 21st will be a Tea Party

BAY AREA ARTISTS include Al Preciado, Amy Fort, dNA, Carlos Villez, Celeste Young, Christine Benjamin, Christopher Elliman, Cloud, Darius B'Alexander, Diana Hartman, Eileen Graham, Faye Kala, Gianfranco. Glenn Domingo. Jared Konopitski. Jaya King, JB Kelly, Justyna Przygoda , Kathy Blackburn, Kate Saturday, Lacey Bryant, Laura Callin Bennett, Maggie, Matthew Bailey Seigel, Michael Foley, Michelle Waters, Mike3.5, Nic Ceasar, Takashi, Talia Gragert, Tomek Przygoda , Trina Merry

CATERING by Fundamental Gourmet.
Free for all ages. Free street parking. Bicycle friendly venue.

For more info contact Canvas Ghost by email: info@canvasghost.com or call 408-394-1093

THURSDAY GIG'S Art & The Spoken Word presents

Featured Artist: Elizabeth Parashis bills herself as a self-taught artist, having gone to school at West Valley College during the 70's when letting students do their own thing was p.c. Indeed it fits her style of free-wheeling expression which gives dynamic movement to her work. In her view mistakes are a plus and the more mistakes, the more successful a painting is. Thus, forgiving oneself is assured. One just pushes on.

Featured Poet: Kelly Cressio-Moeller is a native Californian who attended San Jose State University for her BA in Humanities and graduate work in Art History. Her poetry contains diverse themes, telling stories in evocative imagery and narrative that is both powerful and playful. Her work has appeared online at Eos: The Creative Context, Santa Clara County’s Family Album poem, LILIPOH magazine, forthcoming in the Willow Glen Book’s anthology: Remembering and the poetry journal, The Aurorean. She’s honored to read again at the Thursday Gig.

Open Mic follows

Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010, 6:30 - 9:30 pm

STONE GRIFFIN GALLERY
411 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell

This is a Pot Luck BYOB, Soft Drinks, Water event
Donations of $1 would be appreciated
If you can't bring food or donate, come anyway : )

Kimy Martinez is a narrative painter that resides in south San Jose with her husband and two children. Her paintings are figurative, surreal and dream like in nature. An organic circle of life is connected to her imagery. Her work is powerful and visceral and packs an emotional punch.

A graduate of University of Portland, Kimy also has theatre and performance experience. She is editor of the online Literary and Visual arts magazine, LIT n IMAGE and is an esteemed member of the Works/San Jose Board. She is also active in Art Shots and the WOW program( Art Workshops On Wheels designed to serve the community)

A performance by Gianfranco Paolozzi on accordion, a Drum Circle and Open Mic are also part of the program. A Sober and potluck environment are encouraged.

Artist reception: March 26th, 7-9pm

Gallery TEN10 @ 21st Street and Taylor
San Jose , California
Al Preciado, Director
408-476-1968

At this year's show will be a Legends of Underground comics reunion. Spain Rodriguez, Dan O'neil, Ted Richards, S. Clay Wilson, John Thompson, Don Donahue and Mark Bode. These early pioneers in the underground comic scene will be in attendance.

Also happening is 240 tables of vintage to modern toys and collectibles, special appearances by Joyce DeWitt & Priscilla Barnes from Three's Company and actress Ola Ray (played the part of Michael Jackson's girlfriend in the "Thriller" video).

Saturday, March 20th
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
344 Tully Road, San Jose, CA 95111

Early Bird 9 AM - 10:59 AM, admission $15.00

General admission 11 AM - 4 PM, admission $5.00 / Kids under 12: $2.50

Visit http://www.timetunnelnews.blogspot.com/ for more information.

This photograph entitled "Wall of Prayer" by KALEID Gallery artist John Eric Paulson, Master Photographer, was awarded Print of the Year by the Professional Photographers of the Greater Bay Area at their annual awards banquet last month. PPGBA is one of the largest local chapters of the Professional Photographers of America.

For more information on John Paulson, please visit his site http://www.johnericpaulson.com

University Art is having a one day super sale at all of its five stores on Thursday, March 18th from 8am - 7pm.

Everything in the store is at least 20% up to 70% off. All Art Alternatives canvases will be 60-70% off.

Visit their site for locations- http://universityart.com

Castillo's Visual Arts Network (VAN) residency at MACLA has come to an end but her work continues to make an impression. Castillo explored ideas of ancestry and lineage with members of the San Jose community to make Bloodlines a reality.

Neighbors, students, teachers and MACLA staff came together last Saturday to celebrate the completion of the project. Participants embroidered their family names onto red fabric that was woven through the trees in the Parque de Los Pobladores (aka Gore Park, across from MACLA in the SoFA District), creating figurative bloodlines. Bloodlines continues to inspire those walking by.

Stop by and visit the public art project when you have a moment, the trees are just beginning to flower and complement Castillo's impactful work.

photos by Astrogirl

Join us for TWO BUCK Tuesday March 16th!
curated by KALEID Artist Christine Benjamin

TWO BUCK Tuesdays is an all day $2 art sale and evening quirky speaker series that happens on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.

$2 ART SALE starts @12pm

FUN TALKS start @7pm featuring:

Linda Waltrip will be talking about her inspiration and passion for clothing – from owning her own vintage clothing store: Park Place in Downtown Willow Glen, to being an incredibly talented seamstress. Some models will be showing off her creations!

Murphy Adams will give a illustrated story presentation on an overhead projector. With her quirky fun style it should be quite entertaining!

Nicolas Caesar will talk about being an outsider artist, showing art outside the galleries and survival tips for the modern artist.

SKETCH ARTISTS 6-10pm featuring:

Kate Stewart, Drew Clark, Michelle Waters, Lacey Byrant, Kyle Pellet and more (read above)

5 Minute $5 Portraits by Ivy Atoms

Also ALL artists are invited to bring their art supplies, and take a place at the sketch table! Space is first come first serve.

LIVE MUSIC @9pm featuring:

Benjamin Henderson is a bandit with a heart of gold. He steals strums, styles and stories from the past and sets them free to dance the good dance, night after night, venue after venue. His charm, powerful voice and musical ability will allow him to get away with it for years. No matter the setting or with what ensemble, Henderson always delivers a passionate and palpable energy to the listener.

BELLY DANCING featuring:

Persephone Dance Company is an Improvisational Tribal Style Belly Dance troupe who share a common vocabulary of movements and cues allowing dancers to fluidly move in tandem in 100% improvisational performances. PDC formally danced as Tribal Moon.

FOOD, COFFEE featuring:

Crunch Catering is a fresh company that was born out of a love for food and celebration. Located in San Jose and owned by chef Dave Nelson Crunch provides professional, friendly service with an artistic flair.

At Psycho Donuts peculiar donuts hobnob with quirky art, and a crazy, themed environment. Psycho Donuts has performed a facelift on the common donut, and has resurrected the corner donut shop from the brink of extinction. http://www.psycho-donuts.com/

Red Berry Coffee Bar artisan roasted, single origin coffees, are on location to serve and explain their selection and vision.

KALEID Gallery
88 So. 4th St. (btwn Santa Clara & San Fernando)
Downtown San Jose, CA 95112

www.KALEIDgallery.com
 408.947.1785

Facebook: www.facebook.com/kaleidgallery
Twitter: www.twitter.com/KALEIDgallery

Parking: street metered parking (free after 6pm) or 4th St. Garage (@San Fernando) $3 after 6pm.

Update: Congratulations to KATE STEWART, the winner of the Cinequest Film Festival's Maverick Art Contest!

To see a plethora of photos of the paintings in progress during the film festival, click here.

pictured left to right: Dax Tran Caffee, Michael Foley, Kate Stewrt, Wädl,

Phantom Galleries is partnering with the Cinequest Film Festival 20 to bring you the Maverick Spirit Art Contest - a live painting event that takes place in the windows of the Camera 12 Cinemas during one of San Jose's most notorious and beloved events of the year.

Featured artists Dax Tran Caffee, Michael Foley, Kate Stewart and Wädl began their canvases last week and will continue through this Friday, March 5th. Feel free to stop by Camera 12 between 11am-11pm to view the works in progress and cheer the artists on.

All the artists will present their finished paintings at the Closing Gala Event on Saturday, March 6th at 7pm at the California Theatre on South First Street.

You can participate in the event by texting your vote for your favorite MAVERICK artist to Cinequest as listed below beneath each artists' image. (Text service provided by Mozes with no surcharges imposed.)

You can click on each image to get a larger view.

Dax Tran Caffee- text "CAFFEE" to 66937

Wädl- text "WADL1" to 66937

Michael Foley- text "FOLEY" to 66937

Kate Stewart- text "STEWART" to 66937

As you can see, all the work is amazing so the choice will be difficult, but your vote is important to the success of the event, so please take a moment to vote for your favorite MAVERICK ARTIST!

Please note that all paintings pictured here are works in progress. Follow us on Twitter - @PhantomTweets for live updates.

We will post images of the finished work after the winner is announced at the Cinequest Closing Gala.