Day of the Dead Group Art Show

Join us for a special art show celebrating the Day of the Dead holiday. The gallery will be filled with colorful paintings and sculpture. An altar will be filled with art and memories of loved ones who have passed. Please join us for the evening. Surround yourself with art. Remember those who have passed. Celebrate life with 13 local artists from your art community.

Participating Artists:
Judith Bell, Helen Bellaver, Christine Benjamin, Marianne Bickett, Barbara Jacque, Phyllis Jenkins, Katy Kindig, Paige Liu, Therese May, Mary Medrano, Jen Norton, Linda Roshon, Liz Weaver

Event date: Friday, October 17, 6-9 pm

Mary Medrano Gallery
305 E. Campbell Ave.
Campbell, CA 95008
408.250.2732

Our sister chapter of Phantom Galleries in Los Angeles is collaborating with TED Prize to help distribute this important photography exhibition to raise awareness of XDR-TB.

TED Prize Winner James Nachtwey Unveils XDR-TB as Focus of Global Photography Wish Project

Award winning photojournalist, James Nachtwey, revealed today the disease XDR-TB as the subject of his TED Prize Wish photography slideshow project. Nachtwey is premiering the culmination of his year long wish project with an eight page spread in TIME magazine, a gathering of global activists and leaders, outdoor screenings around the world and on the Internet at www.xdrtb.org in an effort to raise awareness about the disease.

The TED Prize is awarded annually to three exceptional individuals who each receive $100,000 and are granted one wish to change the world. In raising awareness about a XDR-TB, a virulent, mutated strain of traditional TB existent in 49 countries and responsible for over 20,000 preventable deaths each year, Nachtwey comments, "Photographers go to the extreme edges of human experience to show people what's going on. They aim their pictures at your best instincts: generosity, a sense of right and wrong, the ability and the willingness to identify with others, the refusal to accept the unacceptable."

Nachtwey's slideshow will be screened in public spaces in cities around the world including; New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Seoul, Hong Kong, and London, on all 7 continents and across the internet starting on October 3rd and continuing throughout the month. Paul Simon (Singer/Songwriter), Dr. Larry Brilliant (Google.org), Joanne Carter (RESULTS), Dr. Marcos Espinal (World Health Organization), Rajat Gupta (The Global Fund), and Winstone Zulu (Survivor/Activist) will all gather with Nachtwey in New York City for a special event this evening.

Joanne Carter, executive director of RESULTS USA, the medical advocacy group supporting the campaign says, "We hope that the visibility achieved by the global unveiling of these photos will underscore the danger of under funding and lack of global attention to TB programs, spur people around the world to demand action, and spur world leaders to act."

Using haunting images in a digital slideshow, this multimedia campaign will raise awareness about XDR-TB and launch a social action campaign with partnering organizations, RESULTS and Demos UK. The TED Prize produced James' wish project as part of a collaborative effort with partners BD, TIME, the Streaming Museum, and Phantom Galleries (Los Angeles).http://www.jamesnachtwey.comhttp://www.tedprize.org

This looks like a great show in an unconventional space...Phantom Galleries/Kaleid artists Andy Gouveia, Eric Taggart and Pellet will be exhibiting murals/installations at the show.

Sezio Presents : St{art}er Home

A house in Downtown Mountain View will be torn down in late October. Leading up to a video documented demolition, a group of local artists will collaborate on murals and art installations inside the 850 sq.ft. of this single family home. An artist reception will be held Saturday, Oct. 11th from 6 to 10pm, featuring a live DJ and adult beverages. A traditional open house will be held Sunday, Oct. 12th from 1 to 6pm, including hors d'œuvres and live music...

668 Ehrhorn Ave., Mountain View, CA 94040 (map)

visit www.sezio.org/starterhome for more details or email starterhome@sezio.org

Call for Entries for Splash 11: New Directions - North Light Books’ hardbound showcase of the best in contemporary watercolors

Description from their entry form: As Splash continues to celebrate excellence in watercolor painting, we look to discover “new directions.” If your artwork is selected, you will be asked to explain in writing how your painting represents some sort of new direction. This may refer to changing your whole style of painting, going outside to paint for the first time, attempting to do large studio paintings after years of working small, changing subject matter, changing your life situation, trying out a new color palette, experimenting with a new surface, using different brushes, applying paint in a new way—whatever “new directions” means to you. Have you had a personal breakthrough? Maybe you initiated this new direction or learned from another painter. Perhaps you feel the painting itself was directing you in a certain way. “New Directions” can be interpreted in many ways. We are still looking for excellence in a variety of styles, and the dominant medium must be transparent watercolor, though minor uses of other media are acceptable

Deadline for submissions is January 16, 2009

Visit the Splash11 website for the entry form and details.
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Please note that there is a $20 entry fee for each painting you submit. What I don't know is if there is an additional fee should your work be awarded publication. (They don't mention it on their site or have any contact info listed on their site....as a result of a little sleuthing, I think this is their phone number though if you'd like to call: 715-445-2214).

Canvas Ghost Productions is calling all artists to submit work for their Power of Music one night show that will take place on March 7, 2009.

Music is that intoxicating and entrancing force that moves the soul. It shapes pop culture. Its melody and ridged base line proclaim the strength of a nation. The origin of which stems from the ever faithful beat of the heart.

We are looking for artist to interpret the Power of Music for this themed art show. We are encouraging you to think out of the box and surprise us with your visual interpretation on the power of music.

This show will include juried art hung on the wall, musicians, spoken word artists and performance artists. Musician and spoken word artists, please direct us to a sample of your work for consideration.

If you are interested in submitting for this show, please email Debra for more information and submission guidelines. Email: info@CanvasGhost.com

The happening will be at a home, in the Spartan Keyes neighborhood of San Jose.
992 S. Eighth Street, San Jose, CA 95112

WOMEN ARTISTS ON IMMIGRATION: Crossing Borders, Confronting Barriers, Bridging Identities

Organized and presented by:Women's Caucus for Art with the Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles
Exhibition Dates: February 20 – March 6, 2009
Opening Reception: February 27, 2009

In this election year, we're seizing the moment to engage all women artists in California on the important topic of immigration. Each subtopic — Crossing Borders, Confronting Barriers, Bridging Identities — offers useful starting points for selecting or creating work for this show. Like the many current and prior related exhibitions on this subject, this show seeks to inspire an ongoing conversation and examination of the formation of our cultural, personal and political identities.

We encourage California-based women artists at all career levels whose work addresses the topic of immigration to submit work. Submissions will be selected by Alma Ruiz, curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, and exhibited in the contemporary art gallery of the Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles from February 20 – March 6, 2009. The work of accepted artists will be featured in a color catalog to support the inclusion of this show in the cultural record.

The opening reception on February 27, 2009 will take place during the annual conferences of the Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) and the College Art Association (February 25 – March 1, 2009).

Deadline for Receipt of Entries: November 14, 2008
Juror: Alma Ruiz, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles
To Enter: Download the prospectus at http://www.scwca.org
Questions: Contact Ann Isolde via e-mail: annisolde@scwca.org

Artist Paul J. Gonzalez has created these cool hand sculpted and designed Dia de los Muertos mugs, there's even a "Frida" inspired mug! Contact Paul directly at: paul@pauljgonzalezartstudios.com to get one, or a set.

pictured: Aaron Shinault

Since 2001, Phantom Galleries has been creating exhibit opportunities for local artist in various vacant storefronts throughout the downtown core. Lately we've been centralized in the SoFA District and we've installed some new artists....you can see them through November.

455 South First Street- David Ciccerone, mixed media exhibit, Jai Tanju, Bigger Moments-excerpts from the with a camera from marc book.

460 Market Street - Yumiko Kayukawa, photographic exhibit, Rhys Sanchez, stencil exhibit

386 South First Street- GLevy, mixed media exhibit

388 South First Street - Aaron Shinault, urban inspired paintings

If you'd like to exhibit your work through the Phantom Galleries project, email us at info[at]PhantomGalleries.com