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June 1, 2007

Phantom Galleries San Jose

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The San Jose Phantom Galleries program was launched in 2000 as a partnership between Two Fish Design, San Jose Downtown Association and the San Jose Redevelopment Agency. It was (and still is!) our intention to utilize empty downtown storefronts as local artists exhibit spaces in an effort to minimize the bleak scenery of vacant ground floor windows with the maximum impact of celebrating the creative talent that resides here.

It is true that there is much progress being made downtown with new residential developments that will include "mixed use" ground floor retail and there are fewer empty windows that are in the state of blight as was the case five years ago. But it also means more and more construction walls that can be activated as temporary murals, private buildings that could house exhibits in between tenants and Phantom Galleries can provide a referral service to business owners that would like art exhibits in their spaces as a way to support local artists, but also provide their customers with interesting atmosphere that changes throughout the year.

This evolution of the Phantom Galleries' website will focus more on the activities from this day on (as opposed to archiving the last six years) there will be updates each week in the form of current exhibits, artist's news, exhibit opportunities and calls for entries submitted by third parties. We'll also point to examples of other cities utilizing the Phantom concept.

Feel free to contact us any time with news, feedback and/or comments to our posts, we'd love to hear from you.

peace and care,
Cherri Lakey & Brian Eder

June 5, 2007

Phantom Galleries in the NY Times!

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A man walks by the Kaleid Gallery in San Jose, Calif., March 22, 2007.

"In a city that nurtures its art institutions, an underground art scene has also taken shape. Vacant buildings, which still blemish many downtown blocks, have been transformed into temporary exhibit space for local painters and sculptors, attractive place-holders until permanent tenants arrive." (Peter DaSilva/The New York Times)

June 17, 2007

Art Ark Grand Opening Aug. 9th

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UPDATE: The exhibit is entitled Intersections and it will feature artwork and a feature performance by Art Ark residents as well as artwork from neighborhood artists. They do request that you RSVP to Jgeracie[at]thecorecompanies.com or call 408-292-7841, ext 11 as they'll have lunch and beverages.

Save the date: Art Ark's grand opening is going to be Thursday, August 9th from 11:30am - 1:00pm. There will be a new exhibit that I believe will involve artists from the Martha Gardens area. The Art Ark Apartments is an affordable housing complex designed with the artist in mind. It's recently been announced that it's 100% leased and has a common house gallery on site. It's located at 1035 South 6th St. (btwn Bestor Park and Keyes Blvd.), downtown San Jose. We'll keep you posted!

California Lawyers for the Arts in San Jose

Steven Tran came by our offices to let us know that the California Lawyers for the Arts have set up an office here in San Jose. They felt that artists here in the South Bay weren't using the resources available to them in San Francisco. Their site is definitely worth visiting to keep up on all the work they are doing on the arts' behalf as well as services they can provide. Steven said they will be hosting a workshop in July, with more details to be announced. Visit their site here, and if you need their assistance, please email them at sanjose(at)calawyersforthearts.org or call them at 408-998-2787 ext. 216.

Arthaus Gallery

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Carlos DaSilva is a local photographer that did a series of screenprints onto plexiglass and exhibited them in his garage that he converted into a one night gallery. It was a great casual atmosphere with really interesting work. To see images from the exhibit, click here.

June 18, 2007

Jason Arnold & Tim Lierman at B & B this Saturday.

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UPDATE: Photos of the exhibition posted here.

Long time Phantom artists Jason Arnold and Tim Leirman will have a duo exhibit at Black & Brown on Saturday June 23rd, from 8-11pm. We're looking forward to seeing what these two have been up to!

Black & Brown Clothing
1225 W. San Carlos, San Jose

June 21, 2007

Silicon Valley Orchard by Angela Buenning Filo

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Angela Buenning Filo (Phantom Galleries artist 2003) has a photographic exhibit up at San Jose City Hall thru September 21, 2007 entitled The Story of a Silicon Valley Orchard. Inspired by a news article in 2002 about a prune orchard that was "the last in Silicon Valley", Angela made the trip south on Hwy 85 and found the orchard, and committed herself to take a portrait of each of the 1,705 trees in the orchard. Three winters later, with the orchard land now slated for development, she photographed the final tree. These 1700+ images are on view in the lobby of the tower building and continues on Floor 18 where the city council offices are.
San Jose City Hall
200 East Santa Clara Street (btwn 4th & 5th Streets)
open 9-5pm, Monday - Friday.

June 22, 2007

Inna Razmakhova at Barefoot Coffee

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Inna Razmakhova, Los Gatos Art Association Open Juried Show 2007 winner, has a solo exhibit at Barefoot Coffee Roasters called Travel Treasures showcasing "stunning photographs from our favorite National Parks of South West California and Hawaii." Enjoy the exhibit (on view thru June 30th) at the best coffeeshop in South Bay!

Barefoot Coffee
5237 Stevens Creek (@ Lawrence Expwy)
Santa Clara

Ellie Brown exhibits at YO Gallery, Philadelphia

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Ellie Brown (Phantom Galleries artist 2002), exhibits her photographs that are excerpts from the body of work, About My Sisters 1996-2006 (which will also be a self published book). Ellie has been photographing her half-sisters' passage through childhood, into and out of adolescence for ten years. The work chronicles the quest for identity, changes in voice and confidence through adolescence, the strong influence of media, peer groups and an eating disorder. (from YO Gallery's press release.)

(Ellie has always done beautiful relevant artwork and installations pertaining to girls and women and how they are perceived. Ellie's Phantom exhibit (on South First next to Bella Mia at the time) was an installation of numerous pink dresses that ranged from the cute frilly little girl dress to an underslip of lingerie.)

YO Gallery
113 N 23rd St., Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Charlotte and Ema on KQED's SPARK program

Charlotte Kruk n' Kempken at KALEID
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Ema Sintamarian

KALEID Gallery's April 2007 Featured Artists (and long time Phantom artists) Charlotte Kruk n' Kempken and Ema Sintamarian will be featured on KQED's art and culture television program SPARK on June 27th, 29th and July 2nd. To sign up for an email reminder, please visit their site here.

June 26, 2007

Gente, Casas y Barrios opens Friday June 29th

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Sheau Lee and Ethan Miller, Surface, video projection still, 2007

We received two very nice notes today from Michelle Waters and Sheau Lee that each will be in the forth coming MACLA's Gente, Casas y Barrios exhibit as a result of a call for entries by MACLA that we relayed to our artist list.

The exhibit, whose theme is People, Houses & Neighborhoods, will include a collaborative project by Sheau Lee & Ethan Miller called Surface (above image) which is an interactive audio/video installation using a table with a contact microphone, a series of macro photos of urban surfaces in downtown San Jose. The location of each surface is cataloged with latitude and longitude data. Organic materials are also collected from the urban environment (rocks, seed pods, branches, etc.) and form an interface into the exploration of place and surface.

Michelle Waters' painting is entitled the Undevelopment Agency and is a satirical piece addressing the environmental consequences of rampant development.

Gente, Casas y Barrios opens this Friday, June 29th with an artists' reception at 6pm with the exhibit on view through July 14th.
MACLA is located at 510 South First Street, downtown San Jose

June 28, 2007

Donna Orme exhibits Chine Colle at Possibilities

Donna Orme - Featuring 5" x 5" Monoprints with Chine Colle
Experimental artist, Donna Orme presents 5" x 5" monoprints produced from aluminum plates that have been submerged in a copper sulfate solution. The copper sulfate bites into unprotected parts of the plates and produces the tonal values and thick/thin lines.

Ms. Orme adds color, rhythm, texture and mood to these monoprints by the use of chine colle. Some etchings are run on Asian papers. The Asian papers are incorporated with the inked aluminum plates in a technique known as chine colle (Chinese collage) to produce soft, collage effects.

Possibilities Art Studio & Gallery
311-A Forest Avenue
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
831.643.9392
August 10-September 29, 2007
For more information visit _www.donnaorme.com

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June 30, 2007

REMINDER-No First Friday July!

Due to the July Fourth holiday, there will be no First Friday gallery walk downtown for July. The galleries will resume First Friday August 3rd at 8pm til late.

The two featured artists for First Friday August at KALEID gallery is Joe Claus and Mary Medrano. For more information, click here.

Have a wonderful, safe holiday!

Dee Jae leaving for Japan!

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San Jose urban artist and muralist (and long time Phantom participant) Dee Jae Paeste is leaving the San Jose area to live in Japan for the next year or so. Dee Jae says: It's time i get out there and explore more of the world and experience all i can while i have the energy and time.

We will miss him, his amazing talent, and his abundant energy. We wish you the best Dee Jae, and appreciate all the vibrancy you've added to our lives in the years we've known you!

July 5, 2007

Christine Benjamin exhibit July 6th

Although there is not a downtown San Jose First Friday tomorrow night, July 6th, head on over to downtown Campbell and check out Christine Benjamins exhibit in the courtyard next to Sonya Paz' gallery located at 325 East Campbell Ave from 5-9pm.

South FIRST FRIDAYS will be back on August 3rd.

July 6, 2007

Rob in Bay Nature Magazine

Photographer Rob Lehman has a published photo that accompanies an article about Mt. Madonna County Park in the current issue of Bay Nature Magazine. Congrats Rob!

Upcoming Thackrey exhibits

Deborah Mills Thackrey will be exhibiting her photography at the Saratoga Library's lobby with pointillist painter Michael Olivieri thru Sept. 1st.
Saratoga Public Library
3650 Saratoga Ave (at Fruitvale)
Saratoga, CA
408.867.6126

Also: opening this Sunday the 8th, Deborah and her husband Tom will be showing together again for the month of July at the Borders store in Sunnyvale. Deb will be showing some new graffiti work and Tom some new figurative light paintings.
316 W. El Camino Real (at the corner of Mathilda)
Sunnyvale, CA
408.730.5050

July 31, 2007

FIrst Friday Aug 3rd at KALEID

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Please join us this FIRST FRIDAY August 3rd for our Featured Artists Exhibits and Reception: My Neighbors a photographic tribute to the smaller side of Silicon Valley business by Joe Claus, and About Face paintings of solitary figures by Mary Medrano that represent interaction, communication and love after the loss of her mother last year.

Also on view, artworks by 70+ artists from the San Jose area.

KALEID gallery
88 South Fourth Street (at San Fernando)
7pm - 9pm, free and open to the public
Hard-bop and soul-jazz delicacies from the '60s provided by DJ Oh and Lynn Ness

August 4, 2007

Community Meeting about Public Art

The San Jose Public Art Program invites you to participate in this discussion to plan for a permanently situated aviation-themed artwork that will be part of the Mineta San José International Airport Public Art Program.

Community input is vital to the planning process, and will help shape the vision for this project. Please join us for a fun evening to learn more about the project, discuss site opportunities for public artwork, and share your ideas, visions and stories.

Monday, August 20, 2007, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

San Jose City Hall - Council Wing
200 E. Santa Clara Street, Room CW 120
(Parking validation will be provided for the City Hall garage, entrance on 6th Street)

For more information contact: Public Art Project Manager, Mary Rubin
408 277-5144 ext 16 or mary.rubin@sanjoseca.gov

August 8, 2007

Wood Fire Connections Exhibit opens Sept 7, 2007


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The ceramics exhibit, WOOD FIRE CONNECTIONS, opens September 7, 2007 at the Artobject Gallery, 592 N 5th Street, San Jose, California.

The exhibit features the wood-fired work of six potters from Oregon and California: Hiroshi Ogawa, Harry Nakamoto, Samuel Hoffman, Diane Levinson, Jennifer Long Klein, and Tim Steele.

There will be an opening night reception as a part of San Jose’s First Friday Gallery Walk on September 7th from 7 PM to 9 PM. All the artists will be present to discuss and answer questions about their work.

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Mitra Fabian opening reception at ICA

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Image: Mitra Fabian, Ventilation series, 2006-7, Paper and glue, Dimensions variable.
Courtesy of the Artist and Bandini Art, Los Angeles.

Mitra Fabian (Phantom Galleries 2006) will be having her first bay area solo exhibit with an opening reception this Friday, 8/10, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.

(from the ICA website:) Using everyday household materials, Mitra Fabian transforms scotch tape, glue and paper into sprawling floor works and topographies that confound scale. From a distance, the artwork resembles urban developments flowing into the contours of the land. At a microscopic level, the work might be seen as proliferating spores or an aberrant growth, indefinitely spreading.

Fabian's installation and sculptural works straddle the line between exquisite and grotesque. The objects can be beautiful and benign; made from innocuous materials into sculpture more sublime than threatening. Yet simultaneously, the enigmatic forms seem to be in the process of unchecked growth and glue and tape become disturbingly epidermal.

August 9, 2007

2007 Books Arts Jam at Foothill Oct. 20th

The Bay Area Book Artists and Foothill College present:

The 6th Annual Book Arts Jam at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California
Saturday, October 20, 2007, 10am to 4pm.

The Annual Book Arts Jam at Foothill College provides an inside look at the world of artists' books and the book arts. The Book Arts Jam is a one-day celebration at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California at which you can view one-of-a-kind handmade artist books, zines, letterpress books and broadsides, mailart, calligraphy, fine art prints, handmade paper and multiples by over 50 exhibitors who are book artists, craftspeople, and workers in the allied fields of letterpress printing, papermaking, printmaking, photography, collage, and paper decoration.

The intent of the Book Arts Jam is to bring together book artists and audiences interested in the book arts to create a forum for artists to show and sell their work, and for visitors of all kinds-including book arts fans and artists as well as audiences new to book arts-to see the work of others and learn about the book arts.

The event is free. ($2.00 charge for parking at Foothill College-bring quarters!)

August 10, 2007

Nancy Ann Rice at (the new) Gregory Kate Gallery

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Nancy Ann Rice, From the Deep, acrylic on canvas 30" x 36"

Chris Hogan has opened the Gregory Kate Gallery (named after his two children) on The Alameda in San Jose. (from their website:) "Our intent is to display an ever-changing variety of art and photographs for your viewing pleasure. We hope to surprise you with different artistic styles and expose you to different mediums of expression."

GK's next exhibit is Nancy Ann Rice, an acrylic surrealistic painter and local teacher of painting.
The artist's reception is Weds., Aug. 22nd from 5-7pm.
Location: 925 The Alameda # 101, San Jose (near HP Pavillion)

August 17, 2007

Devon's new art and mural blogs

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Devon Holzwarth, A Gondola Ride Through Venice mural

A long time friend to Phantom Galleries (both as exhibiting artist and muralist) Devon Holzwarth has quite an empire brewing. Her multi talents required multi business personas and she has two new blogs so you can keep an eye on her accomplishments: murals are at www.muralstudio.blogspot.com and her art and artsy products at www.devonindustry.blogspot.com.

August 20, 2007

Mary Medrano Studio and Gallery opening

Congratulations to Mary Medrano (Phantom & KALEID artist since the beginning!) for her new endeavor!

Mary invites you to the opening celebration:
Join the party from 7-9pm at my new studio and gallery space in historic downtown Campbell. I will be exhibiting my figurative paintings, some new florals inspired by being in Campbell, and three sculptures of Helen Bellaver. Her work is made from a combination of found objects and the painting process. She combines the two with a creative voice; one that speaks of renewal and reinvention. She is guided by intuition and the joy of making art.

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

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday - Friday: 12 - 7 pm
Most weekends: 11 - 3 pm

Celebration: Friday, September 7, 2007, 7-9 pm

August 21, 2007

HoC's 1st Annual Chalk Arts Festival

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photo by Michael Denning

Heart of Chaos presents the 2nd of 3 installments of San Jose’s First Annual Chalk Art Festival.

The festival brings an explosion of color, vitality and a sense of community to the park as Heart of Chaos artists demonstrate the many varieties of chalk art and invite the children and adults in the neighborhood to create their own art using chalk provided by Heart of Chaos.

This is a FREE event so bring the family and invite the whole neighborhood out for some fun in the sun and take advantage of this opportunity to let loose and create some fun art!

Camden Community Center
3369 Union Avenue, San Jose, 95124
10am-2pm / FREE

First Friday Sept 7 at KALEID

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Please join us First Friday September 7th at KALEID gallery for two new featured artists exhibitions by Shannon Amidon and Lucy Liew.

Introspections is a series of acrylic on canvas artworks by Lucy Liew that were inspired by a series of personal events that led to her introspection into both the past and present when faced with life’s challenges and emerging as a stronger and more complete person.

Into Pieces is a mixed media series of insect portrait puzzles by Shannon Amidon, an exploration into the world of insects and what it means to relate aesthetically with these terrestrial creatures that both inspire and repel us.

Also on view are 70 San Jose artists showcasing their fine art and sculpture, limited editions and unique gift items.

Friday, Sept 7th, 7pm - 9pm, free and open to the public
Live music by Astronout performing live downtempo and minimal techno.

KALEID gallery
88 South Fourth Street (at San Fernando)
Downtown San Jose

August 23, 2007

Body of WORKS Up For Auction

From Erin Cizan (Works' ED):

Over 200 of our community members welcomed Works/San Jose to its new site by participating in our opening event "Body of Works: a community collaborative mosaic". The Board of Directors and myself were overwhelmed by the amazing response, the diversity of submissions, and the generosity of the participants to donate their artwork to be auctioned for the benefit of Works/San Jose.

Now that the Auction is up on eBay, I realize that this is more than an auction for the support of Works/San Jose it is an opportunity for the community to acknowledge, support, and validate individual creative expression. Will you please make a bid today not just for the benefit of Works/San Jose, but in support all of the Artists who experimented, exhibited, and engaged. Thank you!

Bidding begins here!

August 25, 2007

Big Al on view at Worthington West Gallery

On the spot caricature artist Big Al will have artwork in the Pin-ups and Pinstripes show along with pinstriping by Terry "TBonez" Bell, Kellie "KandyStripes" Mitrovich and Joanna Crawshaw among others.

Artists' Reception: Friday, Aug. 24th, 6-8pm
On view through Sept. 22, 2007
Worthington Gallery West
739 Main Street, Pleasanton, CA

Donna Orme at Gallery 2611, RWC

Donna Orme has two new Cast Acrylic Monotypes on view at Gallery 2611 Sept. 1 thru Sept. 30th.
Reception: Friday, September 7, 6-9 p.m., coinciding with Friday Art Walk.
Gallery 2611, 2611 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063

August 27, 2007

Thursday Gig's_Art & the Spoken Word

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Image: Max Ernst With Pet Snail, David Larimore

Elizabeth Parashis invites you all to this BYOB potluck, art viewing and poetry night featuring artist David Larimore. (Elizabeth will also be exhibiting her 2D work as well as 3D by Bea Garth.) The featured reader is award winning Evelyn A. So, who is interested in negotiating between the elegiac and the comic, the seemingly familiar and the not yet known, the spaces where literary and oral traditions meet and mingle. Open Mic follows.

The whole evening takes place on Thursday, September 13th from 5-10pm in the Florentine Village Estate at 42 Central Avenue, Los Gatos. Contact Elizabeth at artpages[at]earthlink.net for more information.

August 29, 2007

Add Phantom news to your Google homepage!

Brian has placed a convenient "Add to Google" button to the side bar on the right for those of you that may use iGoogle as your homepage when you open your browser. Clicking on this button will automatically add the Phantom Galleries' feed gadget so you can see the three latest posts whenever you're on your Google homepage!

September 3, 2007

Tucker Nichols at ZieherSmith, NYC

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Tucker Nichols (Phantom Galleries 2005) is having his second solo exhibit at ZieherSmith gallery in New York City which opens Sept. 6 and on view thru Oct. 6th.

The installation above, that Tucker did with Steve Lambert for Phantom years ago in the old Woolworth building (now Black Sea Gallery), is a pretty good example of the simple brilliance of Tucker's art. I remember we were all cleaning the dirt and grime from the front windows. Tucker and Steve weren't settled on what they wanted to do yet. Just then a car drove up in front of the space, in line for the light to change green, and they heard someone in the car tell their passenger, "I just woke up from the most beautiful dream...." and then drove off. Tucker looked at Steve and said "that's it!" and they painted these words on the window. It was so perfect for that bleak area that needed transformation.

In the ZS press release, Tucker is quoted as saying: “I’m trying to capture the early part of a thought—before it’s fully formed, before it makes perfect sense. The early part of a thought is bold and simple and not yet worn down by practical concerns. I want to celebrate our willingness to complete the story, to make sense of things even when there’s so little to work with. I’d rather build an open circuit and ask you to close the gap yourself.”

September 4, 2007

Steamroller Prints at Center for the Book

On Saturday Sept. 8 from 11am - 5pm, Kathy Aoki will be printing a 3ft x 3ft linoleum cut with a steam roller on the street at the Center for the Book in San Francisco. This free event includes ten artists with big lino-cuts, vendor tables, and kids activities.

This unique fundraiser doubles as a rollicking street fair with an expanded book arts and printers sale. The large lino cut prints will be auctioned off at the annual Gala Dinner/Fundraiser. This year watch artists pull prints from large-scale linoleum blocks carved especially for the occasion by: Kathy Aoki, East Side Editions, Michael Carabetta, Leif Fairfield, Mary Laird, Paul Madonna, Brandon Mise, Rik Olson, Maia de Raat, Patricia Miye Wakida, and William T. Wiley.

Saturday September 8th, 11am to 5pm
San Francisco Center for the Book
300 De Haro Street, San Francisco, CA
415-565-0545

September 13, 2007

ICA Print Center Workshops

The ICA Print Center has announced its fall schedule of Monotype and Beginning Etching which will take place on numerous dates throughout October and December. For full schedule and pricing, click here.

September 14, 2007

New Inspirational Movement talk at MACLA

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Join artist Isis Rodriguez for a conversation on contemporary art and the New Inspirational Movement. The New Inspirational Movement is a philosophical and spiritual movement to build a new culture of artists who want to be visionaries, rebels, and critics. The New Inspirational Movement is a place where artists can talk freely about their art, resisting the expectations of the art world.

Thursday, Sept. 20th, 7pm - Free Admission
MACLA, 510 South First Street
Downtown San Jose

September 17, 2007

Wener Glinka "G8" exhibit Oct. 20th

Congratulations to Werner Glinka (long time Phantom & former KALEID artist) on his upcoming exhibit GA8 in Sausalito.

The Consul General of Germany and Fingerhut Gallery of Sausalito invite you to the premier exhibit of 8 world renowned German-American artists.

Artists' Reception: Saturday, October 20th, 7- 9 PM
Please RSVP to 415-331-7225

Artists include: Bertolt A. Schmidt-Print Maker/Painter, Silke Henkell-Wallace-Painter, Werner Glinka-Mixed Media, Ines Tancre-Mixed Media, Inge Infante-Painter, Natasha Julicher-Sculptor, Susanne Kaspar-Photographer and Heike Seefeldt-Mixed Media/Painter

Fingerhut Gallery, 690 Bridgeway Sausalito, CA

September 18, 2007

eXact-o! artists' talk at Works Sept. 20th

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Works Access (Works/San Jose's monthly conversation with local artists) features artists Jesse Houlding, Marina Shretenberg, Charlene Tan, and Annie Vought, all of whom will discuss their unique process as exhibited in the concurrent exhibition eXact-O!.

Thursday September 20th, 6:30pm
Works/San Jose, 451 South First Street, San Jose
free and open to the public

September 21, 2007

New works by Rob Lehman at Laurel's

Rob Lehman (a current KALEID artist) is exhibiting a lot of new work at Laurel's Cafe with a lunchtime reception on Friday, September 28, at 12 noon to 1pm. Stop by and have some lunch and peruse the new exhibit!

Laurel's is open Monday through Friday, 8-5
138 E. Santa Clara St. (between South 3rd and 4th streets)
downtown San Jose

Dia De Muertos exhibit in Santa Cruz

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Dance With Death, Christine Benjamin, 36" x 36", acrylic on canvas

Christine Benjamin (Phantom & KALEID artist) is one of many artists in the Dia De Muertos Show at Alma Gifts and Culture in Santa Cruz.
Opening reception: Sat., Oct. 13th, 5-7 PM , show runs until Nov. 11th

Alma Gifts & Culture
1705 Mission St. Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831.425.2562
Hours: Tue-Sun 11-6

September 22, 2007

John Kurtyka's Cursor

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Earlier this year we told you about a call for entries by San Francisco's CITY|SPACE that was seeking proposals for creative and surprising new SOUVENIRS of the San Francisco Bay Area. A memory for the tourist that arrives and departs, a collection of images and mementos to take home and revisit, the souvenir encompasses expectation and recollection of places, people, and adventures.

Although often ignored, souvenirs are ubiquitous representations of the places we inhabit, written in the kitschy dialect of sno-globes and postcards. But souvenirs also navigate more intimate geographies, of personal feeling and memory. Wish You Were Here will reimagine the souvenir's unique position between landscape, memento, and memory. ~CitySpace

John Kurtyka (Phantom & KALEID artist) answered the challenge, and was accepted, with the Welcome to Silicon Valley CURSOR (the searcher) John says of his proposal: "Its face includes a variety of skin colors–like those whose work brought it to life and began its search (some got rich, many made a living, bought homes and raised families–some families broke up because of the stress and long work hours.) Its not polite to point–so it acquiesces silently to our every whim–cursoring across the colors and flashing lights of your screen–pointing to knowledge as well as opinions informed by ignorance and poor reasoning–searching for doorways and plateaus of understanding as well as reinforcement of suspicions and prejudices. IF KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, THEN ACCESS TO POWER MIGHT BE THE NEXT BEST THING."

There is an exhibit of accepted submissions in the works as well as a possible publication. Congratulations John and keep us posted!

September 24, 2007

Willowside Ranch exhibit by Fred Roessler

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There will be a photographic retrospective of Fred Roessler’s photography from 1995-2007 of historic Willowside Ranch in Pescadero. A beautiful selection of the buildings and farm equipment, animals, as well as the old cheese house and it’s presses.

We will have memorabilia from the old ranch, and give visitors the opportunity to try their hand at painting a silver gelatin print with oils.

Willowside Ranch By Fred Roessler
Norton Gallery @ Pacific Art League
668 Ramona Street, Palo Alto
Reception Friday Oct 5, 2007 from 6-9 pm

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October 8, 2007

Introduction to Public Art Workshop

This workshop by the SJ Office of Cultural Affairs, is for local and regional studio artists who have had little or no experience in Public Art and who are interested in entering into the field. Attendees will gain a broad understanding of what the field requires including: the role of Public Art in community and economic development, project development and administration related policies as well as valuable resources.

Date: Sat., Nov 17, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Location: Edenvale Library, 101 Branham Lane East, San Jose
Cost: $10 (includes all materials, coffee and lunch.)
RSVP to Shayna at 408.277.5144 ext. 31 or email: Shayna.hirshfield@sanjoseca.gov

October 9, 2007

Third Fridays Art Walk in Campbell

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Highly energetic (and accomplished) Phantom & Kaleid artists Mary Medrano and Sonya Paz have opened galleries in downtown Campbell and have initiated the Third Fridays Art Walk in the historic area. The gallery hopping goes from 6-9pm, and the next one is October 19th. Visit the full schedule here.

October 10, 2007

Surfaces and Layers at Mohr Gallery Mountain View

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Surfaces and Layers features the fiber arts of Camille Ahern, Joan Schulze & Emily Stewart. There will be a reception and artists' talk on Friday, Oct. 19th from 6-8pm. The exhibit is on view through Nov. 25, 2007.

Mohr Gallery
Community School of Music and Arts
230 San Antonio Circle, Mt. View
650.917.6800

Thursday Gig's Art & the Spoken Word October 18th

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image by Bea Garth

Thursday Gig's Art & the Spoken Word October 18, 2007

Featured Artist & Poets:
Bea Garth will read from Eating the Peach a book of her poems and drawings on love, illusion and self discovery. She will also exhibit her unique drawings, paintings and narrative ceramic sculpture.

Chris Arcus will share some of his evocative poems and stories.

Elizabeth Parashis will also present some of her amazing artist sketchbooks.

5:00 to 9:00 PM Potluck, readings and open mic
at the home of Chris Arcus
15272 Charmeran, San Jose, CA 95124
Phone: 408 315-9005

October 13, 2007

Therese May at the SJ Museum of Quilts & Textiles

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Current KALEID artist Therese May will have an art quilt in the new exhibit “Saturn Returns” at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, October 16 to January 6, 2008. This 30th anniversary exhibition will celebrate the future of fiber art by honoring the artists whose work will inspire the next generation of fiber artists.

Opening Reception: Sunday, October 21, 3-5pm

Saturday, October 27, 9am-5pm Ring around the Bay Bus Tour with Therese May, Lia Cook, Joan Schulze, Judith Content. Click here for more info.

Therese will also be teaching an online class on the “Quilted Portrait” beginning October 27th. More info here.

Ema Harris -Sintamarian at Jack Fischer Gallery SF

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Ema Harris-Sintamarian (a long time friend to Phantom & KALEID) is currently on exhibit at the Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco. You Should Stop Editing opened Sept. 6 and runs until October 25th. Visit the Fischer Gallery website for more information.

October 14, 2007

Homeless Bag Project

We met Alica Rice over three years ago when she was a high school student. A prolific photographer, she wanted to try her hand at curating a show for Phantom Galleries that showcased other students, like herself, with exceptional potential but not much support. She thought that by putting together an exhibit it would bring these creative young people together and give their parents, teachers and other friends a glimpse of what they were capable of. After a year of working on this exhibit, there was a tremendous turnout and, I think for everyone involved, a sense of accomplishment and encouragement in their artistic endeavors.

Alicia is now a student at Santa Clara University and is still an exceptionally conscientious young woman. We wanted to forward her latest project request and hope that many of you will respond with your help and encouragement.

From Alicia:
The Tenderloin in San Francisco is a neighborhood full of poverty and disrepair. It holds nearly 90% of San Francisco’s large homeless population. However, if one is to get past these surface impressions, one can find a place full of people in need of help, people who just want to be recognized. Especially during the holiday season, a little extra love can never hurt.

Last year, with the help of many people, we raised over $500 and made 80 bags to pass out to the homeless of the Tenderloin. Each bag was made out of canvas (and therefore reusable) and filled with food and toiletries. And while I can never fully express the joy giving the bags out gave me, there were still so many people who we weren’t able to help.

This year, I’d like to improve the bags and add items such as gloves and hats. In addition, I’d love to increase the number of items in the bags.

There are two major ways you can help:

1. Donating money. Each bag will cost about $10 -$15. Being a college student, my income isn’t very large, but this means a lot to me, so I’ll spend what I need to in order to create at least a fair number of bags. However, the more money, the more bags can be created. As the homeless often say themselves, even pennies help. To donate through this easy Paypal link, please click here.

2. Donating bags. Like I mentioned, I want reusable bags for the gifts to be placed in. They don’t have to be incredibly fancy or great, but just something that can be useful. For example, the new bags they’re selling at most supermarkets are a great. But most anything around the house will do.

The reason I don’t ask for item donations is because I want the bags to be uniform, so going and getting the items myself allows for everyone to be helped equally.

If you can’t help in those ways, but are still willing to do something, contact me and I’m sure we can figure something out.

Please forward this to anyone who is interested. My email is arice@scu.edu

October 17, 2007

All Fired Up exhibit at Santa Clara City Hall


Chamelion by Inna Razmakhova

Past Phantom Galleries artist Inna Razmakhova will have a ceramic sculpture in the new exhibit All Fired Up at Santa Clara City Hall through February 2008.

Works by Bay Area artists that are formed or produced using heat (such as ceramic, glass or metal) will be featured in a special juried exhibition at Santa Clara City Hall through February 2008. This specialty show will be on exhibit Monday through Friday, 8a.m. to 5p.m.

Opening reception- Sunday, October 28th, 2-4 p.m.
Santa Clara City Hall
1500 Warburton Ave Santa Clara, CA 95050

12th & Taylor art show Oct 19th.

The 12 & Taylor Committee is proud to present:
Christopher Bauder, Will Clark, Bridget Dolfi, Sonia Sinton & Jasper Wong
Hor d'oeuvres and drinks
$5 suggested donation

Friday, October 19, 2007, 8pm-12am
@ 12 & Taylor
723 N. 12th St., San José

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ACGA Holiday Clay & Glass Exhibition & Sale

ACGA Holiday Clay & Glass Exhibition & Sale

Janet Fullmer Bajorek, Joe Battiato, Barbara Brown, Craig Easter, Susan Duhan Felix, Gerald & Kelly Hong, Will Johnson, Nina Koepcke, Diane Levinson, Rita Lewis, Janet Leong Malan, Jennifer Klein, Linda Mau, Carolyn Means, Lee Middleman, Pat Oyama, Paula Prekowitz, Kate de Renouard, Sylvia Rios, Tachina Rudman, Jan Schachter, Ericka Clark Shaw, Michiko Shimoda, Laurie Sylwester, Melissa Woodburn, Carol Wedemeyer, Fred Yokel, April Zilber

Opening Reception: Nov. 2nd, on going through Dec. 22, 2007

Art Object Gallery
592 North 5th Street, San Jose, CA 95112

2 from the Ark exhibit at Art Ark

2 from the Ark is an exhibit of paintings by Eileen Graham & (current KALEID artist) Lucy Liew

The Art Ark is the consummate example of the city of San Jose’s effort to support the art community. This October marks the first anniversary for the Art Ark, an affordable housing project in Martha Gardens. The Art Ark is within walking distance of the SJSU Foundry and near San Jose’s SoFA district. Liew and Graham both live and work at the Art Ark. This exhibit is the product of their working together and informing each other’s creative process.

Opening reception: Nov. 11, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Exhibition: Nov. 11 to Dec. 14, 2007
Closing reception: Dec. 14, 6 p.m. –- 9 p.m.

Art Ark Common House Gallery
1035 S. Sixth St. San Jose, CA 95112
by appointment: Graham (408) 888-4458 Liew (408) 835-2875

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Hally K Ono features Jeanette and Terenia

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Golden Delicious by Jeanette Turkus

Current KALEID artist Jeanette Turkus' expressionistic paintings entitled Tastes of the World are currently on exhibit at the Hally K Ono Cafe along with Terenia Offenbacker's abstract paintings through November.

Hally K Ono Cafe
312 S 3rd St, San Jose, CA 95112

October 18, 2007

Donna Orme at Pacific Grove Art Center

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Spiral , Cast Acrylic Monotype by Donna Orme

Monoprints, Etchings, Collages & New Cast Acrylic Monotypes by Santa Clara Artist and Printmaker Donna Orme
October 26-December 13, 2007, reception 10/26/07, 7-9 p.m.

Pacific Grove Art Center
568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950
(831) 375-2208
Gallery Hours: Wed.-Sat. 12-5 p.m., Sun. 1-4 p.m.

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Backwater Arts

Former KALEID artist Sara Cole is working on an exciting new artists' live/work arts studio community called Backwater Arts.

Sara says: We are in the infant stages of developing a viable live/work arts studio community. We are beginning with one Victorian house on an industrial property near Senter and Tully (691 Quinn), and we have it in our multi-yeared plan to expand throughout the neighboring warehouses in order to create a viable arts community in San Jose.

We are currently developing our Victorian house into studios and an alternative space gallery. There is studio space available for move in on November 1st. Please email me if you are interested at sara[at]saravcole.com.

Also, save the dates:
December 1st - Inaugural exhibition reception of a show highlighting the studio residents and several other local San Jose artists.

January 5th - exhibition reception Self-Referential, a group show of figurative work.
Both receptions start at 6 and go late.

November 1, 2007

Chris Eckert's Light Haiku

San Jose Public Art Program is unveiling their temporary art project, called Who's on First, What's on Second, along the light rails on South First & Second streets this month. Projects will rollout over the next year and vary in duration from a few weeks to two months.

The $300,000 budget will go towards 8 projects by artists: JD Beltran, Jon Brumit, Hector Dio Mendoza, Chris Eckert, Bill Fontana, Jordan Geiger, Helena Keefe, and the team of Chip Lord and Bruce Tomb. (Press release here.)

Chris Eckert, (Phantom Galleries 2004) was one of the few resident SJ artists invited to submit a proposal and was awarded the grant to actualize his idea, Light Haiku.

from Chris: Light Haiku is an exciting new public art project developed for downtown San Jose by visual artist Chris Eckert and recording artist/poet pc muńoz. One of eight public art projects selected by the San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs for their new temporary art program Who’s on 1st/What’s on 2nd, Light Haiku enables compelling artistic expression through cutting-edge technology.

The project merges haiku, an ancient form of Japanese poetry, with sophisticated engineering and contemporary content. Eckert’s Light Cannon, a unique computer controlled spotlight designed and built specifically for Light Haiku, will “write” original poetry on an enormous 650 square foot luminescent screen in downtown San Jose nightly between 6:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m.

The installation, located between first and second streets south of San Fernando Street, will run from December 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008. Featured poetry, anchored by muńoz who has contributed over two hundred haiku specifically for this installation, will include solicited submissions from guest poets around the world as well as local gradeschool children.

On November 17th, 2007 from 7-10 p.m., a one-night advance preview party for Light Haiku will be hosted by the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. Eckert’s light cannon will be temporarily installed and used to write haiku on a scaled down screen. muńoz will be performing live poetry readings in time with the light cannon while being improvisationaly accompanied by avant-garde cello legend Joan Jeanrenaud (longtime Kronos Quartet member) and hip-hop/funk drummer Kevin Carnes (known for his work with Broun Fellinis, George Clinton, and others). For more information or photographs, visit LIghtHaiku.com Congratulations Chris!!

November 6, 2007

Holiday Boutique at Commuknity

from Miss Charlotte: I will be participating in a Holiday Boutique/ breast cancer benefit this Friday night;!

Many of my wearable sculptures will be on display, along with plenty of smaller items, all for sale; handmade purses, lunchboxes, tin clutches, ceramic works, tooth-fairy pillows, bookmarks, etc.etc.........Please consider attending, the Breast Cancer cause is worthy AND you'll be supporting your local artists if you decide to make a purchase!!!!

November 9th, 7-10pm
Commuknity
1345 The Alameda
San Jose, Ca 95126
408-293-9333
Admission - $35.00

I look forward to seeing you there. Feel free to spread the word and invite your friends!!! Cheers then.....until Friday.

Bye for now, miss charlotte kruk n' kempken

November 7, 2007

Congrats to Christine Benjamin

Christine Benjamin won 1st place for her painting "Another Day In The Big City" (pictured above) in the "Heart of Chaos: Uproar" group show at South First Billiards. People came and voted for their favorites at the reception on Friday, Nov. 2, 2007 which included more than 50 artists. The show will be up until Nov. 22nd.

South First Billiards
420 South 1st Street, Downtown San Jose

Christine will also have work in a large holiday group show called "Tiny" at Studio Gallery SF from Nov. 7th thru Dec. 23rd, with a reception on Nov. 10th from 4-8pm.

Studio Gallery
1718A Polk Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

Terenia and Nadia at Books Inc, Mt. View

Current Kaleid artist Nadia Vinogradova and Phantom Galleries artist Terenia Offenbacker will have a duel exhibit at Books, Inc in Mountain View entitled "Portraits." The exhibit runs from Thurs., Nov 8th thru the 30th.

Books, Inc
301 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA

November 15, 2007

Backwater Arts Inaugral Exhibit

BackWater Arts Studios and Gallery invites you to their inaugural exhibition and open house. BWA is a new arts organization attempting to bring community action and involvement to the San Jose art scene.

There will be 10 artists with open studios, a gallery full of art, live music by Cole Higgins, and great community.

BWA Studio Residents: Kenny Brown, Julie Cardenas, Sara Cole, Jason King, Colin King-Bailey, Mike Nicholls, Michael Oechsli, Sharona Oshana, Lillia Panighetti and Ann Sherman.

Featuring Local Artists: Sidnea Damico, Julie Jacobsen, Shelby Smith and Jeanne Vadeboncoeur

BackWater Arts Gallery
281 Quinn Ave, San Jose, CA 95112 (look for the beautiful Victorian house)
Exhibit & open house: Saturday, December 1, 6:00-10:00pm

November 26, 2007

Mary Medrano at the 2007 Florence Biennale


The above paintings will be shown at the Florence Biennale.

San Jose artist Mary Medrano was stunned when she got the invitation to one of the world’s most exclusive international art exhibitions, the Florence Biennale.

Only artists selected by an elite jury of some of the world’s top art authorities will be showing their work at this biennial event in Florence, Italy December 1-9, 2007. “I got a letter in the mail with the invitation,” said Medrano. “My first thought was to wonder who was writing me from Italy, and then when I read the invitation, I just couldn’t believe it.” She doesn’t know who submitted her name. Apparently, the judges looked at her paintings posted on her website (www.marymedranogallery.com) and were impressed.

The three paintings she is showing at the Florence Biennale are particularly compelling. “Circle of Life” was painted after her mother’s death and honors the passage of her mother’s spirit, as well as her warm and gentle nature. “Content” shows two elderly friends, with the color and treatment providing a haunting reminder of the brevity of life. “Pearl Necklace” is a defiant and mysterious young woman who faces the viewer boldly with her orange dress and flaming hair.

The Florence Biennale is the largest exhibition of contemporary art in the world. Known officially as the “Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea,” the exhibition is expected to attract 40,000 viewers to the historical Fortezza da Basso. This is one of Florence’s most significant monuments and includes buildings that date back to the 16th century and Medici era.

Congratulations Mary!

November 30, 2007

Christine Benjamin in the Willow Glen Resident

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Current KALEID artist Christine Benjamin is a feature story in the Willow Glen Resident newspaper this week. You can find it on pg. 26 if you pick one up, or you can read it here.

December 1, 2007

Too close for comfort

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Many of you will recognize the above image as one of the main art halls of ArtObjects Gallery in Japantown.

Ken informed us on Nov. 28th: the artobjectgallery suffered major damage to much of its space last night due to a fire which totally destroyed the structure next door which was being used as a boarding house to as many as twelve men. all made it safely out but for one 27 year old who lost his life.

worth noting.... prior to fighting the fire in the gallery the fire fighters moved all the artwork from walls and pedestals to safe places. only after this was accomplished did they begin ripping down sheet rock from the ceiling and walls to expose the wood framing. it is a minor miracle that no artwork was lost or damaged as far as I can see. (There is more information on this in the Mercury News article here.)

We are saddened to hear about this tragedy. Ken and Joy will be open on First Friday December 7th from 7-9pm as they felt friends may want to come together and reminisce.

December 13, 2007

Pellet Mural Bash

PG's Kyle Perera (aka PELLET) has just finished a feature mural at Broken Door Espresso (formerly named emocha cafe) and they are celebrating the completed feat by having an artist reception and party with free drinks, music by Dear Rod Serling and additional exhibits by Francisco Cervantes III and Amanda Joy.

Friday Dec. 14th, 8pm 'til late
Broken Door Espresso
231 E. Santa Clara St. (directly across City Hall)
San Jose, CA

January 3, 2008

Self-Referential Reception Sat., Jan. 5th


Above image: Andy Gouveia, Down in Fall, mixed media, 24" x 20", 2007

Fellow (past and present) Phantom / KALEID artists Ema, Andy and Lucy are featured artists in this upcoming exhibit. We'll see you there!

BackWater Arts Gallery Presents: Self-Referential

This exhibition highlights how we, as artists, see ourselves both singularly and in context of a multi-fasceted shared experience of contemporary society. Works featured include: photography, ceramic sculpture, cast metal, lithographic prints, drawings and paintings.

Artists Featured include: Jason Adkins, Colin King-Bailey*, Kim Cook, Lucy Liew, Andy Gouveia, Sharona Oshana*, Julie Jacobson, Eugene Rodriguez, Erin Emiko Kawamata, Ema Sintmarian-Harris, Susan Komar

* studio resident of BackWater Arts

Reception: January 5th, 6-10pm
Show Dates: January 5th – February 9th
Gallery Hours: Thursdays 1-7, Fridays 12-5, Saturdays 12-4
Gallery Location: 681 Quinn Ave, San Jose

First Friday January 4th at KALEID

Join us for First Friday January 4th, 7-9pm, at the Holiday Gallery of Gifts for its only sale of the year! 60 artists are participating in this 20% off sale which ends Sat., Jan. 5th at 5pm.

Featuring music by Seabright – live instrumentation (drums, guitars, synthesizers) with computer looping and real-time arranging. A balance of the electronic and the organic is achieved through the use of improvisational experimentation crossing over into the post rock, shoegaze, psych, and ambient genres.

Located inside KALEID gallery
88 South Fourth Street
downtown San Jose, CA

For full First Friday gallery event listings, visit: www.SouthFirstFridays.com

January 7, 2008

Figure Drawing sessions at Avenue 1

Avenue 1 is providing private figure drawing sessions with professional models from the guild on Wednesdays from 5pm to 8pm beginning this Wednesday, January 9th.
Cost is $30/session- Artists must provide their own supplies, this is an open workshop so no instruction.

Email Jin at jin@avenue-1.com or call 408.786.1066 for more information or to register.
114 E Santa Clara St, San Jose CA 95113

January 10, 2008

Geri McGilvray to exhibit at Triton Museum group show

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Taking My Nap, Geri McGilvray

Current KALEID artist Geri McGilvray was asked to submit a work for a juried art show at the Triton Museum of Art. A painting of her beloved dog ?Sebelius? was accepted. This is a statewide painting competition and exhibition held once every two years.

The art reception for the exhibit is Friday, Jan. 18, from 7-9pm, the exhibit is on view through March 21, 2008.

Location: The Triton Museum of Art, 1505 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95050. Museum phone: 408-247-3754.

January 18, 2008

First Friday February 1st at KALEID gallery

KALEID gallery enters its second year with over 60 artists and featured exhibits by Cindy Stokes and Wendy Lowengrub.

Artists' reception: Feb. 1, 2008, 7pm -9pm. Featuring Isoscelles a classic jazz paino trio with definite leanings toward Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock et alia, playing new and vintage standards.

Exhibit on view through Feb. 22, 2008

Abstract painter Wendy Lowengrub and photographer Cindy Stokes provides complimentary views of form and pattern of nature through their respective mediums.

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Cindy Stokes, Burn II, Dynamic Form series, gelatin silver print, 2007. Dynamic Form book will also be available.

The black-and-white photographs in Dynamic Form reflect my visual attraction to pattern and form in both natural and manmade materials. This interest is intensified by some knowledge of the underlying physics and biology from my engineering and science background. Why naturally occurring structures so often wind up visually alluring remains a mystery. Some forms are clearly functional and display principles of efficiency, while others seem purely serendipitous, although that idea may simply reflect my lack of understanding. Emergent patterns reveal fortuitous combinations of geometry and chance; paradoxically, very similar patterns occur on widely differing scales and arise from surprisingly different phenomena. The forms seem universal while the media are irrelevant, left to our imagination. ~Cindy Stokes

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Wendy Lowengrub, Glaciology, mixed media on canvas, 2007

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The Glaciology exhibit is a series of paintings inspired by a trip to the Souther Patagonian Ice Fields in Chile and Argentina. Deep glacial crevasses and the undersides of icebergs that calve off glaciers reveal ice that is a beautiful, surreal and indescribably blue. This ice may be hundreds, if not thousands, of years old. The ice absorbs all the colors of the visible spectrum with the exception of blue, which it transmits. These paintings are about the search for this color and form. ~Wendy Lowengrub

January 20, 2008

Al Preciado at Willow Glen Books

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Al Preciado will be reading from his Book of Yearnings and hosting an Open Mic afterwards on Monday Jan 21st at 7pm at Willow Glen Books.

Willow Glen Books
1338 LIncoln Ave.
Willow Glen, San Jose
408-476-1968

Therese May at Gregory Kate Gallery

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Therese May’s May Flower #3 (pictured above) will be on display at the Gregory Kate Gallery at 925 The Alameda # 101, San Jose until the end of January.

The exhibition features 20 different artists and their interpretation of the theme of LOVE. The gallery is encouraging you to visit and vote for your favorite artwork with cash prizes awarded to the winning artists.

For more information call 408-271-2626 or visit www.GregoryKateGallery.com

More of Therese's fine work is available at KALEID gallery at 88 South Fourth St.

January 23, 2008

Thursday Gig February 7th

The monthly Thursday Gig's Art & the Spoken Word happens this month on February 7th and features the art and poetry of Al Preciado.

6pm-9pm, Potluck/BYOB, open mic follows reading
Winter location: Chris Arcus's house at 15272 Charmeran, San Jose, CA
for more info email: Elizabeth Parashis artpages@earthlink.net

February 6, 2008

Tuesday Exhibits at SJSU

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Aimee Wright

Tuesday nights are a great way to see what San Jose University art students are up to. From 6-8pm student galleries are open in the Art Building, many are receptions with the artist present and refreshments served.

This coming Tuesday, February 12th Aimee Wright, a senior art student, will be having a reception and exhibition of her works in Gallery 3. If you can't make the reception, Gallery hours are Mon - Thurs, 10am - 4pm.

Art & Antiques Tasting Party

You're invited to an evening of champagne, caviar, chocolate and great art. Several local artists will be displaying and selling their work during this delightful gathering in Menlo Park.

Many Phantom & KALEID artists are participating including Julie Goodenough (fiber art & jewelry), Cindy Stokes (photography), Jen Norton (painter & illustrator), as well as Lise Poulson (fiber art), Christine Oliver (watercolor), and Thomas Flink (Swedish antiques).

Friday, February 8, 7:00PM to 9:30PM
For location info and to RSVP, email Julie at:onlythebestis@yahoo.com

February 9, 2008

Graphic Storytelling as Activism

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Graphic Storytelling as Activism
Euphrat Museum at Deanza College

Artists include: Seyed Alavi, Oliver Chin, Charisse Domingo and De-Bug, Sharon Hing, Keith Knight, Lingshan, America Meredith, Favianna Rodriguez, Shorty Fatz

Graphic Storytelling as Activism presents a variety of art forms, including cartoons, political posters, digital art, book art, and more to explore a range of imagery with an activist bent. It began with graphic storyteller Keith Knight, who sees comics and cartooning as a powerful tool for social change. They have been “communicating information, concepts, and ideas since the days of hieroglyphics. They can transcend language, class, and race. Knowing the tools and concepts of cartooning allows anyone to be a mass communicator… You don’t need a million dollars. Just a pen and a piece of paper.”

In this exhibition we took Knight’s ideas a bit farther, adding other tools to enable one to build communities through community-based arts, to address issues of the day, locally and globally, and to tell the personal story with the larger context, historically and culturally.

Exhibit dates February 11 - April 17, 2008
Thurs., Feb. 21st, 2:30pm Multi-media presentation in Classroom S-32 with an artists' reception to follow at 4pm at the Euphrat Museum.

deLINEated at Backwater Arts

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Backwater Arts presents: delineated
Artists' reception February 16th, 6-10pm

From materials to process, this exhibition highlights a few Bay Area artists that have used the element of line in their work. These artists have experimented with insizing wax, carving wood, combining strips of parper and sowing organza in addition to traditional media, such as drawing, painting and photography.

Justin Amrhein, Sara Cole, Jason King, Norman Lee, Victoria May, Mike Oechsli, Fanny Retsek and Carla Turtirici.

Backwater Arts is also hosting a Collaging & Combining with Wax workshop on Sunday, March 2nd and Saturday March 8th. (clik "continue reading" for more info.)

681 Quinn Ave., San Jose

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February 12, 2008

Big Red Shiny 2 exhibit

“If you can’t make it good, make it big, if you can’t make it big, make it red.”
~ Audrey Flack (from Art and Soul)

Big Red Shiny 2
Art reception & awards ceremony Saturday, February 16th, 6-9pm

Art Ark Community Gallery
1035 South 6th Street, San Jose

For more info email Valerie Raps at vraps@gmail.com or call 408-279-0844

Kathleen Sartain exhibit in Mt. View

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The Bride, 12” x 19”, Stained glass and Millefiori

Kathleen Sartain will be exhibiting at the Mountain View Center for Performing Art's Bean Scene Café as part of the Los Altos Art Club exhibition program at various venues. Kathleen will be on view during the months of March and April, 2008.

Bean Scene Café
500 Castro Street, Mountain View
Email Kathleen for more information at justcreativeartink@sbcglobal.net

Broken Door Espresso art night

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Broken Door Espresso will be hosting another art night featuring Alejandro A Oliva and A.Nat.Gee and live performances by Panthellion and Mr. Jameson.

Friday, February 15th from 8pm - late.
231 East Santa Clara, downtown San Jose (across from City Hall.)

February 16, 2008

KALEID's Andy Gouveia _ the next internet celeb?

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In addition to being a great painter, Andy Gouevia is a great dancer as this video that's spreading across the net captures in How to Impress Girls Vol. 3: Dancing. You can watch the video here.

February 17, 2008

Ancient City exhibit in SF

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Last December we posted a call for entries for Ancient City the art of urban transformation. The exhibit is on now featuring 15 artists from the region.

There will be an Artist Panel Discussion on Friday, Feb 22, 6-8pm and a Closing Party on Friday, Feb 29, 7-10pm.

The exhibition is located at The Hayes Valley Market Gallery, 580 Hayes Street (@Laguna), San Francisco, 94102

John Renzel at DiModa Salon

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John Renzel is exhibiting over a dozen paintings collectively entitled Fictitious Portraits at the recently opened DiModa Salon in the WG. DiModa plans on rotating exhibits every three months with hosted artists receptions.

DiModa is located at 1060 Lincoln Ave., San Jose and is open Tuesday thru Friday, 10am-7pm and Saturday 9am-4pm.

February 21, 2008

Digital Analogy at SCU

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Santa Clara University Department of Art and Art History presents: Digital Analogy

Photographs by: Marco Zecchin, Susan Honda Eady and Barbara Kossy

Exhibit dates: February 18 – March 14, 2008
Opening Reception: Feb 20 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Art Department Gallery
Bellomy Street at The Alameda
Gallery Hours 9-5 M-F

We Love Vinyl exhibit Feb. 22nd

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On The Corner presents: We Love Music!

A 12x12 gallery featuring friends, customers, and local artists including Sean Boyles, Christine Benjamin, Steve Caballero, David Imlay, Mick Gray, Joe C. Fullerton, and more showing their appreciation for vinyl & music on a 12x12 record sleeve.

Friday, Feb. 22nd, 8pm-Midnight
On The Corner Music
530 E. Campbell Ave, downtown Campbell

Glory Boy Days at Cinequest

While in a SJSU screenwriting class, Paul Encinas conceived and wrote Glory Boy Days and it's showing at the Cinequest Film Festival on March 7th & 8th.

It looks amazing and there's alot of favorable reviews for it's story, cinematography and writing....from the Cinequest site: The pain and ecstasy of being young glow like ember in Glory Boy Days, one of the most extraordinary debuts at Cinequest.

On the day he turns twenty-one, Lando takes stock of his life so far and looks ahead at what the future holds for him. He may be worried about going to college and standing up to his stepfather, but to his friends finding a good party is the concern of the day...

Local friends and former classmates make up the cast and crew, and local hangouts make cameo appearances as well. Glory Boy Days debuted at Slamdance Film Festival, one of only 29 films selected out of 1200. Congratulations Paul and to everyone involved!

View trailer here, and buy tickets here.

February 23, 2008

Anne and Mark's Art Party

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Anne Sconberg and Mark Henderson are hosting their second annual art party on March 1st and considering there are KALEID and Phantom Galleries artists in the show, you should go! But you do need an invite, so contact Sara Cole for all the details at sara@bwa-gallery.com.

February 24, 2008

Getting your news in the Phantom Galleries' news

Due to several inquiries, it's probably a good time to let everyone that is receiving this newsletter know that you are welcome to send us your exhibit news, calls for entry and other happenings that you are either involved in or aware of that you want to pass onto the Phantom Galleries community....we'll do our best to pass it on.

The best way to let us know is to send us an email: info (at) phantomgalleries.com or you can always just hit "reply" to the email newsletters you receive.

Creatures of Habit exhibit

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Christine Benjamin has a new exhibit at Riga's European Bakery and Cafe going on now through March 20th. Come by for her artist's reception on Saturday, March 15th (12noon - 2pm) to see Christine and get acquainted with this great bakery.

Riga's Eropean Bakery and Cafe
1338 The Alameda (next to Starbucks)
San Jose

February 27, 2008

Tamara Alvarado Going Away Party Feb. 29th

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We've had the utmost pleasure of working with Tamara Alvarado at MACLA for the past five years and we are sad to see her go. The good news is she will still be in town, and involved with the arts through her new position at 1st ACT.

Come share a toast to Tamara and her accomplishments at MACLA on Friday February 29th, 5pm - 7pm with District 3 Coucilman Sam Liccardo.
510 South First Street
Downtown San Jose
(408) 998-2808

First Friday March 7th KALEID Featured Exhibits

KALEID gallery presents featured exhibits by Michelle Waters and Gianfranco Paolozzi March 7th - 28th.

Artists' Reception First Friday March 7th, 7pm-9pm, music by DJ Overflo
This reception is part of the South First Fridays art walk and is free and open to the public.


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Animal Insurrection by Michelle Waters
Michelle Waters paintings’ use sardonic humor to portray what might occur if animals were able to reclaim their despoiled habitat from industrial civilization. Scenes depicted include Arctic wildlife laying waste to a Hummer dealership, a mountain lion with an acetylene torch decommissioning a bulldozer and animals tearing down billboards for housing developments.

Michelle will also be participating in Yelling at Your Environment at Harrington Arts at 870 Market St., #1049, San Francisco, March 1st through mid April.

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Roundels by Gianfranco Paolozzi
I was looking in the recycle container full of paper from flexo presses.
That's when I felt the passion again: round surfaces screaming to be used.
I looked at them changing on the floor of my studio.
I had to use my marks, my moments on the surfaces as a sign of me being there.
That's when the roundels were born.

KALEID gallery
88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
Downtown San Jose

February 29, 2008

Urge Congress to Support the Artists Deduction Bill

Artists are often, very often, asked to donate their time, talent and finished art products to help raise money for non-profit museums, institutions, galleries, community centers, etc, etc, etc.

As it stands now, artists are only allowed the actual price of their materials when giving to a 501c3. Collectors on the other hand, can write off the fair market value. We encourage you to support this bipartisan legislation that will allow fairness to artists donating their work.

Legislation Bill S. 548 or H.R.1524, would allow artists to take a fair-market value deduction for works given to and retained by nonprofit institutions. The U.S. tax system accords unequal treatment to creators and collectors who donate tangible works (e.g., paintings or manuscripts) to museums, libraries, educational or other collecting institutions. A collector may take a tax deduction for the fair-market value of the work, but creators may deduct only their "basis" value—essentially the cost of materials such as paint and canvas.

It takes just two minutes to support this bill....click here.

March 1, 2008

Marilyn Sears Bourbon at Gregory Kate Gallery

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Gregory Kate Gallery presents the exhibit Girls Night Out by Marilyn Sears Bourbon.

The artist's reception is Friday, March 14th from 7-9pm.
The exhibit is on view March 5 through March 30, 2008.


Gregory Kate Gallery

925 The Alameda # 101
San Jose, CA 95126
408-271-2626

March 6, 2008

Cindy Stokes at Modernbooks, Palo Alto

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Participating KALEID gallery artist Cindy Stokes is in an upcoming juried exhibit at Modernbook in Palo Alto.

For the fourth consecutive year, Modernbook owners Bryan Yedinak and Mark Pinsukanjana have teamed up with photographer Brigitte Carnochan and the Stanford Continuing Studies Program to mount an exhibition by 18 emerging local photographers. The photographers, all juried into Continuing Studies Art 44 on the basis of an existing body of work, learn to prepare their work for gallery presentation. Carnochan, Yedinak and Pinsukanjana guide them through the business of exhibiting photography-editing, producing and displaying as well as editioning, pricing and marketing. Then the gallery owners hang-and sell-the photos.

18@modern: An Exhibition of Fine Art Photographers
March 7-April 3, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, March 7, 2008 7-10 pm (all are welcome!)
Modernbook Gallery, 494 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Gallery Hours: 11 am to 9 pm, daily

Portraits of the Artists of Art For Well Beings

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Judy Gittelsohn sent us a note: If you couldn't make the opening, you can still view this extraordinary exhibition of portraits by the artists of Art For Well Beings on display now through the end of March. These pictures were painted during the recently completed series of classes by an amazing group of adults, kids, and young people with developmental disabilities.

The Emerson Art Gallery
2800 West Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA
Open by appointment - call (650) 776 - 8297.

March 9, 2008

Art demonstration by ink brush artist Yeh Fei Pai

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The Chi, Yeh Fei Pai

This painting is the signature pose of the Yeh family single Celestial Horse composition - his imposing presence inspires awe as he soars through the sky with earth shaking power.

All paintings of the Yeh family’s Celestial Horses emphasize “Chi”, the General’s spiritual strength for righteousness and justice. It is an invigorating energy that travels from the horse’s eye to the mane to the tail. Every line, every stroke, every muscle, every hair is filled with this “Chi”. This is why it is so difficult to imitate the Yeh’s Celestial Horse. In order to reach this state, the painter must constantly purify his mind and cultivate his painting integrity.

Artist Yeh Fei Pai will present a demonstration of brushpainting on March 11th from 12-1pm (food will be provided.). Following this, the artist will be formally recognized in front of City Council.

City Hall, Room W-120
200 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose.
For more information, contact District 4 Council office at 408-535-4904.

March 11, 2008

Eric Taggart-an ArtSeen Emerging Artist

In January we posted a call for entries for ArtSeen 3. ArtSeen received over 450 submissions to their blue-ribbon jury that included Los Angeles County Museum of Art Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Howard Fox. KALEID artist Eric Taggart was one of 35 artists chosen by the esteemed panel to participate in "this high profile event that gives art collectors and enthusiasts a chance to view, and bid on, an eye-popping selection of contemporary, enjoying the cuisine from some of LA's hottest restaurants and chefs."

The Opening Night Party and Preview is May 13th, with the work on view at selected downtown LA galleries from May 13th-16th and the Auction Gala will take place on May 17th. Proceeds to benefit AIDS Research Alliance.

Thursday Gig March 20


Ben Henderson at Brokendoor Espresso

Ben Henderson, an amazing singer/songwriter is performing live at Brokendoor Espresso on Friday, March 14th at 8pm.

Ben just released his new CD Dirty Birdies which is fantastic, it'll be a real treat to see Ben in this up close and intimate venue. Free and open to all ages. (Awesome flyer by Pellet.)

Brokendoor Espresso
231 E. Santa Clara (across from City Hall)
Downtown San Jose

March 12, 2008

CallForEntry.org workshop April 3rd

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CaFÉ is a non profit website that helps artists and public art administrators centralize and organize their calls for entry. It's easy to register, and has lots of posts on public art calls all over the region.

There's a free workshop for artists to help you master the online application process thru CaFE:

Artists at all levels of professional development are encouraged to attend this workshop to learn how to use CaFÉ , the web-based application system that enables artists to apply online to multiple calls for entry through a central website, www.callforentry.org. This application system is now being used by many public art programs in the Bay Area and nationwide.

CaFÉ staff will present a step-by-step introduction on how to use their application system, including how to set-up a new artist's profile and how to apply for a project or multiple projects.A professional photographer will provide guidance on how to take high-quality digital photographs and how to format digital images.

The workshop will also include brief presentations from Bay Area public art administrators on their current or upcoming public art opportunities.

Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008, 6:30-8:30 pm
Workshop Location: Alameda County Conference Center
125 12th Street (at the corner of Oak and 12th Streets), 4th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607-6467.

RSVP: This event is FREE but Space is limited to 100 attendees.
RSVP by March 31st to the Alameda County Arts Commission by e-mail at artscommission@acgov.org or call (510) 208-9646.

March 14, 2008

Stock up on art supplies March 20th at UA

University Art is having their One Day Super Sale on Thursday March 20th from 8am - 7pm. At least 30% off everything in the store, with discounts going as deep as 70%. This includes their stores in San Jose, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Sacramento.

Arts Appreciation Evening May 12th

You're all invited to the San Jose Arts Commission's 2008 Arts Appreciation Evening!
This event, in recognition of the San Jose Arts Community, will take place:
Monday, May 12, from 6-8 pm
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
560 South First Street, downtown San Jose.

Each year, the Commission hosts this gathering to recognize and honor the work of San Jose’s arts and cultural organizations and individual artists.

Please RSVP by Monday, April 28 to rsvpculturalaffairs@sanjoseca.gov.

March 29, 2008

Mariana Barnes solo exhibit at Elizabeth Norton gallery

Current Phantom Galleries and KALEID gallery artist Mariana Barnes has a solo exhibit coming up at the Elizabeth Norton Gallery in Palo Alto.

Mosaic Movement solo exhibit April 4 -April 30, 2008.
Reception: Friday, April 4, 2008, 6-9pm
At the prestigious Elizabeth Norton Gallery (located upstairs of the Pacific Art League,)
668 Ramona Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301

April Featured Exhibits at KALEID

KALEID gallery presents featured exhibits by Gabe Ibarra and Jennifer Norton
April 4 thru 25th.

Artists' Reception First Friday April 4th, 7pm-9pm

This reception is part of the South First Fridays art walk and is free and open to the public.



Gabe Ibarra, Cherry Blossoms and Wheelbarrel, photograph

Near and Dear To Me "The Garden City and Coyote Valley"
Gabe Ibarra's photographic exhibit documents his immense hours of walking, discovering and rediscovering neighborhoods that have gone from orchards to a bustling city. A series of work 15 years in the making – do not rush the experience – savor it and rediscover your own neighborhood.



Jen Norton, Patriot Act, mixed media on paper

Bits and Pieces...Fragments of Clarity Revealed In Everyday Moments
Daughter. Sister. Wife. Mother. Teacher. Creator. Our lives are rich with meaning hidden in our shared everyday moments. Jen Norton's artwork celebrates those relationships that bring us deep joy.Norton's work will include both acrylic and watermedia paintings, using color, texture and pattern as vehicles of expression. Relationships, recognizing grace in small moments, and finding meaning in everyday events all become subject matter in Norton’s paintings

KALEID gallery
88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
Downtown San Jose
free and open to the public

April 3, 2008

Mother Exhibit at Gregory Kate Gallery

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Nadia Vinogradova, Babushika

Gregory Kate Gallery's April exhibit is "Mother" with 25 artists participating, including some current KALEID gallery artists: Christine Benjamin, Gary Coleman, Therese May, Mary Medrano and Nadia Vinogradova.

There are artists' receptions on Friday, April 4th and April 18th from 7-9pm. They invite you to visit and vote for your favorite artwork and the three winners receive a cash prize. The exhibit runs through Sunday April 27th.

Gregory Kate Gallery
925 The Alameda, #101
San Jose 95126

April 8, 2008

Andy Gouveia at Broken Door Cafe

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Good friend of KALEID and Phantom Galleries Andy Gouveia will unveil new work this Friday night, April 11th at Broken Door Espresso.

Pellet will also be on view and The Drugs will perform live.

Friday, April 11th - 8:00pm
Broken Door Espresso
231 East Santa Clara, downtown San Jose
(across the street from City Hall)

April 11, 2008

Black & Brown Spring Fashion Show "Extinction"

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Anno Domini is hosting Black & Brown's Spring Fashion Show entitled "Extinction." B&B is a great asset to our creative community and their fashion shows are always professional and inspirational.

Saturday, April 12th
Doors open at 8pm, show at 9pm
$7 admission

Anno Domini gallery
366 South First Street, downtown San Jose

April 14, 2008

A Pear and A Yam by Judy Gittlesohn

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Ohlone Valley Foods is pleased to host A Pear and A Yam, new paintings by Judy Gittlesohn. There will be an artist's reception on Wednesday, April 16th, 5:30-7:30pm.

Ohlone Valley Foods
2134 Old Middlefield Way, Suite J
Mountain View, Ca. 94040

April 16, 2008

Christine Benjamin at Blank Club & Good Kharma

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Christine has a one night exhibit of newly painted skate decks on Tuesday, April 29th at 9pm at the Blank Club. Live music by RS2 Solid Sound!

The Blank Club
44 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose, CA 95113
21 and over with ID (make sure you bring your ID!)

Christine will also be exhibiting new paintings - Bots, Babes and Beasts at Good Kharma Restaurant on First Friday, May 2nd art reception 7 - 9 PM. Art show runs from Friday, May 2nd to Friday, May 30th

Good Karma Vegan Restaurant
37 South First Street (between Post and Santa Clara)
San Jose, CA 95113

Animal Portraits exhibit by Diana Hartman

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Animal Portraits by Diana Hartman

Bean Scene Cafe will be displaying the art work of Diana Hartman, during the months of April and May. Diana says: The animal portraits attempt to demonstrate the human qualities an animal can possess. Each portrait conveys a certain character and emotion, that people can connect with. The work also contains vivid colors to project the warmth and intimacy found in nature.

Bean Scene Cafe
186 S. Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale

Noel Huh exhibit at SJSU

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Afflict is an exhibit of new works by SJSU student Noel Huh. The exhibit is on view April 21st thru 24th with an artist's reception on Tuesday April 22nd from 6-8pm.

Gallery 5 in the Art Building
at San Jose State Unversity

Underskatement Vol. 4 at A.D. gallery

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Anno Domini is proud to be hosting the return of the Underskatement Film Festival Vol. 4 this Friday, April 18th.

Andreas Troif and David Franklin chose 24 of the best short films out of 75 submissions from as far away as South America, Europe and Australia. The works include documentary, experimental, animation and music videos shot on 16 mm, Super 8 and digital cameras. Besides the filmmaker being a skateboarder, the only other criteria was to keep the submissions under seven minutes long.

Friday, April 18th, 7:30pm
$5.00 admission at the door

Anno Domini
366 South First Street
downtown San Jose
408-271-5155

April 20, 2008

Kushlani Hall demo at Saratoga Library

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Free Art Demo at Saratoga Library by Kushlani Hall

KALEID gallery artist Kushlani Hall will demonstrate oil pastel painting April 21, 7.30pm.

Location: Saratoga Library, Community Room
13650 Saratoga Avenue
Saratoga, Ca., 95070-5099
408.867.6126

Hall exhibits at Solo Gallery, Los Gatos and KALEID gallery, San Jose. A native of Sri Lanka her work reflects the essences of two cultures. Formerly working as a scientist she switched her career to art. She has also started a line of unique artistic fine jewelry. She has won awards for both paintings and jewelry.
Event sponsor for this demo is Saratoga Contemporary Artists.

April 21, 2008

Art Show this Friday at On the Corner Music


BEAD BAZAAR 2008

The annual Bead Bazaar sponsered by the Northern California Bead Society will be held on
Saturday, May 3, 2008 from 10am to 6pm at: Oakland Marriott City Center at 10th & Broadway in downtown Oakland.

This one day show features handmade beads including polymer clay, ceramic, glass, imported beads from around the world for sale. KALEID gallery artist: Deborah Anderson will be displaying her polymer clay beads for sale there.

Admission is $7.00 or go to the website: www.BeadSocietyofNorCal.org to print out a $2. off coupon. If you like beads, this is a show you will not want to miss!

San Jose Artist's Survey

I know many of you filled out the Zenk survey in 2005 regarding being an artist trying to live and work in San Jose. This survey, put out by the Center for Cultural Innovation (which is doing some really good work for individual artists) and the SJ Office of Cultural Affairs is needing your input once again...please take a few moments to fill out the survey and let's be hopeful some solid direction will come out of it to promote a sustainable artists' community.

The Creative Entrepreneur Project is an initiative of the City of San José Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA), working in partnership with the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI), that is exploring ways to support the creative work of individual artists who live or work in San José. The first step in this process is to conduct a survey of area artists through the San José Survey of Artists’ Resource Needs.

“Individual artists” are broadly defined to include all disciplines, whether commercial or nonprofit in nature. This would include not only visual artists, but theater artists, dancers and choreographers, musicians, writers, designers, photographers, filmmakers, performance artists, etc.

http://www.cciarts.org/cep/index.htm

April 23, 2008

Cast Acrylic Monotype Demos by Donna Orme

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Spiral II, cast acrylic monotype

Campbell Artists' Guild, Saturday, April 26, 2008, 1-3:30 p.m.
Campbell Library Community Room
77 Harrison Ave. & Civic Center Drive, Campbell, CA 95008

Also look for Donna Orme's demonstration on cast acrylic monotypes as well as demonstrations by 14 other artists at the Triton Museum of Art, 1505 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara, CA, Artfully Yours Gala event, Friday, May 2, 2008, 7-9 pm. Tickets: $150

April 26, 2008

Third Symposium on CA Arts & Healty Communities

California Lawyers for the Arts
in collaboration with Arts Council Silicon Valley and co-sponsors California Arts Advocates, 1st ACT SiliconValley, and The City of San Jose presents

The Third Symposium on California Arts and Healthy Communities

3 pm to 4:30 pm, Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Santa Clara County Office of Education, Board Room
1290 Rider Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95131

California spends three cents per person from the State’s General Fund for the California Arts Council, less than any other U.S. state or territory. How are cities and counties addressing this gap in the California arts infrastructure? What strategies for local public and private philanthropy are being developed? This Symposium, highlighting the experience of Santa Clara County, will explore the value of the arts for youth development, economic development and the quality of life in our communities.

Speakers include Larry Stone, Santa Clara County Assessor and a founder of Arts Council Silicon Valley; Bruce Davis, Executive Director of Arts Council Silicon Valley; Connie Martinez, Executive Director of 1stAct Silicon Valley; Kim Walesh, Assistant Director of the San Jose Office of Economic Development; Ruth Tunstall-Grant, Member of the San Jose Arts Commission and Director of the Art Education Program at Children’s Shelter of Santa Clara County; and Mark Walker, Managing Director, Global Community Affairs at Applied Materials. Alma Robinson, Executive Director of California Lawyers for the Arts, will moderate the panel.

Admission is free, but space is limited and pre-registration is required. Advance registration is available at: http://thirdsymposium.eventbrite.com. Please plan to arrive between 2:30 pm and 2:45 pm. A reception will follow at the conclusion of the program. For more information, please call (408) 998-2787 x 216 or send an e-mail to sanjose@calawyersforthearts.org.

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April 29, 2008

Mahar and Waters at Artist Xchange SF

Mary Ellen Mahar and Michelle Waters (KALEID past and present artists) are both in a group exhibit opening on Friday May 2nd (7-10pm) at the Artist Xchange Gallery in San Francisco. Music by Tiger Blood.

Artist Xchange Gallery
3169 16th Street, San Francisco

"Before" solo exhibit by Cindy Stokes

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Cindy Stokes has a solo exhibition of her black and whitie photography series Before.

Cindy says: While visiting old homesteads and industrial sites, I wonder about the people who erected the buildings, fashioned the tools, and simply lived and worked daily at the sites. The commonplace markings and artifacts at these places feel like unintended artworks that retain something of the lives lived there before. My images from these structures represent memory and history etched in wood, cement and steel.

Center for the Performing Arts, main lobby
500 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA
April 22 thru June 23, 2008. Lobby is open MWF, Noon -1pm and 1 hour before performances.

Cindy also reminds us all that Silicon Valley Open Studios is the first 3 weekends in May. For a full schedule, visit www.svos.org.

Orphan Works Bill makes its way into Congress - ACT NOW to protect your ©!

Just a few days ago, both the U.S. House of Representative and the U.S. Senate introduced two versions of the Orphan Works bill. Both the Senate version, S.2913, and the House version, H.R.5889 are very similar in nature and closely mirror the Orphan Works Act of 2006.

Radio interview explaining the proposed bill:
http://www.sellyourtvconceptnow.com/orphan/orphan_works_information.mp3

YOU CAN BE HEARD -

Find your representative: http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

To get the attention of your representatives, you need to immediately do ALL FOUR of the following steps:

1. Call the representative and give the bill numbers and say I oppose this (You'll get someone who works for your representative and they will log your address and your pro/con feedback.)

2. email your representative

3. Overnight or priority mail a snail mail letter

4. Fax a letter

Get as many signatures as possible on the paper copies.

The original intent for the bill when first proposed was so that educational institutions and non-profit organizations could use copyrighted materials in print form without fear of lawsuit if, after searching for the copyright owners and not being able to locate the owner, the copyrighted materials were subsequently used. That was the original intent. Once the stock image companies, (and others that have to pay to use copyrighted images) got wind of this, however, they realized that with a few changes and added clauses, they could benefit from this, too. In other words, greed has gotten in the way of morals and reason. Those "benefactors" supporting the bill have everything to gain..at our expense.

Here is a sample letter you can edit and send to your local and/or state representatives and Senators. These letters work best when you make your point clear, do not curse, and make them aware that you live in their district or state and can vote for or against them.

Feel free to make this personal with your story on how the Orphan Works legislation will harm your income. Stories are incredibly powerful.

Faxes work better than e-mails, as e-mails are too easy to delete.

Congressman/Congresswoman/Senator (their name)
(their contact info)
Fax: (their fax number)

Re: The Orphan Works legislation Bill # (either H.R. 5889 or S. 2913 depending who you're writing)

Dear (their name),

My name is (your name) and I live in (your city, state). After reading about the Orphan Works bill, I am shocked and outraged that this could happen in our country.

This Orphan Works legislation, if passed, will severely impact my income and life as an artist. Not only will it give license for others to legally steal and use my work for free, it will be virtually impossible for me to afford the time and money to register my creations in all the potential new registries.

(your personal story if you wish. It should show hardship under the new bill)

I strongly urge you to vote AGAINST the Orphan Works bill and protect my rights, my copyrights, to all that I have and will create.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

(your name)
(your address)


Original PG post April 11th - Mark Simon has a good article on the proposed Orphan Works legislation that will require artists to register every sketch, drawing, painting, word, photo, sculpture, design with a designated registry to protect their ownership of the work. This expensive and time consuming obligation will devastate the artist's livelihood and rights of their own work.

As it stands now, whatever you create and put in tangible form (on paper, canvas, photo, etc) is automatically protected copyright. You may stop anyone from using the image without your prior consent. This new law would reverse that automatic right.

Please read the article, and write to your congressman. The only parties that benefit from this legislation will be the registering body and the companies that take advantage of unprotected works (ad agencies, royalty stock art/photo companies, etc.)

As mentioned in the article, this will not go away...this will eventually pass if we don't stop it. Read it here.

April 30, 2008

KALEID Featured Exhibits First Friday May 2nd

KALEID gallery presents featured exhibits by photographer Josh Hires and assemblage artist Philo Northrup.

Artists' Reception First Friday May 2nd, 7-9pm
Music by Elevator Out


The Market 2.0 by Josh Hires

On the surface, The Market is a look at a single day in the life of the many street vendors in Bay-Area farmers markets. This collection of work is a culmination of Josh Hires’ targeted research and photography efforts over the past 2 years. Initially a BFA project at San Jose State University, the images strive to show us a dual purpose. Firstly, they showcase a cultural phenomenon that is rather unique within the scope of America’s agriculture scene. Second, and perhaps most importantly they address the larger question of “what is for dinner, and how do the varied answers to this question effect us as a society”.

Comprised of a series of 20x20 and larger Light Jet Prints, the show displays several aspects of our daily eating habits, but most specifically the habit of shopping at a local farmers market.

Josh Hires is a Bay Area photographer who has shown in venues from San Joaquin Valley’s Spectrum Photography Gallery to magazines and other Central Valley Publications.

Rampart by Philo Northrup

Philo Northrup has been working on his Rampart project since 2006. The term, rampart, means an imposing fortification or castle wall. Northrup's rampart consists of a series of large found-object assemblages, which, when displayed close together, form one giant construction that covers an entire side of a building.

The basic concept is to take the practice of assemblage - recombining disparate objects into a cohesive whole - to a grander scale so that the resulting piece is Monumental.

The individual components focus on color and texture using standard geometric shapes (see above image "Blue X"). Often the base objects are construction materials such as doors and windows.

The Kaleid Gallery will show a small version of Rampart, a larger version will be exhibited at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History in 2009.

Northrup's artwork has been exhibited at numerous venues including the San Jose Museum of Art, USC Museum of Art, Triton Museum of Art, California Museum of Art, Venice ArtWalk, LACE Annualé and the Bayannale.

Most recently he had a solo show at the True World Gallery in Joshua Tree, CA. Northrup is best known for his ArtCars, which have appeared in articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, Artweek, LA Times, SF Chronicle, SF Weekly, San Jose Mercury News, Juztapoz and Wired.

This reception is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk and is free and open to the public.

May 1, 2008

The Art Glass Farmer's Market May 2nd and 3rd

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The San Jose Glass Artist Alliance (SJGAA) presents...

THE ART GLASS FARMER'S MARKET ~ Exhibit & Sale Featuring Exquisite Fine Art Glass Fruits, Vegetables, and More!

At the Circle of Palms Paseo in Downtown San Jose

May 2, 2008, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. (Preview & Sale)
May 3, 3008, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Exhibit & Sale)
Admission is FREE

Browse and shop for the "freshest" in fine art glass fruits, vegetables, flowers and more at the Art Glass Farmer's Market, May 2 - May 3, 2008 at the Circle of Palms Paseo (between the Fairmont Hotel and the San Jose Museum of Art) in downtown San Jose.

Presented by the newly formed San Jose Glass Artist Alliance (SJGAA), this unique exhibit and sale will feature a wide display of fine art glass pieces that permanently captures the many facets and beauty of the garden. Select from delectable hand blown glass fruits and vegetables and other nature-inspired glass art including flowers, cactus, eggs and more. Veteran glass collectors and art glass enthusiasts alike will be able to find something unique to add to their collections.

For more information on the Art Glass Farmer's Market and the SJGAA, visit the SJGAA website: www.sjgaa.org, or call 408.745.7445.

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May 8, 2008

Fabrication Exhibition

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Fabrications A new perspective in Mexican photography will open on Saturday, May 31st with work by Alex Oliva, Cintia Druan, David Corona Fernando, Montiel Klint, Juan Pablo Meneses, Paula Islas, Rogelio Septimo & Ricardo Sierra. Live performance by Panthelion.

You can also view the works here: http://www.flickr.com/fabrications_xpo

Saturday, May 31st, 6pm 'til late.
Art Art Common House Gallery
1035 South 6th Street
San Jose, CA

SJSU Jewelry / Metals Lab Open House

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Come and see what is happening in the Jewelry/Metals Lab in the Department of Art and Design at San Jose State University.

We will be hosting an open house for those individuals interested in the type of work done at our facilities. There will be a media presentation, tour of the lab, metal casting demonstration and discussion of class offerings.

Thursday, May 15th, 2008 - ART BLDG. Rm. 210, 7pm - 9 p.m.
Campus map: http://www.sjsu.edu/about_sjsu/docs/SJSU_campus_map.pdf

Swamp Thang at The Marina Restaurant

Swamp Thang exhibit at The Marina Restaurant in Alviso, CA will feature Ricardo Rodriguez, Mitsy Avila Ovalles, Fernando Amaro Jr., Adrian Avila, Roan Victer, M dot Strange, Tony Nguyen, Steve Caballero, Abe Menor, Doc, subPrime, Sean Boyles, and more. Music by DJ Cutso & DJ Ennui.

Saturday, May 24th, 7pm - 1am
The Marina 995 Elizabeth Street, Alviso, CA

Andy Gouveia & Pellet at Broken Door Espresso

Artists Andy Gouveia and Kyle of Pellet Factory will have new works at Broken Door Espresso this Friday. It'll also be your last chance to see Kyle's mural in the space as it's about to be redone by another artist soon.

Hooping by Rachel Radness and live music by The Meting Face Trio.

Friday, May 9th, 8pm 'til late.
Broken Door Espresso
231 E.Santa Clara Street (across from City Hall)
San Jose, CA

May 9, 2008

Thursday Gig - Art & Poetry with Open Mic

Featured Artists:
Howard Pugh: Abstract Photography
Al Preciado: Ceramic Architypal Sculptures
Collette Cooley: Beautiful painted rocks & other natural objects

Featured Poet:

Al Preciado

Reading begins 7:30 with Open Mic following
Pot luck BYOB

42 Central Ave., Los Gatos (call 408-410-2313 for directions)

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Silicon Valley Open Studios

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Cicada by Shannon Amidon

With May well upon us, it's that time of year for the Silicon Valley Open Studios. As there are too many Phantom Galleries & KALEID artists participating to mention them all here, we encourage you to visit the Open Studios site http://www.svos.org/ to find the locations of their extensive guide so you can plot out your weekends of studio hopping!

Werner Glinka

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Past KALEID artist Werner Glinka has been very busy with several exhibits - he writes to tell us:

My solo show Extra Ordinary Nature is on view at the Caldwell Gallery, 555 County Government Center Redwood City.
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm.
The exhibit is on view until June 30.

I also show some of my new work at the Flea St. Café on a permanent basis. The Flea St. Café serves great food by Jesse Cool. The restaurant is located at 3607 Alameda de las Pulgas in Menlo Park, CA 94025 Phone: 650.854.1226

You can always see my new work at the 1212 Gallery in Burlingame. The Gallery is located at 1212 Donnelly Ave in downtown Burlingame, right around the corner from Il Fornaio. Please stop by when you are in Burlingame and see what the gallery has to offer.

On a side note, Werner also just returned from a highly successful exhibit in Germany with a group he helped found called the German American Artists.

Seven member artists of GAA participated in the Königswinter Kunsttage 2008. The Kunsttage (Days of Art) are held annualy in Königswinter a City on the river Rhein in the heart of Germany. Königwinter is located close to Cologne the center of the current German art scene and the former German capitol Bonn. The reception with the artists was held on Saturday, March 8 at the Galerie im Margarethenhof.

Therese May receives Artist Fellowship award

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Affirmation Quilt, Therese May

Congratulations to current KALEID artist Therese May on her Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award for 2008. In celebration of the recipients, award winners will exhibit their work at the Triton Museum of Art May 24 - July 6, 2008.

2008 Recipients:
Therese May- Visual Arts 3D
Flo Oy Wong- Visual Arts 3D
Katherine Aoki- Visualo Arts 2D
Rasika Kumar -Performing Arts/Dance
Henry Mollicone- Performing Arts/Music
Peter Malae- Literary Arts

Artists' Reception is May 29th from 6-8pm.
Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Ave.
Santa Clara, CA.

May 14, 2008

MACLA's 10th Annual Latino Art Auction

Buy Your Tickets Now! MACLA's Auction Always Sells Out.
Call (408) 998-2808 to purchase tickets. Auction Tickets: $35

Saturday, May 17, 2008, Doors open at 6:00pm
Live Auction begins promptly at 7:30pm

Auction Exhibition: April 18-May 17, 2008

View the very best of contemporary Latino art from the Bay Area and beyond. Auction proceeds support MACLA's programs in the visual arts, performing & literary arts, youth arts education, and community development through the arts, which reach over 25,000 people annually.

“Buy it Now”: Select works will be available for sale to MACLA supporters at the opening reception up until Friday, May 16 at 6:00pm. The cost of purchasing a work in advance is the listed retail price plus an additional 50% of the retail price.

Visit MACLA's website www.maclaarte.org for full list of participating artists.

May 20, 2008

A Taste of Art & Wine at the Lagoon

A Taste of Art & Wine at the Lagoon

Kendall Jackson Vineyards

Smooth Jazz by the Dean Chambers Project

This event is to promote and educate the community about collecting art and acquiring knowledge of wine tasting.

A fabulous silent auction featuring local artist who live and create in our communities; Craig Scoffone Photography, Rich Originals, Co. Fine Arts, Darryl Thompson Contemporary Paintings, Marjorie Albright Unique Gourd Art and Charles Lovelace Candle Artworks.

Catering by C'era Una Volta Ristorante

Date/Time
Friday, May 23, 2008, 7:00 pm -10:00 pm

Admission: $30.00, click here to buy tickets.

Location:
Community of Harbor Bay Isle
3195 Mecartney Road
Community Center
Alameda, CA 94502

SJSU BFA Graphic Design Exhibition

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San Jose State University School of Art + Design Graphic Design Program invites you to:

26 characters - the 2008 BFA Graphic Design Exhibition

Receptions: 6 to 9pm Wednesday + Thursday, May 21 + 22
Gallery open: Noon to 6pm Thursday + Friday, May 22 + 23
Admission Free

Art Ark Gallery, 1035 South 6th Street, San Jose California

directions, portfolios, and downloads: www.26characters.org

May 29, 2008

Art for Art in Santa Cruz

Art for Art is dedicated to providing support for Santa Cruz County's arts community as well as its artists by hosting exhibitions representing a cross-section of today’s contemporary art trends.

Their upcoming exhibit of 27 artists at The Mill Gallery will benefit the Tannery Art Center. The Mill Gallery has waived their commission and the exhibiting artists will be donating 20% of all sales to benefit the Tannery Art Center.

Art for Art Exhibition at The Mill Gallery
131 Front Street, Santa Cruz
June 7 & 8 from 11am to 6pm.

June 1, 2008

June Featured Exhibits at KALEID by Martha Castillo, Eric Taggart

KALEID gallery presents featured exhibits by clayprint monograph artist Martha Castillo and mixed media artist Eric Taggart.

Artists' Reception First Friday June 6th, 7-9pm
Exhibit on view through July 12, 2008.

This reception is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk. It is free and open to the public.

Cities and Beyond by Martha Castillo
This collection includes work from two of Castillo's most recent series: “Cities I Have Known”, and “Beyond the Surface”. Mostly large, all abstract, expressive and lively, they capture her feelings about places and ideas.

I perceive life as many of layers of mood, color and texture, and am inspired by the visual evidence of ageing all around us. Those layers, built up over time, and worn down by use, generate the uneven patina of life’s experience. *Clayprinting allows me to be curious, to explore complex interplays of shape and color, surface and core.
The monoprints are textured and complex. I hope you will find them inviting.

*Clayprint-This innovative new technique invented by Pennsylvania Artist Mitch Lyons, is all about layers. The artist creates images by painting layers of white potters clay with pigment added, onto a slab of un-fired stoneware clay. The image is then transferred by hand to canvas, using a wooden brayer and other hand tools, generating a monotype. Every print is a unique, artist made, original.

Martha Castillo has studied with Mitch Lyons, the inventor of clayprinting, on numerous occasions. In addition to exhibiting her clayprints to a growing audience, Castillo teaches workshops in this exciting new medium.


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If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. by Eric Taggart

Eric Taggart is a self-taught artist who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. In undergraduate and graduate school, his focus of study was philosophy, religion and psychology. In 2003, he began to explore these same fields through artmaking in an effort to mend what was deconstructed through my formal education.

Taggart adds: I work in many mediums and tend to be drawn to objects and materials that already have history and narrative. Recent works have included whiteout, wire, tape and string - materials that are commonly associated with mending and repair.

Taggart engages religious, psychological and political themes through his mixed-media work which often includes found objects, personal family artifacts and common materials typically used for household mending and repair.

In the spring of this year, a blue ribbon jury of Los Angeles gallery owners and museum curators (most notably Howard Fox, Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art) selected Taggart as one of LA ArtSeen's 2008 Emerging Artists. His work was then hung in the company of works by such highly esteemed artists as Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg at the corresponding benefit auction in Hollywood.

Eric has exhibited in San Jose, San Francisco, Mt. View, Los Angeles and San Diego. He has a BA in Philosophy and Theology from Point Loma Nazarene University and a MA in Psychology from John F. Kennedy University. He currently resides with his wife in Los Altos.

KALEID gallery
88 South Fourth Street, downtown San Jose

June 2, 2008

Thursday Gig's Art & The Spoken Word

Art & Poetry with Open Mic

Pot Luck at 6:30pm, BYOB (please bring a dish if you can--but if you can't, don't worry)
7:30 PM Art Presentation & Spoken Word Reading with Open Mic following

Featured Artists:
Elizabeth Parashis: Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Perry Westerlund: Naturalist Calligraphic/Patterned Drawings

Featured Poet:
Tresha Haefner: Playful poems with an incisive and at times ironic eye-that really move!

Thursday, June 19, 6:30pm-9:30pm
42 Central Ave., Los Gatos
Call for more info: 408/410-2313

June 4, 2008

Donna Orme, Therese May exhibit

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Now, fabric, acrylic paint, buttons by Therese May

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Ribbons, cast acrylic monotype by Donna Orme

Donna Orme & Therese May
Exhibit June 4-June 29, 2008
Reception: Friday, 6/13/08, 7-9 pm - Meet the artists and see how compatible our two very different styles blend together.

Gregory Kate Gallery
925 The Alameda #101, San Jose, CA 95126
408.271.2626
Gallery Hours: Friday, 6-9 pm, Sat. & Sun. 11 am-6 pm

June 10, 2008

BrokenDoor Espresso exhibit Friday, June 13th

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Broken Door Espresso presents photography and digital images by Nicolette Paloma and Brittany Rediger

New mural and paintings by KALEID artists Christine Benjamin and Michael Foley.
Music by Polyluv

Friday, June 13th 8Pm till Late

231 E Santa Clara St. (Downtown SJ across from City Hall)
San Jose, CA 95113

June 12, 2008

Phantom Galleries Redwood City Artists' Reception this Saturday, June 14th

Phantom Galleries Redwood City invites you to a celebration of its debut exhibition in downtown Redwood City. This is an excellent opportunity to experience an eclectic contemporary art exhibit, meet the artists, and enjoy music and refreshments in a casual social atmosphere.

Featured artists include:
Francie Allen
Martha Castillo
Rochelle Ford
Sarah Beth Goncarova
Sarah Ricchiuti
Oleg Lobykin
Woody Miller
Beth Mostovoy
Terenia Offenbacker
Michelle Reynolds
Joyce Savre
Julia Seelos
Cindy Stokes
April Vanderbilt

Artists' Reception: 7pm - 9pm.
Second Saturday, June 14, 2008

2115 Broadway & 2125 Broadway, downtown Redwood City (Map)

Live music by Panthelion
Hors d' oeuvres by Bangkok Bay Restaurant and cupcake desserts by Michelle Reynolds (while they last!)
Free and open to the public.

Phantom Galleries Redwood City is a project in which community artists come together to enliven vacant storefronts with colorful exhibits and installations to create a 24/7 fine art gallery viewable from the sidewalk. The project is produced by Two Fish Design in partnership with the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency. For more information, please call 408.271.5151 or info@PhantomGalleries.com

This reception is in collaboration with the Redwood City Second Saturday Artwalk which also features Gallery 2611, bazaar brazil, Redwood City Art Center, Art on Broadway and the Main Gallery.

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June 14, 2008

Washington Neighborhood Comm-UNITY Walk for Peace

Recently the Washington Neighborhood experienced senseless violence resulting in the loss of two lives and sending shockwaves of sadness and fear through the community.

On May 21st at 1:45pm, Lorenzo Torres and another man were shot, Lorenzo died from his wounds.

On May 23rd at 4:30pm, Vahid Hosseini was gunned down in the Bank of the West parking lot on his way back to the Willow Market that he and his wife ran for many years. Vahid later died from his wounds.

Both of these tragedies occured in broad daylight, within a short distance from our school, parks, youth centers, library and our most importantly, our homes.

Our community would like to invite you to an opportunity to demonstrate to our children, families and the city as a whole, that we stand for Peace, Dignity and Community.

Please join us!

In Community Spirit,
Autumn Gutierrez

Community leaders and local residents invite you to a Comm-UNITY Walk for Peace

Monday June 16, 2008, 6:00pm
In Front of Biblioteca Latinoamericana
921 S. First St., San Jose, CA 95110

Please join us in an effort to show our community's:Peace, Dignity & Unity in response to the recent senseless violence that’s happened in our neighborhood.

We will begin at the Biblioteca Latinoamericana, walk down Oak Street to Vine, then South of Vine to Willow, a stop at the Willow Market, then walk east to First Street, then back to the Biblioteca.

If you’d like to help make posters for the walk, we will meet at the Biblioteca Community Room at 4:00 pm.

We hope that you can join us. For more information, please contact Mark Lopez @ 408-483-8748 or email: mark@gwna-sj.org

June 18, 2008

Lucy Liew site - specific artwork unveiled June 28th

The grand opening of the new Joyce Ellington Branch Library on June 28 will feature the dedication of two new, site-specific artworks.

Congratulations to current KALEID artist Lucy Liew who created artwork elements for the Children's area of the Library.

Inspired by the community's enduring connection to the elm trees that for many years had existed on the site, Liew's Trees of Knowledge are two "trees" built around columns of the building, rich with colorful images. She suggests that these "serve as a gateway to the world of imagination and learning that await the visitors to the Children's section of the library."

Liew's Metamorphosis - Transformation in the Woods is a painting in the form of butterfly wings (shown above upon installation). Positioned in the Storytelling Corner so that they will frame the storyteller, the imagery on the wings is intended to inspire positive themes for young readers.

Artist Masayuke Nagase's work Where The Tree Is Born, (depicted in the photo essay below) pays tribute to the Library's namesake, honored community member Joyce Ellington, as well as to the trees that formerly stood on the site. This exterior artwork, a granite sculpture in the form of a tree trunk, rises from a plaza filled with patterns of the shadows cast by tree branches. Low enough that it can be climbed or sat upon, the top surface of the sculpture contain rings of text referencing Joyce Ellington and area history. The sides have a bark-like texture that Nagase created using handprints collected from community members, including some of the students from the neighboring Grant Academy Elementary School.

The Joyce Ellington Branch Library Grand Opening
Saturday, June 28; the official program is from 11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon.
491 Empire Street, San Jose, 95112.
Both artists will be present to discuss their work immediately following the program.

Ellie Brown's new book

Ellie Brown, who moved from San Jose to teach in South Korea, just sent us the news that she has published her book entitled Two Girls: My Sisters 1996-2006, a ten year art project in which Ellie dedicated herself to photographing her two sisters through their adolescence.

"Just as I began to establish my sisters as girls, pre-adolescence descended and absolutely changed the path of my project. On the surface I was still photographing my sisters but it was my approach that changed. I was fascinated and repulsed by new conversations of boys, makeup and weight. This led me to read any and every book I could find on the subject of adolescence and pre-adolescence. It also led me to seriously investigate my own pre-adolescent experiences, which were far less than stellar, in relation to theirs. In photographing Emily and Abby, I was also photographing how a girl becomes alien in her own body, how confidence may falter, how grooming rituals become of great importance, how relationships with friends and family change and most importantly, the quest for identity. When I photograph my sisters and when I photograph other girls I am primarily concerned with identity in our complicated media driven culture and how it manifests."

For more information or to purchase the book, please click here.

Midsummer Art Celebration June 21st

A Midsummer Art Celebration will be held on Saturday, June 21, from 10am - 6pm in the sculpture gardens of the Triton Museum of Art. Hundreds of local and regional artists working in all mediums will offer original works of art for sale.

Art demos, music and food will also be on hand. A percentage of all the proceeds from sales will benefit the art and education programs of the Triton Museum. Admission and parking is free.

Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Avenue
Santa Clara, CA
408-247-3754

Art on the Square begins this Friday, June 20th

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Come for the art and stay for the music this Friday. The art show is from 5pm - 8:30pm, and the featured band is Freesound.

Redwood City is fast becoming the peninsula’s epicenter for the arts with new galleries and great places to hear live music. This summer Art on the Square returns to Courthouse Square. Premier Bay Area artists and artisans will exhibit their work in the heart of the beautifully renovated downtown.

Presented by the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission and the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency, the four juried outdoor shows complement Music on the Square, the city’s popular Friday evening summer concert series.

Enjoy painting, sculpture, photography, glass, fiber, jewelry, ceramics and more by fantastic local artists. And, at each show there will be a drawing for gift certificates. Winners can “spend” their certificate in any artist's booth. Remember to fill out an entry form. Who knows, maybe you'll be one of the four lucky winners!

Art on the Square
Friday June 20, 5 - 8:30 pm
Courthouse Square
Redwood City, CA 94063
for full schedule, visit: www.redwoodcityevents.org

June 25, 2008

Creature Culture exhibit this Friday, June 27th


A studio and gallery space up for rent in Japantown

Two great spaces have become available within the Object Art gallery space-

STUDIO: 650 square foot loft space available for sublet in excellent San Jose Japantown neighborhood. Track lights, shared restroom, utilities included. $650/month

ALSO AVAILABLE: Gallery/studio/office - 1200 square feet with street front entrance. Track lighting, new paint and carpets, shared restroom facilities. $1250/month

Price negotiable for right person or group

For more information contact Ken@artobjectgallery.com OR call 408.288.9305

MISCHIEF in SF

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Current Phantom Galleries and KALEID gallery artist Christine Benjamin (artwork above) will be in the MISCHIEF group art show in San Francisco which involves over 100 artists.

Reception: Saturday, July 19th, 4-8 pm
Exhibit dates: July 16th - August 10th

Studio Gallery
1718A Polk Street (between Washington and Clay)
San Francisco, CA 94109
415.931.3130
Hours: Weds - Fri, 11am-8pm, Sat & Sun, 11am-6pm

June 30, 2008

No FIRST FRIDAY for July

Please note that there will not be a First Friday Artwalk for July due to the July Fourth holiday. We will return First Friday August 1st with featured exhibits at KALEID gallery by Kyle Perera (aka Pellet Factory) and Andy Gouveia.

July 2, 2008

Art on the Square July 18 & 19 in Redwood City

If you missed it in June, Art on the Square is back on July 18th & 19th from 5pm-8:30pm. Bay Area artists and artisans will exhibit their work in the heart of the beautifully renovated downtown. Redwood City is an epicenter for the arts with new galleries (including Phantom Galleries!) and great places to hear live music.

Presented by the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission and the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency, the four juried outdoor shows complement Music on the Square, the city’s popular Friday evening summer concert series. ( July 18 with the Madison Blues Band and all day Saturday July 19 with the PAL Blues Festival, www.palbluesfestival.com)

See painting, sculpture, photography, glass, fiber, jewelry, ceramics and more by fantastic local artists. And, at each show there will be a drawing for gift certificates that can be "spent" in any artist's booth.

We're still accepting artist applications. Go to www.redwoodcityevents.org for a complete schedule of events or to download an application.

AfterWorks this Friday the Fourth

AfterWorks begins after the fireworks subside at 10pm this Friday the Fourth. Featuring: the music of David Knight and Benjamin Henderson; Live Animation by M dot Strange set to the music of Panthelion, David Knight and Steve Barry; Live Painting by Brittany Rediger and Joe Barajas; Hooping by Rachel Radness.

The Art Ark
1035 S. 6th Street, San Jose, CA
Doors: 10 p.m.
Admission: free

July 9, 2008

Thursday Gig July 17th - note new temp location


CA Lawyers for the Arts Survey request

California Lawyers for the Arts is conducting a statewide survey of individuals involved in the Arts to determine interest in e-learning as an option to expand access to educational programming statewide.

California Lawyers for the Arts seeks to develop greater awareness and involvement by the legal community to the needs and interests of artists and arts organizations; and provides educational programs and legal services, such as Legal Referral and Arts Arbitration and Mediation, to the arts community.

Currently, educational programs are in-person events hosted in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, and Sacramento metropolitan areas that seek to assist artist and arts organizations gain greater competency in handling their legal and business affairs by providing means of appropriate self-help though preventative education about best practices, rights and obligations; through the launch of an e-learning pilot program, C.L.A. hopes to reach artists and art organization in regions of California not currently supported by existing educational programs.

Your participation in this survey would be greatly appreciated!

You can participate through July 20, 2008 by clicking here or pasting this link in to your browser http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspxsm=9v021YmhAz78W8oDxV7vow_3d_3d

It would be greatly appreciated if you would forward this request to your friends, colleagues, or members involved in creative endeavors.

Sara Cole's "Underneath" solo at Bryant Street Gallery


End/beginning 3, gouache, coffee, and graphite on paper, 24"x 24"

Sara Cole is having a solo exhibition entitled Underneath at Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto with an opening reception on Friday, July 11th at 6pm-8pm.

To preview the artwork, click here.

Bryant Street Gallery
532 Bryant Street, Palo Alto
650-321-8155

Renegade Craft Fair this weekend in SF

A crazy collection of 200 DIYers are selling their wares this weekend in San Francisco at the Fort Mason Center, and it's free! The Renegade Craft Fair hosts events in NYC, Chicago and San Francisco.

July 12 & 13th, 11am - 7pm.
Fort Mason's Festival Pavillion.

San Jose's own TAIKO on SPARK this week

SPARK is a great weekly program that airs art, performance and culture segments each week on KQED. We're looking forward to this week's episode which features San Jose TAIKO, and Victor Cartagena, an artist that we became familiar with through MACLA years ago.

The episode will air several times over the next few days so check listings here.

Btw....if you want to see TAIKO for real, they'll be performing at the Obon Festival in Japantown this weekend, 4:30pm on July 12th and 3:30pm on July 13th.

San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin
640 No. 5th Street (between Jackson & Taylor)
Japantown, San Jose
For a complete schedule, visit the Obon site here.

July 20, 2008

Art Peace: Darfur Awareness Sat. July 26th

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ART PEACE: Darfur Awareness
Saturday, July 26th, 1pm-10pm

Art Ark Gallery
1035 South 6th Street
San Jose Ca,95112

The event July 26th is a day long concert and a celebration of artistic expression and peace. There will be a gallery full of peace inspiring art, and an outdoor presentation of the winners of the "Art Of Politics 2008" National Graphic Design Contest. There will also be interactive teach-ins about the situation in Darfur via Camp Darfur, an organization dedicated to ending genocide.

The art ark, an art living space with it's own gallery and outdoor amphitheater area, will be transformed into a festival, where people can write letters to congress, check out visual art, live painting, participate in art, and listen to some really great bay area bands and solo artists all day long.

At dusk, there will be a presentation of the documentary on Darfur called, "They Turned Our Desert Into Fire," under the open sky and a conversation with the film maker Mark Brecke, along with perspectives delivered by refugees from Sudan.

Entry is by donation, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. All donations will go to help refugees from Darfur.

Pic nic encouraged!

The bands for the event include:

A Decent Animal
Case in Theory
Ambience
RS2 Solid Sound
J Jonah and Timeless
Hans Keller Band
The Arcade Rebellion
The Stars Misplaced(solo)
Cast Iron Songs
G Willikers
Ghost Tree
Michael Medina

for more information check out myspace.com/artpeacesj

Kori & Anabella Exhibit this Friday, July 25th

Kori Thompson & Anabella Pinon will be exhibiting new works on Friday, July 25th at On the Corner Music from 8pm - late. Tunes by Nate Nothing & Dave Ma.

On the Corner Music
530 E. Campbell Ave.
Campbell, CA

Walls of Ashes at OmniCircus August 15th

Frank Garvey (pictured above) participated in Phantom Galleries during the subZERO Festival last June with paintings and beggar robot. Frank is about to unveil his Wall of Ashes installation at his OmniCircus space in San Francisco and you're invited!

Grand Opening Celebration for the WALL OF ASHES Installation! Join Frank Garvey plus other OmniCircus collaborators Friday August 15 at 7pm at OmniCircus.

Over 20 years in the making, Frank Garvey's WALL of ASHES is finally open for public viewing!

Garvey will discuss his surreal anthem to the urban night- a multimedia installation with paintings, sculptures, robots, music, photography, and video.

This installation will be open to the public most Saturday afternoons 12noon - 4pm, with special evening events TBA. OmniCircus DVDs, CDs and publications will be available for sale.

$5 suggested donation

The OmniCircus is located at 550 Natoma Street, between Mission and Howard and 6th and 7th Streets, in San Francisco's South of Market (SoMa) district. The door is on Russ Street. Please call 415-701-0686 for more information.

July 21, 2008

Good Hustle - Terribly Two!

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THE GREATER GOOD
or HUSTRAVAGANZA or 2ND HUSSA-VERSARY

These awesome guys and musicians are great contributors to the local art and music scene....you're invited to their birthday party this Friday night!

Good Hustle is celebrating two years by bringing it back to one of the first venues they performed at. The performance will be a treat for longtime Hus fans and newbies alike, including plenty of fresh new material and all the classics. Good Hustle will also be premiering The Medley of Failure, a very intense and brief look at the expansive hus-tory that never was.

Cupertino legends the Emerald Hill start off the evening, with DJ sets by Hidden Danger, Ohmaigawd and Big Bamboo closing the night off with pleasure.

Not to be missed, please join us!

FRIDAY JULY 25TH 9pm-2am
Britannia Arms Cupertino
1087 DeAnza Blvd.

$5 advance tix $7 at the door / 21 and up only
thegoodhustle.com

July 23, 2008

Art on the Square Friday August 1 in Downtown Redwood City

On Fri Aug 1 Bay Area artists and artisans will exhibit their work at beautifully renovated Courthouse Square in the heart of the downtown Redwood City.

Presented by the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission and the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency, Art on the Square's juried outdoor shows complement Music on the Square, the city's popular Friday evening summer concert series.

See painting, sculpture, photography, glass, fiber, jewelry, ceramics and more by fantastic local artists. At each show there will be a drawing for gift certificates that can be "spent" in any artist's booth.

Enjoy the Friday evening art shows from 5 - 8:30 pm on:
- August 1 with Vegas style New Morty Show, and on
- September 19 with salsa rock band La Ventana, and all day Sept 20 at the first annual Redwood City Salsa Festival

Redwood City is an epicenter for the arts with new galleries (including Phantom Galleries!) and great places to hear live music.

We're still accepting artist applications for Sept 08. To download an application or to find a complete schedule of events, go to www.redwoodcityevents.org

Geri McGilvray at Woodside Library

Geri has new works at the Woodside Library, July through August 2008. at 3140 Woodside Road, Woodside. Geri is known for working in several art forms; oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media and sculpture. She has won over 50 awards and has received recognition in the Bay Area.

July 29, 2008

Into the Void - First Friday August 1st

Kaleid Gallery is proud to present Into the Void its first cosmic/futuristic/pre-and- post-apocalyptic themed exhibition, featuring new paintings and ink renderings by Andy Gouveia and Pellet. Inspired by science fiction paperback novels, old educational films, elementary school visits to the Exploratorium and anatomically incorrect illustrations of prehistoric beasts, Into the Void will include 60+ new art works that might just melt your face off and fry your brain, if viewed from the proper angle.

Artists' Reception: First Friday, August 1, 7pm - 9pm
Live Music by Benjamin Henderson

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
408-271-5151
www.KALEIDgallery.com

Gallery hours: Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm, Saturday, Noon - 5pm

August 9, 2008

"Black and White and Read All Over" Group Exhibit

You're invited to attend the artists' reception for "Black and White and Read All Over” a visual response to recent news by 16 artists at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library this Sunday, Aug. 10th from 2-4pm.

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"Save" by Donna Orme

“Black and White and Read All Over” is a project of members of Allied Artists West, a Santa Clara Valley professional art organization. Sixteen artists chose the period February 29, 2008 through April 1, 2008 to scan local newspapers for relevant articles. The purpose is to demonstrate that current events are experienced in unique ways by different segments of the community. These articles serve as the inspiration for works produced by the individuals artists.

Exhibit on view thru August 31st.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library/SJSU
150 E. San Fernando St., San Jose

August 13, 2008

Spiele: Otl Aicher's Olympic Graphic Design Exhibition

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Spiele: Otl Aicher's Olympic Graphic Design
An exhibition of graphic design by the office of Otl Aicher for the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Presentation by guest curator Joe Miller:
5pm Tuesday, August 26, in Art room 133
San José State University
Opening Reception follows at 6pm
Admission free.
Exhibit on view: August 26 to September 26, 2008

Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery
School of Art and Design, San José State University
9th and San Carlos Streets on the SJSU campus near downtown San José
Parking garage at 7th and San Salvador Streets

Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday 11am-4pm
& Tuesday evening 6-7:30pm, and by appointment
gallery phone 408.924.4723

Otl Aicher (1922–1991) is a major figure in 20th century graphic design. Aicher’s comprehensive work for the 1972 Munich Olympics is the definitive example for today’s graphic identity and branding programs. The posters, tickets, books, brochures, uniforms, signage, and architectural graphics in this exhibit demonstrate the playful humanity and exuberance that simple elements of icon, type, color, and texture are capable of producing when in the mind and hands of a master designer. This major exhibition will include 50 posters as well as dozens of other objects from the 1972 Olympics and other identity projects by Büro Aicher.

exhibition preview: http://www.joemillersco.com/spiele.html

August 16, 2008

STREET MRKT Sept 5th at A.D.


Thanks to Phantom / KALEID artist Pellet for the great poster!

Invitation from Anno Domini gallery: The final STREET MRKT of the season is September 5th. With our music coordinator extraordinare, Nate LeBlanc, we have a great final lineup scheduled. We still have artist vendor spaces available for cheap so if you want to sell your art wares to the First Friday crowd, email us at rEvolution [@] galleryAD.com

August 17, 2008

SJ Artists' Town Hall Meeting

You are invited to attend the first-ever San Jose Artists' Town Hall taking place on Saturday, September 13, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at San Jose City Hall, located at 200 East Santa Clara Street in downtown San Jose. Artists of all disciplines are welcome, including individuals in the performing, literary, visual, media, design, and architectural fields.

The San Jose Artists' Town Hall is a convening of artists and creative entrepreneurs from around the Silicon Valley. It is being sponsored under the auspices of the Creative Entrepreneur Project (CEP), a joint initiative of the San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs and the Center for Cultural Innovation that is investigating opportunities to make San Jose more "artist-friendly" place.

The San Jose Artists' Town Hall starts with a Plenary Session with introductory remarks by San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and keynote featuring Richard Chuang, co-founder of animation giant PDI/DreamWorks and current CEP of PIC2. The findings of a recent survey of Silicon Valley Artists Resource Needs will also be presented by renowned research economist Ann Markusen of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota, joined by Cora Mirikitani, President and CEO of the Center for Cultural Innovation. The afternoon will offer opportunities for informal networking and information exchange with a variety of funders, arts service providers, and other key resources for artists in San Jose.

A complimentary light lunch will be provided. There is no charge to attend, but space is limited so you must register in advance at the online link provided below:

Free Online Registration - Click here.

August 19, 2008

Thursday Gig_August 21st

Thursday, Aug 21st, 6:30 - 9:30 pm
THURSDAY GIG
Art & The Spoken Word
at "Got Art? Gallery"
24 N Santa Cruz Ave, Los Gatos, CA

For more information on Thursday Gig please contact Elizabeth Parashis at: artpages[at]earthlink.net or 408 / 410-2313.

August 20, 2008

Art show at the Uptown featuring C. Benjamin, A.E. Gold

KALEID artist Christine Benjamin has a show with Ari Evan Gold at the Uptown in Oakland.

Opening reception: Friday, September 5th 2008
Doors open at 6 PM Live band at 9 PM
Live Oakland Glam Punk band - The Thrill Of It All
Free and open to the public, food, drinks, 2$ Pabst

The Uptown
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612
510-451-8100

Kushlani Hall at Gallery Saratoga

KALEID Gallery artist Kushlani Hall has been accepted into Gallery Saratoga for both her encaustic paintings and jewelry. A native of Sri Lanka, her work reflects the essences of both western and eastern cultures.

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Kushlani will also be an invited participant of the Gallery Saratoga Annual Garden Party 2008. More than 25 artists will be exhibiting acrylic paintings, ceramics, encaustic paintings, gourds, jewelry, oil paintings, photography, silk, watercolor and woodturnings.
Date/Time: Sunday August 24th, 11am to 4pm
Place: 19670 Farwell Ave, Saratoga, CA 95070

For more info visit http://www.gallerysaratoga.com

August 21, 2008

San Jose Super Toy, Comic & Record Show

200 tables of vintage to modern toys and collectibles as well as artists/illustrators selling their work.

Michael Slack, slackart.com painter of monsters
Dan Brereton, nocturnals.com comic book writer and illustrator
R. Black, RBlack.org artist for rock concert posters
Skinner, theartofskinner.com as seen in Juxtapoz magazine
Emonic - Emo Gonzales emonic.net influenced by skateboarding and comic books
Ben Walker benwalkerart.com illustrator with his new book "Portraits & Tales From Remington Ridge"

Saturday, September 6, 2008
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
344 Tully Road, San Jose, CA 95111

Early Bird 9 AM - 10:59 AM
General admission 11 AM - 4 PM

General Admission: $5.00
Kids Under 12: $2.50
Early Bird: $15.00
The Fairgrounds charges $8 for parking.

For more information about the show and more guests checkout our website here.

August 24, 2008

Cyn Stern solo exhibit at Twin Pines Art Center

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Cyn Stern will be exhibiting ceramic and mixed-media ceramic art at the Twin Pines Art Center (Belmont Arts Council gallery) for the month of September. Cyn will be on location at the gallery on weekends.

There will be a closing reception on Sept. 27 in conjunction with a reception at the Peninsula Museum of Art.

Twin Pines Art Center
10 Twin Pines Lane
Belmont, CA

The gallery is open Wednesday thru Friday, Noon - 4pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 1pm - 4pm.

August 25, 2008

New Phantom Galleries murals on So. First Street

Six new beautiful paintings on 8' x 8' wood panels were installed over the weekend on an existing construction wall to make the walk down South First St. (btwn San Fernando & Post St.) a much more colorful experience!

Our sincere thanks to Pellet, Lacey Bryant, Lara Sophia, Christine Benjamin, Andy Gouveia and Michael Foley for this series of murals. Each artist has created thoughtful expressions of their experiences and, in some cases, concerns of a rapidly growing urban center. Next time you're downtown, take a stroll by the new exhibit on your way to dinner, the movies, or the galleries.


New Phantom Galleries murals located on South First Street near San Fernando

August 28, 2008

Joe MIller at 47 at space 47 at 1

47 at 47: joe miller at 47 at space 47 at 1

on view: september 5 through 27, 2008
opening reception: 7pm till late, friday, september 5
part of sofa's south first friday art walk.

an installation of new typographic works by joe miller feature delightfully abrasive to violently sentimental poetic excerpts rendered in unexpected materials—from fallout shelter signs to stolen paintings and family heirlooms. joe will also be available in the gallery from noon to 4pm each saturday during the exhibition to chat and to work on additional pieces. please come by to keep him company.

you are also invited to an exhibition closing party celebrating joe's 47th birthday, and space 47's first, on saturday, september 27 from 2 to 4pm (gallery open noon to 4).

space 47
47 east william street (bwn south 1st and south 2nd streets)
downtown san josé, california
gallery hours: thursday, friday, saturday, noon to 4pm

WTSHTF at On the Corner Music Aug. 29th


September 2, 2008

Lizabeth Eva Rossof at Milk and Honey Art Gallery

Double Blind by Lizabeth Eva Rossof will feature four new series by Rossof.
Milk and Honey Art Gallery
384 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941
4 - 7PM with Artist Talk, Q & A at 6PM.

Exhibit on view thru October 7th.

Art on the Square RWC Sept 19 & 20

See the work of premier Bay Area artists and artisans at Art on the Square in the heart of downtown Redwood City at beautifully renovated Courthouse Square. Presented by the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission and the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency, the juried outdoor show complements Music on the Square, the city’s popular Friday evening summer concert series and The Redwood City Salsa Festival all day Saturday. Enjoy painting, sculpture, photography, glass, fiber, jewelry, ceramics and more by fantastic local artists. Enter the drawing for gift certificates that lucky winners can use to purchase a wonderful piece of art.

Don’t miss Art on the Square Friday evening Sept 19 from 5 - 8:30 pm with salsa rock band La Ventana, or Saturday Sept 20 from 11 am until 8 pm with the first annual Redwood City Salsa Festival.

Artists: We still have a few spots open. You can download an application from www.redwoodcityevents.org. Contact us at artonthesquare@sbcglobal.net if you have question

Local Color at Art Ark Sept. 20th

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Gianfranco Paolozzi at Caffe Trieste

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Now is Already Past by Gianfranco Paolozzi
Caffe Trieste, 315 South First Street
Artist's Reception First Friday, Sept. 5th, 8pm 'til late
in conjunction with South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk

This new series of metallic works on canvas is a contemplation of being "present" for Gianfranco. "I start with a line. I start with a color. I start on one canvas. After the first canvas absorbs the initial lines the second canvas has marks, a continuation of what was present, now past, on the first canvas. The third and forth canvasses follow. All 4 white surfaces have marks. I'm here. I was there. All the lines become actions of the past. I continue to mark them and I continue to create the past of the present pleasures and pains".

Exhibit on view through September.

Featured Artists Rob Lehman and Terenia Offenbacker opens First Friday Sept. 5th

KALEID Gallery is pleased to present two new exhibits featuring artists Terenia Offenbacker and Rob Lehman.

We invite you to the artists' reception on First Friday, Sept. 5th from 7pm - 9pm.
This reception is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk and is free and open to the public.

Exhibits on view through Sept. 26th.

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Photo Landscape Adventures by photographer Rob Lehman

This showing brings to you a sampling of the photographs I have taken during recent years. My love for landscape and nature scenes has taken me throughout California, my home, and beyond. I first learned the basics of black and white photography at San Diego State University in 1975, and have become more and more driven toward those basic teachings in my pursuit to create images. I enjoy the "feel" and resolution of a large or medium format camera as opposed to a digital camera, and this is where I am most comfortable and confident.

Our world is continually changing. We are witnessing vanishing wild lands and landscapes that have been ruined by development and climatic changes in our ecosystems. I hope to record what I can with my camera, before some of our beautiful natural treasures are forever changed. -Rob Lehman


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Retrospective from Collage to Oil Portraits by Terenia Offenbacker

Art is my ongoing search for methods of personal expression--art is the core of my being without which my life would be empty and void.

My creativity remained dormant for over 25 years following a life threatening car accident. Upon family urging to renew my relationship with art I enlisted in a collage course. Despite having no previous experience in collage, I felt it was a good means of reintroduction to art. Collage allowed me to express myself artistically while simultaneously rebuilding my confidence using brushes without the worry of producing fine lines.

My collage and mixed media work is based upon a search for varied textures and unique materials. It’s fun and surprising to see how they integrate. All materials utilized in my creations have been salvaged, it feels particularly good recycling while producing the images I love. - Terenia Offenbacker

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street, downtown San Jose

September 6, 2008

Amazing Paintings by Michele Troutman

Art For Well Beings presents paintings by Michele Troutman.

Paintings created over the past three years illustrate Michele’s marvelous journey. In 2005 at age 29, holding a brush for the first time, she began painting under the direction of Judy Gittelsohn and has leaped through learning curves that take most of us a life time. Michele demonstrates her ability to interpret the world with the touch of a poet.

A reception for the artist will be held on September 13, 2008 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm at the Emerson Center Gallery - Art For Well Beings - 2800 West Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303.

Bonnie J. Smith at Alyis N Rose

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A collection of Bonnie J. Smith"s fiber art work is at Alyis N Rose, 1686 Lafayette Road, Santa Clara. Title of exhibit is "Found Work". My art work is of a very personal nature and I have found that half way thru most projects I have to stop and take a break. I realized one day that I had accumulated a small body of work and that is why I called the exhibit "Found Work". This particular grouping has a connection to the earth.

Exhibit is on view through November.

Inklings at Double Punch SF

KALEID artists Mark Damrel, Andy Gouveia, and Pellet (aka Kyle Perera), along with Ryan De La Hoz (Deli), are all in a group show at Double Punch in San Francisco called Inklings.

Inklings is a group show that embodies the unique personality and characteristics that artists are able to give their ideas, simply by putting pen to paper. Inked pieces can create a broad range of feelings from the action of a comic panel to the intimacy and spontaneity of napkin sketch. Most great ideas start with a sketch, and sometimes the finest ones are completed not with canvas and paint, but with bristol board and a good pen. With the wide range of tools that technology has given artists over the years, Inklings is a nod to the old school; a reminder of the importance of foundations and remembering art’s roots.

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 13th, 2008 @ 7pm

Exhibit on view from September 13 - September 30th.

double punch
1821 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
415-399-9785

September 10, 2008

Modern Superstitionist

The Modern Superstitionist Exhibition

Artwork that reveals the real things we possess and do to keep those mysterious unseen forces from creating chaos in our modern world.

Search deep and you will find no 13th floor in most buildings. If you happened to sneeze, why would a complete stranger offer to bless you?

Is there an unspoken, unseen power we keep at bay with our superstitionist behaviour? Do you follow it with a rabbits foot, or rebel against it and break a mirror?

Superstition, Real or Not? You Decide!

We will have a group of local artists, some old friends, some you may not have seen yet! There will be live music and spoken word.

Bring your friends and family to our home and come enjoy an evening of art, music and the discussions of the superstitionist!

Check out the website: http://www.canvasghost.com

Deborah Barba
992 S. 8th Street, San Jose, CA 95112

Gianfranco Paolozzi at Caffe Trieste Thurs., Sept. 11th

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As many of you know, and may have already visited last First Friday, Gianfranco has an exhibition of a beautiful new series of works at Caffé Trieste on South First Street in downtown San Jose.

On Thursday, Sept. 11th, come join us as Gianfranco will share another one of his talents- accordion musician playing traditional Italian music at 7pm.

Caffé Trieste
315 South First Street, downtown San Jose

September 11, 2008

Luis Gutierrez at Art Object

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The ArtObjectGallery announces the opening of a thought provoking new exhibit featuring Los Gatos artist Luis Gutierrez's most recent Wounded Warrior series of paintings titled "PTSD" (post traumatic stress disorder disorder). These powerful portraits reveal Luis's sense of what lies beneath the surface of those who are ordered into the hell that is war. Luis channels his frustration at the largely unseen, but heartbreaking real costs of war into expressive brush strokes and richly textured surfaces of these inner profiles.

Also on view is work by photographers Terri Garland and Deborah Mills Thackrey.

Reception for the artists on Friday, September 26 from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M.
Exhibit on view thru November 12, 2008

Art Object Gallery
592 North Fifth Street, San Jose, CA 95112
Thursday-Saturday 12-4 and by appointment

September 12, 2008

Distinctive City Lecture Monday, Sept. 15th

The findings shouldn't be that big of a surprise, we've all known the challenges of being a San Jose resident artist and the results of the many studies that show the importance of artistic thinking and problem solving for successful business have been published, posted and quoted for the last few years. But now perhaps, with Dr. Markusen surveying the results and making recommendations, action can begin for a new era of arts and creativity in San Jose. See you there!

The Distinctive City Lecture - Dr. Ann Markusen, Director of the Project on Regional and Industrial Economics at the University of Minnesota’s Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Monday, September 15 6:00-7:00 pm
San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo De San Antonio

Crafting the Distinctive City: San Jose hosts the most diversified "left brain" high tech economy in the world, but its "right brain" labor force is under-developed. Markusen will show how cities around the globe are creating portfolios of distinctive activities as a hedge against growing competition and how human and cultural capital is becoming central to this project. Artists and designers are under-represented in San Jose for the size of its workforce, yet they contribute directly to the local economy through the self-employed income they earn and by providing area employers with the visual, performance and writing skills that make their products successful. They also make cities more attractive places to live and work, helping to retain and attract other entrepreneurs and skilled workers. Savvy cities elsewhere invested strategically in artist live/work and studio buildings, artist's centers, designated arts districts, smaller scale and neighborhood artistic spaces, festivals, grants and technical assistance program to shore up and diversify their arts and cultural talent pool.

Professor Markusen is the author of numerous books and articles on artists, cities, and high-tech economic development. She has served as a Brookings Institution Economic Policy Fellow and a Fulbright Lecturer in Brazil and has consulted for the Clinton Administration, the World Bank and the OECD.

This lecture is part of the 2008 Great Cities Speakers Series.

September 14, 2008

Thursday Gig _ September 18th

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THURSDAY GIG - Art & The Spoken Word
Thursday, Sept 18, 2008 6:30 - 9:30 pm

FEATURING - Artist: Al Preciado and Poet: Bea Garth

NEW LOCATION! Stone Griffin Gallery, 287 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell, CA 95008

POTLUCK / BYOB - Also Bring Your Own Camper Chair. No (or few) chairs provided.

Begins 6:30 pm with Potluck and Music
Art Q & A begins 7:15 pm
Featured poetry reading begins 7:30 pm, Open Mic follows.

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September 15, 2008

Taste of Saratoga Sat., Sept 20th

Taste of Saratoga Fine Art & Wine Festival in downtown Saratoga on Big Basin Way.
Featuring fine art, craft vendors, entertainment, activities, food and wine.
Saturday, September 20, 2008, 10am - 6pm
No admission fee.

September 17, 2008

Flo Oy Wong "Raising the Voices" exhibition

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Flo Oy Wong, Raising the Voices
a de Young Museum Satellite Exhibition
Saturday, October 11, 2008 - a Celebration of Flo Oy Wong's 70th Year
5-7pm: Artist Talk & Opening Reception
7pm: Perfomance of Noodle Women by Dance NAGANUMA in Tateuchi Hall

Exhibit on view thru November 26, 2008

Mohr Gallery
Community School of Music and Arts
230 San Antonio Circle
Mountain View, Ca
Gallery hrs: Mon - Fri, 9am - 7pm, Sat 9am - 3pm

Art on the Square & 1st Annual Salsa Festival

The final Art on the Square is this Saturday September 20th which coincides with the Redwood City First Annual Salsa Festival which includes salsa competions (the edible kind and the dance kind), four stages of music and fun family activities.

Saturday, September 20, 2008, 12-8pm
On Broadway between Middlefield and Hamilton
Downtown Redwood City

New Approaches to Printing your Digital Images workshops

Explore, experiment and develop new approaches to printing your digital images...

Join Lyn Bishop for an intensive playshop designed to take your digital images and photography beyond the standard inkjet print. Participants will work with their own completed digital imagery with the focus on outputting files to alternative surfaces such as acrylic skins, handmade paper, non-porous surfaces, and transfer film. Participants will complete several techniques in alternative digital fine art printmaking during the workshop with an emphesis on exploration, experimention and developing new approaches to printing their digital images.

* create monoprint transfers on paper and wood
* create dramatic luminescent prints using pearlescent undercoatings
* create flexible gel skins to use as alternative substraits
* create textured, fresco like surfaces
* print using Epson wide format printer using archival inks
* Use Golden products and precoats for surface prep

Locations and Details:
- The San Francisco Center for the Book
300 DeHaro Street, San Francisco, California
September 22-24, 2008 (Monday - Wednesday)
10am - 5pm
Contact Center the Book for pricing and registration at 415-565-0545.

- Plotter Pros
1068 The Alameda, Suite 100
San Jose, California
October 13-15, 2008 (Monday - Wednesday)
10am - 5pm
Class Fees: $300 plus $65 material fee
Contact Lyn for registration or questions (408.773.1363)

Mark Damrel at New Art 08

Current KALEID artist Mark Damrel will be exhibiting his work at Hotel Des Arts in San Francisco on September 17th. Dozens of emerging artists will be on display throughout the hotel and all work will be available for sale.

Hotel Des Arts
447 Bush (at Grant), SF
5:30pm - 9:30pm

September 23, 2008

Figure Drawing Sessions

Figure Drawing Sessions at Stone Griffin Gallery
287 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell
408 410-2313

Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, 7:00 - 9:00
Fee: $15

Turn North on the Corner of First & Campbell Ave. (Starbuck's is on that corner).
Enter the driveway across from Starbuck's on First St., park and enter from the back then go up the stairs.

Sessions are held the 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month. If you'd like a reminder about upcoming session dates, email Elizabeth at: artpages@earthlink.net

Several tables are provided but bring your own easel in case there is no room.

No instruction. Come on over and have some fun!

MACLA presents Cabaret Unkempt

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MACLA’s Performance Art Program presents Cabaret Unkempt
In residence from October 5 - 11

In their week long residency made possible with the support of the National Performance Network, Miami-based performance art duo Jennylin Duany and Elizabeth Doud kick things off by leading a series of community workshops related to performance and body-image at the Billy De Frank LBGT Community Center. Later in the week they perform Cabaret Unkempt, an irreverent and satirical theater piece which uses projected media, music, and poetry to explore Duany's Cuban-American background, her body, her self-image and her moving, often hilarious, experiences as a performer of "size" in a culture where size definitely matters. The work offers audiences a voyeur's pleasure of peeping into a world of sensual audacity to explore moments when all of us, regardless of size, must confront our body-trappings and face our deepest insecurities.

The performers ruminate on the bombastic expectations of control, body mass, plastic surgery and self acceptance in a world obsessed with body image. The work surveys the landscape of "unkempt women," and creates a cartography of her body's journey.

Workshops: Tuesday 10/7 and Wednesday 10/8, 4pm – 8pm
The group holds a two-day workshop to address the effects of body prejudice and its effects on society and individuals. The second meeting is intended to build upon the first. It is recommended that participants attend both sessions.
Admission: Free of charge
Location: The Billy de Frank LGBT Community Center
938 Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126
(408) 293-3040

Performances: Friday 5/10 and Saturday 5/11
Doors: 7:30pm, Show: 8pm
For two nights in a row the duo performs Cabaret Unkempt, their full-length multi-disciplinary theater piece.
Admission: $7-10 at the door
Location: MACLA’s Castellano Playhouse
510 S. First Street, San Jose CA, 95113

For more information contact David – Literary and Performance Art Program Coordinator – david@maclaarte.org – 831.332.1690

September 25, 2008

Christine Benjamin at FLEURISH and Sonya Paz Gallery

FLEURISH proudly presents local artist Christine Benjamin
Come and draw with Christine and take home your own character FUN for kids and adults! FREE stickers and coloring pages!

Saturday, September 27th 2008
12:00 noon - 3:00 PM

Fleurish
1331 Lincoln Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125
408.294.5557

and Christine will also be in The Cosmic Art of Robots and Space which also features Tracy Cox, Doug Horne, Paul Loughridge, Sonya Paz and Shaunna Peterson. These 6 artists interpret Sci Fi in a variety of ways including painting and sculpture.

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Opening reception Saturday, October 4th, 2008, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Exhibit on view thru Oct. 17th.

Sonya Paz Fine Art Gallery
1793 Lafayette Street, Suite 110, Santa Clara, CA 95050
408.241.0001

Mariana Barnes at California Modern Art Gallery

Current KALEID artist Mariana Barnes has been accepted into the California Modern Art Gallery/Mesart.com exhibition Reflections of the Bay.

The exhibit was juried by Alan Bamberger (art consultant and author, publisher of ArtBusiness.com), DeWitt Cheng (artist, curator and co-editor of SF Art Magazine) and Inga Fischer (California Modern Gallery) and will benefit the Boys and Girls Club
of San Francisco Tenderloin Clubhouse.

Exhibition dates: Sept 25-Dec 2 2008

California Modern Art Gallery
1035 Market St., San Francisco, CA, 94103

September 27, 2008

The Changing World of Abstract Art by Lillé Mc Ghee-Queen

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Caffé Trieste presents: "The Changing World of Abstract Art!" - Lillé Mc Ghee-Queen, Artist

Artist's Reception: First Friday, OCTOBER 3, 2008 - 8pm 'til late

The Artist combines selected paintings from her 20th and 21st Century Abstract
Art Galleries -- "Mother, Nature & Art" (and) "Girlfriends Art Gallery." Each painting is
powerful and engaging, capturing a significant moment and message in history.

The Artist begins with a clear vision: a vivid image, a single brush stroke which ultimately creates texture and design. Splashes of vibrant colors bring 'life' to a blank canvas and intricately woven into visually striking images, (e.g., Hurricane Katrina, El Nino, Locked Up In Jail, Mount Saint Helen's Eruption, Girlfriends In Jamaica Waters, Global Warming, Silicon Valley 'On-Line', Mother Pregnant W/Child, Black & White Roots, Sand Storms), and more. The experiences are true, the title and story lines are real. The images are UNFORGETTABLE! Lillé will also have available her hand-strung & colorful "trendy" bracelets, her recent inspirational books as well as free copies of the Women's Connection Magazine.

Exhibit on view through October 25, 2008

This exhibit is in partnership with Phantom Galleries.

Caffé Trieste
315 S First St., San Jose

First Friday Oct. 3rd Featured Exhibits at KALEID

KALEID gallery presents October featured exhibits by Sarah Beth Gon?arova and Nadia Vinogradova, two exceptionally talented artists.

Artists' Reception: First Friday, October 3, 2008, 7-9pm
Free and open to the public
Baroque classical music by Anton Petrenko ( Viola) and Svetlana Terekhina ( Violin)

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Sarah Beth Gon?arova's Swing Like Tarzan, Baby presents over 40 paintings and collages created from 2005 to last week. Shown will be highly textural pieces on plaster and on paper, her whimsical collages, as well as a collection of recent oil paintings.

Sarah Beth Gon?arova earned her BFA in sculpture and extended media from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts and a Master's degree in Architecture from the University of Maryland. She shows frequently in galleries throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, and has exhibited in group shows in New York and in Europe. She has work in numerous private collections in the US and abroad. Her work features people, usually in pairs, who are connected by an unspoken tension.


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Interpretation of Color features the dynamic paintings by Nadia Vinogradova "I would like to talk to you using a language of color. This language is elegant and naive, beautifull and confusing, bright and dim at the same time. It is not very easy to understand this language sometimes but it is intriguing always."

Nadia Vinogradova was born and raised in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia. Although she was at the top of her middle school art class, it was not until her late twenties that she realized that life has a tendency of rolling along, and if she really wanted to be an artist she had to do it now or it would really be too late. By that time she already had a Master's Degree in Physics, was getting ready to defend her Ph.D. thesis, and all that had made her smart enough to take a night class at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.

After attending Toronto School of Art, Nadia took studied with artists Michail Petrenko and Anatoly Zaslavky, member of the International federation of Artist (IFA) in Russia. Nadia is a member of The Pacific Art League and The Atelier School of Classical Realism in Oakland.

Encouraged by a quick success at the student’s show in Toronto, Nadia has exhibited her works at several juried shows in Toronto, New York and the Bay area. Many of Nadia Vinogradova's works are now in private collections in Canada, the US and Russia.

KALEID gallery
88 South Fourth Street, downtown San Jose
Gallery Hrs: Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm, Saturday, Noon - 5pm

October 7, 2008

Day of the Dead group exhibit

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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

TED Prize Winner James Nachtwey Unveils XDR-TB

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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

Continue reading "TED Prize Winner James Nachtwey Unveils XDR-TB" »

GAME OVER exhibit in SF


St[art]er Home exhibition

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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'śuvres and live music...

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

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

October 30, 2008

Dia de los Muertos Mugs

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.

New Phantom installations for Oct., Nov.


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

November 1, 2008

Four two-n-two Four Exhibit at Art Objects Nov. 15th

Art Objects Gallery invites you to the opening reception of Four two-n-two Four featuring Art of Democracy: Bread and Circus, paintings by satirical artist Mark Bryan (pictured above), Weapons of Mass Distraction, clay pots, bowls and sculpted collage by Mattie Leeds, Ajust your perceptions, motocycle sculpture by Michael Leeds and stone and glass by Ken Matsumoto in the Grotto.

Enjoy a wildly visible feast with Brassfield Estate Winery pouring, The Cook Club of San Francisco serving Japanese tapas, and live music.

Artist's Reception: November 15, 7-10pm

ArtObjectGallery
592 North Fifth Street, San Jose 95112

Michelle Waters in SPEAK OUT exhibition

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Michelle Waters will be exhibiting 3 paintings, including the above Land of the Free.

Congratulations! to current participating KALEID artist Michelle Waters for her invited inclusion into a very impressive group show amongst the likes of Laurie Anderson, Sue Coe, Milton Glaser, Guerrilla Girls, Joel-Peter Witkin and many others.

The exhibit runs November 1 thru December 20th, so if you find yourself in Albuquerque be sure to check it out.

Speak Out - Art, Design & Politics
516 ARTS
516 Central Avenue SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102

November 5, 2008

Gary Coleman at Pacific Grove Art Center

Gary Coleman has 27 paintings on display at the Pacific Grove Art Center through December 12th.

The show simply named Gary Coleman / Landscapes drew about 200 people to its opening reception on October 24th.

Pacific Grove Art Center
568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, CA
Oct. 24 - Dec. 11, 2008

November 13, 2008

Panchan opens this Friday, Nov. 14th

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Artists' Reception this Friday, November 14th for Jennifer Ahn and Nancy Ahn's exhibit Panchan, a collection of various works at Empire Seven Studios from 8pm til late.

Empire Seven Studios
525 North 7th St.
San Jose

Exhibit on view through Nov. 30th (by appointment only - call 408-668-4434.)

Good Hustle at The Cellar this Friday, Nov. 14th

Good Hustle will be headlining at the Cellar (below the Agenda on South First) this Friday, Nov. 14th with two other bands we've been meaning to check out for some time: Ambience, and Case in Theory. Show starts at 8pm, costs just $5 and is 21+.

Benjamin from GH also announces the release of a 2nd edition of Dirty Birdies, (which I hear through the grapevine also includes live recordings from his performance at Anno Domini gallery) which will be available at Friday's show. OR, if you can't wait, you can download it for free directly from Good Hustle here.

November 16, 2008

TWO BUCK TUESDAYS at KALEID begins this Tuesday, November 18th!

The $2.00 sale begins at noon and culminates with a cool gathering that Eddie Flores, Pellet and Matthew Seigel has prepared for you.

From 6-8pm there will be four interesting speakers that will talk about their passions and ideas for 10 minutes each, with an opportunity afterwards to hang out and continue the conversation.

Local Artist & Photographer Sarah Taylor will be discussing her thoughts on art, community, and overall human curiosity.

Aspiring film director Franklin Pham will be speaking about how the relationships between the photographer, the camera, the photograph and the audience affect us all today.

Andrew Alvarez, Membership Associate of the San Jose Museum of Art will give an engaging presentation

Current KALEID artist Mariana Barnes will talk about her art. She is a self taught artist who has been painting for 20 years. Her unique and recognizable style has appeared in numerous Bay Area galleries and venues, including TV shows, one of which "Talk Art: Mosaic patterns of life" is currently showing in Manhattan,
New York.

TWO BUCK TUESDAY ARTISTS
Shannon Amidon
Mariana Barnes
Sandi Billingsley
Tessa Cavazos
Dotti Cichon
Mark Damrel
Cecilia Deck
Pia DiStephano
Eddie Flores
Michael Foley
Sarah Beth Goncarova
DonnaSue Jacobi
Kushlani Jayasinha Hall
Maneesha Khandekar
Joyce McEwen Crawford
Trina Merry
Woody Miller
Gianfranco Paolozzi
Pellet
Al Preciado
Jen Renzel
Linda Ritter
San Jose Glass Artist Alliance – Janett Peace
Yelena Shabrova
Matthew B. Seigel
Rachel Tirosh
Michelle Waters

Join us for fun, crazy affordable art and wild conversation!

Tuesday, Nov. 18th, 6-8pm
Free and open to the public

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (between Santa Clara & San Fernando)
Downtown San Jose

November 17, 2008

Thursday Gig_November 20th


November 18, 2008

Two Buck Tuesdays - thank you!

Thanks to everyone that participated in the first TWO BUCK TUESDAYS at KALEID. We'd especially like to thank the artists that created work for TBT, to the speakers who gave wonderful insightul presentations, and to all of those that attended the event.

We hope you'll join us for the next one on December 16th!

Sincerely,
Eddie, Pellet, Matthew


Sarah Taylor - hula hoopin'


Photographer / Film Director Franklin Pham


Andrew Alvarez, SJMA Membership Associate


Artist Mariana Barnes

November 19, 2008

Andy Gouveia mural in progress

Andy Gouveia is currently working on a 14' x 100' mural on the side of a building at 83 South Second Street (facing the parking lot). We'll post more photos as it progresses as well as the finished mural along with some comments from Andy.

November 22, 2008

Art for Well Beings Reception

The Artists of Art for Well Beings invites you to an artists' reception and holiday party with dancing, singing and hors d'oeuvres on Sunday, November 30th from 3-5pm.

Art for Well Beings
Emerson Center
2800 West Bayshore Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303

November 27, 2008

South FIRST FRIDAYS December 5th Highlights

Join us for the South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk this Friday, December 5th. Begin at KALEID for a spectacular glass ornament installation, then head over to the SoFA District for Tamsinn Cowart's exhibit at Caffe Trieste featuring performers of the SJ Opera, Anno Domini hosts FRESH PRODUCE the 8th Annual affordable art exhibit by national and international urban artists (all priced $250 and under) and stop by the Phantom Galleries exhibit by Evergreen Valley College Advance Painting class for their sidewalk reception.

Visit SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com for full schedule of participating galleries.


KALEID gallery - 7pm to 9pm Featured Artists' Reception: More than 30 glass artists from the San Jose Glass Artist Alliance (SJGAA) will exhibit their one-of-a-kind glass ornaments in a mammoth art installation at the 1st Annual Glass Ornament Show held at Kaleid Gallery. Hundreds of delicate, hand blown glass ornaments arrayed in every color, shape, and size will be available for purchase by the public. Ornaments are priced between $10-$75.

This opening night reception will feature holiday tunes sung by selected quartets and small groups from the internationally acclaimed Mission Valley Chorus and Bay Area Showcase.


At Caffé Trieste: Artist's Reception in the mezzanine gallery featuring work by Tamsinn Cowart. Tamsinn's work is autobiographical, using collage as the perfect medium to layer thoughts and images upon which to build her story.

Also featuring: Performers Alexandra Cowell, Soprano, Heather Curry, Mezzo-Soprano and Simona Snitkovskya, accompanist from Opera San José singing your favorite arias beginning at 8:30pm.


Phantom Galleries is a project that enlivens areas in the downtown core by presenting exhibitions by local artists in vacant storefronts.

Sidewalk Reception from 8pm - 10pm at 386 and 388 South First Street- Mixed media exhibition by Evergreen Valley College Advanced Painting students: John Barrick, Felisha Caruso, Emma Rose Laughlin, John Salomon and Monica Valdez, who have been working on developing unified bodies of work that expresses their personal visions.
Also on view: 455 South First Street- Switch[ed] by Anhony West Patane is a project about the duality between the printed material as we normally see it and as viewed when backlit.
460 Market Street - Yumiko Kayukawa, photographic exhibit, Rhys Sanchez, stencil exhibit

December 4, 2008

Kushlani Hall at Gallery Saratoga

Gallery Saratoga
14435-A Big Basin Way, Saratoga, California 95070
Tel: (408) 867-0458
Open: Tuesday through Sunday, 11:00AM-6:00PM

December 8, 2008

SVOS 2009 Artist Information Night

If you or someone you know is interested in participating in Silicon Valley Open Studios 2009, the Peninsula Arts Council is hosting an Artists Information Night at the Redwood Shores Public Library on Tues 12/9 from 7 - 8 pm.

Each year over the first three weekends in May hundreds of artists throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara counties open their studios to the public to show and sell their work. 2009 marks the 23rd anniversary of SVOS (Silicon Valley Open Studios). Whether you're an emerging or an established artist, there's room for you with SVOS. To learn how you can become part of this unique event join us for:

Silicon Valley Open Studios Artist Information Night
Hosted by the Peninsula Arts Council
Tuesday December 9, 2008, 7 - 8 pm
Redwood Shores Public Library
399 Marine Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94065

Good Hustle at Caffe Trieste this Saturday, Dec. 13th

We here at Good Hustle understand that the holidays are cold and pricey and often full of terrible music. In an effort to kill three birds with one show we proudly present to you.... A free performance of GOOD music in a warm place.

This Saturday Good Hustle will play an all acoustic set at Cafe Trieste in downtown San Jose for Free. This is an all ages event so please bring the youngsters and we will try to cut the swearing to about half. Joining us will be that smooth and spacey kid David "I just put out a new recording" Knight.

Happy Holidays - Ben/Good Hustle

Sat., Dec. 13th, 8pm
Caffe Trieste
315 South First Street
downtown San Jose

Gouveia Mural FINISHED!


Full view - click images to enlarge

Abundance is Constant by Andy Gouveia


left detail


center detail


right detail

About the mural Abundance is Constant: I've created a panoramic landscape that moves left to right through the history of the San Jose valley and its people. Starting at the left in the pre-colonial times, we see the bay marshes and abundent lands. The sky is filled waterfowl as the somke from an Ohlone village rises. Two Ohlone stand next to a mighty valley oak, a boat at their feet as they gaze towards the future. To the right we see the second section. A fruit tree blossoms in the foreground as a valley of orchards spreads out below rolling hills. In the skies above, white lines shape the characters of the Ohlone stories. Coyote, Eagle, Turtle, Hawk and Hummingbird dance behind the phases of the moon. Moving to the right, shadows painted from that location's existing trees will help create boundaries to transition to the final future section. In the rightmost area, a family looks out on the San Jose skyline. It is illuminated by the points of city light mimicking the stars overhead. And in the sky, circuitry swirls out from silicon valley's center, spreading innovation and technology to the world. The mural is symmetrical, drawing parallels and uniting the people of the valley's past, with those of its future. -A.G.


About the artist: Andy Gouveia is a California artist. He is inspired by nature and the writings of Joseph Campbell. He has been in painting shows throughout California and painted over ten murals along the west coast and one mural in Japan. He is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Georgia O'Keefe, Barron Storey, the Group of Seven, Yoshitoshi, William Steig, Moebius and a whole host of musicians. He is working on a children's book and a graphic novel. He loves to dance, sing, eat, and have a good laugh.

The mural is located on the north side of 82 South Second Street (across from the Improv Comedy Club, facing the parking lot)

For more images of the mural in progress, click here.

December 11, 2008

Skip the mall this year!

We just want to remind everyone that there are amazing artworks and creative gifts for all your friends and family on your list by over 60 of your fellow artists at KALEID Gallery.

A great turnout and good times last Friday for the opening reception of the Spectacular Ornament Show. There's still a wide variety of wonderful ornaments you won't find anywhere else at really affordable prices (starting at $10.)

Just arrived: these great alarm clock(s) by Donny Foley-perfect for those "way too chipper" morning loving folks.


KALEID Gallery.
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
408-947-1785

Gallery hours: Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm, Saturday, Noon - 5pm

December 15, 2008

Two Buck Tuesdays - $2 art & 10min speaker series this Tuesday!

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone that came out to the last TBT....it was a great turnout and we look forward to seeing you at the next one on January 20th!


Kyle Pellet



Gianfranco Paolozzi



Melissa Jennifer Behravesh


Come out Tuesday, December 16 for a $2 art sale beginning at noon. That’s right - you can pick up original pieces of art from a number of amazing artists for only $2! Stick around though, because at 6PM there will be an eclectic group of artists, geniuses and oddballs from all walks of life talking on assorted topics in 10 minutes or less.

Opera singer Giovanna Hutchinson will be discussing the often considered (and often dreaded) notion of pursuing of a career in the arts.

Melissa Jennifer Behravesh, Associate Director of Smith Andersen Editions in Palo Alto, will, if we are lucky, explain why her incisors are in her sterling silver fine art jewelry.

Gianfranco Paolozzi - Circa 52 years in the so called "art making" from Italy to California in 10 minutes.

$2 art goes on sale at 12Noon - 8pm
Artist speakers (gathering and refreshments): 6pm - 8pm

Hosted by: Eddie Flores, Kyle Pellet & Matthew Seigal

Tuesday, December 16th, 6-8pm

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street, downtown San Jose
(btwn Santa Clara & San Fernando, next to Flames Restaurant)
408-947-1785

December 29, 2008

2008 End Notes

As 2008 comes to a close, we'd like to express to everyone that makes Phantom Galleries and KALEID gallery relevant and successful a warm "thank you" for another great year together. We wish you and yours a very Happy New Year!

Please note that KALEID gallery will be closed on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. There is NO FIRST FRIDAY January artwalk, we will resume with February.

And the final note of 2008: If you are on Twitter (it's easy to sign up and it's free), you can now follow us- our user name is Phantomtweets....may 2009 be a year of inspiration, creativity and new possibilities!

January 2, 2009

Buscemi exhibit at Art Ark this Sat. Jan. 3rd


January 8, 2009

Momentum for Mental Health exhibit

A small exhibition featuring art by patients and clients of Momentum.

It is said that there are several well-known recognized famous fine artists of the past whom were very creative, talented and prolific, and were mentally ill, and enjoyed by everyone for many many years. Who knows, --- maybe we have talent artists here that can find recognition and acceptance through our show, and future shows.

The works will be for sale, and any appropriate donation you can make to these artists will be greatly appreciated.

Art is a great communicator, such that everyone can find relevance to it. It presents matters of question, and points to ponder, it presents feelings, and emotional issues in a visual way, and it can show events, and circumstances, and leaves itself open to
interpretation.

February 10, 2009, 2 - 5p.m.

Momentum For Mental Health
2001 The Alameda, San Jose, Ca. 95126

Jason Arnold _ 23 Paintings Exhibit

Jason's been working on this broad body of work for nearly a year now based on Medici era Rome. They are beautifully done in oils and have a satisfying tension of stoic gaze with gothic beauty.

23 Paintings by Jason Arnold
Artist's Reception: Weds., Jan. 14, 2009, 7pm
Fly Bar
762 Divisadero @ Fulton, San Francisco

RUST: German American Artists Exhibition at Sanchez Art Center


Eli Geiser, Screw, mixed media on rice paper, 18” x 18” x 3/4”, 2008

RUST: German American Artists

The Sanchez Art Center will host an exhibition of works by German American Artist from January 16 through February 21, 2009. A reception with the artists will be held on January 16, 2009.

Participating artists are: Ines Tancre, Inge Infante, Werner Glinka, Silke Henkel-Wallace, Natasha Juelicher, Bertolt Schmidt, Susanne Kaspar, Heike Seefeldt, Eli Geiser, Susannah Jackson and Anne Siems.

Sanchez Art Center
1220-B Linda Mar, Pacifica, CA 94044
650.355.1894

http://www.germanamericanartists.com

Reception with the artists on Jan 16 from 7 to 9pm.
Exhibition dates: Jan 16 - Feb 21 2009

Creative Time Comics: A Graphic Record of the Here and Now

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Creative Time is welcoming 2009 with Creative Time Comics, an online-only series of graphic works fusing comic art with current issues and popular culture. Each month, Creative Time will commission a new work, giving the world a chance to see itself through national and international artists' eyes.

Click here to see the first installment!

A scholarly look at Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel

San José Public Library will be hosting “Let’s Talk About It – Jewish Literature" with a selected theme of “Modern Marvels – Jewish Adventure in the Graphic Novel.”

The series will be led by scholar Victoria Harrison, PhD, San José State University’s Coordinator of Jewish Studies. She will be joined by guest lectures David Mesher, Dalia Sirkin and Mary Salzman.

The graphic novel, as a genre, has broad appeal to people of diverse cultural backgrounds.

The 2009 “Let’s Talk About It – Jewish Literature” series will be held on Sundays, beginning January 25th, at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library.

January 25: A Contract With God: And Other Tenement Stories, by Will Eisner
February 22: Maus I/II, by Art Spiegelman
March 22: Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories, by Ben Katchor
April 26: The Quitter, by Harvey Pekar
May 31: The Rabbi's Cat, by Joann Sfar

For more information, click here.

January 11, 2009

Melt Yo' Face Off exhibtion at KALEID _ Jan. 16th

Kaleid Gallery and Pellet Factory are proud to present:

Melt Yo’ Face Off! - New Works on Paper
January 16, 2009-January 30, 2009

Reception: Friday, January 16, 2009, 8pm ‘til late (with live music by Panthelion)

Kaleid Gallery
88 South Fourth Street [street level of the 4th St. Garage]
San Jose, CA 95112
www.kaleidgallery.com
408-947-1785

25 of the gnarliest artists from all over the country scheduled to be part of this show.

Here’s a list of artists involved:
Jesse Balmer
Randy Bastos
Francisco Cervantes
George Chen
Vice Cooler
Mark Damrel
Ryan de la Hoz
Mike DeForge
Liam Devowski
Gabriel Dieter
Danny Espinoza
Eddie Flores
Michael Foley
Yoko Furusho
Andy Gouveia
Ben Henderson
Wei Hwu
Evan Meister
Woody Miller
Pellet
Greg Pizzoli
Matt Pugnetti
Brittany Rediger
Centa Schumacher
Matthew Seigel
Kate Stewart
Andrew St. Lawrence
Sara Taylor
Roan Victor
Amberlin Wu

This exhibit is cash and carry, so make sure to check it out sooner than later!
For more information, please visit www.kaleidgallery.com, or contact exhibit curator: kylepellet@yahoo.com or call 408-947-1785.

January 18, 2009

TWO BUCK Tuesday January 20th!

We have a wonderful lineup for the January 20th TWO BUCK Tuesday speaker portion of the evening from 6-8pm:

TWO BUCK Tuesdays – $2 art sale and eclectic speaker series on the third Tuesday of every month.

Tues., January 20, 2009
free and open to the public

12noon – 8pm: $2 art all day (over 100 works to choose from!)

6pm-8pm: art related speaker series- 10mns each including:

Trina Merry paints on human canvas whilst Gio sings opera.

Christine Benjamin will be speaking about her art influences while creating a painting that her audience can get into literally!

Craig Parada will talk about how he converts found objects and garage detritus into useless and annoying electro-mechanical creations, and bring some to show.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDgallery.com
408-947-1785

January 22, 2009

TWO BUCK TUESDAYS - thank you!

Last Tuesday's TWO BUCK Tuesday was great fun- we want to thank the speakers and presenters for their time and creativity:

Christine Benjamin spoke about her interests and influences in her paintings while transforming Kyle Pellet into a robot.


Craig Prada talked about his found electronics art he creates from other people's discards.


Trina Merry painted human canvas whilst Giovanna Hutchison sang opera.


DJ Egnytion kept the energy going with great beats and rhythms.


Join us for the next TWO BUCK Tuesday February 17th!

If you're on Twitter, you can follow us to receive updates- our user name is Phantomtweets.

Stooges guitarist James Williamson at On The Corner Music this Friday

In celebration of the new issue of "Fretboard Journal" magazine (with a feature article written by Careless Hearts guitarist Derek See), guitarist James Williamson will be signing copies of this magazine along with the seminal Stooges records he played on (Raw Power, Metallic KO, Kill City). James Williamson is considered the 'father of punk rock guitar'; his aggressive, manic style as heard on "Raw Power" (1973) became the benchmark sound of British punk rock, adopted by the Sex Pistols and The Damned. On display will be many early photos of James and the Stooges never before published - seriously folks, this is a once in a lifetime get-together so DO NOT MISS IT!

DJs Derek See and Matt G will spinning punk & garage classics all night plus we'll have our usual drinks, snacks, and NO TAX on all LPs and CDs...

Friday, Jan. 23rd, 8pm-Midnight
On The Corner Music
530 E Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA 95008
408-871-0305 for info/directions

USA needs a Secretary of Arts

Join us in urging President Obama to appoint a "Secretary of Arts" position in the U.S. Sign here: www.petitiononline.com/esnyc/petition.html

10Ten Gallery opening

KALEID gallery artist Al Preciado is launching his home-base gallery called 10TEN Gallery with openings every last Friday of the month.


January 25, 2009

Therese May at Triton Museum

Participating KALEID artist Therese May will be having a solo exhibition of new works at the Triton Museum from Feb. 28 thru May 10th called "Riding the Horse".

Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Avenue
Santa Clara, CA

SoFA Mural Projects - RFQ

Dear Artists-

We are part of a SoFA Identity sub-committee that's looking to have three murals done in SoFA (South First Street, between San Carlos & Reed Streets, downtown San Jose.)

This is a wonderful opportunity to have your work enliven the streets of SoFA and contribute to the unique pedestrian experience that's developing here.

Please Download RFQ here. Feel free to let us know if you have any questions.

January 29, 2009

Dead Weight Cost Photography Exhibition

Persistence of death.

we live with that fact that they are dead.
and that we don't know them
we don't know what happened
we don't know the reasons, the causes.

Ok
I know how to say it in English
those pictures is tv news as I see it.
But I want to believe that every day is a second chance.

Reception: February 3, 2009, 6:00 PM
proceeds to benefit the Global Understanding Institute

Exhibit dates: February 2-5, 2009

San Jose State University Student Galleries
Art Building, Gallery 5
San Jose State University (SJSU)
San Jose, CA
408-924-4330

Assemblage + Collage + Construction Exhibition in Santa Cruz


above artwork by Philo Northrup

Philo Northrup is an invited artist in the Assemblage + Collage + Construction show at the Santa Cruz Museum which opens this weekend and will continue through April 12, 2009.

The artist list is quite impressive and includes Bruce Conner, Jack DeVore, Ruth Boerefijn, Amy Sollins, Tobin Keller, Charlotte Kruk, Jack Howe and many others.

Many venues in Santa Cruz County are participating in this Assemblage + Collage + Construction theme, and Philo will have work in several of the locations.

Visit the The Assemblage + Collage + Construction website for full information.

Rivers of Chocolate at Mountain Winery Saratoga

The 13th Annual Rivers of Chocolate event to benefit the Youth Division of EHC LifeBuilders will be taking place on Sunday, April 26th, 2009 from 1pm to 5pm at the newly renovated Mountain Winery in Saratoga.

They will be hosting a record number of wineries, fine restaurants, chocolatiers and microbreweries this year. They'll also be having a live and silent auction, raffle and some wonderful entertainment lined up.

Visit http://www.riversofchocolate.org for full schedule of events.

January 30, 2009

Joyce Savre at Gallery 9 Los Altos


Rhythm of the Fields, Joyce Savre

Painted Poems: Collage and Pastels by Joyce Savre

Reception: Friday, February 6, 5-8 pm
Exhibition dates: February 1-28th

Gallery 9
143 Main Street
Los Altos, CA


First Friday FEB 6th Featured Exhibits: Borelli, Miller

KALEID gallery is pleased to present featured exhibitions by Steven Borelli and Woody Miller for the month of February, 2009.

Steven Borelli, Right Brain Rebel

Steve Borelli will be showing new, large-size, limited edition, gicleé canvases of his black and white pen and ink work as well as using this opportunity to debut the first of his abstract oil paintings.

About Steve Borelli:
Steve Borelli has been drawing since he was a fetus. The inside of his mother's womb is tattooed with the nonsensical scribblings of his overactive imagination. Upon birth, greeted by a world that idolizes imitation, praises repetition, and disdains individuality, he vowed to always use his talent and creativity as weapons in the never ending battle with mediocrity, a battle he fights on many fronts: graphic design, drawing, photography, animation, and now, painting.


1,001 Nights New paintings and curiosities by Woody Miller.

Taking the 1,001 Nights as inspiration, these paintings are snippets of stories, or small views into a long journey. Paintings that reflect mythical forests, forbidden cities, talking birds and singing sirens lushly filled with color.

Based on the idea that life is a series of stories or events, each one lovely in it's own way, but combined make a powerful story together. There will be mixed media paintings along with handmade felt trinkets all full of color, shape, and textures inspired by children's book art, moonlit nights, exotic locales, Chagal, Alma-Tadema, orientalist paintings, Tin-Tin, music, and much more.

About Woody Miller:
Fueled by the soothing sounds of Bossa Nova, the hip-shaking kick of Bebop, and many mugs of hot Moroccan spiced tea, Woody’s art creates a world that is strangely familiar, yet mysteriously distant. His work draws inspiration from the exotic ancient days of Egypt, Persia and Morocco, to the swingin’, hip, relaxed jazz of the 50’s and 60’s.

Woody’s work has been telling whimsical narratives with a bent towards children’s art since his art school days at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. His work is often playful and colorful, while evoking strong atmospheric qualities.
http://www.woodymiller.com


Aritsts' Reception: First Friday February 6th, 7-9pm

This event is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk and is free and open to the public.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street, downtown San Jose
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday Noon - 5pm
First Fridays til 9pm

February 1, 2009

Open Licensing 101 presented by CA Lawyers for the Arts

Open Licensing 101: How to Get the Most Out of Your Copyrights in the Informational Age

*To receive $10.00 off this program enter PHAN as the discount code.*

Thursday, February 5, 2009
Arts Council Silicon Valley
4 North Second Street, Suite 200
San Jose, CA 95113

An introduction to open licensing, followed by a question and answer session.

Presenters: Raghu Seshadri, Technology Transactions Associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Before attending law school, Raghu worked as a composer, writing and producing music for radio and television ads, television programming, music libraries, short films, and the Web.

Mike Linksvayer, Vice President of Creative Commons

Mike Linksvayer joined Creative Commons as CTO. Previously he co-founded Bitzi. He has over ten years' experience as an enterprise software, web, and multimedia developer and consultant and holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Registration: 6:30-7:00 pm
Presentation: 7:00-7:45 pm
Q&A: 7:45-8:30 pm

*Pre-registration for this program is required at http://clasj02052009.eventbrite.com/

C.L.A. Members $11.00
Non-Members $20.00
(Free with purchase of membership!)

For more information, please contact sanjose@calawyersforthearts.org
(408) 998-2787 ext. 216

Co-sponsored by Phantom Galleries.

We look forward to seeing you!

February 2, 2009

Thursday's Gig_February 19th

THURSDAY GIG'S Art & The Spoken Word presents

Artist Elizabeth Parashis
Poet John Kurtyka, Open Mic follows

Thursday, February 19, 2009, 6:30 - 9:30 pm

This is a Pot Luck BYOB event. Donations of $1 would be appreciated

NEW LOCATION!
STONE GRIFFIN GALLERY
411 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell
Email artpages@earthlink.net for more information

February 7, 2009

SLG Publishing Creator's Studio

SLG Publishing presents The Center for Comic Book Study. Throughout the year SLG will be holding workshops, panels, classes and seminars in its warehouse with the hope of helping aspiring comic book creators of all ages and experience levels to learn more about their chosen craft and get perspectives from working professionals.

Saturday, March 7th, 10am - 5pm the featured panels will include: Comics Econ 101, Imagining the Page and Conjuring the Page.
Cost: $15.00/Space is limited, advance registration is recommended.

SLG Pubishing
577 So. Market St., San Jose

February 12, 2009

Valentine's Day Art Party - Chocolate & Port Pot Luck !!!

Photographer Craig Scoffone invites you to an Art, Chocolate and Wine Pot Luck.

Craig will be hosting an art show featuring his stunning imagery of both the landscape and the nude.

In honor of Valentine's Day, bring a bottle of your favorite port or quarter pound of your favorite chocolate to share!

Craig will have his photographs for sale at discounted prices. There will be a fine art poster give away.

February 14th, 3-6pm
The Citadel
855 S. 5th St. #43
San Jose 95112

February 13, 2009

Christine Benjamin at Caffe Trieste

Come and check out new paintings by local artist Christine Benjamin at her reception "Real and Imagined Creatures" at Caffe Trieste on Friday, February 20th 2009 from 7PM to 10PM! Enjoy the art, coffee and live music by RS2 Solid Sound and Contain Her! All ages welcome!

Exhibit dates: Jan. 29th to March 2nd

Caffe Trieste
315 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408.287.0400

Big Red Shiny III group exhibition

Art Ark Gallery presents BIG RED SHINY III a group exhibition of 40 artists

Artists Reception: Saturday, February 14th, 5-8 p.m.

Art Ark Gallery
1035 S. 6th St. S.J., CA 95112

February 14, 2009

Cindy Stokes photography exhibit February 18th

Curious Details by Cindy Stokes

This exhibit includes 63 black-and-white photographs that explore what I find curious and interesting about the world—both manmade and natural—when I look closely.

Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Reception: February 18, 4:30-6 pm
Exhibition on view thru March 30
(contact Lisa Fahey, 650-812-4489, to arrange a visit anytime Monday-Friday 8 am-5 pm)

Kate Stewart exhibition "Permeable"

Multi-talented artist Kate Stewart will present Permeable, an installation of resin, burnt paper & string.

Artist's Reception- Tues., Feb. 17th at 6:30pm
Exhibition dates - Feb. 16- 19, 2009

Gallery 8
San Jose State University Art Bldg. (map)

February 15, 2009

TWO BUCK TUESDAYS at KALEID February 17th

KALEID Gallery & the Two Buck Tue Crew presents:

TWO BUCK Tuesdays - February 17th.
an all day $2 art sale and eclectic speaker series on the third Tuesday of the month.

12noon - 8pm : $2 art all day

6pm -8pm : art related speaker series- 10mns each, featuring:

Fernando Amaro -Fernando Amaro will explore the fusion of graffitti art and fashion.

Kevin Park , "Less-than-perfect"
Less-than-perfect expression with less-than-perfect media for better-than-before results.
What you already know: I am rocket scientist from Caltech who doesn’t like technology.
What you may not know: I don’t know how to juggle.

and $2 portraits throughout the evening by Manny Silva
Locally grown illustrator Manny Silva, who’s clients include the Fillmore, Belle and Sebastian, Sufjan Stevens, and Old Navy, will be drawing portraits in the spirit of Adrian Tomine and sixties comics for two bucks a pop.

music by DJ Egnytion

To view pics of past TBT events, click here.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (street level of the 4th St. Garage)
downtown, San Jose
408-947-1785

free and open to the public.

February 20, 2009

Momentum group show closing reception

"Momentum" a Group Show at Art Object Gallery

Silicon Valley Artists’ Collaborative’s Premier Event:

February 4th to 28th at Art Object Gallery, San Jose

Closing reception for the artists: Friday, February 27th, 5-9pm

Art Object Gallery
592 North 5th Street (at Jackson)
San Jose, CA, 95112

Howard Pugh at Gallery Ten10

Gallery Ten10 presents:

Howard Pugh - Abstract Photography
Roberto Duran - Spoken Screams
Al Preciado - Bus Stop Studio

Artists' Reception Friday, February 27, 6:30pm
with spoken word at 8pm, drum circle to follow

1010 East Taylor St., San Jose
for more info: apreciado@bcp.org

Trina Merry at Noise Pop & Shop

Trina Merry will be selling her LPs & Geisha Wine Boxes at the upcoming Noise Pop & Shop on February 28th at Verdi Club, San Francisco.

About the event: San Francisco’s Premiere Celebration of Independent Music, Film and Art since 1993. Join us for our ever-popular independent design fair - featuring over 40 Bay Area designers and artists selling the latest chic and unique clothing, jewelry, limited edition screen-printed posters, and other fun stuff all at affordable prices. There will be tasty snacks for sale as well as a full bar. And of course it wouldn’t be Noise Pop without some excellent music!

Trina has other shows coming up soon - visit her site here for all the info.

February 24, 2009

Art Auction this Friday, Feb. 27th

Art auction and show featuring art on record covers from 25 artists - all the art is affordably priced and sales benefit the American Heart Association.

Reception: Friday, February 27th 2009 8PM-12 Midnight
With Atomic DJ Basura spinning all night with Indie, 80’s, New Wave & More!
All ages welcome!

On The Corner Music
530 E Campbell Ave.
Campbell, CA
408.871.0305

Sponsored by: Good Karma

February 25, 2009

Call for Artists Chicana/o Biennial

Call for Entries at MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana

Exhibition: June 5 - August 15, 2009

MACLA is pleased to announce its third Chicana/o Biennial, an exhibition and public forum conceived to take inventory of and invite reflection every two years on the continuously emergent energy, critical edge, and aesthetic interventions within contemporary Chicano art.

MACLA is looking to challenge the questions and concerns that are currently being brought forth in the contemporary art world. As such, this year's biennial takes a thematic approach by asking the following questions:

1) What are the pressing concerns at this moment in time (politics)
2) What does Chicana/o art look like today? (aesthetics)
3) How do artists engage the community? (activism & organizing)

We are looking for artwork that is politically charged and aesthetically innovative on many different levels and that addresses one or more of the above mentioned questions. We are also interested in work that depicts the intersection of art, technology and new media. We welcome proposals and projects from disciplines/genres/ activities that are not normally displayed in the gallery setting. All artwork must have been created within the last three years (2006 to 2009).

Looking to invert the dynamics of the art world biennial, this exhibition is a no-fee juried exhibition open to all artists who self identify as Chicana/o. This biennial is about contemporary art through the lens of the Chicano experience, as nuanced and varied as that might be. MACLA is interested in work that is both about identity politics and beyond. This exhibition is open to artists whose work deals with all issues and is created in all mediums.

Submit artwork and for more information go to www.callforentry.org (this is a free service)

Timeline: Deadline to submit work: Friday, March 20, 2009, 11:59 pm PST for online submission.

Jurors: Favianna Rodríguez, artist Eugene Rodríguez, artist and professor of Art at De Anza Community College and Alejandra Chaverri, MACLA's Associate Curator.

Questions: email to biennial@maclaarte.org

February 26, 2009

Panthelion 1 Yr Anniversary Party this Friday, Feb. 27

Playing it fast and furious for the past year, Panthelion has established themselves as one of the best live performances to see in the region.

For the one year anniversary, a very special show is planned featuring animator M dot STRANGE, the classical string metal trio JUDGEMENT DAY from Oakland, and San Jose's own Case In Theory.

We'll see you there this Friday 2/27 @ 9pm

The Cellar (lower level of the Agenda Restaurant at So. First & San Salvador)
399 S. 1st St. San Jose Ca 95113
21+ venue / $5 at the door

March 3, 2009

Pellet, Vanesa O'Hanlon, Rameen Navid at Barefoot Coffee

March art at Barefoot Coffee will feature Pellet's larger work on cardboard in the back room as well as a photo cluster by Rameen Navid. The front room features paintings and screen prints by Vanessa O'Hanlon.

Artists' Reception: Saturday, March 7th, from 7pm to 9pm
includes live painting by Pellet and Kate Stewart

Barefoot Coffee
5237 Stevens Creek Blvd
Santa Clara

Barefoot is a 3rd wave cafe and roastery focused on sustainably growing, processing, and serving coffee, as well as nurturing culture in the Bay Area. Barefoot has won "best Coffee" in the Metro, Wave, and City Search reader polls for the past four years.

Flores, Kille First Friday March 6th at KALEID

KALEID Gallery is pleased to present two featured exhbitions by Eddie Flores and Jeremiah Kille for the month of March.

Artists' Reception First Friday March 6th, 7-9pm

This event is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk. Free and open to the public


Suicide Noir: The Reduction of Eddie Flores an art exhibit in the medium of photography, illustration, and graphic design. It explores the human notion of love, in the context of self-reduction and negation, to arrive at a deeper and more meaningful place of light and possibility.

About the artist:
Eddie Flores comes to us from the Marianas Islands (Deep Pacific), with a background in illustration, painting, photography, digital media and spontaneous travel. His inspiration is derived from all things natural: including his relationship with the ocean, Eastern and Western philosophy, cheesy UFO abduction stories, street and bourgeoisie culture, lollipops, Courvoisier cognac, hopscotch, scotch, and long walks on the beach.


The Edge of Wonderment by Jeremiah Kille
Death is something that is eminent to all, yet we confront and interact with death in very different ways. Through culture, religion, upbringing and personality we each have a unique way of viewing or relating to death. I am fascinated with the extremes of individuals responses.

At the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the circus was a form of entertainment, that captivated peoples imaginations. Since then, people moved on to "the new craze", some other form of entertainment. The circus came to end. I chose to use the circus, as a catalyst to explore the idea of finality. Many of the images are of elephants after the crumble of the "Big Top", misplaced and without work or purpose.

About the artist:
Jeremiah Kille uses traditional mediums, as well as materials that are used to construct surfboards. Building surfboards is something he is connected to deeply-using different types of resins and pigments to express and explore my ideas, it is a natural progression in his image making.

Jeremiah lives in Santa Cruz where he builds surfboards and makes art. He is currently completing his BFA degree at San Jose State in Pictorial art.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street, downtown San Jose
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday Noon - 5pm
First Fridays til 9pm

Phantom Galleries at CINEQUEST Film Festival 19

Phantom Galleries is honored to be partnering with the 19th Annual CINEQUEST Film Festival by providing three artists to paint live all week during the festival.

Lacey Bryant, Drew Clark and Manny Silva can be seen through the windows of the Camera 12 Theater on the Paseo de San Antonio between South First & South Second streets.

Each artist is interpreting the theme of "Transform by CELEBRATION". There will be a public vote during the final days of the festival with prizes to be awarded the winner.

Stop by often to see the transformation and say "Hi" to your fellow artists!


Lacey Bryant



Drew Clark



Manny Silva

More photos will be added daily and can be seen here.

March 4, 2009

I'll Fly Away exhibition by Trina Merry

"I"ll Fly Away", is the debut solo exhibition by Trina Merry featuring affordable works of art, primarily on canvas & LP!

This is a friend & family-fun event on Sunday afternoon so feel free to bring your kids & friends to have lunch, play some games & check out snazzy new & never before exhibited art! The event is free and the art- highly affordable!

Monsieur Beans (Willow Glen) roasts their own coffee, has free wi-fi and even has an awesome Ms. Pac Man arcade game!

Show runs through the month of March.

Artist's Reception - Sunday, March 8, 2009, 1pm - 4pm

Monsieur Beans
1383 Lincoln Ave
San Jose, CA

SOULA Power Yoga Grand Opening Gala features Phantom Artists


Joyce McEwen Crawford


Carol Wilson

Phantom Galleries is pleased to be partnering with SOULA Power Yoga by providing them with artwork by Joyce McEwen Crawford and Carol Wilson for their grand opening benefit gala.

The March 6th event includes a ribbon cutting ceremony with San José City Councilmember Sam Liccardo and Abi Maghamfar, Deputy Executive Director, San Jose Redevelopment Agency, music performances by Universal Groove, and proceeds from the Benefit Raffle & Grand Opening Weekend classes will be donated to City Year.

Located on the Paseo de San Antonio between South First and Second Streets in San José, the Studio’s mission is to bring the transformative health benefits of Power Yoga to the South Bay area, and to be an active member of the San José downtown business, civic and cultural community. For more information, visit http://www.soulapoweryoga.com

March 10, 2009

St. Patrick's Day Blimey Fest at Scoffone Photography Studio

Craig Scoffone invites you to "an art, chocolate and port wine lovers *potluck featuring the stunning fine art photography of this internationally exhibited photographer. He will also have many amazing photographs for sale at discounted prices!"

Green chocolate chunks will be served in honor of St. Patrick's Day. *Bring a bottle of your favorite port or a 1/4lb of your favorite chocolate for all to share.

March 14th, 6-9pm
Citadel Photo Studio
855 South 5th Street, Studio #43
San Jose, CA
www.scoffone-studios.com

3 x 3: Three Artists-Three Installations

Philo Northrup is in a three person show at Cabrillo Gallery entitled 3x3: Three Artists-Three Installations. The opening reception is Thursday, March 12th, 4:30-7:30pm. Exhibition on view thru April 24, 2009.

This exhibition is part of a many venue assemblage exhibit entitled Assemblage + Collage + Construction Show currently on view thru April 12, 2009. There's a cover story of the Santa Cruz weekly newspaper which you can read here.

March 13, 2009

New Lara Sophia book

KALEID gallery artist Lara Sophia has published a book - a compilation of oil pastel drawing, acrylic paintings and marker drawings created by Lara between 2008-2009. You can preview and purchase the book here.

Thursday Gig _ March 19th

THURSDAY GIG presents: Art & the Spoken Word
Thursday, March 19, 2009, 6:30-9:00

Featured Artist: John Kurtyka
Featured Poet: Amy Meier

Potluck BYOB donations of $1 help offset plates etc. (come anyway if you cant donate or bring food :)

Stone Griffin Gallery
411 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell CA
2 doors up from the light rail tracks

Contact: Elizabeth Parashis
408/410-2313 / artpages@earthlink.net

Continue reading "Thursday Gig _ March 19th" »

March 15, 2009

TWO BUCK TUESDAYS at KALEID March 17th

KALEID Gallery & the Two Buck Tues Crew presents:

TWO BUCK Tuesdays - March 17th. an all day $2 art sale and quirky speaker series on the third Tuesday of the month.

12noon - 8pm: $2 art all day

6pm -8pm: interesting people speaker series- 10mns each.

Featured Speakers:
Residing in California, Armo Movessian's work is a collaboration of typographic elements and exploration with graffiti structure and form. By looking at graffiti and typography, by studying their visual commonalities as lettering, much can be discovered and revealed.

Ben Henderson has been active in San Jose music and art for almost as long as he's been alive. Although best known for his musical projects, including Delta Activity, Good Hustle, and his eponymous solo project, Ben also works as graphic designer for the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters. His recent work on the Registrar of Voters' mascot can be seen on mailers, billboards, and buses all over the county.

Christian Rotsko is head roaster at Barefoot Coffee Roasters, a San Jose based roastery dedicated to sustainability in all stages of coffee production. He's recently returned from Ethiopia, where he toured the farms and met the farmers with whom Barefoot has built relationships.

Before & After Speaker Series Entertainment:
Lacey Bryant will be demonstrating the traditional art of Ukranian Egg dying and making some not-so-traditional pictures on real eggs. Learn to make a picture on an egg that is very simple or wickedly complicated.

Gianfranco Paolozzi- accordion performance
“I first heard the sound of an accordion at the age of 5; I closed my eyes and it was all around me. That sound was stuck on my brain, on my skin, and in my heart. A Christmas present from my parents, my first and only accordion is the one gift I still embrace. Every note out in the air has a story; I am reminded of people I have lived with and the towns I have lived in. Today, I continue to play the red accordion and exude the sound of passion that I’d never want to lose.”

Two Buck Tues Crew:
Christine Benjamin
Lacey Bryant
Eddie Flores
Trina Merry
Kyle Pellet
Matt & Maria Seigel
Kate Stewart
Two Fish Design

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (street level of the 4th St. Garage)
downtown, San Jose
408-947-1785

free and open to the public.

Phantom Galleries & Cinequest Film Festival

We'd like to congratulate Lacey Bryant, Drew Clark and Manny Silva for the superb job they did painting live in the windows of Camera 12 for the week long CINEQUEST Film Festival 19.

The three artists, and their finished paintings evoking the theme of "TRANFORM: Celebrate", were presented to an audience of 1000 people at the closing gala. It was mentioned by many that they wish all three could win, but in the end, Lacey Bryant was awarded the Audience Choice award.

The paintings are on view til the end of March in the windows of Camera 12 if you'd like to see the finished paintings. To see the week in photos, click here.



Lacey Bryant


Drew Clark


Manny Silva

March 17, 2009

SWAN Day San Jose

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The women of Alameda ArtWorks are proud to offer an open invitation to join the celebration of women in the arts of many disciplines in San Jose's first annual celebration of SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now!). This event is part of the second annual international SWAN Day celebration.

"Women artists are creating change in their communities and around the world. They are inspiring. They can touch our deepest emotions or take us on a journey to a distant place or time," said Martha Richards, the co-founder of SWAN Day. SWAN Day is an annual event taking place on the last Saturday of Women's History Month. The idea for SWAN Day grew out of a collaboration between Martha Richards of the Fund for Women Artists and Jan Lisa Huttner of Chicago's WITASWAN (Women in the Audiences Supporting Women Artists Now). This day of celebration will help people imagine what the world would be like if women's art and perspectives were fully integrated into all of our lives. The long term goal of SWAN Day is to inspire communities to recognize and support women artists as a basic element of civic planning. Since Silicon Valley has such an abundance of talented women in the arts, it is appropriate that these women have now come together in recognition of SWAN Day.

All are welcome to attend the Alameda ArtWorks' Networking Day as part of SWAN Day festivities; included in the planned events are live musical performances, open artists studios with work available for sale, an art exhibit of over 30 women artists, live poetry readings, two informative panels of speakers including Jane Przybysz, Ph.D, Executive Director of the Museum of Quilts and Textiles, and a special apperance by noted author DR. Kate Evans. The morning panel of speakers will forcus on Women and the Business of Art while the afternoon panel will focus on Women and the Spirit of Art. Break out sessions will follow each panel of speakers to provide attendees with ample time for conversation and networking.

SWAN Day San Jose at the Alameda ArtWorks takes place on March 28th, 2009 from 10 am until 5 pm and is located at 1068 The Alameda in San Jose.

For more information on SWAN Day, visit http://www.womenarts.org/swan/

Artist's Studio Inventory Sale

Seriously reduced prices on paintings, prints, sculpture, photography and ceramics by over 30 artists at Art Object Gallery for one week only.

Reception: Saturday, March 21, 6-9pm
Sale continues through March 28th.

Art Object Gallery
529 North Fifth Street
San Jose, CA 95112

March 18, 2009

TWO BUCK TUESDAYS - thank you!

KALEID Gallery and the Two Buck Tues Crew would like to thank all the participants below and all of you that came out to enjoy it! See you next time, April 21st!

Featured Speakers:

Residing in California, Armo Movessian's work is a collaboration of typographic elements and exploration with graffiti structure and form. By looking at graffiti and typography, by studying their visual commonalities as lettering, much can be discovered and revealed.


Ben Henderson has been active in San Jose music and art for almost as long as he's been alive. Although best known for his musical projects, including Delta Activity, Good Hustle, and his eponymous solo project, Ben also works as graphic designer for the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters. His recent work on the Registrar of Voters' mascot can be seen on mailers, billboards, and buses all over the county.


Christian Rotsko is head roaster at Barefoot Coffee Roasters, a San Jose based roastery dedicated to sustainability in all stages of coffee production. He's recently returned from Ethiopia, where he toured the farms and met the farmers with whom Barefoot has built relationships.


Before & After Speaker Series Entertainment:

Lacey Bryant demonstrated the traditional art of Ukranian Egg dying.


Gianfranco Paolozzi- played accordion for us.

More photos here.

If you would like to participate in selling your art at Two Buck Tuesdays, email us at info@KALEIDgallery.com for details.

March 19, 2009

Poetry Evening at Medrano Gallery

Come out and support two local poets, Mark Heinlein and Judith Sutton this Friday, March 20 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at Mary Medrano Gallery.

Mark Heinlein’s work cuts to the emotional bone of our daily activities. From eating leftover kung pao chicken, flocking Christmas trees, grocery shopping, to contemplating the magnitude of war and the inevitable struggles with mortality, to the fine caresses of lovers, Mark’s work finds beauty and humanity in the mundane aspects of our lives. A finalist for the 2008 Edwin Markham Poetry Prize, his work has been performed live on the radio, and he has read his poems at the Cinequest Festival and at bars, galleries, bedrooms and bookstores throughout Northern California.

Judith Sutton is a poet and teacher at Saratoga High School. She was recently awarded by the Mayor of Saratoga - and her students just published a letterpress book on Mutanabi Street, an ancient bookstall bombed in Baghdad.

There will also be live music in the courtyard by the very soulful, Kaila D'Sa.

Mary Medrano
305 E. Campbell Ave.
Campbell, CA 95008
(between Central and First in the Courtyard Galleria)
(408)250-2732

March 27, 2009

How We See It exhibit at Art Ark

Flo Oy Wong's DEconstruct/REconstruct Workshop

Following the success of Flo Oy Wong’s doll-making workshop, which had a transformative effect on everyone who participated, the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center is proud to present the second workshop in our INSPIRE/ASPIRE series: DEconstruct/REconstruct.

Find your creativity through the process of tearing something apart and then making something new out of it. Come join artist Flo Oy Wong for an evening of DEconstructing objects such as cloth rice sacks, small boxes, paper clips, nails, and utensils, etc. and REconstructing them in a new configuration. There will also some body movement and deep breathing exercises to DEconstruct and REconstruct your creativity and imagination.

Wednesday, April 15, 6:30-9 PM
Somarts Cultural Center, 2nd Floor Studio
934 Brannan Street, between 8th and 9th Sts., San Francisco

Sliding scale: $25 - $50
RSVP by April 8th to info@apiculturalcenter.org

March 28, 2009

HOAXMONSTERS at KALEID Gallery April 2009

KALEID Gallery presents HOAXMONSTER: an investigation into hoaxes, myths, monsters, and mystery by Kate Stewart and Trina Merry

Why do some people believe hoaxes, even after they've been debunked? Why do stories of monsters persist for centuries? By turns playful, grotesque, glib and profound, Trina Merry and Kate Stewart use paint, ink, and things they found at the scene to explore the anatomy of a hoax and why we love to be lied to.

Artists' Reception: First Friday, April 3rd, 7pm-9pm
This event is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk. Free and open to the public.

Live music by: The Complications (7:30pm), Eric Ostrom (8:30pm)

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
downtown San Jose
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday Noon - 5pm
First Fridays til 9pm

April 1, 2009

Crochet Workshops at Sandpiper Community Center

Julie Goodenough has two crochet classes coming up this month at Sandpiper Community Center in Redwood Shores.

Crochet a Beaded Necklace, Mon, April 20th

Pre-registration required at www.redwoodcity.org/parks and click on Online Registration

NOTE: This class fills very quickly so pre-register now to ensure you get in.

Crochet a Beaded Necklace, Course #21.260
1 Monday, 4/20/09, 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Skill level A: no crochet experience needed
$33 ($26 seniors, 60+) class fee, $25 materials fee

Appearances can be deceiving. A necklace that looks like an intricately beaded web is crocheted in the most basic stitch, the chain. Whether you're an absolute beginner or an experienced crocheter, you can create this elegant piece of jewelry that's perfect for holiday gift giving! Some crochet experience is helpful, but not essential.

Materials fee covers kit that includes everything you need to make your necklace: beads, beading board, thread, clasp, and pattern. Bring a size "C" (2.5 mm) and "E" (3.5 mm) hooks and scissors.

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Crochet 3 - The Sweater starts on Mon, April 27th

Pre-registration required. Go to www.redwoodcity.org/parks and click on Online Registration

PLEASE register early so that I can order enough books for the entire class.

Crochet 3 - The Sweater, Course #21.261
6 Mondays, 7:15 - 9:15 pm, 4/27/09 - 6/8/09 (no class Mon 5/25)
Fees: $75 class ($57 seniors, 60+), $15 materials fee
Skill level C: able to crochet even rows/rounds of basic stitches and read patterns.

You can design a sweater yourself! During the first half of the course you’ll design and crochet a raglan sleeve sweater. In the last half you’ll crochet a sweater from the pattern of your choice. Discover just how easy it is as you go through the design process step by step, mastering the fundamentals of sweater construction along the way.

Bring smooth worsted weight yarn, crochet hooks size “H” (5.0 mm) through “K” (6.5 mm), scissors, a tape measure, pen/pencil, & notebook. $15 materials fee payable to instructor at first class covers book for class, crochet gauge, and handouts.

Donald Neff in Nomadas Del Arte exhibit

Donald Neff is an invited participant of N?madas Del Arte, a group exhibition of two hundred of the best Nomad artists working en plein air.

The paintings were completed in six Southwestern states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah, and includes works by renowned artists Albert Handell, Anita Louise West, Guido Frick, Stephanie Birdsall, Brent Cotton, and Carol Swinney.

Southwest Gallery
4500 Sigma Rd.
Dallas, TX 75244

Woody Miller exhibit at Barefoot Coffee

Woody's exhibition will include mixed media paintings and other trinkets, both large and small. Lot's of stories, mysteries, and whimsical fantastical scenes collide with guitar playing animals and if you're lucky, a monkey in a fez.

Opening Reception Saturday, April 4 from 8-10pm.
Exhibition on view through the month of April.

Barefoot Coffee Roasters
5237 Stevens Creek Blvd
Santa Clara, CA 95051

Elliman Open Studio / Aids-Lifecycle Fundraiser

on friday, may 1, i shall depart on a 2000 mile bicycle ride that concludes at the mexican border. along the way, from san francisco to los angeles, may 31 - june 6, i will join the 8th annual 'aids-lifecycle' fundraiser ride. to raise the required $3,000+ (per cyclist) for the s.f. aids foundation, i have created four new works of art.

to make these pieces more accessible, i am offering signed and numbered giclée prints. on the weekend of saturday and sunday, april 4 and 5, 2009, from 1-5 p.m., i will be hosting (with food and beverages) an open studio where the original paintings along with sample giclées will be displayed for viewing.

if you can't make the open studio but generously want to make a direct donation to the foundation in my name, please visit: www.aidslifecycle.org - hit donate and type in (name) christopher elliman.

best thoughts to all-
christopher elliman

the thought farm (warehouse with water tower and smoke stack)
190 martha street (between so. 5th and 6th)
san jose, ca 95112 (enter through breezeway and park in courtyard)
408.995.5745

South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk April 3rd!

Join us for the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly artwalk this Friday night, April 3rd!

Start off at 7pm at KALEID Gallery for Hoaxmonsters: an investigation into hoaxes, myths, monsters and mystery by Kate Stewart and Trina Merry. Live music by The Complications (7:30pm), Eric Ostrom (8:30pm).

Then catch a pedicab and ride over to the SoFA District for TEN venues of art and culture- 8pm 'til late and all free!

Highlights include: GIRL POWER: an all-female arts showcase featuring Christine Benjamin, Lara Sophia, Murphy Adams, and Lacey Bryant with belly dancing by the Tribal Moon troupe at So. First Billiards (21+ venue).


Debut solo exhibit What I Thought I Saw. What I Think I See. by Megan Diddie at Anno Domini with live music by Lemon Sun (los angeles), Pariah Veil (portland.)


Beast Figurative--the wild of the animal is inherent in our humanity. every artistic soul is a frozen sea--the beast resides beneath the surface-- highlighting the work of nine Bay Area artists including Rebecca Bauen, Christopher Elliman, John Kurtyka, David Larimore, Francesca Lovecchio, Elizabeth Parashis, Carlos Perez and Al Preciado at WORKS gallery.


And R. Mike Micklich's FUTURAMIC SERIES (fuel-injected dream machines, built for flights of fancy) fine art car photography exhibition with live music by Opera San José at Caffe Trieste.


For full listing of exhibitions and events, please visit SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com or call 408-271-5155.

April 5, 2009

Honeybear Prints exhibition in Redwood City

Redwood City photographer Beth Mostovoy is pleased to announce an exhibit of her work for the month of April at the Main Street Coffee Roasting Company aptly entitled: “Italy & France – Hold the Grease”

The show features 15 framed pieces from various journeys through Italy and France. So, while you are sipping your latte and savoring your freshly prepared and always delicious food, you can imagine what is behind the remarkable doors and windows of Italy, watch a sunset in Venice, or explore the farmers market in Provence.

Main Street Coffee Roasting Company, Ltd.
150 Elm Street
Redwood City, CA 94063-1909
(650) 368-3430

Paintographs at Black & Brown

Paintographs exhibition at Black & Brown Clothing - a collaboration between photographer Abe Menor and painter Sean Boyles. On view thru May 10th.

A few photos here.

Black & Brown Clothing
1225 West San Carlos St
San Jose, CA 95125

April 10, 2009

BABA Artists' Book exhibition at MLK Library

Conversations – An exhibition of artists’ books by members of the Bay Area Book Artists

In this exhibition, twenty-two members of Bay Area Book Artists (BABA) respond to the theme of "conversations" in a variety of artists' books. Conversations are part of the river of language in whose moving current we wade--and sometimes stumble into deep water-- as we interact with lovers, acquaintances, friends, strangers, and enemies.

BABA is a group of independent artists bound together by a passion for the book arts.
For more information, please visit: www.bayareabookartists.org

Exhibition dates: April 4- May 16, 2009

Martin Luther King Jr. Library
150 E. San Fernando St.
2nd Floor at top of escalator
San José, CA 95112
408-808-2000?
Admission to exhibition and all events are free.
More event info here.
For library hours, click here.

Hoaxmonsters & Orphee film screening

Just posted some photos of the HOAXMONSTERS exhibition by Trina Merry, Kate Stewart at KALEID gallery (on view thru April) here.

Save the date: on April 17th, Trina & Kate will be screening the Jean Cocteau classic film ORPHEE at KALEID at 7pm, free admission. More info coming soon.

April 14, 2009

ORPHEE Film Screening at KALEID gallery

HOAXMONSTER exhibition artists Trina Merry & Kate Stewart present a film screening of Jean Cocteau's classic ORPHEE.

Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). They fall in love. Orphee’s wife, Eurydice, is killed by the Princess’ henchmen and Orphee goes after her into the Underworld. Although they have become dangerously entangled, the Princess sends Orphee back out of the Underworld, to carry on his life with Eurydice. 1949.

Screening is one night only Friday, April 17th at 7pm
Free admission, please bring your own chair or pillow to sit on if you can.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
downtown San Jose (@ San Fernando, next to Flames.)

The Peninsula Arts Council presentsArts Forum 2.0

Arts Forum 2.0 features an exciting panel of arts leaders including: Keynote Speaker John Anagnostou, Fox Theatres; Panelists Susan Moeller, Redwood City Redevelopment Agency; Jeff Trabucco, Artsopolis; Sagesse Graham, The Riekes Center for Human Enhancement; and Julie Ulmer, California Arts Alliance.

Arts Forum 2.0 will bring together community leaders, policy makers, artists, and arts organizations to:

- Make San Mateo County a Destination for the Arts, Parks and Culture
- Increase the Positive Economic Impact of the Arts
- Create An Action Plan

Bring your ideas and creativity to the Peninsula Arts Council’s Arts Forum 2.0. Join local artists and arts organizations as well as the general public for an exciting day developing a plan to make San Mateo County a destination for the arts, parks, and culture.

Saturday, April 25, 2009
10 am – 2 pm
The Little Fox Theatre
2209 Broadway, Downtown Redwood City
Cost: $10 (includes breakfast and lunch)

For more information or to register
Call 650.591.2101 or visit www.peninsulaartscouncil.org

April 24, 2009

Girl Power! Girls in Mercury News

Congratulations to Murphy Adams, Christine Benjamin, Lacey Bryant and Lara Sophia (all KALEID gallery artists by the way) for their feature write up in the Mercury News last week for their Girl Power! group exhibit (which is on view thru May 31st at South First Billiards).

Read the article here.

2 SJSU Exhibits at Art Ark in May

17 artists will be in the San Jose State University 2008-09 Pictorial BFA Exhibition held at Art Ark from April 27th - May 8th with an opening reception on Friday, May 1st from 6-9pm.

Gallery open by appointment, contact sjsubfa0809grads@gmail.com for more info.


Also at the Art Art from May 16th - 21st the graduating class of the San Jose State University Graphic Design BFA program exhibits their final work with receptions on Friday, May 15th and Saturday, May 16th from 6-9pm. Visit their website here for more information.

Art Ark
1035 South 6th Street
San Jose, CA

Jason Chi exhibit at Art Object Gallery thru May

"Introduction: Jason Chi (with gallery artists)"

This solo exhibit at the Art Object Gallery will be the first on the West Coast of Jason Chi's delicately rendered abstract paintings and drawings which reflect his interest in the intimate play of light, non-linear organic forms, the logic of liquid geometry, and an architectural essence of freedom. His interior and exterior response to world travels is visible in the complex and delicate layering in his works.

Jason has shown extensively on the East Coast as well as in Taiwan represented in both solo and group exhibitions. (visit Jason's official website here.)

Also showing with Chi are gallery artists: Ken Matsumoto, Luis Gutierrez, Reid Winfrey, Terry Kreiter, Darrell Phelps, Terri Garland, Sara Cole, Diane Kreiter, Rachael Lazo, Don Fritz, Joe Saxe, Randy Shiroma, Herbert Nouwens, Jaap Bongers, Louis Basel, Michelle Gregor, and Mark Bryan.

A reception for the artists will be held on May 15, Friday, at 7PM.

Admission is free and is open to the public now through May.

Art Object Gallery
592 N. 5th St.
San Jose, CA 95112

(408)288-9305

April 25, 2009

Two Buck Tuesdays April 21st - thank you!

Thanks to everyone that came out to the April 21st Two Buck Tuesday! We'd also like to thank all the incredibly interesting and quirky guests below!

Two Buck Tuesdays at KALEID April 21st

As with all Two Buck Tuesdays - $2 art all day!


Two Buck Tuesdays at KALEID April 21st

Eric Taggart spoke about The Art of the Art Trade: How artists end up with art collections they could never afford.


Two Buck Tuesday at KALEID April 21st

Christina Deptula presented Mutual Social Networking: Fun entrepreneurial business models for aspiring artists.


Two Buck Tuesday at KALEID April 21st

Ceramicist Ben Shutz demonstrated throwing clay to make a vase.


Two Buck Tuesdays at KALEID April 21st

Sam Brown and friends provided smooth jazz before and after the speaker series.


We invite you to the next one - third Tuesday, May 19th!
$2 art all day starting at noon
Interesting, quirky speaker series 6pm-8pm


KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (street level of the 4th St. Garage)
downtown, San Jose
408-947-1785

free and open to the public.

April 27, 2009

Silicon Valley Open Studios 2009

Every year, during the first three weekends in May, more than 300 Silicon Valley artists open their studios to the public. This free event lets you discover some exciting new artistic talent, or get up close and personal with some of your favorite artists.

Visit the studios of your choice between the hours of 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday on the weekends shown below.

Weekend One, May 2nd - 3rd
East Palo Alto, Ladera, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Loyola, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara Sunnyvale

Weekend Two, May 9 - 10th
Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, San Jose, Saratoga

Weekend Three, May 16 - 17th
Atherton, Belmont, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, Woodside

Visit http://www.svos.org for more information.

STREET MRKT 2009 kicks off MAY 1st!

Anno Domini presents

STREET MRKT an indie DIY urban fair

on South First Street, between San Carlos & San Salvador
in the SoFA District, downtown San Jose

FIRST FRIDAY May 1st, 7pm - 10pm

Kick off the 2009 season of STREET MRKT with a free outdoor concert featuring the best live music and most creative artist vendors in San Jose! It's all part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly artwalk. All SoFA District art venues are free and open to the public from 8pm 'til late.

On the Stage: GOOD HUSTLE (San Jose), LINKS (Los Angeles), The FEROCIOUS FEW (San Francisco)

Indie Artists/Creatives: Barefoot Coffee Bar • Beyond Wonderland • Charcoal Addict • Dive! • Divine Orchard Clothing • Sarah Beth Goncarova • Henna Tattoos by Evelyn • Pellet Factory • Mahoney Perkins • Al Preciado • Quite Contrary Productions Inc. • Linda Ritter • San Jose Glass Artists Alliance • SJFixed • James William Moore Photography • Slave Labor Graphics


STREET MRKT 2009 SAVE THE DATES:
- First Friday JUNE (SubZERO Festival)
- First Friday AUGUST (San Jose Jazz Festival JAZZ BEYOND Stage)
- First Friday SEPTEMBER (Final one of the summer!)


"All Hail the Progenitors of Culture!"

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For more information, please contact:

Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design
366 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
www.galleryAD.com 408.271.5155

ARMOgedon, Michael Foley Feature Exhibits for May 2009

KALEID Gallery presents two new feature exhibitions for the month of May.

Alta Modern Graffiti by ARMOgedon 2057 - Residing in California Armo’s work is a collaboration of typographic elements and exploration with graffiti structure and form. By looking at graffiti and typography by studying their visual commonalities as lettering, much can be discovered and revealed. As graffiti matures and diversifies, more and more of it's aesthetics filters into graphic design, and it has gained acceptance in popular culture at large, now comfortably accepted as a contemporary mode of communication.


Now You've Really Made a Mess by Michael Foley - This Exhibit is one of pure chance. How people can truly make a difference, for better or worse and how sometimes, just sometimes, it's full of irony. A show for the fellow rejects. For those who seem to never quite fit in anywhere. These works celebrate the success and failures of life experienced so far.

Featured Artists' Reception: First Friday, May 1st, 7pm-9pm

This event is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk in downtown San Jose. Free and open to the public.


KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
downtown San Jose
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday Noon - 5pm
First Fridays til 9pm

May 11, 2009

Craig Scoffone at Aspect Gallery

Craig Scoffone's figurative photography is part of the Nude & Erotic Show at the Aspect Gallery in San Francisco.

Artists' Reception: Friday, May 15th, 6-9:30pm

Aspect Gallery
731 Polk Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
www.aspectframing.com

A note from MACLA regarding arts funding

Join MACLA and members of the San Jose Arts Alliance* to make a visual statement in support of Arts Funding at the San Jose City Council Meeting on Tuesday, May 12 at 7pm.

As you may know, the City of San Jose is currently projecting an $84 million budget deficit for FY09-10. As such, we need to show a strong presence in order to ensure the arts are a priority in the City Budget.

We need you to join us at the evening session of the Tuesday, May 12 San Jose City Council meeting. Our goal is to mobilize as many artists, community members and supporters of San Jose arts organizations to attend the Public Hearing on the Proposed Operating & Capital Budget for FY09-10.

(At the May 7 Budget Study Session, District 3 Councilmember Sam Liccardo, who is also the Arts Commission Liaison proposed that the City figures out a way to backfill the arts grants for art organizations, like MACLA and the San Jose Arts Alliance. Other council members supported this proposal.)

As a follow up we need to show a major presence at the May 12, 7pm session Council Meeting.
- Wear a black shirt
- We will provide a sticker with a red letter A that says "Support SJ Arts."
- If you really want to speak you can, but the main goal is to have a visual representation for the City Council regarding the number of constituents who support the arts.
- Our message is simple - the Arts add value to our city and we are requesting that the City backfills the declining TOT (Transient Occupancy Tax, i.e. Hotel Tax) to ensure our grants at the current levels.

The San Jose City Council Meeting takes place:
Council Chambers
San Jose City Hall
200 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA 95113

Click here to view the May 12th Agenda, the budget is item 3.4.

Thank you in advance for your support of a flourishing, healthy and multicultural arts community in San Jose!

Best wishes,

Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez
MACLA, Executive Director

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Bill Gould Design 2009 Art Reception

Bill Gould Design's annual art reception is this Thursday, May 14th from 4-8pm.

Featured artists include: Wayne Jiang, Charlotte Kruk, Katherine Levin-Lau, Eugene Rodriguez, and Lucy Traeger. Live music by Jimmy Dewrance Blues Band.

Bill Gould Design
394-A Umbarger Road
San Jose, CA 95111

May 15, 2009

Phantom Galleries Redwood City Artists' Reception this Sunday


artwork by Selena, 6th grade, Selby Lane School

Join us in celebrating the creativity and artistry of students in Redwood City School District as student drawings, paintings, collage artwork from each of the district’s 15 schools is displayed in the storefronts at the corner of Broadway and Jefferson Street in downtown Redwood City, from May 11 through the end of June.

An artists’ reception will be held on Sun., May 17, from 3:30-5:30, in the space at 2107 Broadway to honor these student artists. Family, teachers, and friends are invited to join the celebration. (MAP)

The event includes musical performances by Corpus Callosum, live painting by Lacey Bryant and Pellet Factory as well as food and refreshments.

The Phantom Galleries project brings together community artists to enliven vacant storefronts and alternative spaces with vibrant art exhibitions and murals.

The project is produced by Two Fish Design in partnership with the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency. For more information, please call 408-271-5151 or email info[at]PhantomGalleries.com

May 18, 2009

TWO BUCK TUESDAYS at KALEID May 19th

KALEID Gallery & the Two Buck Tuesday Crew presents:

TWO BUCK Tuesdays - May 19, 2009

an all day $2 art sale and quirky speaker series (6-8pm) on the third Tuesday of the month.

12noon - 8pm : $2 art all day

6pm -8pm : interesting people speaker series- 10mns each, with additional performances and demos before and after the speakers.

Speakers:

David Ramsey will cater this evening's event and speak about creativity in cooking

Blaise Rosenthal: American Painter. Talks about a piece from his series “An Initial Approach to Knowing Everything," a body of work in which he has explored the nature of free will and the conflict of good & evil. He’ll discuss his pursuit of contextualizing himself and the human condition as well as his process of combining classicist considerations and contemporary dialogue.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20965327@N03/3398639275/

Carolina Harris, owner of “Beyond Wonderland," will talk about how to get an Etsy shop started and give advice on participating in DIY fairs and events. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=33738

Before / after speaker series performance by:

Cello Joe – The wildest beatboxing celloist in the west will be performing before and after the speaker series before heading to Utah on the “Shake Your Peace Utapia Now! Tour”. http://cellojoe.com/

and workshop demo by:

Beyond Wonderland (Bazaar BizarreVendor) will do a workshop on creating textile fortune cookies. FREE!

To see past Two Buck Tuesday events, click HERE.

Two Buck Tues Crew:
Christine Benjamin
Lacey Bryant
Eddie Flores
Maria Inocencio
Trina Merry
Kyle Pellet
Matthew Seigel
Kate Stewart
Two Fish Design

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (@San Fernando/next to Flames Restaurant)
Downtown San Jose
info[at]KALEIDgallery.com

Free & open to the public!

Mariana Barnes at Center for Performing Arts Mt. View

Mariana Barnes' Mosaic Movement a solo exhibition of acrylic paintings at the Center for Performing Arts Mountain View.

Exhibition dates: April 21 - June 22, 2009

500 Casto Street, Mt. View, CA 94039

Lobby is open on Mon., Weds & Fri. from 12pm-1pm and one hour prior to every public performance.
May also be accessed during Cafe open hours.
http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/mvcpa/visualarts.html

Joe Claus' "Let Go" project on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

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Andrew H. by Joe Claus

Joe Claus and his new portrait project Let Go: photographs of talented people in Silicon Valley who’ve been dumped by local businesses is a feature story on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (some of which was shot on location at KALEID gallery)

from the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer website:

At the end of last year, Joe Claus was working at a small electronics company in Silicon Valley doing photography, marketing and design. And then he got laid off. "I was pissed," he said. But there was an unforeseen upside to his loss. No longer stuck behind a desk all day, he devoted more time to his photography.

Claus has turned the personal conflict of unemployment into the basis of his artistic practice, photographing people who have lost jobs in the recession. He asks them to close their eyes as he gets closer to them, saying it "brings down a barrier" between subject and viewer.


To see the full story and video segment, click HERE.

To view more portraits from this series, visit: http://www.joeclaus.com/Let_Go.html

And if you have been laid off and would like to participate in this ongoing project, email Joe at: joe.claus[at]gmail.com

May 30, 2009

RHYTHMS opens June 5th at KALEID gallery

Featured Artists' Reception for RHYTHMS - exhibitions by Joe Decker, Valerie Runningwolf


Desert Rhythms by Joe Decker - Joe's newest body of photographic work exposes a vibrant beat within the details of desert sand dunes.



Spirit Rhythms by Valerie Runningwolf - mixed-media art that reflects the traditional and contemporary ideas inner peace and awakens the spirit.

Featured Artists' Reception: First Friday June 5th, 7pm-9pm

This event is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk in downtown San Jose. Free and open to the public.


KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
downtown San Jose
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday Noon - 5pm
First Fridays til 9pm

June 1, 2009

Rochelle Ford on Jelly Theory

Jelly Theory, a monthly interview series where creative individuals define entrepreneurship, has a lengthy interview with Rochelle Ford, a self taught metal sculptor that uses an oxyacetylene welding torch to fuse recycled metals and other discarded materials into bold objects of strength and beauty. Read the full interview here.

3 Exhibits at SUN Gallery Hayward

SUN Gallery, Hayward Area Forum of the Arts is hosting: 3 Exhibits: Bay Area Collage/Beast Figurative No.2/Retro

This exhibit highlights the wide diversity of approaches to collage practiced by Bay Area artists including several KALEID artists: Terenia Offenbacher, Gianfranco Paolozzi, Al Preciado, as well as: Elizabeth Chavoor, Rebecca Peters, Landkee, Robert Magginetti, Richard Stutting, Darla McKenna

Also exhibiting is an exhibition of figurative work by South Bay figurative artists including Mike Buscemi, Rebecca Bauen, John Kurtyka, David Larimore, Francesca Lovecchio, Elizabeth Parashis, & Carlos Perez

Retro is an exhibition of solo work by Al Preciado highlighting his artistic career.

Curated by Robert Magginetti of Tranquility Base and 10Ten Gallery

Exhibition dates: June 3, 2009 — July 3, 2009

Reception: Saturday June 13, 6:00-9:00pm
1015 "E" Street
Hayward, CA 94541
For more info and directions, click here.

Gianfranco Paolozzi at Mezzanine Gallery at Hotel Triton

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Now Is Already Past Mixed Media Journals by Gianfranco Paolozzi

With an understanding of the ephemeral nature of life and a compulsion to explore the possibilities within each moment in time, each canvas becomes a journal - a "permanent" record that speaks to both being in each moment and the interrelationship of one moment to the next using marks instead of words.

Artists' Reception: Wednesday June 17th, 5-7pm
Exhibit on view thru July 15, 2009

Mezzanine Gallery at Hotel Triton
342 Grant Ave (at Bush)
San Francisco, CA
gallery hours: 24/7

Exhibition produced by McKinley Art Solutions.

June 2, 2009

David Larimore exhibition at Art Ark

David Larimore Statue of Liberty Play to Win the Game!

Opening Reception: Friday, June 5th, 5-10pm
Closing Reception: Friday, July 3rd, 5-10pm
Musical Performance at 8pm.

ART ARK GALLERY 1035 South 6th Street, San Jose, CA 95112

Private showings by appointment: Contact David Larimore glistzen[at]yahoo.com

SubZERO Festival returns June 5, 2009!

Presented by ZERO1 and South FIRST FRIDAYS

Kick off summer with the 2nd Annual SubZERO Festival, a diy, artistically bent, hi/lo-techno-mashup where street meets geek. From 6pm ‘til midnight between San Carlos and Reed Street, you’ll find two stages of entertainment plus 100 artists, performers, and musicians celebrating the indie creative spirit. Test-drive a custom low-rider bike, try your hands at stop motion, bear witness to urban yarn-bombing, travel back to the future for a nineties-look at cyber fashion, watch a little subversive TV and listen up for spontaneous acts of percussion.

And be sure to check out the SoFA galleries with shows to complement the revelries outside. Participating galleries include: Anno Domini, MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, and WORKS/San José. For full gallery exhibition schedule, visit: http://www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com

Participating artists, musicians, performers and indie vendors:
Pilar Aguero, Jared Aizawa, ARMOgedon 2057, Thomas Asmuth, Barefoot Coffee Roasting, Baron Zen, John Behrens, JD Beltran and Scott Minneman, Beyond Wonderland, Black & Brown Clothing, Blue Planet Run Foundation, Christina Braun, Michael Brown, Lacey Bryant, Jason Challis, Jason Chayabyab, Nicole Camarillo, Charcoal Addict, Chcknfsh, John Cloud, CONTENT Magazine, Steve Cooley, Cukui Apparel, Endika Currier (Panthelion), Dave Dexter, Dive!, DeathMatch (organics vs electronics), Divine Orchid Clothing, DJ Cutso (Bangerz), DJs Raj Pall and Kyle Boeker, Steve Durie, Jessica Eastburn, El Muertorider (John Jota Leańos, Shawn Levvon Nash and Artemio Rodríguez), el PeepShow, Keith Bunnell, Evolution Control Committee, Michael Foley, Force 129 Art & Design, Free the Robots, DJs Goldynchyld and Teeko, Sarah Beth Goncarova, Good Hustle, Andy Gouveia, Michela-Rivera Gravage, Lydia Greer, Fabiola Hanna, Drew Clark, Haptic Snaptics, Margaretha Anne Haughwout, Heart of Chaos, Andrew Hedges, Henna Tattoos by Evelyn, ICA Rejection Dunk Tank, ICA T-shirt Boutique & Emporium, IR pens, James Moore Photography, Jim Dandy's, Charles Johnson (aka QORSER), M dot Strange, Marnia Johnston, Jono Kane (aka Noka), Judgement Day, Michele Langos, John Leanos, Montalvo's Youth Action Coalition, Necessary Voodoo, Opera San Jose, Rachelle-Ann Palacios, Joel Patrick, Pellet, Mahoney Perkins, Nelda Perez, Al Preciado, Quite Contrary Productions Inc., Nora Raggio, Kedar Reddy, Mark Resch, Linda Ritter, Dina Ropele, Ruffin Raw Visions, San Jose Glass Artist Alliance, Derek Scott (aka the Rhythmist), San Jose Yarn Bombers, SHARE San Jose, Tristan Shone, Shorty Fatz, Silicon Valley De-Bug, SJFixed, Slave Labor Graphics, STREET SWAG Photo Booth, Corinne Okada Takara

Date/Time: Friday June 5th, 6pm - midnight
Location: South First Street, from San Carlos to Reed streets
downtown San Jose

For full SubZERO line up and schedule visit: http://www.SubZEROfestival.com

Follow Twitter updates at: @subzerofestival (hashtag #subzero09 )

Bring your camera and upload your best photos of the night to: http://www.flickr.com/groups/subzero/pool/

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About South FIRST FRIDAYS
South First FRIDAYS is an eclectic evening of arts and culture in downtown San Jose's SoFA district, between San Carlos and East Reed Streets. The FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk takes place every first Friday of the month from 8pm 'til late. It is free and open to the public.

Participating venues include: Anno Domini, Caffé Trieste, KALEID, MACLA (Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana), Phantom Galleries, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery, South First Billiards & Lounge, Space 47, and Works San Jose. Visit southfirstfridays.com for more information.

About ZER01
ZER01 is an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire creativity at the intersection of art, technology, and digital culture. One of the primary enterprises of ZER01 is the 01SJ Biennial, a multi-disciplinary, multi-venue event of visual and performing arts, the moving image, public art, and interactive digital media. ZER01 also produces year-round signature programming leading to the 01SJ Biennial that serves to educate and cultivate audiences, build partnerships, and maintain visibility for the organization through lecture series, artist salons, workshops, and family-oriented special events. To find out more about ZER01, visit: zero1.org.

June 12, 2009

Last Fridays at Gallery Ten10

Gallery Ten10 presents visual artist Gianfranco Paolozzi and spoken word by John Kurtyka on June 26th from 6:30-10pm. Events include open mic and drum circle.

Save the dates now for future exhibits at Ten10 by other KALEID gallery artists including: Lacey Bryant (July 31), Eddie Flores (Aug. 28), Michael Foley (Oct. 30) and John Kurtyka (Nov. 27).

50/50 Show at Sanchez Art Center


artwork by Andrew Leone

The 50/50 Show is an ambitious project of 67 artists that created an artwork a day for 50 days which results in 3,350 works of art.

Artists' Reception is Friday, July 24th, 7-9pm
Exhibit on view through August 29th.

Sanchez Art Center
1220-B Linda Mar Boulevard
Pacifica, CA 94044
650.355.1894

Kelly Detweiller's "Marking Time" at Triton Museum

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(from the Triton Museum website) Kelly Detweiler’s work is varied in content and in media. The connection to his ceramic past is echoed in subject matter such as vases and vessels throughout the work. The floral and landscape imagery often refer back to his childhood in Colorado and to his extensive travels as an adult. Aside from the obvious influences of his teachers such as Clayton Bailey, Mel Ramos, Raymond Saunders, and Kenji Nanao, the work of many European painters informs his work. Picasso and the cubists, Balthus, Bosch, Bocklin, Beckmann and many more can be seen in various pieces. The overriding sense of the work is a fun loving and optimistic approach to making art and experiencing the world around us. Detweiler is currently chair of the Department of Art at Santa Clara University.

Exhibit on view through July 12, 2009

Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Ave.
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Phone: (408) 247-3754

June 14, 2009

$2 Art Sale this Tuesday at KALEID Gallery

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above $2 artwork by Pellet


KALEID Gallery & the Two Buck Tuesday Crew presents:

TWO BUCK TUESDAYS - June 16th

An all day $2 art sale and quirky speaker series (6-8pm) on the third Tuesday of the month.

12noon - 8pm: $2 art all day

6pm -8pm: interesting people speaker series- 10mns each, with additional performances and demos before and after the speakers.

Speakers:

Lacey Bryant will share some of the most unique pieces from her 10 years in the making Pez Collection. From a 1950's Pez gun that shoots the sugary pellets at you to the promotional collaboration between Pez and a drug company, Lacey's ecclectic knowledge on all things Pez will amuse and astound you.

Elise Lippin – A mandala meditation using two of her latest works as meditation focal points. “Mandala” is a Sanskrit word meaning “having essence” or “circle-circumference.”

Reuben Rutledge – PhD candidate at California Institute of Integral Studies and Madison Who’s Who Member of the year and Hall of Fame, delivers an anthological anthropology of traditional cannibal tribes and their historic emergence.

David Perez has led spoken-word workshops, organized Junot Diaz's recent reading, founded the San Jose Poetry Slam at MACLA, and unassumingly done an incredible amount to support San Jose spoken word. Known as a thoughtful and engaging poets, he's currently finishing a Master's degree in writing. David will talk about what makes spoken word unique and important, and lead us in a writing exercise.

Also featuring delicious cupcakes and homemade chai courtesy of Tony at Good Karma Vegetarian Restaurant.

Before / after speaker series performance by:

Clayton Morales - with a background in classical/romantic guitar, Clayton has recently decided to pursue music full time fitting in best with the modern acoustic scene. Often being compared to Jack Johnson, Clayton’s warm soothing vocals will wrap you in a cocoon of smooth sultry woo….
http://www.myspace.com/claytonmorales


To see past Two Buck Tuesday events, visit: http://u.nu/5vua


KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (@San Fernando/next to Flames Restaurant)
Downtown San Jose
info[at]KALEIDgallery.com

Free & open to the public!

Join us !
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June 22, 2009

Color Quartet at Gallery House Palo Alto

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Kevyn Warnock : oil
Martha Castillo : clayprint
Trevlyn Williams : watercolor
Midori McCabe : mixed media

Reception to meet the artists- Friday, July 10, 6-8 pm.
live music by guitarist Robert Holland

Gallery House
320 California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306 (enter thru Printers Cafe)
650-326-1668

Blaise Rosenthal at Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz

KALEID Gallery artist Blaise Rosenthal will have a solo exhibition entitled Learning How to Swim, new paintings and drawings at the Felix Kulpa Gallery and Sculpture Garden.

Artist's Reception is Friday July 3rd, 6-9pm
Exhibit on view through July 26th.

Felix Kulpa
107 Elm Street
Santa Cruz, CA
831-421-9107

Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday, 12:00pm to 6:00pm

June 23, 2009

"Birds & Bees, Fur, Feathers & Fins -- Animals Real or Imaginary" in Palo Alto

The June exhibition at Pacific Art League of Palo Alto is "Birds & Bees, Fur, Feathers & Fins -- Animals Real or Imaginary" and includes two KALEID artists Terenia Offenbacker and Mariana Barnes. The exhibition was juried by Ruth Waters, Chair of the Peninsula Art Museum in Belmont. 57 works selected from 159 entries may be viewed at Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, 668 Ramona Street, thru July 6.

The deadline is July 1 to enter "Figures & Faces," an international show to be juried by George Rivera of the Triton Museum of Art. www.pacificartleague.org 650-321-3891.

Two great art events this Friday, June 26th

This Friday, June 26th start off at 6:30pm at Gallery Ten10 for the solo exhibition by Gianfranco Paolozzi (with open mic and drum circle) located at 1010 East Taylor, San Jose.

Then head over to the Studio Warming Party for Trina Merry & Celeste Young
Free All-Ages Show @ The Citadel Art Studios featuring music by: Corpus Callosum, DeatHat, Travis Oberg (Saltwater Merchants)

Free BBQ starts @ 6pm & at sunset, the bats fly out of the roof!

Citadel Art Studios
855 5th ave. San Jose, CA (by Martha St.)
Studio #301
San Jose

July 2, 2009

Closing/Opening Receptions at Art Art in July

Art Ark announces two events this month:

Closing Reception Friday, July 3rd, 5-10pm for David Larimore's Statue of Liberty Play To Win The Game! exhibition.



artwork left: Crystal Kamoroff, artwork right: Jacquelline Cooper

Opening Reception Saturday, July 11th, 6-9pm for The Shape of Desire, recent works by Crystal Kamoroff and Jacquelline Cooper. Exhibit on view through August 8th.

ART ARK GALLERY
1035 South 6th Street
San Jose, CA 95112

AXIS Luxury Condominiums call for art

AXIS Condominiums in downtown San Jose is seeking artwork by local artists for their sales offices available immediately.

There's plenty of space (for hanging work as well as sculpture) to accommodate several pieces by several artists. There is no honorarium for exhibition but works may be for sale with no commission imposed by AXIS.

If you are interested, email 3-5 jpg images (400 pixels wide at 72dpi) and your full contact info to Carrie Newbery, cnewbery@pmateam.com

AXIS San Jose
38 N. Almaden Boulevard
San Jose, CA 95110
Phone: 408.297.9888

Todd Schorr Party & Panel Discussion

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Surreal Night at the San Jose Museum of Art is an impressive mid-career retrospective of Todd Schorr's contribution to the "Pop Surrealism" scene (of which the likes of Camille Rose Garcia, Mark Ryden and Gary Baseman are members.)

On Thursday, July 16th, 7-10pm you can meet Todd and attend a panel discussion (7:30pm). This Hi-Fructose sponsored event also includes a book signing, sounds by Streetlight Records and specialty cocktails.

Free to members, $8 for non-members.

San Jose Museum of Art
110 South Market Street
San Jose, CA

REMINDER: No First Friday Art Walk July 3rd

Just a friendly reminder that there is no First Friday art walk July 3rd in downtown San Jose. Most galleries are open during regular gallery hours (Anno Domini is closed during July). Please visit http://www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com for exhibit schedules.

The art walk will resume First Friday August 7th along with Anno Domini's STREET MRKT with over 30 artists and creative vendors. STREET MRKT will be host to the Jazz Beyond stage in collaboration with the San Jose Jazz Festival featuring two great acts: Midival Punditz with Karsh Kale, and Panthelion!

Save the Date for the HOMEGROWN Exhibit on Friday July 10th, 7-9pm at KALEID Gallery featuring the budding talents of over 25 San Jose artists!

We hope you and yours are enjoying the Fourth of July holiday!

July 6, 2009

Thursday Gig _ July 16th

THURSDAY GIG'S Art & The Spoken Word presents

Artist Lynn Dau
Poet Lu Pettus
Open Mic follows

Thursday, July 16, 2009, 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Featured Artist: Lynn Dau
Lynn Dau is an emerging artist living and creating in Los Altos, California. She lives with her husband and two children. She has a degree in behavioral sciences and law. As a lawyer she worked as a public defender and practiced private criminal defense attorney. After the birth of her second child she decided to pursue her true passion and study art. She is primarily a sculptor working in clay and bronze, but has recently discovered the joy of drawing and also produces two dimensional works.

Featured Poet: Lou Pettus
Storypoet. Spiritually touching folk poetry weaves through talisman tales. Graduating from SJSU in 1991 with a major in English and a minor split between sociology and religious studies, Lu was and is fascinated by the social function of mythology and folklore - how stories, beliefs and practices reflect and reinforce cultural values and attitudes.

Location: 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

Contact Info: Elizabeth Parashis
artpages@earthlink.net

Fine Art Paired With Fine Wine

Photographer Lisa Amato has a selection of her photography on exhibit at the new art gallery at Sarah’s Vineyard in Gilroy.

Sarah’s Vineyard is the area's premier Pinot Noir and Chardonnay winery located in the rolling hills just east of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Lisa Amato is a self-taught photographer whose view of the world is reflected through her images. From abstract & architectural to vast landscapes & intricate close-ups, her hope is to inspire everyone who views her work to look for beauty in everything that surrounds us.

Artists Reception: Saturday July 18th, 11am-5pm

Sarah’s Vineyard
4005 Hecker Pass Highway
Gilroy, California, 95020
http://www.sarahsvineyard.com

HOMEGROWN Exhibit at KALEID July 10th

KALEID Gallery presents Home Grown A group exhibit showcasing a variety of new and upcoming San Jose artists.

Artists' Reception: Friday, July 10th, 7-9pm
Live music by by David Knight and Steve Barry
Free and open to the public.

Exhibit on view through July 25th.

Participating Artists:

Alex Salceanu
Ben Henderson
Brittany Rediger
Brooke Dabalos
Cherri Rediger
Chris Kisela
Danny Hellevig
Darryl Yu
Emmanuel Mendoza
Emmanuel Silva Luna
Jeff Ramirez
Jenevie Gonzalez
Jessica Antonio
Joe Barajas
Judith Garcia
Kyle Pellet
Martin Merino
Micheal Lowell
Nora Schwaller
Samantha Fotovat
Sara Beckton
Sara Taylor
Sharona Oshana
Syrus Fotovat
Tim Walker
Wei Hwu
Zack Thiesen

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
downtown San Jose
info@KALEIDgallery.com

Gallery hours: Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm, Saturday Noon - 5pm

July 8, 2009

3 Great Art Events this Friday, July 10th

Ben Henderson will have these great hand colored Bike Party posters as part of the HOME GROWN exhibition featuring new and upcoming artists in San Jose.

Artists' Reception: Friday, July 10th, 7-9pm

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
downtown San Jose


Live music by Gianfranco, Kate & Erik on Friday, July 10th at 8pm at Caffe Trieste on South First Street.


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ODMD and The Get Caughts at Empire Seven Studios
Art, live screenprinting and live music
Friday, July 10, 2009, 8:00pm - 11:55pm
525 N 7th Street, San Jose, CA

July 9, 2009

Artificial Nature at Autobody Fine Art, Alemeda

Andy Gouveia sent us a note that he'll be a featured artist in the "Artifical Nature" exhibition that opens this Friday, July 10th at 7pm.

Autobody Fine Art is proud to present "Artificial Nature," a show that explores the boundaries and intersections between what is termed "real" and what is termed "synthetic." As artworks have moved far beyond the idea of simple representation of form and have begun increasingly to insist on themselves as forms in their own right, the use and application of unconventional, fugitive, and plastic materials and technologies have made for some downright bizarre, beautiful and inappropriate artworks. We want to celebrate these objects and images.

Exhibiting artists: Clint Imboden, Liz Maher, Michael Singman-Aste, Mark Schroeder, Devin Cecil-Wishing, Andy Gouveia, Ginny Parsons, David Burke. In the installation room: T. Joseph Enos

Opening Reception: July 10, 2009, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Catered by Flying Monkey Catering of Marin

Exhibition dates: July 10- August 16, 2009

Autobody Fine Art
1517 Park Street,
Alameda, CA 94501

July 13, 2009

Modern Chimera at Sweetart Gallery

Christine Benjamin is in a group show in August called Chimera at Sweetart Drawing Gallery @ The Compound Gallery in Oakland.

The Modern Chimera is a group show that represents a bestiary of malformed and hybrid creatures from an imagined world. Exhibited drawings include themes which revolve around a sense of nature violated and a world ecology disrupted.

http://www.oaklandsweetart.info/sweetartgallery.html

Reception: Friday, August 7th 2009 From 6-9PM
Show runs through September 9th 2009

The Compound Gallery & Studios
6602 San Pablo Ave
Oakland, CA 94608
Phone: 510.655.9019

Gallery Hours: Thursday-Sunday 12-6

Mischief Exhibit at Studio Gallery July 19, 2009


Serengeti Marathon Winner by Michelle Waters

Michelle Waters will be in a group show at Studio Gallery in San Francisco called Mischief, featuring new hybrid animal paintings. (Her art was just featured in Reader Art section at the Juxtapoz website - http://www.juxtapoz.com/Reader-Art/

This group exhibit also features other KALEID gallery artists including Murphy Adams, Christine Benjamin, Andy Gouveia and Woody Miller.

Mischief - characters, critters & cartoons under $400
Exhibit dates: July 15th - August 9th, 2009
Opening reception: Sunday, July 19th, 2-6 pm

STUDIO Gallery
1815 Polk Street (between Washington & Jackson)
San Francisco, CA 94109 415-931-3130
www.STUDIOGallerySF.com
Gallery hours: Wed-Fri 11-8, Sat-Sun 11-6, Mon-Tue by appt.

July 16, 2009

CONTROL Exhibition opens August 6, 2009 in SF

The Women's Caucus for Art in conjunction with SOMArts Cultural Center present an exhibition titled "CONTROL", showcasing 94 works by 79 California women artists. Curated by Karen Gutfreund and juried by Guerrilla Girls West.

Organized around the theme of control (or lack of it), the show explores the artists interpretation of all methods of control: internal, external, positive, negative, over life events and over technology, empowering or dehumanizing, politically correct - or not.

Participating artists:: Phoebe Ackley, Michelle Ary, Joanne Beaule Ruggles, Deborah Bertola, Cindy Betzer Pharis, Fabienne Bismuth, Nancy Calef, MCCarolyn, Martha Castillo, Crisanta de Guzman, Arabella Decker, Eleanor Dickinson, Cosette Dudley, Lynn Elliott Letterman, Yvonne Escalante, Nicole Ferrara, Angela Fortain, Elizabeth Gomez, Sarah Beth Goncarova, Alison Green, Sargam Griffin, Cynthia Grilli, Karen Gutfreund, Fran Halperin, Rozanne Hermelyn DiSilvestro, Karen Jaime, Elaine Jason, Judy Johnson-Williams, Judith Juncker, Kay Kang, Ellen Kieffer, Cynthia Lait, Rebecca Lambing, Anita Lappi, Noreen Larinde, Joanne Licsko, Lucy Liew (artwork pictured above), Caren Lorber, Louise Maloof, Yoko Mazza, Kim McCool Nelson, Cheryl McDonald, Erika Meriaux, Trina Merry, Debra Montgomery, Biff Moshe, Kim Newell, Priscilla Otani, Lisa Petrides, Meggi Raeder, Nora Raggio, Valerie Raps, Myrrh Reagan, Ehren Reed, Monica Rickler Marks, Valerie Runningwolf, Jonnie Russell, Janelle Schneider, Centa Schumacher, Caroline Seckinger, Shizue Seigel, Judy Shintani, Vered Shomron, Diana Shore, Jessi Stern, Lise Swenson, Yuriko Takata, Dawn Thomas, Carolyn Tillie, Lynne Todaro, Leigh Toldi, Lucy Traeger, Cristina Velazquez, Ruth Waters, Corinne Whitaker, Tamara White, Sheila Winner, Nancy Worthington, and Barbara Wurden

Opening Reception: Thursday, August 6th, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Exhibit on view through August 29, 2009

SOMArts Cultural Center
934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA

KFJC Art/Logo Contest Deadline Extended

KFJC has extended their art contest deadline to July 24th, with the winners to be announced August 7th!

Be a Progenitor, not a Procrastinator! Get your submissions in for the anniversary of this great station!

Original post:
In honor of KFJC's 50th year on the air (we started broadcasting out of a closet in Mountain View, California in 1959), we're hosting an art competition!!!

Here's the deal. If you have concepts for a unique piece of KFJC artwork, a new KFJC logo or a 50th Anniversary-themed KFJC T-shirt, please send them in.

Winners will receive cash honorariums and will be featured in a special exhibition on First Friday September 4, 2009 at KALEID Gallery in San Jose, CA. KFJC Staff and management have invited Sunny Buick, the 2002 Girlie Shirt artist, to participate as a guest judge (www.sunnybuick.com).

Artwork should fall into one of the three following categories:
-KFJC Logo
-Artist T-Shirt Design
-Mixed media / Freeform

KFJC LOGO- KFJC lovers show their loyalty to the station by donning their favorite KFJC logo T-shirts or slapping stickers emblazoned with the KFJC logo on their preferred mode of transportation. We're seeking new interpretations of "KFJC 89.7 FM" in logo form and invite your submissions in this category.

ARTIST T-SHIRT DESIGN-Over the years we've had a huge number of fantastic contributing artists for our limited edition fundraiser garb, including (but not limited to): Niagara, Sunny Buick, Arik Roper, Emek, Strk3, Mike King, Webster Colcord, Plastic Crimewave, Mike Zorn, Mike Davis, Frances Marin, Chris Reccardi, Robert Williams, and GAMA-GO! To see a selection of these designs, visit our KFJC Donation Page

This year we're looking for new T-shirt design submissions that celebrate KFJC's 50 years of broadcasting (since 1959!). Please make mention of that in your artwork.

MIXED MEDIA / FREEFORM-Perhaps you have an equally inspired idea for a sculpture, drawing, collage, photo, or other mixed media approach that is an homage to KFJC. Submit your piece (no original artwork, please) for consideration in the "mixed media / freeform" category. Be sure to include some mention of KFJC in your artwork (89.7 FM, KFJC, "Wave of the West," etc.).

Submit When? - NOW!!!! Submission deadline is: Friday, July 10th, 2009 Friday, July 24th, 2009 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.

Winners will be announced on our website Friday, July 24th, 2009 August 7, 2009. (http://kfjc.org)

THE OFFICIAL RULES-Please view the official rules and entry form - click here

If you have additional questions, please email publicity[at]kfjc.org

July 19, 2009

Gianfranco Paolozzi closing reception at Gallery TEN10

Collegements artist Gianfranco Paolozzi will be having a closing reception for his current retrospective exhibition at Gallery TEN10.

You are invited to join Gianfranco and the gallery, Friday, July 24th at 6pm, for a closing reception BBQ of this impressive exhibition spanning several decades.

Gallery TEN10
1010 East Taylor (at 21st St.)
San Jose
408-476-1968

WHISKEY TEARS screening this Wednesday, July 22nd

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This Wednesday night, July 22nd in the SoFA District
Prior to the main feature film Romeo + Juliet, Starlight Cinemas will be screening the short film WHISKEY TEARS by San Jose's Element 151 Films - A Ragtag Rockabilly Crew shows us the right way to waste time, and the long way to growing up. From local San Jose Director Frank Door - including soundtrack by local band The Whiskey Avengers.

Romeo + Juliet (1996/ Rated PG/ 120 min.) Directed by Baz Luhrmann: Although set in modern times in the city of Verona Beach, it is still the same timeless, classic story of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love. They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their parents will not allow them to be together.

Pre-movie entertainment also includes Heroes Martial Arts showcasing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo, and Wrestling.

Time: starts at Dusk
Location: Poly Cleaners parking lot on Williams Street, between South First and Market streets, SoFA District

July 20, 2009

TWO BUCK art sale July 21st at KALEID

KALEID Gallery & the Two Buck Tuesday Crew presents:

TWO BUCK TUESDAYS - July 21st

An all day $2 art sale and quirky speaker series (6-8pm) on the third Tuesday of the month.

12noon - 8pm: $2 art all day

6pm -8pm: interesting people speaker series- 10mns each, with additional performances and demos before and after the speakers.

Speakers:

Darius B’Alexander will host a fold-along and teach us how to control wrinkles to create non-traditional origami

Control- sculptor Bernie Ross will talk about how an artist needs control: control of self, control of materials, and control of skills.

Michael Foley will provide an introduction on how linocuts began and how they are still used today. Followed by a live demonstration on how to make your very own linocut. Examples will be prepared in advance for each attendee to take home with them.

Before / after speaker series entertainment:

Yumi Miyagawa will be playing Melodica Jazz with accompaniment by Gianfranco Paolozzi.

Keith "I Throw Things" Bummell will be demonstrating clay throwing.


To see past Two Buck Tuesday events, visit: http://u.nu/5vua


Thanks to Pellet for our sweet new business cards!


KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (@San Fernando/next to Flames Restaurant)
Downtown San Jose
info[at]KALEIDgallery.com

Free & open to the public!

Join us !
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July 25, 2009

The Modern Chimera at SWEE[t]ART, SF

The Modern Chimera is part one of a trilogy of shows featuring works from a selection of the Bay Area's most critically challenging artists.

Participating artists include Teppei Ando, Christine Benjamin, Jon Carling, Matt Decker, Martha Sue Harris, Dave Higgins and Kevin Earl Taylor.

Artists' Reception: August 7, 2009, 6-9pm
Exhibit on view through September 9, 2009

Swee[t]art Drawing Gallery is dedicated to the art of exhibiting Drawing as an art to its own end.

6602 San Pablo Ave at the Compound Gallery
Oakland, CA
http://www.oaklandsweetart.info

July 26, 2009

"Lunch with John and Vincent" Group Exhibit at On the Corner Music

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From July 31 to Aug. 28th, On the Corner Music presents art by Kate Stewart, Roan Victor and Wei Hwu.

Although widely different in message and technique, these three artists have banded together to give a multifaceted perspective of a common subject.

An awesome party will be held on July 31 from 8pm to midnight featuring the musical stylings of Ester Kang, Zonky Flay, and Benjamin Henderson.

On the Corner Music
530 E Campbell Ave
Campbell, CA 95008
(408) 871-0305

July 29, 2009

"TANGLE: wandering off trail" Exhibition at KALEID Gallery Aug. 7th

KALEID Gallery presents TANGLE: wandering off trail by Janett Peace and Matthew Bailey Seigel.

Matthew Bailey Seigel's new paintings are a reinvention of the Japanese scroll in modern materials. And like their Muromachi era (1336-1537) counterparts, his themes are of local plants, flowers and animals. But unlike traditional kakejiku (hung scrolls), Matthew's are less formal, and more of a tangled log of his wanderings off trail.

Inspired by Matthew's view of nature, Janett Peace has created a series of glass pieces in response. She evokes Matthew's style in 3D while adding a luminous quality only possible with glass. While her interpretations are meant as a tribute to Matthew's eye for color and composition, she further explores drawing in glass using techniques that give her work a painterly quality.

Artists' Reception: First Friday, August 7th, 7-9pm

This event is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk in downtown San Jose. Free and open to the public.

Exhibition on view through August 28, 2009.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
downtown San Jose
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday Noon - 5pm
First Fridays til 9pm

Join us !
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August 3, 2009

An Exhibition that is 100% Women!

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Imperial Wartime Jellyfish by Trina Merry

The Women's Caucus for Art in conjunction with SOMArts Cultural Center present an exhibition titled "CONTROL", showcasing 94 works by 79 California women artists.

Organized around the theme of control (or lack of it), the show explores the artists interpretation of all methods of control: internal, external, positive, negative, over life events and over technology, empowering or dehumanizing, politically correct - or not.

Opening Reception:
Thursday, August 6th
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

SOMArts Cultural Center
934 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA
August 6 - August 29, 2009

Control is curated by Karen Gutfreund, juried by Guerrilla Girls West and includes the following selected artists: Phoebe Ackley, Michelle Ary, Joanne Beaule Ruggles, Deborah Bertola, Cindy Betzer Pharis, Fabienne Bismuth, Nancy Calef, MCCarolyn, Martha Castillo, Crisanta de Guzman, Arabella Decker, Eleanor Dickinson, Cosette Dudley, Lynn Elliott Letterman, Yvonne Escalante, Nicole Ferrara, Angela Fortain, Elizabeth Gomez, Sarah Beth Goncarova, Alison Green, Sargam Griffin, Cynthia Grilli, Karen Gutfreund, Fran Halperin, Rozanne Hermelyn DiSilvestro, Karen Jaime, Elaine Jason, Judy Johnson-Williams, Judith Juncker, Kay Kang, Ellen Kieffer, Cynthia Lait, Rebecca Lambing, Anita Lappi, Noreen Larinde, Joanne Licsko, Lucy Liew, Caren Lorber, Louise Maloof, Yoko Mazza, Kim McCool Nelson, Cheryl McDonald, Erika Meriaux, Trina Merry, Debra Montgomery, Biff Moshe, Kim Newell, Priscilla Otani, Lisa Petrides, Meggi Raeder, Nora Raggio, Valerie Raps, Myrrh Reagan, Ehren Reed, Monica Rickler Marks, Valerie Runningwolf, Jonnie Russell, Janelle Schneider, Centa Schumacher, Caroline Seckinger, Shizue Seigel, Judy Shintani, Vered Shomron, Diana Shore, Jessi Stern, Lise Swenson, Yuriko Takata, Dawn Thomas, Carolyn Tillie, Lynne Todaro, Leigh Toldi, Lucy Traeger, Cristina Velazquez, Ruth Waters, Corinne Whitaker, Tamara White, Sheila Winner, Nancy Worthington, and Barbara Wurden

August 4, 2009

South FIRST FRIDAYS + STREET MRKT August 7th

After a short hiatus in July, South FIRST FRIDAYS is back with an exciting lineup of new exhibits, a new SoFA art venue and a SJ Jazz Fest kick off event on the STREET MRKT live music stage!

Below are a few evening highlights:

7-9pm is the artists' reception for TANGLE: wandering off trail by Janett Peace and Matthew Bailey Seigel at KALEID Gallery located at 88 South Fourth Street.


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Anno Domini debuts Săo Paulo artist PJOTA's solo exhibition in the gallery and hosts the outdoor STREET MRKT, an indie DIY urban fair. Located in front of A.D. gallery, you can view and purchase art from 30 booths by San Jose artists/creative vendors. listen to live music by Delhi, India's MIDIval PunditZ w/ Karsh Kale at 8pm and San Jose's own Panthelion with visuals by M Dot Strange at 10pm and it's all free!


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Caffe Trieste hosts an artist's reception for Woody Miller's solo exhibition Fables, Stories, and Far Off Places with music by Opera San José.


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We are very pleased to welcome The Art Glass Center of San Jose to the SoFA District. The center, located at 465 So. First, will be open and hosting a glass demo by Lionel Chapital. Come by and welcome them to the neighborhood!


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You are invited to come and celebrate the completion of “A Place In Mind”, a large-scale mural in downtown San Jose’s SoFA District by artist José Arenas.

José started working on the mural six weeks ago and it was recently completed with the help of two gifted artists, Michael Torchia and Oscar Lopez, and a host of enthusiastic volunteers. José will lead a tour of the mural and light refreshments will be served at the mural site on the corner of South First and San Salvador streets.


These are just some of the events for August 7th's South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk. For the full event schedule of all 13 participating venues, please visit http://www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com


August 9, 2009

PREPARE! Exhibition at Art Ark August 15, 2009

PREPARE! A group show of artists, working as preparators, responding to their work as preparators.

Exhibiting Artists:
Martins Bluzman
Randy Bricco
Ed Clapp
Joseph Cowart
Mark Fox-Morgan
Melody Kennedy
Colin King-Bailey
Justin Marsh
Mike Oechsli
Keith Southern

Artists Reception: Saturday, August 15th 6-9pm

Exhibition Dates: August 15- September 5th

ART ARK GALLERY
1035 South 5th Street, San Jose, CA 95112

Thursday Gig's Art & The Spoken Word August 20th

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THURSDAY GIG'S Art & The Spoken Word presents

Artist- Elizabeth Parashis
Poet- Loei Johnson
Open Mic follows

Thursday, August 20th, 6:30 - 9:30 pm

STONE GRIFFIN GALLERY
411 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell (map)

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 : )

For more information, contact: Elizabeth Parashis- artpages@earthlink.net

Daniel Gautier Exhibition in Palo Alto

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The Art of DANIEL GAUTIER: “THE IDEOGRAMS: Symbols of Creation”

Exhibition on view August 7 through August 31, 2009.

Gallery Activities:

Friday, Aug 21st: 6 - 8pm. Meet the Artist

Friday, Aug 21st, 5:30 - 6pm: Daniel Gautier will give an informal talk on his “Ideogram” paintings and the mystical and philosophical traditions that inspired them, from the Kabbalah and Gnosticism, to Neoplatonism and Raja yoga. He will also discuss his book, Songs of Creation, which accompanies the “Ideogram” series of paintings.

Saturday, Aug. 22nd, 6:30pm: Daniel Gautier will give a concert for piano & keyboards, with music inspired by his paintings, as well as songs from his CD, Elemental Dreams. His music covers a broad range of styles, including classical, jazz, ethnic, and vocal.

Amrithika Gallery
248 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto
650-462-1980

August 17, 2009

TWO BUCK TUESDAYS at KALEID this Tuesday!

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KALEID Gallery & the Two Buck Tuesday Crew presents:

TWO BUCK TUESDAYS - August 18th

An all day $2 art sale and quirky speaker series (6-8pm) on the third Tuesday of the month.

12noon - 8pm: $2 art all day

6pm -8pm: interesting people speaker series- 10mns each, with additional performances and demos before and after the speakers.

This month's TWO BUCK Tuesdays is curated by the lovely and wildly talented Kate Stewart- here's what she has in store for you:

Speakers:

Postal Servix will destroy you with the story of how a mild-mannered Special Ed teacher became a bloodthirsty Silicon Valley Rollerwarrior.

Trina Merry will speak about her recent trip to Haiti and the several art projects she completed there.

Don Bon takes things apart.

Music by Zonky Flay


To see past TWO BUCK Tuesdays events, visit: http://u.nu/5vua

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (@San Fernando/next to Flames Restaurant)
Downtown San Jose
info[at]KALEIDgallery.com

Free & open to the public!

Join us !
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August 20, 2009

Truth-Compassion-Tolerance Art Exhibition Preview


Xiaoping Chen, The Call of Innocence, oil on canvas, 26" x 36", 2005

Truth-Compassion-Tolerance Art Exhibition Preview

The exhibit has toured more than 40 countries and 200 cities worldwide. It includes award-winning paintings from the 2008 NTDTV Chinese International Figure Painting Competition and many precious pieces that were never shown publicly before.

The oil on canvas exhibit features world renowned artists portraying the experiences, visions, and hope of Falun Dafa practitioners as they attempt to safeguard justice and peace while upholding their values in truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. The paintings depict these timeless values, often taken for granted, but even more cherished in challenging times. An inspiring exhibition not to be missed!

Friday August 28, 2009 at 12:00pm - 9:00pm
San Jose City Hall Rotunda
200 E. Santa Clara, San Jose, California
Admission Free

Raise money for San Jose East Side Sports Programs

Car Show & Shine -Art Exhibit - Music Festival to benefit the San Jose East Side Sports Programs.

San Jose East Side Sport Programs are in financial difficulty. Currently East Side Union High School District is requesting that each student must donate $200.00 to participate in a normally free After School Sport Program. Beyond that, EYAC-Evergreen-East Hills-sports programs have plenty of children that want to play but are financially unable to contribute.

This event, and others soon to follow, will donate scholarships to the local East Side San Jose high school sport programs and San Jose East Side sport programs in the surrounding East San Jose Area.

Save East Side Sports is currently looking for Artist to display and sell their artwork at this event. Save East Side Sports is asking for a Donation of 1% of artwork sold at the event. The reason for 1% is to have artist participation and creativity in this free family friendly community event.

All interested Artists will be provided tables and chairs and plenty of space to display all artwork. Unfortunately due to finances Save East Side Sports will not be able to provide easles or backdrops. Save East Side Sports is asking all artist display artwork from 12noon to 6pm.

If you are interested in supporting this event or need more information, please call Ernest Austin at 408-269-1111 or email eaustin408@sbcglobal.net

Event takes place on August 30th, 2009 at THE RADISSON HOTEL
1471 N. 4th St. SJ, CA 95112
Family Friendly Event 12:00 Noon-12:00 Midnight

JCA & Andre the Truant at Black & Brown Aug. 22nd


Lacey Bryant closing reception at Gallery TEN10

Lacey Bryant will be hosting a cupcake tea party / closing reception for her solo exhibit at Gallery TEN10 this Sunday, August 23rd from 2-5pm.

Bring cupcakes to share and see the art before it goes away!

1010 E. Taylor Ave (at 21st)
San Jose, CA

Liquid Hearts by Eddie Flores at Gallery Ten10

Eddie Flores, a regular at KALEID Gallery, produces sublime and mysterious images that use reality as a stepping stone into the unconscious.

A reception for the artist will take place on Friday August 28th from 6-10pm.

The reception will include a poetry reading and unveiling of a new CD of music by Steve Arntson, a drum circle and open mic.

Gallery TEN10
1010 East Taylor Street
San Jose, CA
408-476-1968

August 22, 2009

In case you missed it - TWO BUCK Tuesdays August 18th

Thanks to everyone that came out to the most recent TWO BUCK Tuesday event, it was a full house and we hope to see you at the September 15th TBT!

Thanks to Kate, all of our quirky speakers, and awesome artists for creating great affordable art!


Kate Stewart curated this edition of TBT



A great presentation from Roller Girl Postal Servix on the life of a roller derby warrior and their work in the community.



Don Bon's Donny Foley showed us how to put our own face on a table top alarm clock. (It's harder than it looks, just buy his clocks at KALEID or by clicking here.)



Trina Merry talked about her experiences from her recent trip to Haiti and how her art is intersecting with social justice.



Thanks for the great music Zonky Flay!


If you're an artist that would like to participate in the Two Buck Tuesdays $2 art sale, just bring in 6-8 works of art sized 4" x 6" or smaller with your full contact info on the back (you keep all the proceeds) no later than Saturday September 12th at 3pm.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (at San Fernando / next to Flames Coffee Shop)
downtown San Jose, CA
www.KALEIDgallery.com

September 1, 2009

Palo Alto Ice Cream Social with Geri McGilvray

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KALEID Gallery artist Geri McGilvray and Mike will be singing, playing guitar and sharingtheir enchanting harmonies including folk, country, love songs and songs of history at Hoover Park, Palo Alto (at Cowper near Colorado Street) on September 13th, as part of the Ice Cream Social presented by the Midtown Resident's Association. (Event takes place between 1-4pm, Geri and Mike will perform from 2-3pm.)

As a side note, Geri was also on Palo Alto Online's Story Video Project - you can watch it here: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=13622

KFJC 50th Anniversary Art Show at KALEID Gallery Sept. 4th

KALEID Gallery presents:

89.7 FM KFJC 50th Anniversary Art Show: BLOWING MINDS SINCE 1959

A retrospective of the Art & Culture of KFJC including works from KFJC’s 50th Anniversary Art & Logo Contest and a Silent Auction of DJ art.

Since its inception KFJC has challenged the Bay Area’s radio waves. 2009 marks fifty years of operation for KFJC, and naturally we wanted to show our support to our listenership. Our volunteer staff pushed beyond its' alternative and eclectic programming by hosting a 50th Anniversary Art & Logo Contest this summer.

Every year we hand select different artists to create our Artist T Shirt and Girlie Shirt designs that become our gifts during our fundraiser season. The contest provided an opportunity to connect our listeners with another side of KFJC that they have become familiar with through their support. The contest was open to the public and included three submission categories: mixed media, artist t-shirt, & logo.

We are proud of all the submissions that arrived, many of which were from listeners online, including international submissions from Australia and New Zealand.


Our grand prize winners received cash prizes of $250 to First Place winner, Andrew Goldfarb, who contributed a colorful piece titled “Wave of the Future”



$150 awarded to Rosalind Schell won Second Place with her “Path Logo” pulling from the simple aesthetic that KFJC has used in it’s past logos.



And $100 to Third Place winner, Gordon De Los Santos for his work “KFJC T Shirt”

These winning art works will be exhibited along side past artist contributions. Previous KFJC themed works from Niagara, Sunny Buick, Arik Roper, Emek, Strk3, Mike King, Webster Colcord, Plastic Crimewave, Mike Zorn, Mike Davis, Frances Marin, Chris Reccardi, Robert Williams, and GAMA-GO! will be featured. KFJC DJs will be participating in a Silent Auction of unique works during the opening night to benefit KFJC.

Artists' Reception: First Friday September 4th, 7-9pm
(This event is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk in downtown San Jose's SoFA District.)

Exhibit on view through September 25, 2009

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street, downtown San Jose
408-947-1785
www.KALEIDgallery.com

September 10, 2009

That's So Gay! at WORKS Sept 17-26

The South Bay Queer Arts Project (SBQAP) and Works/San Jose Gallery present “That’s So Gay!” A Juried exhibition that is a queer, comical response to the economic downturn in San Jose and the South Bay. All proceeds from the exhibition “That’s So Gay” will benefit Works/San Jose and the Billy De Frank Community Center.

A funny and cutting response to the dire straits that individuals and organizations are experiencing in the current recession, this show is a humorous-light-hearted- comic look at survival in tough times. Laughter brings together community and community creates sustainability. Join Us for two great gay weeks of art, comedy and music.

Exhibition Opening Reception: Friday, September 18, 7-9pm, free

Funny Women: comedy of the pink persuassion with Jamine Brito and Natasha Muse on Friday September 25th, 7pm, $5 admission.

Exhibition on view through September 26, 2009

WORKS San Jose
451 South First Street
Downtown San Jose
http://www.workssanjose.org

Book signing of "Graff: The Art and Technique of Graffiti"

San Jose's Scape Martinez has been creating art since childhood. Early in his teen years, he fell in love with graffiti art. He creates with spray enamel, house paint, markers, acrylics and watercolors. He has exhibited at MACLA and has been assistant art director and lead artist-in-residence for the Children's Shelter of Santa Clara County, California. He is currently working in the area of public art with various cities on "Four-Dimensional" murals and sculptures that are graffiti-based.

www.scapemartinez.com

Scape will be signing copies of his book Graff: The Art and Technique of Graffiti at 1pm on Saturday, September 12, 2009.
Barnes & Noble bookstore
3600 Stevens Creek Blvd (at San Tomas Expressway)
San Jose CA 95117.
(408) 984-3495.

Marianne Bickett exhibit at Gallery TEN10 Sept. 25th

Gallery TEN10 invites you for an evening of art by Marianne Bickett and music by Brian Belet on Friday, Sept. 25th at 6:30pm.

There will be poetry by Kelly Cressio-Moeller (7:30pm), a short talk about the art by the artist, music by Brian and an open mic after the presentation.

Gallery TEN10
1010 East Taylor Street
San Jose, CA

Certified Participants exhibit at Empire Seven Studios

Certified Participants features the work of Mitsy Avila Ovalles, Fernando Amaro Jr., Stuart Mahoney, Peter Glover, Sean Boyles, Roan Victor, Wei Weng and Joe To.

Friday, September 25th, 7pm - midnight

Empire Seven Studios
525 North 7th Street
San Jose, CA
408-668-4434
empiresevenstudios.blogspot.com

Linden St. Warehouse Artists Show, Redwood City

You're invited to a two day event for art, wine and appetizers at the warehouse! Exhibiting artists includes: Maryalice Bowie, Kalani Engles, Lisa Kindley, Marianne Lettieri, Kent Manske, Barbara Mortkowitz, Bonny Novesky, Joyce Savre, Lia Schnipper, Sean McGinn SMith, Jamie Watson, Nanette Wylde.

Some work shown will be assemblage, book arts, monotypes, sculpture as well as oil, acrylic and watercolors.

Saturday September 12- 6-9 pm & Sunday September 13th 11-4 pm

(Saturday night is also the art walk for Redwood City, our warehouse will be on the Shriner's Trolly run which will transport visitors to and from the warehouse as well as other Redwood City galleries from 6-9pm.)

275 B Linden Street (across El Camino from Target--the warehouse is located behind the old Sleep Train)
Redwood City California

TWO BUCK TUESDAYS at KALEID Sept. 15th

Join us at KALEID gallery for the next TWO BUCK Tuesdays $2 art sale, quirky speaker series and a newly added live sketch session!

Tuesday September 15th, 6pm - 10pm
(speakers begin at 7pm)

FEATURED SPEAKERS:
- Christine Benjamin will give a demonstration on how she creates her creatures in 3D with needle felting. She started needle felting earlier this year in order to translate her painted characters in 3 dimension. She is currently experimenting with adding other materials to her creations such as wood, wire and found objects.
- Andrew Clark shall discuss his miraculous mustache ( think Dali, but with a twist)the history of the mustache and how he maintains his mustache of panache. A witty Charismatic artist working currently with found objects.
- Derek Scott will be speaking about Beatseqr, a local homegrown musical instrument. His work creating his own recording label via the internet and working in the electronic music scene.

ENTERTAINMENT:
- Dereck Scott & fellow Dobox artist shall collaborate and create improvised experimental electronic music.
- Yumiko Miyagawa, aka “DJ COCO” shall DJ an eclectic mix of different music.

FEATURED SKETCH SESSION ARTISTS:
Pellet
Reiji Hirayama
Miguel Machuca
Ivan Gonzalez

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Artists will be creating original pieces of art through the evening.
Artists will place their finished pieces up on a wall for people to purchase. Original works of arts by established artists going at amazing affordable pricing of $5-30 a piece. Artists are encouraged to come and participate as well (bring your own art supplies).
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If you're an artist that would like to participate in the Two Buck Tuesdays $2 art sale, just bring in 6-8 works of art sized 4" x 6" or smaller with your full contact info on the back (you keep all the proceeds) no later than Saturday September 12th at 3pm.
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KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com

September 13, 2009

Inna Razmakhova solo exhibit at Soula Power Yoga

"Color Landscapes" Inna Razmakhova's solo exhibition is on view through September 2009 in downtown San Jose at Soula Power Yoga studio.

Bright picturesque landscapes which fill the surrounding space with light and life, the photographs by Inna are "a window into the beautiful live world which we forget about, or sometimes, don't even notice in our busy life."

Inna Razmakhova is active exhibiting San Jose ceramic artist and award wining travel photographer, member of Silicon Valley Artists Collaborative .

Soula Power Yoga
200 S. First Street, Suite 70
Downtown San Jose

Werner Glinka at Stanford Art Spaces through Sept. 24th.

Stanford Art Spaces features a group exhibit by Nancy Eckels (paintings), Werner Glinka (mixed media assemblages) and Asha Menghrajani (paintings) on view through September 24th.

Palo Alto Weekly did a feature on Werner's art work in the exhibit, you can read it by clicking here.

Stanford Art Spaces (map)
Paul G. Allen Building
420 Via Palou Mall
MS 4070
Stanford, CA 94305-4070

Thursday Gig _ September 17th

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Tim Larsen, The Pilot Light, 2009, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches

THURSDAY GIG'S Art & The Spoken Word Thursday Sept. 17th:

Featured Artist Tim Larsen
Tim gets up at 3am every weekday morning, working as a package handler for UPS part time. If you ever wondered how the packages get in the trucks, that's how it happens. At other times he has done work as a picture framer, web designer, and freelance comic book artist.
Tim paints in a slightly surreal style that is rooted on old world myth and magic. His imagery contains a certain degree of light, space, playfulness and soft statement. His compositions are a bit theatrical, like the setting of a stage at the moment where something is about to happen.

Featured Poet Evelyn A. So
Evelyn is a native of New Jersey. Her poetry and nonfiction appear in Reed Magazine and Caesura, the anthology Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, and other publications. She has been invited to read at Poetry First!, the First Annual Legacy of Poetry Day at SJSU, Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” and Four Minutes of Mayhem. She has been a featured reader at Thursday Gig and The Overpass Gallery, and on the cable T.V. show “Live Poets Society” with Robin Somers. Evelyn is a M.F.A. student in creative writing at SJSU and was a finalist for the Edwin Markham Poetry Prize. She previously earned a M.S. in library and information science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She teaches poetry at Saratoga High School.

Open Mic follows

Thursday, September 17, 2009
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.)

For more info and/or directions contact: Elizabeth Parashis - artpages@earthlink.net

September 14, 2009

Monsters, Mayhem & More exhibit Oct. 3rd

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Christine Benjamin has curated Monsters, Mayhem & More A Psycho Halloween Extravaganza! A collision between crazy donuts, a special original art show focused on local artists and original Monster works, in conjunction with live music.

(Christine was recently featured in an article in the San Jose State University's Washington Square Magazine. You can read it here.)

Mark your calendar and plan to join in on the fun on Saturday, October 3rd from 10AM to 2PM!

Artists:
Carlos Villez
Christine Benjamin
Chuck Hodi
Dave Higgins
Lacey Bryant
Mary Medrano
Michael Foley
Murphy Adams
Nicolas Caesar
Tracy Cox
Trina Merry

Psycho Donuts
2006 S. Winchester Blvd. on the corner of Campbell Ave.
Campbell, CA 95008
408-378-4540
http://www.psycho-donuts.com/

With all that going on, Christine is never too busy to share her talents! She'll be one of the speakers at the September 15th TWO BUCK Tuesdays in which she'll demonstrate how she creates her creatures in 3D with needle felting. For full event line up, click here.

Patch Wright in Triple Threat at Autobody Fine Art


Patch Wright, State, mixed media, 2009, 48 x 18in.

Triple Threat featuring Patch Wright, Renee Castro and Sandra Hart

Exhibition dates: September 11 thru October 4, 2009

Autobody Fine Art is proud to announce three solo shows by local artists that explore the latent psychological energy held captive by aesthetics but threatening to break free from the stranglehold of beauty and appropriate behavior that is so often mistaken for the value of art.

Autobody Fine Art
1517 Park Street, Alameda, CA 94501
Phone: 510.865.2608
www.autobodyfineart.com

"Zine Party Tonight!" at KALEID Gallery

Zine Party Tonight! at KALEID Gallery

Zine Makers:
Yumico Miyagawa (organizer & hostess), Reiko Miyagawa, Mike Huguenor, Keiko Komada, Kyle Pellet, Matthew Seigel, Maria Inocencio, David Mejia, Christine Benjamin, Trina Merry, Joe Claus, Michael Foley, Kate Stewart, Eddie Flores, Gianfranco Paolozzi, Lisa Buchanan, Bob Vielma, Adam Pasion, Lacey Bryant, Darius B'Alexander, Jai Tanju, Ray Stevens, Pod, Wez Lundry, Jason Raquinio, Erin the Stego, Alex Siquig, Nate Kavanaugh, Kittyhotpants and more!

Music by:
David Knight
The Runaway Five

Friday, September 18th, 7-9pm
free and open to the public

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
Downtown San Jose, CA
www.KALEIDgallery.com

September 16, 2009

Melissa Ann Sweat exhibit at Mission City Coffee

Melissa Ann Sweat's To Where From Here? & Other Works , is on view now through Oct. 10 at Mission City Coffee in Santa Clara.

The artist's reception is Thursday, Oct. 1st at 7 p.m.

"The show deals largely with the feelings of uncertainty and doubt, shock & awe, surrounding 9/11 due to my delving into the 9/11 Truth Movement and similar research. My other work focuses on a variety of topics: womanhood, the spirit, mental health, and politics."

Mission City Coffee
2221 The Alameda
Santa Clara, CA

http://missmelissasweat.googlepages.com

EXPO For Independent Arts Celebrates it’s Tenth Year

On Saturday, September 26th, Independent Arts & Media (Indy Arts) will present its Tenth Annual Expo for Independent Arts. What began as a small gathering of arts organizations and associated workshops, has now grown to fill the Music Concourse in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

The Expo for Independent Arts remains the only grassroots connection fair for artists, arts and culture organizations. To mark the Ten Year Anniversary, Indy Arts staff is producing the biggest Expo to date, with many new components including the Annual Performance Showcase, live mural project and a sculpture garden. This year’s theme Expo is Art Works When Artists Work, which will be represented by the Four Corners Mural Project, that will literally show artwork in progress.

This amazing event brings together the entirety of the Arts & Culture Community including artists, musicians, collectives, galleries, educators, performers and institutions. It will be the place to be for artists and culture makers in September.

Full details including information about exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities are available at www.artsandmedia.net.

Message from the TBT Crew

Last night's TWO BUCK Tuesday was awesome! Michael Foley was the chief curator of this edition and did a great job putting together a really fun, informative evening, not to mention killer cupcakes!

If you were there, "Thank you!" and if you weren't, see the photos below on what you missed and make plans to be at the next TBT on October 20th which will be curated by Eddie Flores of the TBT crew.


- Christine Benjamin gave a demonstration on how she creates her creatures in 3D with needle felting. Christine brought examples of her recent work, one of which she may incorporate into a children's book.


- Dereck Scott spoke about his involvement in the making of Beatseqr, a digital beat box and later performed with fellow Dobox artist a set of improvised experimental electronic music.


- The devishly dapper visual artist Andrew Clark gave a witty, insightful look at historic and modern mustache culture and what his daily routine requires for sporting such a debonair mustache of his own. (To see Drew's artwork, attend his artist's reception at KALEID Gallery on October 2nd from 7-9pm)


- Thanks to Yumiko Miyagawa, aka “DJ COCO” for the great DJ set! (Yumiko will also be hosting "Zine Party Tonight!" at KALEID this Friday Sept. 18th, click here for more details.)


Special thanks to: Pellet, Reiji Hirayama, Miguel Machuca and everyone else that joined in on the sketch session!

The TWO BUCK Tuesday monthly $2 art sale is open to all artists that want to participate. Just bring in 8-10 original artworks sized 4" x 6" or smaller to KALEID Gallery by October 17th at 3pm. Be sure to include your full contact information on the back of each piece. All proceeds go directly to the artist.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com

Benjamin Henderson Album Release Show Sept. 19th!

Join us at Anno Domini this Saturday as Benjamin Henderson unleashes his latest album Get Me Wrong featuring Anthony Olyaee. Guest performances by Gavin Castleton of Portland and Gardening, Not Architecture from L.A.

Doors 7:30pm, Show at 8pm.
The show is all ages and only $5 at the door.

Anno Domini
366 South First Street
Downtown San Jose
www.galleryAD.com

September 17, 2009

The Creative Time Summit: Revolutions in Public Practice

Yes this is in NYC but we know many of you will find this of interest

Creative Time is pleased to invite you to The Creative Time Summit: Revolutions in Public Practice, a thrilling addition to the LIVE from the NYPL fall season. Over 35 international artists, curators, critics, scholars, anarchists, and activists will give concise presentations on their work and urgent issues of social justice in this rollercoaster conference on October 24. The Summit will open the previous night with the bestowal of The Leonore Annenberg Prize for Art and Social Change, an award of $25,000, on The Yes Men. The Summit continues Creative Time’s 35-year history of being committed to groundbreaking new models in art-making that actively engage with and transform the world around us.

The Creative Time Summit provides an opportunity to consider the work of more than 35 international cultural producers whose practice engages the public sphere on questions of social justice. Each presenter will give a concise, seven-minute introduction to their work, allowing attendees to glimpse a broad range of practices. Their approaches not only reflect, but also act upon and create moments of historic change, breaking the traditional barriers between art, culture, and politics. In addition to a central presentation space, there will be a complementary space for attendees and panelists to engage in more in-depth conversations. This space will replace the traditional question-and-answer model, in favor of a more discursive, interactive approach.

The conference will open on the evening of Friday, October 23 with the presentation of the inaugural Leonore Annenberg Prize for Art and Social Change, honoring an artist who has committed their life’s work to social change in powerful and productive ways. This year, the prize will be given to The Yes Men (http://theyesmen.org/), who will give a special presentation on Friday evening.

More about the summit here.
Get tickets here.

Comedy for the People: starring Marga Gomez

MACLA has just released their 2009 Fall Performance Schedule and invites you to the first event which kicks off on Sunday, Sept. 27th.

MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana Presents Comedy for the People: starring Marga Gomez and featuring Marty Grimes

Marga Gomez named Best Comedian 2009 and 2008 by the San Francisco Bay Guardian and seen on LOGO and Comedy Central will join her gay boyfriend Marty Grimes (semi-finalist Toronto s Great Canadian Laugh Off 2009 ) for two shows only on Sunday Sept 27th at 3:00pm & 7:00pm

Marga has performed her comedy at San Jose Rep, was named Grand Marshall of The San Jose LGBT Parade in 2007 and is back in the Bay Area after a five week tour of England and Scotland. Marty Grimes is an up and coming comic at Bay Area comedy clubs.

The comedians will tackle politics, race, sex, pop culture and Prop 8 in one high voltage, politically incorrect afternoon and evening. Recommended for audiences 18 and over.

To learn more about Marga and Marty visit their websites:
www.margagomez.com
www.martygrimes.com

Dedicated fans can purchase a very limited and exclusive Gay Marga ticket for $25.00. The ticket includes a special meet & greet reception with Marga at 6:00pm along with delicious munchies, drinks to whet your whistle and admission to the 7:00pm show.

Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 3:00pm & 7:00pm
MACLA s Castellano Playhouse
510 S. 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113.
$15.00 advance tickets, $20.00 at the door
Advance tickets are available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/79889?prod_id=16171 or by calling 408.938.3594.

Martha Gardens Art Festival & Community Art Exhibition at Art Ark

You're invited to celebrate the 2nd Annual Martha Gardens Art Festival and Community Art Exhibition 'ecology' at Art Ark Gallery this Sunday!

Food & Fun, Arts & Crafts and a Bicycle Parade! Come personalize a free T-shirt, make a mask, create sidewalk chalk art, or simply lounge on the grass and listen to live music:

1:00pm- Still Search'in
2:00pm -Cheryl Scales
2:30pm- Tres con Quatro
3:30pm- Live Belly Dancing By Setareh
4:00pm- Panthelion

Sunday, September 20th, 1-5pm
Bestor Art Park and Art Ark Gallery
1035 S. 6th St. San Jose, CA 95112

September 30, 2009

Omnipotence exhibit at Barefoot Cafe

Omnipotence, the art work of Terri Rodriguez-Hong and Diana Hartman

Art allows us the ability to create anything, from the figurative through to the abstract. What better way to experience omnipotence? The art work of Diana Hartman and Terri Rodriguez-Hong will be at the Barefoot Cafe, during the month of October.

On October the 3rd, there will be a reception from 7 to 9pm, with live music from the Zonky Flay Band. Come to the show and enjoy the art, music and refreshments!

Barefoot Cafe
5237 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA

Allusion or Illusion Exhibition October 10th

Canvas Ghost Productions presents Allusion or Illusion

KALEID artists Lacey Bryant, Eddie Flores and Trina Merry are featured artists in this group exhibition. Also featured are: Laura Bennett, Kathy Blackbur,Omar Barba, Deborah Barba, Margaret Batiste, Patrick Hofmeister and Glenn Domingo.

Music by Nagual Trio!

Saturday, October 10th 2009 from 7pm to 10pm.
992 S 8th St, San Jose, CA 95112

Roots Exhibition at Black & Brown October 3rd

The Ahn Sisters are going back to their ROOTS - a collection of new paintings and drawings.

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 3rd, 7-10pm
Music by: Ves 1 & Leo

Exhibition on view through November 1, 2009

Black & Brown Clothing
1225 West San Carlos St.
San Jose, CA 95126
408-298-1970

First Friday October 2nd Art Walk

Join us this Friday, October 2nd for the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk!

Start off at KALEID Gallery at 7pm:


Anxiety new drawings by Julie Bilyeu



From the Rubble new paintings by Drew Clark

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
downtown San Jose
408-947-1785


Then take a free pedicab ride over to the SoFA District -
venues are open 8pm 'til late

At Caffe Trieste, 315 So. First St is the opening reception for Fragments… a photography exhibition by Beth Redmond with live performances by Opera San José.


Be sure to check out two new Phantom Galleries exhibitions:


388 So. First Street: Nature Of The Beast by Tyson Johnston



386 South First St.: Everybody’s Happy Nowadays by Kyle Pellet


To see the full exhibition schedule for all 14 venues, please visit www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com


Join us !
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October 7, 2009

Thursday Gig _ October 15th

THURSDAY GIG'S Art & The Spoken Word presents

Artist Lynn Rogers
Poet Steve Arntson
Open Mic follows

Thursday, October 15, 2009, 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 : )

Contact Info: Elizabeth Parashis at artpages@earthlink.net

Gianfranco & Jessica at Caffe Trieste Oct. 9th


Corpus Callosum Video Release Concert this Friday


Lullaby # 2 by Corpus Callosum, video still

Update: You can now view the video here: http://www.vimeo.com/6968393

Corpus Callosum video release concert at Anno Domini this Friday, October 9th

featuring: musical performance by Corpus Callosum, a new puppet show entitled The Stars and special guests Battlehooch!

Friday, October 9th
Doors open at 7:30, Performance at 8pm
$5 / door, all ages welcome

Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design
366 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
www.galleryAD.com 408.271.5155

October 12, 2009

Get in the G.A.M.E. Guerrilla Art Marketing Experience Workshop

Sonya Paz is hosting and conducting the "Get in the G.A.M.E. (Guerrilla Art Marketing Experience) Workshop"

DATE: Monday, October 19, 2009 at the Sonya Paz Gallery in Downtown Campbell CA
TIME: 6 pm - 9 pm
PRICE: An artful evening workshop for just $75.00

Get in the G.A.M.E. "Guerrilla Art Marketing Experience"
So why aren't you selling your art to your customers? Don't rely on others to do what you have the potential to do yourself! Galleries are a nice place to start, but you do not get the experience in selling direct to customers. They want to meet and know the artist, this is YOU! And a great place to learn this is in the Sonya Paz G.A.M.E. Workshop and unleash your inner marketing talents.

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The Art of Collaboration Symposium

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The Art of Collaboration
Processes • Technologies • Authorship

Hosted by the Digital Arts and New Media MFA Program at the new Digital Arts Research Center (DARC), UC Santa Cruz

Location: The Media Lab, in UCSC’s New Digital Arts Research Center (DARC), located between the Music Recital Hall and Baskin Visual Arts on West Campus, UC Santa Cruz.

Dates: Thursday October 22, 4:30pm-7:30pm
Friday October 23, 9:30am-7:30pm

Join more than twenty scholars, artists, filmmakers, game designers and theorists as they come together to discuss the meanings and cultural aspirations associated with collaboration, including non-hierarchical production, shared authorship, cross-disciplinary and trans-cultural approaches to research. By exploring the complexities of collaboration, this symposium challenges overdependence on intellectual individuality in favor of the non-territorial, collective, dialogic, participatory and relational.

Keynote Address:
"Enclosure Acts: Collaborative Practice in an Indian Village"
Grant Kester, Chair and Associate Professor of Art History in the Visual Arts Department at UC San Diego

Special Lecture co-presented with the UCSC Foundation Forum:
"Creativity: What I Don't Know and What I Know"
Dr. Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar and president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios

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Best of the Y2K9 Int'l Live Looping Festival at Anno Domini this Wednesday

The 8th Annual Y2K International Live Looping Festival begins this Wednesday night at Anno Domini with the Best of the Y2K9. The evening features 7 International loopers back to back!

Best of the Y2K9 International Live Looping Festival

Wednesday, October 14th, 7p.m. at Anno Domini (San Jose, CA)

Admission: $10/door only

Featuring:
* ANDRE DONAWA (Caribbean)
* SJAAK OVERGAUW (Antwerp, Belgium)
* NATALIE GRANT (Preston, Victoria, Australia)
* ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE BRAINDEAD (Cologne, Germany)
* MICHAEL PETERS (Cologne, Germany)
* KEVIN SPEARS (Atlanta, Georgia)
* DAVID COOPER ORTON (Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom)

ANNO DOMINI
366 S. 1st Street
San Jose, CA 95113
www.galleryAD.com


The Y2K9 festival runs October 14-19 with performances in San Jose (Wednesday, OCT 14th), San Franscisco (Thursday, OCT 15th) and the Y2K epicenter in Santa Cruz (OCT 15th-19th). Get the full festival lineup at www.y2kloopfest.com.

October 14, 2009

Strengthening the Voice of Emerging Arts Leaders

genARTS Silicon Valley presents:

STRENGTHENING THE VOICE OF EMERGING ARTS LEADERS

Thursday, October 29, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Theater on San Pedro Square
29 N. San Pedro Street, San Jose, CA
FREE

Please join genARTS Silicon Valley, the next generation of leadership, for a free networking and interactive discussion. With introductory remarks by Marc Vogl, Program Officer in the Performing Arts Program of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, we will discuss the power of advocacy and brainstorm ways in which we can leverage the genARTS network and other networks to strengthen the voice of our community's emerging arts leadership.

A complimentary light lunch will be served.

Pre-registration is required for this free event. RSVP to jrussell@1stact.org.

In partnership with 1stACT Silicon Valley and Americans for the Arts Creative Conversation.

Health Care and Health Insurance Workshop

Health Care and Health Insurance Workshop
Monday November 2, 2009
2pm-2:30pm at MACLA
510 South First St., San Jose

The workshop focuses on health care and health insurance options for the unemployed and uninsured or under-insured. The information is comprehensive and unbiased - there are no commercial or political sponsors.

Workshop topics include:

· Finding affordable health insurance
· Getting health care when you're uninsured
· Lowering the cost of medications
· Applying for government-subsidized programs
· Understanding current health care reform efforts

A Q and A will follow the workshop, plus individual consultations are available.

Register at 1-800-221-7303 ext. 269 or jbrown@actorsfund.org (give name, workshop location, and phone number).

This event is free and open to the general public.

October 16, 2009

Charlotte Kruk in Be-Jeweled exhibition at Olive Hyde Gallery

Be-Jeweled highlights artists and artisans who work within the concept of personal adornment. Participating artists include: Charlotte Kruk, Andrew Werby, Lisa Hovey, Christina Clack, Beth Miller, Danny Scheible, Rosie Long, Linda Marglon, Anne Perkins, Nadine Sandoval, Jessica Plotkin, Renee Mueller, Christine Jensen and Janet Graff.

Opening Reception Friday, Oct. 16th, 7-9pm

Exhibit on view through November 14th.

Please visit http://www.fremont.gov/art/olivehydeartgallery for more information.

Olive Hyde Art Gallery
123 Washington Blvd.
Fremont, CA
510-791-4357

APE & Ten West Coast Artists

APE, the Alternative Press Expo is on this weekend at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco with too many favorite artists to list (click here to see!)

To be released at APE is Ten West Coast Artists which includes our very own Charis DeRemer, Trina Merry and Lacey Bryant as well as Sarah Curry, Romanoos Abasaltian Mattonen, Celeste Young, Fabian Gurrola, Adolfo Martinez, Melissa Garden Streblow, Magda Keriakos, and Heidi Erickson.

With this special friends and family discount code, ANT35YZP, you can get it now for $10.00 (50% off!) at https://www.createspace.com/3401883.

Alternative Press Expo
Saturday, Oct. 17 - 11am - 7pm
Sunday, Oct. 18 - 11am - 6pm
The Concourse
620 7th Street San Francisco
http://www.comic-con.org/ape/

Julie Bilyeu, Drew Clark exhibits thru Oct 30th


Anxiety by Julie Bilyeu



From the Rubble by Drew Clark

If you haven't been by KALEID to view the featured exhibits this month, you should try to make it soon as it comes down at the end of the month. Both exhibitions are dramatic and each delves into the darker recesses of the human psyche: Drew in his observation of each generation's obsession with the apocalypse and Julie in her coping with severe anxiety through her drawings.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth St.
Downtown San Jose

Gallery hours: Tuesday thru Friday, noon - 7pm, Saturday, noon - 5pm


Save the Date:


Fragile Things by Lacey Bryant



Carnival of Lost Souls by Jen Renzel

First Friday November 6th. Opening reception 7-9pm for two new feature exhibits: Fragile Things, new paintings by Lacey Bryant, and Carnival of Lost Souls, new assemblages by Jen Renzel.

October 18, 2009

Starr Davis, Isabel Brown exhbition

Recent works by Starr Davis and Isabel Brown opens with a reception on October 23rd from 5:30pm - 7:30pm at the Gallery House. Exhibition on view through November 13th.

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday, 11am - 4pm, Wednesday - Saturday, 11am - 8pm & Sunday, 11am - 3pm

Gallery House
320 California Ave at Birch
(through Printers' Inc Cafe)
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650.326.1668

New Ceramic Art Center Opens in San Jose

The Black Bean Ceramic Art Center has created a membership based working studio environment so artists can experience creative independence and have the opportunity to collaborate with others and connect to the community.

The new center features
- 24/7 access
- 13 electric pottery wheels
- 8 electric kilns
- 1 Olsen 24
- slab rollers
- extruders
- individual shelf
- buy and use the clay of your choice
- freedom to load and and fire your pieces

Grand Opening Reception: Saturday October 24th 2pm-6pm

561 Emory Street (at Coleman Avenue)
San Jose, California, 95110
408.642.5757
www.blackbeanclay.com
Co-owners: Ruben Reyes, Will Johnson

TWO BUCK TUESDAYS at KALEID this Tuesday!

Join us at KALEID Gallery for the next TWO BUCK Tuesdays $2 art sale, quirky speaker series and live sketch session this Tuesday, October 20th, 6-10pm!

FEATURED SPEAKERS (7pm):
Carlos Dasilva will speak about his fine art black and white photography work, his recent transition to screen printing and his influences and inspirations for creating new works.

Mariya Milovidova will present some of her visual art, plus some fashion items from her spring & summer collection 2010. She will also demonstrate how to transform your regular clothing into a Halloween costume!

Don K. will talk about some of his recent poetry.

Music by Sid Licious

FEATURED SKETCH SESSION ARTISTS:
Fernando Amaro
Laura Callin Bennett
Robert Lopez
Timothy Tsun

Artists will be creating original pieces of art throughout the evening and will be available for purchase priced between $5 - $30.

Artists are encouraged to come and participate as well (bring your own art supplies).

Tonight's event is curated by Eddie Flores with the support of the TWO BUCK Tuesday crew.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com

October 20, 2009

Andy Gouveia gets some press on his San Jose mural

We're very happy that Andy Gouveia, a long time Phantom Galleries collaborator, has gotten some well deserved press on his South Second St. mural depicting the transformative eras of Silicon Valley's history.

Read the article here.

View more pics of the mural when it was in progress here.

Visit Andy's website here.

October 21, 2009

Fall Open Studios at Alameda Art Works

The Alameda Art Works will be hosting its Fall Open Studios. In this year’s event, the artists will be donating a portion of all sales to Sacred Heart Community Service, a social services charity that has been serving our community since 1964.

Once a municipal auditorium and roller-skating rink, The Alameda Artworks is now one of the largest collections of artist studios in the South Bay. This is a great opportunity to see a large number of artists under one roof. The artists’ work will be on view as well as for sale. The Alameda Artworks invites all art lovers to a reception celebrating the Fall Open Studios Event.

Saturday Reception: November 7, 2009, 2 to 5PM (studios open from 11am to 5pm)
Sunday Open Studios: November 8, 2009, 11am to 5pm

The Alameda Art Works is located at:
1068 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126-3183
MAP

Ghouls Night Out at Art Ark October 30th


TWO BUCK Tuesday Oct. 21st wrap up

Thanks to everyone that came out to the recent Two Buck Tuesdays event on Oct. 21st at KALEID Gallery. Eddie Flores and the TBT Crew put together a great night of interesting, inspiring speakers and sketchers.


Special thanks to Carlos DaSilva for sharing his photography


and to Donald K. for his poetry


and to Masha Art for her Halloween fashion show of hand painted clothing.


Live sketchers included: Fernando Amaro, Robbie Lopez


Laura Callin Bennett


and Timothy Tsun.


TBT crew members Drew Clark and Michael Foley painted throughout the night out front


and great music by Sid Licious!


Save the date for the next one- Third Tuesday November 17th, curated by Trina Merry!

If you're an artist that would like to participate in the Two Buck Tuesdays $2 art sale, just bring in 6-8 works of art sized 4" x 6" or smaller with your full contact info on the back (you keep all the proceeds) no later than Saturday November 14th at 3pm.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
408-947-1785

October 29, 2009

Michael Foley exhibition at Gallery TEN10

Gallery TEN10 presents a night of art work by Michael Foley and poetry by Amy Meier.

Michael shows at KALEID Gallery and First Street Billiards and his work has been shown at different venues across the Bay Area. His work displays superb craftsmanship, an eye for the bizarre, an innate sense of energy and daring and a wonderful knowledge of the human figure.

Amy Meier has loved poetry since childhood and in her searing and honest looks at relationships , she explores in emotional detail the vastness and complexity of the human condition.

Potluck, sober environment.

Reception: Friday, October 30th, 6pm.
Reading at 7pm, with a Drum circle by John Kurtyka and an Open Mic at the end.

Gallery Ten10 is located at the corner of 21st Street and Taylor
408-476-1968

November 2, 2009

Thursday Gig _ November 19th

THURSDAY GIG'S Art & The Spoken Word presents:

Artist Michael Foley
Poet Bea Garth
Open Mic follows

Thursday, November 19, 2009, 6:30 - 9:00 pm

STONE GRIFFIN GALLERY
411 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell (map)

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 : )

Contact Elizabeth Parashis at artpages@earthlink.net for more info.

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Kate Stewart BFA Exhbition

The multi-talented, multi-dimensional Kate Stewart presents her BFA exhibition People You Know.

New work, plus some pieces from earlier in the year

SJSU Art Building, Gallery 5
Exhibition on view Nov. 2-6, 2009
Reception on Tues, Nov. 3 from 6:30-9 pm

Art may be sampled at www.flickr.com/confoundedcontraption

KALEID Gallery Feature Exhibits for November 2009

KALEID Gallery presents the featured exhibitions Fragile Things new paintings by Lacey Bryant, and Carnival of Souls assemblages by Jen Renzel for the month of November.


Fragile Things by Lacey Bryant
Lacey has always been fascinated at how so many fragile things are able to exist in our chaotic, messy world. “Tiny, delicate things often seem to thrive in the most hostile environments. Fragility makes things precious to us, things are more beautiful because they will not last. So many things are fragile when you stop to think about it. Insect wings, shells, glass, children, hearts, dreams, the list is endless. On the surface, vulnerability seems to unite these things but the deeper thing that all of these fragile things have in common is a hidden strength. An egg shell is easily broken, but the shape of an egg is such that it can support a massive amount of weight for it’s size and thickness, protecting it’s delicate contents. An insect may be crushed without a thought but can easily survive a fall that would kill a human being, not to mention the strength of their numbers. Children are amazingly resilient and can survive the most horrible of circumstances. It is the balance between weak and strong and the often contradictory duality of things that interests me. ”


Carnival of Lost Souls by Jen Renzel
Little sideshow oddities, dark dreams, and mystical beings. Broken dolls, old toys, antique hardware, collaged images, and imagination are the ingredients for these shadow boxes. “The broken down treasure at the bottom of a moldy box can be the cornerstone of a new creation. In fact, that’s often how the idea for a piece starts — with one broken doll, toy, or image that sparks the imagination. The rest is a continual trial and error process of finding which pieces fit together, then figuring out how to connect them, which can be challenging when working with oftentimes crumbling, frail and damaged materials and parts. Something tells me when a piece is finished. Some pieces come together quickly, and some take forever and are a struggle. In either case, I can lose hours and hours in the workshop, and the results sometimes surprise even me.”


Artists' Reception: First Friday, November 6th, 7-9pm

This event is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk in downtown San Jose. Free and open to the public.

Exhibition on view through November 27, 2009.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
downtown San Jose
408-947-1785
www.KALEIDgallery.com

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday, Noon - 5pm
First Fridays til 9pm

November 4, 2009

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk November 6th

Join us for the downtown San Jose monthly art walk this Friday, November 6th, 8pm 'til late!

Opening reception highlights:

KALEID Gallery: Fragile Things new paintings and curiosities by Lacey Bryant, and The Carnival of Lost Souls assemblages by Jen Renzel

Anno Domini: BLOODWORK: SLEEVES 30 Tattooers 67 Sleeves- a collaborative project produced by the Analog Tattoo Arts Kolectiv (ATAK).

Caffe Trieste: Genre Variations oil paintings by Cynthia DeBenedetti.

Downtown Yoga Shala: Shimmer paintings by Melissa Kreisa to benefit Refugee Transitions organization.

MACLA: Cultural Disjuncture featuring Monica Canilao, Diana Cristales-David, Betty A. Davis, Jaime Guerrero, Alejandro Oliva, Mitsy Ávila Ovalles and Rio Yańez.

Metro Photo Exhibit: The Last Good Dive Bar photos by the First St. Photo Collective
Participating photographers include: Carlos Da Silva, Abe Menor, Trish Leeper, Tanya Angeli , Anabella Pinon, Nancy h. Ahn, Chris Patton, Felipe Buritrago, Yumiko Miyagawa, Vu Nguyen, Jennifer Ahn, Jason Duffany, Michelle Budziak, Jen Anderson, Amber Chavez, Jai Tanju, Mario Guel, Trent Still, Murray Bowles

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art: Group exhibit Afterlife A group exhibition presenting the work of artists who transform collected and recycled materials into works of art. guest curated by Kathryn Funk. Manifold A solo exhibition by postminimalist sculptor and installation artist Theodora Varnay Jones.

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles: The 2nd annual High Fiber Under Five benefit art sale will be in full swing. This invitational sale features world class fiber art by nationally and internationally known artists, including jewelry, sculpture, wearable art and wall pieces, all for $500 or less.

SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery: SLG Publishing is proud to present the work of Jamiaca Dyer as we celebrate the release of her first graphic novel Weird Fishes. Also on display will be work from Drew Rausch, Bee Adams and several others. Live music by Quasimodal

South First Billiards Club & Lounge: Heart of Chaos and South First Billiards present our 3rd annual Uproar event, one of the largest art events in San Jose. Live Music, Belly Dance, Live Painting, and Art Exhibits. Art priced to sell!
21+ venue

Agenda Restaurant: Special one night only exhibition and wine tasting event featuring Images From a Beautiful World by LIsa Amato. A collection of fine art photography that pairs well with fine wine, food and music. Live Music by Tyler Boyd. 6pm-8pm: $10 Wine Tasting, $25 Special Pre Fixe Dinner (includes Wine Tasting ) Call 408-287-3991 or email info[at]agendalounge.com for reservations or further details

For full schedule of events and venue addresses, please visit http://www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com or call 408-271-5151.

November 9, 2009

Arts Council SV Artist Fellowship Grants deadline Nov. 16th

Arts Council Silicon Valley 2010 Artist Fellowships

AWARDS AND CATEGORIES
Single fellowships of $4,000 are awarded annually in each of six artistic categories. (Awards may be split in cases of a tie.) No specific project needs to be carried out with the funds awarded. In 2010, Artist Fellowships will be awarded in the following categories:

Visual Arts /2-dimensional: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking
Visual Arts /3-dimensional: Textile, Installation
Literary Arts /Fiction: Short Stories
Performing Arts /Music: Composition
Performing Arts /Dance: Dance Performance
Performing Arts /Theatre: Stage Performance

APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 16, 2009
For more information, go to http://www.artscouncil.org/grants/grants/forindividual/artist.asp

Artist Fellowships are funded by “Partners” consortium of funders, including the County of Santa Clara, California Arts Council, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

For more information, contact:
Audrey Wong
Grants Program Manager
Arts Council Silicon Valley
4 North Second Street, Suite 500
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 998-2787 ext 214

Gianfranco & Jessica at Caffe Trieste Nov. 13th


Tim Cottengim Retrospective at WORKS San Jose

Friends of Tim Cottengim (1957-2009) will be exhibiting a retrospective of his work entitled Trembling Soul Shining Bright at Works San Jose, Nov. 19 - 21, 2009. There will be a reception on Friday Nov. 20th, 7pm with poetry and a drum circle.

Works San Jose
451 South First Street
Downtown San Jose

Open Studios at Citadel Nov. 14th

For full list of participating artists, visit www.CitadelArtists.com

Ben Alexy Exhibition at Empire Seven


Dark and Light Exhibition at On The Corner Music


Dr. Sketchy's Roadshow in San Jose this Wednesday

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Molly Crabapple's DIY alternative figure drawing empire, known as Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, boasts branches in over 80 cities internationally, but there's still a whole lot of world out there.

With that in mind, the crew from Dr. Sketchy's Los Angeles packed up the van to bring Dr. Sketchy's Roadshow to a town near you. Beginning with an inaugural haul around California between November 2nd and 14th, the roadshow will make stops in Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Long Beach, Sherman Oaks, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, Monterey, San Jose, Sacramento, Alhambra, and two more cities TBD.

On Wednesday, November 11th (7pm), the official stop in San Jose will be Anno Domini gallery!

Artists need only to bring a $10 donation and their favorite drawing supplies. Dr. Sketchy's and the Roadshow's art-centric host venues will provide everything else (top notch models, refreshments, casual networking opportunities, and an all around good time).

Doors open 7pm / $10 admission. Space at each venue is limited, so don't be late.

Anno Domini Gallery
366 South First Street
Downtown San Jose
http://www.galleryAD.com

November 10, 2009

Lacey Bryant, Jen Renzel Feature Exhibit at KALEID


artwork by Lacey Bryant



artwork by Jen Renzel


Fragile Things, new paintings by Lacey Bryant and Carnival of Lost Souls by Jen Renzel had a great turnout for their opening reception and great compliments on their work. It's on view through November 25th so come by soon.

The gallery is open:
Tuesday through Friday Noon - 7pm
Saturday Noon - 5pm
(Nov. 17th til 10pm for Two Buck Tuesdays)

More photos here: http://u.nu/5dru3

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
San Jose, CA 95112

November 13, 2009

Scrap 2 Sculpt Artists' Reception this Sat., Nov.14th


Coffee Maker Crane by Paul Loughridge

Scrap-2-Scultpt was a juried artshow organized by Whole House Building Supply and Salvage in Palo Alto in October 2009. Now on view at KALEID Gallery through November 27th, this exhibit features highlights from the initial contest and exhibition.

This Saturday, November 14th from 2 - 4pm will be a meet and greet with the participating artists including: Tim Burt , Miles Epstein, Kimberlie Garg, Phillipe Lavaud, Paul Loughridge, Nora Raggio, Terence K. Stephens, Linda Tashke and Al Zayha.

It's a very clever exhibit by talented artists so stop by for a bit and enjoy the artists, the exhibition and the light refreshments!

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
408-947-1785
http://www.KALEIDGallery.com

November 15, 2009

Amazing Lineup for this Tuesday's TBT Event!

UPDATE:To see photos from this event, click here.

Two Buck Tuesdays was started by KALEID Gallery artists to "balance the equation” of the art business world where small, original works of art could be available to the public for $2 and artists could market their work and network. Two months ago it added a featured sketch artist session where the public could meet & greet their favorite Bay Area artists and buy freshly-sketched works by them and beefed up its performance art. It has doubled its hours and doubled its size, pulling in some of the best of Bay Area’s talent.

Each month, a different member of the "TWO BUCK TUES CREW" curates the evening’s speakers, live sketch artists and performances to keep the events lively and totally different from each other. This November 17th event is curated by Trina Merry.

On Tuesday, November 17th from 5-10pm the public can see and speak with many amazing artists, creative entrepreneurs and musicians and purchase $2 art (starting at noon.)

“Last month we had people waiting at the door to buy $2 art at noon and had to refill our art boards four times!” says KALEID Gallery staff Lacey Bryant.

The speaker series has garnered a cult following. It is similar to the idea of TED Talks where each speaker gets 10 minutes (or less) to speak and answer question. It is a quirky, eclectic event where artists come out of the cracks and the public gets to mingle with them.

“Two Buck Tuesdays have been gaining momentum in the art community over the last year. This month will be equally eclectic and quirky but will draw from the pool of well-known talent San Jose has to offer. I’m looking forward to a high-energy event where high and low-brow art will collide and collaborate to create a fun-filled, free evening. Two Buck Tuesday is our gift to San Jose in this difficult economy and a statement to the art world that artists get resourceful in tough times,” says this month's curator Trina Merry.

This month the public can speak directly with:
DAN VADO who founded Slave Labor Graphics and the Alternative Press Expo, one of the first comics conventions dedicated to alternative comics and self-publishers.

EMA HARRIS SINTAMARIAN, former KALEID and Phantom Gallery artist, is a professor at SJSU University who has shown at the Jack Fischer Gallery.

MATT CLEVENGER who founded Apples & Bandaids, a clothing company currently on display at Urban Outfitters that donates half its proceeds to “Empowering Lives”, a nonprofit agency that provides food, medical supplies, and education for third-world villages.


The performance art line-up will also include an eclectic mix of high and low-brow artists:
MANNY SILVA will live illustrate a book the audience writes on site and can then purchase later that evening. Manny is a locally grown illustrator, who’s clients include the Fillmore, Belle and Sebastian, Sufjan Stevens, and Old Navy.

GIOVANNA HUTCHINSON from Opera San Jose will share a song and her passion of the Japanese Lolita culture with a tea party.

ADAM KLEIN (Ironman endurance athlete, world traveler & entrepreneur) will share his passion of life and adventure through poetry. He frequently tours with the band “Cobalt Season”.

CHRISTINE BENJAMIN, a Two Buck Tuesday crew member and illustrator whose clients include Yahoo!, will be painting live.

Special music will be provided by Benjamin Henderson from the band “Good Hustle”.

The featured sketch artists will feature:
NICOLAS CAESAR -Nicolas Caesar is a self-taught artist hailing from Northern CA. Founder of the Scary Art Collective, his artwork brings forth a whimsical creepy landscape populated by beings both sinister and sardonic. Nicolas' web comic Mosquito and Spider was accepted into the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. He and his work have been features on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, KVIE PBS Sacramento, Sacramento's Livewire, The Bay Area's KOFY Tv20 -
Creepy KOFY Movie Time, and Cleveland's The Ghoul show.

PJ GAVIGLIO illustrated the music video “Stegosaur” for Bay Area favorite “Good Hustle”.

MURPHY ADAMS is an illustrator & public works artist whose naive style draws on folk, outsider and children's work, wrapped up with a healthy dose of snarky irony.

BLAISE ROSENTHAL
, an American Painter, is best known for his conceptual thickly-textured paintings of PacMan ghosts and abstract shapes.

STEVEN BORELLI is a thriving design and animation artist out of Campbell who balances the chaos he calls a life by visualizing on board the bizarre hallucinations dancing like sugarplums through the depths of his eternally deranged id.

MARK DAMREL works for an architecture firm in San Francisco by day and is an urban artist by night.


Join us this Tuesday, Nov. 17, 5-10pm, FREE and open to the public.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
http://www.KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785


November 29, 2009

"It's Bad, But It Could Be Worse" Benefit Dec. 5th

Artists Jane Peterman and Jen Norton invite you to “It’s Bad, But It Could Be Worse”
No-frills Holiday Sale and Benefit for Family Supportive Housing on December 5th.

Jane and Jen will be offering many original pieces, matted art and in-stock prints for sale on Saturday, December 5th. Your donation of items will determine the price you pay on any purchase. (Please see the list of qualifying items at the bottom of this invite.)

Date: Saturday, December 5th, 1pm to 5pm ONLY
Place: Jen Norton’s home studio: 1969 Elden Drive, San Jose, CA 95124

How to get your art discount:
Make a cash donation of any amount and get 10% off your purchase.
Bring ONE item from the list, receive 25% off your purchase.
Bring TWO items from the list, receive 30% off your purchase.
Bring FOUR items from the list, receive 40% off your purchase.
Bring FIVE or more items from the list, receive 50% off your purchase!

QUALIFIED DONATION ITEMS:
All donated items for Family Supportive Housing must be NEW!
• New Pillows
• New Twin or Double sheets
• New Blankets
• New Bath and Kitchen Towels
• New Children's toys and books
• Unopened Packages of men's/women's athletic socks or underwear.

First Saturday Art Opening at Barefoot Coffee Dec. 5th

In the front room, Chris Choi's Benefit Show Part 2!
Working across genre, style, and medium, scads of local artists have come together to make the world better. Portions of the proceeds from any sale will be donated to a charity of the artist's choice. Pick up some righteous Xmas gifts, and help a worthy cause!


In the back room, Kate Stewart offers her recent drawings of people trying to talk to eachother. Burring the lines between fine and pop art, love and disgust, intimacy and alienation, these drawings are as weird and as beautiful as life is.


Barefoot Cafe
5237 Stevens Creek Blvd (@Lawrence Expressway)
Santa Clara, CA 95051
408-248-4500

John Eric Paulson Exhibition at Hellenic Heritage Museum

Photographs from Greece by John Eric Paulson Master Photographer will be on display at Hellenic Heritage Museum December 5 - January 31, 2010.

Hellenic Heritage Museum
History San Jose Park at Kelley Park
1650 Senter Road
San Jose

Destination Downtown Urban Living Tour Dec. 4th


"Move On" mural has a new home


Moved On - Straight from the Horses Mouth, 8'-0" x 8'-0", multimedia collage using vinyl, decoupaged wooden text and laser cut metal.

Created in the first part of 2009 as a commissioned work for Phantom Galleries Redwood City, Tamsinn Cowart's Move On mixed media mural has a new home at the Main Street Roasting Company in Redwood City.

The Eastward facing exterior metal wall is a fitting home for this special steed. If you are local, come check it out! (Their cornmeal pancakes are outrageous and they have live music for Saturday morning brunch!) If Caltrain is your mode of transport, the mural can also be seen from the train. Look to the west just south of the Redwood City Caltrain stop.

Main Street Coffee Roasting Company, Ltd.
150 Elm Street
Redwood City, CA 94063-1909
(650) 368-3430
www.mainstreetcoffee.com

December 3, 2009

The Great Glass Ornament Sale Begins December 4th

The San Jose Glass Artists Alliance presents the 2nd Annual Glass Ornament Sale at KALEID Gallery. You're invited to the opening reception from 7pm - 9pm this Friday, December 4th.

The reception is free and open to the public and is part of the South First Fridays art walk (Full schedule of events here:http://www.SouthFirstFridays.com).

In addition to a selection of over 300 ornaments, KALEID Gallery features 60 regional artists, many of whom have created new, affordable works to make your holiday shopping easy and unique!


Some great gift ideas:


Butterfly Necklace ($19.) by Shannon Amidon



Ceramics ($35.) by Keith Bunnel



A Boy On An Elephant Holding An Umbrella, oil on board, ($300.) by Archil Pichkhadze



Don Bon Clock ($15.) by Don Bon



Subtotal Art Book ($15.) by Subtotal



Ornaments ($8.) by Pellet

Come by and find something for all your friends and family!


KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
408-947-1985

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday thru Friday Noon - 7pm
Saturday Noon - 5pm

December 13, 2009

$2 TUESDAY: A NIGHT OF EDIFICATION Dec. 15th


artwork by Andrew Goldfarb

This month's Two Buck Tuesday is curated by Kate Stewart and is focused on skills. The skills you need to pay the bills, not monetary bills, no, nothing so crass, but the spiritual bills that we all run up living our daily life of compromise and practicality. Pay off the debt of wonder and satisfaction that you owe yourself with our panel of experts.

HEAR THE SPINE-TINGLING TALES OF:
--> OLLIE MOORE as he reveals to you the secrets of bike racing, giving birth (for fathers,) and the San Jose music scene. HE HAS THE SKILLS THAT PAY THE BILLS!

--> GIANFRANCO PAOLOZZI has a story to tell you. "falling in love...yes...falling in love...you know!...when you are surrounded with that colorless odorless cloud that paralyzes you for minutes or years and you really do not know why but something is happening in your brain and you only see in front of you what is making you stunned...what is making you so passionate...what is making you finally again realize that life after all is good...yes...falling in love....and happened to me again...with a sound..." DOES THIS NOT SOUND LIKE THE SKILLS THAT PAY THE BILLS?!

LEARN:
--> The epochs-old art of Serigraphy with MICHAEL FOLEY. So simple that a child could manage it, and yet invaluable to our modern lifestyle, Serigraphy can give you THE SKILLS THAT PAY THE BILLS!

--> Secrets tucked within your own soul as MATTHEW SEIGEL helps you uncover the lost technologies of letter writing. Do you know how to connect without email or facebook? Do you know what a stamp is? When is the last time you wrote your Grandmother? Charm friends and relatives while creating priceless records of the age that your grandchildren will cherish! Two Buck Tuesday brings you another of the SKILLS THAT PAY THE BILLS!

SEE THE INEFFABLE DRAUGHTSWORK OF:
--> Man-about-town ALVYN VILLANUEVA is as comfortable on the dance floor as he is with a paintbrush. Look upon his blog at www.mushapartment.com and know: HE HAS THE SKILLS THAT PAY THE BILLS!

--> When zombies attack, go find MO MACHADO. HE HAS THE SKILLS THAT SAVE YOUR BRAINS!

--> Musician and comic artist ANDREW POISONER GOLDFARB has toured America with his spooky rock show, produced and published his own comic series "The 10,000 Sorrows of Ogner Stump," and recently won KFJC's 50th Anniversary logo contest. Check out http://www.ognerstump.com/ and discover what so many already know: HE HAS THE SKILLS THAT PAY THE BILLS!

--> Found at the age of 13 in a hollow log, AIDAN CASSERLY adjusted quickly to his new role in human society. Behold the man at http://www.aidancasserly.com/. HE HAS THE SKILLS THAT PAY THE BILLS!

All this plus aural intoxicants, culinary dainties, and amazingly affordable art awaits you at KALEID Gallery on Tuesday the 15th of December from 6-9pm.


KALEID Gallery
88 S 4th St
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 947-1785
www.kaleidgallery.com

December 17, 2009

Al Preciado Birthday Retrospective Friday Dec. 18th

Al Preciado is turning 54 this Friday, December 18th and to celebrate he's putting on an exhibition of his work and party at his home gallery TEN10.

Al is one of the most hardest working, dedicated artist, gallery owner, educator and arts patron we know. Every time you turn around, there he is, keeping the arts fire alive.

A little background on Al:
Al is a San Jose Resident and is currently a member of KALEID Gallery, a Board member of Works/ San Jose, and director of the TEN10 art space in his home. He teaches art at Bellarmine College Prep and has taught in New York and Los Angeles. In Jersey City, N.J, he helped found Pro-Arts, a artist collective, in Santa Ana, Cal, he ran a gallery with Kelly Griffin (now a muralist in Denver) called MECA.
For a couple of years he also ran a gallery space called Overpass (Tim Cottengim, came up with name.) He has shown at many venues over the years. The past year saw my work at Works (Beast Figurative), Art Ark, KALEID Gallery, Sun Gallery, First Street Billards and others. He has an MA from SJSU and enjoys teaching and appreciates the opportunity it has given him to do art.


There will be full night of art making, music, open mic and lots of other festivities from 5pm til midnight. Hope to see you there!

Gallery TEN10
1010 East Taylor (corner of 21st St.)
San Jose, CA

January 4, 2010

Gutter Glamour Exhibition at KALEID Gallery Jan. 8th

Gutter Glamour will explore our receptive and rejective notions of fashion and the media, together with the urban subculture which mirrors it.

Multi-disciplinary artists from both national and international shores have come together to present an alternate rendition of the dictative standards of style set forth by the media.

Opening night will cross platform fine art, electro, cosmetology, and fashion photography in a beautiful disaster.

Opening Reception: Friday, January 8th, 7pm-9pm
free and open to the public

Exhibit on view through January 28, 2010

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (btwn Santa Clara & San Fernando streets)
San Jose
(408) 947-1785
www.kaleidgallery.com

January 9, 2010

San Jose Comics Fest II

The San Jose Comics Fest is sponsored by SLG Publishing, America's Coolest Comic Book Publisher.

A quarterly mini-convention, Comics Fest celebrates independent comics, DIY culture and everything cool and good in life.

Produced by the founders of the Alternative Press Expo (APE) Comics Fest hopes to bring the worlds of independent and alternative comics to a general audience.

The first show of the year showcases mostly local talent and mainly SLG creators including: Jamaica Dyer (Weird Fishes), Tom Hodges (Clone Wars web comic), Mel Smith (Gumby) and Vernon White (Birdhouse).

Eric Searlman (VIZ Comics) and Dan Vado (SLG Publishing) will be on hand to review portfolios.

Saturday January 16th, 12pm - 5pm
Admission is FREE

SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery
577 S. Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408-971-8929
www.sjcomicsfest.com

Michelle Waters in Free As A Bird exhibition

KALEID artist Michelle Waters has four paintings from her Owl Saints series featured in the Free As A Bird 3rd Annual Bird Show exhibition at the Cactus Gallery in Eagle Rock, CA.

The exhibition is in recognition of National Bird Day. It is a popular group show that celebrates the flight, song and freedom that birds symbolize.

Exhibition is on view January 9 February 10, 2010.

Cactus Gallery
4534 Eagle Rock Blvd.
Eagle Rock, CA 90041
www.eclecticcactus.com

January 11, 2010

Mila Libman & Natalya Burd at Art Ark Jan. 16th

Art Ark Gallery is proud to present the work of Mila Libman & Natalya Burd

Artist reception: Saturday, January, 16th 4-7pm

On view through January 31st, 2010. Open by appointment, contact Mila & Natalya at muralpros@gmail.com

Art Ark Gallery
1035 S. 6th St.
San Jose, CA 95112

Noa Grant Photography at Soula Power Yoga

Impermanence photography exhibit by Noa Grant at Soula Power Yoga

"Contemplating the (in)significance of life, flirting with the idea of our very own temporality, coming to terms with the notion of mortality, this portfolio is my reflection on the nature of our very existence. As we journey through life, making a temporary dents in our surrounding, our impact is diminished, and our monumental existence, whether thru the temples we build, the art we create or via our simple daily acts, is starting to crumble and decay as soon as we accomplish them.

Remnants of past grandeur photographed in Angkor, Cambodia, serve as my metaphoric evidence of this notion. The monumental temples are devolving towards nothingness, while the fungi and trees are evolving from nothingness, in a constant dance toward or away from potential. There is poetic beauty to be found in both processes, and existence may only be a tender dent in a reed, or an ephemeral memory." ~ Noa Grant

About the artist
Noa started exploring photography in 2006, supplementing her natural curiosity with formal classes and workshop at Foothill College. Her fine art work addresses philosophical issues while paying attention to the natural beauty of form and patterns. Much of her study through the lens comes from her extensive travel throughout the world. Her current work includes infrared landscapes and explorations of the human figure. She has previously shown her work at PhotoCentral in Hayward and at the KCI center in Los Altos Hills.

On view through February 24, 2010

Soula Power Yoga
200 S. First Street, Suite 70
San Jose, CA 95113
Please call for hours: 408-993-YOGA (9642)

Gutter Glamour at KALEID through January

The Gutter Glamour exhibition, curated by KALEID's Eddie Flores (pictured above), opened last Friday with an artists' reception that included eclectic fashion and great music. More photos by clicking here.

The exhibit is on view through January 29th.

Gallery hours:
Tuesday through Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday, Noon - 5pm, First Fridays 'til 10pm

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
San Jose, CA
www.KALEIDgallery.com

January 13, 2010

Thursday Gig _ January 21, 2010

THURSDAY GIG'S Art & The Spoken Word presents

Artist Pranita Patel
Poet Mark Heinlein
Open Mic follows

Thursday, Jan 21, 2010, 6:30 - 9:30 pm

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 : )

FEATURED ARTIST: Pranita Patel, is a teacher, artist and poet. Her work is spiritually based and is inspired by eastern thought and the divine feminine. She believes that art heals, transforms and grounds us into ourselves. She holds workshops for women that include painting, guided meditation, ritual and herstories. She currently works as an educational specialist. Pranita has a Master's degree in Women's Spirituality from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.

FEATURED POET: Mark Heinlein’s work cuts to the emotional bone of our daily activities. From eating leftover kung pao chicken, flocking Christmas trees, grocery shopping, to contemplating the magnitude of war and the inevitable struggles with mortality, to the fine caresses of lovers, Mark’s work finds beauty and humanity in the mundane aspects of our lives. Winner of the 2009 American Academy of Poets/Virginia de Arujo Award, his work has been performed live on the radio, and he has read his poetry at the Cinequest Festival and at bars, galleries and bookstores throughout Northern California.

STONE GRIFFIN GALLERY
411 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell

Contact Elizabeth Parashis for more info at artpages@earthlink.net

Words Painting Music at WORKS this Friday, Jan. 15th


January 17, 2010

Gianfranco Paolozzi at Red Berry Coffee Bar

Red Berry Coffee Bar presents Gianfranco Paolozzi's Roundels

Meet the artist Friday, Jan. 22nd, 7-9 pm

Enjoy Gianfranco's art with artisan coffee and teas, with music by DeatHat. Free dessert provided.

Red Berry Coffee Bar
231 East Santa Clara Street
Downtown San Jose
408-286-0508

1st Saturdays Art reception at Barefoot Feb. 6th


art by Lori Krein


art by Laura Callin Bennett

Barefoot presents Laura Callin Bennett and Lori Krein for the month of February.

Come by Saturday, February 6th at 7pm to meet the artists.

Barefoot Coffee Bar
5237 Stevens Creek Blvd (at Lawrence Expressway)
Santa Clara, CA 95051
408-248-4500

TWO BUCK Tuesday at KALEID January 19th

This edition of TWO BUCK TUESDAY is curated by Lacey Bryant.

January 19th, 6-10 pm
Free admission

Featuring our Quirky Speaker Series:

Drew Clark: A charismatic artist who will expound upon the finer points of dressing with panache and how it’s totally worth the discomfort involved.

Brian Gundy: The owner of For Goodness Snakes will discuss how his passion for animals helped to build his business. Brian has been a local professional snake breeder for over 20 years. His love for people and education now finds him sharing his cold blooded friends at schools, birthday parties and company events.

Gary Parker: After over 40 years of experience, Gary will teach us the merit of being a stupid photographer-that is, not playing by the rules and still getting great shots!

Also Featuring:

A Grand and Unusual Puppet show by Dax
Dax’s show is original songs on accordion and wine glasses in an american folk style, paired with three short puppetry pieces that unfold from three plywood suitcases. The theme of the puppet shows is of making something out of nothing, and are on the more experimental side of the craft. He has been performing shows on the west coast since 2001 with Corpus Callosum. From 2007-2008 he performed puppetry with the renowned Chicago Blair Thomas & Co. Chamber Puppet Theater.

“As with his songs, there is no showmanship, legerdemain, pretense or fanfare in the presentation of this non-traditional puppetry. On stage, Dax has a deceptively casual manner – meanwhile, glowing stars pop out of suitcases of their own accord, and apparitions rise out of heaps of cardboard and collapse just as quickly. Nothing is hidden in the straight-forward construction of the puppets and apparatuses, and yet each piece unfolds a moment of magic that is as moving as it is direct. These shows cleverly present the fascination that has been lost to us since childhood, though you wouldn’t imagine how simply it was achieved.” -Blair Thomas, Artistic Director of Blair Thomas & Co. Chamber Puppet Theater, founder of Redmoon Theater, Chicago, IL.

Music by DJ Coco

Life Modeling for the purposes of sketching by the Gothic Lolitas of San Jose

The unveiling of A Mystery New Animated Short Film by Matthew Seigel and Pellet

Feautured Live Sketch Artists:

Kate Stewart
T.h. Pug
John Kurtyaka
Al Preciado
Celeste Young

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

Free cupcakes and snacks, coffee by Red Berry Coffee Bar!

And of course, $2 art for sale all day long!

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose, CA
www.KALEIDgallery.com
408-947-1785

January 22, 2010

City of San Jose _Multiple Projects RFQ

City of San Jose – Multiple Projects - REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

DEADLINE: Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 10:59 p.m. Pacific Time
This is an online application process only and the deadline cannot be extended

The City of San Jose Public Art Program seeks to commission site-specific artworks in several different locations throughout San Jose. Some of the projects are community-focused and others will be integrated into Capital Improvement Projects. Artists can be considered for more than one project, but will not be commissioned for simultaneous projects with the City of San Jose.

For information on the individual projects go to the complete RFQ at http://www.sanjoseculture.org/downloads/Many%20Projects_RFQ%20Final.pdf

BUDGETS: Range from $25,000 to $100,000

ARTIST ELIGIBILITY: The calls are open to artists who live and/or work in the following California counties Alameda, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Contra Costa, Napa, Sonoma, Marin and Solano, and Monterey. Proof of residency or work relationship will be required if short listed for a project.

Artists must be eligible to work in the United States and have a valid U.S. Social Security or Tax Identification Number by the application deadline.

Artists who are currently under contract with the City of San Jose Public Art Program are not eligible to apply.

APPLICATION PROCESS:
All materials will be submitted online, via CaFÉ™ website (www.callforentry.org). There is no application fee to apply or to use the CaFÉ™ online application system. To view the application, go to www.callforentry.org, register a username and password, navigate to “Apply to Calls”, and search the list for “City of San Jose – Multiple Projects”.

Fiber Art exhibit by Bonnie Smith at 1870 Art Center

Bonnie J. Smith is having her first solo show, Abstracts & Images, at 1870 Art Center Gallery with an opening reception on Sunday, January 31, from 2pm-5pm.

1870 Art Center Gallery
1870 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, Ca.
http://www.1870artcenter.org/

20 Scholarships for Youth Filmmakers

CreaTV San Jose is offering 20 scholarships for San Jose residents ages 13 – 24 who want to enter the Greenlight Film Festival!

The Greenlight Film Festival is a celebration of Earth Day featuring film projects that explore environmental citizenship and show how individual actions can reduce our environmental impact.

The scholarship includes the following:
- CreaTV San Jose Youth Membership (valued at $25)
- Producers Lab Class (valued at $45)
- Field Production Class (valued at $75)
- Final Cut Pro Class (valued at $90)
- Access to CreaTV San Jose’s field camera and editing equipment (for production of an entry into the Greenlight Film Festival)

All for FREE! If you or someone you know is interested in applying for the scholarship, please download the entry form here.

DEADLINE to apply is Monday, February 1, 2010.

Applications should be submitted to:
CreaTV San Jose
255 West Julian Street, Suite 100
San Jose, CA 95110

or faxed to 408-295-8810

January 28, 2010

Archil Pichkhadze, Chris Elliman at Axis Gallery Jan. 28th


art work by Archil Pichkhadze

You are invited to the Grand Opening of San Jose’s new contemporary fine art gallery, the Axis Art Gallery, located in a live/work unit on the ground floor of Axis, San Jose's award-winning luxury high-rise condominiums.

Curated by photographer Deborah Mills Thackrey, the Axis Art Gallery features painters Archil Pichkhadze & Chris Elliman plus the work of Deborah Mills Thackrey, Tom Thackrey, Micheal Buscemi, Julia Jacobson, chris Sicat, Phil Bongiorno and Stefani Esta.

Please join us, Thurs Jan. 28th, 2010 from 5:00 - 9:00 pm.

The gallery reception will include music, food and wine. Tours of the high-rise condos and the art@axis public art installation in the lobby, 12th floor model homes, and penthouse will run from 5:00 to 7:30 pm. The reception and tours are free and open to the public.

Axis / San Jose
38 N. Almaden Blvd, #101 • San Jose, CA 95110
(North of W. Santa Clara, near the historic DeAnza Hotel)
408.623.9888 / email: info@art-at-axis.com

Starting Jan. 29th, gallery hours will be Wed - Sat, noon - 6:00 pm and by appointment (408.623.9888).

Haiti A Call To Contribute Benefit Jan. 29th


February 2, 2010

Oil Painting Classes by Kushlani Hall at University Art

Oil Painting Classes by Kushlani Hall

This class is for the person who always wanted to learn how to paint and for painters who enjoy painting with a group of like-minded people.

In this course you will learn how to paint what you see, not what you think you see, to create realistic paintings. In the process you will learn oil painting techniques and color mixing.

Time: Wednesday mornings from 9.30 am to 12.30pm
Place: The University Art Store in San Jose CA http://www.universityart.com/San_Jose
Fee: $80/month (4 meetings/month)
Contact: Kushlani at kushij@sbcglobal.net or (408) 942-5087

Kushlani has been painting for more than 15 years. She has won awards for her paintings and is represented by two galleries in the Bay Area.

Visit Kushlani's website here www.KushlaniHall.com

TAINTED LOVE at Psycho Donuts Feb. 14th

Want a seriously memorable Valentine's Day? You gotta be at Psycho Donuts. Here's what's going wrong at Psycho Donuts on Feb 14, beginning at 10:00am:

Tainted Love Donuts-You've never seen donuts like these on Valentine's Day, try the "Aphrodisiac Donut," and "The Abstinance Holes."

Tainted Art by Christine Benjamin, Nic Caesar, Murphy Adams, Skip Crank, Sid Enck Jr., Michelle Waters, Lacey Bryant, Michael Foley, Sherwin Viray, Denice Vaughn, Tamiko Boiko, Carlos Villez,Keith Bowers and Deborah Barba! Purchase a piece of original art for your Psycho Valentine, starting as low as $35!

Tainted Songs-Psycho Karaoke! Sing a song, get a free donut!

Show runs form Feb. 5th to March 14th, 2010

Store Hours:
Monday - Thursday 6am-5pm
Friday 6am-11pm
Saturday 7am-11pm
Sunday 7am-5pm

Psycho Donuts
2006 S. Winchester Blvd
Campbell, CA 9500
408-378-4540
http://www.psycho-donuts.com/

KALEID Gallery Feature Exhibits for February, 2010

KALEID Gallery presents featured exhibitions by Sandi Billingsley and Mark Damrel for the month of February.

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art by Sandi Billingsley 

Transfiguration is a collection of three dimensional art is an expression of Sandi Billingsley's faith that "we humans can live in luxury while being environmentally responsible." Transfiguration is essentially the art of changing the properties of an object. In this case it refers to the changing of garbage into art.
    This series is made entirely from rescued materials. The core is made of Styrofoam collected from shipping packages, friends and  dumpsters.  Sandi then applies a combination of old paint clothes, junk mail, phone books --- basically anything with natural fibers headed for the trash. Dipping these flexible materials in non-toxic glue gives them strength to hold interesting shapes. Finally, the piece is finished with "Aqua Brand" textures and paint which are non-toxic.  The result is an environmentally friendly piece of art.


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art by Mark Damrel

Relative Matter is a series of paintings by Mark Damrel inspired by the hardships he encountered on his journey into fatherhood.  "Years went by with little to no hope.  I started to get used to the fact that I would never have a family, and then it happened." 
    In groupings of mixed media paintings on wood and paper, he explores the themes of childhood memories, despair, hope and joy. 

Meet the artists at the opening reception on Friday, February 5th, 7-9pm, featuring live music by INFM, and Tyler Boyd.

This reception is part of the South First Fridays art walk and is free and open to the public.

In addition to the feature exhibitions, peruse the art of 60 regional artists work in the gallery.

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday, Noon - 5pm

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com
408-947-1785

February 3, 2010

Future Generation Art Prize

The Future Generation Art Prize is a world-wide art prize of $100,000 USD open to all artists up to the age of 35.

20 shortlisted artists will show their work in an exhibition at the Pinchuk Art Centre. The jury will select one main Prize winner who will receive a total of 100,000 USD (60,000 USD as a cash award, and 40,000 USD toward the production of new work). An additional 20,000 USD will be allotted to fund artist-in-residency programs for up to five other special prize winners. Images of works by all the shortlisted artists will be posted on the PAC website, and members of the public will be invited to vote via the Internet for People’s Choice Prize.

The prize is established to discover and provide long-term support for a generation of emerging artists, wherever they may live and work, this unique artist-focused prize aims to make a major contribution toward the production of new work by young artists.

The jurors are:
• Daniel Birnbaum (Sweden) – Director of the Städelschule Art Academy, Frankfurt am Main; Director of the Venice Biennale 2009
• Okwui Enwezor (Nigeria) – Director of Documenta XI; Former Dean of Academic Affairs and Senior Vice President at San Francisco Art Institute
• Yuko Hasegawa (Japan) – Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT); former Chief Curator of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
• Ivo Mesquita (Brazil) – Chief Curator at the Pinacoteca do Estado de Săo Paulo; Curator of the 2008 Săo Paolo Biennial
• Eckhard Schneider (Germany) – General Director of the PinchukArtCentre
• Robert Storr (USA) – Dean of the Yale University School of Art; Director of the Venice Biennale 2007
• Ai Weiwei (China) – artist

To encourage the assistance of one generation of artists to the next, a group of renowned Mentor Artists has committed its long-term participation in the Prize and will provide in-person counsel and support to the Prize winners. The Mentor Artists are Andreas Gursky, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami.

Submit your online application from 18 January until 18 April 2010 at http://www.futuregenerationartprize.org

February 9, 2010

Patti Garcia at Red Berry Coffee Bar

Enjoy the opening of an exhibition of stunning photography from Patti Garcia and meet the artist herself. Dessert treats will be provided. Artisan coffees and teas are available to complement the sweets and lift your spirits. An easy walk from downtown San Jose, Red Berry Coffee Bar is located directly across from City Hall. Street and covered parking is available.

Artist's Reception: Friday, February 19, 7-9 pm

Red Berry Coffee Bar
231 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA
408.286.0508

February 11, 2010

TWO BUCK Tuesday at KALEID February 16th

TWO BUCK Tuesday, curated by Matthew Bailey Seigel
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
family friendly free for all ages

$2 ART SALE starts @12pm

FUN TALKS start @7pm featuring:

Chef Patti Searle is a professional chef, caterer, and owner of Thrivin’ Edibles, a 100% vegan food enterprise. Raw vegan food is her passion, both as a creator and a consumer and she will be giving a talk called, “Super Foods? How about Foods that are Super?” She’ll include hints on how to prepare these everyday GIANTS in the fruit and vegetable world. Arrive on time at Two Buck Tuesday as Patti will get the evening started at 7pm. Oh, and she is bringing samples of her world-famous HuuRaw chips! ?thrivinedibles.com

Gary Coleman, oil and pastel painter, will explore artistic priorities. LIKE: Does painting to sell have to mean selling out? If it does (just a little), does the artist hoard his/her own work? Is it selling out to paint for recognition and respect? Is fun more fun than suffering? Is it necessary to continue to “build a body of work”, or is it OK to move on to something else when the body seems to be getting old? Gary will show some of his own work to illustrate his own decisions. He is over 70 years old, and so you should listen to and respect his wisdom.? garycolemanartist.com

Lisa Fisher-Mejia has been performing bellydance in the Bay Area for the past 5 years. She has also performed in Seattle and Los Angeles. She sews a lot of her own costumes. She likes to experiment with a fusion of dance forms, including gothic, tribal, East Indian, and Burlesque. At KALEID, she’ll be performing the standard Cabaret style bellydance taught to her by her Mother (who was a bellydancer in the 1970s).? myspace.com/staribun


SKETCH ARTISTS 6-10pm featuring:

?Gary Coleman (read above)

M.P. Nothing, you may know him as Mo from barefoot coffee, now you will also know him for his graffiti & graphic novel inspired art, and perhaps his friend Jeff will attend as well.

Emonic's artwork has been featured all throughout the west coast in various shows and events. He currently works as freelance illustrator in addition to working on his own personal projects. You can see his work at www.emonic.net

Chemix is relatively new to the art world; while he has focused mostly on collaborating on projects and managing his brother Emonic for the last 3 1/2 years, he has only recently started his foray in actively creating work and hopes to expand and learn along the way.

Carol Ponsaran is an artist and teacher. carolponsaran.com

Mahoney Perkins draws zines, prints and publishes. jwlk.com

Chuck Hepburn, descended from Mary, Queen of Scots, and yes, related to (and met) Katherine Hepburn. He was physicist on the Mars lander mission. And he opened for Beck in Las Vegas. However for us, he will be modeling for the sketch artists, dressed as a cowboy, playing guitar! as he too is a professional model!

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:

Matt Geddes solo live blues act www.musicalcarrion.com


FOOD, COFFEE & CERAMICS featuring:

Chef Patti is bringing samples of her world-famous HuuRaw chips!
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Red Berry Coffee Bar, artisan roasted, single origin coffees, are on location to serve and explain their selection and vision. redberrycoffeebar.com

?Keith Bunnell will demonstrate his ceramics all evening in front of KALEID. He has been throwing for almost 5 years now and is currently going to Foothill college to get his major in art. He mostly does Raku firing but he has been experimenting with Soda firing as well. twitter.com/ithrowthings


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

See past events- flickr.com/photos/phantomgalleries

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.

February 16, 2010

Loud And Moving at Art Ark Feb. 20th

Art Ark Gallery is proud to present....

LOUD AND MOVING a group exhibition

Art Reception: Saturday, February 20th 6-9pm (Ear protection recommended)

Curator & Contact: Andrew Hedges (hedgesindustries[at]gmail.com

ART ARK GALLERY
1035 South 6th Street
San Jose, CA 95112


Thursday Gig _February 18, 2010

THURSDAY GIG'S Art & The Spoken Word presents-

Artist Zoya Scholis
I grew-up in Monterey, California with my mother and two brothers. We were poor during my childhood which was difficult but also turned out to be a gift in many ways. There was lots of room for my imagination to flourish.

As a girl, I was known for my drawing and story telling. In 2nd grade I won a set of oil pastels in an art competition. I can still remember dancing my way home with my rainbow in a box.

I worked my way through college as a bilingual nursery school teacher in the Mission District of San Francisco, where I lived. Eventually, I went to Cal. State, Hayward and graduated with Honors in 1993.

I began teaching elementary school in Monterey in 1996. In 1999 I started to lead workshops on “Art for Personal Growth” (artforpersonalgrowth.com) through organizations such as, Men and Women as Allies, Friends of CG Jung and Monterey Adult School.

I now live and work in San Jose, CA. I am grateful to be working toward my vision of community by facilitating connection and meaning through art.

In my current paintings, I indulge myself with the privilege and challenge of making abstract art. I consider art-making to be an exploration of my own psyche, and ultimately an experiment with the divine.

Poet Al Preciado
I have read at Willow Glen books, Thursday Gig, Overpass, Mexican Heritage Plaza, Works/San Jose and TEN10.

My poetry can be described as emotive, musing about romance and childhood, and an overall yearning for elusive love.

For a moving and impressive video of Al Preciado reciting for LITnIMAGE Magazine, check out this link: http://www.litnimage.com/preciadovideo.htm

Open Mic follows

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

STONE GRIFFIN GALLERY
415 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 : )

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School official San Jose launch!

Calling All ART MONKEYS!

Anno Domini is proud to announce that that it is an official chapter of DR. SKETCHY'S ANTI-ART SCHOOL!

Dr. Sketchy’s is the world’s premier alternative drawing movement. Every month, over 3,500 artists gather in nearly a hundred cities (including New York, Hollywood, Sao Paolo, London, Rome, Paris, Tokyo, and Melbourne) to sketch glamorous, subcultural models and compete in drawing contests in an atmosphere of artistic mayhem.

Dr. Sketchy's was started in December 2005 by a 22 year old art school dropout in a dive bar in Brooklyn (Miss Molly Crabapple). An artist and former model, Molly has created an alternative to the dull drawing classes she had posed for and now Dr. Sketchy’s has exploded into an international phenomenon. http://www.DrSketchy.com

“If art class had been this cool growing up, 90 percent of Americans might be painters instead of lawyers and presidential candidates.” ~New York Post

Join us for the inaugural launch of Dr. Sketchy's San Jose at Anno Domini Gallery!

Featuring Live Model: Kiss Me KATE
Mistress of Ceremonies: Trina Merry

Thursday, February 18th at 7pm. Come early as seating is limited!
$10.00/Door Bring your sketchy pads and favorite drawing materials.

Special thanks to Mistress Trina Merry & Master Drew Clark, our resident MCs!


Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design
366 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
www.galleryAD.com 408.271.5155

February 18, 2010

Charis DeRemer in Love & Chocolate Exhibition


image by KALEID Gallery artist Charis DeRemer

Davenport galley is proud to present: Love and Chocolate. A group show featuring Ed Dickie, Mattie Leeds, Larry Harden, Vince Broglio, Alanni Winkler, Adolpho Martinez, Charis De Remer, Marilyn Kuksht, Tazio, Jamie Abbott, Jane Gregorious, Linda Watson, Roger Knapp, Jim Lewis, Steve Rudzinski, Linda Bates, Carol Teachout, Laurie and Joel Spray and others.

Exhibition on view through February 28th.
The show runs Feb, 3rd-28th.

Davenport Gallery
450 Highway One Davenport CA 95017
831-426-1199

Art Night at Empire Seven Studios this Friday Feb. 19th

Bring your art supplies and something to contribute to the still life!

Empire 7 Studios
525 No. 7th St.
San Jose

February 21, 2010

Geri McGilvray at Norton Gallery March 2010

Palo Alto artist Geri McGilvray will show thirty paintings in various media in a one-woman show at the Norton Gallery. The retrospective show is themed “Through The Eyes of a Woman.” and includes her models, favorite musicians, and Sebilius, expressed in a way that draws on the infinite array of colors which she feels through her heart. She expresses the energy of living things with a lyrical quality in brush strokes and a bold use of color.

The reception will be held on Friday, Mar. 5, from 6:00-9:00pm. Live music by Doug Jones.

Exhibit date: March 1 - 30, 2010.

Norton Gallery at the Pacific Art League
668 Ramona St.
Palo Alto, CA
Open: M-F 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm.

You can view more of Geri's work at www.Geriart.net.
Contact her at Geri@thegrid.net. Phone: 650-269-2502.

Claude Ferguson at Gallery TEN10 February 26th

Gallery TEN10 presents mixed media artist Craig Ferguson for its next last Fridays art exhibitions series on February 26th.

Artist's Reception 7-9pm, includes drum circle and open mic
sober potluck environment

Gallery TEN10
1010 East Taylor Street
San Jose, CA

Gallery TEN10 is a house for the intersection of the Arts, centering on the visual, written and spoken word and music. The artists are responsible for the facilitation of all aspects of presenting their creative context and the director provides the venue. The emphasis is on sharing, but selling is possible at the artist’s behest with all proceeds going to the artist.

For more information contact Director Al Preciado at 408-476-1968

Wonderland 2010

Canvas Ghost Productions Presents WONDERLAND 2010 Art Show

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.

Participating Artists: 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, Takashi, Talia Gragert, Tomek Przygoda, Trina Merry

Musicians:
Saturday: Paul Relvas and Fontain’s MUSE
Sunday: Dune Tran, Jenny Milne, Bill Rupel, Corpus Callosum

Catered by: Fundamental Gourmet

Save the dates:
Saturday, March 20, 7pm to 10pm,
Sunday, March 21, 11am to 5pm (Tea Party at noon)

Free for all ages. Free street parking. Bicycle friendly venue.

Location:
Canvas Ghost Productions
992 South Eighth Street
San Jose, CA 95112

The Art of Truth, Compassion, Tolerance at Art Ark March 5th

The Art of Truth, Compassion, Tolerance
curated by David Zhang

This traveling exhibition has been shown in more than 40 countries and over 200 cities worldwide. Last year a preview was held at the San Jose City Hall Rotunda. The show features oil paintings by 12 artists including: Kunlun Zhang, Xiaoping Chen, Yuan Li, Kathleen Gillis, and Xiqiang Dong whose art portrays the experiences, visions, and hope of Falun Dafa followers as they attempt to safeguard justice and peace while upholding their values in truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. An inspiring exhibition not to be missed!

For more information please visit the web site at: www.FalunArt.org

Opening reception: Friday, March 5th 6 -9pm
Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk. Free shuttle service to the Art Ark Gallery every 15 minutes between
5:45 - 9:15pm in front of the Miami Beach Club

Exhibition dates: March 5th - March 28th
Gallery Hours: Friday - Sunday 10am - 9pm

Art Ark Gallery
1035 S. 6th St
San Jose, CA 95112
www.ArtArkGallery.net

February 22, 2010

We Love Music at On the Corner Music

On The Corner Music's 3rd annnual "WE LOVE MUSIC!" gallery this Friday Feb. 26th, 8pm - Midnight.

25 artists exhibit their own interpretation of what music means to them on a 12x12 record sleeve, plus DJs and no tax on all LPs & CDs. This event is free and open to all ages.

On the Corner Music
530 E Campbell Ave
Campbell, CA 95008
(408) 871-0305

February 23, 2010

Sketch Book Show opens March 5th at KALEID Gallery

This is the last week to check out February's feature exhibits by Sandi Billingsley and Mark Damrel (on view thru this Friday, February 26th.)

Transfiguration is a collection of three dimensional art is an expression of Sandi Billingsley's faith that "we humans can live in luxury while being environmentally responsible." Transfiguration is essentially the art of changing the properties of an object. In this case it refers to the changing of garbage into art.


Relative Matter is a series of paintings by Mark Damrel inspired by the hardships he encountered on his journey into fatherhood.


And then join us First Friday March 5th for the opening of the Sketch Book Show curated by KALEID artist Lacey Bryant.

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday, Noon - 5pm

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com
408-947-1785

February 24, 2010

Fault-lines exhibit by Andy Gouveia

Phantom Galleries just installed Fault-lines an installation by Bay Area artist Andy Gouveia at 388 South First Street.

The 8' x 8' image is a spray can and house paint mural painted live in Golden Gate park as part of the Indy Arts Fest 2009. This exhibition also hosts an array of his smaller paintings dealing with the myth and mystery of the ancient world.

Exhibit on view 24/7 from the sidewalk now through April 17th.

To see more of Andy's work, please visit his website at www.andygouveia.com.

February 27, 2010

Lucy Liew exhibition at Soula Power Yoga March 2010


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Floral Fantasy paintings exhibit by Lucy Liew at Soula Power Yoga

Floral Fantasy: a series of floral images inspired by everyday magic.
Painting for me is a visual diary that celebrates the everyday wonders of life. The mood of the composition may be introverted and reflective…or extroverted and celebratory, depending on how it is interpreted by my physical, mental and spiritual “lens”. It is an ongoing challenge to create a piece of art that elicits hope and inspiration in the midst of life’s challenges. I challenge the viewer to look more closely at the beauty of our natural world and draw parallels with the beauty of life. In this series of paintings, you are invited into a lush garden of floral fantasies that are a fusion of the real and the fantastic. The flowers, foliage and insects are rendered using fine illustrative details to suggest reality while the rich colors, rendered in multiple layers, and the playful juxtaposition of organic curvilinear elements and representational images invoke a magical dreamlike realm.

The beautifully decorated Chinese vases collected by my mother were the inspiration for one series in Floral Fantasy which use floral motifs as representational images of family “trees”. Each of the flowers used in these compositions have special significance in Chinese tradition: the tree peony symbolizes honor, love and affection, while the magnolia bloom exemplifies nobility, dignity and perseverance.

The lotus blossom is the central theme of another series in Floral Fantasy. This flower is widely regarded as a symbol of purity and perfection, often in conjunction with a spiritual awakening or rebirth. This collection also features butterflies and dragonflies to reinforce the themes of joy, transformation and new life.

Floral Fantasy is a visual celebration of life and the human experience. It is through the visual media of painting and drawing that I am able to transcend the barrier of language to share my thoughts and inspirations with viewers around the world. While I often draw inspiration from my own cultural heritage, I believe that the underlying oneness in all cultures, East or West, allows these stories to connect universally with viewers through the shared experience of life.

Meet Lucy at the artist's reception on March 5th, 7pm- 9pm

Born in Malaysia, of Chinese-Melanau descent, Liew is a graduate of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore and a Commonwealth Foundation Fellowship winner from England. Liew has been active in the S. F. Bay Area since 1997 and was awarded a San Jose City Branch Library Project in 2004. Her work has been featured internationally in numerous solo and group exhibitions, as well as in various private and corporate collections around the world. Liew’s work is also in the permanent collection of the National Art Gallery in Malaysia. Liew currently resides and works in San Jose, California.

Soula Power Yoga
200 S. First Street, Suite 70 (on the Paseo between 1st & 2nd)
San Jose CA 95113
408-993-9642
www.soulapoweryoga.com

Hours: Mon & Wed, 9am-1, 4:30- 9pm
Tues & Thur, 9am-11, 4:30- 6:30pm
Fri, Sat & Sun, 9am- 1pm


March 2, 2010

"Blue Planet" Call For Entries

The Pacific Region Women’s Caucus for Art is sponsoring Blue Planet a fine arts exhibition accompanying “Elements: An Eco-Art Conference”.

Eco-art often carries a layered meaning that aids in the understanding and appreciation of the environment, addresses community values, and/or inspires activism on behalf of the ecological systems of which humans and their cultures are a part.

For the Blue Planet Exhibition, we seek work that examines and explores the social, political and economic issues related to water. All media including installation, video and collaborative projects that fit within the gallery space may be submitted. This show is open to all artists living in California and all national WCA members.

This show will be at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco from June 19 to June 26th and is juried by Eco-Artist Kim Abeles. The deadline for entries is April 24th, 2010.

Please download the prospectus at www.sbawca.org

Join us for South FIRST FRIDAYS MARCH 5th!

The South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk takes place every first Friday of the month (except January and July) featuring 15 art venues and art friendly businesses in the SoFA District and beyond.

The art walk is 8pm 'til LATE and is free and open to the public.


art by Lacey Bryant


KALEID Gallery?- 88 South Fourth Street (at San Fernando)

7pm–9pm Opening reception: The Sketch Book Show

Take a rare peak into the twisted minds of 29 artists! Peer into the depths of their sketchbooks and see what makes them tick. Step into their brain space and enjoy by DJ Coco, catering by Fundamental Gourmet, coffee by Red Berry Coffee Bar and conversation with the sketchers themselves!

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Phantom Galleries - art exhibits in vacant storefronts



Guy Brookshire

386 South First Street: Illustrations from the Book of Dreams are book art collages, created with precision blades and glue by destroying reference, art, history, and science publications. They illustrate uncanny narratives of which no knowledge is required. The universe they describe is the work of Guy Benjamin Brookshire.



Andy Gouveia

388 South First Street: Fault-lines an installation by Bay Area artist Andy Gouveia.

A spray can and house paint mural painted live in Golden Gate park as part of the Indy Arts Fest 2009. This exhibition also hosts an array of his smaller paintings dealing with the myth and mystery of the ancient world.

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Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design - 366 South First Street

Artist's Reception: Indoctrination debut solo exhibition of Dante Horoiwa

Under the skin of his everyday life in Brazil lies Horoiwa’s Japanese heritage. His paintings portray the spiritually lost and lonely. Through his work, from life-size paintings in Săo Paulo to the side of a 4 story building in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Horoiwa is able to cope with his want to hide from the world and his need to be a part of it.


Also on view in galleryONE: Art of Zines 2010
featuring hundreds of zines from basements, bedrooms and midnight copy shops throughout the US and abroad.

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Art Glass Center of San Jose - 465 South First Street

The SJGAA invites you to get a special sneak peek at their new fine art gallery extension as they expand the Art Glass Center of San Jose. Lionel Chapital and Lori Peterson will be on the torches creating precious little works of art just in time for Easter.

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Mariana Garibay, Tangle Weed, monotype, collage, acrylic and string mounted on wood, 2009.

MACLA - 510 South First Street

Currently on view Conceptual Landscapes: recent work by Castillo and Mariana Garibay. Ancestry, nature and form are reflected in this two person show featuring site specific installation and works on paper.

Join us for the Artist Talk on Friday, March 5 at 7:30pm for a gallery walk through and an engaging conversation about their work.

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The Angel Equation by Joan Schulze

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles - 520 South First Street

In the Main Galleries: Poetic License: The Art of Joan Schulze is a retrospective of the prolific 40-year career of innovative Bay Area collage artist Joan Schulze.

Also on view: Navajo Weaving in the Present Tense: The Art of Lucy and Ellen Begay, a rare collection of a remarkable body of work by two contemporary Navajo weavers, a mother and daughter, whose work is deeply rooted in the traditional lifestyle they still lead.

Special event 8-9pm: Reading of original poetry by Joan Schulze.

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SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery - 577 South Market Street

Web comics are all the rage these days and SLG presents artwork from one of the most popular webcomics on the internet as artist Ethan Nicolle shows of his work from AXE COP. For the uninitiated Axe Cop is the web comic created by Ethan and his five-year-old brother. Have you ever read something and said to yourself "Was this written by a five year old?" Well, Axe Cop IS written by a five year old and it's one of the funniest thing on the web. Entertainment Weekly and NPR agree and we are sure you will too.

Also, the Andy Ristaino Escape from Dullsville show continues. Live music by Jazz Trio Quasimodal.

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Blue Canyons by Terenia Offenbacker

Works San José - 451 South First Street

Opening reception: Female Found Mixed Media Contemporary Art, curated by Terenia Offenbacker, presents the work of eight women that create art together through weekly sessions for the past seven years. The materials used are common: paper, sand, metals, textiles, etc., but each artist works in a different creative way. Featured artists: Rosine Ferber, Ann Gordon, Camille Ball, Ricky Gumbrecht, Shuang Zhang, Sheryl Tealdi, Annette Legallet and Terenia Offenbacker.

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Caffé Trieste - 315 South First Street

Opening Reception: Venezia Revisited is a collection of paintings made by San Jose artist Eillen Graham after a 2007 trip to Italy.

Live music by Opera San José, featuring your favorite arias and duets starting at 8:30pm.

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Downtown Yoga Shala - 450 South First Street

Opening Reception: Yoga Inpired Art by Angeles Moreno

Simplicity, harmony, color, and strong outlines define her art, influenced by her life’s work as a graphic designer. Yoga came to her at its own time. It was in discovering consistent yoga practice that revealed a more profound significance and a fresh inspiration for her artwork.

Seeking a deeper understanding of the disciplines at the core yogic principles, Angeles completed the Ashtanga Teacher Training at Mount Madonna, founded 35 years ago by the silent Guru, Baba Hari Dass.

To capture and (re)express the many universal, positive messages from this ancient philosophy, the canvases began to fill with the Spirit of Yoga, compassion - balance - harmony.

Angeles Moreno is a yoga teacher at Downtown Yoga Shala. To see more of Angeles' work, please join us after Candlelight Yoga (6:15-8pm) as we open our doors to the art patrons and the downtown community for an Artist Reception beginning at 8pm.

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art by Wendy Neff

Good Karma Vegan Café - 37 South First Street

Opening Reception Group exhibit by Good Karma Staff
A mixed media, mixed artist show to celebrate the creative bunch that work at Good Karma. Featuring: Tony Buccino, Julia Lang, Otessa Crandell, Sarah Cade, and Wendy Neff.

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METRO Photo Exhibit- 550 South First Street

Opening Reception: I'm With the Band? photos by the First St. Photo Collective

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South First Billiards Club & Lounge - 420 South First Street

Opening Reception: Group Show by Illuskrate

Illuskrate is an art blog started and contributed to by Dion Bello and Anabella Pinon. The blog is an exhibit symbolizing work created after the day job some artists have to maintain to be able create the pieces displayed in these galleries.

The show is a collection of very talented South Bay artists that include; Anabella Pinon, Dee Jae Pa’este, Noel Huh, Nicole Terzic, Mike Borja, Daniel Valadez, Kristine Taormino, Kim Christman and Dion Bello.

Live musical performances by Fake Public and Can’t Find a Villain.

South First Billiards is now an ALL AGES venue.

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Art Ark - 1035 South Sixth Street

6-9pm Opening Reception: The Art of Truth, Compassion, Tolerance curated by David Zhang

This traveling exhibition has been shown in more than 40 countries and over 200 cities worldwide. Last year a preview was held at the San Jose City Hall Rotunda. The show features oil paintings by 12 artists including: Kunlun Zhang, Xiaoping Chen, Yuan Li, Kathleen Gillis, and Xiqiang Dong whose art portrays the experiences, visions, and hope of Falun Dafa followers as they attempt to safeguard justice and peace while upholding their values in truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.

Free shuttle service from South First Street to the Art Ark Gallery every 15 minutes between 5:45 - 9:15pm. Meet in front of the Miami Beach Club

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For more information: please visit www.SouthFirstFridays.com or call 408-271-5155

Enjoy FREE PEDICAB RIDES between art venues courtesy of South First Fridays and Eco City Cycles!

This event is produced by Two Fish Design with additional support provided by 1st ACT, the San Jose Downtown Association and the San Jose Redevelopment Agency.

Media Sponsor: Metro Newspapers


March 4, 2010

Nadia Vinogradova solo exhibit at WORKS San Jose

In addition to being a featured artist in the Female Found group exhibit at WORKS which opens Friday, March 5th (part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk), Nadia will also have a solo exhibition of portrait works on view.

WORKS San Jose
451 South First Street
San Jose, CA

Cinquest Film Festival MAVERICK ART Contest

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.

March 14, 2010

TWO BUCK Tuesday at KALEID March 16th

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.

March 17, 2010

Bloodlines Project Celebration

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

Los Gatos Museum Gallery is looking for Artists


One Day Super Sale at University Art March 18th

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

John Paulson awarded Print of the Year by PPGBA

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

San Jose Super Toy, Comic Book & Collectible Show

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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.

Kimy Martinez at Gallery TEN10 March 26th

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

Thursday Gig _March 18th

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 : )

Wonderland Art Show March 20-21, 2010

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

March 23, 2010

Good Advice for Artists - "How To..."

We mentioned these on *twitter late last week and received many comments from artists that they found it helpful, so we're posting it again here:

"How To Get A First Show With An Art Gallery" - click here.

"How Not To Succeed In the Art World" - click here.

*@Phantomtweets

"The Importance of Being Ernest" at Works/San Jose


SWAN DAY March 26-29, 2010


Young Cannibals Show March 26th

The show's aim is to bring notice to two of San Jose's longest standing studios- the Citadel & the Cannery, which possess a unique artist sub-culture in San Jose's Martha's Garden.

The show uniquely pairs co-curators April Gee, who spent a short stint at the Artist Guild Mansion before recently starting a community-centered studio at the Citadel, and Phil Tiger, better known as the phantom of the Citadel, a very talented "him against the world" artist who was educated at the Art Center in Pasadena.

Visual Artists include" Jaclyn Alderete, Ben Alexy, Osvaldo Baron, Michael Borja, Michael Buscemi, Gabriel Coke, Michael Denning, Christopher Elliman, April Nat Gee, Jenny Jigour, Miguel Machuga, Santino Majok, Trina Merry, Omar Morineau, Rod Santos, Courney Thiesen & Freddy Vega.

Musicians include: David Knight, Gianfranco Paolozzi, Amy Israels, Constrained Randomness, God Intoxicated & DJ Rob Riddle.

All artists will be painted in tribal face paint by Tiger and Merry, then photographed by Tinh Le.

There will be a book signing by Robyn Boyd, author of Rawsome Receipes & free raw foods for all.

YOUNG CANNIBALS Art Show at the Citadel (in the "Garden Studio" #404)
855 South 5th Street, San Jose
Friday, March 26th from 8pm-Late.
Free and open to all.

Music Law 1 with Edward Hearn March 25th

Thursday, March 25th: Music Law 1
With Edward Hearn

Location: Room 210 of the Music Bldg. at San José State University
Time: 6:00pm - 7:45pm

This two-part workshop will present an overview of the fundamental business law and intellectual property law matters concerning musicians with respect to sound recordings in the analog and digital environment. Part One will include, by way of example, copyright, trademark, and music publishing matters.
Registration for both workshops is recommended but not required.

Registration Fees: General Admission, $20; C.L.A. Members, $10; Senior
Citizens & Students, $5.

To Register: Call (415) 775-7200 ext. 107, or email
ncalegal@calawyersforthearts.org.


The second workshop will be in April:

Thursday, April 22: Music Law 2
With Keith Cooper

Location: Room 210 of the Music Bldg. at San José State University
Time: 6:00pm - 7:45pm

Description: This two-part workshop will present an overview of the fundamental business law and intellectual property law matters concerning musicians with respect to sound recordings in the analog and digital environment. Part Two will include, by way of example, business arrangements among band members, relationships with managers, and record label deal terms. Registration for both workshops is recommended but not required.

Registration Fees: General Admission, $20; C.L.A. Members, $10; Senior
Citizens & Students, $5.

To Register: Call (415) 775-7200 ext. 107, or email
ncalegal@calawyersforthearts.org.

VITA NUOVA (New Life) March 25th

Billy Barnes presents VITA NUOVA (New Life) an art & music fundraiser to honor the Support Network for Battered Women.

Silent Auction and Raffle for Art, Sharks tickets, Gift Certificates and more! ALL proceeds from the raffle and auction go directly to the shelter.

Musical guests: Ben Henderson, David Knight, DJ P-Koosh and Dirty Duo.

Artists include: Blake Brand , Drew Roulette, Billy Barnes, Samantha Rusk, Robin Mitchell, plus many more...

Please visit the Support Network's website to learn more about this organization: http://supportnetwork.org/

Thursday March 25th, 7pm-10pm
$5 admission at the door

Anno Domini
366 South First Street
Downtown San Jose

March 25, 2010

The Sketch Book Show at KALEID ends today!

If you haven't had a chance to check out the much buzzed about SKETCHBOOK Show at KALEID Gallery, today is your last chance!

The participating artists are: Murphy Adams, Ivy Atoms, Shirine Azimianaraki, Christine Benjamin, Laura Callin Bennett, Julie Bilyeu, Michael Borja, Lacey Bryant, Chemix, Drew Clark, Mark Damrel, Emonic, Michael Foley, Ivan Gonzales, Miguel Machuca, David Mejia, Trina Merry, Gianfranco Paolozzi, Pellet, Annabella Pinon, T.h. Pug, Kate Saturday, Matt Seigel, Yarick Semich, Lara Sophia, Ben Shuts, Jasper Thomas, Dax Tran-Caffee & Michelle Waters.

Gallery hours:
Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday Noon - 5pm
First Fridays til 9pm

March 27, 2010

Art Object Gallery exhibit April 10th

ArtObjectGallery presents Sara Cole with Rachel Lazo and Luis Gutierrez
April 10th through May 15th, 2010
Artists' Reception: Saturday, April 10th, 7:00 - 9:00pm

Gallery hours: Friday and Saturday 12 to 5 and by appointment

ArtObjectGallery
592 North Fifth Street
San Jose CA 95112
408 288-9305
http://www.artobjectgallery.com

The World Is Fragile by Mila Birger at Barefoot Coffee

The World Is Fragile Art Show by Mila Birger

Mila Birger is a local artist who was born in Belarus, then immigrated to Israel, and now lives in California. She speaks 4 languages and survived 2 immigrations. Her passion for art started as a hobby, while with time and experience it turned into something much more serious.

Working mostly with acrylic and watercolor, Birger works in different styles: collage and collage paintings, landscapes, still life, portraits and more.

The World Is Fragile is her first exhibit of the acrylic and watercolor medium, collage and collage paintings. The exhibit explores the philosophy of life, the beauty and craziness of the world and people.

View more of Birger's works by visiting her website here.

Artist's Reception: Saturday April 3rd, 7-9pm
Exhibition dates: April 1 - April 30th

Barefoot Coffee Roasters,
5237 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA, 95051

March 30, 2010

Opening Receptions for Kurtis Rykovich, Kate Saturday at KALEID April 2nd

WANDA new paintings by Kurtis Rykovich

Everyday I am confronted or find myself thinking about a war so intense that it cannot be escaped, and in some way has touched us all. This war has a front line in every country and can take root in any neighborhood. In theory it is probably the least judgmental being or thing I can think of, since it shows no signs of discrimination. If this war leaves any survivors they always come out scarred but probably have never felt such a moment of empowerment. These survivors can finally breath and know that they have accomplished something that can sometimes be a miracle, they have survived Breast Cancer.

This show is a tribute to these survivors and casualties. Each piece represents a battle or search for a cure. Weather it be a green tonic, shark cartilage, or the ultimate warrior known as Chemotherapy. All of these represent weapons and hope that a future is not far in the distance.

I hope that when these paintings are viewed that they are not blunt about the disease but show a beauty and respect for those that might be going or have gone through this war. This collection was a direct result of my encounter with this war when my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. I remember how she was constantly trying to win the war and search for a solution, perhaps the most difficult part of this battle was she no longer felt like the beautiful women that she once was. I hope that these pieces help her to understand that she was always beautiful, this disease did not take away her femininity but did highlight her strength.

dedicated to WANDA (1952 - 2001)

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Speaking Line stories about people and their places by Kate Saturday

When we look at something, we take in its identity at a glance. We know immediately if it is a chair, a tree, a president, a wind, a story, or a hope. On further examination we can differentiate more precisely; the chair is a recliner or a picnic bench, the tree an oak sapling or a hundred-year-old giant sequoia. Deep familiarity allows us to see the object as itself, shaped by its history, unlike any other object in the world. A wrinkle is the face's memory of an expression. A scar is a historic marker. The story of our lives is how we differ from the general. Until we know someone that well, we cannot love them.

Kate Saturday is an artist, musician, and cartoonist living in San Jose. In Speaking Line, she traces the contours of her subjects lives. The resulting portraits are monstrous and jewel-like, precious and absurd. The situations are mundane, but unmistakably specific. Every line speaks volumes, and Saturday translates fluently.

A space will be available for drawing, writing, or reflecting, because a story needs a reader to give it voice.


Artists' Reception: Friday April 2nd, 7pm - 9pm
part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk. (Click here for more info.)

Exhibition on view through April 30, 2010

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday, Noon - 5pm
First Fridays 'til 9pm

KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St.
Downtown San Jose, CA 95112
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com

Join us for South FIRST FRIDAYS April 2nd!

This Friday, April 2nd is the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk. In addition to excellent featured exhibits by Kurtis Rykovich and Kate Saturday at KALEID (7-9pm) there's some great new exhibits at the following venues (8pm - late):


at Caffe Trieste: Venice Squared A Photographic Comparison of Venice, Italy and Venice, California by John Eric Paulson, Master Photographer. Plus First Fridays is Opera Night! at Trieste.



art by John Cloud

at So. First Billiards: Bringing Back the Color! featuring: John Cloud, Mike Kjolhaug, Nicolas Caesar, Lina Ruelas


at Good Karma: Biomechanical Works Recent paintings, sculptures, prints and apparel by Ron Earhart


at Anno Domini: Cloud Empire solo exhibition of Dimitri Drjuchin (NYC) with music by Jhameel.


at SLG's Art Boutiki: Doris Danger: Giant Monster Adventures by Chris Wisnia. Also featuring artists: Wisnia, Simon Bisley, Neal Adams, Mike Allred and live music by Boozewhackers.



art by Ema Sintamarian

at Art Ark: (6-9pm): Live From the ARKives group exhibition is comprised of twenty local artists.


For full event listings and venue info, please visit http://www.SouthFirstFridays.com


For instant updates, follow us on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/phantomtweets) or join our Facebook page here.

April 7, 2010

Jenifer Renzel wins Curators Award

Congratulations to KALEID artist Jenifer Renzel for receiving the Curators Award at the current Los Gatos Art Association Open Juried Show.

The exhibition features abstract, plein air, sculpture, figurative and multi-media in this comprehensive juried show.

On view now through April 24 at the Los Gatos Art Museum, 4 Tait Avenue at West Main. Wednesday through Sunday, 12 Noon to 4 PM. 408.395.7386

Reviving California: What's Next for the Arts in SV?

Reviving California: What's Next for the Arts Community in Silicon Valley?

Tuesday, April 13, noon - 2:00 p.m.
Bella Mia Restaurant | Lunch included
58 South 1st Street, San Jose

Most of us are well aware of state budget cuts to the arts in our region. But do we really understand the implications?

Join in the conversation that will consider strategies to reinforce the importance of the arts on the state agenda and ensure that the voice of the arts community is heard.

Reviving California, a project of the Common Good Collaborative, powered by American Leadership Forum - Silicon Valley, in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and in collaboration with Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, is hosting a series of conversations on how state reform efforts will effect various sectors. The goal is to EDUCATE, EMPOWER & ENGAGE participants.

This conversation is intended for members of the regional arts community and will feature a storytelling session on "California Dreaming" by Olga Loya.

For more information and to register, visit www.alfsv.org or call 408-554-2000.

This dialogue is is presented by Arts Council Silicon Valley in partnership with ALF & 1stACT Silicon Valley. It is intended for members of the Silicon Valley arts community.

It's never been more important for artists, arts advocates and the greater arts community to be involved!

Valerie Runningwolf exhibition at Red Berry Coffee Bar

Coffee, Tea, and Artistry at Red Berry Coffee Bar:
From the Center by Valerie Runningwolf
Friday, May 7, 7-9 pm

Join us at the opening of From the Center, an exhibition of vibrant mixed media art from Valerie Runningwolf, and meet the artist herself. Fresh baked treats will be provided. Artisan coffees and teas are available to complement the sweets and lift your spirits. An easy walk from downtown San Jose, Red Berry Coffee Bar is located directly across from City Hall. Street and covered parking is available.

Red Berry Coffee Bar
231 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA
408.286.0508
www.redberrycoffeebar.com

Corpus Callosum _ help kickstart their new album

UPDATE: Congratulations to Corpus Callosum! Their new album was 100% funded!

If you've ever seen Corpus Callosum at KALEID Gallery, Anno Domini, Barefoot Coffee, or on a street corner in downtown San Jose on a summer's night, you know this band has the heart of true artists. They've given their time and talents for the love of performing to all of us here in San Jose and they're currently raising money to complete their upcoming album. They are 67% of the way there, together we can help them go all the way.

Please visit their Kickstarter page and view the video and if you like what you see and hear, pitch in a few bucks and know that you made it happen!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1800285815/corpus-callosum

Corpus Callosum is an effort to create dynamic, finely crafted songs, both heady and theatrical, using do-it-yourself means. The band credits influence from American roots music, gamelan, early industrial and noise and western classical. They draw upon the sounds of Neutral Milk Hotel, The Velvet Underground, Tom Waits and Einstürzende Neubauten, among others, to generate a unique soundscape.

Songwriters Avery Burke and Dax Tran-Caffee collaborate with musicians Stevie Hryciw, Zach Michels, Qarly Canant, Andrea Craver, and Jason Samaha. This ensemble composes songs using traditional instruments such as accordion, reed organ, banjo, glockenspiel, mandolin and guitar; more obscure instruments like the singing saw, theremin, wash bucket bass and glass goblets and common objects such as pots and pans, pickaxes, children's toys, a kitchen blender and sheet metal. As much performance art as music, a Corpus Callosum concert showcases an array of puppetry, stilt-walking, kinetic sculpture, and other uncanny imagery to complement and embellish the sound.

Check out this video of Lullaby #2 by Corpus Callosum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52t8N_OLg0I

April 14, 2010

Words Painting Music at WORKS


A wild one-night, all-ages, everyone invited, collaboration of live painting, open mic poetry, and drum session—all happening in a simultaneous soup of creativity!

Friday, April 16, 2010, 6 to 10pm

Please come, bring something to munch on and relax.

Drums, canvasses, drawing tables, and even some supplies provided! Refreshments will be available.

Bring your still life materials, or any instruments, poems, etc, that you desire!

There will be a $100 cash prize for best painting of the night as determined by our board!

All donations and proceeds benefit works/san josé, your community art and performance center.

works/san josé
451 south first street

Call for Zines for SubZERO Festival


Yumiko Miyagawa is looking for people who want to make and have their zines sold during the SubZERO Festival- June 4th, 6pm - Midnight in the SoFA District, downtown San Jose.

For details, please contact Yumi at all_access25@hotmail.com

Kate Saturday, Kurtis Rykovich April Feature Exhibitions

The featured exhibitions at KALEID Gallery showcases the work of Kate Saturday and Kurtis Rykovich. The two solo exhibits are on view now through April 30th.


Kurtis Rykovich WANDA
Kurtis' exhibit is a tribute to his mother Wanda that passed away due to breast cancer. The wall text quotes his mother's thoughts and challenges suffered during her illness. His painting technique is flawless with a fine attention to detail. There is hope and determination in the faces of the young women he paints and will reward those that spend some quality time with each painting.


Kate Saturday Speaking Line
Kate is a multi-talented artist accomplished both as a visual artist but also as a musician (she is a member of DeatHat). This particular series is focused on her distinctive drawing style which incorporates her sense of humor and love of comics and graphic novels. Kate will be moving to Minneapolis later this summer so now is a good time to experience her work in an intimate setting.

More photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/phantomgalleries/sets/72157623698098563/

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday, Noon - 5pm
First Fridays 'til 9pm

KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St.
Downtown San Jose, CA 95112
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com

April 16, 2010

Two Buck Tuesday

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April 19, 2010

Drawing / Sketching Event for National Turnoff Week at B&N

Local artist Laura Callin Bennett will lead a Drawing/Sketching Event at Barnes & Noble Stevens Creek. She will teach a demonstration about drawing the human face and figure in proportion, and then will be available for questions and advice during a free-draw session. Materials will be provided, but feel free to bring your own, as well as your previous work, to share with others. All ages welcome!

The drawing event is part of the bookstore's week-long celebration of National Turnoff Week. The goal of Turnoff Week is to encourage people to power down their televisions and computers - and connect with family, friends, and the community through activities like drawing and reading.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 7:00 pm

Barnes & Noble
3600 Stevens Creek Blvd
San Jose, CA 95117
(408) 984-3495

Special Poetry Month Event at Art Object Gallery April 24th

Poetry Center San Jose & ArtObjectGallery present

A Special Poetry Month Event: Daniel Polikof discusses Rodin’s influence on the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

Rilke is considered one of the most significant poets in the German language. His haunting images focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety: themes that position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the modernist poets.

Rodin taught him the value of objective observation, and under this influence Rilke dramatically transformed his poetic style from the subjective and sometimes incantatory language of his earlier work into something quite new in European literature.

On April 24th Daniel Polikof will start the evening with a bit of biographical background to place Rilke's relation to Rodin in the larger context of Rilke's life and developing work. Then he will discuss Rodin's influence on Rilke and interweave a reading of some of Rilke's New Poems which include some of his most famous pieces, such as the Panther and the Archaic Torso of Apollo (both of which will be his own translation) with a discussion of how Rilke assimilated the Rodin's sculptural aesthetic to his poetry and how this revolutionized Rilke's writing. There will be good bit of time for questions.

Saturday April 24th, 7:00PM
$5.00 suggested donation

Art Object Gallery
592 North Fifth Street
San Jose  CA

Gallery contact Ken Matsumoto at (408) 288-9305 or email at ken@artobjectgallery.com

For information about the Poetry Center email info@pcsj.org or visit http://www.pcsj.org

Free Demo_Watercolor Effects with Acrylics

Golden rep Nina Deckert will show examples of acrylic used as watercolor. We'll discuss pigment properties, the merits of using acrylic and the different effects and techniques made possible with acrylics thinned with water.

We'll also look at acrylic grounds that accept any water media. We will also discuss archival considerations such as lightfastness and varnishing. There will be live demonstration and many painted examples, plus free samples and literature for registered attendees.

Sunday, May 9th, 1-3 p.m.

For reservations, contact UArt San Jose by phone or email: maguire.sjmike@gmail.com or 408-297-4707.

UArt San Jose
456 Meridian Ave.


TWO BUCK Tuesday April 20th at KALEID Gallery

Come mingle and enjoy the enlightening ambiance of local art and the artists who create it at Two Buck Tuesday!

A free family friendly event at KALEID Gallery. The Tuesday April 20th edition is curated by Drew Clark

$2 art sale begins at noon!

Arrive at 6:30pm to meet and mingle with the luminaries of the local art scene and enlighten yourself with the knowledge of our quirky and extremely erudite speakers:

Jack Wada: Head instructor and founder of Aikido of San Jose

Veronica Cruz: Founder of Downtown Yoga Shala

KALEID Feature Artists: Kate Saturday, Kurtis Rykovich

Featured Sketch Artists: Jesse Nickell, David Meiji & Ivy Atoms returns with her rad $5 portraits! Witness the artistic skill of Keith Bunnel as he throws pots and plays with clay! Enjoy the dulcet harmonies of live, improvisational music throughout the course of the night as musicians jam out for your listening pleasure! The jam session is open to any musician who is willing to chill out and have fun!

Live performance by The Complications!

Food courtesy of David Ramsey of Fundamental Gourmet.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Dowtown San Jose
www.KALEIDGallery.com

Music Law Workshop 2

Music Law Workshop 2 With Keith Cooper

Thursday, April 22nd, 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Room 210 of the Music Bldg. at San José State University

This two-part workshop will present an overview of the fundamental business law and intellectual property law matters concerning musicians with respect to sound recordings in the analog and digital environment. Part Two will include, by way of example, business arrangements among band members, relationships with managers, and record label deal terms. Registration is recommended but not required.

Registration Fees:
General Admission, $20; C.L.A. Members, $10
Senior Citizen & Student Members, $5.

To Register: Call (415) 775-7200 ext. 107, or email: ncalegal@calawyersforthearts.org.

Walk-ups welcome. Please bring cash and exact change.

April 20, 2010

WORKS Auction 2010_Call for Art

Works/San Jose, your community art and performance center, is asking for your art to be the focus of the 2010 benefit auction! This will be the most important auction ever for Works, and your commitment and most inspired artwork are needed now to move works into the future.

Works is an all-volunteer art space where programming is driven by community proposals, and all funding is from individual support like yours.

Submissions are accepted this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: April 23 from 3 to 7pm, or Saturday and Sunday, April 24 and 25 from Noon to 4pm.

Works_Auction_Form

WORKS San Jose
451 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Floating Thresholds at Art & Wellness Studio

Floating Thresholds, an exhibition of new work by Kristine Idarius at Grace Community Center. Also featuring artwork created by GCC member artists during Spring 2010 with Kristine, GCC’s first artist in residence.

Reception Friday, May 7, 2010 5-9pm
Exhibition May 7 –June 25, 2010
Open: Fridays, from 6-8pm or by appointment 408.293.0422

Grace Community Center’s Art & Wellness Studio
146 S 10th Street
San Jose, 95112

Stripped in a Mechanical Meadow at On The Corner Music

STRIPPED in a MECHANICAL MEADOW artworks by: Sean Sczepanik, Steven Sczepanik

The walls of this record shop will be covered with mural work by Sean and Steven Sczepanik. Guest DJ’s include Rockwell and Art Thief.

Friday, April 30th, 7pm -12pm

On the Corner Music
530 E. Campbell Ave.
Campbell, CA 95008

April 21, 2010

Community Day at SJMA

For more information, click here.

San Jose Museum of Art
110 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408.271.6840

MACLA Luncheon with Architect Teddy Cruz

MACLA's Luncheon in Celebration of our Latino Art Auction Exhibition
Friday, April 30th, 12-1:30pm

The keynote this year is architect Teddy Cruz, one of the most dynamic speakers of our times whose work has focused on the politics of space and urban planning, especially as it relates to the US/Mexico Border. MACLA is commissioning new work by Teddy Cruz that will premier at our upcoming Zero1 Exhibition in September 2010. Welcoming remarks provided by Sam Liccardo, San Jose District 3 Councilmember and David Figuero Ortega, Counsel General of Mexico in San Jose.

Teddy Cruz studies informal architecture in Tijuana and the place-making of immigrants in San Diego suburbs in order to adapt the creativity and resourcefulness of informal architecture to more official design practices. Teddy Cruz is an Associate Professor in public culture and urbanism in the Visual Arts Department at the University of California, San Diego. In addition to teaching at UCSD, Teddy Cruz is the principal of Estudio Cruz, a San Diego-based architectural firm. He obtained a Masters in Design Studies from Harvard University, the Rome Prize in Architecture form the American Academy in Rome and received the 2004-05 James Stirling Memorial Lecture on the City Prize.

New York Times articles on the work of Teddy Cruz:

Learning from Tijuana: Hudson, NY, Considers Different Housing Model, February 19, 2008

Shantytowns as a New Suburban Ideal, March 12, 2006

Luncheon Tickets are $35/person or $350 for a table of ten.
Call (408)998-2808 to purchase tickets by Monday, April 26.

Save the Date: MACLA's 12th Annual Latino Art Auction - Saturday, May 15, doors open at 6pm, live auction begins at 7:30pm.

April 25, 2010

The 2nd Annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Art Exhibit

The 2nd Annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Art Exhibit

Opening Reception- Wednesday April 28th 6pm-9pm
Second Chance Opening- Friday May 14th 6pm-9pm

Periscope Cellars
1410 62nd Street
Emeryville, CA 94608

Drown In Details Exhibition

Roan Victor, Ben Kretovics and KALEID's Kate Saturday are the featured artists of Drown in Details at Empire 7 on May 14th, 8pm-midnight.

Empire Seven Studios
(please note address correction:) 525 No. Seventh St.
San Jose, CA

April 27, 2010

Silicon Vallery Open Studios starts this weekend


Jen Norton, Cherry Tomatoes: $1.00, Acrylic on Canvas, 20 x 20, $800

This weekend kicks off the 24th season of Silicon Valley Open Studios. It's your chance to visit artists in their studios and shared spaces during the first three weekends in May. Here you'll discover the tremendous diversity and wealth of artistic talent in this creative valley.

Many artists band together so you can see a many artists in one location such as Jen Norton Studios (pictured above.) Stop by Jen's art studio this weekend (May 1 & 2) at 1969 Elden Drive, San Jose, CA 95124 to see Jen's work as well as Jane Ferguson, Susan Migliore, Mariana Barnes, April Vanderbilt and Donna Orme. There will be live jazz on Saturday and wine tasting on Sunday.

Stop by KALEID Gallery to pick up a SVOS directory or visit their site for more info at http://www.svos.org

Photographers Wanted for: EXPOSURE

Artists Wanted's international competition for inspired photography is now open.

Photography is power. In a world of images, a photographer has the potential to change perceptions, ask questions and to explore beauty. This opportunity is open to photographers of all backgrounds who speak exquisitely in the language of lenses and aperture.

Our goal is simple - to find amazing photographic talents and expose them to the world in the most potent way possible. Rewards and benefits will be given to all who participate. One Grand Prize winner will be awarded a Manhattan gallery reception, international publicity and their choice of $10,000 cash or 1 year living rent free in a $1.2 million dollar apartment provided by The Edge in New York City.

Our panel of judges including Photographer Lauren Greenfield, New York Times Photo Editor Maura Foley, MoMA Curator Nora Lawrence and JPG Founders Derek Powazek & Heather Powazek Champ, will choose one photographer for the Grand Prize:
* $10,000 cash or 1-year FREE living at a $1.2 million apartment at The Edge in New York City
* A Manhattan gallery reception
* Airfare & shipping to and from New York City for the event
* International publicity

The public will also cast their vote and the highest rated portfolio will receive the People's Choice Award:
* $2,000 in cash
* A Manhattan gallery reception
* Airfare & shipping to and from New York City for the event

All participants will receive:
An online portfolio searchable by gallerists, press and commercial buyers; A free digital subscription to JPG Magazine; $100 in discounts and credits from Zipcar.com; and discounts and freebies from our corporate sponsors.

This is your opportunity to capture the moment and share your talent with the world.

Send us your most powerful photographs: http://artistswanted.org/?altd1

Deadline: May 31 at 11:59 pm, EST
Submission fee: $10 per image

With support from The Edge, JPG Magazine, Etsy, Resource Magazine, Zipcar, 3rd Ward.

Rutledge, Magginetti at Gallery TEN10 April 30th

Gallery TEN10 presents photography by Reuben Rutledge and drawings by Robert T. Magginetti on Friday, April 30th from 7pm-9pm.

Gallery TEN10
1010 East Taylor St @ 21st St.
San Jose

Dr. Sketchy's thanks you!


The beauty that fell from space Theresa Dunnavant



Dr. Sketchy art



Dr. Sketchy art



Master Drew Clark, Mistress Trina Merry our resident MCs.


Thank you! to all the artists that came out for Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School last week at Anno Domini. We had a full house of great talent to sketch, meet other artists and win prizes! More pics here.

Join us for the next Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School on First Friday, June 4th during the SubZERO Festival in the SoFA District!

April 29, 2010

Lacey Bryant at Cactus Gallery L.A.


k,k, p by Lacey Bryant

KALEID Gallery artist Lacey Bryant has a series of new watercolor paintings at the Los Angeles Cactus Gallery.

I love painting. I am constantly thinking about painting. I find myself laying awake at night, ideas running through my mind. Sometimes I paint just to get it out of my head. I love chaos. I love things that don't make sense. Things that are theatrical, and things that are subtle, like someone walking in the rain, deliberately walking through the puddles instead of around them, huge trees growing out of 4th floor windows, girls fearlessly crushing spiders with their bare hands. - Lacey Bryant

All originals, unframed, 6"x5.5" are only $50 each. Click here to see available art work.

Cactus Gallery & Gifts
4534 Eagle Rock Blvd.
Eagle Rock, CA 90041
323.256.6117

Cactus Gallery is a vibrant Latino owned and operated gallery that promotes L.A. artists. A real shopper's delight, Cactus is an eclectic mix of TRADITIONAL art forms, OUTSIDER art and FOLK art.

The State Of Things exhibit by Chelsea Lynn Jennings


THE STATE OF THINGS is a multi-media installation by Chelsea Lynn Jennings that deals with the sociological idea of the "McDonaldization" of society.

McDonaldization is a theory by George Ritzer that expands upon Max Weber's thoughts on bureaucratization and rationality. In essence, the theory explains how more and more sectors of society are becoming "rationalized," or more and more like bureaucracies. Businesses do this in order to become more efficient, calculable, productive, and controlled, and it is indeed very rational from the business owner's perspective. However the increased rationalization of society leads to a very uniform world, in which both employees and consumers alike are dehumanized. This rationalization and resulting dehumanization is what "The State of Things" is addressing.

THE STATE OF THINGS Chelsea Lynn Jennings
Bachelor of Fine Arts Installation
San Jose State University Art Building, Black Gallery
Exhibit open May 3-6, 2010, 10am-4pm
Reception Tuesday May 4, 2010, 6pm-8pm

May 4, 2010

Auctions & Art Party coming up!

Two of San Jose's non-profit art organizations are having fund raising auctions this month. Both MACLA and WORKS will have previews of their auction offerings at this May 7th First Friday art walk.



Image credit: Elizabeth Gomez, Titmouse with Pom-Poms,
Mixed media, acrylic and glitter, 2010. Photo: Robertino Ragazza


MACLA's 12th Annual Latino Art Auction Reception- View the very best of contemporary Latino art from the Bay Area and beyond. Over 60 artists have generously donated a vast array of paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture available for purchase. Auction proceeds support MACLA's programs in the visual arts, performing & literary arts, youth arts education; and community development through the arts, which reach over 30,000 people annually.

Live Auction: Saturday, May 15, @ 7:00pm

MACLA
510 South First Street
San Jose, CA

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art by Lacey Bryant, Minutes Disappear When You're Not Looking, oil pastel, 2010


Works' Benefit Auction Preview Reception- The South Bay's most accessible art auction moves to Spring! The work of almost 100 regional artists including Lacey Bryant, Tony Castro, Christopher Elliman, Diane Levinson, Francesca Lovecchio, Ken Matsumoto, Tony May, Therese May, Angelica Muro, Carlos Perez, Valerie Raps, Fanny Retsek, and Joe Saxe, to name just a few of the array of outstanding donating artists, will be on view to preview the May 22 auction. Support your community art and performance center and experience the wide range of art from our region.

Works San Jose
451 South First Street
San Jose, CA

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There's also the Anne & Mark Art Party 2010 fundraiser which showcases over 100 local artists and musicians in a fundraiser for the Arts Council Silicon Valley. There's also an opportunity to purchase art directly from participating artists at this show.

May 8, 2010
215 East Alma Avenue, San Jose
(behind Smurfit Stone Recycling)

Patrons Suggested Donation: $50 from 6:30pm on
General Admission Suggested Donation: $25 from 8pm on

Visit their website for more information and to RSVP: http://www.artparty2010.com

KALEID Featured Exhibitions for May 2010

KALEID Gallery presents two new featured exhibitions with opening receptions on First Friday May 7th from 7-9pm. These exhibitions by Shannon Amidon and Centa Schumacher are photography based although both artists approach the medium entirely differently for a unique experience when viewed.



art by Centa Schumacher

Preconscious a photographic exhibition by Centa Schumacher. This work explores what is just beneath our awareness using the body as an intermediary between the conscious mind and the subconscious. By turning the camera onto herself, Centa Schumacher shows that the separation between the physical self and the mind is nearly non-existent.



art by Shannon Amidon

Efflorescence is a series of lumen prints by Shannon Amidon inspired by her interest in blending artistic renderings of nature and old world photographic techniques. Camera-less images are created by exposing botanical specimens and photographic paper to varying levels of sunlight, time, and temperature, creating unique and ethereal images that transcend the specimens' natural color, shape, and form.

A companion ambient sound installation by Compartment organically interprets pieces of Shannon Amidon's Efflorescence series resulting in musical vignettes that are sometimes alarming, sometimes whimsical. Compartment will be present opening night performing a live musical installation.


Artists' Reception: Friday May 7th, 7pm - 9pm
part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk. (Click here for full lineup.)

Exhibition on view through May 28, 2010

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday, Noon - 5pm
First Fridays 'til 9pm

KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St.
Downtown San Jose, CA 95112
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com

Mother's Day Gifts from KALEID

If you're out and about for the First Fridays art walk, keep your mom in mind when you stop by KALEID Gallery. There's some amazing affordable gifts for Mother's Day (this Sunday, May 9th)! Choose something as beautiful and unique as your MOM!


Mum Cards by Cecilia Deck ($4.)


Glowing Heart by Victoria Vaz ($40.)


The Reluctant Monarch by Michelle Waters ($100.)
Michelle is donating all proceeds from her art sales during the months of May & June, 2010 to wildlife rescue efforts in the Gulf through the International Bird Rescue Research Center (http://ibrrc.org). You can purchase her work at KALEID Gallery or by visiting her website at http://www.michellewatersart.com.


Origami Earrings by Cecilia Deck ($10.)


Woodpecker by Nora Schwaller ($90.)


Button Rings by Tessa Cavazos ($8.)


Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday, Noon - 5pm
First Fridays 'til 9pm

KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St.
Downtown San Jose, CA 95112
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com

Blaise Rosenthal at Good Karma

Iconic Urbanity-symbols of a concrete culture paintings by Blaise Rosenthal

Blaise Rosenthal's heavily textured paintings aesthetically evoke and capture the emotion and vibrancy of metropolitan existence from the perspective of his New York origins and skateboarding cultural roots.

Artist's Reception First Friday May 7th, 8pm 'til late
(Part of the South First Fridays monthly art walk.)

Exhibition on view through May 29, 2010.

Good Karma Vegan Cafe
37 South First Street
San Jose, CA

Matthew Seigel at Caffe Trieste

WHAT IS HAPPENING? We were growing fruits and nuts. Now the valley is growing something else. On the surface it seems to be tech: WWW, email, VoIP, Facebook, Twitter, iPad... But what is it really? If we are the neurons, then connections are being made at a furious rate. We've gone from nothing to what? Fast. Bad? Good? Does overhauling the entire eco system of the earth matter? Or should we bask in the glorious wonder of our part in creating and BEING part of a new biological entity?

These are the questions behind Matthew Seigel's current scroll paintings which are a reinvention of Japanese tatemono (standing scrolls) in modern materials. Introduced to Japan during the Heian Period (794 to 1185), hung scrolls were "primarily for displaying Buddhist images for religious veneration, or as a vehicle to display calligraphy or poetry." With Matthew's scrolls, they are more messages discerning inter-connectivity and interactivity.

Artist's Reception: First Friday May 7th, 8pm 'til late
(part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk)

Featuring: Opera Night! at Caffe Trieste, with some of the Bay Area's best opera singers performing your favorite arias and duets

Caffé Trieste
315 South First Street
San Jose, CA

May 16, 2010

TWO BUCK Tuesday May 18th

TWO BUCK TUESDAY, May 18th 2010 6:30-9pm curated by Lacey Bryant.

$2 Art Sale and Quirky Speaker Series

KALEID Feature Artists Shannon Amidon & Centa Schumacher will talk and answer questions about their current solo shows, Efflorescence & Preconscious (respectively).

Amie Frisch, the director of Veggielution, a nonprofit Community Farm on the East Side of San Jose, will talk about the importance of growing our own food in the city, and the trials and tribulations that go along with it.

Profs. Burke and Saturday present A Night of Zoological Edification. Prof. Burke will expound upon strange and unusual animals whilst Prof. Saturday illustrates them before our very eyes!

Omar & Deb Barba of Canvas Ghost Productions present How to Throw your own Art Party! will amaze us with the ins and outs of organizing, publicizing and hosting an art event in your own home!

PLUS:
Pick the brains of Anno Domini's Cherri Lakey & Brian Elder.

Shannon Amidon will provide an interactive demonstration of her camera-less photographic process, giving us a chance to learn how her unique lumen prints develop. Participants will be able to take home a lumen print of their own creation!

The San Jose Yarnbombers will be hosting a stitching circle. All knitters/crocheters are welcome to show-off and work on their projects!

Music by Troy Curtis

Coffee by Red Berry Coffee Bar
Free Ice Cream & popsicles courtesy of the Two Buck Crew!

Live Art by:
Michael Foley
Michael Borja
Chris Kisler
Michelle Waters
Lara Sophia
Matthew Seigel

Limited space will be available if you would like to drop in with your art supplies and create along with them!

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

See past events- flickr.com/photos/phantomgalleries

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: http://www.twitter.com/KALEIDgallery

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

May 20, 2010

Works/San José's Benefit Art Auction

More than 100 regional artists have donated their work to support your community art and performance center--now it's time to bid!

Final preview hours:
Thursday, noon to 4pm
Friday, noon to 7pm
Saturday, noon to 4pm

Auction: Saturday, May 22
doors open 5pm for gala reception
bidding begins at 7pm
admission is free!
bidder registration just $15, $10 members of Works
enjoy entertainment and refreshments

Well known artists such as Binh Danh, Christopher Elliman, Bill Gould, Wayne Jiang, Diane Levinson, Therese May, Tony May, Ken Matsumoto, Angelica Muro, Carlos Perez, Valerie Raps, Fanny Retsek, Lisa Ramirez, Joe Saxe, and many more have donated their work. All manner of mediums represented: painting, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, photographs, monotypes, mixed media and more, with a wide range of retail values, from $50 to $1000. Most bidding starts at just 25% of retail! All payment methods accepted: cash, checks, and credit cards.

This is the South Bay's most accessible art auction! Support your community art and performance center and experience the wide range of art from our region!

Works
451 South First Street, downtown San José

see the full list of artists at: http://www.workssanjose.org

un-titled SJSU BFA Graphic Design Exhibition


May 23, 2010

Dinosaur Dance Party Call for Participants

Do you like dinosaurs? Do you like to dance? Then dress up like a dinosaur and boogie down at the SubZERO Festival on June 4th in downtown San Jose's SoFA District. Polish up your claws and shake your proto-tailfeathers! Mammals are also welcome. Yes, this sounds too awesome to be true, and yet somehow it is true. Meet at So. 1st and San Salvador at 8pm.

But wait! The Dinosaur Dance Party needs your help! I'm still looking for people to run two giant puppets and help with the music. No experience is required, or even expected. Email kate@confoundedcontraption.com if you'd like to help, or if you'd like advice on how to make a simple dinosaur costume.

June 3, 2010

KALEID Feature Exhibitions for June 2010

KALEID Gallery presents feature exhibitions by Murphy Adams and Charis DeRemer for the month of June, 2010.



art by Murphy Adams

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see here: an exhibition of mixed media paintings, sculpture, clay and mosaic. See here, it’s about the things your think about but never say, what your actions say and not your words, it’s about what you said but wish you hadn’t. See here, a look inside, outside of your senses.



art by Charis DeRemer

Darndest Daydreams an exhibition of paintings by Charis DeRemer that asks the viewer to make up the story behind each in his or her own mind. The paintings are of dreamers, both literal and figurative, captured in ephemeral moments of human emotion and inspiration.


Artists' Reception: First Friday, June 4th, 7pm - 9pm
part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk.(click here for more info)

Exhibition on view through July 9, 2010.

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday, Noon - 5pm
First Fridays 'til 9pm

KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St.
Downtown San Jose, CA 95112
408-947-1785
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk & SubZERO Festival

Join us for the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk & the 3rd Annual SubZERO Festival!

June 4th, 6pm 'til MIDNIGHT In the SoFA District
(on So. First Street between San Carlos and E. Reed streets & beyond!)


In addition to the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk, So. First St. in the SoFA District will be shut down 6pm-midnight for the 3rd Annual SubZERO Festival a diy, artistically bent, hi/lo-techno mashup where street meets geek.

This highly anticipated event is the only of its kind in the region featuring 100 artists, performers and musicians of the subculture genre that thrives in Silicon Valley.

As an artist, you may want to bring your sketchbook and pencils for the special edition of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School out on South First Street from 7pm thru 10pm! Models include Persephone Tribal Belly dancers, Museum Proper puppet, Brave New World models and more!

For more info visit:
http://www.SubZEROfestival.com and http://www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com

June 9, 2010

Thursday Gig June 17, 2010

Thursday Gig's Art & the Spoken Word for June features paintings by Dick Zunkel and poetry by Stephen Kessler.

June 17th, 6:30pm

Stone Griffin Gallery
411 E. Campbell Ave.
Campbell, CA

June 10, 2010

Josh Marcotte exhibition at Red Berry Coffee Bar

Coffee, Tea, and Artistry at Red Berry Coffee Bar presents:

Lost San Jose – Endless Wandering Days by Josh Marcotte

Artist's Reception: Friday, June 18, 7-9 pm

Join us for the downtown San Jose opening of Lost San Jose – Endless Wandering Days, Josh Marcotte’s fascinating and poignant view of the hidden, overlooked, and often unwanted reminders of our city’s past and present glory.

Meet the photographer, Josh Marcotte, a writer and lifelong San Jose resident. Fresh baked treats will be served. Artisan coffees and teas are available to complement the sweets and lift your spirits. An easy walk from downtown San Jose, Red Berry Coffee Bar is located directly across from City Hall. Street and covered parking is available.

Red Berry Coffee Bar
231 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA
408.286.0508
www.redberrycoffeebar.com

Shannon Amidon at California Modern Art Gallery

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KALEID Gallery artist Shannon Amidon will be exhibiting several pieces from her Subtle Meditations Series in “The Green Show” at California Modern Art Gallery in San Francisco.

The exhibit features 14 Bay Area artists and their works, which reflect on the relation between man and the environment, incorporate natural objects, or reuse found objects. The work includes sculpture, photography, drawings, paintings and installations.

Featured Artists: Shannon Amidon, Linda Colnett, Leanne Deming, Gillian Ellenby, Clint Imboden, Grant Johnson, Elise Mahan, Dana Rottler, Lawrence Riley, Megan Seiter, Maureen Shields, Laura Varich, Lisa Vuskovic, Ryan Zweng

Opening Reception: Thursday June 17th, 6pm-9pm
with live music performances by Jeff Desira and Jordan Carp

Exhibit runs through July 8th.

California Modern Art Gallery
1035 Market St, San Francisco, Ca
http://www.calmodern.com/events.html

Photographer Abe Menor at Empire Seven Studios

If you came out to the SubZERO Festival last Friday and came across the Street Swag Photo Booth you probably met and had your portrait taken by photographer Abe Menor.

His exhibition at Empire 7 this Friday is an excellent opportunity to see Abe's larger body of daily street journalism photos.

Abraham Menor Amidst the Hype

Meet this talented photographer in person and enjoy an evening of amazing work, music, food, friends and famiy.

Opening Reception: June 11 from 8pm-midnight
Music hyped by THATGIRL

Abraham Menor is a community organizer/worker and photographer based in San Jose, California. Menor graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from California State University at Hayward. When he is not working as a “at-risk” youth case manager, he is armed with his camera, ready to capture the next fleeting moment. His love for the camera began in the late 90’s. His subject matter was initially graffiti. Menor sought to document the culture surrounding such an art form. Shortly thereafter, he developed a passion to document his daily interactions with people, places, and things. Menor’s goal is to tell stories using his camera.

With a background in sociology and a love for photography, Menor realized that he can combine the two together. The result is photography that analyzes and examines human social behavior and society. In the past, he has documented various social and political movements such as the anti-war movement, the Filipino World War II Veterans Equity Movement, the Silence the Violence Day, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Train March. Menor also documents Hip Hop culture and the different sub-culture of the streets. These two cultures have greatly influenced the manner in which Menor captures and documents an image. As a participant and observer, Menor is able to capture moments that are fresh and raw yet honest and real.

Show duration: June 11-30, 2010

Empire Seven Studios
525 N 7th Street, San Jose, CA 95112
www.empiresevenstudios.com
Abe Menor website: www.brainsoiled.com

Michelle Waters Auto-Manic group exhibition

KALEID Gallery artist Michelle Waters is a selected participant in the upcoming group exhibit Auto-Manic curated by Peter Foucault.

Michelle is donating all funds from art sales for the next couple of months to International Bird Rescue & Research Center (http://www.ibrrc.org). The foremost experts in saving oiled wildlife and are currently in the Gulf cleaning birds. (They’ve been around since the 70’s and are the people who did bird rescue during and after the Cosco Busan spill; more recently they saved 400 brown pelicans in Southern California last winter.) Visit Michelle's website for available works (http://www.michellewatersart.com/) or purchase her works in person at KALEID Gallery.

Root Division presents Auto-Manic
Ever since the first interstate highways began carving a path through the urban landscape in the early 50s, California has been the epitome of American car culture. Nostalgic images of the warm summer sun reflecting off the chrome bullets on the ached tail fin of a steel behemoth have given way to technologically savvy hybrids that can tear up a track at 0-60 mph in less than four seconds, and are nearing 130 miles per gallon.

From Thunderbirds to Teslas, the freeways, side streets, beaches and parking lots of California have always been clogged to the saturation point with automobiles. These everyday objects have deeply imbedded themselves into the collective unconscious of artists working within this urban environment, and created a fertile trajectory for exploring the relationship between man and four wheeled machine.

At our current vantage point, within a deep and crippling economic recession, with CO2 emissions reaching an alarming level and gas prices teetering on the preposterous at times, we must re-evaluate our relationship with the beloved car. With the devastating fall of the big American Car Companies and the disappearance of such iconic brands as Pontiac, a dramatic new relationship is evolving between producer and consumer, pragmatist and dreamer.

As we speed off into a new era of travel, technology and environmental responsibility, the thirteen artists in Auto-Manic, from California and beyond, respond to the role of the automobile, and its alternatives, in art.

Curated by Peter Foucault

Featuring Live Performances by:
Kevin E. Taylor
M.A.P. (Mobile Arts Platform)

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 12 from 6 to 10
Outdoor BBQ starts at 6pm!
Suggested donation: $2 - $20

Exhibition dates: June 9th- 26th, 2010
Gallery hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 2-6 pm (or by appointment)

Root Division
3175 17th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.863.7668
www.rootdivision.org

Phantom Galleries Redwood City Art Walk this Saturday!

Phantom Galleries Redwood City is pleased to participate in the upcoming Second Saturday Art Walk with 16 new exhibitions by local artists viewable in the storefront windows of 2107 Broadway Street in downtown Redwood City.

Join us Saturday, June 12th, 7pm-9pm as exhibiting artists Stuart Johnson, Woody Miller, Donna Orme, Maria Sanchez, Matthew Seigel, Timothy Tsun, Kate Stewart and Ysmay will be present outside on the sidewalk with live painting, fiber arts and printmaking demos accompanied with beautiful music by Gianfranco & Friends.

The new Second Saturday Art Walk is a multicultural, socially responsible, and eco-friendly event that brings a fabulous array of art to the community. Fair trade crafts are being promoted at nine locations in Redwood City, compiling over 75 local artists bringing inspiration, culture, and entertainment this spring and summer to the entire Peninsula.

This great event - in it's 3rd season- takes place every second Saturday of the month from April through October, starting at 7pm.

Bring the family for an Art Walk - wander from gallery to gallery, take in the art and culture, and enjoy the new dining and entertainment options in our revitalized downtown.

For more information, please click here.


Phantom Galleries Redwood City is produced by Two Fish Design and made possible through the generous support of the San Mateo Credit Union and the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency.

June 12, 2010

Sunday Night Movies at Art Ark

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Art Ark Gallery kicks off their Sunday Night Summer Cinema series this Sunday June 5th at 9pm with the film TOKYO!

BYOP+B (bring your own pillow & beverage)

The rest of the summer lineup looks pretty good too:

Art Ark Gallery
1035 So. 5th Street
San Jose, CA
www.artarkgallery.net

June 13, 2010

Join us for Two Buck Tuesday June 15th at KALEID

UPDATE: The awesome TBT Crew did it again with a great night of inspired speakers, artists and audience!

Special thanks to our guest speakers:


Stephanie Bailey



Zack Belanger



and David Mejia

More TBT images here.

See you at the next Two Buck Tuesday July 20th!
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photo by Stephanie Bailey

TWO BUCK TUESDAY, June 15th 2010 6:30-9pm

$2 Art Sale and Quirky Speaker Series

This month at Two Buck Tuesday- a range of people who spend more time than you do with animals. In that sentence I'm counting "found objects" as an animal. ~this month's curator Kate Stewart

David Mejia was born and raised in San Jose, California and he loves to draw and make comic books. He works at the Martin Luther King Library and occasionally has the job of the library's mascot Conroy the Curious Cougar. David has created most of the art work for the library featuring Conroy (he also proposed to his wife in the Cougar suit.) You can see David's art work on view at KALEID Gallery.

Stephanie Bailey is a stiltwalker, ballet dancer, puppeteer and flautist. She travels the world as a museum photographer. Last summer, she spent two months at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington DC photographing their insects and prehistoric vegetation (she was also allowed to touch dinosaur bones!) Stephanie will demonstrate the process she uses to photograph tiny things, and show off the bugs the Smithsonian let her keep.

Zack Belanger will demonstrate his found object sculpting throughout the evening. "I consider myself a process artist, a materialist, and a futurist. I believe in intention and the ability to give and object a voice, a life, or a story. I ask my work questions and allow the process to show me the answers, my task is to perfect my ability to let go when necessary."

Sandy Sanjurjo talks about Seaskin, her upcoming KALEID feature exhibit benefiting the world's oceans.

Live drawing featuring Ashley Laidlaw and Justin Devine, Keith Bunnell throwing ceramics, and Arturo Rangel on the mic!

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

See past events- flickr.com/photos/phantomgalleries

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: http://www.twitter.com/KALEIDgallery

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

June 15, 2010

Michael Gustavson at Black Bean Ceramic Art Center

Black Bean Ceramic Art Center presents: Raku Ceramic Canvases by Michael Gustavson

Michael’s work is very unique in that he uses the traditional process of raku and has expanded it by way of his own technique. The glazes he uses are textural and often appeal to ones senses causing the viewers to immediately want to touch the work. This comes as no surprise to Michael as he always emphasizes surface quality and texture.

The wall pieces are glaze paintings with fragmented edges giving it both negative and positive space. The vessels are thrown on the wheel and then hand stretched to create a sense of the human figure. Each vessel gives the appearance of a torso having no head but having the grace of a dancer…truly these works of art are exciting to touch, look at, and admire!

Exhibit on view through June 19, 2010

Michael Gustavson graduated from San Jose State University with a Master of Fine Arts in 1980. Since then he has been a professional artist. His works of art have been collected throughout the world. You will find his art pieces in major corporations such as; IBM, Kaiser Permanent, Seagate, Cranbrook University, Eastman Kodak, McDonald Corporation, and SAS Headquarters. On an individual level, private collectors from the west coast to the east coast have collected Michael’s work over the years, many returning to obtain new works.

Black Bean Ceramic Art Center
561 Emory St.
San Jose, Ca, 95117
(408) 642-5757
Hours: Monday – Saturday 11:00 – 6:00

Thank you! Phantom Galleries Redwood City Art Walk


Artist Maria Sanchez

We were very pleased to once again be asked to participate in the revitalization efforts of downtown Redwood City by providing 16 exhibitions by local and regional artists in the vacant storefronts at 2107 Broadway Street (between Jefferson & Theater Way).



Artist/Musician Gianfranco Paolozzi & Danny


Last Saturday, June 12th, we joined the Second Saturday Art Walk by having 8 artists line the sidewalks with live painting, demonstrations and beautiful music by Gianfranco & Danny in front of the window exhibitions.



Artist Ysmay


Participating Phantom Artists: Erica Aranyos, Damon Bailey, Mariana Barnes, Daniel Gautier, Ysmay, Minal Jeswani, Stuart Johnson, Lorraine Lawson, Woody Miller, Beth Mostovoy, Donna Orme, Gianfranco Paolozzi, Maria Sanchez, Matthew Seigel, Kate Stewart and Timothy Tsun.

More images from the event here.

Exhibitions are on view through August, 2010.

We appreciate our project partner Redwood City Redevelopment Agency and the project sponsor San Mateo Credit Union.

June 16, 2010

Erin Goodwin-Guerrero at Triton Museum of Art

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Caught Between Heaven and Earth by Erin Goodwin-Guerrero at Triton Museum of Art June 19-September 19, 2010

Opening Reception: Friday, June 18th, 7-9pm

from Triton Museum's website:
The art of Erin Goodwin-Guerrero is the product of a curious and questioning mind, a restless hand, and the need to be heard, as much as seen. Most of her painting is loaded with content that is accessible to the patient viewer. The recent work is charged with aggressive color, yet the complex symbolism and layers of related imagery require attention and reflection to extract bits of sensible information. Over the years, a number of themes recur in her art: boxing as a metaphor for struggle of the underdog, death as an eternal actor in human drama, the sexual/sensual undercurrent of most human ritual, the search for and abuse of the truth. The current work revisits many of these themes with myth-making narratives and guest appearances by legendary figures from art and cultural history.

Museum Hours:
Tuesday - Wednesday: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday - Sunday: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday: closed

Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Ave.
Santa Clara, CA 95050
www.tritonmuseum.org
Phone: (408) 247-3754

Summer Art Contest for Kids!

This is a pretty amazing contest for kids by University Art. Not only are there great prizes for the kids (framing and art supplies), they will actually provide the contest entrants with a free canvas.

So get your kids, nieces, nephews, grandkids or neighborhood hooligans to create some fun art this summer!

University Arts' 14th Annual Summer Art Contest for Kids!

This year's theme is "My Pet Monster!"

3 categories: 0-5 yr. old, 6-8 yr. old & 9-12 yr. old

UArt will provide a 10" x 10 canvas panel, or you may use your own 10" x 10" paper. Any media accepted. Entries must be returned to the same store you received the canvas and flyer from-no exceptions. Entries given out on an individual basis only. First place entries will be framed by our award-winning framing department and showcased in our store windows.

All participants will receive a certificate of recognition and a special discount at University Art!

1st Place: $75. UA Gift Certificate
2nd Place: $50. UA Gift Certificate
3rd Place: $25. UA Gift Certificate

Entry Deadline- July 9th / Winners Announced -July 16th

University Art
Palo Alto, San Jose, San Francisco, Sacramento, No. Sacramento
www.universityart.com

New Funding Opportunity for Emerging Arts Leaders in California

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation are pleased to announce the launch of the Next Gen Arts Initiative, which will provide professional development grants up to $1,000 to emerging arts administrators in California through the Center for Cultural Innovation's Creative Capacity Fund, along with other program activities.

California arts administrators between the ages of 18 and 35 who are currently employed by a nonprofit arts organization may be eligible to apply for these new grant resources by registering online and completing a profile questionnaire by July 31, 2010.

Cash prizes of $100 each will also be given to five survey-takers chosen in a random drawing at the conclusion of the survey - another way for us to say thank you!

The online questionnaire can be accessed through the link below:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NextGenArts

For further information about the Creative Capacity Fund and the Next Gen Arts Initiative, please visit: www.creativecapacityfund.org.

Rebelate! Printmaking at MACLA June 24th

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A Hands-On Printmaking Workshop with Melanie Cervantes and Jesus Barraza of Dignidad Rebelde July 24th @ MACLA

Learn the fine art of printmaking with artist-activists Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes at MACLA. Don't miss the opportunity to work with these two fabulous artists featured in The Art of Politics: Three Generations of Political Printmaking in the Bay Area.

Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes will kick the workshop off with a slideshow presentation that discusses the role of art and culture in community transformation and movement building. Participants will bring their ideas and passions to life by creating their own unique work of art.

Space is Limited - Sign Up Now!
Workshop is $30 per person with limited scholarships available. Please contact Felicia Salinas at felicia@maclaarteorg or call (408) 998-2808 to register.

June 22, 2010

Al Preciado at The Usuals

Al Preciado will be exhibiting watercolors and sculptures at The Usuals June 25-July 20, 2010.

Artist's Reception is Friday, June 25th, 6-9pm.

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda, San Jose
http://www.shoptheusuals.com

PRISM Index Release Party at Anno Domini this Thursday!



PRISM Index Release Party
- a new mixed-media art compilation

PRISM index is a limited edition, handmade, silk-screened, mixed-media book that compiles the various work of a wide spectrum of artists into one place. The name serves as an acronym for Print / Images / Sounds / & Movies.

Join us for their San Jose stop of their California Tour!
Thursday, June 24th, 8pm
Admission: $5, doors 7:30pm

Raymond Byron (Castanets)
http://www.myspace.com/castanets

OHIOAN
http://www.myspace.com/oryne

PRISM Index Film Screenings
http://www.prismindex.com

PRISM Index
an index of Print/Images/Sounds/Movies
over 50 artists, 80 pages, 72 minute mix CD / 88 minute mix DVD
http://www.prismindex.com

PRINT — Artists whose writings appear in the print version of PRISM index #1
Jeffrey Bowers, Jay Duplass, Robert Earle, Trent Harris, Brent Hoff, Michael Kimball, Women & Children – Kevin Lasting, Brian McMullen, Brett Eugene Ralph, Ray Raposa, Chris Schlarb, Justin Taylor, James Jackson Toth, Virgil Widrich

IMAGES — Artists whose images appear in the print version of PRISM index #1
Jeffrey Bowers, Jeffrey Brown, Diane Cluck, Josh Cotter, Arrington de Dionyso, Jeremy Bradley Earl, Theo Ellsworth, Fantastic Magic, Golden Ghost – Laura Goetz, Lisa Hanawalt, Trent Harris, David Heumann, Hermann Karlsson, Women & Children – Kevin Lasting, Colin McDonald, Adam "Meadows" Mitchell, Bill Plympton, Luke Ramsey, Dan Reeder, Schon Wanner, Virgil Widrich

SOUNDS — Artists whose sounds appear in the print version of PRISM index #1
Belly Boat, William Fowler Collins, Arrington de Dionyso, Fantastic Magic, Golden Ghost, David Heumann, Michael Hurley, Robbie Lee, Mi and L'au, Adam "Meadows" Mitchell, Annelies Monseré, Mr. Leg, Louis Munroe, ORMO, Ray Raposa, Chriss Sutherland, Thee More Shallows, Women & Children

MOVIES — Artists whose movies appear in the print version of PRISM index #1
Steve Emmons, Chema García Ibarra, Chadd Harbold, Michael Hurley, Azazel Jacobs, Hermann Karlsson, Mike Kuchar, Michael Langan, Daniel Martinico, Carson Mell / Grant Falardeau, Jay Rosenblatt, Dustin Thompson, Zellner Brothers


Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design
366 South First St., San Jose, CA 95113
http://www.galleryAD.com

Scion x-CHANGE Event for KALEID Gallery

Scion x-CHANGE comes to San Jose in support of local arts-based KALEID Gallery. Come out and be a part of the arts in your community. For every test drive completed, money can be donated to KALEID Gallery.

KALEID (Greek for beauty and form) was borne out of San Jose’s Phantom Galleries (artwork in empty storefronts project) in December 2006. Seventy fine artists and designers from the San Jose area make use of a 6,000 square foot retail space with individual exhibits that include painting, sculpture, photography, jewelry and textile art. The artists range from young and emerging, to seasoned and well accomplished. Every First Friday of the month debuts two new Featured Exhibits in which two current artists are selected to display a broader body of work. Artists are present to speak with guests about their work and process and is often accompanied by local live performances. First Friday Artists’ receptions are from 7-9pm and is a participant of the South First performances. First Friday Artists’ receptions are from 7-9pm and is a participant of the South First Fridays art walk.

Original artwork by Damon Soule, Scion x-CHANGE’s 2010 Featured Artist, will also be on site. Check him out under Featured Artists! You’ll even be able to make your own piece of art to take with you and share online with your friends and family.

Drive for x-CHANGE!

Stop by anytime this Wednesday, June 23rd, 12PM – 8PM.
It'll only take 15 minutes of your time and can greatly benefit KALEID Gallery's on-going exhibitions and special events.

Rasputin Records
1820 Bascom Ave.
Campbell, CA 95008
(800) 350-8700

or visit the KALEID Gallery Cause page to donate on line (thanks to our fiscal receiver 1st ACT) click here.

Follow Scion x-CHANGE:
Facebook.com/scionxchange
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June 24, 2010

Creekside School Students at Art Ark Gallery

ART ARK GALLERY is proud to present...

Artwork created by Creekside School Students: a sensory-friendly experience.

"All children can learn if we can learn how to teach them." - Author Unknown

Opening Art Reception: First Friday, July 2nd 6-8pm

Closing Art Reception: Wednesday, July 21st 5-7pm

“It's relationships, not programs, that change children. A great program simply creates the environment for healthy relationships to form between adults and children. Young people thrive when adults care about them on a one-to-one level, and when they also have a sense of belonging to a caring community.” -Bill Milliken

Open Gallery Hours:
Wednesday, July14th1-4pm and Friday, July 16th 9:30-12:30pm

By appointment on:
Monday, July 19th, Tuesday, July 20th, and Wednesday, July 21st

Art Ark Gallery
1035 South 6th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
www.artarkgallery.net

Mariana Barnes in the Blue Planet Exhibition at SOMArts

KALEID Gallery artist Mariana Barnes was selected by internationally exhibited eco-artist Kim Abeles for inclusion in “Blue Planet” an exhibition accompanying “Elements: An Eco-Art Conference” sponsored and organized by the Pacific Region Chapters of the Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA).

270 submissions were received in a broad range of media from 117 artists throughout the United States. It was a time-consuming and difficult task for the juror, Kim Abeles, to evaluate submissions for this show. In the end, she selected a range of pieces that spoke of our precious element, water, and eco-art activism.

Artists' Reception: Saturday, June 26 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm
Eco-Artist Juror Kim Abeles will be there.

Selected Blue Planet Artists: Allison Adams, Carolyn Applegate, Salma Arastu, Mariana Barnes, Ulla Barr, Tessie Barrera-Scharaga, Rebecca Bauen, Helen L. Bellaver, Sukey Bryan, Mike Callaghan, Kimberley Campisano, Paola Coda, Joyce cutler-Shaw, Lynn Dau, Mary Lou Dauray, Inouk Demers, Cynthia Eddings, Danielle Eubank, Trish Foschi, Sarah Beth Goncarova, Sevilla Granger, Rachel X. Hobreigh, Teresa Hsu, Ann Isolde, Uma Rani Iyli, Katherine Hisako Kodama, Audrey Kral, Linda Kunik, Mariette Leufkens, Nalyne Lunati, Leora Lutz, Meg Madison, Maggie Malloy, Laura D. McHugh, Jean B. Mills, Barbara Milman, Arlene Ferley Monzon, Sandra Mueller, Brenda Oelbaum, Michele Ogilvie, Nora Raggio, Ally Richter, Anne W. Rosenfeld, Valerie Runningwolf, Elisa Salcedo, Pallavi Sharma, Diana B. Shore, Susan M. Sironi, Jennifer Kim Sohn, Virginia Stearns, Deborah Thomas, Leigh Toldi, Jillian Van Ness, Margi Weir, Sydney Zentall

Exhibition dates: June 19 - 26, 2010
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday 12pm to 7pm, Saturday 12pm to 5pm

For more information visit: www.somarts.org or www.sbawca.org/events.html
SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco
934 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

June 26, 2010

out of the box :redux

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out of the box :redux
july 2 - 22
opening first friday, july 2, 5:30 - 8pm
corridor gallery, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto

showcasing artists, visions & techniques not seen at the Pacific Art League. the artwork is here to inspire & invigorate; to introduce other art cultures from the Bay Area to Palo Alto; and finally, to challenge us as viewers.

complimenting PAL's Main Gallery show, Out of the Box, we found art to personally show what out of the box meant to us, hence :redux.

event catered by David Ramsay Fundamental Gourmet
music by Gianfranco Paolozzi and Friends.
artists invited by Chrystelle Browman & Matthew Seigel.

participating artists: Lacey Bryant, Michael Foley, Michelle Waters , Victor Castillo
Kate Saturday, Yumi Miyagawa, Zach Belanger, Japhy Riddle Lexis Rubenis and Kelly Kobza

Pacific Art League
668 Ramona St.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
T: 650-321-3891
frontdesk@pacificartleague.org
free parking in city garage across the street

June 30, 2010

No South FIRST FRIDAY July 2nd

Just a reminder that there is no South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk in July due to the Fourth of July holiday.

We will resume First Friday August 6th with the art walk and STREET MRKT in the SoFA District.

In the meantime, most galleries & art venues are open with regular gallery hours so feel free to visit, there's still plenty of exhibitions and programming happening!

Whip that website into shape!

Daniel Gaines Photography has generously offered his excellent photographic skills to help you document your art work professionally.

Daniel will set up a photo area and shoot web-ready jpgs of artwork for only $2 each at the next Two Buck Tuesday July 20th at KALEID Gallery from 7pm-10pm.

Please limit to 5 works that are 36”x48” or smaller. You may schedule additional shoots by contacting him directly at gainessbc [at] comcast.net.

http://danielgainescreative.com

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com

July 1, 2010

Creature Features at diModa Salon July 3rd

A collection of art based on a 1970's late night TV show that showcased classic monster movies from the era. Monster art & sno cones!

Exhibiting artists: Steve Caballero, Christine Benjamin, Mr. Wim, 3 sheets, Sid Enck Jr.

Reception: Saturday July 3rd 6-10PM

diModa Salon
1060 lincoln ave.
San Jose, CA 95125
408.277.0400

STROKE ALERT! Benefit Studio Art Show/Sale

STROKE ALERT! Benefit Studio Art Show/Sale

August 14th 6pm - 10pm
Sara Cole Fine Art Studio
592 north 5th Street, San Jose, CA 95112

Artist Sara Cole is hosting a benefit studio art show/art sale for her mother, Margaret Cole, who has recently undergone several strokes in the past 18 months.

She is trying to raise money for her long-term care along with raising funds for the Stroke Awareness Association and raising stroke awareness in general.

Come and enjoy the art, donate to the cause, and enjoy the community event. Several bay area artists have generously donated their art to be sold for the fundraising event.

The Stroke Awareness Association executive director will be on hand with stroke awareness information. There will be live-action painting and live music too!.

TO DONATE ART:
please email sara [at] saravcole.com
Drop off of wok can happen any day at the above mentioned address with pre-approved set up time. Please be prepared to fill out small section of paperwork about your art work.

July 2, 2010

Seaskin by Sandy Munio-Sanjurjo at KALEID

Munio-Ink, San Jose Fashion Art Music (SJ FAM), and KALEID Gallery present SeaSkin.

Featured artist, Sandy Munio-Sanjurjo will showcase unique, contemporary artwork inspired by the beauty of the Sea. From mixed media pieces to portraits of body painted subjects, Sandy expresses her oceanic passion with a sexy new twist.

Sandy has chosen Oceana as the beneficiary of this exciting art showcase. Oceana’s vision “seeks to make our oceans as rich, healthy and abundant as they once were.”

Proceeds for the charity will come from the auction, donations, and the $10 admission fee.

We invite all to join us on this special night of art and music. This is a great way to support local artists and enjoy a beautiful evening, while giving back to a worthwhile cause.

Artist's Reception & Fundraiser- Saturday, July 17, 2010, 6-9pm
$10
donation at the door

Exhibit on view through Friday, July 23, 2010.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com
408.947.1785

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

For more information, or to donate directly, please visit: http://sites.google.com/site/munioinkseaskin/home

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About Oceana:
Oceana, founded in 2001, is the largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation. With offices in North America, Central America, South America and Europe, Oceana builds strategic and directed campaigns that will help return our oceans to former levels of abundance. They believe in the importance of science in identifying problems and solutions. Their scientists work closely with their teams of economists, lawyers and advocates to achieve tangible results for the oceans.

About Sandy:
"I'm not a "tree-hugger". I'm not a radical environmentalist. I'm just a person who paints. My art is inspired by a world that is desperately in need of our guardianship. I am compelled, I am determined and I am inspired."

Save the Date: July 20th TWO BUCK TUESDAY!

Find Your Muse at the Eclectic & Quirky Two Buck Tuesday
A bodypainter creates timely work about our relationship to oceans, A production company stays in San Jose instead of moving to LA, A performer dances for peace, and a local professor rediscovers artistic inspiration at KALEID Gallery’s monthly Two Buck Tuesday July 20th.

TWO BUCK Tuesdays is an inspired event hosted by a crew of very dedicated artists at KALEID Gallery on the Third Tuesday of the month. Artists and audience alike are invited to attend, contribute and share in this unique event all free of charge.

The Two Buck Tuesday Crew organizes artistic, creative speakers, live demos, performances and live music jammed into three hours for a hyper shot of inspiration that you'll carry with you all month long until the next one.

“One thing all these speakers and performers have in common is passion and inspiration. They’ve all found their muse and want to share it,” says July curator Trina Merry.

On July 20th from 7-10pm the public can see and speak with many amazing artists, performers and musicians and purchase $2 art (starting at noon.)

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com
408.947.1785

July 5, 2010

Photographer Beau Roulette at Emprie Seven July 9th

365 Self Portraits by Beau Roulette

The wicked mind of Beau Roulette I will never understand....but his work is something out of a comic book. A reality comic, funny, twisted, and well executed. His sharp images and cutting edge creativity is coming to our art scene this Second Friday, July 9th.

Empire Seven Studios is proud to host such a prolific photographer and it's a pleasure to have him here in our city. Beau has done work for many big name (peeps). Since I don't like name dropping, all I'm going to do is let you see for yourselves by coming to the next big show.

Bring your friends and family for a night of art, music, food and fun....we hope to see you this Friday!!! ~ Empire Seven

Opening Reception: Friday, July 9th, 8pm til midnight
Live music by DJ K-VON

Exhibit on view through July 31, 2010

Empire Seven
525 No. 7th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
www.empiresevenstudios.com

Still Life With Banquet. Fundraiser for Zero1

Part Feast. Part Art. Part You.
Only at the 2010 01SJ Biennial.

This epicurean feast prepared by renown chef Kitty Greenwald is paired with stunning projections by filmmaker and new media artist Grahame Weinbren

What: an epicurean feast paired with stunning projections that together explore food’s shifting identity
Where: San Jose City Hall Rotunda
When: Tuesday, September 14@ 8pm-11pm; includes unveiling of Rockwell LAB’s City Hall installation.
Tickets: $304.00 (Purchase tickets here: http://01sj.org/2010/events/slwb/ )

Still Life with Banquet investigates the contradictions present in 17th and 18th Century Dutch still-life paintings by translating them into a contemporary context.

Adorning the walls of the houses of the bourgeoisie, for whom these wondrous goods had recently become available?through the development of colonies and expansion of international trade?Dutch still lives illustrated the fruits of global commerce comfortably removed from the exploitation that fueled the Dutch Republic's phenomenal rise to prosperity.

On September 14, 2010, a cross section of people will gather in an unusual urban location for a seasonal menu created using pristine, iconographic ingredients. The dishes will nod to the Dutch cookery of the Golden Age, the setting's culinary history, and the chef’s improvisations.

Accompanying the meal will be super high-resolution projections?modeled after these still lives?using the meal’s ingredients and table decorations. During the consumption of each course, the diners are surrounded by images of its ingredients naturally returning to the soil in an ecological process of decomposition, while at the same time the flowers and plants decorating the tables emerge in a natural process of growth, replacing the now decayed, decomposed and moldy foodstuffs.

Artists
Grahame Weinbren is a filmmaker and new media artist whose installations have been exhibited and films screened in museum, galleries and festivals worldwide. Weinbren publishes and lectures on cinema, interactivity, and new technology and is an editor of the Millennium Film Journal, and on the graduate faculty of the School of Visual Arts in New York.

Kitty Greenwald has cooked in New York, France, Italy and Portugal. She has worked at Slow Food Nation, The Smithsonian Folk Life Festival: Food Culture USA, curated Slow Film Night at the YBCA Slow Food Nation exhibit and co-created a dinner for Agency, Montalvo's 2009 Arts Initiative celebrating Silicon Valley's agricultural and culinary history. She has written for Real Simple, National Geographic, and Mercury News and is currently authoring a cookbook for Reader's Digest.

July 7, 2010

Gary Coleman up and down the South Bay

Gary Coleman has found a way of increasing his studio space; put the art somewhere else.

He currently has 15 pieces in the Mountain View Tied House, 5 at the Mistral Restaurant in Redwood Shores, 8 at the Olio Restaurant in Campbell, 12 at the Stone Griffin Gallery in Campbell and 4 at the Los Gatos Museum's Art Gallery, not to mention 15 pieces in a bridge club in Palo Alto. Good news, bad news: Using time to put art out limits the time to fill the studio with new work.

Gary is showing both his landscapes and abstracts.

You can see more of Gary's works here: http://garycolemanartist.com

Taking the Leap at Axis Art Gallery July 9th

Albert Almondia exhibit at Soula Power Yoga

Figures: Wandering in Wonder

The selection of work included in this exhibit includes paintings of figures in various states of mood and expression. Completed over the last four years, the works are also a sample of Almondia's first years creating art. "I hadn’t realized a lot of my work is figurative. It wasn’t until installing the artwork for this exhibit that I realized they were all figurative and mostly female." says Albert about his current exhibit at Soula Power Yoga.

Themes of seduction, romance, elegance, heart-break, mystery, happiness, and simultaneously, inequality and solidarity are presented. "Probably because I’m a man I’ve been asked why so many women as subjects in my art? The answer lies within the work itself."

Almondia was born and raised in San Jose, CA. Selected past exhibits include KALEID Gallery, Eclectix Gallery (formerly in El Cerrito) and USF School of Law's Creative Justice Art Show a fundraiser to support a domestic violence program in San Francisco, CA. This is Almondia's first solo exhibit.

Prints available at http://albert-almondia.artistwebsites.com

Exhibit on view through August 2010.

Soula Power Yoga
200 S. First Street, Suite 70 (on the Paseo between 1st & 2nd)
San Jose CA 95113
408-993-9642
www.soulapoweryoga.com

Blaise Rosenthal at Felix Kulpa Galelry

Blaise Rosenthal has a new exhibition of works at Felix Kulpa Gallery in Santa Cruz. Artist's reception is August 6th, 6-9pm. Exhibition on view through August 29, 2010.

Felix Kulpa Gallery & Sculptue Garden
107 Elm Street
Santa Cruz, CA
831-421-9107

THURSDAY GIG July 15th

New Location: 42 Central Ave., Los Gatos (outside, in the back, in the gazebo.)
Date/Time: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Free admission.

Pot Luck, BYOB or other drink. (If you can't, come on over anyway!)

This is art only this time (unless there's a spontaneous reading as open mic). Elizabeth is offering her sketch pad art, normally $50 for $5 as well as works on board and backframed, normally $600 for $150.

Come over to relax and chat and look at the beautiful view.

Facilitator: Elizabeth Parashis
artpages@earthlink.net

SEA NO EVIL ART SHOW 2010

Congratulations to KALEID Gallery artist Michelle Waters for being in the impressive line up of artists participating in the 2010 SEA NO EVIL ART SHOW Benefiting SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY.

Date: Saturday July 31st, 2010
Time: Doors Open at 6:00 pm
Place: Corner of Mission Inn and Lemon in Riverside
3485 Mission Inn Ave
Riverside, CA 92501-3304

Sea No Evil Art Show is returning to the Riverside Municipal Auditorium! For one night only, on Saturday July 31st, over 60 art pieces from noted artists will be sold in an silent auction format for the sole benefit of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Captain Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and focus of the Animal Planet’s popular series “Whale Wars” will be the featured speaker giving an update on the state of affairs in the Oceans of the world. It will be a speech you will not want to miss!

A $20.00 Donation is required at the door.

Evening entertainment:
Featured Speaker Paul Watson
Come meet the Sea Shephard crew from Whale Wars
A special DJ set by The Crystal Method
DJ Diabetic (Shepard Fairey)
an Acoustic performance by Matt Costa
Michelle Rodriguez from Avatar
and Music between sets provided by DJ Jason of To Die For Clothing

More info: www.SeaShepherd.org

Artist list: http://www.seashepherdartshow.com/2010-donating-artists/

2010 World Cup Final View Party in the SoFA District!

FREE World Cup Final Viewing Party! Live Broadcast on a Jumbotron in Downtown San Jose's SoFA District.

Sunday July 11, 9am - 3pm
On South First Street between San Carlos and San Salvador streets

To celebrate the final game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, a free viewing party, presented by the City of San Jose, the San Jose Earthquakes, the San Jose Downtown Association and the San Jose Sports Authority will be held in downtown San Jose's SoFA District.

Featuring a World Cup Final live broadcast on a large Jumbotron, the viewing party will also include activities hosted by the Earthquakes, the only professional Major League Soccer franchise in Northern California, including a player meet-and-greet, a special kids recreation area, with Earthquakes Inflatable Slide, and a fun soccer skill area, the Earthquakes Speed Kick.

SoFA restaurant and entertainment venues will feature special food and beverage offerings throughout the day.

July 14, 2010

KALEID artists shine in Content Magazine

The recent issue of Content Magazine features many worthy artists and creatives that make up our awesome vibrant community including KALEID artist Gianfranco Paolozzi as interviewed by, KALEID artist also, Trina Merry!

Check out the issue for free here: http://content-magazine.com

July 15, 2010

Lost San Jose at The Usuals

The Usuals Presents: Lost San Jose. New works by Josh Marcotte

Artist’s reception: July 23rd from 6–9pm
Work on display through August.

The reception also includes a fashion show featuring new t-shirts from Deakstok, including shirts designed in collaboration with Lost San Jose, a jewelry trunk show, Squareone and Cutso of the Bangerz spinning beats, free hair styling by 5 Color Cowboy, a visit from Treatbot, food, drinks and more.

A portion of all Lost San Jose work and Deadstok t-shirts sold at the opening reception will go towards The Trace Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization, which recently lost their school to a fire.

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose, CA

Words Painting Music at WORKS this Friday

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Seaskin by Sandy Munio-Sanjurjo at KALEID this Saturday

Munio-Ink, San Jose Fashion Art Music (SJ FAM), and KALEID Gallery present SeaSkin.

Featured artist, Sandy Munio-Sanjurjo will showcase unique, contemporary artwork inspired by the beauty of the Sea. From mixed media pieces to portraits of body painted subjects, Sandy expresses her oceanic passion with a sexy new twist.

Sandy has chosen Oceana as the beneficiary of this exciting art showcase. Oceana’s vision “seeks to make our oceans as rich, healthy and abundant as they once were.”

Proceeds for the charity will come from the auction, donations, and the $10 admission fee.

We invite all to join us on this special night of art and music. This is a great way to support local artists and enjoy a beautiful evening, while giving back to a worthwhile cause.

Artist's Reception & Auction:
Saturday, July 17, 2010, 6-9pm
$10 donation at the door

Exhibit on view through Friday, July 23, 2010.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com/
408.947.1785

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

For more information, or to donate directly, please visit: http://sites.google.com/site/munioinkseaskin/home

July 19, 2010

Find your Muse at TWO BUCK Tuesday July 20th

Find Your Muse at the Eclectic & Quirky TWO BUCK Tuesday this Tuesday, July 20th, 7-10pm.

A bodypainter creates timely work about our relationship to oceans, A production company stays in San Jose instead of moving to LA, A performer dances for peace, and a local professor rediscovers artistic inspiration at KALEID Gallery’s monthly Two Buck Tuesday event.

TWO BUCK Tuesdays is an inspired event hosted by a crew of very dedicated artists at KALEID Gallery on the Third Tuesday of the month. Artists and audience alike are invited to attend, contribute and share in this unique event all free of charge.

The Two Buck Tuesday Crew organizes artistic, creative speakers, live demos, performances and live music jammed into three hours for a hyper shot of inspiration that you'll carry with you all month long until the next one.

“One thing all these speakers and performers have in common is passion and inspiration. They’ve all found their muse and want to share it,” says July curator Trina Merry.

On July 20th from 7-10pm the public can see and speak with many amazing artists, performers and musicians and purchase $2 art (starting at noon.)

The speaker series has garnered a cult following. Similar to the idea of TED Talks, each speaker gets 10 minutes (or less) to speak and answer questions.

This month’s speaker series line-up includes:

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Sandy Sanjurjo will do a walk-through talk about her feature “SeaSkin” Exhibition at KALEID Gallery.

“SeaSkin was born from the notion that we are, as humans, directly connected with our environment. We are a part of the air we breathe, the earth we derive nourishment from and tread on, the water we play in and consume,” says Sanjuro.

“Initially we wanted to donate to Oceana for their 'Save the Sharks' project, but of course, with the devastation in the gulf it only makes sense for the money to go towards the clean-up effort. We will leave it in Oceana's capable hands to determine where they can best use the funds. The message of this show rings even more true now, that we are physically connected with the health of our planet, and this terrible oil slick will harm us in ways we cannot yet predict. It will leave a very deep scar on our skin.”


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Kevin Powers, local professor, will talk about Inspiration, how it relates to the art making process, and tips on getting re-inspired.


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Element 151 Films, a San Jose-based production company, will screen some of their music videos & share why they’re here instead of LA.


Performance by Khalilah Ramirez who will share her “Dance of Peace”. “The purpose of the Dance of Peace is to help foster peace in people’s hearts. It makes people smile. It makes dogs bark. It gets people talking to each other. It turns the conversation towards peace. It is fun and silly. It takes people’s minds away from their everyday worries,” says Kalilah Ramirez.


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Daniel Gaines Photography will help artists whip their websites into shape by shooting web-ready jpgs of artwork for only $2. Please limit to 5 works that are 36”x48” or smaller. http://danielgainescreative.com


Classical Guitar performance by Trent Endsley.


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Model Sadya Senior will pose for sketchers at the TBT sketch table! Drawing supplies are provided courtesy of KALEID Gallery.


Live art by featured local artists:
Devon Holzworth, Ivan Gonzalez and MSFT DTC KYT


TWO BUCK Tuesday- July 20th, 7-10pm
FREE and open to the public.

KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com
(408) 947-1785

About KALEID Gallery:
Borne out of the Phantom Galleries project (art exhibitions in vacant storefronts), KALEID Gallery exhibits and sells the work of over 60 artists in a 6000 sq ft raw space with regular gallery hours and special monthly events. A catalyst for emerging artists and collectors, nowhere else in San Jose can you see so many talented artists in one venue.

July 27, 2010

Open Spaces Abstract Places at Gallery House

Open Spaces: Watercolor paintings of Peninsula open spaces, by Trevlyn Willliams

Abstract Places: large format clayprints by Martha Castillo

Reception: July 30, 6-8 pm with live music

Exhibition dates: July 27 to August 21, 2010

Gallery House
320 California Ave, Palo Alto, 94306
(enter through Printer's Cafe)
650 326-1668

Gallery Hours:
Tues, 11-4: Wed - Sat, 11-8: Sun 11-3

Murals of Silicon Valley: Past, Present & Future at WORKS San Jose

WORKS Gallery presents another fun-filled, interactive, community-based Event & Exhibition opening August 6th from 7pm to 9pm.

It's all about murals... Painting the town!

Murals of Silicon Valley: Past, Present & Future is an exhibition of collaborative and individual murals, along with a photo documentation exhibit of signature and past murals of the Valley. In addition, on display will be murals done during the on-going WORKS' Series: Words, Painting,Music and Left Coast Live.

And, . . . In a true collaborative and community driven spirit, gallery goers are invited to work on murals still in progress. The public is invited to work along side dozens of local artists. Materials will be provided. All ages are invited!

See an Artist; Be an Artist . . . WORKS Gallery is your Gallery too! Here's your chance to paint with San Jose artists and muralists.

Join us for the Opening Reception - First Friday, August 6th, 7-9pm

WORKS San Jose
451 So. First Street
San Jose, CA

Food and Art Pairing at the Sonya Paz Fine Art Gallery

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Who could imagine, a Food and Art pairing!

This special event features the art of Sonya Paz of Sonya Paz Fine Art Gallery, with her exuberant use of color and forms. Pair that with Culinary Instructor Nance Danner Rocha and Chrystie DeSoto from The Olive Bar in Downtown Campbell.

Bold shapes and vibrant colors leap off Sonya's canvases, while Nance's distinctive flair for flavor and presentation uses the freshest flavored Extra Virgin Olive Oils and aged Balsamic Vinegars to create an array of beautiful salads, and appetizers. Tantalize your senses with pop art visuals along with flavorful appetizers, salads, olive oil, tidbits and more!

Thursday, July 29, 2010 ~ 6:00pm to 8:30pm

Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
Tickets can be purchased online here or in person at Sonya Paz Gallery or at The Olive Bar. Space is limited so get your tickets now! A percentage of proceeds will be donated to the Humane Society Silicon Valley to benefit shelter animals.

Sonya Paz Fine Art Gallery
195 E. Campbell Avenue
Campbell, CA 95008
408.378.5000

Evening of Music & Performance at A.D. Saturday, July 31st

Anno Domini presents an evening of music and performance by:

Corpus Callosum, Spirits of the Red City, DeatHat and A Duet Behind the Wallpaper

Saturday, July 31st at 7pm
$5 admission at the door

Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design
366 South First Street
Downtown San Jose
http://www.galleryAD.com
408-271-5155

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Michael Buscemi at Bryant Street Gallery

Bryant Street Gallery presents:

New Works on Paper by Michael Buscemi

Artist's Reception: Friday, July 30th, 6-8pm

Bryant Street Gallery
532 Bryant Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301

www.bryantstreet.com
www.michaelbuscemi.webs.com

August 4, 2010

KALEID's Jean Davis at UC Berkeley Ext. Art & Design Center Gallery

Nine on the Line

Opening Reception: Thursday, 5 August 2010 (7-9pm)
Exhibition: 5 August - 16 September

UC Berkeley Extension Art & Design Center Gallery is proud to present “Nine on the Line,” a multimedia exhibition showcasing works by nine Northern California artists. Jean Davis, Scott Durcanin, Heather Hayashi, Darpana Kapil, Fei Li, Cherie Pinsky, Susan Sternberg, Michelle Tan, and Victor Zubeldia have come together to share with viewers a visceral celebration of life and a glimpse into the human soul.

With mixed media, Jean Davis creates realist and surrealist portraits that reflect a personal global perspective of people, celebrating humanity’s diversity of culture and the physical expressions we all embody.

In a combination of witty titles and painted abstractions, Scott Durcanin’s work expresses the anxiety from the decline of the US financial markets and employs mockery to add levity to the often catastrophic events.

Through abstract acrylic and watercolor paintings, Heather Hayashi’s work represents freedom and harmony, using organic forms or meandering lines in an expressionist yet purist form inspired by eastern philosophy.

Shown through the work of Darpana Kapil, life-size portrait paintings capture the divine energy being emanated by all humans, from ancient deities to street musicians the creative power that lies in all humanity is made visible.

The surreal figurative oil and watercolor paintings of Fei Li reveal metaphysical possibilities of human transcendence and withstanding beyond physical barriers, distances, and the erosions of time.

Cherie Pinsky’s paintings of San Francisco landscapes and works from life invite the viewer to join in an intimate visual poetry, evoking the sensuality of an environment and enveloping the viewer in a mysterious wonderland of color.

Through works that range from traditional painting to 3-D conceptual pieces, Susan Sternberg’s introspective on American identity raises universal questions about who we are, and invites the viewer to share experiences which are not only personal, but transcends definitions of country border and time.

Michelle Tan’s multimedia works on paper depict human inequality and squalor, yet by contrasting harsh and delicate shapes, she reveals a glimmer of hope in the ever-present beauty of humanity’s ability to change the world for the better.

Through figurative and surreal oil painting, Victor Zubeldia reveals the internal and yet universal struggles of humanity leading to unconditional love and compassion, in an epic journey of transformation.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday (8am – 10pm), Saturday and Sunday (10am – 5pm). www.berkeley.extension.edu

UC Berkeley Extension
Art and Design Center Gallery
95 Third Street (@ Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94103 USA
visualarts@unex.berkeley.edu
(415) 284.1081

First Friday Art Walk + Street Mrkt this Friday!

Join us this Friday, Aug. 6th for San Jose's monthly Art Walk + Street Mrkt!

Start off at KALEID Gallery for opening receptions for Lucy Liew and Nora Schwaller, 7pm - 9pm.

Floral Fantasy by Lucy Liew
In this series of paintings, you are invited into a lush garden of floral fantasies that are a fusion of the real and the fantastic.


Portraits by Nora Schwaller
A bird stripped of its body is left unable to take flight. This series of work seeks to capture moments of loss. A feeling that is visually altered by the portraits fanciful nature.

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New exhibit at Phantom Galleries location 386 So. First Street by Wadl

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At Caffe Trieste

On view: Are you Normal Enough? by Michael Foley is a collection of oddities. Selected paintings and photography that show the eccentricities that surround us on a daily basis.

First Fridays are Opera Night at Caffé Trieste with some of the Bay Area’s best opera singers performing your favorite arias and duets.

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At Good Karma Cafe

Opening Reception: A Little Bird Told Me by Christine Benjamin, Sid Enck, Jr.

A fun and wacky art show featuring the art of Christine Benjamin and Sid Enck Jr. Christine and Sid create their own characters and tell their own stories. Also featuring collaborative pieces from Christine and Sid.

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In addition to the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk, join us for this DIY urban faire out on So. First Street with live music, great artists & indie vendors starting at 7pm!

ON THE STAGE:
10:00 PM Rykarda Parasol www.rykardaparasol.com
8:50 PM Panthelion www.panthelion.com
7:45 PM The Emerald Hill www.myspace.com/theemeraldhill
With Special Guest Emcee "Mighty' Mike McGee www.mikemcgee.net

ARTISTS/VENDORS:
Folded Inc, Ai & Ai, Laura Callin Bennett, DonBon, EAZ1 & Jodi Macarenas, Korrupt Clothing, Beadworker, Force 129, Love & Logic Studios, Mike Borja , Kurtis Rykovich, David Mejia, Al Preciado, Theresa Munoz, Gianfranco Paolozzi, Michelle Waters, Gretchen Kisler, Pellet, Michael Foley, Joe Nance/Handy Music Mgmt, Shayne Herrera, Joshua Quinonez, Slave Labor Graphics, Emo, Skully Boom, Art for Global Justice, Flashing Panda, Studio MME /Jeffrey Opp Photography, Trading Voices Project, Right Brain Halo, Retail Therapy, Christina Martin, Barefoot Coffee, MoGo BBQ, Quick Dog Catering, TreatBot


For full listing of participating venues and event information, please visit www.SouthFirstFridays.com or call 408-271-5155

August 9, 2010

SV Roller Girls_Call For Art for Benefit Auction

The Silicon Valley Roller Girls, Santa Clara County s premiere female flat-track roller derby team, is seeking horror and/or roller derby themed art submissions as donations for an art auction & wine tasting fundraiser!

The creator of the donated piece that raises the most money will win an SVRG prize package!

SVRG Wine Tasting, Art Auction, & Costume Party!
Tuesday, October 26th - 5:30pm to 8:30pm
The Grapevine, 1389 Lincoln Ave., San Jose, CA
www.grapevinewillowglen.com

Event admission is FREE! Must be 21+!
Silent art auction closes at 8pm. Cash only.

Submissions are due by Saturday, October 16th!
Please RSVP your spot via email to community@svrollergirls.com and include your name, phone, type of art medium to be used, and general idea of piece.

[Submissions are limited due to venue space and restrictions, so please RSVP your participation as soon as possible to save a spot for your piece. While we encourage creative freedom, we do retain the right to refuse participation to any artist/piece for any reason. Final artwork must be handed in by Saturday, October 16th. Questions? Contact community@svrollergirls.com]

August 12, 2010

Expo for Indy Arts at CellSpace SF

KUSF would like you to know about The 11th Annual Expo for Independent Arts, which will be Saturday, September 25th at CellSpace in San Francisco.

The Expo for Independent Arts is your place to access Skills, Resources and Connections.

- Be or see one of over a hundred exhibitors.
- Attend DIY workshops and Panel discussions for arts and media know-how.
- Enjoy the Performance Showcase and participate in creating a sidewalk chalk mural.

Come to the Bay Area’s only grassroots connection fair for independent arts, music, media and culture projects September 25th at CellSpace.

To get involved or learn more, please visit www.artsandmedia.net/expo
or call 415-738-4975.

Thursday Gig, Aug. 21st featuring Ted Sahl


Free Speech Movement by Ted Sahl

Thursday Gig Art & Spoken Word Event
Saturday , August 21st, 2:00-5:00 pm
This is a Pot Luck BYOB, Soft Drinks, Water event

Featured Artist and Poet: Ted Sahl

The Martin Luther King Library Special Collections accepted the Theodore (Ted) Sahl Archives. Sahl is an independent, award-winning photojournalist and Campbell resident who has devoted many years of his life to photo documenting and supporting a number of activist causes, including the anti-nuclear movement, the United Farm Workers, and the Gay Rights movement.

This collection of 6,000 photos, negatives, essays, newsletters, newspapers, magazines, and books provide a historical perspective of the valley's involvement in important issues of the day.

This event will open the studio of Ted Sahl where many paintings, etches and sculptures, commenting on these issues are displayed.

His powerful art is as powerful as his poetry and thoughts on these subjects.

A question/answer period will follow the tour of his studio. Open Mic will follow his reading.

Location: Ted Sahl Residence
313 W . Campbell A ve., Campbell
(corner of Campbell and Milton, west of Winchester, just past the football field.)

Contact Info: Elizabeth Parashis artpages@earthlink.net

Art Ark seeking video submissions

You may remember seeing the awesome mobile ART ARK at this year's SubZERO Festival- they're bringing it out again to Zero1's "Absolute Zero" Festival but needs your 5min video addressing this year's theme "Build Your Own World."
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ART ARK GALLERY seeks Artist/s who are interested in submitting a 5 min. video that addresses this year's Zero1 Art Festival theme of "Build Your Own World." The video shorts will be compiled into a montage that will be projected onto the sails of a 14 ft. illuminated 'ark' that will be a part of the Absolute Zero Art Festival on Friday, September 17th 6pm-midnight.

In order for Art Ark Gallery to have a presence in this year's Absolute Zero Art Festival on South First Street in San Jose, Resident Curator of Art Ark Gallery, Valerie Raps, has fabricated a 14 ft. long ark constructed of steel, wood, and canvas that will be placed on San Salvador and First St. The public will be invited to journey through the interior of the illuminated ark and manipulate shadow puppets against the walls of the vessel with Master Puppeteer, Judy Roberto, while outside, a video montage will be projected on the sails above.

Chosen artist(s) will have the honor of being recognized at an internationally acclaimed art and technology biennial. The ‘ark’ and its exhibiting video artists will be promoted on Art Ark Gallery’s Website, SoFF Website and announcement postcards.

Deadline for submissions must be postmarked by Monday, Sept. 6th, or hand delivered by Sunday, September 10th. Selected videos will be compiled onto a DVD and formatted into a continuous loop that can repeat throughout the evening of the event.

Submission Requirements: Please submit video shorts of no more than 5 min. in length on a CD or DVD. Videos should have the title of the short (if applicable) and Artist’s name embedded in the video at the beginning of the short. Text time should not exceed 5 seconds in length.

Please send submissions to:
Valerie Raps, Resident Curator
Art Ark Gallery, Leasing Office
1058 S. 5th Street
San Jose, CA 95112

Please write your name on the CD/DVD, and on a separate piece of paper please include your name, email and phone number where you can best be reached. If you have any questions please feel free to email Valerie Raps at valraps@gmail.com

Are You Normal Enough Reception Friday Aug. 13th at Trieste

Are you Normal Enough? by Michael Foley is a collection of oddities. Selected paintings and photography that show the eccentricities that surround us on a daily basis.

Phantom Galleries Redwood City Special Event This Saturday!

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone that participated and that came out - it was a great time! Photos from the event have been posted here.

This Saturday, August 14th, the participating artists of Phantom Galleries Redwood City will be hosting a special event in collaboration with the Redwood City Art Walk.

Live painting & demos by awesome artists, live music by Benjamin Henderson, and Gianfranco & Friends plus amazing foods by Fundamental Catering.

Location: Corner of Jefferson & Broadway in downtown Redwood City. (map)
Date/Time: Saturday, August 14th, 7pm - 9pm

It's open to all ages and FREE.

Exhibition will be on view through September 30th.

We appreciate our project partners Redwood City Redevelopment Agency and San Mateo Credit Union.

For more information, please email us at info [at] PhantomGalleries.com

August 15, 2010

Update: STROKE ALERT! Benefit art show & sale


KALEID Gallery's Sandi Billingsley's donated art work

UPDATE: Sara Cole will be having a 50% off sale of the art that remains from this benefit sale to raise more money for her mother on Saturday the 21st of August from noon till 5pm at her studio at 592 North 5th Street, San Jose CA 95112.

STROKE ALERT! A Benefit Art Show & Sale for Stroke Awareness

There are approximately 700,000 strokes affecting people in our country every year, 4,500 affecting those in Santa Clara County alone. Stroke is the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States, after heart disease and cancer. Many strokes are preventable and awareness of the signs and symptoms of stroke can save lives.

The Sara Cole Fine Art Studio is hosting a stroke awareness art show and sale to raise awareness of strokes, and to benefit both the Stroke Awareness Foundation and recent multiple stroke survivor Margaret Cole's long term care and rehabilitation. Margaret, 63, has undergone several strokes in the last 18 months and is in need of assistance to complete her rehabilitation and long term medical care and housing costs.

STROKE ALERT!, a benefit event, will include live music, information provided by the Stroke Awareness Foundation, live action painting, live belly dancing, and live glass blowing, and over 100 works of art donated by many generous local artists for sale.

date/time: Saturday August 14th, 2010, 6pm till 10pm

location: Sara Cole Fine Art Studio
592 North 5th Street
San Jose CA 95112

Words Painting Music at Works Gallery Aug. 20th


TWO BUCK Tuesday Aug. 17th, 7pm

TWO BUCK Tuesdays is an inspired event hosted by a crew of very dedicated artists at KALEID Gallery on the Third Tuesday of the month. This August session is curated by Michael Foley.

The Two Buck Tuesday Crew organizes artistic, creative speakers, live demos, performances and live music jammed into three hours for a hyper shot of inspiration that you'll carry with you all month long until the next one.

Artists and audience alike are invited to attend, contribute and share in this unique event all free of charge.

On August 17th from 7-10pm the public can see and speak with many amazing artists, performers and musicians and purchase $2 art (starting at noon.)

Featured Speakers:

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Michael Denning.
Bay Area Collage artist and teacher in Heart of Chaos's Juvenile Hall art program sponsored by Catalyst for Youth. Michael will discuss his passion for art, its healing power and how he is using art to rehabilitate the incarcerated youth at risk.


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Jeff Bramschreiber
Bay area artist currently teaching at the Rosicrutian and Triton museum. Jeff will demonstrate how to re-create art in the same forms of ancient Egypt using a variety of media.


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Professor Seigel from the onibatsu school of the performing arts.
Ever wonder what it takes to start an Art Collection? What should you buy? How do you know if it is good? How to make investment grade purchases. Now that you brought it home, what do you do with it? Matthew Bailey Seigel will answer these questions and more. Bring $10 and you will leave with your very own curated starter collection.


MUSIC by AIVAR

LIVE HULA-HOOPING by Alyssa Carlsen

LIVE ART by:
BasicLee
Miguel Machuca
Mike 3.5
Mike Borja
Emonic
Christine Benjamin

SKETCH ARTISTS:
Jaclyn Alderete
Kimi Star
Murphy Adams
Ivy Atoms

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TWO BUCK Tuesday- August 17th, 7-10pm FREE and open to the public.

KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com
(408) 947-1785

About KALEID Gallery: Borne out of the Phantom Galleries project (art exhibitions in vacant storefronts), KALEID Gallery exhibits and sells the work of over 60 artists in a 6000 sq ft raw space with regular gallery hours and special monthly events. A catalyst for emerging artists and collectors, nowhere else in San Jose can you see so many talented artists in one venue.

August 16, 2010

Update: Reserve your seat for Dr. Sketchy's this Thursday

Update: You can reserve your seat in advance by clicking the button below:


Also, check out the new Dr. Sketchy Global site, feel free to poke around and see your world wide Dr. Sketchy community! http://www.drsketchy.com/branch/sanjose


Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School San Jose presents:

Highborn Lady of the Fallen World

An imperious woman girded in anachronistic finery, having traveled to our age through means strange and unexplained, has made her way to Silicon Valley. Although half of what she says is indecipherable due to a lilting, garbled accent, it is obvious that there is some message that she wishes to communicate to the illustrious student body of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School. In her possession are images of the strange and dilapidated world that she and her ilk rule, which we believe is supposed to communicate a dire warning of some distant calamity. In order to put her message into proper context, we have persuaded her to pose for our August convocation so that we may render her likeness and thus immortalize her communiqué.

Anno Domini Gallery, 366 So. First Street, San Jose
http://www.galleryAD.com 408.271.5155
http://www.drsketchy.com/branch/SanJose

August 19th, 2010, 7:00 pm
$10 admission at the door

Seating is first come, first served. Bring your art supplies.

Special Thank You! to:
Model: Ginger Cuevas
Hosts & creative crew members: Mistress Trina Merry and Master Drew Clark
SOIL?Creative Studios for styling and photography

August 22, 2010

Luna Park Chalk Art 2010

3rd Annual ITALIAN STREET PAINTING MEETS MURALISMO
Celebrating the Northside’s Italian heritage • Fostering community pride and creative expression in the spirit of the Mexican and Chicano mural movements

Saturday, September 25, 2010
10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Backesto Park / 13th & Jackson streets, San Jose CA
Food Music Arts & Crafts Booths Raffle
Watch artists create amazing sidewalk masterpieces

FEATURED CHALK ARTISTS
Julio Jimenez – Los Angeles Artist
Wayne & Cheryl Renshaw – Returning for 3rd Year
Katrina Loera – Creator of Backesto Park Mural
Paul J. Gonzalez – Local Muralist
Local Artists and Student Teams

FREE ADMISSION
2’x2’ chalk space and box of chalk for $10 on day of event
Reserve or sponsor a large chalk art square: download forms at www.lunaparkbusiness.com

Sponsored by
Luna Park Business Association, 13th Street Neighborhood Advisory Committee, San Jose Redevelopment Agency, Councilmember Sam Liccardo

Supported, in part, by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San Jose

Net proceeds to benefit arts education in neighborhood schools

Dax Tran-Caffe art work at Faux

Dax Tran-Caffe, artist, Museum Proper puppeteer genius, and accordianist of music group Corpus Callosum has a new series of watercolors entitled Ghost showing at Faux Salon in Campbell.

Faux Salon 378 E Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA
Salon hours: Tue, Fri 10 am - 5 pm, Wed-Thu 12 pm - 8 pm, Sat 9 am - 3 pm & Sun 11 am - 4 pm

A Box of One Acts at Works Gallery

Cardboard Box Theatre Project’s A Box of One Acts presents four new one-act plays by Bay Area playwrights and features both new and returning actors and directors. The collection of works extends CBTP beyond its previous productions, as the works offer not only comedic moments but also serious contemplations of relationships, personal obstacles, and the desire to evolve or change. Although each one-act play presents a very different world, all works feature common threads of transition and redefining relationships. (Parental guidance suggested due to language and content.)

A Box of One Acts: Julie Jigour’s Adeline provides a glimpse into the psychological ramifications of lost love as a mother and daughter struggle in different ways to battle their personal demons. Chad Eschman’s Migration introduces us to a restless young assistant who develops an unexpected friendship with an unusual, but remarkably astute young boy. Molly Murphy’s Sex Ed charts a realistic and contemporary vision of sex, relationships, and codes between brothers. Phi Le’s It Ain’t Over Easy offers a noir-style murder mystery with philosophical and feline undertones.

A Box of One Acts
Time:
Friday, August 27, 2010 8PM (doors 7:30PM)
Sunday, August 29, 2010 7PM (doors 6:30PM)

Location:
WORKS/San Jose
451 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113

Price: Pay what you can. Tickets at the door or by reservation.
To reserve seats email tickets@thecardboardbox.org

www.thecardboardbox.org

August 23, 2010

Resuscitation_A night of dark music and art

Surgery presents [ Resuscitation ]

A night of dark music and art.

A group exhibition featuring work of Bay Area artists specializing in Dark Art. Resuscitation explores and decomposes various interpretations and conceptions of loneliness, depression, alienation, death and decay, as applied to both human and inanimate objects, architecture, conditions of matter, expressed through texture, color and shape and sound. The goal of the exhibition is to portray impermanent microcosm, created for one short night, by fusion of different artistic styles, mediums, philosophies and cultures.

Featuring live performance by James Perry.

2 rooms of auditory therapy by: Krankenschwester BatKat, Dr. Bonepeeler Ron, Dr. Stats, Dr. Kevorkian, Dr. Smith, and Holy Filament

Visual stimulation by MinMAX.

Dark artwork by: J. Howe, M. Dvorkin, K. Bronson, G. Smith, A. Viksne, S. Vickers, K. Nelson, R. Hyodo, H. Goodlett, and R. Ruteledge

Curated by: Mu'Izza

When: Sept 10 2010 10PM-2AM

Co-pay: $5.

Where: The British Bankers Club
1090 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA

Must be 21+ with valid ID

Sean Boyles at Empire 7 Sept. 10th

Empire Seven Studios presents Sean Boyles: First 10 Years.
Features a new free standing mural consisting of 21 doors and a collection of current work and art dating back to 2000.

Opening Reception: September 10th 8pm - midnight with music by Cutso.

Exhibit on view September 10-30, 2010

Empire 7 Studios
525 N. 7th St. San Jose, CA
Email: empiresevenstudios@yahoo.com
Phone: 408.668.4434

KALEID Featured Artists for September 2010

KALEID Gallery Featured Exhibits for September 2010: René Lorraine, Ras Lowe

Opening receptions: Friday, September 3rd, 7-9pm

(part of downtown San Jose's South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk.)

Free and open to the public.

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Coexist & Bisect

Two new manifestations by René Lorraine

René Lorraine's latest work is a fascinating take on man coexisting with unfamiliar species, ideals, and life styes that one may find on this earth. Coexist deals with embracing differences between souls and the shells they reside in, and is an unbeatable experience involving a harmonious dance between crisp clean line, and free-flowing watercolor pigments. Bisect is about the challenges one person may have desiring two very different life styles.  The delicate graphite mimic's the fine line of having balance and not.

René Lorraine is a graduate of San Jose State University with a BFA in Pictorial Arts, and an A.A in Painting. 

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Shadows of Light, from the Hidden Sun A vision of the Authentic self by Ras Lowe.

This Art message is about deep personal inner visions, a progressive transmission of sacred information for the 21st. century, from the ancient temples of Egypt, to the jungles of Holy Peru. Remembering every moment in Life is a gift, and is precious, not to be wasted. 

Ras Lowe is a graduate from San Jose State University, MA, Urban Planning, and BA, in Black Studies-( African American Studies) He has lived in San Jose since 1969 and is retired  currently teaching (Japanese Swordsmanship)  Ken-do at SJSU.

Exhibit on view through September 24, 2010.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street, Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com
408.947.1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday Noon - 7pm, Saturday Noon - 5pm

August 30, 2010

Barbara Boissevain photo exhibit at SJSU

Eden Under the Canopy Subtropical Gardens of the Mata Atlantica, Brazil is a series of new large format photographs by Barbara Boissevain.

Opening reception is Tuesday, August 31, 6pm-8pm in the Herbert Saunders Gallery (2nd Floor of the San Jose Art Building.)

DOLLHOUSE call for submissions

Arc Studios and Gallery DOLLHOUSE" exhibition Dec 4th - Jan 15th

"Dolls are substitutes for humans, and are used in both childhood and adult play. A plastic doll, robot, sock monkey, paper doll, rag doll, nutcracker, marionette, soldier, voodoo effigy and blowup sex toy, they are all repositories of our fears, fantasies, and desires. We love them, we fear them; we cherish them, we tear them apart; we talk to them, they talk to us. We imbue them with our imaginary life and in return they transport us into their worlds. For the Holiday Season, Arc Gallery will be figuratively transformed into a giant dollhouse for one-of-a-kind dolls and dollhouses. Artists are invited to liberally interpret their concept of 'dolls' and 'dollhouses,' and bring to life a creature or world from your wildest imaginings."

JUROR: Jack Fischer is the owner of Jack Fischer Gallery at 49 Geary in San Francisco. His gallery exhibits work from a diverse group of artists that fall under the rubrics of outsider, folk, contemporary, naive, visionary, self-taught, and intuitive.'
www.jackfischergallery.com

EXHIBITION DATES: December 4, 2010 – January 15, 2011

DOLLHOUSE RECEPTION: Saturday, December 4 from 7:00 - 10:00 pm

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Works must be submitted online by October 31, 2010 to be considered for jurying.

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September 1, 2010

South FIRST FRIDAYS + STREET MRKT Sept. 3rd

The South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk + STREET MRKT is this Friday, September 3rd! It all kicks off at 7pm and goes 'til late!

Here's some highlights from KALEID Gallery and Phantom Galleries coordinated exhibits:

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Coexist & Bisect Two new manifestations by René Lorraine

René Lorraine's latest work is a fascinating take on man coexisting with unfamiliar species, ideals, and life styes that one may find on this earth. Coexist deals with embracing differences between souls and the shells they reside in, and is an unbeatable experience involving a harmonious dance between crisp clean line, and free-flowing watercolor pigments. Bisect is about the challenges one person may have desiring two very different life styles. The delicate graphite mimic's the fine line of having balance and not.

René Lorraine is a graduate of San Jose State University with a BFA in Pictorial Arts, and an A.A in Painting.


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Shadows of Light, from the Hidden Sun A vision of the Authentic self by Ras Lowe.

This Art message is about deep personal inner visions, a progressive transmission of sacred information for the 21st. century, from the ancient temples of Egypt, to the jungles of Holy Peru. Remembering every moment in Life is a gift, and is precious, not to be wasted.

Ras Lowe is a graduate from San Jose State University, MA, Urban Planning, and BA, in Black Studies-( African American Studies) He has lived in San Jose since 1969 and is retired currently teaching (Japanese Swordsmanship) Ken-do at SJSU.

(7-9pm) KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street

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Opening Reception: Scrap Facet by Sandi Billingsley
A collection of distinctive monochrome portraiture on rescued & re purposed material.

Good Karma Cafe
37 South First Street

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Opening reception of Gravity by artist Valerie Runningwolf

New encaustic works as well as mixed- media pieces that are of traditional and contemporary ideas that awaken and encourage exploration.

First Fridays are Opera Night! at Caffé Trieste with some of the Bay Area’s best opera singers performing your favorite arias and duets.

Caffe Trieste
315 South First Street

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On view: Freedom. Experience Reality. by abstract artist Nathan Belomy
Phantom Galleries Location: 386 South First Street

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This Friday is also the last STREET MRKT of the season! Live music by Sean Hayes, Lisa Dewey & Lotus Life, and Jhameel plus 40 regional artists and indie vendors 7pm-11pm out on South First Street between San Carlos & San Salvador streets.

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For full listings of all participating venues including Anno Domini, MACLA, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, South First Billiards, SLG Art Boutiki, Higher Fire Clay, Downtown Yoga Shala, METRO Photo Exhibit and Art Ark, visit http://www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com!

September 4, 2010

Zombie Donut Art at Psycho Donuts


"Teasing Death" by Christine Benjamin

Come check out zombified donut art from all of the Psycho artists, including Christine Benjamin, Murphy Adams, Simon Salas, Michael Borja, Lacey Bryant, Nicolas Caesar, Sheri DeBow, John Hageman, Valery Milovic, Jen Renzel, Carlos Villez, Michael Foley, Anthony Barbaria, and more!

Reception: Saturday, October 2nd 11AM-4PM
Show runs: October 2nd to November 5th, 2010

Psycho Donuts
2006 S. Winchester Blvd.
Campbell, CA 95008
408-378-4540

The Oversocial MoFo Revue September 10th!

The Revue is a groundbreaking variety show hosted by "Mighty" Mike McGee, David Perez, and Tatyana Brown with the musical stylings of The John Staedler Symphony Orchestra.

Join us for Oakland's notorious poet-showman Jamie DeWolf, the dreamy sounds of the South Bay's own Gold Hush, San Francisco's comedian extraordinaire, Mary Van Note and the all new San Jose Poetry Slam.

All poets encouraged to sign up for the slam. WARNING! Slammers must come ready with more than two poems. See slam guidelines below BEFORE COMING TO THE VENUE.

TICKETS (at door only):
Admission is $5 + the roll of a die ($6-$11)

Look sharp! This is a semi-formal event.

Bring a small gift for the Slam Prize Box. (Anything that fits in the palm of your hand.)

Get updates by joining the MoFo group here.

Anno Domini
366 So. First Street
San Jose
408-271-5155
http://www.galleryAD.com

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September 8, 2010

Artist's Playground Open Studio & Exhibit


mixed media graphic work by Marina Povalishina



papie-mache by Anastasiya Rakova


Bay Area artists Marina Povalishina and Anastasiya Rakova invite everyone to visit their art exhibition Artists' Playground.

The art show will include graphics, painting on wood, collages, papie-mache , dolls, toys and much more!

Open studio/ Art show: Artists' Playground
date/time: Sundays, September 12th & 19th, 11am-5pm
location: the artists' studio and home, 1078 Polk Ln, San Jose 95117

Refreshments will be served.

Learn to Play Exhibition at Euphrat Museum

Learn to Play

When life is a game, how do you learn to play?
Games, an expression of art and life, can bridge the gaps between cultures, and be a common language that brings communities together. Game makers tell compelling stories about their lives or the world. Learn to Play includes video, board and social games by indy game designers. The exhibition offers a selection of poetic, artistic, and artful games that embody the qualities of human existence, focusing on the experience of playing and learning to play. The characteristics of these games echo human nature, teaching us who and what we are, or can be, so we can explore life directions driven by our choice and conscience.

As conduits for bridging or separating cultures, games can be used to bring communities together for improvement of economic and social conditions, or to exploit communities through political maneuvering. The games selected span the range from quick play to epic games requiring many hours to complete; they range from personal growth to those used for socially conscious purposes.

Learn to Play is also a challenge. We invite people of all backgrounds to experience and create games that express social and emotional relevance. During the course of the exhibition, workshops will be held to teach basic game design tools. At the end of the workshops we will have game challenges from which work may be curated into the exhibition.

Come play some games and/or create your own!

Exhibition dates: October 4 – November 24, 2010
Euphrat Museum of Art at De Anza College

Preview events to coincide with ZER01:
Friday Sept 17 After work: Game Challenge and Workshop
Saturday Sept 18: Exhibition (Selected Works)
Saturday 5pm: Deadline for digital submissions
Saturday Evening: Speed judging & awards

Reception with the Artists:
Tuesday, November 9, 5:30-8:00pm.
Schedule of events to include night and weekend programs.

Artists include Andrew Y Ames, Jim Babb of Socks Inc., April Banks, Brenda Brathwaite, Yunan Cao, Terry Cavanagh, Joe DeLappe, David Elliott, Jake Elliott, Mark Essen, Catherine Herdlick, Rod Humble, Molleindustria, Jason Rohrer, Susana Ruiz of Take Action Games, Adam Saltsman, Kelly Santiago and Jenova Chen of thatgamecompany, Jonatan Söderström, Superbrothers, La Mar Williams II, Robert Yang, the City of Cupertino, and more.

Curated by James Morgan and John Bruneau, with Jan Rindfleisch

For more information, please visit: http://learn.toplay.us/

September 15, 2010

Dia De Los Muertos Art Show at Sonya Paz Gallery


art work by Carlos Villez

Dia De Los Muertos Art Show at Sonya Paz Gallery in Campbell

Local artists interpret their ideas of "Day Of The Dead"! Artists include: Deb Barba, Omar Barba, Christine Benjamin, Rene Berglund, Nicolas Caesar, Heather Courtney, Jen Norton, Sonya Paz and Carlos Villez.

Reception: Saturday, October 23rd 7-10PM
Show runs from Oct. 23rd - Oct. 29th 2010

SONYA PAZ FINE ART GALLERY
195 East Campbell Avenue
Campbell, CA 95008
Phone: 408.378.5000

Donut Stop Laughing - Psycho San Jose Launch Event


art work by Christine Benjamin

We hope to see you on Thursday, September 16, 2010. (any other day after, you'll be late...and laughed at).

The event is FREE to all, though there are also plenty of things you can buy!

MUNCH on donut samples
WATCH some comedy from the crew at ComedySportz at any of the special mini-shows presented in the ComedySportz theater
EXPLORE the newly transformed space
SEE/purchase the crazy art from local artists such as Christine Benjamin, Murphy Adams and many more
TAKE PHOTOS in the Padded Pfoto Cell- New and improved!
PURCHASE the beloved donuts or coffee and smoothie concoctions from the Full Service coffee bar
MEET the Nurses from Psycho Donuts and Comedians from ComedySportz
ENJOY hanging out at the indoor Donut Asylum or on the outdoor Psycho Patio

Downtown San Jose Launch Event: Thursday, Sept. 16th · 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Psycho Donuts San Jose & ComedySportz
288 S. 2nd Street
San Jose, CA

2011 NATIONAL WCA CALL FOR ART

“HIDDEN CITIES”
Juried by: Lisa Phillips, Director of New Museum, NYC

Exhibition Venue:
New Century Artists Gallery
530 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001

Show Dates: February 1 to February 12, 2011
Women’s Caucus for Art Reception with the artists: Friday, February 12, 2011 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

"Hidden Cities" - No matter our place in society, we all have our Hidden City , a place of refuge from gender, race, class and sexual exclusions, a place that shapes the feminist viewpoint. Some cities, like wrapped boxes, conceal unexpected gifts, others are riddles and lyrical abstractions. These are performative spaces where we may imagine retribution for injustices, righting wrongs or conversely, delving into the dark side.

Artists are invited to explore their idea of their Hidden City, real or imagined, in an array of media. The theme may be broadly interpreted from an activist, political or personal context. Convince the viewer of its viability, a live space filled with passion and imagination.

Eligibility: Open to all women artists. Work must not have been previously exhibited in any exhibition sponsored by National WCA.

Entry Deadline: Friday, November 19th, uploaded by 11:59 PM PST.
For instructions and fee information, download the prospectus here.
Submissions: All 2D and 3D submissions are to be made online at: www.nationalwca.org Artists may submit up to three pieces of work.

ABOUT THE JUROR: Lisa Phillips, Director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
Lisa Phillips was appointed Director of the New Museum in December 1998, and arrived in April 1999. She is the second person to occupy that post in the museum’s 30 year history. Since it’s founding in 1977, the New Museum has had a unique role in the New York art world as a leading destination for new art and new ideas and is Manhattan 's only dedicated contemporary art museum. She lectures on contemporary art at museums throughout the world and has served as a Visiting Critic at Yale University and as a panelist and juror for the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Public Art Commission, and the Fulbright Fellowship Review Committee.

Mighty Mike McGee _In Search of Midnight


On the heels of the highly successful Oversocial MoFo Revue, Mike McGee performs his one man show In Search of Midnight on Monday, September 20th at 7pm at Barefoot Coffee Bar.

Adapted from his popular book by the same name, Mike uses stand-up comedy, poetry, puppets and spoken word to share stories of family, love, triumph and defeats, never letting us forget that life is a gift. He tells the story of his birth, diagnosis of Spina Bifida, and the moment when he realized he could make anyone laugh.

Barefoot Coffee Bar
5237 Stevens Creek Blvd
Santa Clara

(awesome poster above is by Ben Henderson.)

September 19, 2010

TWO BUCK Tuesday September 21st

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TWO BUCK Tuesday September 21, 2010
$2 Art Sale begins at Noon
Main event starts at 7p.m.
Curated by Drew Clark

Seriously, what else are you doing Tuesday night? Come out, enjoy some of the cool culture that the San Jose art scene has to offer! Where else will you find not only $2 dollar original artwork from local artists, but also ...

LIVE ART!

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Timothy Tsun - Discovery, the "Humanature" (the relationship between human being and nature), is the theme of my art. I am always observing the shapes and texture of tree trunks, which I utilize to make the connection to human forms. http://www.timtsun.com/


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Michael Foley will be there making $5 portrait transformations, creating stylized portraits you'll not find anywhere else.

Michael Foley is an artist from the San Francisco bay area whose works show nationally and internationally. First discovered by scientists after the great quake of 1906. Believed to be the cause of the catastrophe it was decided that he would be placed deep in the arctic sea to be forgotten. Seventy-Two years later he resurfaced and returned to California to exact his revenge on civilization through the use of art and his poorly scripted interpreted dance and slam poetry.
http://www.onibatsu.com


MIND EXPANDING SPEAKING SERIES

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MoGo BBQ is a mobile food truck company serving up Koreanstyle BBQ in our taco truck serving the San Francisco Bay Area: San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, Palo Alto, and more. They bring you the convenience of affordable gourmet food combined with good ol? Korean family recipes handed down to them, resulting in portable street food fare. Take your pick from our Short Rib Tacos to our Spicy Pork Quesadillas—they?re all up for the tasting'.


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Russell Targ is a physicist and author who was a pioneer in the development of the laser and laser applications, and was cofounder of the Stanford Research Institute?s investigation into psychic abilities in the 1970s and 1980s. His work in this new area, called remote viewing, was published in Nature, The Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Targ has a B.S. in Physics from Queens College, and did graduate work in physics at Columbia University. In 1997 Targ retired from Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space Co. as a senior staff scientist.


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Randall King co-founded San Jose Stage Company in 1983 and has served as the Artistic Director for the past nineteen years. Under his direction, the Company has produced over one hundred twenty-five stage plays and musicals and premiered thirty-nine new works, including nine World Premieres. Most recently, Randall directed ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE, A TUNA CHRISTMAS and GREATER TUNA and the Company?s original and return engagement of IDOLS OF THE KING at the California Theatre. In addition to directing,

Randall is an award-winning actor, most recently appearing with the Company as Milan and The Waiter in ROCK ?N? ROLL. He has performed in leading roles at many theaters, including San Jose Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Sacramento Theatre Company and the Alaska Theatre Festival, among others. Randall has worked with Francis Ford Coppola, Lawrence Kasdan and Michael Bay, among others, and has also appeared in numerous television projects.


PERFORMANCE & DEMONSTRATIONS!

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Keith Bunnell is a ceramic artist based here in Silicon Valley. He focuses on what he refers to as "the dark side of pottery, bringing out the true fear that resides within the clay."


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Body painting by Trina Merry
Trina Merry, an American artist, currently lives in the Bay Area in a little town called Willow Glen. After receiving her BA in Communications/Media from Azusa Pacific University, she worked for companies like Sony, Paramount, Icon Productions (Mel Gibson), Yamaha, & Showtime's Golden Globe nominated TV Show "Sleeper Cell" (art department). She is truly a multi-media artist working in paint, video/film, installation & performance.


LIVE MUSIC!

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Gianfranco & Friends - It all started for the love of the accordion sound and the passion of meeting the very friendly local musicians. Gianfranco had courage to ask them, one at a time, to do some notes together. The first he had asked was Kate and the answer was a curious: "Marimba and accordion? Yes...When?...Where?". A few weeks later he asked Jessica, and the answer was just lovely: "Piano and accordion?...Do they have a piano there?...OK...When?". Well.....We did our first notes at the Caffé Trieste and I continue to do notes at the caffé every second Friday of the month with all my friends musicians. That's how "Gianfranco and Friends" came alive around San Jose.

TWO BUCK Tuesday- September 21st, 7-10pm FREE and open to the public.

KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com
(408) 947-1785

September 23, 2010

Point & Shoot at The Usuals Sept. 24th


Call for Workshop Proposals

The Women & Girls 2010 Thriving in the New Economy Summit is calling for workshop proposals.

The Office of Women’s Policy, in partnership with the City of San Jose and community organizations throughout Santa Clara County will be hosting a summit titled “Women and Girls 2010: Thriving in the New Economy” on Dec. 2-4, 2010. Three hundred decision-makers and youth and adult advocates will be convened for high-energy dialogue and action planning to improve the economic status of women and girls in Silicon Valley.

Our vision for Silicon Valley is a community environment where women and girls are valued, safe and have opportunities to thrive. The goal of the summit is to create a common agenda for action, focused on 4 key areas that affect the economic security of women (education, economics, health and violence against women) and follow-up to track our efforts and achievements to ensure women and girls in our community have true equity and access to opportunity and advancement in the new economy.

We are reaching out to local organizers and artists who believe the arts are power, voice and advocacy. As we launch efforts that will advance women and girls for generations to come, we need artists who want to partner with us and who believe that the arts are not only contribute to the aesthetic and cultural quality of life in Silicon Valley, they are fundamental to creating a diverse, sustainable, desirable community environment.

We invite proposals for experiential and/or performance-based workshops that focus on writing, storytelling, drama, songwriting, drumming, digital design, and other forms of art expression. We support proposals that focus on social change. Because we strongly committed to including individuals from diverse backgrounds, we encourage proposals from people of color and from presenters of many ages.

Download the PDF for more information here.

First Friday Artists' Receptions Oct. 1st at KALEID Gallery

KALEID Gallery presents new solo exhibitions by Mariana Barnes and John Eric Paulson on Friday, October 1st, 7-9pm.


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Ancient Art, Modern Twist by Mariana Barnes.
Mosaics have been used in artwork around the world for thousands of years. Mariana Barnes has adapted this ancient art form into her mosaic-like style of painting. She gathers inspiration for her work from the art and symbols of past and present civilizations, combined with the patterns she sees in nature and everyday objects. She uses geometric and nonlinear designs, complementing them with iridescent tones and
luminescent colors.

The process of her art is meditative. She strives to make art that is calming and peaceful and art that speaks with candor and passion. Her work is intended to be healing -to spark a sense of well being in the viewer.

About the artist: Mariana Barnes is a self taught artist who has been painting for over 20 years. Her many interests such as science, music and writing have also played important roles in her life, and each finds a way into her art.

Originally from Argentina, she has been exposed to a sophisticated Latin American culture, where art and music are highly regarded and are a normal part of everyday life. All of the color and energy of her Latin American background nourish the paintings she creates.


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Italy Today by John Paulson
Thousands of years of history have produced the beautiful country of Italy. Visitors are pleasantly surprised by the diversity of the Italian culture. Italy is a young country. It became a unified nation in 1861. John's first trip to Italy was in 2001. The enchantment he felt has drawn him back many time since. This exhibit will hopefully bring the same feelings to you, the viewer.

About the artist: Photography has been John's passion and profession for the past 34 years. He has a B.A. degree in Art from San Jose State University and has been awarded both the Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman degrees from the Professional Photographers of America.

In 1997 John began pursuing digital images in his work. John's current works have evolved form his travels in the Mediterranean. Capturing hte basic beauty of the land and enhancing its drama is what he enjoys best.


Artists' Reception: Friday, October 1st, 7-9pm.

Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk. Visit http://www.southfirstfridays.com for full event information.

Music by Gianfranco Paolozzi & Friends and light fare by Fundamental Gourmet.


KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
San Jose, CA
www.kaleidgallery.com

September 26, 2010

Nightmares Group Show Opens on Halloween

My Favorite Nightmares An Art Show curated By Lacey Bryant

Nightmares. As creepy or repulsive as they may be, they fascinate us. They linger in our minds long after we've woken, leaving us distracted by thoughts of otherworldly fears. It is often the strange things that play in our heads at night that inspire us to create upon waking. Sometimes these unsettling dreams are rearranged from the events of our daily lives; our brains putting them into a senseless order, helping us to see our thoughts from an inside out perspective. Other dreams seem to make no sense at all and yet perhaps it is this “otherness” that causes us to dwell, at times giving rise to an almost a manic need to recreate the scenes that dance across our sleeping eyes, if only to have some relief once the images have been transferred to the canvas.

When we celebrate the bizarre terrors which overtake us in our sleep we are able to see what base fears we share. This will be a show of real and imagined nightmares, monsters, things that go bump in the night or cause us to gasp awake. The reoccurring night terrors that we just can't get enough of. An admission that we kind of like to be scared.

Receptions on Halloween, October 31 7-11pm & November 5 8-11pm

Exhibit dates: October 31-November 25.

WORKS San Jose
451 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
Gallery: 408-286-6800
Voicemail:408-300-6405
gallery@workssanjose.org

Music By:
Deathat, J Swizza, and Dax Tran Caffee

Featuring Artwork By:
Alda Mendoza, Andrew Goldfarb, Barbara Weiss, Bee Adams, Ben Shuts, Christine Benjamin, Dax Tran-Caffee, Deb Barba, Donna Eck, Elaine Baculi, Erikka Hugger, Freddie Vega, Glenn Domingo, Helen Laishley, Jaclyn Alderete, Jasper Thomas, Jen Renzel, Jena Hosking, John Kurtyka, John Renzel, Joshua Marcotte, Julie Bilyeu, Karen Carlo Salinger, Kate Saturday, Keith Bunnell, Kevin Deaton, Kimberly Gebert, Kimy Martinez, Kurtis Rykovich, Lacey Bryant, Lily Mae Martin, Lydia Rae Black, Matthew Seigel, Mary Coleman, Michael Buscemi, Michael Foley, Michelle Waters, Mike Borja, Natacha Est Gauchere, Nicolas Caesar, Patti Garcia, Peg Grady, Pinelopi Vassilaki, Reiji Hirayama, Shannon Amidon, Steevn Reece, Stefan Thompson, Steve Belmarsh, Steven Rubalcaba, Timothy Tsun, Victoria Q Legg, Yumico

D. Cichon Urban Entomology Exhibition

Congratulations to KALEID Gallery artist Dotti Cichon for her exhibit in Finland!

Butterflies in the Shadow of a Factory
Urban Entomology
Photographs by D. Cichon California USA
Exhibit dates: October 5 - October 30, 2010

Mikkolan Navetta Gallery
5 Central Avenue
36760 Luopioinen
Finland

Go Figure Exhibition opens Oct. 30th


artwork by Darlene Boyd

You are invited to attend the artists' reception and awards ceremony for the nationally acclaimed SCAL "Go Figure!" Juried Exhibition for 2010.

Art Opening: Saturday, October 30, 3-5p.m.

Exhibition Dates: October 23 to November 21, 2010

Gallery Viewing Hours:
Wednesday - Saturday Noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday, Noon to 4 p.m.

Santa Cruz Art League
526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA 9506

October 1, 2010

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk Tonight Oct. 1st!

San Jose's downtown art walk promises to be another inspired excursion into the arts and culture treasure trove of the region.

All venues are open 8pm 'til late and is free and open to the public.

A small sampling of tonight's exhibitions include:


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Mariana Barnes


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John Paulson

Featured exhibitions by painter Mariana Barnes and master photographer John Paulson at KALEID Gallery


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Jennifer Norton's Food, Flowers and Fun at Caffe Trieste


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International post-graffiti artist MOMO at Anno Domini.


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I Want To Go There! by Kristin Abbott at Good Karma Cafe


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The Ahn Sisters' Snaps at METRO Photo Exhibition


For full listings of all participating art venues, please visit http://www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com

October 7, 2010

2011 Artist Fellowship Application Deadline Nov. 15th

Arts Council Silicon Valley 2011 Artist Fellowships
APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 15, 2010


AWARDS AND CATEGORIES
Single fellowships of $4,000 are awarded annually in each of six artistic categories. (Awards may be split in cases of a tie.) No specific project needs to be carried out with the funds awarded. In 2011, Artist Fellowships will be awarded in the following categories:

Visual Arts /2-dimensional: Photography, Video, Animation
Visual Arts /3-dimensional: Sculpture (all media)
Literary Arts /Memoir, Spoken Word
Performing Arts /Music: Vocal Performance, Instrumental Performance
Performing Arts /Dance: Choreography
Performing Arts /Theatre: Stage Direction, Stage Design (set, lighting, costume)

For more information, go to
http://www.artscouncil.org/grants/grants/forindividual/artist.asp

The Alameda Art Works: Fall Open Studios & Benefit

For this Open Studios Benefit, nearly 40 artists specializing in oil, water color, acrylic, mixed medium, and pastel paintings, as well as jewelry, textiles, woodwork, photography and music, will open their working studios to the public. The Alameda Art Works now boasts one of the largest, most diverse and lively artists’ communities in the Bay Area.

You may visit the Alameda Artworks Open Studios from 11 - 5 on Saturday, November 6, and from 11 – 5 on Sunday, November 7. There will be a special reception with food and entertainment on Saturday between 2 and 5 p.m.

The Alameda Art Works building, where the event will be held, is a historic feature of the Saint Leo’s Neighborhood and the Rose Garden area. Built in 1927, it operated until 1974 as the Auditorium Roller Rink, also known as Roll-Ameda. Purchased by Falko Forbrich in 1991 it was reconstructed to house multiple art studios. Visitors will be able to see the fascinating atrium building of the Alameda Art Works as well as view and purchase original art where it is created.

The Alameda Art Works
1068 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126-3183

Favorite Nightmares at WORKS San Jose


Day of the Dead Show at Canvas Ghost


Japantown SJ Art Walk

Empire 7 Studios presents drawings, paintings, prints and handmade goods by BEANS on October 8 from 8pm til Midnight.

While you're in the neighborhood, check out the group show MOMENTUM 2010 at Art Object Gallery, Cukui Clothing, Street Bot and Treat Bot.

Empire Seven 525 N. 7th St (8pm - midnight)
Art Object 599 N. 5th St. (6pm-9pm)
Cukui Clothing 229 Jackson St. (6pm-10pm)

Gallery Ten10 presents: Impermanence/Permanence


art work by Eddie Flores

Gallery Ten 10 returns from its summer hiatus with a special "collector's" show featuring the work of South Bay Artists.??

The genesis of the show is rooted in Curator/Director Al Preciado's passion for the arts.  During the quiet of the Gallery's? Summer hiatus, Preciado looked around his gallery-home and realized he had amassed a representative collection of who's who of South Bay Artists.  ??

What better way to kick-off the Gallery's 2010-2011 Season than to showcase the art of artists that Preciado has collected over the years. To round out the exhibition, Preciado decided to mix the best of his collection with the work of a few invited artists  who represent the works that "got away" or whose work  he's still hopeful of acquiring one day.??              

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 9, 2010? 
12 Noon to Midnight? 
Music at 8 P.M. by Bob and Yumi Show??
The show runs October 9th - November 24th?
Gallery Hours are Saturdays 12 noon to 6PM??

GALLERY  TEN 10?
1010 E. Taylor Street, San Jose, CA?
408-476-1968

October 12, 2010

Meet the Grantmakers: Funding Opportunities for South Bay Artists and Arts Organizations

Meet the Grantmakers: Funding Opportunities for South Bay Artists and Arts
Organizations

Wednesday, October 20, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Co-sponsored with Arts Council Silicon Valley and Compasspoint

Panelists will describe their organizations' arts funding priorities and
guidelines as they pertain to the South Bay, offer practical tips on proposal
development, and provide insights into regional art funding trends.

Panelists:

* An Lu, grants program manager, Arts Council Silicon Valley
* Jessamine Chin, philanthropy program manager, Adobe Systems
* Arlene Biala, program manager, City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs
* Jennifer Kane, donor engagement officer, Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Where: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
150 E. San Fernando St., Room 225/229
San Jose, CA 95112

This program is offered free of charge. Space is limited. To register online
please go to http://foundationcenter.org/sanfrancisco/training/mtgsf10_20.html

Save Independent Film in the South Bay

Camera 3 has long been at the forefront of bringing independent and foreign films to the South Bay. Films that are on the fringe of mainstream (and mainstream $$), films that we'd usually have to trek up to San Francisco to see. Where else in the San Jose area can you see the recent film release of HOWL (based on the Allen Ginsberg poem) or Spike & Mike's Twisted Festival of Animation? NOWHERE!

They currently need some help, please continue reading and see if you can lend a hand-

Camera 3 Theater in downtown San Jose is one of the last truly independent theaters specializing exclusively in presenting independent cinema in the South Bay. Every week Camera 3 premieres the kind of art and foreign films that would not make it to the South Bay otherwise. They also bring in much of the talent behind those films for Q&As.

The Camera folks need some help keeping it going. They are looking for 10 volunteers who can work one 3 hour shift a week tearing tickets and greeting folks. Camera Cinemas will happily compensate volunteers with movie passes and concession vouchers good at any Camera Cinemas location, worth approximately $36 per shift.

If you are interested in saving independent film in the South Bay, please email Camera Cinemas at camera3cinemas@gmail.com and let them know if you can help.

Sign up for classes at Higher Fire Clayspace & Gallery

Dear Artists,

A new ceramics studio is open in downtown San Jose – Higher Fire Clayspace & Gallery. We welcome clay enthusiasts to our newly renovated 4500 sq ft space in the SoFA District.

Higher Fire is both a teaching studio and contemporary ceramics gallery. We feature work made by our instructors, members, local clay artists, and nationally recognized potters and sculptors. Visit on First Fridays so we can show you what we’ve been up to the rest of the month!

We offer classes for adults in wheel throwing and hand building in many packages to suit a variety of schedules; view attached FAQ or visit HigherFireStudios.com for more information.

HigherFire FAQ


Hope to see you soon-
Dan

Dan Dermer
Higher Fire Clayspace & Gallery
499 S Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408.295.5765
info [at] higherfirestudios.com

Tech Shop San Jose in the SoFA District

We're thrilled that Tech Shop has chosen downtown San Jose as a new location for their awesome creative community workshop space.

If all goes well, they'll soon be at the corner of South Second Street and San Carlos utilizing a building in the vicinity of SJSU, the Camera Cinemas, and the art galleries of South First Strett.

from their website...
TechShop San Jose, will be a 17,000 square-foot membership-based workshop that provides members with access to tools and equipment, instruction, and a community of creative and supportive people so they can build the things they have always wanted to make.

You can think of TechShop like a fitness club, but with tools and equipment instead of exercise equipment. It is sort of like a Kinko's for makers, or a Xerox PARC for the rest of us.

TechShop is designed for everyone, regardless of their skill level.

TechShop is perfect for inventors, makers, hackers, tinkerers, artists, roboteers, families, entrepreneurs, youth groups, FIRST robotic teams, arts and crafts enthusiasts, and anyone else who wants to be able to make things that they dream up but don't have the tools, space or skills.

TechShop provides you with access to a wide variety of machinery and tools including milling machines and lathes, welding stations and a CNC plasma cutter, sheet metal working equipment, drill presses and band saws, industrial sewing machines, hand tools, plastic and wood working equipment including a 4' x 8' ShopBot CNC router, electronics design and fabrication facilities, Epilog laser cutters, tubing and metal bending machines, a Dimension SST 3-D printer, electrical supplies and tools, and pretty much everything you'd ever need to make just about anything.

TechShop is for EVERYONE! If you already know how to use all the stuff at TechShop, that's great. But most people only know how to use a few of the tools, machines and equipment at TechShop. If you want to learn about the equipment and tools you have never used before, you can take an "SBU" (Safety and Basic Use) class and get up to speed on that tool or machine in just a few hours. Don't be afraid to try new things, whether it is welding, using a milling machine, working with fabrics and leather or plastics, or cutting keyways in a gear. The whole point of TechShop is to empower you with a wide variety of new capabilities so you can start to see the pathway that lets you make new and exciting things.

TechShop is ready to help you Build Your Dreams Here!

Visit http://www.techshop.ws/ts_sanjose.html for more information.

October 13, 2010

Shannon Amidon's Artists Residency in Costa Rica

Congratulations to KALEID Gallery artist Shannon Amidon for her acceptance to the Julia and David White Artist Colony in Costa Rica for a month long artist residency in December!

"This is a wonderful opportunity for me to explore and create in the lush landscape and cultural traditions of Costa Rica. They provide me with a private apartment and art studio and this opportunity will give me the gift of time to create in peace and tranquility amongst other artist and creative people. I am so excited and nervous about this trip and I can’t wait to create in another country. This will be longest I have ever been away from home."

To help offset the costs of this venture Shannon has created a very engaging page on kickstarter.com. Anyone can contribute and help support her and get artwork in return.

If you can help a fellow artist obtain this wonderful opportunity, please visit her kickstarter page here.

FabMo Textile Art Boutique

Beautiful one of a kind creations by over 40 local artisans.

Saturday, October 23, 2010 - 10am to 5pm
Quadrus Conference Center
2400 Sand Hill Road,
Menlo Park, CA
Free admission, free parking
www.fabmo.org

October 15, 2010

Steven and Sean Sczepanik Exhibit


Steven Sczepanik work in progress


In between a busy schedule doing murals in the bay area, Brothers Steven and Sean Sczepanik are working on a new exhibit for Phantom Galleries, ready for view First Friday November 5th at 386 South First Street (part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk.)

In the meantime, check out their website at http://www.shoeboxproduction.net

Awesome deal at SJ Art Glass Center

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It's getting to be closer to the holiday season. Time to get together with friends, take a little time off from your busy schedule and plan what to do with the family during the winter break.

How about coming down to the Art Glass Center and be a Glass Artist for the Day! (for 50% off!)

We've got an exciting opportunity for you to purchase the Glass Artist for the Day experience for half price! The class is regularly $140, but the special Groupon pricing is $70 for this unique experience doing torch working, fused glass and copper foil techniques. You can use the coupon yourself or give it as a gift to someone who might like working with glass.

The class introduces students to fusing, stained glass and torch working allowing them to take home a project from each area. This class is ideal for anyone 12 to adult who is fascinated by glass.

We've partnered up with Groupon to give you the opportunity to purchase this at an incredible 50% off this weekend only! The Groupon vouchers are valid for 1 year. Check out their listing for all the details here www.groupon.com/san-jose/


Hope to see you soon!
Janett


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Janett Peace
President
San Jose Glass Artist Alliance (SJGAA)
jpeace@sjgaa.org

October 17, 2010

Adam Cooper-Terán Shortlisted to Guggenheim Video Biennial


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Congratulations to San Jose's Adam Cooper-Terán (SOIL Creative Studio) for being selected to the shortlist of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's YouTube Play!

YouTube Play is a collaboration between YouTube and the Guggenheim Museum, presented by HP and Intel, to unearth and showcase the very best creative video from around the world.

YouTube Play received more than 23,000 submissions from 91 countries, the 125 shortlisted videos can now be seen on the YouTube Play channel here: http://www.youtube.com/playbiennial

The jury will now select their top choices to be revealed and presented at a special YouTube Play celebration event at the Guggenheim Museum on October 21 and on youtube.com/play. The final videos selected by the jury will be on view to the public at the Guggenheim Museum from October 22 through 24, and available to a worldwide audience on the You Tube Play channel.

Jury: Laurie Anderson, Animal Collective, Darren Aronofsky, Douglas Gordon, Ryan McGinley, Marilyn Minter, Takashi Murakami, Shirin Neshat, Stefan Sagmeister, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Chief Curator Nancy Spector.

Check out Adam's entry here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8gcRGGdQAA

TWO BUCK Tuesday October 19th

The awesome $2 art sale and quirky speaker series is this Tuesday, October 19th, curated by artist Keith Bunnell!


Jodi Mascarenas will be doing a sugar skull workshop. There will be small medium and large blank sugar skulls. She will provide colored icing to decorate your skull as well as diamonds and other decorations to personalize it. Join in, get creative and make something beautiful!


Clayton Lawrence
Scenic and Theme Designer - California's Great America Halloween Haunt

From decorating his front yard starting at age 5, to designing multiple Haunted Attractions at California's Great America Halloween Haunt at age 22, Clayton has been able to take a passion and hobby and turn it into a career.

Clayton has learned a lot over the years and has consulted with many industry leaders including Knott's Scary Farm, to learn techniques and philosophies that go into pulling off a successful Haunted House. Come join him as he shares many tips and insight to scaring unsuspecting victims!


Artist Mariya Milovidova will be doing face painting and temporary tattoos as well as painting live on canvas.


Kyle Ames is a professional caricature artist at Great America and will be on hand to draw a fun caricature of YOU for only $5/ea.!

Catering provided by Theresa Dunnavant!


TWO BUCK Tuesday October 19th, 7-10pm FREE and open to the public.

KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com
(408) 947-1785

October 25, 2010

Barnes, Paulson Featured Exhibits at KALEID

This month's featured artists at KALEID Gallery is painter Mariana Barnes and master photographer John Paulson and are on view through Wednesday October 27th. Both exhibitions are examples of vision coupled with high skill and technical ability within their chosen mediums.


Ancient Art, Modern Twist is a series of paintings in which Mariana Barnes painstakingly paints thousands of small tiles on canvas to create the illusion of mosaic tile work.

When asked about her preliminary process, Mariana surprising said: "I try to sketch as little as possible. Many of my pieces are done free hand and I just go with the flow, letting it take me where it will. But for more complex images like my stained glass looking paintings which are more structured and geometric in nature or my somewhat realistic paintings such as Radiant Paris I do have to create a quick sketch before I start painting."

'Radiant Paris (pictured above) is a fine example of the process- it shimmers and refracts light as you move around the piece. Mariana says about the piece: "Radiant Paris is my internal recollection of the city of love. I had dreamt all my life of seeing Paris. I imagined it full of life and light and vibrant colors. When I finally got there on a three day romantic excursion with my husband, it was grey, overcast and gloomy. We did get one beautiful sunset of magnanimous orange. We were sitting in a park by a pond, and the sun shimmered over the water."

"Now over ten years later, I still have a warm feeling when I think of Paris. I made a wintery leafless tree come alive in my mind and poured it over the canvas. I used the orange color of that sunset to infuse my painting with the feeling I had on the inside while I was there. In the end it turned out how I pictured Paris to be."


Italy Today is a series of photographs by master photographer John Paulson. The images seem to hover in limbo...when asked about it, John responded, "I think at least part of the reason my photographs "hover in limbo" is because they are timeless. I have been an admirer of Marcel Duchamp and his concept of 'found art.' My photographs are taken in places that were just waiting for me to find them. It excites me with a sense of wonder about what I will find next, what other places are yet to capture. Also contributing to their timelessness is an absence of people, in most cases."


Visit these two exhibitions through Weds., October 27th.
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday Noon - 7pm, Saturday Noon - 5pm.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
San Jose, CA
www.kaleidgallery.com

October 26, 2010

Dr. Sketchy's_Thank You!

Thanks to all the artists that came out to the Dr. Sketchy's ULTRA VIOLENCE session last week. Model Wenchi, and MCs Drew Clark and Trina Merry delivered a great Clockwork Orange inspired life drawing event.

SAVE THE DATE for the next Dr. Sketchy event on Thursday, December 17th.

More photos from the session here.

Randy Wong Exhibit at San Jose Repertory Theater

Randy Wong answered the call for art at the San Jose Repertory Theater through a forwarded email from KALEID artist John Paulson. The Rep needed pharmaceutical themed art to accompany their current play Secret Order, we thought it'd be a challenge, but Randy frequently documents this particular industry and happened to have a great series to offer the Rep's needs.

For more information on Secret Order, visit their site here.

New Celebrate Paint Lessons

KALEID Gallery artist René Lorraine has begun an exciting new endeavor called Celebrate Paint.

Celebrate Paint offers professional private and group lessons for both children and adults. Lessons are given for Oil, Watercolor, and Recycled Materials/Found Object Art. René offers both in studio and at home lessons.

René Lorraine holds multiple art degrees including a Bachelors of Fine Art in Pictorial Arts from San Jose State University. René takes pride helping her students enjoy creating art while learning fundamentals, technique, and theory.

Visit the Celebrate Paint website here and feel free to forward this opportunity onto any interested parties you might know.

October 27, 2010

SVAC Halloween


Luis Gutierrez Exhibition at Axis Art Gallery

"Lost & Found: the Art of Luis Gutierrez" opening Nov. 13th (thru Jan. 15, 2011) at the Axis Art Gallery. A master working at the peak of his powers, Gutierrez will be showing recent assemblage works contrasted with pieces from the last decade.

Reception with the Artist, Sat. Nov. 13, 2010 from 4–8 pm

Gutierrez, is an unsung fixture in the South Bay art scene – the long time Los Gatos resident has had a major impact on myriad artists as an art instructor at San Jose's City College. The "Lost & Found" works are a fascinating exercise in taking a lifetime collection of found objects, ephemera, old advertising imagery, antique toys, and even distressed bits of wood and translating them into a statement about our society and consumerism.

A subset of this body of work deals with a lost vision of the America we were promised as children. The human form is stripped down to it essence and juxtaposed with iconic patriotic imagery, leading the viewer to reflect on the state of our country and who have we become. Without telling you what to think, the body of work as a whole inspires one to ask questions that are as important, urgent, and valid as any overt political discussion of our era.

Axis Art Gallery
(inside Axis luxury high-rise condos)
38 N. Almaden Blvd., Suite 101
San Jose, CA 95110
408.623.9888
www.AxisArtGallery.com

Sugar Skull Workshop at KALEID Sat. Oct. 30th

My Favorite Nightmares Exhibit at WORKS


Corpse by Pinelopi Vassilaki

My Favorite Nightmares opens Halloween, October 31st, 7-11pm

As creepy or repulsive as they may be, nightmares fascinate us. They linger in our minds long after we've woken, leaving us distracted by thoughts of otherworldly fears. Fifty artists explore the strange things that play in all our heads at night, and that have inspired them to create upon waking. Real and imagined nightmares, monsters, things that go bump in the night or cause us to gasp awake—all are brought to life with an almost a manic need to recreate the scenes, juxtaposed to the admission that we sometimes like to be scared. Curated by Lacey Bryant, this exhibition continues through November 25.

WORKS San Jose
451 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
Gallery: 408-286-6800
Voicemail:408-300-6405
gallery@workssanjose.org

October 29, 2010

Mary Medrano Moving Sale


Universal Flight by Mary Medrano

Mary Medrano has long been an important artist and advocate for the local artists' community so we are sad to see her moving from the area but wish her and her husband all the best in their new adventures in Oregon.

In preparation for the move, Mary has decided to sell her lovely works at a generous discount of 50%. It's a good opportunity to purchase a beautiful work by this talented artist - view available work here: http://www.marymedranogallery.com/Pages/movingsale.html

October 31, 2010

Eyes Needed for Artist's Project

Artist Karen Gutfreund sent this call out for your EYES:

I'm working on a new conceptual piece and I NEED YOUR HELP!

I need your eyes!

Take a picture of your eyeball, up close as possible and email it to me. Just shoot it with your camera phone, grainy pictures and/or blurry are just fine. Just send them! Get other people to do it too.

Then in your email -- I want to you write a sentence about what is your refuge... Where do you go to escape? What gets you to a happy place? What gets you through the day?

Here's a few of mine in no particular order: The smiles on Ben & Sams (nephews) face when I pull in their driveway; the sound of ice-cubes clinking into a glass when I pour a vodka cocktail; sinking into bed loosing myself in chick-lit books; the smell of Scotts neck. Simple things, but make the fabric of my life that is so busy and complicated right now. The tiny things I hold onto.

I'm counting on all of you -- I need these for a piece I'm creating for the next WCA show titled "Hidden Cities".

And don't worry -- you will be completely anonymous, so be real, be honest! Shoot the picture and email me right now with the first thing that comes to your mind!!

Email your eyes and responses to: karengutfreund [at] yahoo.com

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk Nov. 5th

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This month's art walk has a plethora of new exhibitions for the brisk autumn evening of eclectic arts and culture!


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If you're downtown early - from 3-5pm - stop by 28 North First for Al Preciado's closing reception of Penetencia Creek State Park Series a homage to family and dear friends of Al's that have passed away over the last two years. The lobby will be open for light refreshments.


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Joe Barajas

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Josh Marcotte

Joe Barajas and Josh Marcotte both open solo exhibitions at KALEID Gallery. Joe's new paintings explore the artists' creative process while Josh's photographs of Lost San Jose is the result of it.


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Michael Foley

Pop your head into our newest participating venue Psycho Donuts and catch Creatures, Donuts and Such!- a fun group show by local artists. Located within the Camera 3 Cinemas at So. 2nd & San Carlos streets.


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Jeanette Turkus

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James Dewrance

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Shoebox Productions

New Phantom Galleries coordinated exhibitions at Caffee Trieste by Jeanette Turkus, Driveby Photography by James Dewrance at Good Karma Cafe and new installations by Shoebox Productions brothers Sean and Steven Sczepanik at 386 So. 1st Street. Steven will be out there painting live throughout the night.


Visit http://www.SouthFirstFridays.com for full event listings including new exhibitions opening at Anno Domini, MACLA, SLG Art Boutiki, Higher Fire Clay Studios, Downtown Yoga Shala, METRO, Art Ark and more!


November 6, 2010

Orchard Valley Ceramic Arts Guild Sale

The Orchard Valley Ceramic Arts Guild is returning to the Lucie Stern Community Center in Palo Alto for its 10th “Art in Clay” sale!

More than 50 Bay Area artists will present their newest creations at this event. The handmade ceramics span all styles of work, from raku to woodfire, garden items, sculpture, functional tableware and decorative art. Artists will be available to answer questions, discuss their work and/or accept custom orders.

Art in Clay has received rave reviews by customers. Light refreshments will be served throughout the day. Several door prizes will be given out each day!

Admission to “Art in Clay” is free, and the event is perfectly timed for selecting fine hand-made gifts for the holidays!

For more information about our sales, please email: sales@ovcag.org


Lucie Stern Community Center Ballroom
1305 Middlefield Road
Paolo Alto, CA 94301
www.OVCAG.org

Gary Coleman Reception at Ameriprise Nov. 11th

Gary Coleman's vivid landscapes are featured in the digital displays at Mmoon, the new Argentine empahadas restaurant at 177 W. Santa Clara Street.

Gary also has a one-person (mostly abstract oils) exhibition at Ameriprise Financial, high in the First Bank building at 1 Almaden Blvd.Suite 800.

An artist's reception is being given by Ameriprise on November 11th beginning at 6 p.m. Guests are invited to enjoy art, wine, cheese and glorious views of San Jose from the suite's expansive windows.

Blue to the Roots _ Call For Art

Canvas Ghost Productions presents BLUE TO THE ROOTS

This show is an exploration of the early 20th Century blues movement through music and art.

Dive down to the roots of the Blues. Son House, Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Blind Lemmon Jefferson, Howlin Wolf, and Lead Belly are just a few of the artist that shaped this world. We are looking for artists to interpret the blues. The music, the people, the culture, the times.

To submit your work, please go to http://www.canvasghost.com/submission.html. Fill out the form and e-mail images of the submission to info@canvasghost.com

Timeline:
Deadline for Submission: January 10, 2011
Art Dropoff: Sunday, March 13, 2011 Noon to 5pm
Show Dates: Saturday, March 19, 2011 7pm to 10pm & Sunday, March 20, 2011 Noon to 5pm
Art Pickup: Sunday, March 27th, 2011 Noon to 5pm

Artwork should be no larger than 48” x 72”
Artwork should be wired and ready to hang.
Artists must attend the event.
There will be a 20% commission on work sold at the event.

For questions, email info@canvasghost.com

Black Bean Celebrates Its First Anniversary

Black Bean Celebrates Its First Anniversary

In November, 2009, Will Johnson and Ruben Reyes, two accomplished ceramic artists, fulfilled their dream and opened Black Bean Ceramic Art Center, a working studio for ceramic artists and students.

The first year has been an amazing period of learning, collaboration, and growth.

1st anniversary celebration will be on Saturday, November 13 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Come and join us in celebrating our first year. Our exhibition space will be featuring works by Will Johnson, Rita Lewis, John McGinley and Ruben Reyes.

Black Bean Ceramic Art Center is located at 561 Emory St. San Jose, Ca. 95110. Check the website www.blackbeanclay.com for directions; contact info; about classes, facilities, and more, or call the center at (408) 642-5757

November 11, 2010

Pacific Art League 2nd Annual Craft Sale

The Pacific Art League of Palo Alto is hosting its 2nd Annual Craft Sale!

Come by on November 20th, 11am to 6pm and November 21st, 11am to 5pm for our 2nd annual craft show! Come find the perfect holiday gifts for your friends & family!

Featuring 14 talented local bay area artists:

Louis Basel- Blown Glass
Diana Dutton- Jewelry
Rona Foster- Ceramics
Julie Goodenough- Jewelry & Accessories
Stephanie Hamilton- Jewelry
Bonnie Japhie- Fiber Arts
Yoshiko Nordin- Fiber Arts
Crystal Ouzillou- Fused Glass
Meggi Raeder & Judy Kramer- cards & calendars
Maureen Shields- Collage
Melissa West- Linoleum block prints
Amberlin Wu- Pillows & art cards
Hue Yang- Ceramics

For more information, please visit: pacificartleague.org

OVERSOCIAL MOFO REVUE Nov. 12th!

We're back!

November 12, 2010, 8pm SHARP
Anno Domini Gallery
366 So. First Street
Downtown San Jose

The OVERSOCIAL MOFO REVUE is the groundbreaking variety show hosted by "Mighty" Mike McGee, David Perez, and Tatyana Brown with the musical stylings of The John Staedler Symphony Orchestra.
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Join us for Oakland's poetess Joyce Lee, the lush sounds of San Jose's Veronica Malki, San Francisco's juggling wunderkind, Bronkar Lee and the all new San Jose Poetry Slam.

LIMITED SPACE. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. The outside line up begins at 7:30pm. The show will start at 8pm SHARP!

All poets encouraged to sign up for the slam. WARNING! Slammers must come ready with more than two poems. See slam guidelines below BEFORE COMING TO THE VENUE.

TICKETS (at door only):
Admission is between $6 and $11. You pay a base price of $5 then roll a die and pay the amount showing on the die.

SIGNING UP TO COMPETE IN THE SAN JOSE POETRY SLAM:
If you plan to perform in the poetry slam, sign up outside before the draw at 7:45pm.

POETS PLEASE NOTE WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO COMPETE IN THE SAN JOSE POETRY SLAM!

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November 14, 2010

2010 Diamond Awards

2010 Diamond Awards

Each year the Peninsula Arts Council presents the Diamond Awards to recognize individuals and organizations for their artistic achievements and contributions to the arts (visual arts, music, dance, theater, film/video, literary) in San Mateo County.

The Peninsula Arts Council’s mission is to advance the arts in San Mateo County. We focus on key areas that have long-term countywide benefits: public art, arts education and developing our county into a destination for the arts, parks and culture.

On January 27, 2011, recipients, their families and friends, and the public are invited to a celebratory evening that includes a reception, silent auction, and presentation of the Diamond Awards.

Nominations for this year are now open. To make a nomination, a donation, or to volunteer go to www.peninsulaartscouncil.org

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TWO BUCK Tuesday November 16th

Another awesome evening of creative speakers, performers, demos, live painting and $2 art!

TWO BUCK Tuesday, November 16th, 7-9pm
FREE and open to the public!


Cardboard Box Theatre Project is a a South Bay theatre company, founded in 2009 by Santa Clara University alumni, dedicated to the creation of new works and the presentation of old works in new ways. The driving force behind our productions is the desire to make theatre more accessible and engaging in all respects. We concern ourselves not only with the material we present and our audiences’ financial access to our productions, but also with the mode of presentation. Instead of creating distance between the world of the audience and the world on stage, we continuously blur such lines and allow the audience to see parts of our process that other companies try to mask.

CBTP will perform Act Like Trees and Leaf - Written and Directed by Maren Lovgren

In true CBTP style, Act Like Trees and Leaf pokes fun at -- and has fun with -- the conventions of theatre as two actors audition for an amazingly unique (and probably unstable) director.


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KALEID Gallery artist Josh Marcotte will speak about his current featured exhibition Insomnia. Lost San Jose Nights.


Singer/songwriter, Veronica Malki performs soulful, acoustic music resonating inspiration from nature and traveling. Her timeless style is comprised of Folk, Blues, Flamenco, and World Music qualities.


Musical Saw Workshop by DeatHat musician Kate Saturday - students, bring your saw!

Plus live painting and face painting by Mariya Milovidova


TWO BUCK Tuesday, November 16th, 7-9pm
FREE and open to the public!


KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com
(408) 947-1785

November 20, 2010

Fashion and Art Theatre Dec. 11th & 12th

Vladimir Vitkovsky was born in Russia, in 1950. He studied art at three prestigious St. Petersburg Art Schools, learning techniques from various Russian teachers and then broke away and began experimenting on his own.

Vitkovsky creates a unique world of emotional surrealism where the past, present and future are transformed into a heightened sense of "right now". His oil paintings transport viewers from the representational into the abstract world. His application of paint is a dramatic contrast between thin, luminous layers and heavier impasto. The artist couples heightened realism with blurred, fluid edges.

You're invited to attend the Fashion and Art Theatre with Artist Vladimir Vitkovsky and Fashion Designer Vasily Vein.

Two days only! December 11th and 12th
Don't miss the unique chance to meet, enjoy and purchase wearable and visual art by Vasily Vein and Vladimir Vitkovsky. Enjoy art, fashion, live music and wine.

Dec. 11th
Reception: 12pm-5pm
Photo-shoots:1pm-4pm
Runway: 2:30pm

Dec. 12th
Art and Trunk Show: 1pm-5pm
New BBC Winter Menu by Chef Tim Uttaro and full bar available

Visit www.vitkovskyfineart.com


British Bankers Club
1090 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
www.britishbankersclub.com
650 327-8769

METRO Cover by Josh Marcotte

Congrats to KALEID Gallery artist Josh Marcotte (aka Lost San Jose) for landing the cover shot for the current issue of METRO Weekly Newspaper! The feature article interviews Josh and his use of analog cameras along with several other San Jose photographers.

Marcotte is a photographer, writer and lifelong San Jose resident. He has been documenting his city for the past 10 years, first with a disposable camera, various 35 mm's, a 20D and most recently a 40D.

You can see more of Josh's work in his featured exhibit currently on view at KALEID Gallery through November 26th. (Exhibit details here.)

November 24, 2010

Merry Moroccan Holiday

Be merry this holiday season and join SJ FAM and Satori Tea Company for a delightful afternoon filled with fashion, art, music, charity and culture. Relax over a cup of tea and live music or peruse through a mini Moroccan bazaar where guests may participate in henna tattoo art, A Beauty Bar and some shopping!

This event will benefit CAREER CLOSET, an organization dedicated to empowering women to re-enter the... workplace equipped with everything they need to make a great first impression, land the job they want, and improve their lives. We encourage guests to dig into their closets and donate any unused work clothing, which can be used for another woman's brighter future. Women's professional clothing that is new or nearly new, clean, and on hangers, gently worn shoes and handbags are acceptable. Receive an additional raffle ticket for every garment you bring in!

So put on your Sunday's best ensemble and join us for a lovely afternoon of good friends, good tea and a good cause!

December 5th, 2pm-5pm / $20 admission includes tea tasting, tea bites, henna art, beauty bar and live music by DJ Cutso.

Satori Tea Company
37 N San Pedro St, San Jose, CA 95110
*Complimentary parking available in San Pedro garage until 6pm.*

Reservations required. Please call (408) 493-0554 or email rsvp@sjfam.com

Rochelle Ford Holiday Show

Artist Rochelle Ford will be having a Holiday Show on Saturday, Dec. 4th & Sunday, Dec. 5th from 10am - 5pm at 1155 Waverley Street, Palo Alto.

Rochelle will be selling everything from $12. earrings to 2 story high exterior sculptures, and lots of items in between. Everything is made from recycled metal and mixed media. To see the variety of creations, check out her website at www.metalsculptor.com.

Call for Entries _ What Is Love? Design Challenge

Do you think you’re funny? Sweet? Romantic? Or even downright dirty?
Put your design skills where your mouth is. Whether you’re in love, have been in love, want to be in love or know what it’s like to be loved, you could be loving life a little more with some extra $$$ in your pocket.

Tiny Prints, Inc (www.tinyprints.com) invites you to participate in the first annual “What is Love...” design challenge.

What exactly is the “What is Love...” design challenge?
We are looking for talented designers to submit concept-driven designs for our 2011 Valentine’s Day Greeting Card collection. Templates, color swatches, font lists and design direction will be provided to everyone who registers for the challenge. There is no registration fee. To register, please send an email with a quick introduction and contact information to whatislove@tinyprints.com by Friday, November 26, 2010 at 9:00 am PST.

You hate love. Why should you design for a Valentine’s Day collection?
Perfect. You can work on our Anti-Valentine’s Day/Anti-Love collection! Or pretend the $$$ prize is your Valentine. There’s gotta be some love there. Plus, your talents could be showcased on our site for the world to not only see, but send to their loved ones. Help a relationship blossom. Save a relationship. Make somebody laugh.

You love money.
Who doesn’t? Our panel of expert judges will determine the top three winners:
First prize - $500 | Second prize - $250 | Third prize - $100
All designs included in the collection will receive royalties for the life cycle on our site.

Read full rules and regulations here http://blog.tinyprints.com/designcompetition/

November 26, 2010

Works member show: Saturday is last day to bring art!

Saturday from Noon to 4 is the final time to bring in your art to place in the 2010 Member Exhibition "Ring in the New" opening on First Friday December 3rd. Join or renew your membership to Works/San José when you bring your artwork to 451 South First.

Download the Call for Art now: http://www.workssanjose.org/wordpress/

Works is your community art and performance center--you can participate!

December 1, 2010

KALEID's Rockin' Stockings Show & Sale Dec. 3rd!

KALEID Gallery artists have created unique works of art generously priced for this gift giving season! This will be a one-stop shopping trip for everyone on your list that shows you care enough to get them something you can't find anywhere else! All art can be taken home at the point of sale.

A Rockin' Stockings Holiday Show & Sale
First Friday December 3rd, 7pm-9pm
Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk, visit www.southfirstfridays.com for full event schedule!

Sale continues through December 30th.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth St. (at San Fernando)
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDGallery.com

December 5, 2010

Homemade Holiday Call for Vendors

4th Annual Homemade Holiday Art as Gifts Show

Saturday, December 11th, 10am - 8pm
2nd Floor 300 Bld. (across from Crate & Barrel)
Over 40 Artists! Reception: Wine, Food & Music 3pm - 8pm

Vendor details:

* The space is at Santana Row across from Crate & Barrel. Huge, well lit, 2nd floor, great area.
* They are doing marketing for it with Facebook, twitter, web & eblast. (So must we all!)
* Booth fee is $100 - this goes directly to SR. I am taking 15% for sales.
* Nonprofits are $50 table. I have several worldwide organizations I will be donating a percentage to.
* Set up can be after 5pm on Friday Dec. 10th or EARLY on the 11th - before 8am.
* Take down can be anytime after 8pm on Dec. 11th or anytime on Sunday.
* Santana Row to provide 6 ft tables , linens & chairs
* All hanging items must have your own stand alone device.
* All sales handled by the artist but I will be checking out as well if you cannot be there the whole time.
* Inventory list to be provided & checked before the start of the show.
* I will have paypal provided as well.
* Booth fee required within 48 hours of agreement.

To participate, please contact Julie at jstov100@yahoo.com

SJSU Glass Shop Vandalized, Items Stolen

The glass Studio at San Jose State University was broken into over the holiday weekend. Their shop was vandalized and personal and shop tools were stolen.

The hot shop tools are engraved with "SJSU Glass" and have yellow,red, or orange paint on the handles.

If you are aware of any person attempting to sell tools matching this description, please contact Cassandra Straubing at 408-924-4685.

December 7, 2010

Holiday ART Show at Psycho Donuts in Campbell

"Have Yourself a Crazy Little Christmas!"
Reception and Party: Sunday, December 12th from 10AM to 3PM

Come check out original off-beat artwork for sale from super-talented local artists like Deborah Barba, Carlos Villez, John Hageman, Christine Benjamin, Sheri DeBow, Kurtis Rykovich, Lacey Bryant, Laura Collin Bennett, Michael Foley, Michelle Waters, Nicolas Caesar, and Christian Cinder and more!

And what Psycho event would be complete without Psycho karaoke - from our crazy friend Bruce Rogers of Korkaraoke!

Psycho Donuts Campbell
2006 S. Winchester Blvd, Campbell, CA 95008
Show runs from Dec. 8th to Jan. 7th 2011


HOURS: Monday - Thursday 6am-9pm, Friday 6am-11pm, Saturday 7am-11pm, Sunday 7am-9pm
Closed Christmas Day

A note from Jai Tanju, Frida & Friends

3rd Annual Frida & Friends Fuzzy Blanket Drive

This year the Cinebar will be hosting the Blanket Drive! We are collecting clean blankets and towels at the Cinebar for the San Jose Animal Shelter on Wednesday, Dec. 8th and Wednesday, Dec. 15th from 8pm - 11pm.

They don't have to be new, but they do have to be clean and ready for the shelter. Firda's friends at the shelter would be so happy to have a warm item this winter, and for this good deed, the Cinebar is giving you a free well drink (to be redeemed on the nights of the event only) just for bringing in an item for the shelter to toast your good deed!

If you're thinking about getting a new pet, please consider doing so at http://www.sanjoseanimals.com, they are in desperate need of a loving home.

Bah! Humbug! Holiday Art Sale

On the Corner Music presents the BAH! HUMBUG! Holiday Art Sale on Friday, Dec. 17th, 7-11pm

Gift priced art, all ages, plus no tax on all vinyl!

530 East Campbell Ave
Campbell, CA

December 8, 2010

Al Preciado Retrospective @55

Al Preciado invites you to his Birthday Retrospective featuring work from last night and 10 years ago at Gallery TEN10, 1010 East Taylor Street and 21st Street

Much food and great music by Josh and Mitch Waldman, and the Bob and Yumi show!!

Reception: Dec 17th, 6pm to Midnight
More information: apreciado@bcp.org

Deadstök X at The Usuals

The Usuals and Streetbot present Deadstök X
Friday, December 10, 2010, 7p-10p

We are dusting-off our 2010 Deadstök designs! Expect to see new versions of tees by dNA, Everyday Debauchery, Lost San Jose, Kori Thompson, Lacey Bryant, Michael Foley, Anabella Pinon, Force 129, Wadl, Jane Doe, and more!

And say "Good-bye" to Streetbot! In it's last month with The Usuals, Streetbot is selling all remaining tees at $15. Make sure to grab your limited edition tees!

Cutso and SquareWeezy of The Bangerz will be here! Grab a silog from the WOW Truck, enjoy some beats, and spend some time with us!

THE USUALS
1020 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126

Pellet at Empire 7 Studios

Empire Seven Studios is proud to present the debut solo exhibition by Kyle Pellet. Inspired by good memories, bad omens, fears, hard work, and guilty pleasures, Pellet draws and paints images reflecting the confounding joy and terror of everyday life. For this exhibition, he has created hundreds of drawings and paintings on paper of various dimensions.

If you're still shopping for others (or yourself) this holiday season, this exhibit is an ample opportunity to own original drawings and paintings at very affordable prices! For those who are art collectors, this is a great time to purchase Pellet's work; He has been exhibiting art frequently, and is moving up quickly in the art world.

Opening reception is on Friday, December 10th, 2010 from 8PM 'til late. The first 20 people who purchase a piece at the opening reception will receive a limited-edition signed poster from Pellet.

The exhibit will be on display through December by appointment. This will be E7S' last show for 2010 - Be sure not to miss it!

Empire Seven Studios
525 N. 7th Street, San Jose, CA

December 13, 2010

KALEID's Rockin' Stockings Show & Sale!

The Rockin' Stockings Show & Sale is off to a great start! Thanks to everyone that came out to the opening last First Friday!

There's 40 artists participating in this special holiday sale with wonderful works at affordable prices for gift giving. See some of the offerings below:


Kathleen Wolf, Ice Cream Circus, $120.



Shannon Amidon, Word Wheel, $45.



Ben Shuts, ceramic cup



Murphy Adams, Romantic, $75.



Dorothy Whitman, Cupid's Spin, $58.



Gianfranco Paolozzi, Spring in Venice, $20.


In addition to this main feature show/sale, there's 60 talented artists exhibiting hundreds of original works of art all in one convenient location! Stop by today to find the most unique creative gifts for your friends and family and support the artists that make San Jose a vibrant art scene!!


Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday Noon - 7pm, Saturday Noon - 5pm
Sale continues through December 30th.
(Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day)


KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (at San Fernando)
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDGallery.com

January 2, 2011

Dark Matter & Other Exhibits this Friday, Jan. 7th

There's no downtown San Jose art walk this month (January 7th) but there's still a couple of great art openings going on so you don't have to wait til First Friday February!


The Samurai, sculpture by Matthew Pugh

Surgery.Art presents Dark Matter a group study of the dark and immeasurable.

Opening reception: JAN 7 2011, 7-10PM

Fashion study: Mike Kemling

Auditory guidance: Dr. Stats, Femme Mystique, Kevorkian, Mixer Djammed

Featuring dark analytical work by: Matthew Pugh, Marie Dvorkin, Alla Viksne, Jay Ruland, Alex Yanushkevich, Kelly Nelson, Emily Feucht, Haley Goodlett, J. Marie Valdivia, Centa Schumacher, Mike Dvorkin, Genevieve Hastings, Shauna Mork + more

Curated by: Marie Dvorkin, Dora Lee

Exhibit dates: JAN 7 - JAN 21, 2011

Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday noon - 7pm & Saturday noon - 5pm

KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street, San Jose, CA 95112
www.KALEIDgallery.com
(408) 947 1785


Over at Art Ark is Candy Coated Visions: recent works and site specific installation by Gwen Mercado-Reyes and Kajmear Reyes

Opening Reception: Friday, January 7 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Art Ark Gallery
1035 S. 6th street
San Jose, CA


and WORKS Gallery will be having a closing reception for the Works’ Member Exhibition "Ring In the New" from 7 to 10pm.

This exhibition is the most eclectic, startlingly open, unjuried annual regional exhibition of art. Work from the stars of the South Bay scene are brought together with first time exhibitors. Come celebrate and support your community art and performance center with the artists who do the same: including Tony May, Carmela Rizzuto, Catherine and Tim Thompson, Myrrh, James Morgan, Irene Suber, and 100 more!

There will be member announcements at 9pm. Artists in the exhibition can claim their work to take home at 10pm.

Works
451 South First Street
San José, CA 95113
http://www.workssanjose.org/

January 4, 2011

Shannon Amidon Returns from Costa Rica Residency

KALEID Gallery artist Shannon Amidon has returned safe and sound from her month long residency at the Julia and David White artist colony in Costa Rica. She recaps her experience on her website which is an insightful read....and will make you want to do a couple of residencies a year.

"Part of being an artist is “filling the well” and that’s what I decided to do, no longer fighting with my muse or mind and just enjoy my surroundings."


These art images are two main projects she completed while there. "The first one of those projects was taking portraits of the local plant life. It was so abundant and beautiful I felt the need to capture it. I didn’t take pictures in the traditional way of the plant or flower in its natural environment. Instead I brought it into my studio with special lighting and really focused on it as an individual piece. After I had the photos I then began experimenting with a paper weaving technique. I printed two copies of the photo out onto watercolor paper. I then cut strips into one vertically and one horizontally and then weaved them together. After the weaving was done I dipped the finished picture into encaustic wax to seal it and give it a softer look. I must say that I really like the results of this technique and plan to complete a series of them. The act of weaving the photos could take a long time depending on the size and was very meditative and relaxing."

"The second major project I worked on was my “Thought Pods” I found and collected lots of interesting seed pods around the colony. I wanted to use them in some way in my work. I also had brought some old books to work on book art projects. I combined the seed pods, book pages, and encaustic in interesting ways to create what I call “Thought Pods”. These were fun to create, I love books and writing and try to incorporate them into my work when possible. It was also messy and sculptural work which was enjoyable."


And she got to stay at the Tree House Hotel! A bed and breakfast hotel with 5 tree houses (each very private) on 8 acres and surrounded by a 70 acre wildlife refuge with a waterfall and river.

Read Shannon's website for additional photos and posts about her trip. www.shannonamidon.blogspot.com/

The Oversocial MoFo Revue_Jan. 14th

Save the date! The third installment of the Oversocial Mofo Revue is pleased to present the poetry of Laura Yes Yes, musical guest Emerald Hill, and burlesque with a twist from the lovely Laika Fox.

Note that this is the Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWPS) qualifier. That means the highest scoring female poet earns the right to represent San Jose at WOWPS 2011. It also means ALL LADIES get a discount at the door.

More details will be posted soon, or visit the Facebook event page here.

Creative Minds Shorty Fatz


Lowrider Arcade exhibit by Shorty Fatz at Anno Domini, June 2007

Matthew Rodriguez and Samuel Rodriguez, creators of Shorty Fatz in San Jose, will discuss and demonstrate their custom-built bicycles as part of SJMA’s ongoing “Creative Minds” series.

Shorty Fatz is a design and custom bicycle center created by Matt and Samuel, they design and manufacture custom, single-speed bicycles for enthusiasts interested in “cruisers” and fixed-gear bicycles.


This event should be a great discussion with two artists that are inspirational in their innovation as well as perseverance as entrepreneurs.

Thursday, Jan 6th, 5:00p to 8:00p
Admission: $8 ($5 seniors and students, free to members)

www.shortyfatz.com

San Jose Museum of Art
110 S. Market St., San Jose, CA, 95113
(408) 294-2787

January 8, 2011

The Zahsman Murders at WORKS

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Arclight Repertory Theater presents The Zahsman Murders at WORKS San Jose

Set in a New York police department where police are baffled by the identity of a serial killer, the show has a cast of six, one of whom is revealed at the end to be the man – or woman – they have been looking for. Suspenseful, fast-paced and edgy, the show will keep an audience guessing right up to the final showdown.

The Zahsman Murders is part of the ‘Sparklight Play Development Series’, created by Arclight to nurture and develop new Bay Area voices in the theatre. Sparklight provides emerging playwrights with the opportunity to refine their scripts through initial readings, feedback from the actors, directors and designers, and through post-show discussions with the audience, which can often lead to lively and invaluable dialogues.

The show will be staged at WORKS/San Jose as part of a community partnership with Arclight. This deliberately intimate gallery setting will place the audience in the world of the play, where they will preside like members of a jury while motives and evidence are presented to them, clues are examined, and the murderer is finally exposed. Multimedia elements will be used in lieu of exposition to acquaint the audience with the history of the Zahsman murders and engage them directly in the shadowy world inhabited by the serial killer.

January 14th – 29th, 2011
Thursdays – Saturdays 8pm / Sundays 2pm
$25 general / $15 students & seniors (65+)

Tickets available at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/138827 or call (800) 838-3006

www.arclightrep.org

WORKS/San Jose Art & Performing Art Center
451 S. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113

Mosaic Portraiture Workshop at Higher Fire Ceramics

Higher Fire is hosting a Mosaic Portraiture Workshop with Delaine Hackney. What a fabulous way to honor a loved one, be they pet or person. Typical finished size for each student's project is 12" x 14". This fun-filled workshop is designed for beginners and continuing students.

Two Saturdays, 10am - 4pm, Jan. 22 & 29, 2011

Instructor Delaine Hackney helps students create a realistic, texture rich, colorful and whimsical mosaic portrait made with ceramic and glass. Each student's portrait project (based on photo submitted before class) will strongly resemble their subject! Class includes lecture and demonstration on how to translate a photo into a mosaic template, use of basic mosaic tools and techniques. (visit http://www.delainemosaic.com for more info.)

Registration fee of $180 includes all materials and tools.
Photograph of subject must be submitted at least 10 days prior to class.
Register online at www.HigherFireStudios.com (click on Workshops --> Schedules & Pricing).

Call or email for more details:
Dan Dermer
Higher Fire Clayspace & Gallery
499 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408.295.5765
info@higherfirestudios.com

January 12, 2011

Pellet Closing Reception Sat., Jan. 22nd


Final viewing and closing reception for the awesome Pellet's Show
is Saturday, Jan. 22nd from 7-9pm.

Empire Seven Studios
525 N. 7th St.
San Jose, CA 95112
a href="http://www.empiresevenstudios.com">http://www.empiresevenstudios.com

January 16, 2011

A jam packed TWO BUCK Tuesday Jan. 18th!

KALEID Gallery presents

Two Buck Tuesday January 18th 7-9pm

Happy 2011!

Our monthly $2 art sale and quirky people coming-together event is back for the new year and we have tons of goodies for you!

J. Marie & Mike Dvorkin of Surgery.Art (along with several of their participating artists) will host a Q&A about their current show “Dark Matter” at KALEID Gallery. www.kaleidgallery.com/

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The Samurai, sculpture by Matthew Pugh


Joe Decker will demonstrate how to photograph paintings and other artwork, talking about lighting and filtering issues, avoiding reflections, getting the color right, and coping with digital issues. There may also be a rant about metallic paint.
www.rockslidephoto.com/
www.rockslidephoto.com/photographing-artwork/


photo by Joe Decker


Reiji Hirayama will teach us how shoes are made, how to identify quality shoes and will give a demo on how to properly clean leather shoes to make them last. Bring a pair of shoes (non-lacquered or patent calf, bull or horse leather shoes in Black, Brown, Tan, Grey, Burgundy, Red, Navy, Purple, Heather) to participate!

Richard James will talk about his love of collage and the endless possibilities presented by the art form.


Michael Denning will teach a workshop on how to make art trading cards. Make your own art cards for $2!
www.heartofchaos.net/chaosblog/?page_id=244


Shannon Amidon will give a live demonstration of encaustic painting and mixed media techniques. Encaustic is a paint composed of beeswax, damar resin and pigments. Encaustic painting was practiced by Greek artists as far back as the 5th century B.C.!
www.shannonamidon.com

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Lisa Mejia will create beautiful henna designs for a small fee.

Sonoma Walden Pond will host a vegan tea complete with cucumber sandwiches!

J Swizza will spin some sweet indie records.

David Mejia will be drawing portraits while you wait.


Marilyn Rowe will be recruiting yarnbombers.


Insane Craft Posse will hold a surprise crafting workshop! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_120938521295733

Live Painting By:
Kimy Martinez
Erikka Hugger
Jehoiakim Santos
Steven Reece
Jimmy Oliver Halverson
Jean Davis
Jo Anne Yada
Courtney
Laura Callin Bennett
Mariya Milovidova


This event if FREE & all ages welcome!

KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com
(408) 947 1785

January 25, 2011

Members show at Santa Cruz Art League

Local Essence is the annual members exhibition of the Santa Cruz Art League. All different types of media are represented from paintings, sculpture, photography, woodwork, ceramics, and more.

It's a great show that combines work of well established artists and emerging artists. It's divided into 2 parts, the (A-K) section is on view Jan. 15 through Feb. 6th and the (L-Z) section runs until Feb. 12 through March 6th.

Santa Cruz Art League
526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Hours: Wed-Sat: 12pm-5pm, Sun:12pm-4pm
For more info, please visit: www.scal.org

image above by Charlene Chow

Kori Thompson at the Usuals

New works by Kori Thompson with an acoustic set by Those Charming Crooks (9pm), beats by David Ma.

Friday, January 28th 7pm-10pm

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126
shopthesusuals.com

Creative Capital Grants

Creative Capital provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects in five disciplines: Emerging Fields, Film/Video, Innovative Literature, and Performing and Visual Arts. Working in long-term partnership with artists, Creative Capital’s pioneering approach to support combines funding, counsel and career development services to enable a project’s success and foster sustainable practices for its grantees.

Creative Capital is the only national grantmaking and artist service organization for individual artists with an open application process.

Our selection process includes three steps: inquiry, application and panel review.

To be eligible to apply, an artist must be:
• A U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident
• At least 25 years old
• A working artist with at least five years of professional experience

THE LETTER OF INQUIRY PHASE WILL BEGIN ON FEBRUARY 1, 2011. CREATIVE CAPITAL IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING INQUIRIES. TO ACCESS THE LETTER OF INQUIRY FORM, PLEASE RETURN TO THIS PAGE http://creative-capital.org/pages/apply ON FEBRUARY 1.

February 1 – March 1, 2011:
Open submissions for projects in Film/Video and Visual Arts. Download the 2011 Grant Guidelines for more information.

February 1 - March 1, 2012:
Open submissions for projects in Emerging Fields, Literature and Performing Arts

Prior to the grant deadline, our grantmaking staff hold information sessions to answer applicants’ questions. In addition, we are available for questions and advice throughout the application process.

If you have questions about the grant program or application process, please direct them to grants [at] creative-capital [dot] org.

Visit http://creative-capital.org/pages/apply for more information.

January 27, 2011

SJMADE Sat. Jan. 29th

SJMADE is a one-day event comprised of local store-owners, makers, artists, and purveyors of Bay Area goods. From garage silk screeners, to twilight jewelry artists, to local brick-and-mortars, San Jose's homegrown scene is growing and flourishing. Meet creative minds from San Jose as well as other parts of the Bay Area.

Saturday, January 29th, 1-7pm
151 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose, CA 95110
www.sanjosemade.com

Ceast & Desist at Montalvo


art work by Charlotte Kruk, photos by Astrogirl

Cease & Desist addresses issues around the repurposing and recycling of materials that include an identifiable logo or trademark. The exhibition includes a site-specific installation by Los Angeles based artist Carrie Ungerman that examines consumption behavior around drinking water, while San Jose based artist Charlotte Kruk's traditional Spanish matador costumes made from candy wrappers celebrate the public's insatiable sweet tooth and defies the power of the large candy corporation.

The inspiration behind the title of this exhibition comes directly from Kruk's interaction with Mars, Inc., the company that owns candy such as M&Ms and Snickers. When the company learned of Kruk's creations - dresses and outfits made entirely of candy wrappers bearing its candy's names - Mars sent Kruk a "cease and desist" letter, notifying her she was not allowed to continue producing these works of art.

Many works of art have been created from found objects by masters of modern art such as Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso and Robert Rauschenberg, but what happens when art objects include the repurposed trademark of a a major corporation? As a society, we are encouraged to reduce, reuse and recycle, however the laws around brand name usage leave the parameters around the reuse of product packaging unclear.

Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 28th 7pm-9pm Free admission

Exhibit on view through April 17, 2011.

Montalvo Arts Center
Project Space Gallery
15400 Montalvo Road
Saratoga, CA 95071
montalvoarts.org

The Project Space Gallery is located next to the Box Office at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga, Calif. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, or by appointment.

February 3, 2011

WIGGLERAMA at Trieste

WIGGLERAMA - A DJ Night w/ DJ Coco and Boboso!

Saturday, Feb.5th 8pm - 11pm

at Caffe Trieste
315 1st St.
San Jose, CA 95113

Free. All Ages but there are some adults beverage for sale at the cafe.

South FIRST FRIDAY Art Walk Feb. 4th!

Join us for South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk February 4th!

An eclectic evening of arts and culture in downtown San Jose's SoFA District (& beyond)!

Venues are open 7pm-11pm & are free of charge


HIghlights include:

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Phantom Galleries in the windows of 386 South First Street:
Two exhibitions featuring Yumiko & Reiko Miyagawa and Mike Park
Miyagawa sisters' first collaboration photo show. The sisters came up with themes that have contrastive ideas, and each one took photos with "our weirdo heads' imagination!"

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Mike Park exhibits the different colors of VINYL.


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Phantom Galleries at Caffé Trieste - 315 South First Street
Opening Reception - Around the World in 30,000 Photographs by Frances Freyberg

In 2008, emerging photographer Frances Freyberg left her job in high-tech communications to travel the world for a year, taking photos and writing about her experiences. Over the course of the year, she took more than 30,000 photographs across 41 different countries. This exhibit includes some of her favorite photos from Asia, India, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and North and South America.

First Fridays are Opera Night! at Caffé Trieste with some of the Bay Area’s best opera singers performing your favorite arias and duets.


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Phantom Galleries at Good Karma Vegan Café - 37 South First Street
Opening Reception: Art Alive by Trina Merry A rich collaboration with a variety of talented Bay Area photographers- wet plate, fine art, fashion, and maternity photography.

Trina Merry has been exploring and focusing on bodypainting solely since her installation "The Television Totem Pole" at the SubZERO Festival 2010. This exhibit showcases her explorations that have spawned and informed her other bodypaint series, music videos, and current work.


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Phantom Galleries at Pho69 - 321 South First Street
Opening Reception- Just In Time: Abstracts by Jane Peterman. The series of paintings is a meditation on time and space beginning March 2009 and ongoing.

Join us for a Vietnamese New Year celebration with Lion Dancers, traditional New Years food tastings, and lucky red envelopes fortunes.


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Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design - 366 South First Street
Artist's Reception- Auroral Dreaming new sculptures by Derek Weisberg

Derek Weisberg returns to Anno Domini for his second solo exhibition with a brand new body of ambitious and courageous work. Weisberg continues to examine his own life and the world around him, attempting to answer questions, which have plagued humans since the beginning of time.

Live music by Suzanne Vallie


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The Education of Hopey Glass: Day by Day with Hopey, Jaime Hernandez, ink on paper, 2010

MACLA - 510 South First Street
Join MACLA for an extraordinary evening of art: In MACLA’s Gallery: Novelas, Love and Other Adventures Featuring: Jaime Hernandez, Favianna Rodriguez, Rio Yańez and Mayra Ramirez.

Please join us for our Opening Reception & Artist Talk: at 7:00pm Join Jaime Hernandez of famed comic book series Love & Rockets and Bay Area Artist Rio Yańez for an engaging conversation about their work.


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Higher Fire Clayspace & Gallery - 499 Market Street
Artist's Reception- Joy Imai: Soda-Fired Porcelain

Botanical elements dot the surface of Joy Imai's soda-glazed pottery, but her work is pure pyromaniac in origin! Joy sprays baking soda & water into a 2300 degree kiln causing the solution to break down into sodium vapor glaze. The vapors flash her pots with color - all surprising, unique, and a tangible record of what pieces endured in the kiln.

Reception for the featured artist will be held in conjunction with South First Friday festivities on Feb 4 from 7pm 'til late... plus an evening of pottery wheel demonstrations, kids' clay table, and light refreshments too.


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SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery - 577 South Market Street
SLG Art Boutiki presents the art of Vesha Valentine by Des Taylor. Celebrating the release of the new storybook by Taylor, SLG will be showing unseen art from the book. Live music and of course all the things that make The Art Boutiki the best comics art gallery in town!


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Targets by Myrrh, acrylic on wood

Works San José - 451 South First Street
Opening Reception- Better Luck Next Time

Have you ever heard these words? It is defined as “an expression that comforts someone for a minor disappointment.” Whether it’s a matter of the heart, life experiences, work or leisure, there is almost always a time when this applies. It might be that piece of art that is loved but just didn’t fit the bill. Engaging in a conversation, examining social or political issues, creating humor, capturing history or chronicling a new work—this exhibition will reveal the artistic expression for the meaning behind the phrase. These artists are making the choice to be lucky this year, presenting some great art that will empower time and again discovering hilarity in Better Luck Next time. Presented by Works in collaboration with South Bay Area Women’s Caucus for Art.


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METRO Photo Exhibit - 550 South First Street
Come join us in the Metro building for Pulp Female, photography by Jen Anderson and Ian Healy


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Blue Boy by Jay Ruland

KALEID Gallery - 88 South Fourth Street (at San Fernando)
Surgery.Art presents Dark Matter a group study of the dark and immeasurable.

Featuring dark analytical work by: Matthew Pugh, Marie Dvorkin, Alla Viksne, Jay Ruland, Alex Yanushkevich, Kelly Nelson, Emily Feucht, Haley Goodlett, J. Marie Valdivia, Centa Schumacher, Mike Dvorkin, Genevieve Hastings, Shauna Mork + more. Fashion study by Mike Kemling. Auditory guidance by Audrey Stats, Kevorkian/Dvorkin, Geoffrey Smith. Curated by: Marie Dvorkin, Dora Lee


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Patty, John Renzel, acrylic on canvas

Psycho Donuts - 288 South Second Street
On view: Local Characters - Crazy, quirky and colorful characters populate this favorite donut shop art gallery! San Jose's Psycho Donuts has new original art by local artists: John Renzel, Lacey Bryant, Michael Foley, Christine Benjamin, Laura Callin Bennett, Valery Milovic, John Hageman, Murphy Adams and Michael Borja.


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South First Billiards Club & Lounge - 420 South First Street
The Prophecy - A night of music, art, and good energy with Audiopharmacy
Hip-Hop, Reggae, Funk, Soul, World, Latin featuring Kaotic Souls and Special guests. Beats By Teao N Offerings. Live Acrylics by- Nice Onem, Mia Ante, Jaiv1. Art Works by- Deth Brain, Nice One, Jaiv1, Dee Jae Pa'este, Mia Ante, Majick, Soil
5-9pm ALL AGES. 9pm-close 21+


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San Jose Jazz at Eulipia Restaurant - 374 South First Street
8pm- Joe Bagale

A San Francisco based singer songwriter/composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer; he is pushing the envelope of what we know as pop music. His compositions are a blend of old-school funk/R&B mixed with the sounds of late 60's/70's rock and topped off with a jazz/avant-garde influence, coming together to create a style entirely all his own.


For full listing of events and information: please visit www.SouthFirstFridays.com or call 408-271-5155

Media Sponsor: Metro Newspapers

Enjoy FREE PEDICAB RIDES between art venues courtesy of South First Fridays and Eco City Cycles!


This event is produced by Two Fish Design with additional support provided by the San Jose Downtown Association, the San Jose Redevelopment Agency and 1st ACT Silicon Valley.

February 9, 2011

Workshop Argentina: with Chiachio & Giannone

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles presents:

Workshop Argentina:
with Chiachio & Giannone
February 12, 10am - 5pm and February 13, 10am - 12 Noon


Exhibit: February 8 – May 1, 2011
Eden Re-imagined
Presents the embroidered work of Chiachio and Giannone and is the first time the two artists will have a solo exhibition outside of their native country of Argentina. An opening reception, free with admission, will be held on Feb. 13, 2-4pm.


Sign Up Now! Workshop Argentina: with Chiachio and Giannone

Using the museum’s collection of historical and contemporary textile art as reference and inspiration, our two featured Argentinean artists will lead a workshop exploring new avenues of surface embellishment, design and content.

Fee $120; members $100. Does not include materials. Space is limited; advance registration is required. Register by phone at 408.971.0323 x14 or register online: http://sjquiltmuseum.org/calendar.html.

Materials supplied by students: pencils, crayons, markers, large paper, fabrics, miscellaneous threads, yarns, needles, scissors, glue and other materials that students may wish to incorporate into their projects.

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
520 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
408.971.0323 www.SJQuiltMuseum.org

Family Room, John Meeks, Will Sprott at A.D. this Saturday


Live music event at Anno Domini this Saturday, February 12th, 9pm sharp!

9pm- Will Sprott
Songwriter & singer of the Mumlers, Will Sprott's great uncle was a paranormal expert who named the Bermuda Triangle. Without the honking, undulating mayhem of his band, the basic elements of words, vocal warble & vibrating guitar strings are more easily heard.

"Sprott is a writer's writer, turning glorious phrases and crafting storylines that employ classic sentiments and themes but tackle them with a unique touch that feels ancient and natural, as if he's got a playbook full of secret audibles that can be claimed for his own." —Sean Moeller, Daytrotter

www.themumlers.com
www.myspace.com/themumlers

10pm- John Meeks
"Backed by members of the Album Leaf and Black Heart Procession, John Meeks alternates between sighing fiddle-filled bar-room waltzes and horse-clomp-driven rave-ups. Even when they pick up the pace, Meeks' songs still feel fragile and shaken, his voice thick with I-can't-believe-I-got-screwed-over-again anguish. The arrangements are lived-in and sparse, all the better to highlight Meeks' lovely, man-out-of-time croon, which achieves Buddy Holly-like levels of wounded innocence." —Michael Tedder, CMJ

www.myspace.com/johnmeeksmusic

11pm- Family Room
Evan Jewett, of the San Jose band Worker Bee, abandons the post-punk trappings of Worker Bee in favor of atmospheric country dirges in Family Room. His live band is an ever-shifting cast of friends.

www.myspace.com/evanjewett


Anno Domini
366 South First Street
Downtown San Jose
408-271-5155
www.galleryAD.com

February 10, 2011

Trina Merry Bodypainting Events

An image out of Trina Merry's current exhibit Art Alive appears on the current cover of METRO Weekly! The exhibit at Good Karma opened Friday February 4th and is on view through Feb. 25th.


photo by Daniel Gaines Photography

As a special event in conjunction with the exhibit, Trina will be live painting at Good Karma on Feb.18th with Kegan Flame. Kegan will be modeling with a large snake & Trina will be bodypainting the snake's skin pattern on her live.

Trina will also be doing a free flow live painting at Good Karma on Feb. 25th with Jessica Yurasch.

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photo by Apicella Photography

Lastly, Trina will be holding a bodypaint workshop for photographers on the Feb. 19th beginning at 10am, cost is $90. You'll learn about what bodypaint is, methods & materials, how bodypaint is used today & how bodypaint can spice up your normal client photography making it more fun, creative & artistic. Click here for more info.

TWO BUCK Tuesday February 15th!

KALEID Galley presents

TWO BUCK TUESDAYS -a monthly artist and quirky people get-together

February 15, 7-10 pm - free & all ages welcome!


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Comedian Sean Stryker will make us laugh!


Maria will host a paper crafts table with origami folding instructions for all levels. Experts/masters are definitely invited to drop by & show off, too!

Insane Craft Posse will host another surprise crafting demo.

Lara Lenta will teach us how to make “physical art”, that is, art based on principles of physics!


Jason Turnipseed with his 4 years of monster making experience will be demonstrating how to make little hollow ceramic monsters. The monsters resemble tennis ball sized jack-o-lanterns with a twist of cute culture and a hint of creepy culture and KABAM! You have a cute/creepy monster that can be used as a paper weight, book-bag companion, or self-defense mechanism. Clay and instructions will be supplied so be prepared to get your hands messy with monster goo.


Purl Baily will host a yarnboming recruitment table. Bring needles to knit along! Yarn will be provided.

Tracy Jen will demonstrate the fine art of embroidery doodling on burlap pieces. Come help make doodles for Tracy to embroider!



Sisters of the Night by Michelle Waters

Watch these talented artists make art LIVE before your very eyes!:
Jean Davis
Michelle Waters
Steven Recce
Kimy Martinez
Jimmy Oliver Halverson
Al Preciado & students from Bellarmine College Prep


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The Slow Poisoner will give a special musical performance. Part Vaudeville, part medicine show, this one man band will transport you to another time and place!

As always, $2 art will be on sale throughout the evening!

February 15, 7-10 pm - free & all ages welcome!


KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com
(408) 947 1785

February 12, 2011

Lacey Bryant Art Show at The Usuals

New works by Lacey Bryant at The Usuals on Friday, February 25th, 7-10pm.

Music, drinks, cupcakes and new Lacey designed t-shirt release.

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose, CA
www.shoptheusuals.com

SAVE THE DATE_Dr. Sketchy's SJ Feb. 24th

Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School San Jose recommences on Thursday, Feb. 24th with SVRG's POSTAL SERVIX as its feature model!

Bring your black & green (& maybe some red) for our up close live figure drawing session!

7pm sharp / General Admission $10./ Students $8. at the door
Come early as seating is limited!
Bring your sketchy pads and favorite drawing materials.

Anno Domini
366 South First St.
San Jose, CA
www.galleryAD.com


Silicon Valley Roller Girls (SVRG) is an all-female flat track roller derby league established in 2007 and represents what is known as Silicon Valley, California. SVRG aims to bring an additional exciting sport to the communities of Silicon Valley and allows women from all walks of life a chance to show their athleticism, intelligence, individuality, inner beauty and strength by participating in the subculture phenomenon of roller derby. SVRG is entirely skater-owned and run. Its dedicated members represent Silicon Valley’s mothers, professionals and students. SVRG encourages competition between other leagues and strives to represent Silicon Valley with sportsmanship and excitement.

"We aim to empower our skaters to not only build their skating ability through challenging training and teamwork but also to be involved the operation of the league. We also dedicate ourselves and our efforts to reaching out and bettering the Silicon Valley by participating in community service."

www.svrollergirls.com

February 18, 2011

Art on the Square 2011 Application is Available Now!

We're looking forward to an exciting season of Art on the Square shows this year. As always, our goal is to bring you the best in locally produced fine arts and crafts. The 2011 Art on the Square Application is available now.

Simply go to www.redwoodcityevents.com and click on "Art" then click on "Download Application" on the right side of the page. There's also a link on our Facebook page.

New for 2011: We now have application deadlines. Applications are now due no later than 30 days prior to each show. For example, if you were applying to the June 17 show, we would need to receive your application packet no later than May 17.

2011 Art on the Square dates:
June 17 with Music on the Square
July 8, Jewelry on the Square with Music on the Square
July 22/23 with Music on the Square and the PAL Blues Festival
August 26 with Music on the Square
September 23/24 with Music on the Square and the Redwood City Salsa Festival

Facebook: Visit our Facebook page and click "Like" to receive our newsfeeds. You'll find out about who's participating in Art on the Square and what's going on in our vibrant local art scene. Artists: you're invited to post images of your work and info about where you're showing.

Thanks for your support!
Julie Goodenough & Beth Mostovoy

Save the Date _ "Blue to the Roots"


Crossroads, Deb Barba

Canvas Ghost Productions is featuring Bay Area Musicians and Artists.

Blue to the Roots is an exploration of the early 20th Century blues movement.

Dig down into the roots of the Blues: Son House, Robert Johnson and Lead Belly are just a few of the artist that shaped that world. Come see the current artists who are shaping our world.

Children are welcome.

March 19th, 2011 7pm - 10pm
March 20th, 2011 Noon - 5pm

Canvas Ghost
992 S. 8th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
http:www.canvasghost.com

Tim Walker Reception at Red Berry Coffee

Coffee, Tea, and Artistry at Red Berry Coffee Bar: Landscapes by Tim Walker

Artist's Reception: Friday, February 25, 7-9 pm

Join us at the opening celebration of Landscapes by Tim Walker, an exhibition of vibrant images showing the beauty and inherent drama of our country’s natural spaces.

Meet the photographer, Tim Walker, a recent graduate of San Jose State University, currently working for the award winning photographer, Frans Lanting. Fresh baked treats will be provided. Artisan coffees and teas are available to complement the treats and lift your spirits. An easy walk from downtown San Jose, Red Berry Coffee Bar is located directly across from City Hall. Street and covered parking is available.

Red Berry Coffee Bar
231 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA
408.286.0508
www.redberrycoffeebar.com

February 20, 2011

Call for Artists, Musicians, Poets, Womyn United March 5, 2011


THANKS for coming out to TBT!

Thanks to all the awesome artists, musicians and crazy crafts people doing demos! It was a great event, and we look forward to seeing you at the next one March 15th!

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If you'd like to participate w/ live painting, a demo or music, we're filling up the schedule now for the March 15th event. $2 art can be submitted to the gallery by 2pm, Sat. March 12th.

Email us at info[dot]KALEIDGallery.com for questions or proposals for participation.

KALEID Gallery
88 So. Fourth St.
San Jose, CA
www.KALEIDGallery.com
(408) 947 1785

February 23, 2011

Jai Tanju "HEAVY"

Congratulations to San Jose skateboarder artist Jai Tanju on his upcoming show in Philadelphia, PA entitled "Heavy". A 15 year veteran photographer Jai has taken his work to another level by adding elements of his new found love of metal work to his photos. His metal work will be hinged allowing the viewer to lift the metal elements for an uncompromising view of the photos that lie beneath.

Visit http://unepiclyold.blogspot.com for more on Jai.

Student Galleries at SJSU

A recent visit to the SJSU student gallery openings (Tuesdays in the art building) was rewarded with two enjoyable exhibits by Avery Palmer and Wesley Wright.


Avery Palmer, The Shipment, glazed ceramic, 2010



Wesley Wright, The Ambassadors, stoneware clay, paint, 2011

The two exhibits are on view through Thursday, Feb. 24th during the day in the SJSU Art Bldg. Please visit http://ad.sjsu.edu/places/studentgalleries/ for more information.

Don't Miss! Events for Thursday & Friday

THURSDAY FEB 24th

DR. SKETCHY'S San Jose presents

Unfamiliar with the Silicon Valley Roller Girls and the bloody sport of roller derby in which they compete? Ignorant of the fierce battles these warrior women engage in for little more than glory and scars?

Educate yourself by attending our up close live figure drawing session!

Thursday, Feb. 24th, 7pm sharp (come early, seating is limited)
General Admission $10./ Students $8. at the door
Bring your sketchy pads and favorite drawing materials.
Master of Ceremonies: Drew Clark


Anno Domini Gallery
366 South First St., San Jose, CA
www.galleryAD.com
408-271-5155

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FRIDAY FEB 25th


Blackbird by Lacey Bryant

The Usuals presents new works by KALEID Gallery's LACEY BRYANT

18 new large works by Lacey Bryant at The Usuals on Friday, February 25th, 7-10pm.

Music, drinks, cupcakes and new Lacey designed t-shirt release.

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose, CA
www.shoptheusuals.com


On the Corner Music presents the 4th Annual We Love Music! Gallery
Friday, February 25 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Vinyl inspired artwork by over 20 local artists featuring: Anthony Trayer, Kori Thompson, Anabella Pinon, Hellaphants, Anthony Barbaria, Sonja Caldwell, Tyson Johnston, Eric Walker, Nick Ceasar, Jesse Jane, Richard Bustamonte, Monika Rose, Joe Campagna, Mel Jimenez, Jared Konopitski, Matt Guertner, Nate Byrne, Millhows, Mick Gray, Kris Rampe, Noggin', Bob Rosenthal, and more - plus drinks, DJs (Joe C, Fuchsia, and Jeff Jagged), and NO TAX ON ALL VINYL!

Portion of sales and donations goes to the City Of San Jose Animal Care Center- www.sanjoseanimals.com

On the Corner Music
530 E Campbell Ave
Campbell, CA 95008

March 1, 2011

HYRBRIDITY, MULTIPLICITY, HETREROGENEITY?

HYRBRIDITY, MULTIPLICITY, HETREROGENEITY?

Exhibit Opening Reception: Thursday, March 3, 5-8pm
Exhibit Dates: March 3 - March 31, 2011

A MULTI-MEDIA EXHIBIT OF BAY AREA ARTISTS OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN DESCENT
HYBRIDITY, MULTIPLICITY, HETEREOGENERITY fosters an interdisciplinary
dialogue on cultural fusion, tradition and identity within the San Francisco Bay Area’s
Southeast Asian American community.  The artists selected for this exhibition
use a myriad of media to convey their sense of self and their position within
American society.  The artists’ thematic materials vary as a result of the
diverse heritages they were raised in and the relationships and/or memories they
choose to work from.  Highlighting these selected works from a larger cultural
base, this exhibition is mounted in conjunction with San Francisco State University’s
third tri-annual interdisciplinary conference of Southeast Asians in the diaspora:
Re-SEAing Southeast Asian American Studies March 10 and 11.

MARCH 10-11:

Gallery Exhibition: Cesar Student Art Gallery, 10:00am – 6pm Terrace Level of the Student Union
         
Curators:
Carol Reif
Stephanie May
Alexander Salvatore
Thu Nguyen
Crystal Schwierzke

Postcard Artist:
Lucy Liew: The Persistence of Home

Installation:
Vince Skelly, The Art Gallery: Director

Artists and Supporters:
Freddy Chandra
Bihn Dahn
Lucy Liew
Ratha Nou
Yee Yee Htwe
Cat-U-Thasoonthorn
Gue Yang
Jan Erich Oblena
Isabele Thuy Pelaud
 
For more information, please visit: http://online.sfsu.edu/~seaas/ArtExhibit.html

Thank you Art Monkeys!


Postal Servix (SVRG)


Thanks to everyone that came out to the most recent Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School session at Anno Domini.

There's pics of our awesome model Postal Servix of the Silicon Valley Roller Girls and some art monkey sketches here.

Visit our Dr. Sketchy's branch site here.

Join us for this international art movement! Next session will be in April - watch for the announcement here on Phantom Galleries.

3 MAVERICK Artists Paint Live at CINEQUEST


Kimy Martinez



Sean Sczepanik



Steven Sczepanik


Phantom Galleries is proud to partner again this year with the CINEQUEST Film Festival by providing artists Kimy Martinez, Sean Sczepanik and Steven Sczepanik for their MAVERICK ART live painting contest.

Cinequest Empowers Mavericks through the creation and discovery of cinematic art and innovation plus the connection of artists, innovators, movie lovers and students. A Maverick stands apart from the crowd, willing to create and innovate from a place of personal yet global vision. Daring to act as a catalyst of dynamic change in a cookie cutter world; the boundaries become endless when inspired by ingenious thinking. Thus, the Maverick spirit thrives within the world of art and innovation.

Kimy, Sean and Steven will all be on site, visible in the windows (on the pedestrian paseo side), of Camera 12 Cinemas beginning Wednesday, March 2nd and working throughout the festival until the Closing Gala on Saturday, March 12 where the artists will be acknowledged on stage at the California Theater in front of 1200 people.

Come by and say "hi" to these artists while you're cruising between films and vote for your favorite painting (there will be text voting - follow the instructions on the window signage.)

We'll of course be updating you with pics along the way on the Phantom Galleries blog and Flickr site.

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KALEID Feature Exhibits Open First Friday March 4th

Join us for our Featured Exhibits by Dotti Cichon and Kathleen Wolf at KALEID for the month of March.

Dotti Cichon: The Grandeur of the Commonplace: Impressions of Europe two bodies of photographic work from a recent trip to Europe.

The Grandeur of the Commonplace explores the incredible beauty of ordinary places such as train stations, shopping malls, shops and stairways in panoramic photographs that exaggerate perspective by having forced the camera to do things it was not meant to do. Impressions of Europe, work done in Paris and Les Andelys in France is an homage to the impressionist painters who attempted to capture “impressions” and not just copy reality which is something that, by definition, is a challenge to emulate as a photographer.


Kathleen Wolf: Almost Edible

This exhibition is comprised of several approaches to food painting: the earliest works represent visual recipes, the second is comprised of viewing food from multiple viewpoints or having it disappear off over the horizon, creating a different type of visual movement. The third, and most recent work invites the viewer to participate in the purchase of food from places they are familar with, an Ice Cream Parlor, Bakery, Deli, etc.


Artists' Reception: Friday, March 4, 7-10pm

Artists' Reception is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk on
March 4, 2011. View the full schedule of exhibitions at participating venues: http://www.southfirstfridays.com


KALEID Gallery
88 So. Fourth St.
San Jose, CA
www.KALEIDGallery.com
(408) 947 1785

March 3, 2011

Veggielution Benefit Call For Art

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Veggielution is seeking artists to donate pieces to our silent art auction fundraiser, Avant Garden, taking place on April 15th, 2011 at KALEID Gallery in Downtown San Jose. Click here for more event info.

The Artist- We are looking for pieces that are connected to food and/or farming in some way. In addition to a focus on Veggielution, we hope to explore many aspects of food – the land, people that work the land, farm worker rights, rural and urban settings, eating together creating community, food justice, food insecurity, childhood food memories, taste, and any other connections you can make. We hope to have art at a wide variety of price points, so that there is something for everyone. We are also looking for handcrafted items that can be for straight up sale (not auction). These items would follow the same compensation guidelines listed below.

The Event- We are building an interactive and engaging evening around tasty food and a silent art auction. The program will include farm fresh appetizers/small plates, beverages, music, and video. Veggielution’s mission and programs will be featured, and we hope to inspire farm and food related conversation. We expect to have 100-200 people in attendance.

Deadlines- We are planning a preview event on April 1st during South First Friday, and we would also like to post photos of some of the pieces online to help generate buzz for the event. The deadline for getting your finished piece to us is March 29th. Let us know ASAP if you are planning to submit a piece.

Compensation- We know that as an artist, you gotta eat. You can choose to keep 0% to 40% of the final sale price of your piece. The rest goes to support Veggielution. You set the minimum bid for your art. You also get yourself exposed to a bunch of people, and a warm fuzzy feeling inside from supporting a great non-profit.

What is Veggielution?- Veggielution is a nonprofit community farm seeking to create a sustainable food system in San Jose. We currently farm about 1 acre at Emma Prusch Park in East San Jose. Our volunteer workdays, youth programs, sliding scale Farm Stand, and free cooking and gardening workshops connect people with the land, make fresh produce affordable, and teach how and why to eat healthier. The food produced at the farm is made accessible to the surrounding community through giving produce to volunteers, sales at the low-cost farm stand, and donations to soup kitchens. Veggielution also offers free cooking and gardening workshops to teach people how to cook and eat in a healthy way. www.veggielution.org

To Sign Up email amie@veggielution.org


WIGGLERAMA at Caffe Trieste March 5th


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South First Fridays Art Walk March 4th!

Join us for South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk Friday March 4, 7-11pm
(in downtown San Jose's SoFA District & beyond!)


Be sure to make it by these Phantom Galleries coordinated exhibitions hosted by local art supporting businesses:


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Opening Reception: Folie ŕ Deux: A Delusion Shared By Two an exhibition of monotype prints by Curt Schauer at Caffe Trieste.

In his Folie ŕ Deux series (2009-2010), Curt explores the double sided nature of human behavior and psyche and how it can be internalized within a single individual or between two persons and even a society associated with one another. Even between the artist and the viewer. In the monotypes, the characteristic figurative images can be viewed as two individuals or as one with two distinct or shared personalities. The prints are characterized by broken color patterns creating motion, tension and anxiety within and between. In addition to the Folie a Deux prints, he displays similar and related monotypes created leading up to and during the series. Curt is influenced by artists including Picasso, Vigliaturo and Benzoni. He works in monotype, watercolor, glass and mixed media.

First Fridays are Opera Night! at Caffé Trieste with some of the Bay Area’s best opera singers performing your favorite arias and duets.


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Artist’s Reception: Phosphene Series: Hand Painted Polaroid Emulsion Lifts by Shannon Amidon at Good Karma Cafe.

Phosphene is an entoptic phenomenon characterized by the experience of seeing light without light actually entering the eye. Flashes of light, often caused by rubbing the closed eyes. These images were created by hand painting blank 35mm slides. Polaroid pull-a-part prints were created using a vintage slide printer. The prints were boiled in water and the emulsion was carefully removed and placed onto watercolor paper. Each emulsion print is hand manipulated and one of a kind.


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Artist’s Reception: Just In Time, Abstracts by Jane Peterman at Pho69.

The series of paintings is a meditation on time and space beginning March 2009 and ongoing.

Pho69 also features live contemporary music on First Fridays. Come check out local bands performing favorite covers and original music.


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Artists' Receptions for Dotti Cichon & Kathleen Wolf at KALEID Gallery which also features work by 60 other regional artists.

Dotti Cichon: The Grandeur of the Commonplace: Impressions of Europe two bodies of photographic work from a recent trip to Europe.

The Grandeur of the Commonplace explores the incredible beauty of ordinary places such as train stations, shopping malls, shops and stairways in panoramic photographs that exaggerate perspective by having forced the camera to do things it was not meant to do. Impressions of Europe, work done in Paris and Les Andelys in France is an homage to the impressionist painters who attempted to capture “impressions” and not just copy reality which is something that, by definition, is a challenge to emulate as a photographer.


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Kathleen Wolf: Almost Edible This exhibition is comprised of several approaches to food painting: the earliest works represent visual recipes, the second is comprised of viewing food from multiple viewpoints or having it disappear off over the horizon, creating a different type of visual movement. The third, and most recent work invites the viewer to participate in the purchase of food from places they are familar with, an Ice Cream Parlor, Bakery, Deli, etc.


For full exhibition and venue information (18!), please visit http://www.SouthFirstFridays.com

March 5, 2011

CQ Maverick Artists Update


Sean Sczepanik



Kimy Martinez



Steven Sczepanik


Sean, Kimy & Steven are all making progress on their paintings for the Cinequest Film Festival Maverick Art Contest. Stop by and cheer them on - they'll be painting live all week at Camera 12 Cinemas through Thursday, March 10th with a final appearance at the California Theater on Saturday, March 12th for the Closing Gala.


Camera 12
201 South Second Street
San Jose, CA

Live Music this Sunday (3/6) at Anno Domini

Sun Foot + Pale Hoarse + San Francesca + Christine Shields this Sunday, March 6th



Sun Foot performing at Jeffrey Deitch's house in Los Angeles. (photo: Cheryl Dunn)


We have a special night of performances this Sunday, March 6th at the gallery featuring artist Chris Johanson's new band, Sun Foot.


Doors open at 7pm; Performances 7:30.
Admission: $5 (All ages welcome) RSVP here.


Pale Hoarse (Kyle Ranson & Kim Pierce)
http://www.myspace.com/palehoarse

Pale Hoarse is the musical project of San Francisco artist Kyle Ranson and friend Kim Pierce. The two create tortured harmonies and hauntingly beautiful melodies reminiscent of the late D.C. band Ida.

"The lyrics tend toward darkness, Christian corruption, bitter childhoods and love gone wrong—but always there is redemption. Imagined the shipwrecked lovechild of Karen Dalton and Nick Cave singing up from a watery grave, or Jesus and Mary hanging out at night, harmonizing under bright stars in the desert. Like any good ministry, Pale Hoarse has built a devoted following that is expanding gracefully, gleefully, with each show they play. This is music for lovers, for sinners, for makers and seers. It’s tortured and tainted, it’s gorgeous and glorious." ~ Kate Schatz


San Francesca (Harrison Russell & Star Quach)
http://sanfrancescamusic.com

"San Francesca (formerly Le Verita) is obviously influenced by the likes of post-punk bands like Joy Division, which it mixes together with elements of offbeat '80s synth-pop and straight guitar rock. What results though is definitely not dance music, nor do the drum machines and keyboards get treated as novelty. The music is serious, dark and carefully textured, with an understated intensity that builds gradually and slowly creeps underneath your skin. - Aaron Carnes, METRO

Christine Shields
http://www.myspace.com/christinephrisgneshields

"Shields is perhaps best known for her portraits of musicians, short-lived comic book Blue Hole and dark and humorous, Addams-meets-Gorey illustration work for countless small-press publications and zines. Her music, like her images, is dreamy, dark, melodic, harmonious, and high-lonesome. (That old-time influence has its hooks in her good.) If you want to make her day, compare her to Opal. You wouldnt be far off the mark." ~ Awesome Vistas.


Anno Domini
366 South First Street
Downtown San Jose
www.galleryAD.com
408-271-5155

March 8, 2011

Black Bean Ceramic Workshop & Exhibition

Black Bean Ceramic Art Center features “Ceramic Sculpture Workshop” and “Exhibition” by Susannah Israel.

Ceramic Sculpture Workshop
Saturday, April 2, 9:00 am-5:00pm
To Register : www.blackbeanclay.com or call 408-642-5757
Pre-registration - $75.00
After March 26th - $95.00

Susannah Israel “NEW WORKS”
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 2nd, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Exhibition: April 2-22, 2011

Black Bean Ceramic Art Center
561 Emory Street, San Jose, Ca. 95110
A 24/7 Member Based Studio
www.blackbeanclay.com

Steve Caballero at Cukui

Steve Caballero Solo Art show
Friday, March 11. 2011 from 7-10pm.

Cukui in SJ Japantown
229 Jackson St.
San Jose, Ca.

Lost San Jose at Blues Jean Bar

The Blues Jean Bar Presents: Lost San Jose - One Year Later
March 11, 2011 from 7-9pm

Drinks, music and all new photos from the streets of San Jose.

The Blues Jean Bar, Sanata Row.
377 Sanata Row, Suite 110
San Jose, CA

CQ Maverick Artists Update


Kimy Martinez



Sean Sczepanik



Steven Sczepanik


Kimy, Sean and Steven have a few days left of painting before the Cinequest Closing Gala this Saturday. All three will be on site at Camera 12 Cinemas Wednesday and Thursday (March 9th & 10th) at various times (11am-11pm) throughout the day. Stop by between films or if you're just in the neighborhood downtown!

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March 9, 2011

Save the Date_ Oversocial MOFO Revue April 8th


Cinequest Art_VOTE for your favorite!

Sean Sczepanik, Kimy Martinez and Steven Sczepanik have been having great fun and doing awesome work at the Cinequest Live Art Contest. The paintings are still works in progress, but you can begin voting for your favorite from now until Saturday at 5pm - the winner will be announced at the closing gala on Saturday night.



VOTE for Sean's Cinequest painting by texting SEANS to 66937



VOTE for Kimy's Cinequest painting by texting KIMYM to 66937



VOTE for Steven's Cinequest painting by texting STEVES to 66937




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March 11, 2011

Dollmakers Doll Show


Last Chance to VOTE!

Kimy, Sean and Steven have finished their 4' x 5' paintings for the CINEQUEST Live Painting Contest. This evening, Sat., March 12th at 7:15pm at the California Theater, the three artists will be recognized on stage and the winner announced as part of Cinequest's Closing Night program.

Come cheer the artists on and then stay for the closing night film which is Soul Surfer starring AnnaSophia Robb (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Dennis Quaid (In Good Company) and Helen Hunt (As Good as It Gets), Soul Surfer tells the true, inspirational story of Bethany Hamilton.

Post screening, surf icon Jeff Clark (Founder of Mavericks Surf Contest) will present Bethany Hamilton with Cinequest’s Life of a Maverick Award. Additionally, Jeff will present AnnaSophia Robb with Cinequest’s Emerging Maverick Award.

Take a moment now to VOTE for your favorite painting below (voting ends at 3pm today, Saturday, March 12th):


VOTE for Kimy Martinez' Cinequest painting by texting KIMYM to 66937

What's the concept behind your painting for CINEQUEST "Experience 21"?
Two ideas I want to convey in my painting are being a Maverick and being the age 21. My painting is a narrative piece that tells of a 21 year old breaking away from the carousel of life that spins on the disco ball of earth. She is determined to find her own path and in doing so her horse sheds it's facade. She reaches for the star, a ticket that carries her through the 21st century. In the stone work are examples of things we might have done at age 21.

Did you enjoy the live painting experience at the festival?
I enjoyed the live painting at Cinequest. From my first greeting to the last, I felt lucky to have spoken with filmmakers and film lovers that stopped and appreciated a different creative medium. We shared are creative experiences, inspiring one another. I especially enjoyed working beside two very funny, kind and talented artists. It made coming in to paint really fun.

Is there a most memorable moment so far?
My most memorable moment is when a little girl, about 4 years old, came and chatted with me. She was inspired to tell me about what she liked to paint. She said she lived in two places and she got to paint in both.

Do you have anything coming up you'd like to let people know about?
I will have my first published drawings in a book called "Experienced: Rock Music Tales of Fact and Fiction". It will be released this month by Vagabondage Press.

Visit Kimy at these websites:
Kimy is art editor for online ezine called "LITnIMAGE" www.litnimage.com
Kimy's art site is www.kimyart.com


VOTE for Sean Sczepanik's Cinequest painting by texting SEANS to 66937

What's the concept behind your painting for CINEQUEST "Experience 21"?
My piece, "Don't gamble it will eat your soul", speaks about the obsession of gambling, and a gambler being unable to escape from this sensory overloaded environment because he or she is mesmerized by the interior of a casino with its flashy lights, colorful carpets and slot machine noises.

Did you enjoy the live painting experience at the festival?
I enjoyed the festival very much. It gave me the opportunity to talk to people about my work and meet new people.

Is there a most memorable moment so far?
The most memorable moment was being part of this festival.

Do you have anything coming up you'd like to let people know about?
I have a solo show coming up. The date of my show is Friday April 1st, D-Structure 520 Haight Street, San Francisco, 8pm-12am.

Visit Sean's website: shoeboxproduction.net


VOTE for Steven Sczepanik's Cinequest painting by texting STEVES to 66937

What's the concept behind your painting for CINEQUEST "Experience 21"?
The concept behind my piece is out with the old and in with the new. My main subject is a man with his skin shedding from his face and hands, a transformation. The blue skin represents old dead skin deteriorating and underneath is his new white skin ready to be shown. The birds flying above the man symbolize the age 21 because there are simply 21 birds.

Did you enjoy the live painting experience at the festival?
I enjoyed the painting for Cinequest very much! It has been such a positive experience with several awesome people all over interested in what we have to show.

Is there a most memorable moment so far?
The whole experience will be memorable for me, but if I had to pick one it would be probably be one of the greeters at Camera 12 always having a different wardrobe everyday. Ranging from elaborate kimonos to shimmery suits, I was always wondering what he was going to wear next haha.

Do you have anything coming up you'd like to let people know about?
I would like everyone to be aware of Sean Sczepanik's upcoming solo show on April 1, 2011 titled Broken Gears. The exhibit will take place at D-Structure on Haight and Filmore in San Francisco. He is creating some crazy good work.

Visit Steven's website: www.shoeboxproduction.net

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March 13, 2011

WORKS Benefit Auction March 19th

Works Benefit Auction will be at 451 South First Street. It will now be a benefit to move Works to its new home just a block away on South Market.

Over 100 artists have now contributed, including some of the most prominent in the South Bay. The last 3 preview days will be this coming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The free, public reception starts Saturday, March 19 at 5pm and the Auction begins at 7pm. Bidder registration is only $15.

Full list of participating artists visit www.workssanjose.org

Lacey Bryant Dreamscapes at The Usuals




KALEID artist (and stellar staff member) Lacey Bryant's exhibition Dreamscapes is up at the Usuals for its final week - on view until March 21st.

The work is impressive, 18 new larger scale works. Lacey's adolescent girls seem to be frozen at the moment of innocence giving way to the discovery of life's little disappointments-making them beautiful yet painfully wise.


The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose
www.shoptheusuals.com

TWO BUCK Tuesday March 15th!

KALEID Gallery presents

Two Buck Tuesday March 15th 7-10pm

You're invited to join us for our monthly $2 art sale and quirky people get-together!


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Insane Craft Posse has the proof that San Jose is full of things to do. Come hear about how de-centralized DIY events calendar “San Jose’s Lame Because You’re Lame” got started and how you can get involved!


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Amberlin Wu will tell us about her company, Home Schooled Chickens, where each chick is loved from the day the egg arrives. She chooses the breeds for friendliness, personality, adorability and productivity of eggs. The chicks are hand held every day and socialized with people and other animals. www.homeschooledchickens.blogspot.com


Cassidi Howell will teach us how to make a pair of frankensteined leggings from old pants and other materials! Bring in an old pair of pants and get a lesson in recycled gutter-fashion!

Chris Booras from Scooplight Productions will teach us how to make wooden panels or “theatrical flats” as an alternative painting surface.


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Hannah & Jonathan, creators of Fabmo.org, rescuers of designer materials for creative reuse will tell us how they got started, what it’s about and how to get involved. Fabmo collects textiles, wallpapers, tiles, trims, leathers, carpets, even furniture bound for the landfill and instead offers it up to artists at no cost for most items! www.fabmo.org


Maria will make your artwork into a one of a kind button while you wait! 50˘/ea. all supplies are provided!

Michael Denning will teach us how to make art trading cards. Make your own art cards for $2! www.heartofchaos.net/chaosblog/?page_id=244

San Jose Yarnbombers will be on site preparing for upcoming projects.

Joanne Yada and Courtney will be doing a jewelry demo.


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Troy Sims will teach us the art of Hand-made Paper Masks: From Garden Waste, to Workable Medium! The process of hand-made paper will be demonstrated by pressing together moist fibers, in this case cellulose pulp derived from grasses, and flowering plants. The pressed fibers are made into flexible sheets, and formed using various methods to produce 3-dimensional products. www.SimsArtWorld.com


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Classical Guitar by Thanh Pham www.thanhsguitar.com/


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Live Art by:
Laura Callin Bennett
Erikka Hugger
Joe Perea
Al Preciado & students of Bellarmine College Prep
Steven Reece
Kimi Star
Rachna Tiwary
Jeanne Yee
JehOiakim Santos


As always, $2 art will be on sale throughout the evening!

March 15, 7-10 pm - free & all ages welcome!


KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com
(408) 947 1785

March 27, 2011

Sara Tomasello Exhibit News

Sara Tomasello upcycles home and tabletop goods with her acrylic paint wonders! Find her at San Jose Made (SJMADE) Saturday, April 2 from 12-8pm. San Jose Made is a one-day vendor fair for makers, artists and purveyors of San Jose made and inspired goods. Set inside available buildings at San Pedro Square in downtown San Jose, San Jose Made is quirky, creative, and fun.” – San Jose Made

You can also see Sara's acrylic artwork will be showing at Cafe Pomegranate for the month of April. Located in the heart of downtown San Jose, across from SJSU at 221 E. San Fernando St.

Gallery TEN10 Exhibit featuring Haley Goodlett

Gallery TEN10 presents an exhibition featuring Haley Goodlett, Chris Arcus and Steve Wetlesen

Artists' Reception April 8th, 6pm-9pm
Poetry starts at 9pm and Drum circle afterward

Haley Goodlett. Haley, originally comes from Kentucky and attended Norte Dame de Namur University. Her work is abstract and figurative and displays qualities organic, fluid and vibrant qualities. She also enjoys working with various textures such as glitter, stones and sequins. As a legally blind artist, Haley’s work is inspirational, meditational and ever-changing. Her work seeks to release a part of the viewers subconscious to trigger a creative being or to help the viewer find a sense of peace.

Chris Arcus has read his poetry at various venues in the South Bay , including Gallery TEN10. Also a musician , Chris brings a free flowing Jazz like sound to his poetry about the human condition and his own personal take on love and the range of life emotions and situations

Steve Wetlesen, a commissioned poet will be sharing his unique combination of instant poetry and instant sketching to create wonderful portraits of gallery visitors as they tour Haley’s exhibition.

Gallery TEN10
1010 East Taylor (at 21st Street)
San Jose

KALEID Feature Exhibit SUCCOR opens Friday April 1st


Succor In Honor of the Life and Art of Jessica Beerli


Opening Reception: Friday, April 1, 7-10pm, free & open to the public
part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk
http://www.southfirstfridays.com


Friends and Family Memorial: Saturday, April 2, 5-7pm
Friends and family are invited to view Jessica's art and celebrate her life in the company of others that knew her.
Please RSVP by email to Erin Taylor emargarettaylor@gmail.com or Facebook page: http://on.fb.me/JessicaMemorial


Jessica Beerli (1974-2011), a talented young artist who died in a tragic accident, left behind a provoking body of work that shows the potential of a truly talented young woman pursing her art.

Some of that work has been displayed here in a show that is as much a work in progress as the artist was herself. In addition to the finished work, some of the paintings on display are clearly early drafts, experiments in color and style that were leading Jessica toward her own distinct perspective. As she worked, she learned and this show is an unusual opportunity to see the progression of art while glimpsing its final form. Jessica planned to showcase her paintings at KALEID Gallery in February 2011. To honor her life, this comprehensive show has been organized by family, friends and the gallery.

"The purpose is not to sadden or shock you, but more to call attention to those who have little in their lives to smile about, and to make us realize how fortunate we are in spite of our daily struggles."

"Through these portraits I am attempting to create a space in the viewer and myself where a discussion for the potentiality of peace may take shape, root and thrive. A dialogue made possible by the universally powerful, ancient and deeply symbolic language, of painting." ~ Jessica Beerli



KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDgallery.com / 408-947-1785
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com

April 3, 2011

Frances Marin at The Usuals

This Never Happened
New works by Frances Marin at The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose, CA

On view thru April 18th

WIGGLERAMA at Caffe Trieste April 4th

WIGGLERAMA is back! Monday, April, 4th / 7-10pm

DJ Coco, Boboso and a guest DJ Camo will be spinning at Caffe Trieste
Yumy coffee, food and adult beverages available at cafe:)
Admission free and all ages

Caffe Trieste
315 S. 1st St.
San Jose, CA 95112

Leslie Ann Rice at Blue Line Gallery


KALEID Artist Leslie Ann Rice (pictured above) will be showing her totemic sculpture "Dog Pile" in the upcoming Totems & Plates Ceramics Invitational & Competition, Tony Natsoulas, curator & juror.

Exhibit dates: April 7 - June 3, 2011

Blue Line Gallery
405 Vernon Street #100
Roseville, CA 95678
www.rosevillearts.org

April 7, 2011

Lacey Bryant at OZ Gallery

In and Out of Dreams paintings by Lacey Bryant

OZ Gallery
3224 22nd st (between Mission & Bartlett)
San Francisco

On view until April 30th.

Leslie Lambert at Cafe Zoe

Because I Had A Tree Once New, figurative drawing-paintings by Leslie Lambert at Café Zoe in Menlo Park.

Artist's reception including wine and hors d’oeuvres is Thursday, April 14, from 5:30 to 7pm.

Café Zoe
1929 Menalto Ave (at Gilbert)
Menlo Park, CA

Jim Sloane Exhibit at Ameriprise

Ameriprise Financial Services presents the art of Jim Sloane

Please join us for an evening of wine, cheese and meet the Artist on May 19, 2011 at 6 p.m.

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
1 Almaden Blvd, Suite 800 / 8th floor
San Jose, CA 95113
408.287.6500

Haley Goodlett at Gallery Ten10 April 8th

Gallery TEN10 Reception April 8th, 6pm-9pm: Haley Goodlett, Chris Arcus, Steve Wetlesen

Gallery Ten10 is pleased to announce the opening art exhibit featuring the paintings of Haley Goodlett. Haley, originally comes from Kentucky and attended Norte Dame de Namur University. Her work is abstract and figurative and displays organic, fluid and vibrant qualities. She also enjoys working with various textures such as glitter, stones and sequins.

As a legally blind artist, Haley’s work is inspirational, meditational and ever-changing. Her work seeks to release a part of the viewers' subconscious to trigger a creative being or to help the viewer find a sense of peace.

Chris Arcus has read his poetry at various venues in the South Bay, including Gallery TEN10. Also a musician, Chris brings a free flowing Jazz like sound to his poetry about the human condition and his own personal take on love and the range of life emotions and situations

Steve Wetlesen, a commissioned poet will be sharing his unique combination of instant poetry and instant sketching to create wonderful portraits of gallery visitors as they tour Haley’s exhibition.

Featured Poetry, open mic starts at 9pm and Drum circle afterward

Gallery TEN10
1010 East Taylor (@ 21st Street)
San Jose
408-476-1968

An evening curated by Corpus Callosum at Anno Domini

The first in a series of music and performance art curated by Corpus Callosum!

Music from Little Wings, Banty Hen, and Corpus Callosum and physical performance by Oakland Butoh founder, Paige Starling Sorvillo.

Sunday, April 17th, 6:30pm/$7./All Ages

Anno Domini
366 South First Street
San Jose, CA
www.galleryAD.com

Congratulations to Shannon Amidon!


Congratulations to KALEID Gallery artist Shannon Amidon on her Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant Award!

Arts Council Silicon Valley today announced the five recipients of Artist Fellowship Grants for their ground-breaking contributions to the arts in Santa Clara County. This year’s recipients are: Shannon Amidon, San Jose, (Photography); Terry Berlier, La Honda, (Sculpture); David Perez, Campbell, (Spoken Word); PJ Hirabayashi, San Jose, (Music Performance); and, Karen Gabay, San Jose, (Choreography).

Now celebrating its 20th anniversary of recognizing local professional artists, the Arts Council annually awards Artist Fellowships to exceptional artists to enable them to continue to pursue their creative work. Fellowships of $4,000 each are awarded in up to six artistic categories. Artists were selected by experienced judges based upon the artistic quality and originality of work, community impact during the past three years within Santa Clara County, and professional development by demonstrating continued exploration of their art form. Arts Council Silicon Valley is the only funding agency south of San Francisco that awards artists unrestricted grants for career accomplishments.

“As the Artist Fellowship Program observes its 20th anniversary, we are proud to once again recognize outstanding artists who consistently strive to push the boundaries of artistic excellence in their creative pursuits,” said Nancy Glaze, Interim Executive Director, Arts Council Silicon Valley. “This year’s 2011 Artist Fellowship grantees exemplify the highest standards of this program and we are honored to help support their creative journeys.”

Read the full press release here.

Call For Art_San Mateo County Fair Competition

This summer, San Mateo County Fair will be featuring a new 2-dimensional art category for its annual competitions. All artists, of all levels of experience, are encouraged to submit their work and participate in this new category honoring an ancient tradition.

The event will be held on the last day of the fair, Hispanic Day.
The gallery and art, however, will be open during the entirety of the fair.

This event is not limited to artists. Everyone is more than welcome, and we hope to be visited by family, friends and the families of friends.

Some of the things our awesome interactive exhibit will be including are:

- A traditional Dia de los Muertos Altar
- A guest-lecture by photographer and journalist Mary Andrade
- A Dia de los Muertos Dance Performance by Alma de Mexico SSF
- Day of the Dead face-painting by Elisabeth Mauberett
- Sugar candy skull decoration with Carolyn Sutton
- and much more!!!!

Continue reading "Call For Art_San Mateo County Fair Competition" »

David Mejia Exhibit at Cafe Romanza

Via Femina Art by David Mejia at Caffe Romanza (inside BOOKS, INC.)

Artist's reception Wednesday, May 4th 3-6pm
Exhibit dates: May 2-30, 2011

Caffe Romanza
inside BOOKS, INC
301 Castro St.
Mountain View, CA
Open: Sun-Thurs 9am-10pm
Fri–Sat 9am-11am

April 12, 2011

Veggielution's AVANT GARDEN 2001


It’s a farm practically under a freeway yet Veggielution is a thriving community farm in urban San Jose. Their food and art fundraiser Avant Garden 2011 brings together chefs and artists to raise funds for the nonprofit whose mission is “cultivating education, community, and social justice through sustainable agriculture.”

The celebration at KALEID Gallery on Friday, April 15, in downtown San Jose will feature five chefs (Laura Stec,Liane Herrick, Joe Gaudet, Jessica Rene Krause and Mike Borgenhagen) cooking from the spring harvest at Veggielution. Some of the produce used: freshly picked kale, radishes, fava beans, garlic, arugula, baby lettuces, beets, carrots and spring onions. The farm’s chickens are even contributing their eggs.

Tickets are available for $10 online and at the door. Food tokens will be sold for $3 each to sample some of the chef’s creations, which include Grilled Spring Veggies and Chipotle Hemp Seed Aioli, Crispy San Jose Tofu or Baby Lettuce and hot sauce, Peruvian Purple Potato and Lacinato Kale Galette with Fava Bean and Green Garlic Chutney.

Along with the delicious food will be a silent auction of farm-inspired art by local artists. Check out the 20+ artists participating in Avant Garden and a sample of their work here.

Veggielution Avant Garden 2011 Fundraiser
Friday, April 15, 2011, 7-10 p.m.

Tickets: $10 online here or at the door; $3 per food token

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
San Jose
www.KALEIDGallery.com

Dion Bello at The Usuals


Leon by Dion Bello

Dion Bello's charicatures (Illuskrate) will be the next art show up for viewing at The Usuals on Friday April 22nd which is also The Usuals' 1 year anniversary!

1020 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126
www.ShopTheUsuals.com

April 18, 2011

TWO BUCK Tuesday April 19th!

KALEID Gallery presents

Two Buck Tuesday APRIL 19th 7-10pm

You're invited to join us for our monthly $2 art sale and quirky people get together!
We have another great lineup of art, demos and hands on activities!

FEATURING:

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Sandi Billingsley will show us how to make recycled styrofoam picture frames!


Maria's Make Ur Own Button station is back!
In a world filled with buttons, you can’t seem to find the right button...well come by our button making machine table! this month- Maria will help u design & make a button that is all YOU!.


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Laura Callin Bennett will help us make Pysanky (Ukrainian Dyed Easter Eggs). These are not your typical pastel dyed eggs! You will be able to draw intricate designs in wax and use brilliant dyes to create one of a kind egg artwork.


San Jose is Lame Because You’re Lame calendar will be making the next month's diy calendar. If you have an event you'd like to add, let them know!


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Deb & Omar Barba Do you love musical instruments? Want to make one? Come join us and construct your own Diddley Bow. The original, single string slide guitar! Materials to build, and demonstrations on how to play one is all provided!


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Joanne Yada & Courtney Thiesen will teach us how to turn plain ol’ photos into surreal ol’ photos using a bleach pen! Create new reds, oranges, and glowing whites by drawing with a Clorox stain removing pen directly onto photographs. More fun than doing yer laundry!


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Alan Hackler will teach you to hand tie your own white sage incense smudge, using deer grass cordage. We will have a DIY demo and allow people to create their sage smudge from materials that will be provided. White sage and deer grass starter plants will be on sale as well, so participants can create smudges from material in their garden. Other plants will also be on sale for $2!


LIVE PAINTING by:
Kori Thompson
Jehoiakim Santos
Morgan Richardson

MUSIC by: DJ Coco

Sugar & Spice – Theresa Dunnavant and Amber Rogers will be there with delicious, gourmet cupcakes, savory crunchy things.

Easter Candy compliments of Two Buck Crew!

As always, $2 art will be on sale throughout the evening!
Tuesday, April 19, 7-10 pm - free & all ages welcome!


KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com
(408) 947 1785


Would YOU like to get involved with Two Buck Tuesdays? Let us know!

Doll House Furniture Needed

Artist Lacey Bryant is building a cardboard dollhouse installation for the SubZERO Festival that happens First Friday June 3, 2011. Bigger and better than last year's, it's going to be over 6 feet long and taller than Lacey herself.

She needs your help! If you have any old dollhouse furniture that you'd be willing to donate (or loan) toward the project, please contact her at evilrobot42@gmail.com.

The dollhouse is a bit larger than typical dollhouse scale, but all scales of dollhouse furniture are welcome as the interiors are going to play with reality and scale a bit anyway!

April 23, 2011

Haley Goodlett's Closing Reception

You're invited to join the artist for her closing reception. In addition to a broad series of paintings, Haley will have new jewelery on display for your enjoyment.

Saturday, April 30th 12-5pm.

Gallery TEN10
1010 East Taylor St
San Jose

Figure Drawing Session with Aerialist Ariyana La Fey

After months of chill, driving rain and long nights it is good to see that spring has finally arrived in our beloved city of San Jose. We here at the local chapter of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School are in jubilant spirits. Our moods are elevated and our attentions ... airy. Given that our focus lately has been trained on the heavens, we have decided to share that perspective with our student body!

On April 28th, we are pleased to present you with the acrobatic aerialist, Ariyana La Fey! Be amazed as she twists and twirls angelically in the air. Be inspired by her grace and athletic prowess!

Arrive early with your favorite art supplies as space is limited!
(Easels okay to bring, hard backed sketchpads recommended.)

Thursday, April 28th 7pm-10pm
$10 general admission / $8 students w/ ID

Anno Domini
366 South First St.
San Jose, CA
www.galleryAD.com

April 26, 2011

Artist Vladimir Vitkovsky and Fashon by V. Vein

Artist Vladimir Vitkovsky, born and raised in Leningrad, Russia, currently owns an art gallery in San Francisco. He works successfully in a variety of media, and the patrons of his art reside not only in California, but far beyond. Besides his paintings and drawings, the artist creates unique tableware pieces, covered with his art.


Designer Vasiliy Vein, who will present his Spring-Summer 2011 collection, started creating fashion since his early youth. His first pieces were made for his younger sister and friends, but now he serves his clientele in Moscow, San Francisco, and other fashionable cities of the world. He says that he finds his inspiration in music, and that his goal is to become an authoritative fashion expert and to dress women of all age.


TWO DAYS ONLY
April 30th
Doors 2pm-9pm; Dancing after party 9pm-2am
Reception: 2pm-4:30pm with Champagne and testing of BBC appetizers
Photo-shoots: 2pm-4pm
Runway:4:30pm
Free Admission

May 1st
Art and Trunk Show: 1pm-6pm
Free Admission
Enjoy art, fashion, live music and dancing. Full bar and BBC menu available.
Two days only! Don't miss the unique chance to meet, enjoy, and purchase wearable and visual art by Vasily Vein and Vladimir Vitkovsky.

British Bankers Club
1090 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA
ph. 650 327-8769
www.britishbankersclub.com

Show, Demo, Sell Your Art at Two Buck Tuesdays at KALEID!


More TBT photos here: http://bit.ly/TBT_photos


TWO BUCK Tuesday is a monthly (3rd Tuesday of every month) $2 art sale and artist/quirky people get-together with music, live art, open sketching table, demos, performances, informal speakers and other artsy happenings! It's free and all-ages!

The nextt event is May 17th from 7-10 pm

We're looking for:
-ARTISTS who would like to come out and paint/create live. Set up your easel and let people see you at work!

-ANYONE who would like to do a demo especially something interactive. (small donation requests accepted.)

-PERFORMERS: musicians, puppeteers, actors, comedians, jugglers, dancers, etc.

-ARTWORK for the $2 sale, bring us as many pieces as you would like that are 4"x6" or smaller with your name (and website if you like) on the back.

Thanks so much for taking the time to consider sharing your talents with us!

Please email info[at]KALEIDGallery.com for more information and details!

KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St. ste 130 (next to Flames Restaurant)
San Jose, CA 95112
www.KALEIDGallery.com

May 4, 2011

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk May 6th!


The South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk is an eclectic evening of Arts & Culture in
downtown San Jose's SoFA district (and beyond!) every First Friday of the month

JOIN US for the next South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk on MAY 6th!
7pm ’til 11pm — ART?WALK venues are free and open to the public


KALEID Gallery – 88 South Fourth St.

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Artist’s Reception: RENASCI by Emonic
RENASCI is the Latin word meaning rebirth or to be renewed. The body of work presented will deal with concepts and subject material based on human energy for an upcoming illustrated book called CRETUM due later next year.
On view through May 27th


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Artist’s Reception: The Strip by Katie C. Gutierrez
Intrigued with the notion of distilling a place as visually overwhelming as Las Vegas down into simplified points of bleeding light, Gutierrez encaustically collages her own photos with iconic vintage Vegas imagery to create her own brilliant yet hazy version of this place she loves to hate.
On view through May 27th


Phantom Galleries – art exhibits in vacant storefronts and alternative spaces

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66 South First St: Connections by Lacey Bryant
Bryant is interested in the disconnect between humans and nature and sets out to examine and reconcile that divide. The subjects of these paintings interact with creatures, sharing messages, fruit, freedom. The relationships they share are on equal footing. However, as with much of her work there are things left a mystery. We don’t know what message was shared or what the recipient’s reaction will be. Some of the questions left are more tenebrous-is the fruit being offered or stolen? This lingering tension encourages a dialogue, and a way to look at ourselves through a different lens.


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386 South First St: The Palette Knife Dance… paintings by Ruthy Gold
A series of paintings (acrylic on canvas using a pallet knife only) capturing the movement and flow of real life moments.


Caffé Trieste – 315 South First St.

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Opening Reception: Barbarians and Beauties by Sandi Billingsley
A series of work inspired by the conflict Billingsley has felt and witnessed in some women: the desire to be a hard competitor in the workplace and the desire to be a gentle object of desire. On view through June 25th.

First Fridays are Opera Night! at Caffé Trieste with some of the Bay Area’s best opera singers performing your favorite arias and duets.


Good Karma Vegan Café – 37 South First St.

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Opening Reception: Alviso Slough photography Josh Marcotte
A forgotten portal to the bay perched on the edge of the city, once crowded with steamboats and stagecoaches, Alviso sits eclipsed in the sun. Forgotten waterways and abandoned buildings litter a town swallowed up by San Jose annexation. “Alone, I wander the streets with a camera in my hand, in a place that is truly lost in San Jose.”


Pho69 – 321 South First St.

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On View: Janice Kirkpatrick (nee MEYER) Visionary Reflections
Kirkpatrick’s work combines strong colors with unique inner visions of universal symbolism. Her paintings and drawings often reflect dream imagery, with a lyrical musical influence. The imagery and forms she creates depict a strong sense of intuitive knowing and a deeper understanding of the magic in the natural world. She is able to transmit this to us in color, energy and form to change us on a deep inner level. Even though she had her start in Africa, she is heavily influenced by many world cultures and spirituality. She has a special affinity for the Native American culture, India, Hawaii and long gone cultures such as Atlantis and Lemuria.

Pho69 also features live contemporary music on First Fridays. Come check out local bands performing favorite covers and original music.

All this plus new exhibits at Anno Domini, MACLA, Higher Fire Clayspace, SLG Artboutiki, Downtown Yoga Shala, METRO, the Art Ark and San Jose Jazz at Eulipia.

For full listing of events and information: please visit www.SouthFirstFridays.com or call 408-271-5155


Media Sponsor: Metro Newspapers

Enjoy FREE PEDICAB RIDES between art venues courtesy of South First Fridays and Eco City Cycles!


The South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk event is produced by Two Fish Design with additional support provided by the San Jose Downtown Association, the San Jose Redevelopment Agency and 1st ACT Silicon Valley.

May 14, 2011

Naglee Park Open Studios June 5th

Save the Date: Sunday, June 5th, 2011 (one day only)
Free and Open to the Public

The 3rd Annual NAGLEE PARK OPEN STUDIOS

Programs will be available about one week before the event at: House of Bagels and The Garage 505 E. San Carlos Street/ South 11th St., San Jose

www.nagleepark.org/npos

LOTS to DO at this TWO BUCK Tuesday May 17th!

KALEID Gallery presents

Two Buck Tuesday May 17th 7-10pm

You're invited to join us for our monthly $2 art sale and quirky people get together! We have another great lineup of art, demos and hands on activities!


Featuring:

Joanne Yada and Courtney Thiesen shows us how to reduce, reuse, and recycle without taking the can to the curb. Fuse together plastic shopping bags and make your own wallet. No sewing, no tape, no hard labor- just iron your creation and make it a useful work of art using the printing on the bags and your own scribbles. Free! http://www.craftingforcheapskates.blogspot.com/


Jessica Spencer will wow us with pirate-themed cross-stitch embroidery! Arrrrr!


Julie Jacobs will demonstrate her exquisite wire-wrapped jewelry.


Laura Callin Bennett will teach us how to print a Peregrine Portrait with a hand carved linoleum block. Take home your very own Peregrine Portrait! http://lauracallinbennett.com/


Troy Sims will show us the amazing art of customized paper embossing by hand. www.simsartworld.com


Alan Hackler will guide us in the creation of the ultimate paper airplane. Complete with a paper airplane contest at the end of the night!


David Mejia, our resident portrait artist will draw your portrait for a small fee while you wait!


Nathan Vargas will host a drawing game he invented called Nathan's Juxl Puzzle.

It's very easy to learn and really engages the person's brain and imagination.

Nathan was bored one night and wanted a visual game that was a challenge but didn't seem like I was doing math....this is his answer to Sudoku. When the puzzle is completed, it can be easily turned into a piece of art. (The image above is a completed puzzle that has been taken to that next level.)

Come learn how to play and take home your own piece of Juxl Puzzle art! http://portfolio.nathanvargas.com/content/nathans-juxl-puzzle


FREE Heirloom Tomato Plants! While they last. Six varieties grown with love by Lacey.


Live Artists:

Jennifer Cordiglia ?
Steven Reece http://steevn.carbonmade.com
Jehoiakim Santos http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000499750737 ?
Suhita Shirodkar sketchaway.wordpress.com
?Al Preciado

and Andre Trigueiro Harthttp://www.facebook.com/TheAndreHart


Music by DJ Coco


Treats By Sugar & Spice – Two lovely ladies with cupcakes and savory snacks!


As always, $2 art will be on sale throughout the evening! ?Tuesday, May 17th, 7-10 pm - free & all ages welcome!


KALEID Gallery ?
88 South 4th Street ?
Downtown San Jose
?www.KALEIDgallery.com ?
(408) 947 1785


Would YOU like to get involved with Two Buck Tuesdays? Let us know!

June 2, 2011

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk + SubZERO Festival June 3rd!

This month's First Friday's art walk is also the 4th Annual SubZERO Festival!


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Sean Sczepanik

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Steven Sczepanik

Start off the art walk by parking at South Fourth & San Fernando garage and check out KALEID Gallery's feature exhibit (located on ground level of the garage). Sean & Steven have put together an amazing show not to be missed!


Layers of Age in Monster Land
New installation and paintings by Sean Sczepanik & Steven Sczepanik. An exploration of monsters and cartoons from the imagination, referencing mainly Nightmare on Elm Street, Poltergeist, Fright Night, and Hellraiser. Also on view is a display of hands representing fellow artists. Each hand containing a characteristic of each artists’ style.

Artists' Reception: Friday June 3, 7-10pm, free & open to the public
part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk http://www.southfirstfridays.com

Feature exhibition on view through June 25, 2011

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDgallery.com / 408-947-1785
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday, Noon - 5pm


Then take a short stroll to 2 new Phantom Galleries exhibitions!!


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66 South First St.: Defragmentation 66 by Michele Guieu

Defragmentation 66 is an adaptation of the last installation I’ve made in San Diego: Defragmentation: Rearranging Bits and Pieces of Memory. It is an ongoing project and the occasion to reflect on bits and pieces of my memories, as I am recalling/documenting them. The project originated when I was about to leave San Diego after living there for 6 years. I thought about the different times I’ve left a place in my life. Defragmentation 66 is the first installation I am showing in San Jose since I’ve moved and it represents a link between the two towns – and beyond. The installation is on a smaller scale but uses some essential elements featured in the first version of the show: an ensemble of paintings, a painted background and videos. The videos in Defragmentation 66 are new memories and were taken here, in the bay area. The address number where the show is held, 66, is an interesting symbol in my life: the first time I came to the US, that’s the road I travelled on.

Exhibit on view through August 30th. Visible 24/7 from the sidewalk.


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95 South Market St.: Roundels sculptures by Gianfranco Paolozzi


"I was looking in the recycle container full of paper from flexo printing presses.

That’s when I felt the passion again: round surfaces screaming to be used. I looked at them changing on the floor of my studio. I had to use my marks, my moments on the surfaces as a sign of me being there.

That’s when the roundels were born." ~Gianfranco

Exhibit on view through August 30th. Visible 24/7 from the sidewalk.


Then make your way over to the SoFA District for the monthly art walk and 4th Annual SubZERO Subculture Festival!


South FIRST FRIDAYS presents the 4th Annual SubZERO Festival

Focused on emerging and present subcultures thriving in our region, SubZERO is a diy, artistically bent, hi/lo-techno mashup where street meets geek. Come downtown on June 3rd to San Jose's SoFA District from 6pm 'til midnight for an inspired evening of arts & culture. In addition to the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk you'll find outdoor stages of entertainment plus artists, performers & musicians celebrating the indie creative spirit!

FRIDAY JUNE 3, 2011 from 6pm-midnight
SoFA district in downtown San Jose
(on South First Street between San Carlos & Reed Streets)

http://www.SubZEROFestival.com

http://www.facebook.com/subzerofestival


For full information on all the South FIRST FRIDAYS art venues' exhibitions, please visit http://www.southfirstfridays.com

June 14, 2011

TWO BUCK Tuesday _ June 21st!

KALEID Gallery presents

Two Buck Tuesday June 21st 7-10pm

You're invited to join us for our monthly $2 art sale and quirky people get together!

We have another great lineup of art, demos and hands on activities!


Featuring:

Sean Stryker & PARTY FOWL Welcome to Party Fowl! A short form improv group that will have you rolling! Party Fowl does interactive improv taken from suggestions from the audience - and make up scenes and improv games on the spot in
real time! See your suggestions come to life as we play from razor sharp wit and active imaginations. We always have a ton of fun everywhere we perform and everyone in the group does it just out of the love of being a ham. So please sit back and enjoy Party Fowl!

Cipacteo will show us how he makes a gourd & leather bag. Gourds have been utilized by native people around the world, from water containers, eating bowls, and bags for carrying sacred medicine.


Laurel will decorate people with Henna! Laurel will be offering traditional and non traditional small henna tattoo designs. They are all natural and last about 5-10 days. She'll also have a small collection of hand made greeting cards.


Nathan’s Juxle Puzzle? “How to go from 3 simple lines to complex, ‘shape changing’ art pieces…in twenty minutes.”?This is Nathan’s personal answer to NOT playing Sudoku. The idea came in a moment of pure inspiration while he was drowning in a cup of black coffee.?The Juxle Puzzle is an imaginitive and challenging Strategy Game you can play at three diffrent levels of difficulty. All you need is a pencil, paper and your brain.?Complete the game and you can go to the Ultimate Next level and make Art. Exciting!?Come join him and…?Learn how to play the Juxle Puzzle Game. ?See some of Nathan’s completed original pieces. ?Make your own pieces! It’s a whole thing…


Join cheapskates Courtney and Jo Anne for another free project using recycled materials. Design a hanging lantern with a battery-powered LED and fused plastic shopping bags for your evening summer patio party. Visit craftingforcheapskates.blogspot.com for more projects to make on the cheap.


Jodi will host a Sugar skull demo. Make your own mini skull for $2! FREE for kids.



Plants are amazing sprouts of energy rising from the fertile soils of the Earth!? Learn a little about plants from Lara Sophia and buy some young plants to raise as your own and possibly eat later.? Seed Packet Raffle, no entry fee, one entry per person. Must be present to collect.


Our resident portrait artist David Mejia will be here to draw your portrait while you wait for a small fee!




Michael Denning will be making his collage buttons! Denning is an artist with the Heart of Chaos Artisan Collective and a volunteer art instructor in Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall. He will be creating art buttons out of his "Zen" drawings as well as helping others to create art buttons out of collage and drawings for Two Bucks. Each button is 2.5" and will cost you Two Bucks to make and take home. Proceeds from his sales will help to benefit non-profit Project Knew Groove, a charity art organization based in Half Moon Bay.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Denning-Heart-of-Chaos-Artisan/51790415784


LIVE ARTISTS:?
Andre Hart ?
Kori Thompson
?Mike Borja
JehOiakim Santos
Morgan Richardson
Steven Recce
Nik Caesar
John Hageman


Beautiful music will be made by Gianfranco on the accordion & Jessica on the piano!

Sugar & Spice will be selling their delicious sweet and savory creations for only $2


?As always, $2 art will be on sale throughout the evening!


?Tuesday, June 21st, 7-10 pm - free & all ages welcome!


KALEID Gallery ?
88 South 4th Street ?
Downtown San Jose
?www.KALEIDgallery.com ?
(408) 947 1785


Would YOU like to get involved with Two Buck Tuesdays? Let us know!

June 17, 2011

Dolls n Drag at METRO July 1st


Although there's no South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk in July the art don't stop in the SoFA District!

On Friday July 1st METRO Newspaper will have the photo exhibit Dolls n Drag by Miss Oblivious with live performances by Eliza Rickman and RS2. 6-9pm at 550 So. First Street

And Caffe Trieste will have their regular Opera Night! presented by First Street Singers at 8pm at 315 So. First St.

Happy Fourth of July everyone!

Beautiful Creatures in CONTENT Magazine

KALEID artist Christine Benjamin is a feature article in the current CONTENT Magazine along with artist Sheri DeBow for their Beautiful Creatures exhibit at diModa Salon.

Visit Content's site for more info: http://content-magazine.com/welcome/?p=2968

Beautiful Creatures runs from June 4th to August 14th 2011

diModa Salon
1060 Lincoln Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
408.277.0400
www.dimodasalon.net

hours
Tuesday-Friday 10-7
Saturday 8-4
Closed Sunday and Monday

This is Not an Open Mic! _Cardboard Box Theatre at WORKS

Come see the newest full-length extravaganza of absurdity from Cardboard Box. From the minds who brought you A Box of Strange comes an evening of music, sketch comedy, magic, wild animals, and a heavy dose of awkwardness.

Friday June 24 at 8:00pm and 10:30pm
Saturday June 25 at 8:00pm and 10:30pm
(doors open 30min before curtain - and seating is very limited so arrive on time!)

Tickets: Pay-What-You-Can (No one turned away for lack of funds)

Bring some extra cash because Cardboard Box has t-shirts & postcards now available!

WORKS/San Jose
365 South Market St.
San Jose

June 19, 2011

TWO BUCK Tuesday _this Tuesday June 21st!

KALEID Gallery presents

Two Buck Tuesday June 21st 7-10pm

You're invited to join us for our monthly $2 art sale and quirky people get together!

We have another great lineup of art, demos and hands on activities!


Featuring:

Sean Stryker & PARTY FOWL Welcome to Party Fowl! A short form improv group that will have you rolling! Party Fowl does interactive improv taken from suggestions from the audience - and make up scenes and improv games on the spot in
real time! See your suggestions come to life as we play from razor sharp wit and active imaginations. We always have a ton of fun everywhere we perform and everyone in the group does it just out of the love of being a ham. So please sit back and enjoy Party Fowl!



Cipacteo will show us how he makes a gourd & leather bag. Gourds have been utilized by native people around the world, from water containers, eating bowls, and bags for carrying sacred medicine.



Laurel will decorate people with Henna! Laurel will be offering traditional and non traditional small henna tattoo designs. They are all natural and last about 5-10 days. She'll also have a small collection of hand made greeting cards.



Nathan’s Juxle Puzzle? “How to go from 3 simple lines to complex, ‘shape changing’ art pieces…in twenty minutes.”?This is Nathan’s personal answer to NOT playing Sudoku. The idea came in a moment of pure inspiration while he was drowning in a cup of black coffee.?The Juxle Puzzle is an imaginitive and challenging Strategy Game you can play at three diffrent levels of difficulty. All you need is a pencil, paper and your brain.?Complete the game and you can go to the Ultimate Next level and make Art. Exciting!?Come join him and…?Learn how to play the Juxle Puzzle Game. ?See some of Nathan’s completed original pieces. ?Make your own pieces! It’s a whole thing…



Matthew Seigel's tips4lovers helps you write a lover letter. we supply supplies, you bring address, love & $2. While visiting our table, check out our latest ZINE: HOW TO GET A BOYFRIEND (also available to read at Anno Domini Gallery ART OF ZINES 2011)



Join cheapskates Courtney and Jo Anne for another free project using recycled materials. Design a hanging lantern with a battery-powered LED and fused plastic shopping bags for your evening summer patio party. Visit craftingforcheapskates.blogspot.com for more projects to make on the cheap.


Jodi will host a Sugar skull demo. Make your own mini skull for $2! FREE for kids.



Plants are amazing sprouts of energy rising from the fertile soils of the Earth!? Learn a little about plants from Lara Sophia and buy some young plants to raise as your own and possibly eat later.? Seed Packet Raffle, no entry fee, one entry per person. Must be present to collect.


Our resident portrait artist David Mejia will be here to draw your portrait while you wait for a small fee!




Michael Denning will be making his collage buttons! Denning is an artist with the Heart of Chaos Artisan Collective and a volunteer art instructor in Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall. He will be creating art buttons out of his "Zen" drawings as well as helping others to create art buttons out of collage and drawings for Two Bucks. Each button is 2.5" and will cost you Two Bucks to make and take home. Proceeds from his sales will help to benefit non-profit Project Knew Groove, a charity art organization based in Half Moon Bay.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Denning-Heart-of-Chaos-Artisan/51790415784


LIVE ARTISTS:?
Andre Hart ?
Kori Thompson
?Mike Borja
JehOiakim Santos
Morgan Richardson
Steven Recce
Nik Caesar
John Hageman


Beautiful music will be made by Gianfranco on the accordion & Jessica on the piano!

Sugar & Spice will be selling their delicious sweet and savory creations for only $2


?As always, $2 art will be on sale throughout the evening!


?Tuesday, June 21st, 7-10 pm - free & all ages welcome!


KALEID Gallery ?
88 South 4th Street ?
Downtown San Jose
?www.KALEIDgallery.com ?
(408) 947 1785


Would YOU like to get involved with Two Buck Tuesdays? Let us know!

June 27, 2011

Leslie Lambert at Red Berry Coffee Bar


Awakening, 12” x 15”, ink on paper

FRESH OUT OF INK
, an exhibit by Palo Alto artist Leslie Lambert, is currently showing through July 30 at Red Berry Coffee Bar.

Lambert's dynamic, figurative work on paper is done primarily at local venues such as Edward Stanton's The Drawing Circus in Palo Alto, Dr. Sketchy's at Anno Domini in San Jose and The Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View.

Hours: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 6pm, Saturday - Sunday 9am - 3pm

Red Berry Coffee Bar
231 E. Santa Clara Street
Downtown San Jose

Paco Excel at Empire Seven Studios July 9th

We Are Robots by Paco Excel
Artist Reception: Saturday, July 9th
7pm-midnight, free admission
Guest DJs Cutso and Golden Chyld (The Bangerz)

Paco Excel born and raised in California with a background in graffiti dating back to 1989 was first a member of graffiti crews TDK/Oakland and then AWR/Los Angeles, still painting graffiti all over the world is now enjoying the world of pop art. Inspired by an old friend/graffiti writer named Dalek, he is now painting his interpretation of what he believes humans are becoming: ROBOTS. In a world controlled by computers, cell phones and social networks displayed on monitors, he believes that we are becoming less and less connected with humanity and more with technology, hence the subject matter. WE ARE ROBOTS

We hope to see you all here at Empire Seven Studios; taking action into putting together something amazing for you in San Jose, California.

Paco Excel will be signing limited edition prints so come ready to shop and look at some amazing artwork by our own Paco Excel.

Merchandise will be limited so first come first gets. See you soon!!!!

Empire Seven Studios
525 N. 7th Street
San Jose, CA
empiresevenstudios@yahoo.com

Call for Entries_CALIFORNIA! at Berkeley Art Center

CALIFORNIA! Berkeley Art Center's 28th Annual Juried Exhibition
August 20 - October 2, 2011

Entry Deadline: July 1, 2011

Esteemed Local Jurors:
Chandra Cerrito, Director, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland
Svea Lin Soll, Principal/Director, Swarm Gallery, Oakland

This California-based juried exhibition invites entries in all media including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and new media, from artists living and working in California.

CALIFORNIA! will present a range of artistic expressions with our diverse state as inspiration!

Eligibility:
Must live and work in California. Open to Artist Members of Berkeley Art Center (up to 5 images) and those that wish to join as an artist level member ($55/yr). Members must have current membership through October 2, 2011. Additionally, non-members may submit a fee per number of images ($25/2, $10 for each additional image up to 5). Submission of 5 images receives an artist-level membership at Berkeley Art Center.

Questions? Email annw@berkeleyartcenter.org or call 510-644-6893

Click here for guidelines and application.

Jenifer Renzel at FAUX

KALEID Gallery artist Jenifer Renzel has a new exhibit up at FAUX Salon in Campbell.

Creatures and Curiosities
Nine new shadow boxes by Jenifer Renzel. Little monsters and oddities abound ....

On view through July, 2011.

Faux Salon
378 East Campbell Avenue
Campbell, CA 95008-2023
(408) 378-3289

Open Hours:
Tue and Fri 10am-5pm
Wed-Thu 12pm-5pm
Sat 9am-3pm
Sun 11am-4pm

July 16, 2011

TWO BUCK Tuesday _ July 19th!


Join us for an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, scrumptious tastings,  $2 art & quirky people get together!!


Two Buck Tuesdays at KALEID Gallery
Tuesday, July 19th, 7-10pm
It's free and open to all ages!


Shannon Amidon will be creating and demonstrating her unique hand woven photographs.  http://shannonamidon.com/


David Mejia our resident portrait artist will draw your portrait on the spot for a small fee.


Jodi will teach a free sugar skull demo.  She will provide colored icing to decorate your skull as well as diamonds and other decorations to personalize it. Join in, get creative and make something beautiful! This month there will also be a a cupcake decoration station for you sugar lovers!


This month we have two unique henna tattoo artists, Laurel and Lisa Mejia, who will adorn you will beautiful designs both traditional and contemporary for a small fee.


Michael Denning will be creating art buttons out of his "Zen" drawings as well as helping you to create your very own art buttons out of collage and drawings for Two Bucks. Each button is 2.5" and will cost you Two Bucks to make and take home. Proceeds from his sales will help to benefit non-profit Project Knew Groove, a charity art organization based in Half Moon Bay. He’s also selling copies of his new book for $10. The first 50 copies are autographed and personally numbered. The cover was created on an antique hand-operated tabletop letterpress and all the books are hand stitched. 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Denning-Heart-of-Chaos-Artisan/51790415784


Do you love plants but have very little time to care for them? Are you an apartment dweller with limited space? Never fear! Lara Sophia will help you make your very own terrarium! A miniature environment in a bottle, terrariums require very little attention, take up very little space and look great. She will have everything you need to create your own tiny, living world. Bring your own bottle or jar or use one provided for a small fee. 

Lara Sophia will also be collecting lightly used shoes for Soles for Souls. Donate shoes to someone in need! 
http://www.soles4souls.org/


Featured KALEID Artist Sean Sczepanik will be on site painting live and available to discuss monsters, cartoons and horror films in relation to Layers of Age in Monster Land- a dual site specific mural and exhibition with Steven Sczepanik (which ends July 19th after Two Buck Tuesday!)
http://shoeboxproduction.net/sean/


Crafting for Cheapskates Brings You: Sody Pop Art!
Can you believe it? We have finally improved on Kick the Can! Cut 'em up and create the perfect starburst frame for your brand new collage that you'll make at 2BT. Stick a pin on the back or hang it on your wall- either way, your friends will kick themselves for not thinking of it first. Don't feel like collaging? We'll take only a little offense to your whining, so it's a good thing that you can use an un-decorated sody can as an ashtray or take it home to insert your own photo. Just make it yours. 

Pals Jo Anne and Courtney make art on the cheap by using crap from around the house.
http://craftingforcheapskates.blogspot.com/ 


Robyn Wilson will bring her handmade custom hula hoops for us to play with!
http://www.RobynsHoops.com 


Ruben from The School of Arts and Cultures @ MHP will be sharing information about his art program The Art of Drawing Heros while students live paint.  The Art of Drawing Heroes teaches students more than how to draw people but how to better communicate through the practice of art and culture.



photo by Hannah Arista

A feature performance by Tahira: The Pure | Dance Theatre (PDT), a contemporary modern dance company. PDT produces a wide variety of conscious art and uses dance as an avenue for education and awareness of injustices. Using the universal language of art, we believe dance shatters paradigms, transcends through culture and cuts right to the heart. 
http://www.wix.com/imanitahira/pdt


Cipacteo will demonstrate Aztec crafts and may also honor us with another impromptu Aztec Dance performance! 


LIVE ARTISTS:?
Force 129   http://force129.blogspot.com/?
Kori Thompson 
?Andre Hart   http://www.facebook.com/TheAndreHart?
Maria Guerra 
?Ivan Gonzalez?
Kimy Martinez   http://www.kimyart.com
Sean Sczepanik 
?Kimi Star?
EAZ    http://eaz-one.com


Chef David Ramsey will be providing samples of scrumptious food from Myth, a new Mediterranean Fusion restaurant which just opened in downtown SJ http://www.mythsj.com/


?Haley Goodlet will be making snow cones for $2!  5 nummy flavors to choose from.                                                                                                                                

Sugar & Spice Amber Rogers and Theresa Dunnavant return to tantalize your taste buds with their sweet and savory treats!


?As always, $2 art will be on sale throughout the evening!
??Tuesday, July 19th, 7-10 pm - free & all ages welcome!

?KALEID Gallery 
??88 South 4th Street ??
Downtown San Jose 
http://??www.KALEIDgallery.com 
??(408) 947 1785


?Would YOU like to get involved with Two Buck Tuesdays? Let us know!


July 28, 2011

Monoprint Exhibit at Art Object

Open Studio at ArtStreet San Jose

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Artist Curt Schauer’s ArtStreet San Jose Studio Gallery combines a working studio with gallery space to promote the work of local artists working in a range of media.

Join us for the opening from August 5-7. We’ll have a weekend of fine art, friends, food and drink. Artwork indoors and out. Invite your friends!

Opening Reception: Friday, August 5th,, 6pm to 10pm
BBQ, wine, beer, soft drinks outdoors under the carport

Open Studio: Saturday/Sunday, August 6th and 7th, Noon to 5pm
Snacks, wine, beer, soft drinks outdoors under the carport.

Featuring art by ArtStreet San Jose members and friends including:
Jaap Bongers - San Jose, CA: Metal Cast Sculpture
Luke Gilliam - Bath, UK: Paintings, Prints
Helen Ju - Mountain View, CA: Dogs, Paper and Wire Sculpture
Minal Kashkari - Santa Clara, CA: Stained Glass, Needle Point
Jon Scally - San Jose, CA: Glass
John Schultz - Mountain View, CA: Metal Cast Sculpture
Treg Silkwood - San Jose, CA: Glass
Curt Schauer - San Jose, CA: Glass, Monotypes, Digital Prints


ArtStreet San Jose Studio Gallery
748 Coleman Avenue, Suite E
San Jose CA 95110
http://artstreetsj.com

Call for ZINES_Yumi's Zine Party!

Yumi is hosting a Zine Party! during the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk + STREET MRKT on August 5th. Yumi is looking for local zines to exhibit and help sell your zines for you in A.D. Gallery's nomAD Zine Library.

Please contact her at theyearofspaghetti@gmail.com if you'd like to participate!

http://www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com

July 30, 2011

Raku Canvases by Michael Gustavson at Black Bean


Imperfect Birds, 44"x60"


Black Bean Ceramic Art Center presents “RAKU CANVASES” by Michael Gustavson

Opening Reception: August 5th, 6:00-9:00pm

Workshop: August 27, 10:00-4:00pm
Cost $75.00 if paid before August 19th. After 19th, cost $100.00
To register call 408 642-5757 (workshop not hands on)

Show dates August 5 – August 27, open to the public
Monday through Saturday 11:30am to 5:30pm

Black Bean Ceramic Art Center
561 Emory St., San Jose, Ca 95110
blackbeanclay.com

Artists Wanted to Create Art for Neighborhood Utility Boxes

CALL FOR ARTISTS: Local artists wanted for "Art Box San Jose."

The "Art Box Project SJ" was born with six initial neighborhoods wanting to participate by funding the painting and selecting their preferred locations. It's a grass roots effort with a team of interested parties but as little bureaucracy as possible. The goal is to complete the first round of the project in the summer end/fall beginning of this year, and do such a great job that other neighborhoods will begin asking for it, resulting in more art in San Jose and more work for artists - a win all around.

Stipend:
$200 for completion of the project, (50% up front/50% upon completion, artist supply their own paint and prepping the boxes for painting.)

Guidelines: Make it "neighborhood friendly" by using this criteria:
- The artwork enhances the environment and has aesthetic quality
- The piece is dynamic and makes people stop and look
- Content is appropriate for all ages and respectful to all communities
- Artwork content is not political, commercial, or religious.
- Artwork must be original and created by the artist

Artists best adhering to the above criteria will be selected for Round II (submission to neighborhoods who will have the final say in artist selection.)

DEADLINE to submit is Monday, August 8th, 5pm.

Accepted artists will be notified no later than August 26th.

Submissions:
-your name
-3-5 jpgs of your current work that best reflects the style of art you propose to paint on the boxes
-images should be no larger than 720pixels on its longest side @ 72dpi

Please send submissions (or questions) to:

info@PhantomGalleries.com

Thank you for your participation!

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk Aug. 5th!

Join us this Friday, August 5th for the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk + STREET MRKT in downtown San Jose!
7pm-11pm, free and open to the public.


KALEID Gallery
88 So. 4th St.

Two new exhibitions by featured artists Jonathan Perea and Michelle Waters.


Convergence by Jonathan Perea

Subatomic abstract realism: A worldwide acceleration where science and spirituality dances to the tune of the cosmos. The illusion of duality unveiled a new beginning.


Musings from the Wasteland by Michelle Waters

The paintings in this series are influenced by the nightmarish imagery of Hieronymus Bosch, Edward Abbey’s writings and my work as a wildlife rehabilitator and environmental activist. My art deconstructs the assumption of human superiority by showing what might transpire if animals took control over the fate of the planet. Animals demolishing the Glen Canyon Dam and wildlife laying waste to a bulldozer are some of the characters who populate my paintings.


Caffe Frascati
(formerly Caffe Trieste)
315 So. 1st St.

Cheating Time: Constructing a Praxis of Juncture by Trina Merry

Through bodypaint, Merry has taken classical high art themes, such as the Four Seasons, and high art forms, such as ballet, to examine this concept of process, connection and living in season. Performance artists, such as dancers with fabric, are caught in the moment of leaps & turns frozen by photography. One of the featured bodypaintings of the exhibit based on Picasso’s “Guernica”, is set on a purposefully posed human canvas, yet full of imagery of an existential moment- the horror & anguish experienced by the victims of war.

“I feel like Caffé Trieste is the correct venue to explore these high art subjects as it has been a proud supporter of San Jose artists as a venue for music, poetry, & art exhibits.

This exhibit explores two important photographer relationships I have with Martin Delfino & Rafael Hernandez. Both are immigrants with a wonderful love of avante garde art who have been instrumental in my growth as an artist.”


Good Karma Vegan Cafe
37 So. 1st St.

Dreams by Valerie Runningwolf

What are dreams? Where do they come from? Some believe they may come from a collective consciousness, others believe they are messages from the spirit world, or maybe self generated from our minds.

A collection of dreams brought to life by mixed-media artist Valerie Runningwolf can be seen at Good Karma in August. Please join us during the First Friday art walk to share your dreams in a collaborative art piece.


PHO69
321 So. 1st St.

Collection of Light A new series by LAuruS Myth

LAuruS Myth work is based on patterns found in nature that have lead to patterns used in modern technology. Not only do these symbols relate to each other visually, but they also function as patterns that guide flows of energy throughout machines and plant life. Connecting and converting this energy into the power that lies within human life and purpose, fuels her motives and creative inspiration. Her hope is to capture the essence of vibration through the repetition of organic and geometric shapes.




On South First Street between San Carlos & San Salvador streets
7-11pm, FREE

ARTISTS/CREATIVE VENDORS:
Ai & Ai, Al Preciado, Andre Hart, Sandi Billingsley, Boombotix, Bugs & Monsters, Chicanoart.Friscostyle, Crossroads Trading Co., David Mejia, DonBon, EAZ & Sugar Skulls by Jodi, Emily Bones, Empire Seven Studios, Emo Gonzales, Force 129, Francisco Franco, Gianfranco Paolozzi, Haley Goodlett, Ike Greca, iMiNUSD Track Boutique, Ivan Gonzales, Josh Marcotte & Kerfufle, Keith Bunnel, Korrupt Clothing Label, Linda Ritter, Lost Village, Luna Park Chalk Fest, Mayberry Workshop, Michael Foley, Mike Borja, Out of Print Vintage, The Rabbit Hole, Rock ‘n the Trend, Shannon Amidon, Shayne Herrera, TeaShack, TechShop San Jose, The Usuals, Valentina Vintage, Waitman Gobble, Zine Party by Yumi

ON THE STAGE:
Please note: these times are tentative and may change. Please check back.
7:15-8:00 PM Orangutang
8:10-8:30 PM Corrupt Autopilot
8:50-9:35 PM Whiskerman
10:00-11:00 PM Ben Henderson & Friends
with STREET MRKT’s Emcee “Mighty” Mike McGee

ArtCar Fest 15th Anniversary Showcase
featuring 30 mobile, street legal sculptures from around the bay area


For full exhibition schedule of all 20 participating art venues, please visit;
http://www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com

or join us on Facebook here!

August 11, 2011

TWO BUCK Tuesday_Aug. 16th!


Shannon Amidon photo weaving workshop at July's TBT.



Join us for an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, scrumptious tastings, $2 art & quirky people get together!!


TWO BUCK Tuesdays at KALEID Gallery?
Tuesday, August 16th, 7-10pm
- ?It's free and open to all ages!


You probably have a clear plastic container in your refrigerator right now containing something you’ll never eat but you felt bad at the time letting your leftovers go to waste. Well, scrape off the fuzzy green stuff and turn it into a work of art! The organizer of Scary Craft San Jose will show you how to make a keychain, necklace charm, or earrings from plastic trash. http://www.craftingforcheapskates.blogspot.com


Lisa Mejia will create beautiful henna tattoos for visitors for a small fee. 


Our resident portrait artist David Mejia, will draw your portrait on the spot for a small fee. 


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Lara Sophia will help you make Your Own Natural Toothpaste!?It’s inexpensive and fun! Choose your own flavoring! 


Michael Denning will help you make a collage button for $2! He’s also selling copies of his new book for $10. The first 50 copies are autographed and personally numbered. The cover was created on an antique hand-operated tabletop letterpress and all the books are hand stitched.


Andre Hart will be collecting raffle tickets for his painting " Essence" for a dollar a ticket. The winner will be announced First Friday September 2nd via phone. Do not need be present to win. 


LIVE ARTISTS:
Force 129
Kori Thompson
?Ivan Gonzalez
?Al Preciado ?
Nik Caesar
?John Hageman
Jehoiakim Santos
Michelle Waters
?Jonathan Perea



MUSIC: ?Jaffar will spin some sweet tracks!
FOOD:? Sugar & Spice – Tasty cupcakes and savory samosas from the lovely Amber Rogers and the vivacious Theresa Dunnavant. Only $2!


??As always, $2 art will be on sale throughout the evening!???Tuesday, August 16th, 7-10 pm - free & all ages welcome!

?KALEID Gallery ???
88 South 4th Street
Downtown San Jose ?
http://??www.KALEIDgallery.com 
(408) 947 1785

??Would YOU like to get involved with Two Buck Tuesdays? Let us know!

August 21, 2011

WORKS_Words, Drawing Music


John Eric Paulson at Red Berry Coffee Bar

Master Photographer John Eric Paulson has a photographic exhibit entitled Masks and Mannequins on view through September 14th at Red Berry Coffee Bar, 231 East Santa Clara Street in San Jose.

Mosaic Artists Exhibition at Main Street Cafe

Mosaic Artists of the South Bay at Main Street Cafe & Books on view now through October 7th.

Featuring Contemporary Mosaic Artists: Angela Sanders, April Maiten, Corinne Friedman, Laurel Woodard, Lynne Strom-Berg, Kathy Richardson, Kathleen Sartain, Kathy Schuyler

Contemporary Mosaics expand on traditional mosaic techniques and encompass materials that range from found objects to the traditional Italian smalti glass used for centuries. This show includes artists using broken plates, stained glass, shattered tempered glass, smalti, all creating contemporary mosaic art.

Main Street Café and Books, 134 Main St,
Los Altos, CA 94022, (650) 948-8040

Dr. Sketchys featuring Black Lotus Clothing!

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School is proud to partner with the fabulous indie fashion designer Christina Molcillo owner of Black Lotus Clothing. They rocked the stage at the 2011 SubZERO Festival with a fashion show and modeled for the Dr. Sketchy tent.

Join Master of Ceremonies Drew Clark and the alluring model Bad Charlotte for this special session of Victorian inspired garments created by Black Lotus Clothing.

Thursday, August 25th 7pm-10pm
$10 / door
Show up early with your art supplies, as seating is limited.

Anno Domini Gallery
366 South First Street
San Jose
http://www.galleryAD.com
408-271-5155

Photo: Red Rum collaboration. Make up: Alicia Campbell.

August 31, 2011

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk Sept. 2nd!

Join us for the First Friday Art Walk & Street Mrkt this Friday, Sept. 2nd!


Two new solo exhibitions by Leslie Ann Rice and Sara Tomasello
KALEID Gallery, 88 So. Fourth St.

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Circus Act sculptures by Leslie Ann Rice

A mutt-ley crew of characters explore the circus of popular culture, touching upon the freakish tendencies of human nature.


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Looking through the Glass paintings by Sara Tomasello

Through her paintings, Sara Tomasello builds on themes of intimacy and the unity of opposites. Her characters are symbols for the light and dark aspects of human nature. Using a vibrant color palette and inspired by universal mythological themes, Sara portrays the emotional impact of the world she sees and experiences it in her acrylic paintings. There is a story behind each piece and it begins; Once upon time. Viewers are invited to look through the glass that Sara views the world and reflect on your own experiences of the world.




The Peculiar Pageant new paintings and installation by Lacey Bryant
Good Karma Vegan Cafe, 37 So. First Street

Theatrically posed and surrounded by lush, illusory environments, the subjects of Lacey’s newest works are like pictures in a storybook written in an unknown language. The images are somewhat familiar but certain elements remains foreign. Like a hazy dream of an imagined childhood long forgotten, the images strive to make you feel as if you just might have been there once, maybe. As is common in Lacey’s work, there is a subtle tension between beautiful and unsettling elements. This contrast creates a sense of mystery and invites the viewer to construct their own interpretation of the scenes. In the safety of a world poised between reality and imagination where common symbols mingle with strange ones, Lacey’s characters expose their fears, doubts, despairs and longings.




Folie ŕ Deux Family Tree Monotypes and Glass Statues by Curt Schauer
Phantom Galleries, 95 So. Market St:

In this exhibit, Curt traces the origins and family history of the Folie a Deux series. From the image on the original sign in Tokyo that inspired the figurative images and the early acrylic ink monotype studies, digital drawings and oil based monotypes to the final five piece monotype series and blown glass statues that defined Curt’s work from 2008 to today. Folie a Deux explores the duality of extremes and conflict in human nature and between the art and the viewer in figurative and expressionist styles. Not satisfied with a single medium to express his vision,

Curt furthered the duality theme by recreating the series in colorful 3D blown glass with hand etched graal images. This is the first exhibit to display the family tree in life (glass) and in portrait (monotypes) and displays the use of color, light, movement and dimension in Curt’s art.


The First Friday Art Walk includes 20 participating venues and STREET MRKT will have 40 indie artists booths & 3 live bands out on South First St. 7pm-11pm, FREE

Check out the full South FIRST FRIDAYS event lineup http://www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com

September 9, 2011

Call for Art _ Halloween / Day of the Dead show

Halloween / Day of the Dead show st South First Street Billiards.

Organizer: John Cloud, Cloud Concepts and South First Street Billiards

Bring out all your scary, whimsical, dark, or just fun Halloween or Day of the Dead art. It does not have to be specific to the theme, maybe it's just a dark landscape or a piece of traditional Mexican art. What ever it might be I want to see it! This show will be part of the First Friday Art walk and will be promoted in the Metro. Its great exposure!

The show will run from October 7th to October 31st
There will be a reception on October 7th from 8pm to 1am and also a mid month reception October 21st from 9pm to 1am.

Drop off date for artwork is October 6th from 6pm to 9pm

Pick up of art work is November 2nd from 6pm to 9pm

No submission fees or commission will be taken from the sale of your work!

All sales will go through the artist them selves. Any artwork sold must hang for the duration of the show and will be up to you to arrange pick up or delivery to your customer.

You are responsible for name cards for your work, and all work must be wired, hooked and ready to hang.

Also if you're interested in painting live at the receptions please email me as well. Even if your not planning on submitting anything for the show itself. We would still love to have you participate in live painting for the reception.

Deadline for submissions is September 23rd.

Please email submissions to:
John Cloud
cloudconcepts01@gmail.com

Force 129 at Gallery Ten10

Back after summer hiatus, Gallery Ten10 returns with "Interior Decorations" an exhibition by Force 129 (Fernando Amaro.).

One night only: Sat. Sept. 10th, 5-10pm
Free signed limited edition print to first 20 people.

or by appt. after Sept.10th: 408-476-1968

Gallery Ten10
1010 East Taylor St.
San Jose

Puppetry Workshops with Dax at Exploratorium

Puppeteer, musician & performance artist Dax Tran-Caffee will be offering hands on mask making and bird puppet making workshops at the Exploritorium in San Francisco.

Watch his intro video by clicking here and more info on the workshops is here.

24 Hour Comic Day BOOT CAMP at KALEID Gallery

RSVP here.

September 13, 2011

Joyce Savre Exhibition at Gallery 9

Gallery 9 Los Altos presents

Joyce Savre “Language As Image”
new works on canvas and paper

Reception: Friday, September 30th 5:30-8pm

Exhibition dates: September 27 – October 22, 2011

Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11-5
Sunday 12-4
Closed Mondays

Gallery 9
143 Main Street
Los Altos, CA
650-941-7969

Momentum 2011 at Firehouse North Gallery, Berkeley

The Silicon Valley Artists Collaborative announces their third annual show of
fine art, Momentum 2011. The location is Firehouse North Gallery in Berkeley, 1790 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 593-0733. The opening artists' reception party will be on Friday September 9th from 7pm-10pm. The reception will be free and open to the public. The show will run through September 28th.

Momentum 2011 will include artwork by Laura Callin Bennett, Ally Richter, Andrea Ewald, Archil Pichkhadze, Cristina Velazquez, Deborah Mills Thackrey, Della Calfee, Donald Wright, Elizabeth Unpingco, Jon Kwak, Lori Krein, Madlyn Jones, Nancy Hines, Phil Bongiorno, Robert Knight, Yolanda Guerra, Syd Dunton, Tim Ryan and Todd Lyon.

The Silicon Valley Artists Collaborative formed in 2008 as a group dedicated to increasing the visibility and success of professional artists in the South Bay area. The show will feature paintings, sculpture, photography, fine woodworking, textile arts, encaustic, mixed media, and installation art from award-winning Silicon Valley artists.

www.SVArtists.org


Jason Adams, Jai Tanju at Empire Seven Studios

Empire Seven Studios presents:

Shits Getting Heavy So Kill Yourself Laughing

This year both Jason Adams and Jai Tanju had art shows that you didn't get to see. Well here is your chance! Both shows are being shown at the Empire Seven Studios along with some new works by both artists on Saturday, September 17th of 2011 from 7pm-12midnight. Acoustic sets by Shawn Packer, Ray Stevens II and Dave Baisa.

Empire Seven Studios
525 N 7th Street
San Jose

SJSU Ceramics MFA Program at Higher Fire Clay Studios


The Self-Conscious Traveler, Avery Palmer



Passing of the Torch with Robert Arneson, David White



The Process, Wesley Wright


There's a really great exhibit at Higher Fire of ceramicists in the MFA program at SJSU. Participating artists include Jonathan Huang, Malia Landis, Kat MacKinnon, Demetra Messoloras, Avery Palmer, David White, and Wesley Wright.


SJSU Ceramics MFA Show
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, August 31 - October 31


Higher Fire Clay
499 South Market
San Jose, CA

Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat 9:30am - 7pm, Sunday 11-6pm

September 19, 2011

Content Magazine KickStarter Campaign


SUPPORT LOCAL
"As residents of San Jose, we started Content Magazine, a life & style magazine unlike any of its predecessors, to tell the stories of these inspiring individuals and businesses in San Jose. It's honest, visually appealing and highlights this creative side of San Jose.

It’s been great publishing online and using Print-on-Demand, but in a world of electronic-this and electronic-that, a physical magazine continues to elicit feelings that an e-reader simply can’t.  
 
Digital is great…but every time we show our pretty iPad friendly version to people, the response is always the same:  "How can I get that in print?" 

So, we're ready to take the next step: to print a magazine that doesn't compromise on the aesthetics.  

We're grass roots.  We’ve defined our vision.  We're building our brand.  But, we aren’t too proud to admit that the time has come to ask for a little help.

Thank you for joining us as together we support local creativity and innovation."

If you can contribute to keeping a San Jose arts & culture supporter thriving, please visit their Kickstarter page here.

Bernardo Grijalva Photo Exhibit at Ameriprise Financial

Ameriprise Financial is presenting the Photography of Bernardo Grijalva on October 13, 2011 at 6 p.m. Please RSVP with Jennifer at 408.287.6500

Grijalva is a Professional Photographer specializing in advertising, editorial and architectural photography. Please join us for an evening of wines, food and chat with the Artist. There is no obligation or cost to attend this event.

Ameriprise Financial
1 Almaden Blvd, Suite 800
On the 8th floor
San Jose, CA 95113

Artist's For Andy's Pet Shop Event


Andy's Pet Shop and Adoption Center needs our help or they will not be able to keep their doors open to the community nor to the local animal rescue centers they partner with.

To help raise awareness of their situation, a benefit show will be held at O'Flaherty's Irish Pub.

You're invited to O'Flaherty's Irish Pub on Thursday 9/22 at 9:00 p.m. for a special evening of music, comedy and art to benefit Andy's Pet Shop and Adoption Center. 100% Rescued Animals since 2007 and featured on A&E program "Hoarders".

There's a great line up of very talented artists including NY jam fusion electric guitarist John Ford Winter from the Woodstock Guitar Festival making his West Coast debut in downtown San Jose. Also performing are comedians Dan St. Paul and Mike Meehan. Portraits of animals and a custom painting of the famous building sign will be created by artist Crystal Wade.

A percentage of the bar sales will be generously donated by O'Flaherty's Irish Pub.

Show your support for the animals, the arts, and for downtown businesses!

For more information, please visit the Facebook event page here.

TWO BUCK Tuesday _ September 20th!

Join us for an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, scrumptious tastings, $2 art & quirky people get together!! ??

TWO BUCK Tuesdays at KALEID Gallery?
Tuesday,September 20th, 7-10pm
It's free and open to all ages!


Sandi Billingsley believes all of us can express ourselves with paint. Sometimes we just need a simple place to start. Join her and paint some simple and basic one stroke flowers. Paint, brushes and paper will be provided.


Ward Greunke will allow artists to experiment with a new form of wearable art. Evozip is a system of interchangeable skins for messenger bags that lets people quickly change the appearance of their bag. The skins are cotton canvas and can be decorated with markers or paints and then attached to the bag. Every skin fits every bag. Free skins will be given out on Tuesday night to allow you to experience this new media of self expression. Acrylic paints and markers will be provided!


John Hageman will be hand cutting/finishing shapes out of wood using various tools. Then demonstrating how to assemble them into 3-dimensional wall mounted art.


Canvas Ghosts' Art Party "Beyond the Comic Strip" is coming up soon. Stop by our table and make a mask to go with the costume you are wearing to the party!


Jodi Mascarenas will create hair feathers and do another fantasitc sugar skull demo for $2 each!


Scary Craft invites you to "Come Mess with Text!" Pals Courtney and Jo Anne will help you make literature art this month by cutting and drawing on books. What a novel way to transform books that would have otherwise gone into the dumpster or lined a birdcage. As always, it’s all about making art on the cheap! Crappy paperbacks will be provided.


David Mejia our resident sketch artist will draw your portrait while you wait for only $5!


Lisa Mejia will adorn you with lovely henna tattoos for a small fee.


LIVE ARTISTS:
?Al Preciado
Emonic?
Kimy Martinez ?
Force 129 ?
Steven Reece
?Nik Caesar ?
EAZ 1

Improvised live ambient/ IDM music by Toaster
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Improvisational Belly Dance by Nour El Ain & Setareh, a group of dancers from diverse backgrounds, different dance skills and performance techniques. From budding stars to seasoned performers, this lively group will be sure to get you moving!

???As always, $2 art will be on sale throughout the evening!

???Tuesday, September 20th, 7-10 pm
free & all ages welcome! ???


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KALEID Gallery ??? ?
88 South 4th Street ?
Downtown San Jose ? ?
http://??www.KALEIDgallery.com
?(408) 947 1785 ????

Would YOU like to get involved with Two Buck Tuesdays? Let us know!

September 22, 2011

Tango in Silk at BBC

TANGO IN SILK

Don't miss the unique chance to enjoy and purchase wearable and fine art by Natasha Foucault and Vasily Vein and meet the artists.!!!!!!!

Join us for amazing Tango performance by USA Argentine Tango Stage Champions Gustavo and Jesica Hornos

The best drinks and food always available at BBC.

Saturday September 24, 2011

6:00 pm Free admission
7:00 pm $10 cover with cocktail
7pm-10pm Tango music, Art, Fashion walk and trunk show from different collections of Vasily Vein and Natasha Foucault.
7:30 pm - Short introduction to Argentine Tango by Igor Polk and Cecilia Sung, dance by special guests
8:30 pm - Tango performance by professional dancers Gustavo and Jesica Hornos
9:00 pm – Meet Natasha Foucault and Vasily Vein and purchase their art ( we will minus cover charge from your purchase)
10:00 pm - 2 am - After-Party With DJ White Cloud, Mark "Spitz" Di Vita & SinceEighty6

British Banker's Club
1090 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA
www.britishbankersclub.com
 

Canvas Ghost Fall Exhbition _ Beyond the Comic Strip

Comics bring a sense of adventure, a sense of escape.  They are larger than life and far more exciting that the existence we endure.  Come experience the excitement, adventure, escape. 

Exhibition Dates:
October 8th 7–10pm
October 9th 12–5pm

Particiapting Artists:
Anthony Barbaria, Christine Benjamin, David Hartman, David Mejia, Denny North, Diana Hartman, Eddie, Gianfranco, Glenn Domingo, Gonzalo Luna, Jared Konopitski, Jaya King, John Cloud, J.B. Kelly, Kathy Blackburn, katrina marie loera, Kimy Martinez, Omar Barba, Lacey Bryant, Laura Callin Bennett, Matthew Bailey Seigel, Michael Foley, Rajiv Nair, Sonja Caldwell, Tommy Demeuth, Deborah Barba

Musicians:
O'Craven
Gianfranco and Friends
Chi + the Cool Cats Cellie
Nagual Trio

The Canvas Ghost Gallery
992 S. 8th Street
San Jose, California

Glamour is a Rocky Road exhibit by Michael Foley

"Glamour is a Rocky Road" a collection of new works by San Francisco Bay Area artist Michael Foley.

Featuring new Acrylic, oil, Sumi ink paintings and illustrations depicting the trials and tribulations of trying to make it in this world and the consequences of the journey. A celebration of failures and success with a hint of biting sarcasm.

Find yourself swimming in the glitter of the velvet goldmine while avoiding the
the refuse of desperation to maintain image beauty and fame.

Opening Reception: Sept. 23rd, 7–10pm
(on view through October)

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose, CA

Luna Park Chalk Art Festival

4th Annual Luna Park Chalk Art Festival

Saturday, September 24th 10am–4pm
Backesto Park (Empire & 17th streets)
San Jose, CA

This year's featured artists:
Cheryl & Wayne Renshaw
Julio Jimenez
Lacy Bryant
Paul J. Gonzalez
Katrina Loera

Performers:
Cuatro con Tres
Mike Zampiceni - accordionist
Movimiento Cosmico - Aztec dancers

More info: http://www.lunaparkbusiness.com/chalk.html

October 3, 2011

Christine Benjamin Doll Art

KALEID artist Christine Benjamin has a busy season ahead with numerous exhibits including The Carnival of Saints and Souls of New Orleans, a group show that showcases the doll art of 14 artists, curated by Christy Kane.

Exhibit dates: Oct. 1st - Nov 1st 2011

Poets Gallery
3113 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA 70115
504-899-4100
poetsgalley.net

For more information on Christine's upcoming exhibits, visit her site here.

Halloween Art Market Oct. 22nd

Halloween Art Market

Seven prolific Bay Area artists exhibiting work and wares to peruse and purchase in the spirit of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos. Each artist varies diversely in style and medium. All approach the strange with affinity and find a muse in the macabre; Assemblage, Collage, Dolls, Jewelry, Paintings, Photography, Sculpture and so much more. Libations will be served. Costumes and festive attire welcomed.

Saturday, October 22nd 2:00pm–6:00pm
328 North Sixth Street (between East Julian and Washington Streets)
San Jose, CA

For more information, visit their web site here.

San Jose Creatives' New Blog

San Jose Creatives is a new blog that interviews the extremely talented creative community of San Jose. They feature artists, designers, musicians, makers, art supporters, and anyone who lives a creative life. They ask everyone the same 13 questions to gain insight into and find out what makes these individuals unique.

Check out their debut interview with artist Michael Foley here.

If you are interested in being featured please send an email to: sanjosecreatives[at]gmail.com

Phantom Galleries Exhibit at 488 Cafe

Phantom Galleries is working with the new 488 Café to provide professional art exhibitions within their dining area debuting with digital artist Alex McLeod (courtesy of Anno Domini Gallery).

Housed on the ground floor of the PWC Building, the cafe is a perfect place for a quick breakfast or a relaxed lunch. The 488 Café brings you local and fresh meals and snacks with your schedule in mind.

For your morning, an espresso bar from Barefoot Coffee Roasters and breakfast selections served up hot and fresh to start your day off right. For your mid-day, a different guest local restaurant joins the large selection of hot and cold lunches to excite your taste buds and ignite the rest of your day. With both an everyday menu of crowd favorites, as well as diverse daily specials, 488 Café has something for everyone.

Hours: Monday thru Friday, 7am-2pm

488 Café
488 Almaden Blvd (@ Balbach St.)
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 659-4889
www.aramarkcafe.com/488

October 5, 2011

FabMo Textile Art Boutique Oct. 22nd


Michelle Waters Exhibition News


Say Ahhh, acrylic on wood, 10" x 8", 2011

KALEID Gallery artist Michelle Waters has a full exhibition schedule this fall showing her work in multiple galleries in California.

“Muerto en Vida” Day of the Dead group show at Cactus Gallery in L.A.
Opening: Saturday, October 8, 7 – 10pm

A stellar group show featuring more than 40 artists who have created original works just for the show. Oil painting on canvas, acrylics on canvas and wood, dolls, sculpture, mixed media works, custom wood cut outs and more!
Show runs through November 8th.



Lord of the Flies, acrylic on canvas, 6" x 6", 2011

"Bite Sized Monsters"
Another group show at beautiful Modern Eden in North Beach.
Opening: Saturday, October 8, 7-10pm
Show runs through November 6th.


You can also find Michelle's work in two local South Bay group shows: “Monster Mash-up” at Psycho Donuts in Campbell (party/opening on Saturday October 15) and “Scary Monsters and Super Beats” at On the Corner Music at 530 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell. Both shows will run through the end of October.

visit MichelleWatersart.com for more information.

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk Oct. 7th!

Join us this Friday, October 7th for the downtown art walk! All venues are open 7-11pm and are free and open to the public!


Phantom Galleries and KALEID Gallery has great exhibits on view for the art walk!


NextSpace Coworking + Innovation San Jose, 97 S. 2nd St, Suite 100


Correspondences and Elevation, Michele Guieu

NextSpace San Jose is pleased to feature the work of Phantom Galleries artists Michele Guieu with her installation Correspondences and Elevation; The Strip; Encaustic images by Katie Guiterrez; and Jeanne Yee’s intricate collage works.

Join us for the First Friday art walk and meet the artists, see what’s happening at NextSpace San Jose and enjoy Hors d’oeuvres, refreshments and the sweet sounds of El Jefe.


Good Karma Vegan Café, 37 South First St

The Peculiar Pageant new paintings and installation by Lacey Bryant

Theatrically posed and surrounded by lush, illusory environments, the subjects of Lacey’s newest works are like pictures in a storybook written in an unknown language. The images are somewhat familiar but certain elements remains foreign. Like a hazy dream of an imagined childhood long forgotten, the images strive to make you feel as if you just might have been there once, maybe. As is common in Bryant’s work, there is a subtle tension between beautiful and unsettling elements. This contrast creates a sense of mystery and invites the viewer to construct their own interpretation of the scenes. In the safety of a world poised between reality and imagination where common symbols mingle with strange ones, her characters expose their fears, doubts, despairs and longings.


95 South Market St (at San Fernando)

Folie ŕ Deux Family Tree Monotypes and Glass Statues by Curt Schauer


KALEID Gallery, 88 South Fourth St.

Fictitious Portraits by John Renzel
A series of traditional style character portraits but with a colorful and slightly demented edge.


Rights–Rituals–Regards new work by Troy Sims

Why do I form judgments of others to validate myself? In this series of mixed media paintings, and sculptures constructed of handmade paper and wire, artist Troy Sims touches on personal issues such as: civil rights, honoring our ancestors, and how we perceive beauty.

This body of work explores the subjective world we live in, and the sea of opinions we deal with on a daily basis.


Other highlights include BLOODWORK: BODIES at Anno Domini, Naked! at Higher Fire Clayspace, Adam Everett Quartet for San Jose Jazz and Movin’ on Up! the 2011 members’ exhibition at WORKS.

For full exhibition info on all 19 venues, please visit www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com
All venues are free and open til 11pm!

October 11, 2011

Arsenal Grand Opening

The Arsenal Art Supply Store's Grand Opening
Saturday, October 15 · 3:00pm - 8:00pm

Demonstrations:
Daniel Smith Watercolors by Rob Sato
Williamsburg Oil Paints by Ryan Reynolds
Speedball Block Printing by Sean Boyles
Montana Spray Paint by King157

Music by DJ Coco and Cutso

And of course Food Trucks!

The Arsenal
1202 The Alameda
San Jose, California

“Las Cadre” at Black Bean Ceramic Art Center.

“Las Cadre” Opening Reception Saturday, October 15. 6 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Twelve artists of the “Las Cadre” critique group celebrate their first five years with a show at Black Bean Ceramic Art Center.

Meet the artists, enjoy the art and explore the centers gallery and studio. Participating artists; Noelle Nakama, Tomoko Nakazato, Saadi Shapiro, Tom Michelson, Tiffany Schmierer, Elaine Toland, Susannah Israel, Shalene Valenzuela, Jennifer Brazelton, Michelle Gregor Sterling Israel and Christopher Kanyusik.

Art works available for purchase. Wine and refreshments served.

Exhibit dates: October 7–October 28, 2011

Open to the public Monday through Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Black Bean Ceramic Art Center
561 Emory Street
San Jose, Ca, 95110
(408)642-5757
Blackbeanclay.com

BEST OF THE Y2KX+1 INTERNATIONAL LIVE LOOPING FESTIVAL

Anno Domini is proud to host:

BEST OF THE Y2KX+1
INTERNATIONAL LIVE LOOPING FESTIVAL

OCTOBER 12, 2011, doors 7:30pm
RSVP here
Admission: $5 (students with ID free)
All Ages welcome

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
8:00 RICK & BILL WALKER (USA)
8:30 EELA SOLEY (Germany)
9:00 PER BOYSEN (Sweden)
9:30 MANDO MAN (Japan)
10:00 GEORGINA BRETT (England)
10:30 NAT GRANT (Australia)

Anno Domini Gallery
366 So. First Street
San Jose, CA 95113

MAIN FESTIVAL begins Friday, October 14th in Santa Cruz
Visit www.y2kloopfest.com for full schedule.

October 13, 2011

Sugar Skull Workshop at KALEID Oct. 22nd & Oct 29th


Anabella Pinion at Gallery Ten10 Oct. 15th

October 16, 2011

TWO BUCK Tuesday _ Oct. 18th!

Join us for an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, scrumptious tastings, $2 art & quirky people get together!! ??

TWO BUCK Tuesdays at KALEID Gallery?
Tuesday, October 18th, 7-10pm

It's free and open to all ages!


Sean Boyles and Roan Victor will answer questions about San Jose's new artist-run art supply store, The Arsenal.


This month at the sketch table, come draw Harold the articulated skeleton who will be posing all night for your drawing pleasure! Bring your own art supplies or use the paper and pencils provided.


Frankenstien’s monster, The Werewolf and The Mummy, have been haunting generations of Americans, and what better way to pay homage to the classics and the greats during one of the spookiest time of the year, than a with a monster head key cover. Join Leeonnista and for $2 you’ll find Dracula, The Mummy, Frankenstien’s monster, The Bride of Frankenstien, The Werewolf and Jason. Don’t see your favorite ghoul? Feel free to make your own for $3!


Need some good fortune, abundance, love, romance or joy in your life??
Come and learn how to make your own personal juju doll with Tere Barbella! Juju dolls are the talisman for good, white magic. Learn how to make your very own and personalize it to bring forth all the good things in life.
$2.00 will cover materials. Feel free to bring personal items like lucky charms, jewelry, beads, to make your doll extra special!




Jodi Mascarenas
will give a sugar skull workshop and create hair feathers!


San Jose Creatives invites you to stop by their table to learn more about the SJC blog project and even participate in an interview if you want. San Jose Creative’s is a blog that interviews the extremely talented creative community of San Jose. We feature artists, designers, musicians, makers, art supporters and anyone who lives a creative life. We ask everyone the same 13 questions to gain insight into and find out what makes these individuals unique.


Who says you have to color in the lines? Pals Courtney and Jo Anne will offer everything you need to add to, re-draw, cut + paste and mix + match your favorite coloring book characters. Free!


Michael Denning will unveil the 2nd Volume of his book series Sacred Geometrix. The first 50 copies are autographed and personally numbered. The cover was created on an antique hand-operated tabletop letterpress and all the books are hand stitched.


Uzuhachi Honey's Erika & Yuki have spread their beehives through the backyards of San Jose and will have their local honey and various mixed honey drinks (non alcohol) available.


GIVE TAKE table with Lara Sophia
Bring small handheld items and give an item to take a different item from the table. Effectively trading goods. Suggested items: small non perishable food items that have not expired, regular sized books, art supplies in good condition, seed packets.

No drop offs, trading only. You may trade multiple items though.


David Mejia our resident portrait artist will draw you while you wait for a small fee!


LIVE ARTISTS:?
Andre Hart & Al Preciado
?Migel Machuca?
Michelle Waters?
Force 129
Lisa Mejia


?Sugar & Spice Theresa & Amber will delight you with their sweet & savory treats!?J


As always, $2 art will be on sale throughout the evening! ?????


Tuesday, October 18th, 7-10 pm
free & all ages welcome! ???


??KALEID Gallery ??? ?
?88 South 4th Street ?
?Downtown San Jose ? ? ?
www.KALEIDgallery.com
??(408) 947 1785 ???? ??

Would YOU like to show off your talents at Two Buck Tuesdays? Let us know!

October 25, 2011

Dr. Sketchys featuring Vulgaire Turpentine Oct. 27th

It's that time of year, Art Monkeys, when the weather turns bleak and the days grow short. Halloween is just around the corner and we here at the San Jose chapter of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School have an event that is sure to fill you with macabre anticipation.

Join us at Anno Domini Gallery for a bewitching live figure drawing session with performance artist Vulgaire Turpentine.

Arrive early with your art supplies and prepare yourself for a performance that is sure to haunt you for months to come!

Master of Ceremonies: The Devilish Drew Clark


Dr. Sketchy's Live Figure Drawing with Vulgaire Turpentine
Thursday, October 27th 7pm-10pm

$10 /general door, $8 students w/ current ID

Show up early with your art supplies, as seating is limited.

Facebook RSVP here


Anno Domini Gallery
366 South First Street
San Jose
www.galleryAD.com
408-271-5155

November 1, 2011

KALEID & Phantom Highlights for First Friday November Art Walk

Join us this Friday for the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk in downtown San Jose! 7-11pm, FREE & Open to the public.

Lots of new exhibitions with artists' receptions, special performances and on site demos!


Opening Reception for featured artists Gianfranco Paolozzi and John Eric Paulson
KALEID Gallery, 88 South Fourth St.


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A Box Is A Box Is A Box by Gianfranco Paolozzi

In search of new surfaces to apply my marks, to write my journals, the everyday boxes used as packaging for products that we consume, are becoming my canvasses. the box is a canvas when it is disassembled or not.


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Photographs from Italy and Greece by John Eric Paulson

Each day I wonder what photographic surprises await me. When I focus on an area, I look for what I would like to see if it were a perfect world, creating the ideal, capturing the basic beauty and enhancing its drama.


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Kanji Garden by Shannon Amidon
Phantom Galleries 95 South Market St.

Kanji Garden was created using hundreds of cut, hand dyed, and folded books that were destined for a landfill. The reused books that received a new life were titled “Understanding Kanji Characters” by Ping-gam Go.


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Milk and Bones new paintings by Izer the Mizer
Good Karma Vegan Café, 37 South First St.

An amalgamation of images from children’s book illustrations and horror films, the teachings of Rush Limbaugh and Friedrich Nietzsche, a humanity that Gandhi would have eaten for, the end of the world, the birth of a child, the death of your mother, true love, true fate, true hate, true blood, a three headed hound with no legs, a drunk on a roll.


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…..of light & shadows (de la luz y de las sombras) by Robertino Ragazza
Pho69, 321 South First St.

A new collection of new works by Robertino Ragazza mainly focusing the usage of high and low key lighting on his subjects or within the framing of his poetic photographs. All photographs are hand-printed Selenium-toned Silver Gelatin.

Pho69 also features live contemporary music on First Fridays. Come check out local bands performing favorite covers and original music.


There's 19 lively art / performance venues to peruse this Friday night, visit www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com for full exhibition lineup and join us!

November 10, 2011

OVCAG's Art in Clay 2011


OVCAG's Art in Clay 2011

Saturday, November 19 through Sunday, November 20

The Orchard Valley Ceramic Arts Guild is returning to the Lucie Stern Community Center in Palo Alto for its 11th “Art in Clay” sale!

More than 50 Bay Area artists will present their newest creations at this event. The handmade ceramics span all styles of work, from raku to woodfire, garden items, sculpture, functional tableware and decorative art. Artists will be available to answer questions, discuss their work and/or accept custom orders.

Art in Clay has received rave reviews by customers. Light refreshments will be served throughout the day. Several door prizes will be given out each day!

Admission to “Art in Clay” is free, and the event is perfectly timed for selecting fine hand-made gifts for the holidays!

Join us for the ArtBox SJ Celebration


Artist Sara Tomasello being interviewed by the Mercury News.


We'd like to invite you all to a special event with the ArtBox Project SJ in a celebration of artists and community!

The project brings original works of art by local artists into neighborhoods by painting approved utility boxes.

Where: "The Mmoon" at 177 W. Santa Clara Street San Jose, CA tel (408) 999-0288 ,
When: Sunday December 4th; stop in any time between 3PM - 5PM (Acknowledgments at 4PM)

Meet artists and see their amazing work. Talk to the community sponsors. Check out the completed art boxes and hear about future locations. Buy art box note cards. Enjoy delicious empanadas (while they last!).

We hope to see you there!

November 11, 2011

HARK! The Holiday Art Show at KALEID Opens Dec. 2nd

KALEID Gallery invites you to join us for our annual holiday art show & sale featuring 45 artists from KALEID as well as additional artists from the greater San Jose area.

Original works of art at affordable prices perfect for gift giving!

KALEID Artists:
Murphy Adams, Shannon Amidon, Tere Barbella, Mariana Barnes, Julie Bilyeu, Mike Borja, Florence de Bretagne, Lacey Bryant, Tessa Cavazos, Dotti Cichon, Mark Damrel, Jean Davis, Joe Decker, Charis DeRemer, Cari Ferraro, Donny Foley, Emo Gonzalez, Haley Goodlett, Katie Gutierrez, Andre Hart, Joshua Marcotte, David Mejia, Gianfranco Paolozzi, Elizabeth Parashis, Joe Perea, Jenifer Renzel, John Renzel, Valerie Runningwolf, Karen Carlo Salinger, Sara Tomasello, Dorothy Whitman, Jeanne Yee

San Jose Area Artists:
Fernando Amaro, Richard Arrendondo, Nicolas Caesar, Charlene Chow, Cindy Couling, Tim Davis, Tommy Demeuth, John Hageman, Julie Jacobs, Lucy Liew, Katrina Loera, Lisa Mejia, Jen Norton, Joon Park, Kathleen Powell, Genevieve Santos, Eduardo Silva, Carlos Villez, Yumico


Exhibit opens and sale begins with an Artists' Reception on First Friday, Dec. 2nd at 7pm and runs through Jan. 6, 2012.

The reception is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk in downtown San Jose.
http://www.SouthFirstFridays.com

Facebook RSVP


Gallery Hours:
Tuesday thru Friday: Noon-7pm
Saturday: Noon - 5pm
First Friday's 'til 11pm



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Special Performances Saturday & Sunday at A.D.

Uncanny Valley of the Hearts Delight #4 curated by Corpus Callosum!
Saturday, November 12, 2011

Anno Domini presents #4 in the Corpus Callosum curated series of unique performances and music!

Joining CC will be Chelsea Barrett (who is also both a musician and a performer from Washington) and the heartwarming Sad Bastard Book Club of San Francisco.


a special performance by CORPUS CALLOSUM


with The Sad Bastard Book Club


and Chelsea Barrett (Bellingham, WA)


Saturday, November 12, 2011 | RSVP
Doors 7:30pm / Admission $7, all ages

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Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III, Kevin Greenspon and Kites Sail High
Sunday, November 13, 2011

Anno Domini presents an evening of live performances featuring New Electronic Compositions and Sound Art from:


Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III (tape reel manipulation / electroacoustic drone /// on tour from North Carolina)


Kevin Greeenspon (ambient guitar / tape collage /// on tour from Los Angeles)

"A sonic feast devoured in three all-too-short minutes composed of deliciously delayed guitar pickings and crunchy crescendo-ing soundscapes." ~ Pitchfork on "Machine Shop"


Kites Sail High (ambient idm / glitch pop /// from Sunnyvale, CA)

"Kites Sail High deviate just enough to catch our attention, drawing out warbled effects and an acoustic guitar loop until the whole thing crosses some imaginary line in the sand between a Jay Dilla beat tape and an entire generation of dudes who collect guitar pedals like they were baseball cards." ~The FADER


Sunday, November 13, 2011 | RSVP
Doors 7pm / Admission $5 / $3 students


Anno Domini
366 South First Street,
San Jose, CA 95113
www.galleryAD.com
408-271-5155

November 13, 2011

LIve painting, Music, Demos & $2 Art Sale this TUESDAY at KALEID!

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Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming Two Buck Tuesday!
Come enjoy an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, scrumptious tastings, $2 art & quirky people get together!

TWO BUCK Tuesdays at KALEID Gallery

Tuesday, November 15th, 7-10pm
It's free and open to all ages!


Here are just some of the interesting artists and crafters you will meet!


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Far out music by Tim Thompson!
Space Palette is a musical and graphical instrument created by Tim Thompson that makes use of the Microsoft Kinect, a 3D camera. Standing in front of a wood frame, you wave your hands and "paint" both music and projected visuals. Any number of hands can be used simultaneously, so you and your friends can use it together and become an instant band and light show!

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Calligrapher Cari Ferraro will demonstrate these scribal secrets, working with inks and color on paper, from medieval styles to contemporary experimental lettering. She will have on hand a variety of tools to form different styles of lettering. A free sample of calligraphy (one or two words) for all who attend. Extra samples can be done, time permitting, for $2 each. Come and witness the archaic art of beautiful writing.

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Give&Take Trading Post with Lara Sophia!
Bring a small item you don't want anymore to trade with another item on the table!
Suggested items include, but are not limited too: books, seed packets, small art supplies, non perishable food items.
Trading only, No drop offs.
Items should be in complete and good condition

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Hand Turkeys! with Laura Callin Bennett
You all remember this project from elementary school: trace your hand, then add a beak and feet to create the traditional Thanksgiving bird. Revisit this classic art activity with tips from local artist Laura Callin Bennett.

Gear up for winter with cheapskate pals Courtney and Jo Anne as they show you how to make a snow (flake) mobile. Modernize the timeless tradition of cutting snowflakes and string 'em up into a lovely hanging decoration. Free!

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Homemade Playdough! with Lara Sophia
Play with some home made dough and purchase a bit to take home!

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Hand Building Clay with Benjamin Shuts
Get your hands dirty with ceramic artist Ben Shuts as he shows you the technique for hand building with clay.

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Our resident portrait artist, David Mejia will draw you while you wait for a small fee!

LIVE ART ALL NIGHT by:

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Nicholas Caesar

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Sue Galaviz

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Michael Foley

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Enjoy food by Sugar&Spice!
Amber Rogers and Theresa Dunnavant provide delicious sweets and sumptuous vittles for your palette's pleasure!


And check out the current feature exhibitions:

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A Box Is A Box Is A Box by Gianfranco Paolozzi
In search of new surfaces to apply my marks, to write my journals, the everyday boxes used as packaging for products that we consume, are becoming my canvasses. the box is a canvas when it is disassembled or not.


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Photographs from Italy and Greece by John Eric Paulson
Each day I wonder what photographic surprises await me. When I focus on an area, I look for what I would like to see if it were a perfect world, creating the ideal, capturing the basic beauty and enhancing its drama.


Tuesday, November 15th, 7-10 pm
free & all ages welcome!

FB RSVP here.


KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com
(408) 947 1785


Would YOU like to show off your talents at Two Buck Tuesdays? Let us know!
Just email us at info [at] KALEIDgallery.com

November 17, 2011

Walls of Fame at Empire Seven Studios

"Walls of Fame" Saturday November 19th, 7-11pm

Empire Seven invites you to a new exhibit featuring a great line up of San Jose's old school Graffiti writers native to this city. During Force 129's younger and most recent years he's always admired people like King 157, the man created the first top to bottom holy roller(s) and Poesia, hitting up the Legendary Taylor walls where storage units live strong today.

We have noticed Force 129 in some recent shows such as The Usuals with the PARKBENCH art collective and at Gallery 10. During the show at the Usuals, Force 129 exhibited with one of his idols Mesengr. Force 129 seized the opportunity to ask Mesengr if he would be part of what he calls his dream show. With such a great line up and idea behind it, E7S couldn't pass up the opportunity to bring this show to San Jose.

Force 129, King 157, Mesengr and Poesia has converted Empire Seven Studios into a street scene most people and writers can relate in one way or another. You don't know if you're indoors or out.

Growing up in San Jose 80's and 90's, the graffiti scene was nonstop, in full force and many know these veterans paid their dues. Poesia has been painting murals all over the world consistantly as well as Mesengr throughout the country. King 157 has been up and down Cali and as far as Mexico for years now.

The life insists you do it daily and they don't slow down even though life changes with work and family.

Please bring a can or two to donate as we're supporting the Second Harvest Food Bank. SHFB provides food to people in need in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Make a difference in your community.

EMPIRE SEVEN STUDIOS
525 No. 7th
Japantown, San Jose, CA

Tommy Demeuth at Gallery TEN10

Exhibition of new works by Tommy Demeuth.

Demeuth is an artist that uses fantasy and mythology in his carefully rendered images done with colored pencil, watercolor and mixed media.

Reception: Saturday, Nov. 19th, 5–10pm,

Gallery TEN10
1010 East Taylor (corner of 21st Street)

Also showing work in the studio, Force 129, Andre Hart, Maggie So and Lucy Amador.

December 15, 2011

Dance with Nature Exhibit at WORKS


The Record Winter CD Release Show this Saturday

The Record Winter perform and release their new album Saturday, December 17th at Anno Domini Gallery (doors 7:30pm, $7.) Hurricane Roses and Jeff Carmassi (of Northern Son) also play.

"The Record Winter is a band from Northern California comprised of members hailing from what was once a thriving San Jose music scene- founding member Dominic Miranda and friends are still working to keep that scene alive. Dominic has chiseled his song writing skills into a finely crafted work of art in which he seems to have perfected within this new found ensemble where he helms the titles of vocal frontman and guitarist." -The Metro, San Jose

RSVP here.

Anno Domini
366 South First Street
Downtown San Jose

4th Annual Frida & Friends Fuzzy Blanket Drive at Cinebar

December 18, 2011

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming Two Buck Tuesday!

An inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, scrumptious tastings, $2 art & quirky people get together!


TWO BUCK Tuesdays at KALEID Gallery

Tuesday, December 20th, 7-10pm
It's free and open to all ages!

Here are just some of the interesting artists and crafters you will meet!


Hands On Demos & Projects:

When a sock gets lost in the laundry, it's GONE, baby.
But that doesn't mean you have to throw the other one out. Pals
Courtney and Jo Anne will help you make a stuffed animal from those lonely socks!
No charge.
http://craftingforcheapskates.blogspot.com/


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KALIED artist Cecilia Deck will help you to transform simple squares of paper into origami wreaths to help you get in a festive mood. Choose from several styles and pick your favorite colors of paper!


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Make your own Steampunk Christmas ornament or accessory for as little as $2 using shining clockwork gears created from upcycled cardboard shipping boxes. These ornaments are featured in the Ainsley House's Steampunk Christmas display.

Local artist and citizen scientist, Kathryn Hedges, designed these intricate gears and other motifs to cut on the laser cutter at TechShop San Jose and spray-paint with metallic paint. She will also sell loose gears to use in your own projects. You can see her work at www.etsy.com/shop/SplendidColors/.


Live Artists:


Jehoiakim Santos



Andy Wallace


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Peter Fowler



Suzie Zarate



Nicolas Caesar


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John Hageman



Matthew McHan


Entertaining Mood Music by The Complications!


Savory Bites by:


Alexander.Creationz will have freshly baked Cheesecake Cupcakes available in Rasberry, Lemon, Red Velvet, Strawberry & Banana!



Sugar & Spice will once again tantalize your taste buds with a tasty array of delicious vittles!


We hope to see you there this Tuesday, December 20th from 7-10 pm!

KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com
(408) 947 1785


Would YOU like to show off your talents at Two Buck Tuesdays? Let us know!

January 5, 2012

Cool & Collected Exhibition Friday, Jan. 6th

John Truong, Alejandro Oliva and Leticia V. Figueroa have pulled together an exciting art collector's show, featuring art from the collections of Anne Sconberg, Mark Henderson, Juan Araujo, Jennifer Ahn, Tamara Alvarado, Pedro Perez, Patricia Oliva, Cesar Medina, Al Preciado, David Larimore, Michael Buschemi, Ray Ashley, Chris and Kelly Sicat. Live music by San Francesca and Yumiko Miyagawa aka DJ Coco.

One night only: Friday, January 6th, 7-11pm

Art Ark Gallery
1035 S. 6th St.
San Jose

Every Test Drive Benefits KALEID GALLERY

Experience the world’s smallest 4-seater on a custom closed-course at this year’s Silicon Valley International Auto Show. For every test drive, Scion will make a donation to KALEID Gallery.

Located at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center
150 West San Carlos Street San Jose, CA 95110

Start and End Times (Jan 5 thru Jan 8th):
Thursday: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Friday: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

For a priority access pass to drive the Scion iQ, click here.

Happy New Year Sale at KALEID!

All the artists and staff at KALEID wish you and yours a very HAPPY 2012!

Celebrate the New Year by treating yourself to new art work for your home or office. Select gallery artists are having a very limited time only sale of 10-50% off their original art work Jan. 4th thru Jan. 14th.

Participating Artists include:


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"Rock N The New Year!" 20% off the entire Rock N the Trend jewelry collection


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All paintings by Blaise Rosenthal are 25% off


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All paintings by Mariana Barnes are 20% off


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All paintings by Michelle Waters are 15% off


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All art work by Sandi Billingsley is 50% off


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All photography by John Paulson is 20% off


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All art work by Dotti Cichon is 20% off


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All drawings by Julie Bilyeu are 10% off


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All paintings by Mark Damrel are 20% off


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All paintings by Charis DeRemer are 20% off


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All paintings by John Renzel are 10% off


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All paintings by Florence de Bretagne are 20% off


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All drawings by David Mejia are 10% off


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All jewelry by Sosie Designs is 10% off


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All photography by Joe Decker is 25% off


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All jewelry by Paulette May is 25% off


Additional artists participating in the sale are: Cecilia Deck (-20%), Cari Ferraro (-20%), Tere Barbella (-20%) and Haley Goodlett.


NEW YEAR SALE: Jan. 4 thru Jan. 14th
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday, noon -7pm and Saturday noon-7pm



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

January 8, 2012

Katrina Loera Exhibition at Good Karma Cafe

Phantom Galleries presents artist Katrina Marie Loera's debut solo exhibition Blessed Are the Beasts, For They Shall Inherit the Earth at Good Karma Vegan Cafe.

Animals have inhabited this planet since its creation. They have sustained the human race by providing food, clothing, protection, strength, guidance, entertainment, and companionship since the beginning of our existence. They have remained constant as the world and its people have changed and put chains around them. Their servitude has not gone unnoticed. For all around the world, these beasts have been exalted for their offerings. To some, they are sacred. Yet, despite their efforts to coexist, there are those who treat these humble beasts with hostility. Perhaps it is our nature as humans. We bring war and destruction to a planet that otherwise would be filled with abundant life and beauty. We have created divisions amongst our own species and shed blood because of beliefs. We have neglected and abused all living things in our quest for domination. Eventually, we will be our own demise. And all of earth shall be left to the meek.

Blessed Are the Beasts, For They Shall Inherit the Earth is a collection of images honoring the animals and people of this planet for their sacrifice, patience, long-suffering, beauty, and grace.

Artist's Reception: First Friday February 3rd, 7-11pm
Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk in downtown San Jose. See full schedule here: http://www.southfirstfridays.com/

Exhibition dates: January 4 - February 24, 2012

While visiting the show, enjoy delicious vegan food and some of best beer on tap in San Jose!

Good Karma Vegan Cafe
37 South First Street
Downtown San Jose

Cardboard Box Theatre Project presents 3 Woman, 1 Woman Show (with three women)


The Cardboard Box Theatre Project will present an all-new, original comedic evening on January 13 &14, 2012 at WORKS/San Jose in downtown San Jose, CA.

Doors at 7:30pm / Show 8PM Friday; 8PM Saturday
(Concessions available) Tickets: Pay what you can.

The Cardboard Box Theatre Project?s 3 Woman, 1 Woman Show (with three women) offers an evening of theatre celebrating female humor (FEMOR). Comprised of multiple scenes and sketches written by the company, 3 Woman features three Cardboard Box favorites: Hayley Lovgren, Maren Lovgren and Kristin Schmitz.

These three amazingly talented and extremely funny women guide the audience through a whirlwind tour of “womanhood” that explores everything from budding sexuality to gender roles to downright competition. Their one-woman show (with three women) will leave you laughing as you are introduced to the many facets of Femor (female humor).

Much more than a night of stand-up, 3 Woman offers audiences a chance to delight in a fast paced theatre piece that will introduce you to new Cardboard Box characters including venerable actress Kitty Parade, Sister Regina who struggles to teach young women about their…well, you know…, and a new muse shepherding the creative output of today?s social media.

The evening will begin with several opening acts of music, dance, and theatre presented by other Cardboard Box Theatre Project actors.

http://cardboardboxtheatreproject.blogspot.com/

WORKS/San Jose
365 So. Market St.
Downtown San Jose

PMS (Personal Made Space) at Empire Seven Studios


artwork by Roan Victor


PMS (Personal Made Space) Friday, January 13th, 7-11pm

Artwork by Jennifer Ahn, Nancy Ahn, Elena Carrasco, Mia Christopher, Jessica Eastburn, Frances Marin, Anabella Pinon, Gwen Mercado-Reyes, Roan Victor

Records spun by DJs Coco and Hells Bells

Empire Seven Studios
525 No. 7th Street
San Jose

People-Shaped Animals Exhibit at KALEID Gallery


art work by Nicole Dornsife


People-Shaped Animals

Concurrent with the annual Further Confusion convention in downtown San Jose, KALEID Gallery hosts a collection of work from artists participating in the furry subculture coordinated by Brian Root.

The furry crowd's roots are in indie comics and scifi/fantasy illustration, with a huge volume of art produced that's rarely seen outside of the convention's doors.

The central theme of the show is anthropomorphism in animal illustration - whether that's in cartooning, folklore, wildlife illustration, or fantasy art, the unifying thread is that all of the contributors to this show find something in making pictures of animals that speaks to them.



art work by ZD


Participating Artists:
Ashalind
AC
Ginger Cooley
Kris Jacque
Mandi Tremblay
Zhivago
Marilyn Cole
Erin Middendorf
Christina Hanson
Miguel Angel Garcia
Roz Gibson
Jessica O'Black
Nicole Dornsife
Barbara Utzinger
Sarah Finnigan
Keovi
Brendan Cunningham
Claudya Schmidt
Growly Lobita
Laura Garabedian
Brian Root


Exhibition Dates: Thursday, January 12th through Sunday, January 15th.

Exhibition Hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday Noon -7pm, Sunday Noon - 5pm



88 South Fourth Street (at San Fernando)
Downtown San Jose
(408) 947-1785 ????

January 10, 2012

Montalvo's Historic Villa Celebrates a Century

In 2012, the Villa at Montalvo Arts Center turns 100 years old! Built by Senator James D. Phelan, California's first democratically elected Senator, his beloved estate in Saratoga has evolved into one of the Bay Area's leading arts institutions and artist residency programs. It was at Montalvo where Phelan entertained artists, politicians, soldiers, scholars, and cultural figures until his death in 1930, at which time he bequeathed the estate to the state of California with a very specific mandate:

"I would like the property at Saratoga, California...to be maintained as a public park open under reasonable restrictions, the buildings and grounds immediately surrounding the same to be used as far as possible for the development of art, literature, music, and architecture by promising students."

Montalvo has kept Senator Phelan's legacy alive for all these years through the hard work and dedication of countless people who have supported the institution and the artists it serves with their time, creativity, and financial resources, all in recognition of the deep importance of the arts and nature in our everyday lives.

Join us throughout the year as we celebrate the history and future of Montalvo through these extraordinary events!

UPCOMING EVENTS
• SAT, APR 21 2012, 11 A.M. | 3rd Annual ARTS SPLASH!
• SUN, JUN 10 2012, NOON | Wedding of the Century
• FRI, JUL 20 2012, 6 P.M. | Rock the Garden: Sculpture on the Grounds Opening Celebration
• SAT, SEP 22 2012, 5 P.M. | Great Gatsby Gala

For more information, please visit: www.montalvoarts.org

TWO BUCK Tuesday January 17th!

Join us at KALEID Gallery for our first Two Buck Tuesday of the New Year on January 17th!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, scrumptious tastings, $2 art & quirky people get together!

Tuesday, January 17th, 7-10pm 
It's free and open to all ages!


Here are just some of the interesting artists and crafters you will meet!


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Crafty New Year! Pals Courtney and Jo Anne will help you transform your old calendar into a brand new piece of art while still keeping track of the date! Bring an old wall calendar. Free!


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Laura Callin Bennett and Lara Sophia will host a Re-Gifting Table! If you received a gift at Christmas that wasn’t quite your style, you can trade it for something else. Bring a small item you don’t want anymore to trade with another item on the table. Suggested items include, but are not limited to: small art supplies, books, CDs, candles, seed packets, non-perishable food items. Things should be in complete and good condition.


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Michael Denning will provide a book binding demonstration, where everyone is welcome to create their own mini sketchbook for 2 bucks. Denning will also debut his latest book series “Art Saves Vol. 1-3”. ?Michael’s books are hand stitched and the covers were created on an antique hand operated letterpress. 


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John Eric Paulson Master Photographer will be demonstrating some of his techniques for finishing photographs, as he works on some photos from the Grand Canyon and Lake Tahoe.


LIVE ART:

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?Nik Caesar 


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John Hageman 


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Andy Wallace 


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Rene Lorraine Schilling 


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Monika Rose 


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Kori Thompson  


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Jean Davis 


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Force 129 


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Al Preciado


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Cosmic Luna 


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Timothy Tsun 


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Basic Lee 


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David Mejia


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Jehoiakim Santos


LIVE MUSIC by Tripepitoch
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Tuesday, January 17th, 7-10pm 
It's free and open to all ages!

RSVP on our Facebook page here.


KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street 
Downtown San Jose 
www.KALEIDgallery.com 
(408) 947 1785 


Would YOU like to show off your talents at Two Buck Tuesdays? Let us know by emailing us infoKALEIDGallery.com

January 26, 2012

Leslie Lambert Exhibit at City Lights Theatre Co.


Works on Paper, 18 figurative drawings by local artist Leslie Lambert, is featured in the gallery at City Lights Theatre Company during the production of Aphrodisiac by Rob Handel.

Using simple tools like a hand-sharpened twig, a few bottles of ink, a brush and a spray bottle, the artist responds with a bold, yet delicate touch to the exquisite geometry of the living figure. A sense of mystery and intrigue reins supreme as abstraction and expressive realism combine in tiny, potent images.

City Lights Theatre Company
529 South 2nd St, San Jose, CA.

Aphrodisiac runs from January 19 to February 19, 2012.

Soliloquies from the Silent Country


Congratulations to Lacey Bryant on her current exhibit Soliloquies from the Silent Country at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco. The opening was well attended by her fans of San Jose. Many of the subjects on the walls were there, as beautiful in real life as Lacey's depiction of them in her paintings.

The Wild Reeds performed two sets...the trio in perfect harmony with each other as well as the ambiance of the setting.



Soliloquies from the Silent Country is on view through February 5, 2012.


Modern Eden Gallery
403 Francisco Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
Gallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday 11 am-7 pm

EnDanger Exhibit at On The Corner Music Jan. 27th

ENDANGER Exhibition at On The Corner Music Friday, January 27th, 7-11pm

Will the new rules affect me? Is there a god?
My answer is maybe, but I highly doubt it. Some "examples" that were listed under the meaning of Endanger. It's open to interpretation. The show's focus is extinction on an array of subjects. A lot has been left hung out to dry and left to die. -Kim Christman

Participating Artists:
Tracie Elliott
Anabella Pinon
Shannon Amidon
Allison Karn
Rachel Wright
Frances Marin
Veronica Graham
Kim Christman
Kook Teflon

On The Corner Music
530 E Campbell Ave
Campbell, CA 95008

Miguel Machuca at the Usuals Jan. 27

The Usuals present artwork by Miguel Machuca

Opening reception: Friday, January 27th from 7pm-10pm
With music provided by RS2.
Drinks by Uzuhachi Honey.

On view thru Feb. 23, 2012

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126

January 29, 2012

An evening with Maja Sofranac

Stone Griffin Gallery presents an evening with Maja Sofranac
Sofrananc is a visiting artist from Montenegro, a newly emerged country in Europe. She has a masters in fine art and has studied in Montenegro and France. She has been in 5 solo and numerous group exhibitions, earning 3 awards from the Montenegrian Academy of Fine Arts.

Join Maja (pronounced Maya) and her friends at the Stone Griffin Gallery

Saturday, February 4, 2012, 5:00–9:00 pm

234 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell CA

Questions: Elizabeth Parashis 408/410-2313 or artpages@earthlink.net

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk February 3rd!

February 3rd is the 7th Anniversary of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk in downtown
San Jose! Come help us celebrate!


Phantom Galleries has two new exhibitions:

Blessed Are the Beasts, For They Shall Inherit the Earth by Katrina Marie Loera at Good Karma Vegan Cafe


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and Catchwork in Rhythm paintings by Ricky Gumbrecht at Pho69.




KALEID Gallery has two featured solo exhibits:

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Lunar Phases a new photography series by Centa Schumacher


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and Brutal / Tender recent works by Al Preciado


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with special performances by Cellist Freya Seeburger


Check out the full schedule of all 18 art venues and print out your own art walk map: www.southfirstfridays.com





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Stop by the TOTEM booth during the SOUTH FIRST Friday Art Walk for your chance to win a free pair of tickets, pick-up a special limited time discount card and check out the local Cirque-inspired performer! TOTEM by Cirque du Soleil opens March 2nd at the Taylor Street Bridge.
For more information on TOTEM, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/TOTEM1stfriday


For full schedule of exhibitions and venues, please visit: www.southfirstfridays.com

February 6, 2012

Love/Hate at Psycho Donuts Campbell

"Love / Hate - An Anti-Valentine Art Show"

Check out the latest original work from KALEID artists Murphy Adams, Jen Renzel, Christine Benjamin, Kori Thompson, Michael Foley, Lacey Bryant & Laura Callin Bennett, as well as other local artists like Anthony Barbaria, Nic Caesar, Carlos Villez, Valery Milovic, John Hageman, Jared Konopitski and Beto Gil!

Meet many of these artists in person at the Love / Hate Artist's Open house on Sunday, February 12th, 10am - 3pm!

Show on view through Feb. 27th, 2012


Psycho Donuts Campbell
2006 S. Winchester Blvd, Campbell, CA 95008
408-533-1023
Hours: Monday - Thursday 6am-9pm, Friday 6am-11pm | Saturday 7am-11pm | Sunday 7am-9pm

Whatever Works at the Usuals Feb. 24th


Emonic solo exhibition Friday, Feb. 10th

Sapien Moons, a solo exhibit by EMONIC features a new body of work including paintings and illustrations.

“Before becoming the solid spheres that orbit the planets,
the moons were once wise beings that lived aeons ago.”

All work is office appropriate allowing all ages to attend this event.

If you would like to RSVP please contact Jennifer at 408.287.6500 or email: Jennifer.j.soutas@ampf.com

FRIDAY FEB 10th, 6pm

AMERIPRISE Financial
1 Almaden Blvd, Suite 800 / 8th floor
San Jose, CA 95113

February 8, 2012

MoFo Time this Friday!


San Jose's one and only variety show and poetry slam is coming back at you FRIDAY FEB. 10th.

Main acts include sword swallower Molotov, poet Wonder Dave and opera singer Alexandra Sessler.

Also, spoken word sensation Seth Walker joins us fresh off the heels of his latest album release.

POETS: If you want to sign up for the slam, know that you need a 1-minute poem, a 2-minute poem, a 3-minute poem and 3 haiku.

When: Friday, Feb. 10th, 7:30pm
How much: $5 plus the ceremonial die roll ($6 to $11 total)

RSVP on the Facebook event page here.

Anno Domini
366 South First St.
Downtown San Jose

February 9, 2012

New Phantom Galleries Exhibit by Lacey Bryant

Highlights from Lacey Bryant's recent exhibit “Soliloquies from the Silent Country” in San Francisco is on view at the Phantom Galleries located at 95 So. Market Street beginning February 12 through April 7, 2012.

Residing in San Jose, Bryant's work is gaining regional recognition for her recognizable haunting narratives depicting the frailties and endurance of the human spirit.

February 19, 2012

Will Johnson Open Studio

San Jose ceramicist Will Johnson will be a participant in The Art Of Living Black (TAOLB), the Bay Area’s longest running annual African American exhibition of its kind.

Johnson's Open Studio will be February 25th & 26th, March 3rd & 4th from 11am–5pm at the Black Bean Ceramic Art Center located at 561 Emory St., San Jose.

The TAOLB was co-founded by Jan Hart-Schuyers and Rae Louise Hayward. Both remarkable women have passed away but, their legacy lives on.

The driving force for Jan and Rae founding TAOLB was to present to the public artworks from artists of African descent, to show the richness and diversity of the artists and to give them exposure in the art world. Together they joined with the Richmond Art Center (RAC) in 1997, to have an annual exhibition for bay area African American Artists. The exhibition features emerging and established artists. The TAOLB Exhibition and Art Tour is a yearly event which is held at the RAC presented to the public between January and March. For more information, please visit www.taolb.net

Day-Broo-Yay at Empire Seven

Empire Seven presents Day-Broo-Yay a group exhibit featuring emerging artists Carlos Agrillo, Colin Frangicetto and Drew Roulette. All the artists are distinct in their content and styles, but each body of work transitions nicely for a cohesive visual experience.



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The exhibit is on view Wednesdays and Fridays from 11am-2pm, and 6pm-9pm until February 26th.

Empire Seven Studios
525 N 7th Street
San Jose CA 95112

TWO BUCK Tuesday _ February 21st

Come enjoy an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, $2 art & quirky people get together!

TWO BUCK Tuesdays at KALEID Gallery

Tuesday, February 21st, 7-10pm
It's free and open to all ages!

Here are just some of the interesting artists and crafters you will meet!


Shannon Amidon will demonstrate how to make non toxic, eco friendly oil and egg tempera paint.


Collaborate on a pre-drawn original art piece with Lara Sophia. Paints and brushes will be provided. Also, the trading post will be back! Bring a small item you don’t want anymore to trade with another item on the table. Suggested items include, but are not limited to: small art supplies, books, CDs, candles, seed packets, non-perishable food items.


Brande Barrett will demonstrate how to make art into glass pendants.


LIVE ART:


Jehoiakim Santos


Nik Caesar


David Mejia will draw your portrait for a small fee!


John Hageman


Joanne Yada


Courtney Thiesen


Timothy Tsun


Leeonnista


Al Preciado & students of Bellermine and Notre Dame



MUSIC: J Swizza will spin some sweet tracks


Tuesday, February 21st, 7-10pm
It's free and open to all ages!


KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street
Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com
(408) 947 1785

February 22, 2012

Felted Dolls with Christine Benjamin

KALEID artist Christine Benjamin will be teaching her needle felting techniques at the San Jose Museum of Art on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 1-3pm. Each person who signs up will receive a felt kit with supplies to make a fun character and enough to take home to create more.

Tickets are $28.50 for SJMA non members, $23.00 for members.
All materials provided. Space is limited to 30 participants.
Recommended for ages 12 & up.
Purchase tickets here.

Statewide Photography Competition & Exhibition at Triton Museum of Art


Shannon Amidon, Green Orchid, hand woven photograph layered with encaustic and oil paint, 20"x20"


The Triton Museum of Art is pleased to announce its first Statewide Photography Competition & Exhibition.

The competition was open to all types of photography, which was judged in three categories: Fine Art Photography; Nature Photography; and Photo Journalistic Photography. The exhibition and prize winners was juried by internationally renown photographer, Brian Taylor.

Congratulations to KALEID artist Shannon Amidon for being an accepted artist in this prestigious competition and exhibition.

Reception: Friday February 24th, 7–9pm

Exhibition dates: February 18–April 22, 2012

Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Ave.
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Phone: 408-247-3754

February 23, 2012

KALEID's Feature Artists for March 2012

KALEID Gallery is pleased to present two new solo exhibitions opening with artists' receptions on First Friday March 2nd.

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Portraits of the Innerself new work by Valerie Runningwolf
The person we wake up with every morning or the stranger just passing on the street carries their truth safely hidden on the inside. Often it is a mask we put on every morning to face the world and take off each night in our dreams that is seen as reality.


Steam Punk Explorations new work by Dorothy Whitman
Steam punk is a sub genre that explores an alternate historical progression which is supportive of the environments and individuals. As with any genre in art it has its niches. I like exploring Victorian representations of technology and totems, as well as the inclusions of poetry and words as a way of looking deeper at the current expressions of the individual and what the meaningful components of their life truly are.


Artists' Reception: Friday, March 2nd, 7–11pm
featuring live music by Lance Canales and the Flood.
part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk- see full schedule here.

Exhibition Dates: March 2–30, 2012



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

February 27, 2012

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk March 2nd




The next South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk is March 2nd!
A self-guided evening tour through galleries, museums, and independent creative businesses featuring exhibitions and special performances- all venues are FREE & open to the public 7–11pm.


Lots of new exhibits opening on Friday including:


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Ordinary People new works by Daniel Jesse Lewis at Anno Domini.


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I Can’t Go On; I’ll Go On a new body of work by Jehoiakim Santos at Good Karma Vegan Cafe presented by Phantom Galleries.


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Portraits of the Innerself new work by Valerie Runningwolf at KALEID Gallery


Steam Punk Explorations new work by Dorothy Whitman at KALEID Gallery


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The Practice in Ink by Leslie Lambert at Downtown Yoga Shala


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Quilt National ’11 at San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles


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Cult Films and Midnight Movies group show featuring David Mejia, Nic Ceaser, Des Taylor, Thomas Boatwright, Mike Rosen and Bryan Dobrow


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Art and Chrome Culture group show featuring original art and live painting by Alfredo Reyes, Freddy Alfaro, Anthony Trayer, Jesse Villegas, Mike 3.5 & Neto Soza at South First Billiards


plus lots more at MACLA, Metro Photo Exhibit, Art Ark, WORKS San Jose, Pho69, Psycho Donuts, TechShopSJ, San Jose Jazz at Eulipia and opera at Caffe Frascati!


View full line up here at www.SouthFirstFridays.com

Invite your friends along here.


Cinequest + Phantom Galleries Live Art Contest

NEVERENDING PASSION Live Painting Event & Contest


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For the fourth year in a row, Phantom Galleries and Cinequest are partnering to bring a live painting event and contest to the audiences during this year's Film Festival 22.

Artists Joe Perea, Sara Tomasello and Kori Thompson will manifest through their imagination and talents their take on this year's theme of the festival "Neverending Passion."

The artists will be painting from Wednesday February 29 thru Friday March 9th working in the windows of Camera 12 Cinemas on the pedestrian paseo side. There will be voting instructions in the window in front of each artist. Come by often to see the artists in action and watch the progress. The artists will be recognized, and a winner announced, at the closing gala on March 10th at the California Theatre.

The Cinequest Film Festival is an all out celebration of creativity, innovation, and empowerment and we're excited to be a part of it again this year!

www.cinequest.org

March 8, 2012

WORKS' Femme Fatale Panel Discussion March 11th


image by Connie Begg


Femme Fatale exhibition panel discussion with the artists: Sunday, March 11, 2pm

The curator and all artists will be present, admission free, with Bake Sale to benefit WORKS!

Exhibition dates: February 3 to March 17, 2012

Femme Fatale is a seductive and haunting exhibition exploring the complexities of femininity. Featuring the work of Bay Area artistsJody Alexander, Connie Begg, Victoria May, Stephanie Metz, and Sylvia Min, Femme Fatale is both a subtle homage and commentary of domesticity, social constructs, and the feminine experience.

Jody Alexander references domesticity and “values” through an installation of found objects carefully wrapped in fabric. Fascinated by history and feminine iconography, Connie Begg illuminates the tension of capturing a frightening yet beautiful object through historical photographic processes. Victoria May’s organza and steel based forms reflect her interest in domesticity, tension, and dichotomy, and allude to the fundamental struggles inherent in the human condition. Utilizing wool fibers and textiles, Stephanie Metz attempts to “distill the essence of a creature” and acknowledges our mammalian roots in her mysterious sculptures. Emphasizing light and shadow, Sylvia Min examines the iconic image of the bride through her paintings.

The artwork, while diverse in form, resonates with overlapping proclivities towards detail, concept, and tone. Monochromatic sculptures, installations, paintings, and photographs seduce and disturb through layers of inherent tensions, enigmatic contrasts, and meticulous handwork.

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is curated by Sylvia Min.

Works/San Jose
365 S. Market
San Jose CA 95113

When Worlds KALEID

Congratulations to the hardworking staff, talented artists and loyal patrons of KALEID Gallery for being the feature article in the San Jose Downtown Association's monthly newsletter that is sent to all businesses, offices and residents in downtown San Jose. Writer Rick Jensen captured the intent and necessity of this unique gem of the San Jose arts and culture scene.

Read the full story here.

VOTE now for your favorite Neverending Passion painting


Kori Thompson


Sara Tomasello


Joe Perea


Kori Thompson, Sara Tomasello and Joe Perea have been on site at Camera 12 Cinemas for the last 9 days painting live for the Cinequest + Phantom Galleries Live Art Contest during the film festival.

The paintings are nearly finished and it's time to vote! Please take a moment to LIKE your favorite image on Cinequest's Facebook page here.

The winner will be announced with the artists on stage at the closing gala on Saturday night at the California Theatre.

Thanks to all the artists, Cinequest and thanks to you for your votes!

March 12, 2012

The Siren Show March 18th

The Pennywell presents The Siren Show

featuring art work by: Allen Vu, Jo Anne Yada, April Gee, Ale Germann , Herlinda Lozano, Thinh Le, David Meijia, Melody Lu, Murphy Adams, Nicolas Caesar, Chris Mengarelli, Sonia Orban, Kelly Greenwalt, Kari Olandese, Jaycee, Vi Dang, Courtney Thiesen, John Hademan, Anthony Barbaria, and David Canavese


Sunday, March 18th 11am-6pm

LIve music by Containher
food & beverages provided

The Pennywell
205 Jackson Street @ No. 5th Street
San Jose

Cinequest + Phantom Galleries Live Art Contest Finale

Well it's a wrap and KALEID artists Kori Thompson, Sara Tomasello and Joe Perea were all shining bright on that stage at the California Theatre to a packed house for the closing night event.


All three artists created amazing works making the decision a close call with Kori being named the audience winner with his "Neverending Passion" themed painting above.

Visit the photo album here.

Thanks to the artists, and to Cinequest for another great film, art & community event!

March 13, 2012

Peter Carey Exhibit at Red Berry Coffee Bar


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Peter Carey Watercolor Exhibit
February 1–March 31, 2012

Come on by for a coffee drink and check out Peter's paintings!

Hours: 7:30am – 6pm Mon-Fri, 9am - 3pm Sat-Sun

Red Berry Coffee Bar
231 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose 95113
(opposite San Jose City Hall)
(408) 286-0508


Shannon Amidon, Andre Hart Solo Exhibitions at KALEID April 6th

Selcouth new work by Shannon Amidon
I’m a collector of the odd and beautiful, the repulsive, rare and mysterious; objects that occupy the space between familiar and bizarre. Inspired by the seventeenth century age of exploration and cabinets of curiosity, this series comes from place of discovery and wonder where insects, specimens and other objects come together and tell a story.

By interlacing art, science, and culture I explore the connection between man-made and natural objects; evoking a strong sense of nostalgia for the classic age of exploration and discovery.


Of War and Peace, The Truth Just Twists, It's Curfew Gull Just Glides a collection of paintings by André Hart
In the middle of lies and truth, the work embodies a painful awareness of maybe a social and personal outlook. The paintings–or more of a collection of stories–people know or should know around a plain and sometimes encrypted picture of the state of the world. Though I couldn't totally say what these stories are fully about in a more specific term, I like to keep things general but still obvious. I cannot self analyze my work to the fullest degree, but I could give some insight to it. In all, as an artist I could never single myself to one form of work or commit to a label, but I can assure the work is always with the intentions to bring much thought and insight.


Artists' Reception: Friday, April 6th, 7–11pm

featuring ambient and down tempo music provided by Mark Camp
(part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk)


Exhibition Dates: April 6–27, 2012



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

March 14, 2012

San Jose premiere of FLAMINGOS

FLAMINGOS screens this Friday at Anno Domini at 8pm.

Twin sisters, Beatrice and Zoe, are in love with Ray, a hypnotist bank robber driven by visions of the end the world. Though Beatrice and Ray are married, Ray runs off with free-spirited Zoe and hides out in a motel after a bank heist. Meanwhile, Beatrice files for divorce as two enigmatic entities from the Bardo interzones take interest in their fates in this dizzy cocktail chaser of crime, metaphysics, and amour fou.

Prior to the screening, composer Sylvi Alli will perform a 15 min. set of songs from the film. Filmmaker Antero Alli will be present for a Q& A after the screening and then ArtemesiaBlack will perform a short set of live music.

Admission $5. Doors 7:30pm, Movie starts at 8pm


Anno Domini
366 South First Street
Downtown San Jose
www.galleryAD.com

March 15, 2012

Momentum Leap Closing Reception

"Momentum Leap" features work by twenty-eight members of the Silicon Valley Artists Collaborative (www.svartists.org). They will be showing artworks from both established and emerging artists, in a broad range of media: figurative painting, landscape painting, photography, printmaking, drawing, poetry, woodworking, sculpture, textiles, book arts, and ceramics.

The list of artists includes Johane Amirault, Tessie Barrera-Scharaga, Laura Callin Bennett, Phil Bongiorno, Della Calfee, Susan Carnahan, Sydney Dunton, Andrea Ewald, Erica Goss, Yolanda Guerra, Richard Gullion, JayCee, Faye Kala, Robert Knight, Jon Kwak, Vince Liu, Therese May, Marcos Montes, Kim Munson, Les Nielsen, Archil Pichkhadze, Sue Rankin-Pollard, Inna Razmahova, Tim Ryan, Susan Taylor Brown, Deborah Mills Thackrey, Elizabeth Unpingco, and Nancy Walters.

The closing reception features a reading by Erica Goss (www.ericagoss.com) introducing her new book of poems, "Wild Place". The book is published by Finishing Line Press, and includes a cover photo by SVAC member Howard Partridge.

Saturday March 31st, 7pm–9pm
This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome.


Art Object Gallery
www.artobjectgallery.com
592 North Fifth Street, San Jose CA 95112
(in Japantown off Jackson Street)
(408) 288-9305

March 16, 2012

TWO BUCK Tuesday March 20th!

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming Two Buck Tuesday! Come enjoy an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, $2 art & quirky people get together!


Lots of $2 ART! (art by Michael Borja pictured above)


And here are just some of the interesting artists and crafters you will meet!

Michele Guieu invites you to participate in a messy paper collage workshop and to experiment with colors and transparency. Tear the paper or use scissors and compose a one of a kind image. Paper (different types and colors), glue and brushes are provided. Size of the collage: 8x5.5”.


Laura Callin Bennett will help us make Pysanky (Ukrainian Dyed Easter Eggs). These are not your typical pastel dyed eggs! You will be able to draw intricate designs in wax and use brilliant dyes to create one-of-a-kind egg artwork.


David Mejia will paint your portrait on the spot for a small fee.


Brande Barrett will demonstrate how to make art into glass pendants.

Aaron will draw your name in Graffiti for a small fee.


LIVE ART By:


Jared Konopitski
Erikka Hugger
Nik Caesar
John Hageman
Leeonnista
Al Preciado


Also featuring live, improvisational Belly Dance by Nour El Ain!


Tuesday, March 20th, 7-10pm
It's free and open to all ages!



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

March 22, 2012

UPDATE_ART SUPPLY SWAP MEET!

UPDATE: Drop off your hazardous and toxic art materials. These items will be disposed of in an environmentally safe way as part of the Healthy Art Program. Items can include: Paints, solvents, preservatives, markers, glazes, glue, spray cans, lacquer, resin, etc. (no house paint).


Who: Everyone is invited to sell, shop or barterWhat: paint, paper, studio furniture, frames, tools, fabric, craft supplies, equipment, building materials, film, if an artist can use it then it's fair game.

Why: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Where: KALEID Gallery at 88 South 4th Street, San Jose,

When: Saturday March 31st 1:00pm-6:00pm
Open to the public admission free

It’s time for some Spring cleaning. Clean out your studio and head over to KALEID Gallery for a good old fashioned Art Supply Swap Meet!

Just $10 a space for anyone wishing to sell, and we accept donations of art supplies if you can't make it.

Info for participants:
Space is limited, sign up by March 28th to participate.
You must provide your own table
You are responsible for all sales
Set up is from 12:00-1:00pm
Break Down 6:00-7:00pm

For more information or to participate contact Shannon Amidon at shannon@shannonamidon.com

Payment can be made before the event at KALEID Gallery by stopping in the gallery or calling (408) 947-1785 with your credit card. All fees must be paid by March 30th.



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

Kori Thompson at Ohana Board Shop

Basic Space, all new paintings by Kori Thompson.
Music by RS2
Live skate demos on Ohana's new ramp
All ages welcome.

Saturday, March 31, 6-8:30pm

Ohana Board Shop
3575 Stevens Creek Blvd.
San Jose

HOWL by Thomas Webb at The Usuals

The Usuals presents HOWL
Artwork by Thomas Webb (London, United Kingdom)

Friday, March 23rd, 7:00pm–10:00pm

Music by:
James Fenwicke (Plantain) + Dinners

"My work relates to an interest in aesthetics of social movements. Looking at traditions and aesthetics of how art can be used in society, questioning how this relates to my art practice outside and within the gallery context. Using drawing, symbols and objects to offer a visual language to create the spirit of a movement, suggested message or culture." -Thomas Webb

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose

April 5, 2012

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk April 6th

Two new feature exhibitions open at KALEID Gallery this Friday, April 6th, 7pm!

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Of War and Peace, The Truth Just Twists, It’s Curfew Gull Just Glides
a collection of paintings by André Hart


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Selcouth
new work by Shannon Amidon


Artist's Reception 7-11pm
KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)

New exhibition opens at PHO69

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Phantom Galleries presents A World of Colors and Whim by Florence de Bretagne at Pho69.
Artist's Reception 7-11pm
321 South First Street


New exhibits at MACLA, Anno Domini, WORKS, SLG ArtBoutiki, Art Ark Gallery and more! Visit the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk web site for full lineup here.

April 16, 2012

TWO BUCK Tuesday April 17th!

TWO BUCK Tuesday is April 17th, 7-10pm!

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming Two Buck Tuesday! Come enjoy an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, $2 art & quirky people get together!


Here's this evenings line up:

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In conjunction with her current featured exhibit Selcouth, Shannon Amidon will have a curiosity jar making station. For a small fee you can make and take home your very own little curiosity bottle using, feathers, minerals, bones, or other oddities.


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The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles invites you to participate in Crazy Quilts a fun interactive crazy patchwork method of quilting!


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Nathan will host Juxl Puzzle, A simple yet challenging strategy game you can play with just a piece of paper and a pencil. You start with 12 short lines that you connect with curves and ultimately build a protective maze around your character. Setup up fast! Start with conception, then build your ultimate Mind Maze by strategically navigating around every single line that you’ve already put down. The rules are simple but deceptively challenging!


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The San Jose Yarnbombers will show you how to make a simple yarn flower with a loom. Supplies will be provided.


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Michele Guieu invites you to experiment with negative/positive space. Join her to make a 8×5.5? collage of your own! Colored paper, glue and scissors are provided.


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David Mejia will paint your portrait on the spot for a small fee.


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?Live performance by the Lokahi Polynesian Dance Group

LOTS OF LIVE ART BY:
?Nik Caesar
?Leeonnista
?Al Preciado (Live collaborative mural with anyone who wants to help! )
?Kori Thompson
?John Hageman
?Michelle Waters
?JoAnne Yada
?Courtney Thiesen
Jean Davis

Live Ambient and Downtempo Electronic music by Mark Camp


?Tuesday, April 17th, 7-10pm?It's free and open to all ages!
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88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

May 13, 2012

Two Buck Tuesday May 15th!

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming Two Buck Tuesday!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, $2 art & quirky people get together!

Here's some of what you have to look forward to this time:

Two Buck regular Nicolas Caesar invites the public to his Monster Mash-up. Mad Scientists of all ages get a chance to illustrate, invent or remix a monster with the encouragement of Nik’s demented eye. Most people may know Nik from TV20’s Creepy Kofy Movie Time, as the artist and curator of Scream 4, as well as Fearnet’s Holiday Fear Finds.?Also on display will be several remixes Nik did from Arroyo High School students monsters.



Brande Barrett will demonstrate how to make art into glass pendants.



The San Jose Yarnbombers will show you how to make a simple yarn flower with a loom. Supplies will be provided.


Fun stencil making workshop with Michele Guieu: make a stencil (or more!) and compose a cool page using different acrylic colors applied with a foam stencil brush. Kids welcome. All material provided.



David Mejia will draw your portrait on the spot for a small fee.

LIVE ART BY:?Matthew McHan, ?Jean Davis, ?John Hageman
Live acoustic set by Mr. Philthy and Friends



Also enjoy Live Improvisational Belly Dance by Nour EL Ain!

Tuesday, May 15th, 7-10pm? It's free and open to all ages!


88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

May 14, 2012

Tyson Johnston at Empire Seven

Back in 2009, Tyson Johnston was part of the group show at E7S called "Eaten by Wolves". His new body of work is intense and his bold illustrations layered on top of Jackson Pollock's type backgrounds are just a preview of what's to come. Tyson's current body of work incorporates alot more animals and symbolic weapons from different regions of the world. He refers to his passion for old films like Clash of the Titans. This is just one of the classics he enjoys 'til this day since it's something he watched as a kid. "The title of the show really doesn't have anything to do with the actual paintings " Tyson says. "It's just a catchy title because of the movie. However there will be some Greek mythical influences through some just to make it more fun".

Wrath of Andromeda by Tyson Johnston is on view Wednesday & Fridays noon-6pm and by appointment, May 11–25.

Empire Seven Studio
525 No. 7th Street
San Jose, CA
www.empiresevenstudios.blogspot.com/

May 16, 2012

Yubey Delgado at The Usuals

Special Performances at Anno Domini this Thursday & Friday

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Thursday, May 17th, 8pm
Musical performances by RYDER COOLEY (NY) & HAZY LOPER (SF) with projections by Eliza O. Barrios (SF)

RYDER COOLEY & HAZEL: this hybrid girl-sheep duo will haunt you with ballads on 6 string ukulele, accordion, singing saw, and other magical happenings.

Ryder Cooley is an inter-disciplinary musician, artist and performer. Weaving together chimeric visions with songs and projected imagery, she creates cinematic performances and installation spaces. Ryder has performed and collaborated with numerous bands, collectives and projects from San Francisco to New York, including The Darklings, Corner Tour, Down River & Fall Harbor. She has several recordings available via Out of Round Records http://crydercooley.com/

More event information & RSVP here.

DATE: Thursday, May 17, 2012
LOCATION: Anno Domini, 366 S 1st St., San Jose, CA 95113
DOORS: 7:30pm; Performance: 8pm
ADMISSION: $5 | All ages


Friday, May 18th, 8pm
Carina Round stops at Anno Domini on her Tigermending Tour featuring opening band The Soonest.

Carina Round has carved a singular path in music with her inimitable voice and stirringly varied compositions. Her uncompromising vision and thrilling versatility has garnered an immensely passionate fan base including a myriad of highly regarded musicians. Her forthcoming album ‘Tigermending’ comes from a painting by Amy Cutler where three women sit in a field dutifully stitching the bellies of a heap of helpless Tigers. Carina recounts, “The first time I saw the painting I stared at it for a long time not understanding why. The absurd image absorbed me. There was an innocent simplicity to it. The gentle putting back together of something most ferocious and wild mysteriously damaged to the point of submission. I felt an affinity to it.”

More event information & RSVP here.

DATE: Friday, May 18, 2012
LOCATION: Anno Domini, 366 S 1st St., San Jose, CA 95113
DOORS: 7:30pm | Music at 8pm
ADMISSION: $8 at the door (no advance sales)
All ages welcome!

www.carinaround.com
www.thesoonest.com

May 24, 2012

The Blue Dream Project Needs Art Supplies

The Blue Dream Project aims to obtain 1000 hand made head/ hair accessories donated to children with cancer such as head wraps, bandanas, head bands, and beanies.

The project was started on May 15, 2012 in honor of Isidro Aaron Martinez who passed away on March 27,2012 from cancer. It was created by loving members of Isidro's family who wish to celebrate his life by helping others and putting smiles on the faces of children who suffer from cancer.

We invite you to join us and help us reach our goal of making and donating 1000 head wear accessories. Contributions to The Blue Dream Project such as ribbon, head bands, fabric, sequins, decorative buttons, glue sticks, and glue guns are greatly appreciated.

If you have some extra art / craft items you can spare, please contact Laura at the Blue Dream Project Facebook page here.

The Blue Dream Project will also be at the SubZERO Festival with a craft-a-thon booth, please come by and help make a head wrap for these young people.

June 14, 2012

Gianfranco Paolozzi at Art Ark Gallery


ART ARK GALLERY is proud to present ...

Tango Trio a trio of accordion, piano and violin

performed by: Gianfranco Paolozzi, Nancy Lane, and Griff Derryberry

Join us for a romantic evening of passionate tango music.
Feel free to drop in at anytime throughout the evening.
Dancing is encouraged!

Friday, June 15th 2012, 7-10pm

Saturday, June 16th 2012, 7-10pm

Appetizers provided & beverages available.



Spring in Venice #16 by Gianfranco Paolozzi


On view at ART ARK GALLERY

Collagements = collages of moments
Original works by Gianfranco Paolozzi

Gallery hours in June:
Sat. 2 & 9 and Sun. 3 &10 from 5 to 7pm
Tue. 5 & 12 and Thu. 7 & 14 from 3:30 to 5:30pm
Fri. 15th and Sat. 16th from 3:30 to 10pm

If you have questions please contact:
Gianfranco Paolozzi at 408-393-8014 or
gianfrancopaolozzi[at]yahoo[dot]com

These events are free and open to the public, donations are always welcome. Parking is limited.

Art Ark Gallery
1035 So. 6th St.
San Jose, CA 95112
www.artarkgallery.net

Two Buck Tuesday June 19th, 7-10pm!

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Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming Two Buck Tuesday!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, $2 art & quirky people get together!


Here's some of what you have to look forward to this time:

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Come get your knees dirty at our chalk art demo by street painters Cheryl and Wayne Renshaw.  Learn the secrets to their stunning 3D sidewalk renderings.


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Stop by the Canvas Ghost table and write your own Cliffhanger short story! See if your’s is the top one chosen! Bring your most suspenseful story, jot it down and be part of our Canvas Ghost ‘Cliffhanger’ show!


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David Mejia will paint your portrait on the spot for a small fee.


Kori Thompson will be on site painting live and available to answer questions about his feature solo exhibit currently on view at KALIED.



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Nic Ceasar

Also featuring LIVE ART by:? Al Preciado, ?Lydia Rae Black, ?Jehoiakim Santos, Lee Onista, and ?Nicolas Caesar


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Beautiful Cello music will be provided by Freya.



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Chara will screen 2 of her animated short films.?“End Street Harassment” is a illustrated poem themed for the international movement, Hollaback, which aims to end street harassment around the world.?“Your Heart’s Door” is a 1 minute animation with poetry and music to illustrate the sentiment of being a part of something greater than the self.?Chara Bui combines poetry, music, and drawing to create animations on a variety of topics that deal with being an aware human being in the world.


Join us Tuesday, June 19th, 7-10pm? It's free and open to all ages!



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

July 1, 2012

Japantown Mural Project Dedication Event


Sam Rodriguez


You're invited to the July 14th dedication of the Japantown Mural Project, a remarkable art and design project by Japantown artist Tamiko Rast and Rasteroids Design that has been in development for the past two years.

The Japantown Mural Project will be a colorful "urban gallery", a celebration of the vibrancy of the Japantown neighborhood and community through images and artworks by 50 San Jose artists. The content also includes references to the historic Heinleinville Chinese settlement that predated Japantown in the area.

It will contain more than 60 panels, each one about 5'5" high by 9' long, installed on the City's Corporation Yard fence along Jackson Street between N. 6th and N. 7th Streets and extending part of the way up N. 6th Street.

DEDICATION EVENT
The dedication of the Japantown Mural Project will be in conjunction with the 2012 Obon Matsuri Festival in Japantown on Saturday, July 14. The Mural Dedication is at 3:45 at the corner of Jackson Street and N. 7th Street. There will be a short program, followed by a walking tour of the entire mural project with lead artist/designer Tamiko Rast and some of the project artists.

This event is free and open to the public.
All are welcome.

More information about the Obon Festival is available at: Japantown 2012 Obon Festival.

No South FIRST FRIDAY Art Walk July 6th


Friendly reminder that there is NO South FIRST FRIDAY Art Walk on July 6th due to the Fourth holiday.

We'll be back on August 3rd with the art walk as well as STREET MRKT featuring 40 artist vendors out on South First Street (between San Carlos & San Salvador) and live music by Benjamin Henderson, The Wild Reeds and Mad Noise on the stage!

*Most galleries are open as usual during the month of July with great exhibits - perfect way to spend lazy summer days.

(*Anno Domini is closed during July.)

Stay in the loop on Facebook here or website here.

July 11, 2012

Exquisite Corpse Opening Reception Saturday, July 14th

“All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.” ~Andre Breton


Exquisite Corpse is based on the Surrealists' techniques exploiting the mystique of spontaneity and collaborative creativity through a visual parlor game.

Each participating artist was given a blank piece of paper on which they created one third of a figure (head or torso or legs, assigned at random). KALEID Gallery staff then collected and arranged all 69 unique works of art into what promises to be a fantastic exhibit of unexpected visual mayhem.

Opening reception: Saturday, July 14th at 7pm
Live improv music by Rebelskamp
Tasty morsels by Chef David Ramsey
Dress for surreal fun and games!
free & open to the public

RSVP here: http://on.fb.me/MhIai6

Sneak peek art work here: http://on.fb.me/S1sG6J

All art works will be for sale. Priority will be given to collectors that purchase a full figure (mix match head, torso, legs) until July 27th. Remaining Individual pieces will then be made available as a solitary purchase. (Please let staff know what piece you desire and your contact info.)


Participating Artists:

Murphy Adams
Jaclyn Alderate
Fernando Amaro, Jr
Shannon Amidon
Patricia Anders
Joseph Arruda
Erica Atreya
Dawn Bailey
Deborah Barba
Omar Barba
Anthony Barbaria
Tere Barbella
Marissa Barnett
Kathryn Bell
Lisa Benham
Christine Benjamin
Laura Callin Bennett
Julie Bilyeu
Lydia Rae Black
Steven Borelli
Lacey Bryant
Nicolas Caesar
Vanessa Callanta
Julie Christine
Kim Christman
Sera Cocora
DCastr
Mark Damrel
Jean Davis
Matt Deterior
eli zabeth
Emonic
Donny Foley
Michael Foley
Kay Fontana
Maytal Gotesman
Michele Guieu
Katie Gutierrez
John Hageman
Leah Jay
John Kurtyka
G Levy
Ashleymarie Sey Lively
Katrina Marie Loera
Frances Marin
David Mejia
Anthony Moss
OniGeisha
Gianfranco Paolozzi
John Paulson
Pellet Factory
Joe Perea
Anabella Pinon
James Pollard
Al Preciado
Steven Reece
Valerie Runningwolf
Karen Carlo Salinger
Jehoia Santos
Miha Sarani
Melanie Sharr
Monica Smith
Sarah Stone
Steven Suiter
Kori Thompson
Katherine Waddell
Andrew Wallace
Paul Washington
Michelle Waters
Jess Wishard
JoAnne Yada
Celeste Young

Exhibition dates: July 14–27, 2012


88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission


image credits (l to r): Deborah Barba, Matt Deterior, Katie Gutierrez

July 15, 2012

TWO BUCK Tuesday July 17th, 7-10pm!

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, July 17th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, $2 art & quirky people get together!

Here’s some of what you have to look forward to this time:


?Crafting for Cheapskates will help you create a DIY tin altar honoring dead people. Free!?


Nathan will host Juxl Puzzle, A simple yet challenging strategy game you can play with just a piece of paper and a pencil. You start with 12 short lines that you connect with curves and ultimately build a protective maze around your character. Setup is fast! Start with conception, then build your ultimate Mind Maze by strategically navigating around every single line that you’ve already put down. The rules are simple but deceptively challenging!


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David Canavese will be sketching live and working on a large sculpture installation piece of towering futuristic buildings.


Delicia Bites brings savory and robust flavors to traditional Mexican flan. With each spoonful of these delightful bites your taste buds will be taken on a flavorful journey. ~Buen Provecho


LIVE ART BY:

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Brande Barrett


?Lydia Rae Black 


?Nicolas Caesar


?Rene Lorraine Schilling

and Al Preciado


Music: Healing bowls will be played by Jessica Neideffer

EXQUISITE CORPSE: If you haven't had a chance to check out the current exhibit, be sure to come out to this month's TWO BUCK Tuesday! We'll have all the materials you'll need to create your own Exquisite Corpse!

Tuesday, July 17th, 7-10pm?  It’s free and open to all ages!



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)?
San Jose, CA 95112
?info@KALEIDGallery.com?
408-947-1785?
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

August 1, 2012

Featured Artists Borelli and Scholis Opening Reception At KALEID Gallery Aug. 3rd

Creatively Maladjusted new works by Steven Borelli

Emerging from a six year creative block, I find myself finally back in the flow. The works of art in this show are the visions of that return. No theme. No connection. The works are not a product of thought, but of feeling. Each individual. Each immersive. Every meaning correct. Exhilarating. Terrifying. Inspiring. There is no safety in art. Jump in.

P O L Y G O N S new works on paper by Zoya Scholis

One is reminded of Japanese box kites and Op-art. These are not flat paintings, but in a playful move, watercolor polygons folded convexly to tease 3-D possibilities with their linen lines and irregular geometry. Cold press watercolor paper is covered with wild calligraphic brush stokes and splatter refined by a pattern of circles and random panels of translucent acrylic washes. Hanging them about half an inch from the wall, gives them space to breathe and makes possible shadows that dramatize their appeal. They are arranged to suggest flight and merriment, but take note: some are shaped like coffins.


Artists' Reception: Friday, August 3, 2012 7pm–11pm
part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk featuring live music by Freya Seeburger
free & open to the public.

Exhibition dates: August 3–31, 2012


88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

August 16, 2012

WORKS San Jose Benefit Auction this Saturday

Works is our community art and performance center, and dozens of established and emerging artists have donated to this most accessible and eclectic art auction to support it. There are very low starting bids and something for every taste and aesthetic. You can preview the auction online and see it in person at Works. Final preview days are this Friday 12-6, and Saturday 12-4.

Benefit Auction is THIS Saturday, August 18, final preview party starts at 5pm, auction at 7pm. Previewing is free, bidder registration is just $15 ($10 for members of Works). Proxy bids available

connect to images and starting bid amounts on flickr:
http://www.workssanjose.org/wordpress/

join the facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/events/421170214606571/


Works/San José
365 South Market Street
downtown San José
(on the Market Street edge of the San José Convention Center)

John Paulson Photos at Cafe 488


Master Photographer John Paulson has a new exhibition up at Cafe 488 located in the street level of the PWC / Oracle building at 488 Almaden Blvd in downtown San Jose.

The exhibit includes stunning photos of Italy, Greece and Turkey and is on view through November 2012.

The cafe is open to the public Monday - Friday 7:30am -4pm with a rotating menu.

Scratching the Surface Exhibit

KALEID Gallery's Al Preciado is currently on view at the Coastal Arts League Gallery & Museum in Half Moon Bay. The exhibition features paintings and sculptures by Al as well as San Jose artist Diane Levinson. Exhibit on view through August 28th.

Coastal Arts League Gallery & Museum
Zaballa Square
300 Main Street
Half Moon Bay, CA. 94019
+1 650.726.6335
www.coastalartsleague.com

Museum and Store Hours:
Sun–Mon: 12pm-5pm
Tue: Hours vary; call ahead
Weds–Thurs: Closed
Fri–Sat: 12pm-5pm

Oversocial MoFo Revue Firday Aug. 17th

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Oversocial MoFo Revue is San Jose's incomparable variety show and poetry slam featuring some of the best talent in the bay!

Date/Time: Friday August 17th, 8pm / doors 7:30pm
Admission: $5 + roll of the die

Musical guest PECK THE TOWN CRIER, Poet DENISE JOLLY, and as always...slam, snacks, games and ribaldry!

Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/342944682447074/

Anno Domini Gallery
366 South 1st St.
San Jose, CA

August 20, 2012

TWO BUCK Tuesday Aug 21st!

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, August 21st, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art & quirky people get together!

Here’s some of what you have to look forward to this time:


LIVE ART by:

Nik Caesar


Brianna Stevens


John Hageman


Fernando Amaro


Joe Perea

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David Canvese

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Al Preciado

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Steven Borelli will also be on hand painting live and available for conversation about his current feature solo exhibition "Creatively Maladjusted".


Listen to the sweet sounds of an indie/electronic/80’s set by J. Swizza & DJ Coco



Enjoy live improvisational belly dance by Nour El Ain!


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Delicia Bites brings savory and robust flavors to traditional Mexican flan. With each spoonful of these delightful bites your taste buds will be taken on a flavorful journey. ~Buen Provecho

Tuesday, August 21st, 7-10pm
It’s free and open to all ages!


88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)?
San Jose, CA 95112
?info@KALEIDGallery.com?
408-947-1785?
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

September 5, 2012

Jai Tanju exhibit at Book & Job SF


SJ Creatives Anniversary Group Exhibition at KALEID


Drawing by Amanda Mikaelsson


KALEID Gallery presents the San Jose Creatives' Anniversary Group Exhibit

San Jose Creatives celebrate their 1 year anniversary with a group exhibition featuring work by many of those interviewed on their blog.

Opening Reception
Friday September 7th, 7:00-11:00pm
Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk

Live music during reception provided by:
dream house, Paul Kimball, Toaster and Troy Joseph Curtis

Featured Artists:
Amanda Mikaelsson, David Mejia, Deborah Anderson, Donna Orme, Donny Foley, Floy Zittin, Frances Marin, Jane Emery, Jane Peterman, Jane Ferguson, Jen Renzel, Jon Landry, Karen Honaker, Katrina Loera, Kim Christman, Kori Thompson, Lacey Bryant, Laura Bennett, Lisa Mejia, Mark Damrel, Max Dehart, Michael Foley, Murphy Adams, Oscar Knutsson, Rajiv khilnani, Rene Lorraine, Yao-pi Hsu, Yubey Delgado, Zoya Scholis

Exhibit Runs September 7th - 29th

San Jose Creatives is a blog that interviews the extremely talented creative community of San Jose. We feature artists, designers, musicians, makers, art supporters, anyone who lives a creative life. We ask everyone the same 13 questions to gain insight into and find out what makes these individuals unique.

 



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk + STREET MRKT Sept. 7th


South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk + STREET MRKT
Friday, SEPT 7th, 7pm–11pm!

Free & open to the public.

A self-guided evening tour through galleries, museums, and independent creative businesses featuring 18 venues that participate by presenting exciting art exhibitions and / or special performances. In addition to the monthly art walk, September 7th is the nighttime urban faire STREET MRKT that brings together over 40 local artists, creative indie vendors, a special performance by Cielo Vertical Arts and a live music stage with performances by the Ferocious Few, Drop Dead Sixty and Dirty Pillows out on South First Street (between San Carlos and San Salvador streets.)

Street Mrkt participating artists / creatives:
17jewels, 57-33 Clothing, Anointed Apparel, Becca’s Studio, Betwixt, Sandi Billingsley, Blue Dream Project, Boombotix, Mchael Borja, Bugs & Monsters, Keith Bunnell, Buttons by Maria, David Canavese, Cielo Vertical Arts, Crossroads Trading, Death Before Dishonor, Devil Rose Vintage, Francisco Franco, Galactic Romance Clothing, Emo Gonzales, GoodLifeRoots, Ike Greca, Cynthia Gonzales, Andre Hart, Jumbo Jibbles, Matt Lopez, Luna Chalk Arts Fest, Frances Marin, Mejia Arts, LAuruS Myth, Jose Nunez, Old Souls Clothing, Out of Print Vintage, Poetry Center San Jose, Al Preciado, Steven Reece, Rock N The Trend, Matthew Bailey Seigel SLG/Art Boutiki, Social Villains, Tacti Design, TechShop SJ, Visual Confections, Wadl and Zatoon Clothing

In addition to wonderful restaurants and cafés in the SoFA district, the Grilled Cheese Bandits, MoGo BBQ, O Mi Ninja, Quick Dog, Scoopy SJ and the WoW Truck will be on site in the parking lot next to Anno Domini Gallery.

For full listing of events and more information: please visit http://www.SouthFirstFridays.com/ or call 408-271-5155

September 17, 2012

TWO BUCK Tuesday Sept. 18th!

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, September 18th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art & quirky people get together!

Lots of live painters and live music happening this month:

 

Al Preciado

 

Jim Fonseca

 

Leeonista

 

Lydia Rae Black

 

Steve Borelli

 

Steven Suiter

 

Nic Ceasar

 

John Hageman

 

Live entertainment by G Willikers solo set

 
Photos: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151070768041045.436348.8894506044&type=3

 
And you can check out our featured exhibition SJ Creatives One Year Anniversary Show!

 
Tuesday, September 18th, 7-10pm It’s free and open to all ages!

 


88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

Splintering Humantiy Exhibit at Triton Museum


Guy Colwell, Students, 2006, acrylic on canvas


Splintering Humanity Religious Extremism in Defiance o a Global Community

featuring Guy Colwell, Tatiana Garmendia, Richard Godinez, Art Hazelwood, Susan Kraft, Roberta Loach, Harry Powers, Jos Sances and Brian Taylor

Reception: Friday September 28, 6–8pm

Exhibition dates: September 29–November 25, 2012

Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warbuton Ave.
Santa Clara, CA
www.tritonmuseum.org

September 26, 2012

The San Jose Holiday Art Market at Reed House

The San Jose Holiday Art Market
Saturday November 10th 12noon-6pm and Sunday November 11th 12noon-6pm

Held within the beautifully restored Victorian home known as the Historic Reed House in the Hensley District of San Jose, this unique art and crafts gift fair exhibits the extraordinary work of a select group of talented artists in an intimate salon setting providing an excellent and fun opportunity to get a jump start on holiday shopping.

Handmade original works range from assemblage, collage, dolls, jewelry, paintings, photographs, poetry, sculpture, textiles and much more. Raffle prizes awarded and sweet treats served throughout both days.

The Historic Reed House
328 North Sixth Street
San Jose, CA
http://sjartmarket.wix.com/sj-holiday-art-mkt

Amine Rastgar ArtBox

Artist Amine Rastgar just completed his ArtBox at the corner of Lincoln and Curtner in the Willow Glen neighborhood brightening up a very busy traffic corner.

If you'd like to join in on the project, please send a note of inquiry to info[at]PhantomGalleries[dot]com and we'll send you more info.

More ArtBox photos here.

Fresh Donuts at The Usuals


artwork by Kyle Pellet


Fresh Donuts
New Work by Pellet & Mia Christopher
Opening Reception: Friday, September 28th 7–10pm

On Display Through October 22, 2012

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126

October 2, 2012

Cliffhanger Exhibit at Canvas Ghost

Another Canvas Ghost Production of Art and Music The Cliffhanger Art Show!.

An art experience dedicated to the art of suspense..... Everywhere you look, everywhere you go, Art, Culture, Environment! Politics!! Reason!!!, are hanging on the edge by it's fingers tips. As time ticks away....... Tic Toc Tic Toc... Come see how the artists have filled the walls with tension. Come both weekends... Why??? ... if we told you it wouldn't be a Cliffhanger!

This year is a bit different. We have a two part show over two weekends! The art will keep changing, the music won't stay the same, come for one day or all 4 days! Bring your family, bring your friends. Children welcome. Costumes encouraged!

Saturday, October 13th, 7-10pm
Sunday, October 14th, Noon-5pm

Saturday, October 20th, 7-10pm
Sunday, October 21st, Noon to 5pm


LOCATION:
992 S. 8TH STREET
SAN JOSE, CA 95112

www.canvasghost.com

For questions or inquiries, please email info@canvasghost.com

KALEID Gallery & Phantom Galleries This First Friday Oct. 5th

Join us for the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk this Friday October 5th from 7-11pm.


KALEID Gallery is proud to present two feature exhibitions:

Space to Grow new works by Michael Borja.
A visual connection into a colorful corner of space, growing with wild plants, curious tigers, floating fishes, and animal portals.


Keeping Up Appearances new works by Michael Foley.


Opening Reception Friday, October 5th 7–11pm
part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk
Live music by J-Squared + Case in Theory

Exhibit on view through October 26, 2012



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

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Phantom Galleries presents Lonesome Town new works by Kori Thompson at Good Karma Vegan Café.

Everyone has a story. A story of why they are the way are. Every story leads up to when you cross paths or interact with that person. Whether its a person you talk to for a few minutes or a life long friend you see everyday. Our biggest contribution to one another is inspiration. It’s something that is not fake or phony, it can not be bought or sold. It’s a real feeling. These paintings represent the impression people I’ve met have left on me. ~Kori Thompson

Artist's Reception Friday, October 5th 7–11pm


Good Karma Vegan Café
37 South First Street
San Jose, CA

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Phantom Galleries presents Trina Merry's ART ALIVE GALLERY at 95 South Market Street.
Opening Reception & San Francisco Series Release Party, Friday Oct. 5th 7–11pm
Body-painted human canvas installation and live body-painting.

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For the complete list of all 19 venues and exhibitions participating in the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk click HERE.

The Art Walk is free and open to the public!

October 10, 2012

TWO BUCK Tuesday Oct. 16th!

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, October 16th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art & quirky people get together! It's open to all ages and free!


Here’s some of the great things to see and do this time:

This month's Feature Artist Michael Foley will be on hand to answer any and all of your questions about his current exhibition "Keeping Up with Appearances".

Foley will also be on hand making monster portraits...portraits of people are cool, but turning people into monsters make things much better-so come by and become a monster yourself! If that wasn't enough he will demonstrate the making of fake blood just in time for Halloween.


The monsters of California's Great America's Halloween Haunt will be visiting to give you a good scare and a chance at some scary prizes and giveaways!


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Shannon Amidon will be demonstrating how to create preserved waxed leaves
and nature to include in your artwork or Autumn décor. If you would like
to participate please bring fresh leaves from your home.


BYO Camera Phone for a photo shoot with You and Harold the Skeleton! Funny costumes encouraged. :)


Face Painting with Lara Sophia



LIVE ART by:

Al Preciado


Nik Caesar


Miguel Machuca


Alexandria Perez


Mim


John Hageman


Jehoiakim Santos


Live Music by Dream House!


TWO BUCK Tuesday, October 16th, 7pm-10pm!



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

FOUND Magazine’s 10th Anniversary Tour at A.D. Gallery


This fall two of our favorite road warriors, Davy and Peter Rothbart, are hurtling your way on FOUND Magazine’s 10th Anniversary Tour, which celebrates the release of Davy’s book of personal essays, "My Heart is an Idiot," Peter’s new album, and a brand-new issue of FOUND. The Rothbart Brothers are hopping back in the tour van, FOUND treasures in tow, for an epic cross-country romp, with stops in 37 states and 75 cities!

At each exhilarating show, Davy (FOUND’s plucky point guard) will share the latest magnificent and mesmerizing finds that’ve landed in the mailbox at FOUND HQ, plus outrageous tales from his new book, while Peter (FOUND’s international heartthrob) will dazzle us with beautiful, haunting, and hilarious songs based on FOUND notes.

Come on out and join us at Anno Domini for the San Jose party!! Please bring your finds to share, and please let your friends in other cities know that they’re headed their way!!

The New York TImes' review of the FOUND Tour here.

“Davy and Peter Rothbart are utterly engaging performers!”
– *The Los Angeles Times*

For more details, check out the FOUND site here.


My Heart Is An Idiot: Found Magazine's 10th Anniversary Tour with Davy and Peter Rothbart
Saturday, October 13th, 8pm / $5 at the door

Anno Domini Gallery
366 S. First St, San Jose, CA
Phone 408-271-5155
RSVP here.

October 11, 2012

Ken Davis solo exhibition at Empire Seven Oct. 12th

It's Alive, Hellbent for Letters is Ken Davis' debut solo exhibition and opens this Friday night 7–11pm at Empire Seven Studios.

“So, Empire Seven Studios has been kind enough to place the fate of their gallery for a month into my 1shot-covered hands. Being that San Jose is my second home and where some of my very best friends live, I couldn’t think of a more appropriate place for me to have my first solo show effort. What to expect you may ask? A whole lot of brand new work, and some older pieces that I am very proud of. Hope all of you can come and celebrate with me! For the opening I will be doing sho’card writing on request so think of a good line and for a small painters fee, you can walk away with a small original that night.” -Ken Davis

Opening Reception: Friday, October 12th, 7-11pm

Exhibition dates: October 12–26, 2012

Gallery hours: Weds & Fri, 12–6pm, Sat 12–4pm, or by appointment

Empire Seven Studios
525 No. 7th Street
San Jose, CA

October 16, 2012

The BEST Of Y2KX+2 Int'l Live Looping Festival at Anno Domini


ANNO DOMINI Gallery is pleased to host
The BEST Of the Y2KX+2 INTERNATIONAL LIVE LOOPING FESTIVAL

A great night to get a sample before the main event this weekend in Santa Cruz.

7:00pm- Doors open
7:30pm- Shannon Hayden, USA
8:00pm- Emmanuel Reveneau/The Lucid Brain Integrative Project, France
8:30pm- Sylvain Poitras , Canada
9:00pm- Jean-Paul De Roover, Canada
9:30pm- Mandoman (Hideki Nakanishi), Japan
10:00pm- Luca Formentini, Italy
10:30pm- Philipp Zurcher, Switzerland
11:00pm- Paul Haslem, Canada

For more info and bios of musicians performing at Anno Domini, please click here.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2012
Doors: 7pm, $5. admission

Anno Domini Gallery
366 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Art Alive Gallery's Human Motorcycle Print Release Party

Phantom Galleries is pleased to have Trina Merry's ART ALIVE Gallery at our 95 S. Market St. location for October and November with a full schedule of events, workshops and demos.

Join us Wednesday, October 17th, 5–9pm for the Human Motorcycle Print Release Party.

The HUMAN MOTORCYCLE Project is going global, but we still wanna celebrate with friends in our own small way because we appreciate all the amazing people who have supported us & will continue to cheer us on as we make our next work! Tomorrow night we are having a release party to celebrate. Come meet the cast & crew, see awesome prints of the motorcycles and watch a very special screening of the film from the videographer. ~Trina Merry

Here's the behind the scenes video that shows how the human motorcycles were made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATzONfFRU0U

Art Alive at Phantom Galleries
95 S. Market Street
San Jose, CA
(across the street from St. Joseph's Basillica)


Other Art Alive Events
October:
17- Human Motorcycle Project, 5pm-9pm: View the Motorcycles, Special video screening, Meet the Cast & Crew
19- Window Bodypaint Installation, 8am-2pm
26- Window Bodypaint Installation, 8am-2pm
27 & 31st- By Appt Only: Get Bodypainted for Halloween! Contact: trinamerry[at]gmail[dot]com
 
November:
2- South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk 7-11pm: Live Bodypaint, Performances & Installation!
9- Window Bodypaint Installation, 8am-2pm
12- How to Bodypaint Workshop 10-5pm, contact: trinamerry[at]gmail[dot]com
14- Bodypaint Breakfast, 7am-11am: Live bodypainted models & Breakfast! "Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
16- Window Bodypaint Installation, 8am-2pm
30- Window Bodypaint Installation & Closing Reception, 8am-11pm: Live bodypainted models & performances

October 23, 2012

Halloween Art Show at the Citadel

Show will be one night only, on Halloween, Wednesday October 31st, from 6pm to midnight.

Art for sale from 20+ local artists will be sold as a silent auction, and the event also includes live artists and live music.

All ages, wine and craft ales available for donation.
$10 at the door, $8 with a costume.

The Citadel
199 Martha St.
San Jose, CA 95112.

Variations Exhibit at The Usuals


Variations
New Works by James Vidal and Junior Sanchez

Opening Reception
Friday, October 26, 2012, 7–10pm
Music by DJ Basura

On view through November 19, 2012


The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126

It's Alive by Ken Davis ends this week


Last week to see It's Alive, Hellbent for Letters by Ken Davis at Empire Seven Studios. An inspired love for lettering that crosses over to being master works of art.

Email them for hours this week: empiresevenstudios[at]yahoo[dot]com

Empire Seven Studios
525 No. 7th
San Jose, CA


Photo by Astrogirl

Borja, Foley Feature Exhibits end this week

October's feature exhibitions by Michael Borja and Michael Foley end this Friday October 26th at 7pm. Stop by any time between 12noon-7pm to check out both these great shows before they're gone!



Space to Grow by Michael Borja



Keeping Up Appearances by Michael Foley


88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

November 6, 2012

Save the Date_HARK Holiday Show and Sale Dec. 7th

The 11th Annual Holiday Show and Sale begins First Friday December 7th at 7pm. Over 50 artists from KALEID and the greater South Bay area will be offering original works of art and creative gifts affordably priced for the holidays!

Participating Artists:
Murphy Adams
Frank Aguilar
Jaclyn Alderete
Fernando Amaro
Shannon Amidon
Mariana Barnes
Christine Benjamin
Laura Bennett
Sandi Billingsley
Julie Bilyeu
Mike Borja
Lacey Bryant
Keith Bunnell
Nicolas Caesar
Shone Chacko
Mark Damrel
Joe Decker
Charis DeRemer
DonBon
Cari Ferraro
Michael Foley
Kim Gordon
Michele Guieu
Katie Gutierrez
Andre Hart
Jeff Hemming
Leah Jay
Dylan Kelly
Oscar Knutsson
Leeonista
Katrina Marie Loera
Drew McSherry
Joshua Marcotte
Frances Marin
Kimy Martinez
David Mejia
Mariya Milovidova
Yumi Miyagawa
John Paulson
Joe Perea
Anabella Pińon
Al Preciado
Amine Rastgar
Steven Reece
Jen Renzel
John Renzel
Leslie Ann Rice
Blaise Rosenthal
Valerie Runningwolf
Karen Carlo Salinger
Miha Sarani
Matthew Seigel
Steven Suiter
Courtney Thiesen
Kori Thompson
Amanda Triplett
Michelle Waters
Jeanne Yee

KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St., San Jose, CA

It's MoFo Time!

Featured artists this time include Caitlin Gill on comedy and uppercuts, Wiggy Darlington on music and mystery meat, and David Sullivan on poetry and saving America.

Friday, November 9th, 7:30pm (tix), 8pm (show)
Admission: $5 + a roll of 1 die

RSVP here.

Anno Domini
366 South First St.
San Jose, CA 95112

Guieu, Salinger Exhibitions at KALEID Gallery

Two new exhibitions opened last Friday featuring Michele Guieu and Karen Carlo Salinger at KALEID Gallery. Exhibitions are on view through November 30th.

Let’s Fight Till Six and Then Have Dinner by Michele Guieu

This installation of drawings and videos is about childhood and its fleeting moments. Everything passes, hence the title, which also refers to the fact that the show opens just a few days before presidential election day. It puts the urge to argue and the hunger for peace in (a childish) perspective.

The drawings hung on the backdrop of the giant leaf are made from pages of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’. I see the world Alice visits – and creates at the same time – as a response to the complicated world we live in. In the series of short videos, I watch my two boys as they grow: the way they see the world, the creatures and the monsters they imagine.



Creature Comforts ­­­­­by Karen Carlo Salinger

Suspended animation, medical curiosities, scientific illustrations and biological specimens. Improbable creatures in impossible situations. These are some of the ideas that I incorporate into my drawings, sculpture, and other artwork. I call them my creatures, because that is what they are – unknown organisms that take shape in my mind, the roots of which come from a lifelong interest in strange biology, microscopic life, the human body, and basically anything else ooey, gooey, creepy, strange or unusual.



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

November 18, 2012

TWO BUCK Tuesday Nov. 20th!


Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, November 20th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art, drop-in sketching table & quirky people get together! It’s open to all ages and free!


Here’s some of the great things to see and do this time:



Michele Guieu, Part of My Dream, mixed media, 6x8”, 2012
 
Michele Guieu will have a demo/hands-on workshop in relation with her current exhibition in the gallery: Let’s Fight Till Six and then Have Dinner. She will show the different steps of the making of the mixed media drawings from the series The Time Has Come. You will have the opportunity to work on a page of Alice in Wonderland and experiment with different tools.


Lara Sophia will host a costumed life drawing session. Bring those pencils and pads and draw the human form with us!


Hand turkey drawings just in time for Thanksgiving! :)


Thanksgiving is just around the corner! You are welcome to bring a dish to share if you would like. We would love to share with you!

Calling all knitters and crocheters! San Jose Yarn Bombers will be hosting a Plot Meeting for activity over the holidays. Bring your needles and swing by!


LIVE ART by:


?Nic Caesar


?Al Preciado and friends!


?Jehoiakim Santos


?David Mejia


?Alexandria Perez


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MUSIC will be provided by the fabulous DJ Coco!


?Nour El Ain will join us for some live improvisational belly dance!


TWO BUCK Tuesday is November 20th, 7pm-10pm!? ? 



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

November 26, 2012

Christine Rasmussen exhibit at Barefoot Coffee

Heavy Traffic by Christine Rasmussen
"I paint about things I can’t express in words. My paintings are coded emotions with narratives born out of process."

Opening Reception: Saturday December 8th 4-7pm

Exhibition dates: Dec. 1, 2012 - Jan. 31, 2013

www.christinekeenarasmussen.com

Barefoot Coffee Campbell
1819 S. Bascom Ave.
Campbell, CA 95008

Volunteers Wanted for Installation at Children's Discovery Museum

Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose (CDM) is preparing for Holidays Unboxed: A Spectacle of Cardboard and Tape partnering with architect Eric Lennartson to design a packing tape installation at CDM. Daily volunteers are needed to help us bring these creations to life beginning on Saturday, December 1st and through Thursday, December 6th.

Our specific volunteer needs and scheduling information are as follows:
We are seeking volunteers for AM and PM SHIFTS on Saturday, December 1st - Wednesday, December 6th. Volunteer on any one day, or for multiple shifts over multiple days. The nature of this work is physical. Volunteers must be comfortable bending and squatting, lifting, and reaching overhead. Standing on ladders may also be a requirement as needed. Volunteers should think of this as a yoga/pilates/gym hybrid experience.

Anyone who is comfortable with these requirements and particularly those in the architectural, design, mechanical engineering, or construction should feel 100% at home with this volunteer gig! College students pursuing design degrees with knowledge of materials and eye for detail… we need you! Craftspeople and makers - you, too! Dancers? Rock climbers? Sure!

Please sign-up to volunteer by adding your company name, first/last name, and checking only the shift(s) for which you are committed to volunteering at CDM. You will receive an email confirmation with detailed information. Sign-up here: http://www.doodle.com/b69sq5yfzn8hi9bt

For questions, please contact:

Lisa Ellsworth
w. (408) 298-5437 ext. 272 | c. (650) 269-3071
ellsworthlis@gmail.com

Mercy Beyond Borders Call for Art Donations


Something special is going to take place on December 15th in San Francisco, Portland, Sydney, Abu Dhabi and ...perhaps San Jose!

Mercy Beyond Borders is gathering its friends around the world for the first ever simultaneously international fundraiser for girls' education in South Sudan and Haiti. This event will be held in as many hamlets of the globe as possible.

The main party, in the San Francisco area, will feature a silent auction and are seeking art from local artists to help us in our cause. If you would like to donate your art, and help our girls, please contact organizer Mary Hurley, at mhurley11@hotmail.com.

Go to www.mercybeyondborders.org to learn more about this organization

Frida and Friends 5th Annual Blanket and Art Drive

Frida and Friends 5th Annual Blanket and Art Drive

For the past couple of years we have held this drive to collect blankets for our furry friends at the San Jose Animal Pet Shelter. For this years drive we have decided to add a silent art auction along with the collecting blankets.

Friends and local artists have been asked to donate a pet inspired piece of art for this auction. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to an animal shelter in need. All bidding for art pieces will start at $10.

Please come by, bid and see how inspired we are by our four legged friends.

Saturday, December 1st, 7–11pm

Seeing Things Gallery
30 North Third Street
San Jose CA 95112
408-891-7553
seeingthings.jaitanju@yahoo.com

November 28, 2012

Vintage: A Vinyl Swap Sunday Dec. 2nd

Join us for an afternoon of DJs, Drinks, Records, and Good Vibes!

Some of the best record dealers in the Bay Area will be selling and DJing. Come dig for everything from Funk, Soul, Jazz, Rock, Hip-Hop, Latin, and Afro-Funk!

Drink specials on micro-brews and fine wine, with delicious apps aplenty.

Sellers/DJs:
Jeff Jagged (On the Corner Music)
DJ Fat Headphones
DJ Aware (Oakland)
Timothy Chung (Needle to the Groove)
Manzanita Sound
VAMP Music & Art
DJ Miz Rowdy
Selecta Riddm

Date: Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
Time: 2-6pm
Where: Wine Affairs, 1435 The Alameda, San Jose CA 95126

For more info contact:
On the Corner Music
(408) 871-0305
https://www.facebook.com/groups/131677563515187/

SJMade Saturday Dec 1st

San Jose Made (SJMADE) is a vendor fair for local San Jose makers, labels, brands, small businesses, and artists showcasing and selling current projects and goods.

For the Holiday 2012 installation of SJMADE, we are hosted by San Pedro Square Market in Downtown San Jose. On December 1st, our SJMADE vendors are showcasing goods alongside various San Pedro Square Market merchants.

Saturday, Dec 1st, 11am-6pm, free admission

San Pedro Square Market
87 N. San Pedro St.
San Jose, CA

Rafiq Gulamani at the Usuals Nov. 30th

Works by Rafiq Gulamani at the Usuals November 30th - January 21st

Opening Reception: Friday, November 30th 7p-10p

with music by:
DJ Camouflage
Bert aka International Superbert

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose

Art Alive Gallery Closing Reception Friday, Nov 30th

Please join us for a closing reception as we say goodbye & thank you to our "beta" gallery space & welcome the next step in our journey with fine art bodypaint!

Trina Merry & Alana Dill will be making bodypaint installations. Sandra Moreno & Gina Mello will also be bodypainting. Tahira the Pure Dance Theater will be gracing us with their performances throughout the event.

This will be the last time to see the prints in person unless you set up an appointment or order online for a little while so come check them out & support the arts!

(The gallery is very close to Christmas in the Park so it would be lovely for you to make a night of it!)

Closing Reception: Friday November 30th, 7pm-10pm, free.

Join the Facebook event page here.

Art Alive Gallery hosted by Phantom Galleries
95 S. Market Street (just past San Fernando)
San Jose, CA

December 6, 2012

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk December 7th!


It's all about the holiday spirit for tonight's South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk!


Over 50 artists from KALEID Gallery and artists from the greater South Bay area will be offering original works of art and creative gifts affordably priced for the holidays! Excellent time to purchase unique, locally created works by talented artists for holiday gifts or to add to your own collection!


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Image courtesy of the artist, Jenna Barjam

Closing Reception for The More the Merrier III Art Exhibition & Sale at the Art Ark Gallery. This Salon-Style exhibition showcases the work of 48 bay area artists. This is a great place to start your holiday shopping. Most art is priced under $100! Live music by the Clifford Lamb Duo



Ro (France), "Coit", ink, acid, engraving on photo of Ro's street art

FRESH PRODUCE 12th Annual Invitational Group Exhibition & Affordable Art Sale at Anno Domini Gallery.
30+ Artists from 14 countries have created hundreds of original works of art for this highly anticipated annual exhibition and affordable art sale. The artists were invited based on their unique artistic vision and contribution to urban contemporary arts and culture. Holiday cheer provided by DJ Boboso.


For more information on exhibitions at all 20 venues, please visit www.southfirstfridays.com

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk
First Friday December 7th, 7-11pm
free and open to the public

December 10, 2012

iMiNUSD Holiday Pint Party and Toy Drive


The holidays always make us feel all warm and fuzzy here at iMD. No matter how cold it gets out there. On that note, come join us on Saturday, Dec. 15th for our Holiday Pint Party and Toy Drive where the unlimited beer and merriment are sure to get you in the holiday spirit.

For those interested in entering our hourly raffle drawing, wear your best holiday sweater and enter to win prizes every hour. And if you want to be EXTRA warm and fuzzy, donate a toy for our Toys for Tots drive to receive your first beer free or a discount on our new iMiNUSD pint glass.

Doors open at 7:30pm. All ages welcome, must be 21+ to drink. Hope to see you there!

iMiNUSD Fixed Gear Boutique
112 Paseo de San Antonio
San Jose, California

Intueri Art Show December 21st


As our world continues toward an unknown future, Heart of Chaos Artisan Collective presents a show that challenges its audience to contemplate its future.

The installation will be a complete living, breathing, fully interactive exhibit that allows you, the audience, to choose your own adventure.

Come navigate through a 6,000+ sq foot art-filled labyrinth, while interacting with live artists and performers, and dialogue about two divergent paths: Annihilation or Evolution? Transformation or Doomsday? Fear or Love?

Pre-Sale prices (Limited Offer)
$5 for one ticket or $15 for a 4 ticket bundle

Door price per ticket will be$10

Purchase tickets here.

Facebook event page here.

December 21st, 2012, 7:00 pm – 1:00 am

240 N 2nd St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA
18+ venue

Al Preciado "Ballerinas" Artist's Reception Dec. 16th

Phantom Galleries presents Ballerinas by Al Preciado, a new series of mixed media paintings.

Artist's Reception: Sunday, December 16th, 3-7pm
free and open to the public

Live music features a solo performance by Jazz musician Mitch Waldman, and DJ sets by Boboso & Coco.

Phantom Galleries location:
95 South Market Street
(between San Fernando & Post streets)
Downtown San Jose

December 13, 2012

The Last Ever SLG Christmas Party

Yes, you read it right. The now infamous SLG warehouse Christmas/Holiday party is back and it will be the last one ever.

Why? Well the place we have called home for the past 11 years is about to be sold and torn down to make way for more apartments that nobody will want to live in, meaning that by next summer SLG will no longer be calling 577 S. Market home.

So, we thought it fitting that we should revive the old Holiday Jamboree for one more go-round before we exit stage left from the place that has been our home for over a decade. We have no idea where we are going to end up and if that place will be anything like the spot we are in, so for now we are saying that this will be the last of the big blowouts that we hosted for so many years.

So come and enjoy some food, spirits and merriment as we once again supply you with and afternoon and evening of live music and revelry in the grand SLG tradition.

This is going to be something of a pot luck so bring whatever you like. Your family are welcome to attend as well, but please let us know how many you plan on bringing.

Saturday, December 15th, 3pm
RSVP here.


SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery
577 S. Market Street
San Jose, California 95113

stARTbux Winter Edition 2012


art by Joe Perea


The Rivera Group proudly presents stARTbux Winter Edition 2012
Curated by Miha Sarani

featuring artists:
JoJo Perea
Misty Albrecht
OscarLars
AnnaLise Hartley

Live art by Partick "Wadl" Hoffmeister

Saturday, December 15th 6-9pm
The event is free.
RSVP here.

Starbucks 5989
31 Rio Robles E
San Jose, California 95134

On The Corner Music's Holiday MIXTAPE Gallery!

The last get-together of 2012! This one we're doing in the classic "mix tape" tradition, with each unique piece inspired by a song of the artist's choice, and all will be played at the event!

Featuring:
Anthony Barbaria
Kori Thompson
Annabella Pinon
Rich Luna
Jessica Gimarelli
Mark Martinez
Sonja Caldwell
Nate Byrne
Sarah Faith Cruz
Nic Ceasar
Steve Caballero
Roan Victor
Sean Boyles
Jaime WIm Trevino
Francis Marin
Kim Christman
Ian Scharaga
Michael Greene

plus DRINKS, DJs, and NO TAX on ALL RECORDS !!!!

Friday, December 14th, 7-11pm, Free
RSVP here.


On The Corner Music
530 E. Campbell Ave
downtown Campbell
408-871-0305 for info/directions

Black Cat Collective's Ugly Sweater Party


Ugly Sweater Contest, food, drink, vintage raffle prizes, gifts and live entertainment by San Jose's The Shop Rags, and PiranhaParty! Sweets by Nat will be there with tasty baked goods.

Bring in an old warm coat to donate to the homeless and receive 10% off on any purchase.

So put on your Grandmas Christmas sweater (or Grandpas)and come on down and have a blast with your friends at The Black Cat!

Saturday, December 15th, 6-10pm, Free
RSVP here.


Black Cat Collective Vintage Emporium
751 W. San Carlos Street
San Jose, California

December 16, 2012

"Pieced Together" Dance Performance Friday, Dec. 21st

Contemporary dance featuring: Andrea Pulliam, Autumn Taylor, Chelsey Hawkins, Danielle De Ojeda, Lizzie Takimoto, Manny Navarro, Mike Esperanza, Nhan Ho, Roni Witbeck, Nikki Wood and Samantha Gruen.

Come and support these local choreographers and dancers on Friday, December 21st, 8pm at KALEID Gallery. $5 admission at the door.


88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

TWO BUCK Tuesday Dec. 18th!

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, December 18th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art, drop-in sketching table & quirky people get together! It’s open to all ages and free! While you're here, you can enjoy our annual Hark! exhibit of over 50 regional artists with small works priced for gift giving.


Here’s some of the great things to see and do this time:


Is there common iconography in the Kolam and Rangoli of India; Celticknots; universal ancient flower/tree of life; sandpainting of NativeAmericans, Tibetan and Buddhist monks? is it even appropriate for aborn in USA white guy to explore such traditions? Watch Matthew Bailey Seigel create art of luck and life paths. Finished works are then given away for free to those that visit, limited to those created on location. Ongoing examples, information, documentation and live posting of event: http://raccoon.zapd.com/art4luck

Lara Sophia's Costumed Live Models will be posing for us, so bring those pads and pencils and join in some figure drawing!

Question: last minute gifts/wrapping? answer: origami! by Maria. Come by the KALEID origami table to fold (or buy) away all your last minute holiday troubles.


LIVE ART BY:


Michelle Waters



Andre Hart



Force 129



Lydia Rae Black



Al Preciado & Friends



Nik Caesar



David Mejia will draw your portrait!



John Hageman



Brande Barrett



Carlos Lee Cruz



Emonic will have $2 sketch art / posters, and $20 original art works available



Live music by: Dan & Dorothy

TWO BUCK Tuesday is December 18th, 7pm-10pm!
Free & open to all ages.




88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm, free admission

January 4, 2013

REBARDED by Jesse Erickson at Seeing Things Gallery

January 13, 2013

Al Preciado "Ballerinas" Closing Reception

Come celebrate and catch the last view of Al Preciado's new series of mixed media work inspired by the grace & beauty of Ballerinas.

Closing Reception: Friday, January 25th, 5–8pm
Music performances by Andre Hart and Mitch Waldman
free & open to the public


Phantom Galleries location:
95 South Market Street
(between San Fernando & Post streets)
Downtown San Jose

TWO BUCK Tuesday Jan. 15th!

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, January 15th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art, drop-in sketching table & quirky people get together! It’s open to all ages and free!

While you’re here, you can enjoy our annual HARK! exhibit of over 50 regional artists with small, affordable works.


Here’s some of the great things to see and do this time:



Bring your sketchbook and pencils and come drop in at the sketching table and enjoy a Life drawing session with Lara Sophia’s costumed models. (To volunteer to pose yourself: contact Lara4art at yahoo dot com)



Drew will read your fortune!


LIVE ART BY:


Lydia Rae Black



James Pollard



Joe Perea



Al Preciado & friends



David Mejia



Nik Caesar



John Hageman



Enjoy live music by RebelsKamp!


TWO BUCK Tuesday is January 15th, 7pm-10pm!
Free & open to all ages.



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

January 24, 2013

VITAL at The Usuals Jan. 25th

Opening – Jan. 25th 2013, 7-10pm

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126

Exhibition on view through Feb. 15th.

New Feature Exhibits at KALEID Open February 1st

Two new KALEID feature exhibitions help kick off the 8th year of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk!

Join us for opening receptions for KALEID artists Melanie Sharr, and Jeff Hemming, two talented painters each unique in their narrative and aesthetic style.


LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION by Jeff Hemming


Houses In My Dreams by Melanie Sharr


Opening Reception Friday, February 1st, 7-11pm
Free & open to the public



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

January 27, 2013

The Art of Living Black at Black Bean Ceramic Art Center



ENANTIODROMIA by Joe Perea Opens February 1st


Phantom Galleries presents new works by Joe Perea at Good Karma Vegan Cafe.

ENANTIODROMIA is the process by which something is transformed into or revealed as being the same as its opposite. Perea’s hyper detailed monochromatic drawings reveal the chaos and order that can be found in all things in the above and the below. The future of quantum healing is here.

Artist's Reception: Friday, February 1st, 7–11pm
free and open to the public
(part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk)

Exhibition dates: February 1–March 23, 2013

Good Karma Vegan Café
37 South First Street
downtown San Jose

February 4, 2013

Sperry Bazaar Feb. 23 & 24

Sperry Bazaar, a gathering of local artists, crafters, collectors and retailers, will debut this month on February 23rd & 24th inside the Sperry Station Building located at 30 N. Third Street, downtown San Jose. For more info email Sperrybazaar@yahoo.com

Serpentes Colleective Art Show Feb. 8th at Cukui

The snake has been celebrated and revered for many millennia in numerous world cultures. Through its slender, smooth exterior it hides many myths and secrets within its appendage-less body. Its fangs bring agonizing death to the naďve, but by shedding its skin it is reborn again and again. Dragons, guardians, demigods, demons… they represent many things to many people. Cukui is proud to present our first show of the New Year. The Year of The Snake, as the lunar calendar dictates, falls upon us this cycle. A collection of fine artists will assemble together to interpret their own notions on what significance the snake plays in their lives. Please come out and enjoy a night of visual and audio stimulation as we come celebrate in community and in creativity.

Cukui Clothing Company
229 Jackson Street
San Jose, California 95112

Phantom Galleries + Cinequest "Art Unleashed"

Phantom Galleries is proud to be partnering with Cinequest again this year for their Cinequest 23 Film Festival! This is the 4th year that PG & CQ has worked together to bring this live painting event to the amazing audiences of this maverick film festival.


This year's artists are: André Hart, Melanie Sharr and Jeff Hemming. All three artists are highly imaginative in their concepts and excellent in their painting practice. We look forward to their interpretations of the festival's theme "UNLEASH."

Festival attendees will have the ability to observe each artist put their talent to work and thereafter vote for their favorite artist via Facebook. All sponsors, artists and paintings will be presented at the closing ceremony before announcing the winner of the "Live Art Contest!"

Stop by often to see our artists' progress. Artists will be on view in the Camera Cinemas 12 windows along the Paseo de San Antonio walk between S. 1st and S. 2nd streets during the festival February 26–March 29, 2013.

Cinequest schedule & ticket information available at www.cinequest.org

February 7, 2013

Force 129 Exhibit at The Arsenal

An Evening with Tango Trio at Art Ark Gallery

Art Ark Gallery is pleased to present...

An Evening with Tango Trio

This Saturday, February 9th from 6-10pm
6-7pm Free Tango lesson taught by Leslie Gordon
7-10pm Music and Dancing


LIve music by Tango Trio
(Gianfranco Paolozzi, Nancy Lane & Griff Derryberry)


On view during the event:

Tango and the Modern Nude
A visual & performing arts exhibition celebrating the human form…from a reclining nude to a body in motion.

Participating Artists:
Alexanna Alvarado, Chrysta Giffen, Elizabeth Torrance, Julianne Sterling, Anne Sconberg, Denise Olenak, Eric Stampfli, Kathleen McDonald, Avery Palmer, Diane Kaye, Evan Suarez, Steve Davis, Brittney Cathey-Adams, Elise Putnam, Francesca Lovecchio, Trina Merry, Charisse Petruno, Don McCunn, Judy Roberto, Wayne Berger


Art Ark Gallery
1035 South 6th Street
San Jose, CA 95112

Concrete Thread Exhibit at Seeing Things Gallery

February 14, 2013

Faux + Faux = 8 Exhibition by John Renzel

KALEID artist John Renzel is currently showing Faux + Faux = 8 a series of eight slightly jacked up "faux" portraits at Faux Salon as part of their on-going local artist feature.

Exhibition: February 10 – April 10, 2013

Faux Salon
378 E Campbell Ave
Campbell, CA 95008
(408) 378-3289

Hours:
Tue & Fri 10am-5pm
Wed & Thu 11am–7pm
Sat 9am–3pm
Sun 11am–4pm

TWO BUCK Tuesday FEB 19th

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, February 19th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art, drop-in sketching table & quirky people get together! It’s open to all ages and free!


Sculptor David Canavese will give a free workshop teaching you some of his papercraft skills! All materials are provided.


Drawing On Magazines with Lara Sophia?-Magazines and oil pastels provided?-supplies to create a simple paper frame?$2 suggestion to cover materials

Force 129 will have these custom painted upcycled jars for $TwoBucks!


Julie Bilyeu will teach “Dry Pastelchemy” -creating your own dry pastels from scratch!


connections . relationships . attachments . hold us together?, what are your connections? be part an installation of labels defining connections that will be attached together and presented in an art show by Valerie Runningwolf in May at gallery 25, fresno, ca. make a label telling of your connections to what, who, where.


Bring your sketch pads and pencils for another Costumed Life Modeling session with Lara Sophia!


LIVE ART:

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?Al Preciado



?James Pollard



?Leonnista


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?John Hageman



?Nik Caesar



?David Mejia



Aaron Cobb


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?J Swizza will spin some sweet tracks!


TWO BUCK Tuesday is February 19th, 7pm-10pm!?



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

February 18, 2013

Kepi and Friends at Psycho Donuts Campbell

Join us at Psycho Donuts in Campbell for a Rock and Roll ART show "Kepi and Friends Go Psycho" with live music by Kepi Ghoulie (Groovie Ghoulies) and Dog Party!

This show is going to be extra fun with art inspired by Kepi's music, Rock and Roll, punk and The Ramones.

Check out Kepi's latest video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQE7maP9Bf4

Psycho Donuts is turning 4 - so don't miss out on special donuts for the anniversary
and a special "Kepi" donut is in the works too!

"Kepi and Friends Go Psycho" A Rock and Roll themed art show featuring artists:
Kepi Ghoulie
Lucy Giles
Christine Benjamin
Gilbert Armendariz
Dan Potthast

Saturday, March 9th
12 noon to 6PM
Show is FREE and all ages

Show runs from March 9th to March 31st 2013

Psycho Donuts
2006 Winchester Blvd.
Campbell, CA 95008
408-533-1023

Artist Interviews at KALEID Gallery


KALEID Gallery has begun new feature interviews with their artists on their website beginning this month, February 2013. As you may know, each month their main entry wall features two solo exhibitions by chosen resident artists there. Artists' receptions are held during the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk on the first Friday of the month.

Kicking off this new feature are interviews with Melanie Sharr, and Jeff Hemming. Both artists are incredibly talented painters, each is from very different backgrounds and draw from different influences creating unique narratives with excellent techniques.

READ the interviews here, and then visit Sharr and Hemming's solo exhibitions. Both are on view through this week ending Friday February 22nd.


KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St.
Downtown San Jose, CA

Gallery hours: Tuesday–Saturday, Noon-7pm, free admission.

February 21, 2013

PARALLAX exhibit at The Usuals Friday 2/22

PARALLAX
New works by and Joshua Quinonez (Madness) and Francisco Zarate (Francizek)
   
Opening Reception: Feb. 22nd, 7pm - 10pm
Music by Younity

on view through March 18th. 2013

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose, California 95126

Uncanny Valley of the Hearts Delight #8, Friday 2/22

Corpus Callosum presents:
Uncanny Valley of the Hearts Delight #8
Friday, Feb. 22nd, 7pm, $8. door/all ages

Anno Domini
366 S. First St
Downtown San Jose
RSVP

We are emerging from our recording bubble to perform our first show of the year, because we're rusty like a water-damaged ukelin, but also because Nick Jaina is finally coming through town. Though you may be unfamiliar with his music as he comes to the bay but once in a blue moon, Nick is one of the premier songwriters in Portland, OR. His storytelling is immaculate and his music is beautiful, and we use no hyperbole when we say that he is one of the best musicians on the solar system, perhaps even outer space. He has released five albums on Hush Records and has, among many other things, composed three ballets with the Satellite Ballet and Collective, featuring dancers from the New York City Ballet. He will be joined on this tour by local string players Danah Olivetree (Fox & Woman, etc) and Dorota Szuta (Matador), who are, in our opinion, simply the best there is.

This show is headlined by our dear friend and San Jose legend-in-his-own-time Will Sprott. We personally gah-ron-tee that Mr. Sprott will blow our socks right through our shoes or your money back. ~Corpus Callosum

Will Sprott
Nick Jaina (Oregon)
Corpus Callosum

2 for 1 Ticket Promo for RED, a play about artist Mark Rothko

This is an excellent play we think you'll all relate to and enjoy! Thanks to the San Jose Stage Company for the discounted tickets being offered to our Phantom Galleries arts community!


“I'm not an abstractionist. I'm not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on.” ~Mark Rothko


RED
By John Logan

Directed by Kenneth Kelleher

February 6-March 3, 2013
Performances:
Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 pm,
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm and
Sundays at 2:00 pm
Approximate running time 1 hour 30 minutes with no intermission


BUY TICKETS
Enter the promo code ROTHKO66 when you buy tickets to buy two tickets for price of one. (This discount does not stack with other discounts and is only good for performances of RED at San Jose Stage Company.)


Full-blooded and visceral, and winner of six 2010 Tony Awards including Best Play, Red by John Logan takes you into the mind of abstract expressionist Mark Rothko.

After landing the biggest commission in the history of modern art, Mark Rothko begins work on a series of large murals with the help of a new young assistant. Set amid the swiftly changing cultural tide of the early 1960s, celebrated bad boy of the art world for whom paintings are "pulsating" life forces and art is intended to stop the heart. The Stage's venue will serve as the ultimate environment for the up close and personal portrait of an artist's ambition and vulnerability. Red is a startling snapshot of a brilliant artist at the height of his fame, a play hailed as "intense and exciting" by The New York Times.


San Jose Stage Company
490 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Box Office: 408.283.7142


Visit out our facebook page to learn some interesting facts about the life and work of Mark Rothko and visit our website to learn more about upcoming shows.

March 10, 2013

SEED Exhbit March 23rd at Citadel


What is the origin of inspiration? Some believe that an artist’s inherent nature, like the seed, carries within it the complete pattern for the development and expression of his or her creativity.

As time and the right conditions ignite one’s artistic fodder, what has been hidden is revealed just as the seedling finally quickens and breaks through the earth’s crust reaching for the light.

The SEED exhibition explores the origins of inspiration bringing over 80 artists and a variety of artistic medias including photography, sculpture, drawing, painting and installation to the Citadel Studios Gallery in San Jose.

One of the most interesting concept exhibitions of 2013, SEED will also feature artist portraits accompanied by a personal story detailing the critical factors that propelled them to a lifetime of creative expression.

Opening reception: March 23rd, 7 pm.’til late
Free to the public

The Citadel Gallery
199 Martha Street (close to Fifth Street)
San Jose

Phantom Galleries x Cinquest UNLEASH Live Painting Finale

We'd like to thank CINEQUEST for another great year of collaboration and inspiration!

Artists Jeff Hemming, Melanie Sharr and André Hart spent the course of the Cinequest 23 Film Festival painting in the expansive windows at Camera 12 engaging audience as they passed through the paseo. The three artists made it a difficult choice to choose a winner, but Jeff Hemming won the vote as announced at the Cinequest Closing Ceremonies at the California Theatre on Saturday March 10th (followed by a special screening of "Midnight's Children" by Maverick Award Winner Salman Rushdie.)

We're very proud of Jeff, Melanie and André and look forward to next year's Phantom Galleries x Cinequest Live Art Contest partnership!


Jeff Hemming
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Melanie Sharr
"In the Air", oil on canvas
On the theme of "Unleash": The character in my painting is at the crossroads of a decision. He imagines himself leaving his environment thereby the mind is another form of escape. ~Melanie Sharr


André Hart
"Homage to a Friend", oil, acrylic on canvas
On the theme "Unleash": The piece is tribute to a long time friend and mentor, Al Preciado. The dog in the center of the cage is being unleashed and bowed to by the two figures. Also to glorify and celebrate Al, I have put religious Symbolism through out the piece. ~André Hart

March 14, 2013

New ArtBox in Japantown

Takahiro Kitamura along with fellow artists Chris Brand & Drew Flores have just completed a new ArtBox in Japantown at 3rd & Jackson.

If you'd like to be involved in the ArtBox Project, please send samples of your art work and artist's statement to info[at]PhantomGalleries[dot]com. The weather's getting nicer and we have a lot of new locations in the works!

RS2 FEST at Seeing Things Gallery

Art Show & Silent Auction- all proceeds to benefit Ray Stevens II.

Friday, March 15th 5-8pm, free admission/all ages

Seeing Things Gallery
30 No. 3rd St
San Jose, CA

Afterparty at The Blank Club, 21+

TWO BUCK Tuesday MARCH 19th!


Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, March 19th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art, drop-in sketching table & quirky people get together! It’s open to all ages and free!

Participating Artists include:
Shannon Amidon will be demonstrating how to create packing tape transfers. Learn how to make your photographs or clip art into transparent transfers that can be used for artwork, collage, crafts and more.

Sculptor David Canavese will give a free workshop teaching you some of his papercraft skills! All materials are provided.

connections . relationships . attachments . hold us together, what are your connections? be part an installation of labels defining connections that will be attached together and presented in an art show by Valerie Runningwolf in May at gallery 25, Fresno, CA. make a label telling of your connections to what, who, where.

Lara Sophia will host another lovely costumed life drawing session. Bring your sketch pads and pencils!

LIVE ART BY:
Julie Bilyeu
Nic Caesar
John Hageman
Jean Davis
Leonista
Cecile F. Zapanta
Maricruz Mendoza
Jeff Bramschreiber
Jehoiakim Santos
David Mejia
Al Preciado and Friends
Felipe Jimenez

Jessica Neideffer will play sound healing bowls for your listening pleasure!

TWO BUCK Tuesday is March 19th, 7pm-10pm!


Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaleidgallery

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

March 15, 2013

Artist's Studio Inventory Sale Saturday, March 16th

Saturday, March 16th, 6pm–9:30pm

Art Object Gallery
592 No. 5th Street
San Jose, CA 05112

March 27, 2013

March Feature Exhibits at KALEID ends this Friday


KALEID Gallery's March feature exhibitions Crime Seen by Julie Bilyeu and Left Frontal Lobe Slowing by Rene Lorraine are only on view through this Friday, March 29th.

For more insight into these two powerful shows with many layers of meaning, read their interviews HERE, then check out the exhibitions in person!



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

April 14, 2013

"From Earth to the Spirits" by Alejandra Cano at Mezcal Restaurant

The Consulate General of Mexico is proud to present:

From the Earth to the Spirits
a photography exhibit by Alejandra Cano

In this photographic series, Alejandra Cano tells us the the mystic path of Mezcal, from being a precious gift to the tavern, where it alleviates the troubled spirits

Through this wonderful collection of images that distill and life, the artist will take us on a journey from the to the cup; from the Palenque, its stills and its mules, that kisses and caresses, that absolves, comforts and resurrects damned.

Opening cocktail: Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 6:30-8:30pm
Please send RSVP by April 18th to aosorio@consulmexsj.com

Exhibition: April 24-July 7, 2013


Mezcal Restaurant
25 W San Fernando St,
San José, CA 95113


Out of Towners at Seeing Things Gallery

Out of Towners
Saturday, April 20th, 7-11pm

Seeing Things Gallery
30 No. Third St.
San Jose, CA

ArtBox Project Call for Artists


ArtBox by Christine Benjamin on Alum Rock Ave.


Phantom Galleries is the artistic director of San Jose's ArtBox Project in partnership with founder Tina Morrill.

The ArtBox Project brings original works of art into San Jose neighborhoods by coordinating talented artists to paint their unique imagery on utility boxes sponsored by neighborhood sponsors.

We are seeking more artists for this amazing community project. More details and stipend info available by emailing us at info[at]phantomgalleries.com.

April 15, 2013

TWO BUCK Tuesday APRIL 16th


?Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, April 16th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art, drop-in sketching table & quirky people get together! It’s open to all ages and free!


Life Drawing by Philip Vose
Bring your pencils and sketch pads for a Costumed Life Drawing session with Lara Sophia and her lovely models!

Sculptor David Canavese will give a free workshop teaching you some of his papercraft skills! All materials are provided.

LIVE ART by:
James Pollard
?Jehoiakim Santos
?Felipe Jimenez 
?Force 129 will be selling his $2 jars
?Nic Caesar - $10 sketches on demand. 
?John Hageman
Jeff Bramschreiber
?Steven Reece
?Al Preciado: “El Jeffe and the Crew”
?Cecile F. Zapanta
?Maricruz Mendoza
Leeonista

LIVE MUSIC by:
?Chris Reed (http://www.ChrisReedMusic.com)
?Live Jazz DJ set from Andrew Sparacino of D’n’?


TWO BUCK Tuesday is April 16th, 7pm-10pm!
Free & open to all ages



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

April 21, 2013

Thrush by Kim Christman April 26th

Thrush, new works by Kim Christman
Artist's Reception: April 26th, 7-10pm
featuring DJ sets by Frances Marin

Exhibition on view through May 20th

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose

May 1, 2013

rEVOLVEr Exhibit at Studio Bongiorno

rEVOLVEr
An all female artist' salon

Reception: Saturday, May 4th, 7pm-11pm

Studio Bongiorno
500 Lincoln St.
Santa Clara, Ca. 95050
408.217.9346

The Weird & The Wonderful Opens First Friday May 3rd at KALEID

Join us this Friday, May 3rd at KALEID Gallery for the opening reception of The Weird and the Wonderful by Murphy Adams and Christine Benjamin. Two talented artists that devote their unique painting styles to very accessible quirky narratives.

The Artists' reception is Friday, May 3rd 7-11pm and is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk. See full line up at www.southfirstfridays.com



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

May 17, 2013

I No Nothing by Blaise Rosenthal at Factory Outlet Gallery

I No Nothing is a new exhibition by Blaise Rosenthal at The Factory Outlet Gallery in his hometown of Mokelumne Hill in Calaveras County, CA from May 18 through June 30, 2013.

from gallery website:
Artist Blaise Rosenthal takes over Factory Outlet Gallery with a collection of minimalist line drawings that come together to form an installation called I No Nothing. The title Rosenthal has chosen for this exhibition, which marks his first solo show in Mokelumne Hill, his home town, can be read as a statement interrupted, 'no nothing' becoming 'nevermind' -- beginning to tell and then deciding against it. Then again the phrase might also be interpreted as a double negative, 'no nothing' equaling something. In Rosenthal's work "certainty is fleeting and the ground always gives way to reveal new potential depths for consideration." It is in this slippery space that each framed drawing -- a world of its own -- becomes something greater when considered in combination with its neighbors. Zooming further out, the introduction of a sculptural element transforms the whole gallery into an unexpected landscape, an unlikely vista in the middle of this gold rush town.

Factory Outlet Gallery
8299-B Main Street
Mokelumne Hill, CA 95245
Phone: 209-286-1174

Coincidence Exhibit at Seeing Things Gallery, May 18th


Coincidence by Sergej Vutuc & Shawn Whisenant

Sergej and Shawn are two very different people from two opposite sides of the world (Germany & San Francisco) but in some ways are very alike by sharing the same passions and interests in art, photography, zines & skateboarding.

Sergej Vutuc has been traveling through out the United States for the last two months zig-zagging his way across Philly, Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore and Portland. All the while doing art shows, skateboarding, making music, zines and photographing it all!

Shawn Whisenant is a sign painter & a curator at the Book and Job gallery in San Francisco. He spends his days making art and shooting photographs of whatever subjects that catch his eye. See more of

Together Sergej and Shawn will combine both their very different worlds into one installation.

Saturday the 18th of May, 7pm to 11pm


Seeing Things Gallery
30 North Third St.
San Jose CA

ArtBox Project Artists Call


Artist: Sara Mordecai, Sponsor: Council member Pierluigi Oliverio, located at Lincoln and Malone


The ArtBox Project is busy with the nice weather and we're looking for new artists that would like to join us! If you'd like to do an ArtBox for the citizens of San Jose, please email us at info[at]PhantomGalleries.com !

"BLITZ" Crowd Funded Fashion Show

A team of friends (Eric Belladonna, Ana Villafańe, Alvaro Aguiar & Drew Clark) are creating a runway fashion show for the upcoming 6th Annual SubZERO Festival on First Friday June 7th in the SoFA District.

"The BLITZ" runway show brings together conceptual high fashion and street wear into something bold and beyond the zeitgeist. Inspired by the New Romantics Era, BLITZ will showcase the artists and businesses who inspire us: local boutiques with lovingly curated collections that keep us from having to travel elsewhere for awesome clothes, all of which can be found in a keepsake look-book, and you can shop these designers and venders on-site at SubZERO after the fashion show!

"By helping us out with a contribution, you'll be working with us to put on this event that celebrates fashion here in Silicon Valley. We promise you that this show will be great; It will be opulant and grand, an experience for the senses that won't easily be forgotten!"

Check out the video and more info here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/subzero-runway-show

TWO BUCK Tuesday May 21st at KALEID

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, May 21st, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art, drop-in sketching table & quirky people get together! It’s open to all ages and free!

Here are some of of the participating artists who will be joining us this time:


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Artists Murphy Adams and Christine Benjamin whose feature show “The Weird and the Wonderful” is up in the main gallery will be there doing collaborative drawings which they’ll have for sale. They’ll also be on hand to answer questions about their work. Each artist will start a drawing then switch, coming up with something completely unique in the spirit of the Exquisite Corpse.


This upcoming Two Buck, get a dose of the high fashion that will be featured at the Blitz Runway show that will be on the main stage of the upcoming 6th Annual SubZERO Festival!  Lacey Bryant, one of the collaborating artists for the fashion show, will be practicing some of the face paint techniques that we will be showcasing on the runway in exchange for donations! Help us put on this awesome event and get some cool designs on your face at the same time!


The San Jose Yarnbombers will be working on their upcoming yarnstorm.  Stop in and knit or crochet a 6 inch square and you can be a part of the action!  You can also help us stitch squares together into patchwork.  We'll bring the yarn, you bring your needles or hooks.  If you have squares to drop off, this would be a great time to bring them by, too! 


Lara Sophia will host a meditation, yoga, martial arts themed drawing session.  Bring your sketch pads and draw folks in poses of concentration or take a turn posing yourself while others draw you.


Live Art By:


David Mejia


Erica Atreya


Jeff Bramschreiber


Nik Caesar


Felipe Jimenez


John Hageman


Al Preciado & friends


Nicholas Jimenez



Enjoy Live Music By Rebelskamp!


TWO BUCK Tuesday is May 21st, 7pm-10pm!


88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

June 16, 2013

Thursday Gig's MADMUSE June 20th

June 20, 2013 THURSDAY GIG's MADMUSE

Recent Poetry & Art by Al Preciado
Open Mic follows

6:00pm socialize
7:00pm Al talks about his art
Live Music by Allison Quintilla (Singer)
Freta Seeburger (Cellist)
8:00pm Al reads followed by Open Mic

Bring a dish to share

Location:
Elizabeth Parashis's apartment complex: FLORENTINE VILLAGE
42 Central Ave., Los Gatos, CA 95030
Park in the street

Questions?
Al Prerciado
apreciado@bcp.org
408-476-1968

Elizabeth Parashis
artpages@earthlink.net
408-410-2313

TWO BUCK Tuesday June 18th

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, June 18th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art, drop-in sketching table & quirky people get together! It’s open to all ages and free!

Here are some of of the participating artists who will be joining us this time:


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?Carolann Espino ?will demonstrate working with clay. Specifically she will do hands on demo to create an’ Alice in Wonderland’ Teapot.


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David Canavese will be on hand working on his detailed papercraft models. Some of his drawings and detailed micro metal sculptures will also be on display!


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Jesse Cupp ran away to join the circus as soon as he could! After living a life of adventure and traveling far and wide, he’s back to amaze and amuse! But just who is this mysterious man… every answer he gives seems to raise more questions. Why did he work on a goat farm? What drove him to teach English in Beijing? And where the heck is Guam? Ask him yourself at Two Buck Tuesday!


LIVE ART BY:

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Felipe Jimenez

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?Al Preciado and friends with special guest Gary Singh
?
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Michael Denning (http://www.facebook.com/MichaelDenningHOCArtisan)


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?Nic Caesar (http://www.scary-art.com/)
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John Hageman (http://www.socialvermyn.com/) 
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Maricruz Mendoza

and Cecile F. Zapanta


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LIVE MUSIC BY: Rebels Kamp


TWO BUCK Tuesday is June 18th from 7-10pm!
free & open to all ages!



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando
San Jose, CA 95112
?info@KALEIDGallery.com?
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm?
Free admission

June 24, 2013

Midtown Beat Art Walk June 28th

Four of the coolest spots along The Alameda get the Midtown Beat kicked off right. Come check out their art displays and sample the wares of these eclectic retailers.

Best of all it is all FREE!

The Arsenal, Art Supply
1202 The Alameda
Hogar Dulce (a)Hogar
Mitsy Ávila Ovalles Solo Art Show (continuing)

The Art Boutiki
Comics & Graphic Novels
44 Race Street
I Am Not A Tracer - The Inking Art of Mick Gray
plus Live Jazz by Grooveyard Shift

Current Tattooing
48 Race Street
Live Painting by some of Current's talented artists.

The Usuals, Clothing & Art
1020 The Alameda
“Proper Dosage” an Art Show by Bryce Larson and Travis Gonsalves


More info on Midtown Beat here.

June 25, 2013

Women Rising June 28th


Women Rising and Backwater Arts Gallery present....

A Night of Creative Empowerment III

Friday, June 28th from 6:00 pm - 12:00 am
681 Quinn Ave
San Jose, CA

ALL AGES
$5 Drinks and Food
Poetry
Art
Dance
Live Music

$5 suggested entry donation to help fund our Downtown San Jose Mural Project
No one turned away for lack of funds!

The Night of Creative Empowerment is an event created to promote, support, and recognize the talent of women of all ages and background in the arts community of San Jose. The event provides the public with the opportunity to see art, listen to music and poetry by women, while empowering them to be leaders and provoking responses from the audience on the topics presented.

This year’s theme is Rise Up, Grrrrl: exploring movements from around the world and 4th wave feminism. Who are our modern day Heroines? How are we as a society redefining femininity? This show is for expressions of hope and courage.

The Village Art Walk June 28th

At The Village this Friday- talented artist. live painting, wine tasting, art for sale and music with a movie. What more do you want! Come out and be a part of History!

Friday, June 28th 6:30pm–10:30pm

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SF Design Week in San Jose

"Mass Produce Original Thought!" with typographic objects and installation by Joe Miller, will be the site of a Silicon Valley gathering for SF Design Week, the Bay Area's annual celebration of all things design. At 8pm there will be a brief talk "The Art of Design for Art" with Joe and Angelica Muro, CSUMB Professor of Art and Media Culture. An evening of design, art, poetry, music by Haptic Synapses, and refreshments. Hosted by Empire Seven Studios and AIGA SF. admission free.

Empire Seven Studios
525 N 7th St
San Jose, California 95112

Great Night of Live Music at Anno Domini June 27th


Anno Domini presents a night of live music with San Jose's Kevin Mason Hull, The Seaons from Oregon and The Anatomy of Frank from Virginia!

Kevin Mason Hull
Kevin Mason Hull's new album is just about complete, and he's preparing to enter the "promote-until-my-voice-is-hoarse-from-screaming" phase. Come celebrate with Kevin as he releases a preview CD of three songs off the album, and premiers some songs with his band!.

http://www.kevinmasonhull.com/


The Seaons
The Seaons (see-ons) are a young Southern Oregon Indie Rock band playing original songs. Their influences range from the joyful renderings of African marimba to the soothing harmonies of modern Indie Rock. While refusing to fall neatly into any one genre the band develops all their compositions around a myriad of ideas and carefully completes the tunes with well placed percussion and an unspoken willingness to please.

http://www.seaons.com/


The Anatomy of Frank
The Anatomy of Frank believes music is good for many things. Among these are dancing recklessly, sitting motionlessly, percolating, sobbing privately, weeping publicly, destroying things, getting into relationships, getting out of relationships, nurturing a good mood, enunciating a bad mood, entertaining a fantasy that you are more badass than your social situation allows you to be, accepting that you are average in many ways, believing that you are extraordinary in others, laughing, screaming, and jumping.

http://www.theanatomyoffrank.com/

THURSDAY, JUNE 27th
RSVP (via Facebook)
Doors at 7:00pm, show at 7:30pm
$5 cover, all ages


Anno Domini Gallery
366 South First Street
Downtown San Jose
www.galleryAD.com

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk Vendor Opportunities!


STREET MRKT was created in 2006 as a way for our local indie/subculture artists and creatives to have direct access to the 1000s of art walk patrons that come out for the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk (and vice versa).

STREET MRKT takes place on South First Street in the SoFA District on First Friday August 2nd and First Friday September 6th, 7–11pm. If you'd like to be considered for a spot to exhibit and sell your art or creative product(s) at this well attended, art & music focused event, please submit 3-5 jpgs (720 pixels wide at 72dp) of your current work and a short bio and we'll get you more info on vendor space and pricing. We're also open to performances, art demos & live painting, so please inquire.

Space is limited and you'll need to bring everything you'll need to exhibit/sell. We provide the space, the electricity and the amazing audience.

Send submission to: info@southfirstfridays.com
Accepted artists/vendors will be notified no later than July 15th.

July 8, 2013

Rebel Angels Art Show at SLG/Art Boutiki July 26th


The Art Boutiki shows off the work of its new digital comic book series Rebel Angels by Canadian artist James Turner.

Rebel Angels is a sort of Monsters Inc crossed with Milton's Paradise Lost as Turner examines what might happen when the demons in the underworld decide that it might NOT be better to rule in hell.

Being serialized digitally, Rebel Angels is Turner's newest work from SLG Publishing (The Art Boutiki's publishing company) and we will be putting some of his digital concept art on the walls for this showing.

Bring a smart phone or other device capable of scanning a QR code and you can get a free copy of the first issue directly to your phone.

All that plus live music and some other cool goings on.

The Art Boutiki is now part of the fourth Friday Midtown Beat. Be sure to visit all of the participating venues for cool night out in San Jose's hippest neighborhood.


Friday, July 26th, 7:30pm

SLG/Art Boutiki
44 Race Street
San Jose, CA

8th Annual Frida Kahlo Fundraiser July 12th


The 8th Annual Frida Kahlo Fundraiser

Frida & Diego look alike contests, silent art auction, music, performances, food & drinks.

Friday, July 12th, 6–9pm

Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave.
San Jose, CA

Max Thompson at Empire Seven July 12th


Max Thompson is an artist based out of California. His name and style continue to gain popularity as he’s rapidly begun taking the greater Bay Area by storm.

In as little as a year, he’s shot for known musicians, clothing companies, models, as well as captured the amazing architecture of San Francisco to Los Angeles.

"Bay Area photographer Max Thompson has set a lot of fires in his relatively short career. Whether shooting high fashion, low-brow sex or gritty street subjects - His eye is keen and his future is bright". - Eric Victorino

A Thousand Words is the first published collection of Max's work. This limited edition zine is a companion piece to the art show of the same name, taking place at Empire Seven Studios July 12 - August 2nd in San Jose, CA.

All copies purchased will be autographed by the artist.

Artist's Reception: Friday July 12th, 7–11pm

Empire Seven Studios

525 No. 7th St.
San Jose, CA 95112

August 1, 2013

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk + STREET MRKT Aug. 2nd

The South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk + STREET MRKT is TONIGHT!

Friday, August 2nd 7–11pm / Free & all ages.

KALEID Gallery has two new solo exhibitions by resident artists Nadja Martens, and Joe Perea.


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Minoule — The Art of Nadja Martens
Ever since I was a young I loved to listen to stories which I always found fascinating. Eventually I began to use these stories, and my own imagination, to escape to new places and interpret the world around me. My paintings are inspired by both the worlds I dreamed up and the one that surrounds me. I try to capture the instant in which I step back from reality and sink into the realm behind my own eyes.


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Paradigm Shift – New works by Joe Perea

When Aristotelian logic is not enough and the linear thinking dissolves, quantum thinking rises out of the new and into the old.

KALEID Gallery
88 So. 1st St.

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Phantom Galleries presents Window Shopping, recent works by Fernando “FORCE129? Amaro Jr

Phantom Galleries transforms vacant storefronts into vibrant art exhibitions by regional artists. These temporary installations, which are viewable 24/7 from the sidewalk, add a jolt of visual stimulation to the passersby and gives wider exposure to independent artists. Fernando Amaro, Jr is a San Jose artist that exhibits widely on the west coast and keeps busy in between shows with his graphic design company.

Phantom Galleries
95 S. Market St.

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Phantom Galleries presents Everyone Gets a Piece! by Bryson Bost at Pho69.

If people really are easier to acquire than objects, then we certainly live atop an intriguing planet. The hope is, that these images are, ‘accessibility,’ in it’s truest form.

Bryson Bost is a painter and draftsman. His work has been exhibited in Oakland, San Francisco, Burlingame, and now San Jose. His father enjoys telling anyone who’ll listen that, ‘his son’s work shares wall-space with Miro.’ It’s my pleasure!

Pho69
321 So. 1st St.

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Phantom Galleries presents Awakening Giant by Omar at Good Karma Vegan Café.

Omar is an Artist, he lives and works in the Bay Area. A former native of Mexico City, he migrated to the U.S. at the age of 9. His desire and passion for art started at a young age, sketching and drawing characters out of comic books. His art-work would be best described as a “beautiful mess of colors” deeply rooted from the? soul. ?
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?Omar’s artistic aberration is still evolving rapidly, along with countless goals and aspirations, that he hopes to conquer as an artist. Omar’s goal is soon to expand his network of artistic consciousness throughout the U.S. and eventually focus all his time and energy to his arts as a full time artist.

Good Karma Vegan Cafe
37 So. 1st St.

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In addition to the Art Walk, South FIRST FRIDAYS presents STREET MRKT

A nighttime DIY urban faire during the art walk that brings together local artists, creative indie retailers and a live music stage with performances by The Trims, French Cassettes and Shovelman with Emcee Avery Burke (of Corpus Callosum) out on South First Street between San Carlos and San Salvador streets.
Free and open to the publlc.

Participating artists / creatives:
Al Preciado , Alan Hackler/Bay Landscape, André Hart, Anna Nguyen Studios, Baysics Clothing, Beadworker, Becca’s Studio, Black Cat Collective, BOLO Vintage, BoomBotix, Bugs and Monsters, Chivaz Wear, Crossroads Trading, Current Tattooing, Cynthia Gonzalez, David Canavese, Death Before Dishonor , EcoMonster, Fernando Amaro, Francisco Franco, Frank Aguilar, Galactic Romance, Gianfranco Paolozzi, Higher Fire Clayspace & Gallery, Jumble Jimbles, Kathryn Hedges, Keith Bunnell, Knotty Boards, James Pollard, Jewels by Daisy, Jodi Mascarenas, Lucy and Mabel Jewelry, Luna Park Chalk Arts Festival, Matthew Lopez, Mejia Arts , Mike Borja, Oak Creek Vintage, The One Thousand Thousand Project by Jason McHenry, Original Grounds, Poetry Center San Jose, Radio KKUP 91.5fm , Revolights, SEASONED, The Showroom by the Usuals, SLG /ArtBoutiki , Steven Reece, Steamy Tech, There There, Tinkertart, WomenRisingSJ, Woody Miller, Zenning

Safe & secure bike parking provided by San Jose Bike Valet

In addition to wonderful restaurants and cafés in the district, a wide assortment of gourmet food trucks will be on site in the parking lot next to Anno Domini Gallery: Banjara Bistro, Barefoot Coffee, Cheese Bandits, Eat On Monday, MoBowl, MoGo, Quick Dog, O Mi Ninja, ScoopsSJ, Soulnese & Twisted Chill

We appreciate our Street Mrkt partners & sponsors:
San Jose Downtown Association
ZipCar
Metro Newspapers.

For full listing of participating art walk venues, please visit www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com or join us on Facebook here.


First Friday August 2nd, 7–11pm
SoFA District (& beyond) in downtown San Jose
South First Street between San Carlos & San Salvador streets

August 6, 2013

Cross Process by Josh Marcotte & Kori Thompson

We here at Phantom Galleries are looking forward to this new exhibition by our long time friends Josh Marcotte & Kori Thompson.

We admire Josh as a photographer with an eye for the beauty in the neglected, seemingly forgotten shells of what once was, whether it be nostalgic buildings, novelty signage or classic cars.

Kori is a painter....everyday, it's what he does. His loose style is recognizable and his subjects are down to earth and familiar...a moment captured in a diner, or on a street corner.

Josh & Kori have both gained a loyal following through their exhibitions at KALEID Gallery and their participation in numerous art events in the South Bay.

We hope you'll join us at their opening reception this Friday night!


Cross Process a dual exhibition with Josh Marcotte & Kori Thompson

Opening reception: Friday, August 9th, 7–11pm
Music by RS2

Exhibit dates: August 9–30, 2013


Gallery hours: Tuesday–Friday, 12-6pm
Saturday 12-4pm

Empire Seven Studios
525 N. 7th St.
San Jose

August 12, 2013

SLG Art Boutiki’s Zombie-O-Rama® 2013


SLG Art Boutiki’s Zombie-O-Rama® 2013
Plus “Zombieland” screening on August 21
Downtown San Jose’s SoFA District

SLG Art Boutiki’s Zombie-O-Rama® 2013, the fifth annual night of the undead in downtown San Jose!

Zombie-O-Rama® events begin at about 4:30 p.m.
The event includes:
·Zombie makeup pop-up shops and vendors;
·Zombie crawl throughout downtown to a dozen or so participating restaurants/clubs offering zombie specials;
·Costume contests;
·Young zombie parade (yes, this is a family event);
·Live music;
·Food trucks;
·Canned food drive benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank.

The event leads up to a 9 p.m. Starlight Cinemas outdoor movie series (produced by San Jose Downtown Association) showing of “Zombvieland.”

The movie, contests, crawl and music are all FREE.

SLG Art Boutiki’s Zombie-O-Rama® 2013 & SJDA’s Starlight Cinemas: “Zombieland”
Wednesday, Aug. 21st, 4:30-11:30 p.m.
Gore Park in the SoFA District (on South First at William St.)
RSVP here.

Timspiration Exhibit at Seeing Things Gallery 8/24

Timspiration art and photography inspired by Tim Brauch.

featuring: Matt Sharkey, Jai Tanju, Jason Adams, Jon Humpries, Mark Waters, Bryce Kanights, Russ Pope, Isreal Forbes, Scotty Greathous, Jason Arnold, Creature Lee, Andrew Meecum, RS2, Mike Crabtree, Lance Dalgart, Tobin Yelland, Grant Brittain, Jason Arnold, Steve Caballero and Chet Childress!

"Who's Your Daddy" tour video edited by Matt Ev's and RS2 acoustic set!

Seeing Things Gallery
Saturday August 24th 7 pm tp 11 pm
30 North Third St. San Jose, CA

WORKS Benefit Art Auction 8/17

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The Liberator by James Morgan


Make a bid for community art and performance!

WORKS BENEFIT ART AUCTION: Saturday, August 17th
final preview starting at 5pm and auction at 7pm

The artists have donated, now it’s your turn to bid in the South Bay’s most eclectic and accessible art auction! All proceeds support exhibition, performance, and education programs at Works/San José, your nonprofit, all volunteer, community art and performance center.

Proxy bidding available.

Auction admission is free, bidder registration is only $20, $10 members of Works.

An amazing array of art by:
Erica Atreya, Tracey Baca, Anthony Barbaria, Brande Barrett, Kat Bell, Helen Bellavor, Elisabeth Benjamin, Laura Callin Bennett, Lydia Rae Black, James A. Bonacci, William Bryant, Cathy Cambiano, Christopher Canote, Diane Cassidy, Antonio Castro, Manli Chao, D. Cichon, John Cloud, Leeonna Colter, Steve Cooley, Jesse Cupp, Binh Danh, Joseph Delappe, Kelly Detweiler, Kathryn Dunlevie, Syd Dunton, Helene Ehrlich, Christopher Elliman, Carolann Espino, Fernando/ force 129, Tulio Flores, Mary Anne Gerhardt, Lucy Ghelfi, Monica Gonzalez, Yolanda Guerra, Erin Goodwin-Guerrero, Andre Hart, Maia Jacobson, Ed John, Jovani, Charlotte Kruk, John Kurtyka, Leslie Lambert, Oscar Lars, Katherine Levin-Lau, Bette Linderman, Kent Manske, Michael Martin, Kimy Martinez, Mark Martinez, Ken Matsumoto, Therese May, Tony May, Cody McCabe, Jason McHenry, Keith Melot, John Merchant, Joe Miller, Jesse N. Molina, Clayton Moraga, Lourdes Morante-Mieses, James Morgan, Angelica Muro, Terayuth Ngamvilaipun, Ron Orpitelli. Gianfranco Paolozzi. Guy Pederson, Anabella Pińon, James H. Pollard. Carmela Rizzuto. Carlos Rodriguez, Joe Bastida Rodriguez, Steven Rubalcaba, Ruby Rutledge, Aimeé Santos, Joe Saxe. Gaye Schye, Danielle Siembieda, Lisa Simons, Gary Singh, Jean Skamra, Maggie So, Shana Sundstrom, Lynne Todaro, Gary Tolomei, Timothy Tsun, Sieglinde Van Damme, Ana Villafane, Mireya Villanueva, Wanda Waldera, Michelle Waters, Nanette Wylde, Alayne Yellum, Ian Young


WORKS
365 South Market Street
owntown San José

The Cat Walk x EcoMonster 8/16


The Cat Walk x EcoMonster
Friday, August 16th from 6-10pm

Cocktails // Music // Silent Auction // Toothbrush Drive

In celebration of EcoMonster’s Opening Night, The Cat Walk will be hosting a fun filled evening of shopping, cocktails, and music under the stars. Come meet the following talented local artists: Milk Money Crafts, Oh Abby Day, Lazy Bones Vintage, Impressed by nature, Polished by KPT, ReInvintage, Classic Loot, Fancy Made, The Bay Closet, Sweets from Nat, The Fashion Palate, John Cloud, Force129, Betwixt, Floral Charm

In addition to this, EcoMonster will also hold a Toothbrush Drive and Silent Auction benefiting the humanitarian organization CHPAA http://www.chpaa.org/Home.html

EcoMonster's New Address @ Black Cat Collective Vintage Emporium
751 W. San Carlos
San Jose, CA 95126

August 18, 2013

Midtown Beat Art Walk Aug. 23rd

This Friday Aug. 23rd, 7-10pm is the Midtown Beat art walk on The Alameda. Highlights include:

SLG/ART BOUTIKI

East Bay artist Belinda Adams comes to the Art Boutiki two days after the end of the apocalypse known as Zombie-O-Rama., showing work from her new booklet Zombee Cakes as well as other zombie paintings.

There will be live music and lots of art from other local zombie artists (well, the artists aren't zombis, they just draw them, but who knows they might be by the time this show roles around).

Live music too!

SLG/Art Boutiki
44 Race St San Jose, CA 95126

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"Life & Death” presented by Heart of Chaos at The Usuals.

Life and Death: An Exhibit of Contrasts

Life:
When the energetic force that animates the physical body manifests for all to see and feel.

Death:
When the energetic force that animates the physical body withdraws leaving an empty shell with a marked decrease in resemblance to the living organism.

Life is terminal. Death a mystery. Carlos Castańeda’s spiritual teacher Don Juan advised him to keep death on his left shoulder. He meant let an awareness of death inform your life and teach you how to live fully. This exhibit is an exploration of how those two realities intertwine and play off each other in a net of time and space. Join us for a compelling expression of this dynamic dance of contrasts.

Beats provided by Joe Kidd throughout the evening

Poetry by Ruben Alexander Barron, Alyssa Kimiko and Enoc Lira, 8pm

Music by RABBIT QUINN, 9pm

VISUAL ARTISTS:
Michael Denning / Miguel Machuca / Basic Lee / Tulio Flores / Ana Villafańe / Jaclyn Alderete / Michael Foley / Mireya Villanueva / Steven Herman / Tyson Johnston / Urbano Espinosa / Maggie So / Alexandria Perez / Greg Kerekes / Anthony Barbaria / Erica Atreya / Jarid Duran / Jesse Cupp / Chelsi Whiting / Matthew R. Lopez / Sean Vincent Vallo / Yolanda Guerra / RA Barron / Free Barron / Eric Shaffer / Robbie Sugg / David Canavese / Carolann Espino / Leeonnista / Jesse Huelsenkamp / Manda Bukes / Eli Lippert / SKOP / Adam Espino / Carlos Rodriguez / John Cloud / Angel Guard Noon / Anabella Pinon / Freddie Vega

FREE ENTRANCE

The Usuals
1020 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126

TWO BUCK Tuesday Aug. 20th


Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, August 20th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art, drop-in sketching table & quirky people get together! It’s open to all ages and free!


Here are some of of the participating artists who will be joining us this time:


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Jason McHenry will be doing new work for the One Thousand Thousand project and will, ideally, complete a hundred or so pieces there on the spot. He'll certainly be encouraging participation from anyone that's interested and could use all the help he can get to reach a million paintings. He's just past 325k as of now! https://www.facebook.com/OneThousandThousand


Carolann Espino will demo creating art cards using foil and mixed media.


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Draw upon the oracular insights that tarot symbolism provides as the sly prognosticator, Drew, returns to Two Buck Tuesday to read your fortune for a pittance.


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This month's Featured Artist Joe Perea will be live painting.  Feel free to ask him about his current feature show "Paradigm Shift"


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?Al Preciado & Andre Hart will collaborate on a flower painting.


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Live painting by James Pollard


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David Mejia will draw your portrait on the spot.


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Enjoy an awesome DJ set by J Swizza


TWO BUCK Tuesday is August 20th! Free and all ages welcome.



88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112

info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm?Free admission

September 4, 2013

"What's Under the Bed" at KALEID opens this Friday!

 
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What's Under the Bed new works by Mark Damrel, and Donny Foley.

"What's Under the Bed" is about knowing what lurks in the closet, lives in the woods or when man meets centipede. Monsters are an everyday part of life and if we continue to ignore them, they'll one day eat our children or something."

With Entertainment by Dj Coco

Artists’ Reception: Friday, September 6th, 7–11pm
free & open to the public

Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk

Exhibition: September 6–27, 2013

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88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

South FIRST FRIDAYA Art Walk + STREET MRKT Sept. 6th

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Cement Eclipses at Anno Domini Gallery


The South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk + Street Mrkt is this Friday, Sept. 6th, 7-11pm.

In addition to 22 participating art walk venues, there's the Street Mrkt with 60 amazing artists and indie creatives selling their work directly to art walk patrons. On the live music stage is the Sunrunners + Light Thieves + Curious Quail with emcee David Knight.

Check out the full line up here: www.southfirstfridays.com

Join the Facebook page here: www.facebook.com/ArtWalkSJ

and here's a map you can print out or save to your smart phone.


September 8, 2013

Come Meet Whitney Biennial Artist Edgar Arceneaux on Friday September 27



Come meet Edgar Arceneaux, an American artist leading Three Million Years, a Social Practice Art Project in Săo Tomé, Africa.

Lead by Edgar Arceneaux and partially funded by the U.S. State Department. Edgar is a world leader in Social Practice Art and his work has been presented at the Whitney Biennial as well as many other venues around the world. He will share his views of Social Practice Art as well as the Săo Tomé Project.

More info about Arceneaux here
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Friday Sept. 27th 7pm-9:30pm
Hors d'oeuvres, wine, beer & drinks will be served

$75. per adult / children free
Donations directly benefit Săo Tomé Redevelopment Project, Three Million Years.
RSVP to (949)374-2362

The event will take place at the home of Russ Krapf and Ellen Evans
1229 Glenn Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125

Suhita's Notes On Being An ArtBox Artist

Suhita just completed a beautiful ArtBox at the corner of Race St & Park Ave dedicated to the Hanchett Park neighborhood. She's posted her experience here: http://sketchaway.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/art-box-san-jose-a-public-art-project/

If you'd like to participate in this ongoing project that pairs up artists with sponsors to bring original works of art to San Jose neighborhoods, please email us at info@PhantomGalleries.com for submission info.

Luna Park Chalk Art Festival Sept. 21st


Luna Park Chalk Art Festival has been out at all the summer South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk events giving people the chance to try their hand being a chalk artist. Time to do it for real! The full blown chalk art festival is coming up on September 21st at Backesto Park. Bring the whole family!

More info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/161839730606671/

September 15, 2013

TWO BUCK Tuesday Sept. 17th at KALEID

TWO BUCK Tuesday is this week on September 17th, 7pm-10pm at KALEID Gallery!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art, drop-in sketching table & quirky people get together! It’s open to all ages and free!

Here are some of of the participating artists who will be joining us this time:


KALEID artist Joe Perea will be sharing his unique way of drawing, and will help you come up with your own work of art using his technique of building upon circles as a starting point. He believes anyone can learn to draw and express themselves with confidence and he loves inspiring people to try it out for the first time.


Artist Carolann Espino will demonstrate the art of creating assemblage and decorative boxes using various types of objects, vintage glass, odd objects, curiosities. She will demonstrate the way to create a crackling effect as well as training your eye to create unusual art objects. Bring your own boxes due to supply limitations. However,nobody will be turned away from the demonstration. Her motto is "Think outside of the box." "Be Bold and Allow yourself to express whatever is revealed. That is the best art because it expresses your authentic self.


Pals Lacey and Lara spent many years playing with colorful, smudgy oil pastels together. They are reuniting for this evening to teach you how to have fun doing collaborative drawing in oil pastels. There will also be a special $2 sale of lots of oil pastel drawings from the vault!


Nik Caesar will create little monsters for your pleasure.


Al Preciado Andre Hart will collaborate on a flower painting for their upcoming show at KALEID


David Mejia will draw your portrait while you wait.


Enjoy sweet beats by Illvino!


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And check out the feature exhibition What's Under the Bed new works by Mark Damrel, and Donny Foley.


TWO BUCK Tuesday is September 17th!

All ages & free!


RSVP https://www.facebook.com/events/216270351875757/


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88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

October 2, 2013

OCT. 4th South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk Highlights

This Friday is the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk in downtown San Jose.
Oct. 4th, 7-11pm, all venues are free & open to the public.

Here's just a few highlights to get you started Friday night:

At KALEID Gallery: new feature exhibitions by Mariya Milovidova, and Michelle Waters

The Journey new works by Mariya Milovidova

This particular collection of new works by Milovidova is the reflection of a personal life journey. This journey describes her fascination with fashion, foreign cultures, architecture, and romance. It can be seen in every single artwork as it tells its own story, but it truely comes alive when the viewer reads their own story within the paintings and drawings.

Mariya Milovidova was born in Odessa,the beautiful city in Ukraine by the Black Sea where she attended Greckov Art School studying the techniques of old school European masters. Currently she resides in Bay Area where she graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelors in Studio Art.

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We Are All Animals new works by Michelle Waters

The art in this show gives voice to the billions of animals who live, suffer and die in factory farms and laboratories, and the wild animals whose world is being stolen by habitat destruction, overconsumption and poaching.

It is not a question of Do animals have rights? But a question of What gives us the right, to take life? Where do we draw the line? These are the questions behind the paintings in this exhibition.

Michelle Waters has been painting since the mid 1980s, and shows her work nationally. She is also an animal rights, environmental and social justice activist.


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Phantom Galleries presents Rocks, Waves & Clouds by Matthew Seigel at Pho69.

Similar to traditional Asian scrolls, Matthew’s paintings capture the impermanence of an idea or location. His new paintings were inspired by the natural beauty of a low tide walk along Maine’s rocky coast.

Overwhelmed with the colors, forms and relationships of rocks, the sea and sky, Matthew immediately set up an impromptu studio on his father’s farmhouse porch. The result are these modern, vibrant scrolls, acrylic on synthetic rice paper, hung on aluminum rods.

Matthew invites you to experience Maine.


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Phantom Galleries presents Five Zero Five by Ashley Gulizia at Good Karma Vegan Café.

Inspiration is drawn from bright colors, striking shapes, and nature. It is the random things and places that spark perspective. Beauty is all over the place – even the rarest of places. Using light to manipulate dramatic scenes, the world becomes surreal. Opening thought to where beauty lies.


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Phantom Galleries presents Heritage of Rural Life in India by Yasala Balaiah at 95 S. Market St.

Yasala Balaiah an established senior artist was born in India in 1939 & now resides in Hyderabad. Balaiah is also known for his delightful paintings of “Telangana Women,” drawn from the beautiful rural backdrop of his native land. His colorful paintings of brightly attired, dark complexioned, straight nosed strong boned Telangana women, captured with a native candor brings a refreshing whiff of rural splendor.

One can’t help but admire the artist’s attention to detail and the extensive work that has gone into not just portraying the expressions but their attire too. Use of bright orange, red, yellow and green has a captivating effect. Whether it is a group of women gossiping in the village or farmers with their cattle, each painting narrates a story of the rural life.


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Phantom Galleries presents Dysfunctional by Andrew Agutos at 376 S. 1st St.

“My canvases are windows into an ideal world imagined in my head. Architectural, geometric structures are surrounded and covered in patterns referencing pop art, abstract expressionism and graffiti. Remixed Warhol-camouflage, iconic cartoon imagery and colors from the fashion world are presented in a synthetic space much like the internet. Organic forms are layered with angular shapes, creating environments that are comfortable, chaotic, inviting and unknown.”


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Seeing Things Gallery: Dave Dave Dave featuring the photography of Dave Carnie, Dave Schubert and Dave Franklin

Everyone knows someone named Dave. Most know two, three maybe, even four or five Daves. I know a lot of Daves. I know a painter Dave, a few musician Daves, one of my oldest friends is named Dave, and the guy who lives next door to me is named Dave too. One thing I’ve figured out is all Daves are not created equal. Some are cool and some outright suck. The Daves in the Dave, Dave, Dave show, however, are what I like to call extraordinary Daves. All three of these Daves are photographers. These days the word “photographer” is thrown around too easily, but these Daves are not just good photographers, but great photographers. These Daves are Dave Carnie, Dave Schubert, and Dave Franklin. If you don’t know these Daves, look them up and be ready to see some things you’ve never seen before—and maybe add some more Daves to your life.


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Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design presents Suicide­ a new series by Barron Storey.

The legendary illustrator and fine artist, Barron Storey, returns to Anno Domini for his fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. Having lost several people close to him to suicide: mother, her brother, ex-wife, and close friend, Storey began asking others: “Did you know anyone who committed suicide?” So many did. Storey made drawings of each one in his journals….pages and pages of them. The resulting art works on canvas are poignant, beautifully expressed moments of deep despair and the struggle to understand “why?”.

An illustrator, graphic novelist, fine artist and noted educator, Barron Storey has created award-winning artworks for the covers and pages of Time, National Geographic, Saturday Review, and The Sandman: Endless Nights, among many others including the cover of the classic novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1980 edition.) His artworks are held in the collections of the National Air and Space Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, and Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

Storey resides in San Francisco, CA and is a professor at California College of the Arts and San Jose State University.

Special music performances throughout the evening by Freya Seeburger (cello) & Giovanna Hutchison (soprano).


For full schedule of exhibitions and locations, please visit: www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com or you can keep informed through the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ArtWalkSJ

October 13, 2013

BEST of Y2K13 Int'l Live Looping Festival


BEST of Y2K13 International Live Looping Festival featuring looping artists from around the world.

ANNO DOMINI Gallery
366 S 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113
www.galleryAD.com

Wednesday, October 16th, 7pm
Admission: $5 at the door / Students (w/ ID) Free


7:00pm SEMIH YANYALI (Turkey)
Yanyali will perform a set of electronica, dub, eastern, jazz mix which he will be performing with Ableton Live, Push and guitar. Lots of live beats, sounds and fx and melodies.

7:30pm ANI (United States)
ANI (Amy Lee) is a San Francisco Bay Area live-looping music performer who creates wicked beats, chord progressions, and wild solos all in real-time 100% improvised on iPads. No two performances are the same and no preset drumloops are used.
She is not a DJ.

8:00pm STEPHEN BRIGGS (New Zealand)
A background in Progressive Rock and more recently Post Rock influences allied to several years of finger picking and Classical guitar have united with a busy pedalboard of stomp boxes to now enable me to become my own solo band.

8:30pm LUCID BRAIN INTEGRATIVE PROJECT (France)
Emmanuel Reveneau is a French artist involved in music, video and theatre, whose work is deeply informed by self-organization theories, situationism and irony.

9:00pm MANDOMAN (Japan)
Creating a cross between a symphony orchestra and full rock band with a single Mandolin, MandoMan has been a constant audience favorite at the festival for many years.

9:30pm PREHISTO'ZIK (France)
In music sets of PREHISTO’ZIK, I try to create music representing an anachronistic mixture: one side the modern ethnocentric equipment of occidental culture using a looper and a clarinet, and the other side the ancestral and universal sounds of materials like clay, wood, stone. I make my own instruments, based on actual archeological and ethnologica knowledge.

10:00pm RICK WALKER (United States)
Considered an expert in the fields of cross cultural rhythmic expression, odd time, polyrhythms and different ‘groove’ expressions in American popular music, he’s also a multi-instrumentalist (keyboards, strings, wind, brass, voice and found sound). He’s made his living as producer, studio musician, teacher, sound designer, author, band leader, live looping innovator and is the producer of the world’s largest annual live looping festival, the “Y2K13 International Live Looping Festival”

Plus live interactive looping video by Maha! on the Loopy Cam


BEST of Y2K13 International Live Looping Festival
ANNO DOMINI Gallery
366 S 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113
www.galleryAD.com

Wednesday, October 16th, 7pm
Admission: $5 at the door / Students (w/ ID) Free
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/345254202287684/

Y2K13 International LIve Looping Festival OCT 16th–21st
http://y2kloopfest.com

TWO BUCK Tuesday October 15th!

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, October 15th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art, drop-in sketching table & quirky people get together! It’s open to all ages and free!

Here are some of of the participating artists who will be joining us this time:


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Jodi Mascarenas will teach us how to decorate sugar skulls for Dia de Los Muertos.



James Pollard will be painting in oils and working on "THE CUBE".



David Mejia will draw your portrait while you wait in ink and watercolor.



Nicolas Caesar will be drawing ferocious and adorable monsters.



Lara Sophia will draw you in oil pastels.



Andre J Hart and Al Preciado will be collaborating on a flower painting in preparation for their upcoming show at KALEID.



Enjoy music by DJ Bob Johnston


TWO BUCK Tuesday, October 15th, 7pm-10pm!
Free & open to the public

RSVP on our event page here.


KALEID Gallery?
88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

October 31, 2013

FLOWERS at KALEID Gallery Nov. 1st

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FLOWERS collaborative works by André Hart and Al Preciado

This is a show about flowers, but it’s not really about flowers.
It’s an exhibition featuring two artists.
One a loose, out of control, maniac beast of an artist. The other sublime, controlled and
precise with each brushstroke.
One represents generation Y, the other is an archaic relic from the baby boomer generation.
This is a show about creative construction and destruction and reconstruction.
This is heaven and earth, good and evil.
This is an angel flowing out with goodness smashing into Satan with his baleful look.
This is a wordless, nonverbal explosion of two like-minded individuals exploring in an organic
and intuitive way the process of painting by the combination of divergent styles.
This is a show about flowers , but it’s really not about flowers.

Artists’ Reception: Friday, November 1st 7-11pm
part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk

Exhibition dates: November 1–23, 2013

 

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88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

November 17, 2013

Frida & Friends Fuzzy Blanket Drive and Silent Art Auction

It's already Seeing Things Gallery's 1 Year Anniversary! And to celebrate, they'll be having their 6th Annual FRIDA & FRIENDS Fuzzy Blanket Drive & Silent Art Auction.

Please bring clean blankets and towels to the event and hang out for a silent art auction (starting bids only $10.), all donations and proceeds will also be donated to the San Jose Animal Shelter.

Friday November 29th, 7-11pm

Seeing Things Gallery
30 N. Third Street
San Jose, CA

TWO BUCK Tuesday Nov. 19th, 7pm


Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, November 19th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art, drop-in sketching table & quirky people get together! It’s open to all ages and free!

Here are some of of the participating artists who will be joining us this time:


Carolann Espino will help participants create a "Dream Collage". What if you could have the house, car, man, women, pet, garden, job you want?. Well you can through creating your own unique "Dream Collage" Visualizing your dreams is a powerful tool to create your goals and dreams. "Dream Collage" art feels you with a sense of excitement as you affirm your dreams through the power of art. Supplies will be provided except for canvas boards. (Those wishing to be part of the art can pick them up very reasonably at Michaels, 8x11 is a good size). She will provide stock paper if there are those who cannot afford canvas board.


Al Preciado will sculpt large and amazing things out of common household foil. Come and get some sculpting tips from a pro!


Nik Caesar will marvel you with his monsters!


James Pollard will paint bold images in large strokes.


Felipe Jimenez will brighten the day with his colorful artwork.


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Live performance from our friends Rebelskamp!


TWO BUCK Tuesday is November 19th, 7pm-10pm!


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88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

November 30, 2013

Spooky Action! by Kyle Pellet Opens Dec. 13th

“Spooky Action!” by Kyle Pellet at Empire Seven Studios

For this exhibit, Pellet organized eight sets of steps, and used them in repetition to create a series of over 50 gouache paintings that explore memory, energy, and the construction and destruction of relationships. Also featured in this exhibit is an original score by Hank M. Richardson.This is Pellet’s second solo exhibit with Empire Seven Studios, and is definitely not to be missed!

Opening reception: Friday, December 13, 2013 from 7-11pm

Exhibit dates: December 13-28, 2013


Empire Seven Studios
525 No. 7th St.
San Jose, CA 95112

Gallery hours:
Tuesday-Friday: 12-6pm
Saturday: 12-4pm
and by appointment

Brüken Eingang by Al Preciado Dec. 14th

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A New Exhibition featuring the multi-disciplined work of Al Preciado

December 14th at the Citadel from 7 pm – 11 pm

Also featuring New Music by jazz and indie musician, Mitch Waldman

Artist, curator, educator, Al Preciado will exhibit a collection of new work, as well as personal favorites, including paintings, sculptures, and mixed media work at the Citadel on December 14th from 7 pm-11 pm.

The exhibition entitled, Brüken Eingang, features the diverse subject matter, which have been the creative focus of Preciado’s work over the years. Although this show's subject matter is as varied as landscapes, ballerinas, dogs, and mythology–all presented in Preciado’s signature free-spirited, fluid, and expressive style.

The exhibition, Brüken Eingang, is free and open to the public.

The Citadel
199 Martha St.
San Jose, CA

HARK! 12 Annual Holiday Show & Sale Opens Dec. 6th

It's that wonderful time of year when 60+ artists offer their signature works of art at especially affordable prices for holiday gift giving!

Participating artists include resident KALEID artists as well as an invited group of talented regional artists.

Hundreds of works of art will be our main feature exhibit for this holiday season, all ready to go home with you at time of purchase!


Join us for the artists' holiday party and sale kick-off during the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk on December 6th, 7pm-11pm.

Kick-off party includes Snowglobe workshop made from upcycled jars by EcoMonster ($10 includes all craft materials,) a $100. gift certificate to KALEID prize for the best UGLY Holiday Sweater & a chance to win a $50 KALEID gift certificate raffle for everyone wearing ugly sweater/apparel garb! (Don't have an ugly sweater? Black Cat VIntage Emporium will have some available for purchase at the party!)

Sale continues through January 18th.

HARK! Artists
Michael Accorsi, Murphy Adams, Jaclyn Alderete, Fernando Amaro, Shannon Amidon, Erica Atreya, Darius B’Alexander, Deb Barba, Omar Barba, Mariana Barnes, Christine Benjamin, Laura Bennett, Sandi Billingsley, Julie Bilyeu, Steve Borelli, Bryson Bost, Lacey Bryant, Nicolas Caesar, David Canavese, Shone Chacko, Jesse Cowz, Jean Davis, Jarid Duran, EcoMonster, EricaA, Carolann Espino, Tulio Flores, Donny Foley, Michele Guieu, Katie Gutierrez, Jeff Hemming, Kushlani Jayasinha, Felipe Jimenez, Oscar Knutsson, Leeonista, Katrina Loera, Matthew Lopez, Josh Marcotte, Nadja Martens, Kimy Martinez, Mariya Milovidova, Sara Mordecai, Avery Palmer, Gianfranco Paolozzi, John Paulson, Joe Perea, James Pollard, Al Preciado, Sam Raske, Steven Reece, Jen Renzel, Blaise Rosenthal, Valerie Runningwolf, Matthew Seigel, Yelena Shabrova, Maggie So, Lara Sophia, Steven Suiter, Courtney Thiesen, Kori Thompson, Amanda Triplett, Tanya Varga, Andy Wallace, Michelle Waters, JoAnne Yada & Yumi

RSVP to our event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/535803153176333/?ref=5


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88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

December 11, 2013

Juan Carlos Araujo Exhibit at The Arsenal

Juan Carlos Araujo will be exhibiting new personal work, entitled "Inveterate" at The Arsenal with an opening reception on Saturday, December 14, 2013, 7-11pm.

The Arsenal
1202 The Alameda
San Jose, CA

Al Preciado Exhibition at The Citadel Dec. 14th

Visual artist & sculptor Al Preciado has a new exhibition of work entitled Brucke Eingang (Entering Bridge).

The one night event will include John Kurtyka playing drums, Giovanna Hutchison singing Opera and Mitch Waldman will share some of his new music.

Citadel Gallery
199 Martha and 5th Street
San Jose, CA
www.preciadoart.com

ICYCAPS at Cannery Gallery Dec. 13th

ICYCAPS a group show of contemporary sign painters, illustrations & photography by The Pre-Vinylite Society & Friends, curated by Colt Bowden & Ken Davis.

Opening: Friday, Dec. 13th, 7-11pm
Special Edition Zine Release

Cannery Gallery
401 East Taylor St.
San Jose, CA

Meet & Greet Don Gagliardi at Empire Seven Dec. 12th

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Empire Seven Studios will be hosting a meet & greet with Don Gagliardi, a candidate for District 3 (Downtown) City Council seat. We have seen great progress downtown in terms of the visibility of art, music and culture but there is still much to do and we could do more and go further with strong city support.

With so many challenges facing this city, we must ensure that the arts are not forgotten or buried as a non-essential. Don Gagliardi knows the important roles the artists/musicians/creatives contribute in making San Jose vibrant, desirable and economically successful for all that live and/or work here.

Even if you don't live downtown, you probably do know family and friends that do and their vote will affect your opportunities to make and exhibit your life's work in the city center. We hope you can attend and meet Don, hear what he has to say for yourself, share your concerns and suggestions and hope for a bright future for downtown San Jose.

BTW, it's also a sneak peek of Kyle Pellet's new show "Spooky Action!".

Sincerely,
Phantom Galleries


Thursday, December 12th, 7pm

Empire Seven Studios
525 No. 7th St.
San Jose, CA 95112

January 13, 2014

Rey Giese Tribute Exhibition

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In tribute to Rey Giese 1919-2013

A major exhibition of hand-painted signs by the late master of the lettering brush, spanning over 75 years of Bay Area history. In addition to Rey Giese originals, a dozen contemporary sign painters carry on the tradition with several recreations of Giese designs.

Featured artists: John Barrick, Lacey Bryant, Orly Cukui, Ken Davis, Bob Dewhurst, Jim Gardner, Rachel Giese, Abel Gonzalez, Benjamin Henderson, Jesico Serrano, Damon Styer, Lorna Sulgit, John Truong.


Artists’ Reception: Friday, February 7th, 7pm–11pm
free & open to the public, part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk

RSVP Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/545327628897372/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

Exhibition: February 7–28, 2014

Read the new article on the Rey Giese exhibit by Gary Singh of the Metro Newspaper here.


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88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

Josh Marcotte Exhbition at Bela La Vie

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Bela La Vie presents: "Mobile Manipulation" Hipstamatic photos by Josh Marcotte.

Opening Reception January 25th, 7–10pm

311 E. Campbell Ave.
Campbell, CA

Andre Hart Exhibit Jan. 25th


I'm An American Artist. Whatever That Is... a solo exhibition of new and retrospective work by André Hart

A show about Freedom. Though my work can be interpreted as you please, the essence of the show, as a whole, represents the very fundamental values of freedom of choice and expression. ~Andre Hart

Live music will be by Column of Air and
A very Special performance by one of San Francisco's biggest Queen, Miss Nix!!!!!

One night only, Saturday January 18th at 7pm

RSVP Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/456741834447460/

The Citadel
Corner of South Fifth Street and Martha Street

January 19, 2014

TWO BUCK TUESDAY Jan. 21st!

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Join us for our next TWO BUCK Tuesday creative get together featuring artist demos, live art, music and $2 Art!

Tuesday January 21st, 7-10pm, free and all ages

Save the Date by joining our event page here.


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Carolann and Midori will be instructing participants in creating a "Dream Collage". Please bring canvas board to create your collage. The size required 8 x 11 no larger. Creating a Dream Collage is extremely fun and helps to visualize and affirm what you would like to create in your life. If you can dream it you can achieve it. Bring clippings you would like to have on your dream collage.

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Amy Street will be teaching us how to create celebrity portraits in glitter! “Because glitter is the new medium.”

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Gianfranco Paolozzi will have his new unique cards for sale.

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Photos by Thomas Morrow

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Felipe Jimenez will be drawing Valentines just for you!

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David Mejia will draw your portrait while you wait!

LIVE PAINTING by:

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Al Preciado

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Jesse Cupp

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Luis Rivas

as well as: James Pollard , Anthony Palomo & Andrew Bayudan

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Music by Jessica Neideffer and her Healing bowls.

 

TWO BUCK Tuesday is January 21, 7-10pm. Free & all ages

 

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88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

February 9, 2014

Photobooth at the March 7th South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk

Advance notice that there will be a free photo booth at the March 7th South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk. Dressing up as your favorite artist or painting is encouraged!

SAVE THE DATE: https://www.facebook.com/events/806277266065773/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Gary Colman at Bel Bacio

"Gary Coleman's California Landscapes", a third generation native Californian's impressions of his beloved land will be on view February 13– March 3rd with a "meet the artist" event Saturday February 15th, from 2 - 4pm.

Bel Bacio is just a few doors from Henry's Hi-Life at 350 W. Julian St., SJ 95110.
The cafe is open 7am to 8pm, serving coffees imported from Naples, Italy

ZOOK58 Show at Empire Seven Feb. 15th

Antonio NAVA Torres (San Jose / currently Los Angeles) will be exhibiting his new original works. His paintings go back to his roots. Elements of graffiti art are in the majority of his pieces. Inspired by family, culture, and life events, Antonio creates spontaneous and uninhibited art. Using acrylic and gesso paint as his mediums to create abstract expressionist paintings that evoke emotion and promote thought.


Opening Reception: Saturday, February 15th 7–11pm

Exhibition on view through March 1, 2014.


Empire Seven Studios
525 N 7th St
408-638-7846
San Jose, CA 95112

Wesley Wright at Roscoe Gallery

San Jose ceramics artist Wesley Wright has a solo show at Roscoe Ceramics Gallery in Oakland February 7-22, 2014.

Reception Thursday February 20th from 6pm–8pm.

Gallery hours: Saturdays, 12–5pm.

Roscoe Gallery
473 25th Street, Suite 5
Oakland, CA

Deep Reading Group Exhibit at Euphrat Museum


KALEID Gallery digital artist John Kurtyka is a featured artist in the group exhibition DEEP READING at the Euphrat Museum in Cupertino on the De Anza campus. Kurtyka will be showing 12 digital works in a custom 32” digital picture frame.

DEEP READING looks at the intersection of humanity and technology and traditional practices in the digital age. Artworks include one-of-a-kind, small edition, and digital artists' books with computer woven tapestries, paintings, geolocation-based AR
(augmented reality), prints, and sculpture.

Artists include Milton Bowens, Julie Chen and Flying Fish Press, Antonio Cortez, Wayne Jiang, Pantea Karimi, John Kurtyka, Marlene Larson, Magnolia Editions with Enrique Chagoya, Guy Diehl, and Hung Liu with Michael McClure, Kent Manske, Moonbot Studios, Jamila Rufaro, Vita Wells, Nanette Wylde, and Xiaoze Xie. Special installation with Chesa Caparas' Stanford Human Rights Education Initiative project and artists' books by De Anza College Art and Design students.

Artists' Reception: February 19th, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Exhibition dates: February 3 – March 20, 2014

Euphrat Museum of Art
DeAnza College Campus
21250 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Cupertino, CA 95014

Phantom Galleries + Cinquest Film Festival Live Art Contest


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LauruS Myth


Avery Palmer

Phantom Galleries is proud to once again partner with the Cinequest Film Festival on the festival's Live Art Contest to be held March 5–16th at the Camera12 Cinemas. This year's theme is "CONNECT". We are very excited to have the 3 incredibly talented artists Jean Davis, LauruS Myth and Avery Palmer.

We encourage everyone to stop by and visit the artists painting live during the festival and vote for your favorite one!

Visit the CINEQUEST website for festival information here.

February 16, 2014

Michael Foley solo exhibit at Art Boutiki 2/28/14


Despondency solo exhibition of new work by Michael Foley.

Artist's reception: Friday, February 28th, 7–10pm
Exclusive prints available for the opening night.

Art Boutiki
44 Race Street
San Jose CA 95126

TWO BUCK Tuesday FEB. 18th

Join us for our monthly creative get together! Art demos, live painting, lots of live music plus $2 ART!

Tuesday, Feb. 18th, 7-10m, FREE


Amy Street will be teaching us how to create celebrity portraits in glitter! “Because glitter is the new medium.”


LIVE ARTISTS:


Monstark Studios


Thomas Morrow photography

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Kori Thompson


Jesse Cupp


Al Preciado

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John Hageman


Luis Rivas


Nik Caesar

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David Mejia will draw your portrait while you wait!


Ryan & Natalie McBride


MUSIC:


Avery Burke


Jared Padovani: jaredpadovani.bandcamp.com


A Million Creatures/Molly Murphy


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88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

Art of Innovation GIS Closing Party


ART of INNOVATION: Global Innovation Summit Closing Party

Anno Domini Gallery presents an eclectic evening of San Jose's arts and culture at the Global Innovation Summit + Week.

Come mingle with 40+ artists, performers, musicians plus hundreds of conference attendees from 50 countries around the globe!

Wednesday, Feb. 19th, 6–10pm, free & open to the public.
San Jose Convention Center (lower level of new expansion)
150. W. San Carlos St., downtown San Jose.

Participating Artists / Performers
Frank Aguilar / sculpture
Brandon Anderton / painting
Arcade by SJSU Game Dev
Art Alive Gallery by Trina Merry / installation
Becca's Studio / crafts
Ytai Ben-Tsvi / IOIO Plotter
Bingus Pingus Art / crafts
David Canavese Art / sculpture
Classic Loot / vintage jewelry
Jean Davis / paintings
Drew and Barb / fashion & jewelry
Force 129 / paintings
Michele Guieu / Species Encounter
Andre Hart / paintings
Jeff Hemming / paintings
Al Linke / LED Pixel Art
Jason McHenry / drawings
Mejia Arts / drawings & henna
Mariya Milovidova / drawings & fashion
Minou / paintings
LauruS Myth / paintings
Noise Furniture / urban upcycling
Gianfranco Paolozzi / mixed media
Poet Laureate David Perez / The Poetry Site
Steven Reece / pyropaintings
Seeing Things Gallery / paintings & zines
Slave Labor Graphics / indie comics
Geoffrey Smith II / GIS photo booth
South Bay Circus Arts
TechShop San Jose
Tim Thompson / Space Palette
Visual Confections / jewelry

Live Music:
SCLOrk /Santa Clara University Laptop Orchestra
Freya Seeburger / cello
ShovelMan / junkyard beatnic
Haptic Synapses / improv electronic


Join our Facebook Event page here.

The Global Innovation Summit is a major gathering of leading entrepreneurs, executives, scientists, inventors, venture capitalists, journalists, investors, policy makers, social entrepreneurs, and innovation thought leaders from 50 countries. The Global Innovation Summit is the anchor event for Global Innovation Week. The Art of Innovation event will be the closing party for all conference attendees, and open to the public. Free admission.

Hosted and sponsored by the City of San Jose, Global Innovation Summit and Anno Domini.

For more info visit: www.globalinnoweek.com or call 408-271-5155.

Image by: LauruS Myth

March 2, 2014

Siddhartha Year by Bryson Bost at KALEID Gallery

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KALEID Gallery presents:

Siddhartha Year by Bryson Bost

We've entered, the year of the horse, and the horse, is the dog's best friend. As a water dog through birth, I am quite optimistic. 2013 was a snake-year, yet for many people I've come across, it was more of a 'Siddhartha Year' than anything else. It seems there was much double-edged learning, and life-altering reflections, and unique stretches of turmoil that emerged.

Perhaps the number 13 had something to do with it. Yet, there are always certain years during our lives that so much 'real living’ is consolidated within a single calendar year, and thus, we must wear many hats therein. Hopefully, we come to some greater understanding of what it is that serves everyone in such a way that ... I have to say it again, it's my motto, 'everyone gets a piece.' I give you thanks.

Bryson Bost has been privileged to exhibit his works throughout San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Burlingame. As an artist, he enjoys providing many details to those who pause, and stand before his works. Thankful to have lived in Hong Kong, Mexico, and Japan for three years respectively, Bryson has been influenced by the nature of the land and the people of distant places, as much as his favorite sanctuary, 'the Bay Area.'

Artist's Reception: First Friday March 7th, 7–11pm
Free and open to the public. Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk

Exhibition dates: March 7–28, 2014

 

KALEIDlogo_160
88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

FRACTURE by Andy Wallace at KALEID Gallery

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KALEID Gallery presents:

FRACTURE by Andy Wallace

Working in diverse mediums including sculpture, carpentry, photography, drawing and painting, Andy Wallace’s process-oriented work sets up a stage for geometric, figurative imagery encoded with social commentary. His stylized renditions of the human form evolved from random experimentation and combining raw materials and mediums.

Andy earned his B.F.A from California University East Bay in 2011. Since then he has shown work in various venues including the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, CA, participated in a juried show at the De Young Museum with fellow college students. Wallace’s work has been included in solo and group exhibitions throughout San Jose including the Art Ark, KALEID Gallery, and various other venues. Today Andy maintains and struggles with continuing personal art while maintaining commercial demands as a display artist.

Artist's Reception: First Friday March 7th, 7–11pm
Free and open to the public. Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk

Exhibition dates: March 7–28, 2014

 

KALEIDlogo_160
88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

Costumes On! for the Cc: Artwalk Photo Booth March 7th

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Get your costume on! Free photo booth at the March 7th Art Walk!

Don’t miss the free photo booth at the March 7 South First Fridays Artwalk! Grab your friends and head over to this special project known as Cc: Artwalk … a celebration of the Creative Culture of San Jose! Costumes are encouraged – feel free to dress up like your favorite artist or artwork, or anything else that inspires you. But you can also come as you are! We’ll have a table of fun props for you to and your friends to take a memorable picture together. The photo that wins the most Likes on our Facebook page will win a cool prize, like a Flip video camera or a gift card to a local restaurant!

More info here.

March 6, 2014

BLINK Exhibit March 15th

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San Jose Art Salon Presents BLINK.

Please join us for an art expo of vastly different styles that are sure to please the versatile taste of all art lovers.

Everything changes in the blink of an eye.

Opening event: Saturday March 15, 2014, 7-10pm, free

Art By:
Shannon Amidon
AtreyArt
Anthony Barbaria
Brande Barrett
Julie Barrett Bilyeu
David Canavese
Jennifer Pizarro-Cordiglia
Lorinda Farfan
Gretchen Kisler
Mark Martinez
Kristen Pollock

Music by: Alex Pansoy

Delicious treats provided by: TEA-Rex catering. https://www.facebook.com/TeaRex.BayArea

Exhibition runs from March 15th through March 29th.

Hosted by: 2905 Gallery, KLOK radio and Lourdes Morante-Mieses
2905 South King Road, San Jose, CA

Gwen’s Lupus Sucks!!! Art Sale Fundraiser

Gwen’s Lupus Sucks!!! Art Sale Fundraiser

Silicon Valley based artist Gwen Mercado-Reyes is influenced by themes of disease and decay in the human body. For her living with disease is a daily reality. Diagnosed with Systemic lupus erythematosus in 2005, she used her personal experience with the disease to inform her work over the years. In recent months Mercado-Reyes experienced further health issues with lupus.

Through the generous support of fellow artists, friends and family we will be selling art, fashion and more to raise funds for Gwen's medical treatments. Please Join us this Sunday for music by Cado and light refreshments.

Participating artists and designers: Steve Davis, Valerie Raps, Steve Ha, Robert Chiarito, Syndrome Studio, Linda Weinstock, Michelle Walker Vargas, Ron Garavaglia, Barbara Horiuchi, Sean Boyles, Frances Paragon-Arias, Joey Reyes, Gwen Mercado-Reyes, JoAnne Yada, Courntey Thiesen, Aimee Santos, Gustavo Martinez, Helene Ehrlich, Gale Antokal, Will Sears, Evan Madeiros, Melina Alexa Ramirez, Melissa Pocek, Daniel Dallabrida, Nigel Who, Juan Carlos Araujo, Jennifer Ahn, Tracey Ariga, Frances Marin and more to be announced.

Date: Sunday, March 9, 2014
Time: Gallery Space will be open from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Location: Art Ark Community room 1st floor
1058 S. 5th st Building A (Use gate entrance closest to Keyes Road and 5th st.)
San Jose, Ca. 95112

MARCH 7th South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk

Join us for the March 7th South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk, 7pm-11pm, free and open to the public. Brand new exhibitions, live music, special events and performances in 20 venues all in the San Jose downtown core.

Visit the www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com website for the full line up.

Downloadable MAP here.

March 9, 2014

Sexpartite In Nuance at Works Gallery Schedule


Sexpartite In Nuance
a fine art bodypaint and installation mashup between Trina Merry and Theresa Because with human canvases, video team, and installation crews

Friday, March 7, 7-10pm
Opening Reception
Join us for first Friday art walk and experience bodypaint first hand! Wear clothes you don’t care about and come play messy twister with us and a life-sized, anatomically correct operation board all involving bodypaint! Also see a special bodypaint performance where our art alive galleries will become a giant skull and create an infinity sign out of painted umbrellas all to the sultry tunes of Tom Waits!
Free and open to the public.

Saturday, March 8, 12-6pm
Trina and Theresa mash up to create a black and white living installation where two models will be camoflauged into the installation. This will definitely make you look twice and is a fun energetic work to see created live.
Free and open to the public.

Sunday, March 9, 2-5pm
Bodypaint workshop
Special exhibition reduced rate $75

Try out bodypaint yourself! We will be doing a step-by-step workshop where Trina will guide you from start to finish to create your very own bodypainting. Make sure to bring your cameras—this will be a fun memory to capture. Materials provided. Bring your own model. (if you are stumped on where to get models, try your significant other, Facebook, model mayhem or hire one of our experienced art alive gallery models for $100). Sign up by emailing trinamerry@gmail.com

Friday, March 14, 12-8pm
In this light, delicate re-interpretation of a living sculpture, Trina and Theresa combine bodypaint and paper cutouts to create a beautiful, highly detailed piece that will enchant you and leave you staring. Live opera with Giovanna Saldana from 7 to 8pm.
Free and open to the public

Saturday, March 15, 8am-10pm
Explore your inner self: witness a human sculpture coming to life as Trina creates a temple out of human bodies and come participate with Theresa as she makes a mandala live.
Free and open to the public.

Thursday, March 20, 6-9pm
Performance art workshop
Special exhibition reduced rate $10

Come train alongside our awesome art alive gallery models and try out performance art for yourself. This is a great way to meet and connect with the art alive gallery team on a meaningful level.
Sign up by emailing trinamerry@gmail.com

Friday, March 21, 12-6pm
“Reflections” today we explore the concept of reflections. How do we see ourselves in others? How do we reflect our environments? How are we connected and reflected? Come see our beautiful living installation and performance art that delves deeper into the psyche. Enjoy a special collaboration with Santa Clara County Poet Laureate David Perez.
Free and open to the public.

Saturday, March 22
8am-6pm live painting, 7-10pm closing reception
“Objectified” Our role as humans living in an urban lifestyle seems to be following the trends of our peers, our community, and the media we are fed. Is this our job? We do have choices, right? Do the living spaces that surround us own us or do we own them? Our Objectified series poses these questions and allows viewers to come up with answers by creating a conversation within the self. What is all this stuff in my living space and why do I choose these material items? There seems to be a sort of cohesive relationship built between animate and inanimate objects in the home. We want to entice you to explore four powerful examples of common living spaces that will come alive through human models fashioned with body paint.

Come see the RV—first time exhibited in the Bay Area. And a brand new room created just for this special exhibitions closing reception. Enjoy a special tasting of themed foods inspired by the installations (suggested donation of $8 for the tasting, entry is free)
Free and open to the public.

Membership offer:
All people who join as new members of Works/San José during the month of March will receive a special signed 5”x7? print from the “Objectified” series.

Works Gallery
365 South Market Street
San Jose, CA

Cc: Art Walk Photo Booth Photos Posted

The Leadership San Jose's Cc: Art Walk Photo Booth was slammed all night long last Friday night during the Art Walk. If you made it in, you can check out all the photos here. Vote for your favorites - winners get great prizes!

Calling All Artists: Meet & Greet Don Gagliardi Event


"If the world were clear, art would not exist." ~Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

But the world is not clear, and art does exist thanks to all of you.

We hope you'll come to Anno Domini this Thursday night so that District 3 (downtown) San Jose City Council candidate Don Gagliardi can meet you. Don understands how important art is to one's life and community. Even if you don't live in District 3, it's going to be vital to get him into office because all of San Jose will be impacted by the way downtown values (or doesn't value) the arts and their creators. (There's many ways to help even if you're not a D3 resident that we'll discuss.)

Art isn't just a thing, it's people. And we want Don to see your faces, hear your stories and keep in mind your dreams of the life we want here in San Jose when he's making important decisions that will affect us all should he get a seat on the San Jose City Council. Let's make sure that happens, we need progressive city leadership towards the art and soul of our city.

Facebook event page here.

Don Gagliardi Meet & Greet
Thursday, March 13th, 7pm
Anno Domini
366 So. First St.
Downtown San Jose

March 16, 2014

Beverly Rayner: Museum of Mesmerism & Psychic Art


Victorian pinned effigy (voodoo doll by Beverly Rayner


We highly recommend the "Beverly Rayner: Museum of Mesmerism & Psychic Art" currently on view at the Triton Museum of Art through April 18th.

This exhibition will feature work from the collection of The Museum of Mesmerism & Psychic Phenomena, which Rayner established in Bzinica Stara, Poland in 1999, while researching her ancestral roots. Her research led her to a mysterious abandoned building, which records indicated was last owned by her great-great aunt, Bronka Katarzyna. This building was crafted by a mystical order of seers and conjurers that established an outpost in Bzinica Stara centuries ago and was restored and renovated for the museum, revealing many secret chambers, conjuring and spell-casting devices, Mesmeric and illusionist tools, spirit photographs, inexplicable objects, and enigmatic scripts that defy all attempts at translation. ~Triton website

For more information, visit http://www.tritonmuseum.org

Tuesday -Saturday: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Every third Thursday of month, 5 to 8 p.m.

Admission and parking is free.

Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Ave.
Santa Clara, CA 95050

2014 San Jose Historic Photo Competition

Continuing the annual tradition. Preservation Action Council of San Jose (PAC*SJ) and The Historic Landmarks Commission will be accepting submissions for the 2014 San Jose Historic Photo competition starting February 1, 2014. Please email submissions to May Yam or Gayle Frank at Contest2014@SJHistoricalPhoto.com.

Deadline to submit: April 27, 2014.

Full details can be found on their website here.

The Circus Show! March 29–30, 2014

Canvas Ghost Productions presents:

The Circus Show!
Two days of art and music! Fun for kids of all ages!! Meet the artists!


Show Dates:

March 29th, 2014 7pm -10pm
March 30th, 2014 12pm - 5pm

Admission is FREE!
Costumes Encouraged!

Canvas Ghost Gallery
992 South 8th Street.
San Jose, CA 95112

SHELTER Exhibit at Works Gallery & Citadel Gallery

Phantom Galleries + Cinquest Film Festival Live Art Contest Finale

It's a wrap! Here's LAuruS Myth, Avery Palmer and Jean Davis with their final paintings for the Phantom Galleries + Cinequest Live Art Contest.

Congratulations to Avery Palmer, announced as the winner of the contest at the CQ Awards Ceremony. It was an incredible experience to watch these creations come into being over the two weeks of CQ Film Festival.

Thanks to these artists, Cinequest, the amazing CQ festival goers & all of you that stopped by for a great event again this year!

TWO BUCK Tuesday March 18th!

Join us for our monthly quirky meet up of great artists, live music, art demos and $2 Art!

Tuesday March 18th, 7–10pm
KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th St., dowtown San Jose
free and open to the public

Demo: Amy Street will be coloring with glitter- from geometry to Georgia O'Keefe, she will be showing how glitter can be used outside of the craft room as a medium to add emphasis to a piece of art.

Live Art by:


Bryson Bost


Luis Rivas


Monstark Studios 


David Mejia will draw your portrait while you wait!



Thomas Morrow Photography

plus: James Pollard, Al Preciado & friends and Jesse Cupp 


Live music: Jane Kovac and friends, Dylan and Sam, perform live acoustic covers and originals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bN_Zm5sb1E


KALEIDlogo_160
88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

April 30, 2014

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk on May 2nd from 7–11pm

Don't miss the next South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk this Friday, May 2nd. We've included the whole lineup (after the jump) so you can plan your night of culture in downtown San Jose.

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May 4, 2014

Launch party of REED Issue 67

Launch party of REED Issue 67!
Featuring readings by Steinbeck Award recipient, SHELLY WEATHERS, and others.

There will be drinks, appetizers, and music too!
This event is FREE and OPEN to the public.

Tuesday, May 13th ?at 5:00pm?

The Blackbird Tavern
200 S. 1st St.
San Jose, California 95112

The Alameda Spring Open Studio 2014


The Alameda Spring Open Studio 2014
1068 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95124
May 17th and 18th, 11am-5pm
Free to public, free parking & wheelchair Accessible

Check out our Youtube Video below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_2jf9LSoNA&feature=youtu.be

Erica Atreya exhibition at Bel Bacio Cafe


New works by Erica Atreya.

" I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy as long as I can paint.” These words spoken by an artist that always inspired me the most...Frida Kahlo. Through all her suffering, tragedy after tragedy she was so full of life, passion and strength. I thank her for showing me that with all my pain and suffering I can and will find true beauty in pain.

Sunday, May 11?at 2:00pm - 4:00pm?

Bel Bacio - Italian Cafe
350 W. Julian #4 (Pleasant Street)
San Jose, California 95110?

SJSU Glass & Ceramic Sale begins May 5th


"Catch a Wave" new works by Jessica Eastburn opens May 9th


Catch a Wave new works by Jessica Eastburn

My work centers around the parallel rise and evolution of technological advancement and consumer culture in contemporary American society and the effects these influences have had on the culture of the United States and the rest of Western civilization. Having witnessed the consumeristic excess of the end of the 20th century as well as the evolution of the rapidly advancing digital technology which has come to dominate and define contemporary life, my work responds to and expands upon, conceptually and technically, technology and consumerism in the form of non-linear narrative paintings which appropriate the visual language of advertising, comics, and pop culture.

The advent of ever-evolving digital technology has inundated people with information, most of it unimportant, trivial, or outright useless. My paintings mimic this contemporary digital overload by illustrating arbitrary and incongruous information, which takes the form of swatches and snippets of patterns and motifs, and layers of pop culture iconography that all overlap and overshadow one another to create a sort of pastiche. The information presented in the works is often disparate and random, akin to stream of consciousness writing, allowing the viewer to concoct their own narrative with the given images.

The process of creating the paintings is the antithesis of “drag and drop” digital technology, since they are created wholly by hand using “antiquated” technology such as the ruler and compass to map out the works, and gouache (an opaque watercolor), cel-vinyl (for inking cartoons), airbrush and spray paint to fill in the drawings and make sweet gradations. In using these materials, my work harkens back to a pre-digital time when clicking a button to apply a color fill was not an option, and instead artists had to carefully and skillfully apply pen and paint by hand. Yet the aesthetic of the work aims to so convincingly approach digitally produced work that the viewer isn’t aware of the process until they are up close to the piece. It is my hope that this moment of realization for the viewer about how the work was created will provide an opening point for consideration on craft, technology, and design that might not otherwise be possible.

Opening reception: Friday, May 9th, 7-11pm
Exhibit on view: May 9-30th


Empire Seven Studios
525 N 7th St., San Jose, California 95112

"The Thief of Always" by Melanie Sharr May 6th


KALEID Gallery artist Melanie Sharr debuts her MFA Thesis show this Tuesday May 6th at 6pm at the SJSU ART BLDG. Gallery Three.

San Jose State University
Art & Design Building
Downtown San Jose

7th Annual SubZERO Festival 2014


South FIRST FRIDAYS presents the 7th Annual SubZERO Festival

Focused on emerging and present subcultures thriving in our region, SubZERO is a DIY, artistically bent, hi/lo-techno mashup where street meets geek!

Come downtown on June 6th & 7th to San Jose's SoFA District from 6pm 'til midnight for an inspired evening of arts & culture. In addition to the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk you'll find artists, performers, special exhibitions and outdoor stages of live music, all celebrating the indie creative spirit!

First Friday June 6th & Saturday June 7th, 2014 from 6pm-midnight
SoFA district in downtown San Jose
(on South First Street between San Carlos & Reed Streets)

Be sure to follow @subzerofestival on Twitter or sign up for our email list by sending a request to info[at]southfirstfridays.com.

Gianfranco Paolozzi exhibition at 488 Cafe


Phantom Galleries presents

"Winter In San Jose" a San Jose Collagements Series by Gianfranco Paolozzi

On view May 1–July 30, 2014 during normal cafe hours Monday–Friday, 7:30am-2:30pm


488 Café
ground floor of the PWC/Oracle Building
488 Almaden Blvd
San Jose, CA 95113

May 14, 2014

Bea Garth artist reception at Cafe Pomegranate May 22nd


SVAC presents: “Circle of Tenderness” painting and drawing by Bea Garth

Artist Reception:
May 22nd, 4:00–7:00 PM
with Experimental Jazz by Chris Arcus & John Kurtyka
Art Talk by Bea Garth 6:30 PM

Poetry Night with Open Mic.
May 29th, 6:00–9:00 PM
Poets: Bea Garth & Chris Arcus w/ Open Mic. after
Meet the Artist 6:00 PM, Poetry 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Come early to eat, visit the artist and sign up!
$5 Donation Requested—but no one turned away!

Exhibition dates: May 15–June 9, 2014

http://beagarth.com


Café Pomegranate
221 E. San Fernando St.
San Jose, CA 95112
PH: 408 271-8822

Shawn Paul Gilbert exhibition at Back Bar Original


Solo exhibition by San Jose based artist Shawn Paul Gilbert.

California Artist Shawn Paul Gilbert who for a ten year period was in the craft of photography but changed things up to pursue his dream of painting.

" I believe that an Artists purpose is to reflect the world that we are in. I show people, places and things that affect my life. Music, friends, life in general find there way into my work. Political themes feature prominently as well.The last series of work centering around Children, War and the destructive power of being the biggest kid on the block while trying to maintain power and influence. I work in oils because to me color is vital. Oils provide a depth that is unmatched by other mediums. My work will expand and change over the course of my life, as I have been painting for 7 years."

Featuring 13 paintings, large scale pieces of portraits and social commentary, stretching back to 2006.

Artist Reception: Friday May 16,2014 7pm-9pm w/ DJ Shane
Exhibit on view through May.

$5 cover after 10pm:
featuring music by:
Soul Songbird Steely Nash
Molkahete
DJ sounds by Crxtian (San Jose Bass Club)

Back Bar Original
418 S. Market Street
SoFA District Downtown San Jose, Ca

Wee Hopes Call for Art


Wee Hopes will be hosting an art gallery and online art auction. We here at Phantom Galleries hope you can contribute to these great kids trying to help others in Ethiopia!

Wee Hopes is joining with Ethiopia Reads to plant a library in the city of Gondar, Ethiopia.

Books take us to places we have never been and allow us to experiences moments from the past and those that are not quite yet. Help us by providing artwork of a scene from one of your favorite books!

Umpqua Bank of San Jose and Portland has been more than gracious in their support, and will be hosting the gallery.

GALLERY DATES: San Jose: starting date: 7/12. Portland starting date: 7/18.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 6/31/14
Artwork should be no larger than 11×17

Snail mail:
Wee Hopes
1685 Messina Dr.
San Jose, CA 95132

Contact us at info@weehopes.org

FREMONT UNDERGROUND _ May 17th

Fremont Underground is a new series of events to bring artists, performers and indie retailers to showcase, exhibit and make their art & creative products more accessible above ground.

Be there for the launch THIS Saturday, May 17th, 6-10pm!
Free & open to the public with plenty of free parking.

The May 17th launch features these artists:
Michael Borja
Nic Caesar
David Canavese
Michael Denning
Michael Foley
John Hageman
Gooseneck Bicycles
André Hart
Treigh Love
Tomas Morrow
PeeMonster
Anna Nguyen
Joe Perea
Colleen Sandic
South Bay Circus Collective
JoAnne Yada
Before I Die wall
and DJ Coco

China Chili Restaurant will be open late and gourmet food truck Yummy BBQ will be on site!

Location: Town Fiair Shopping Center
39112 State Street
Fremont, CA (map)

https://www.facebook.com/events/242702499255924/

Events will be held on the 3rd Saturday of the month from May through October 2014 (except Aug.).

Fremont Underground Social Experience / FUSE is made possible with the support of the City of Fremont.

May 19, 2014

RISE at SJ Rock Shop May 24th


2014 Statewide Photo Exhibition at Triton Museum May 23rd


Morrissey group art show at Seeing Things May 23rd


TWO BUCK Tuesday May 20th

Join us for our monthly artist and quirky people get together featuring live art, and $2 art to take home!

TWO BUCK Tuesday: May 20th, 7pm-10pm / free admission

Participating Artists:

Francisco Franco
Mark Thompson of Monstark Studios will be drawing “Monster Portraits”
Fernando Amaro / Force 129
Mark Martinez
Luis Rivas
Thomas Morrow
Brandon Anderton
Steve Borelli
Lazy Bones Studios
Dave Mejia will draw your portrait while you wait.
James Pollard
Al Preciado

Live Music:
DJ COMBSY will be bringing the good vibes with feel good music all night. He will be mixing genres from old school funk and mo town to the new school chill wave and R&B.


KALEIDlogo_160
88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

May 21, 2014

In Right Mind Exhibition June 28th

FAMA Foundation and Casa Arte present:

In Right Mind: An Art Exhibition featuring the artist Tulio Flores.

Art often spawns from a chaotic and disorderly environment from which an artist draws inspiration for ideas. Pablo Picasso once said, “An act of art begins as an act of destruction," which effectively describes the phenomenon known as “creative chaos.”

Join us as we attempt to bring order to chaos through a domestic exhibit, featuring the combined art of over twenty artists. Let your ears be entertained amidst live music, delight yourself with delicious appetizers, and savor the visuals paired with various tasty spirits.

Thirty percent of the proceeds earned from art will be donated to FAMA Foundation, a nonprofit organization which works to empower economically disadvantaged people in the underserved communities of Spanish-speaking countries.

Saturday, June 28th, 4pm-8pm
Free Admission

Casa Arte
463 Menker Ave.
San Jose, CA 95128

KALEID Group Exhibit at SubZERO Festival June 6th & 7th


art by Charis DeRemer (detail)


"What I See When I See Me" is an interpretative self portraiture exhibit of how these artists picture their true selves beyond the exterior shell they reside in.

This group exhibition of KALEID Gallery artists will debut at our booth at the SubZERO Festival in the SoFA District.

Opens: First Friday June 6th & Saturday June 7th, 6pm-midnight
SubZERO Festival in the SoFA District
located on South First Street between San Carlos & Reed streets
SubZERO event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1416640795276533/


Exhibit continues at KALEID Gallery June 10th - July 19, 2014.
Exhibit event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1423691104567975

Participating Artists:
Shannon Amidon
Fernando Amaro
Mariana Barnes
Christine Benjamin
Sandi Billingsley
Julie Bilyeu
Steven Borelli
Michael Borja
Bryson Bost
Karen Carlo Salinger
Tessa Cavazos
Mark Damrel
Jean Davis
Charis DeRemer
Donbon
Michael Foley
Michele Guieu
Nadja Martens
Kassandra Mattia
Avery Palmer
Joe Perea
Steven Reece
Valerie Runningwolf
Melanie Sharr
Kori Thompson
Victoria Vaz
Andy Wallace


KALEIDlogo_160
88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

Naglee Park Open Studios June 1st


Join us for the 6th Annual Naglee Park Open Studios. This is a great opportunity to walk in a historic neighborhood, visit artists in their homes, and find a new treasure. 30 artists at 20 locations will share their work and studios including ceramics, pastels, collage, photography, fiber arts, paper arts, steel sculpture, and watercolor. Most studios accept cash or checks.

We're also promoting art in the community: The Art and Wellness Studio, which provides art therapy to to adults with mental, physical and developmental issues, will be on the tour this year along with a studio featuring work by Burnett Middle School art students.

Event Programs with studio locations and artist descriptions will be available after May 11 at Happy Dog, House of Bagels and Naglee Park Garage at 505 E. San Carlos Street. Programs will also be available at each participating studio on the day of the event, June 1, 2014.

Sunday June 1st, 11AM to 5PM
in Historic Naglee Park

Admission: Free!!!

Full event details at http://www.nagleepark.org/npos.html or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NagleeParkOpenStudios

Kathy Adams' Exhibition May 31st at SLG/ArtBoutiki

Heart of Chaos and Art Boutiki is extremely excited to announce the Kathy Adams' FIRST EVER solo art show and would love to share the experience and her art with you. Kathy is a very talented native local artist fairly new to the San Jose art scene and well versed in various disciplines ranging from pen and ink, acrylic paint, assemblage, collage, and sculpture. Please come out for the opening reception and support a very talented local artist and her amazing body of work and her for this momentous occasion.

Saturday, May 31st, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
The event is free and open to all ages

There will be an amazing live jazz band & live painting by other local artists, food & drink sales AND DON'T MISS as an opening night exclusive, Mojag's Mechanical Marvels: "Lady Gagarbage and the Rubbish Robot Junkyard Friends," which are animatronic toys she had refurbished from junk and found objects into crazy creative creatures.

SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery
44 Race St,
San Jose, California 95126

June 17, 2014

FREMONT UNDERGROUND _ June 21st

FREMONT UNDERGROUND Social Experience (#FUSE) is a new series of events to bring artists, performers and indie retailers to showcase, exhibit and make their art & creative products more accessible above ground in downtown Fremont.

Events will be held on the 3rd Saturday of the month from May through October 2014 (except Aug.) at the Town Fair Shopping Center located at 39112 State St. (@ Capitol Ave.), Fremont, CA.
6pm-10pm, free & open to the public.
Plenty of free on site parking.

JUNE 21st Participating Artists:
Kathy Adams, Brandon Anderton, Erica Atreya, Anthony Barbaria, Mike Borja, Nic Caesar, Calimob, Vanessa Callanta, David Canavese, Clicking Away Photography, MIchael Denning, Michael Foley, Francisco Franco, Gooseneck Bicycles, John Hageman, Kolors of Earth Jewelry, Luna Park Chalk Art Festival, David Mejia, Mim Art, Gianfranco Paolozzi, PeeMonster, Joe Perea, Polished by KPT, Al Preciado, Joseph Rodriguez, Brandon Selph, Jinal Shah, Barbie Swihart, John Thomason, Josiah Valdez & JoAnne Yada!

Live music by:
-David Knight, a singer-songwriter, composer and music producer from California traveling and making music in Asia.
-Mad Noise, SF Bay Guardian’s “Best of the Bay 2013—Best Band”!

Licensed 2 Grill gourmet food truck will be on site as well thanks to Food Truck Mafia!

Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/249768638558970/

Please email us at fremontundergroundevents@gmail.com with any questions or for more information on participation.

FUSE is proud to be a part of :

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in partnership with the City of Fremont.

Silicon Valley Design Night _ June 19th


Silicon Valley Design Night
Thursday, June 19, 7 to 10pm
receptions for exhibitions at two locations just one short block apart in downtown San José:

at Works, 365 South Market Street, San José:
Design in Transit an exhibition by seventeen SJSU BFA graphic design students who developed 5 dramatic and detailed rebrand concepts for public transportation in Silicon Valley. this exhibition is presented as part of SF Design Week in collaboration with AIGA SF.

at Liquid Agency, 451 South First Street, San José:
continuation of Design in Transit along with other BFA projects, as well as the work of Liquid Agency and a look inside their office and studios.

Refreshments at both locations. admission free.
join the event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/320727834744801

Jazz Art Fusion at SLG/ArtBoutiki June 19th


The Art Boutiki closes out the run of Kathy Adams Solo Show "Out of the Flame and Into The Fire" with a Thursday night live Jazz concert and closing reception on June 19th at 7:30pm.

This will be the last chance to see Kathy's unique vision on display at our space and a great opportunity to catch two amazing jazz combos in the intimate and inspiring space that is The SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery

Quasar Collective has been playing in some of the South Bay's best known Jazz venues including Cafe Stritch and Blackbird Tavern.

The Arsonists are a group of Seattle based musicians who have been wowing audiences from across the country and who will be stopping by our spot during their California tour.

Admission to the art gallery is always free, there is a suggested donation of $5.00 to see the bands.

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/280897702090414/

SLG / ArtBoutiki
44 Race Street
San Jose, CA

June 26, 2014

Art Workshop Survey

Artist Shannon Amidon is working on offering some new classes & workshops. Please take this quick survey regarding possible classes, times, days, money, etc. The survey is completely anonymous unless you want to be entered into a raffle to win a piece of her artwork!

https://jfe.qualtrics.com/form/SV_3l28qU674hHnmex

Next South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk August 1st


Friendly reminder that there's no South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk on July 4th due to Independence Day. Be sure to visit the art venues during their regular hours this month for great exhibitions still on view! www.southfirstfridays.com

MidSummer Art Festival at Triton Museum 6/28


MidSummer Art Festival
Saturday, June 28, 2014, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free admission and parking
 
This year we will have over 80 artists selling their work!
We will have art demos throughout the day!
Hands-on art activities for children and their families!
 
Food Trucks:?
Grilled Cheese Bandits - 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.?
ZoomCaffe - 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.?
Scoops - 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Live Music:?
Tim Green - 10:00 a.m. to noon?
Rudy Ramos - noon to 2:00 p.m.?
Goldentones - 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.??

Stroll through the Sculpture Garden and Redwoods as you enjoy a day of art at the Museum.? A portion of the proceeds benefit the Triton Museum of Art.

Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Ave
Santa Clara, CA

John Cloud Solo Exhibition Opens at SLG/Art Boutiki 6/27


Heart of Chaos and SLG Art Boutiki are proud to present John Cloud's latest solo exhibition "Transitions."

John Cloud has been an accomplished, well respected artist for the last 18 years, honing his craft and the various facets of his style. He worked as a comic/graphic novelist and illustrator on several published titles, distributed both nationally and internationally. John has also been a mural artist for many years, painting murals for many local businesses and art lovers in the bay area.

He has a unique modern serialism style, a combination of Salvador Dali, and a pinch of Jackson Pollock. Mix in some comic illustrators, such as Jim Lee and Mark Silvestry, then throw in a little Tim Burton, a vibrant color pallet, and this is what you get.

The show will feature plenty of new works as well as some pieces from the past few years. There will also be live music and live painting by other local artists. Please come out and support local arts!!

Artist's Reception: Friday, June 27th, 8:00 pm
Free & all ages.


The Art Boutiki
44 Race Street
San Jose, CA 95126
408-971-8929
www.artboutiki.com

The Art Yard


The-Art-Yard is…
…a studio and a third space. A place for collectives and friends to gather. Intimate shows, open studios, and family & friend promotions are welcome.

Are you an emerging artist ready for your first show?

Are you an established artist wanting to hold a private event for patrons?

Are you trying to grow your audience, looking for contracted staff or interested in salons and group shows?

The Art Yard is the newest space in San Jose for artists and creatives to retreat and gather.

Interested? Contact Kathryna.bell@gmail.com

Chris Reed & Tulio Flores at Montalvo Art Center 7/25


Final Friday Art Party with? CHRIS REED & TULIO FLORES
Friday, July 25, 2014, 6 p.m.

Local Singer-Songwriter and Montalvo Teaching Artist Chris Reed is an inspirational folk artist with big-hearted and delightfully refreshing lyrics. His music carries a loveable pop tone, while his folk styled sing-a-long choruses compliment his friendly presence on stage mixing elements of reggae and blues.

For July’s Final Friday Art Party, Reed will premiere his new one of a kind music video and single “We are One,” a collaboration with hundreds of students across Silicon Valley. As a Montalvo Teaching Artist, he works with Montalvo’s Education Programs to teach science and math curriculum in local schools through the platform of music and art. From junior high to preschoolers with visual and orthopedic impairments, Chris has brought students together singing and performing, truly reflecting the beauty, diversity and strength we all share in the Silicon Valley and how the arts can unite us all.

Joining him will be Tulio Flores, a contemporary artist from San Jose. His mixed media work combines paint with recycled found objects such as candle wax, wood, metal objects, strings, natural plants and more. “Art can be used to celebrate the ups-and-downs of our lives,” say Flores. “My work tries to show us all that there is beauty in everything.”

Enjoy a perfect summer evening with music, art, live painting demonstrations, food, and refreshments!

TICKET PRICES : $10 Suggested Donation
http://montalvoarts.org/events/final_friday_0714/

Montalvo Arts Center
15400 Montalvo Road
Saratoga, CA 95071

July 13, 2014

Lacuna _ Lacey Bryant solo exhibition in San Francisco


20 Years of Snow, oil on canvas, 72" x 47", 2014

KALEID Gallery's Lacey Bryant recently opened her solo exhibition Lacuna at the Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco. On view is an incredible body of work enveloping imagery that is as familiar as they are surreal, exploring gaps in memory and wondering how much is real, versus "made up" within our imaginations. Lacey's continued theme of home, objects that comfort us and fascinate us, and the triggers of awakening our past within us, are all there in compelling visual narrative and beautifully executed vignettes that make fuzzy remembrances a profound place to linger.

Exhibition dates: July 12–August 9, 2014
Modern Eden Gallery
403 Francisco Street (@ Powell Street)
San Francisco, CA

Regular Gallery Hours: 10a - 6p Tuesday - Saturday

View Lacuna online here: www.moderneden.com/collections/lacuna

FREMONT UNDERGROUND _ July 19th

Coming up THIS Saturday is the third FREMONT UNDERGROUND Social Experience event!

Invite some friends for a great night out! https://www.facebook.com/events/249768638558970/

Free & open to the public - plenty of free parking.

Town Fair Shopping Center
39112 State Street (@ Capitol Ave)
Fremont, California 94538
email: fremontundergroundevents@gmail.com

Participating Artists:
Alex Hwang
Alicia Kim
Anthony Barbaria
Big Slick Photography
Bows & Clouds
Brandon Selph
David Mejia
Dug Stanat
Erica Atreya
Jesse Nelson
Jinal Shah
Jo Anne Yada
Joe Perea
John Thomason
Joseph Rodriguez
Jude S. Silva
Kolors of Earth Jewelry
Laura DeLeon
Luna Park Chalk Art Festival
Masetas Rotas
Matthew Cartwright
Megan Wood
Michael Denning
Michael Foley
Mim Art
Naomi Fisher
Sara Mithra
South Bay Circus Collective
Thomas Morrow
Vanessa Callanta
Vataloca
+ live performances and 2 Pop Up Galleries!

TWO BUCK Tuesday _ July 15th

This Tuesday is KALEID Gallery's monthly artist and quirky people get together featuring live art, demos, live music and $2 original art to take home!

TWO BUCK Tuesday, July 15th, 7:00pm–10:00pm.
Free & open to the public.


Participating Artists:


Jeff Bramschreiber- soft or oil pastel or silver-point demo



Thomas Morrow



Steve Borelli
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Amy Street

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Brande Barrett


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Anthony Barbaria


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Randall Vogel and Lazy Bones Studios

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Kathy Adams

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Al Preciado and friends

plus Eric Jimenez will be composing brief poems on the night's encounters and doodling.



Live musical performance by Chris Reed.
"Local singer-songwriter Chris Reed blends reggae, folk and pop, and sings his heart out, all while giving it a really laid back, beach-town Sublime feel." ~Aaron Carnes, METRO


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88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

October 20, 2014

"Healing The Planet, Healing Ourselves" at Studio Bongiormo


SVAC presents "Healing The Planet, Healing Ourselves" 

Opening Reception: Nov. 7th, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Exhibition dates: November 7th through December 5th
Studio Bongiorno, 500 Lincoln St., Santa Clara, CA PH: 408 217-9346

The "Healing The Planet, Healing Ourselves" exhibit addresses the problem of human suffering as well as environmental issues that result from this suffering.  Our current ways of living need to change. Through action, education, and meditation, we can all be part of the solution.  Greed and loss of connection, due to grasping at self, has led to a new awareness.  It is crucial to have a balance of nature in order to continue feeding the world and us. First, we must heal ourselves of this grasping to become a strong voice for change.  As a part of this healing we must realize our true nature as compassionate beings, and remove the delusions that cause us to be unaware of this nature. It is the process of learning how to see clearly that we have this nature.
 
Nature needs no lessons on how to survive: we do.  Today, as we work towards healing our differences, and ourselves, more of us are becoming a positive catalyst for change. We are starting to move in the right direction!
 
As artists we have a responsibility to bring awareness of these issues to the public.  The arts have always been important to world history and we are proud to be part of this exhibit.
 
Thank You,
The Artists of the Silicon Valley Artists' Collaborative (SVAC)

LIST OF SVAC ARTISTS: 
Elsa Aguirre, Tracy Baca, Marield Berry, Phil Bongiorno, Antonio Castro, Steve Chehy, Vince Cantelmo, Syd Dunton, Midori Endo, Carolann Espino, Bea Garth, Lucy Ghelfi, Bill Halleck, Robert Knight, Lori Krein, Jon Kwak, Theresa Merchant with Alex Casbara, Kris Miller, Peter Moen, Kim Munson, Elizabeth Parashis, Al Preciado with Pia Distefano, James Pollard, Howard Pugh, Inna Razmakhova, Joe Bastida Rodriguez, Lynn Rogers, Ruby Rutledge, Carolyn Silvas.

SVAC (Silicon Valley Artists' Collaborative)

Michael Denning Exhibit at SLG Art Boutiki

Michael Denning is a San Jose artist who has curated and shown work extensively for the past ten years in Half Moon Bay, San Jose and San Mateo. He is a co-director of Heart of Chaos Artisan Collective and co-owner of Zenning Clothing. His latest exhibit is an autobiographical show explaining his life experiences and how they were catalysts for his art and the healing process involved as well as highlights of his work in community outreach and activism.

“My goal as an artist is to provoke thought, inspire change and invoke in others the desire to create for themselves. My primary medium is collage, but I also do painting, meditative drawing, photography and design work for musicians. I’ve always been artistic, with an overwhelming need to create. I chose collage as my medium because it allows me to take society and reflect it back at itself. Having had a troubled youth with drugs, suicide, severe depression and abuse, Art has been my saving grace.”

There will also be live painting and live music.

Opening Reception: October 25, 2014 7-10pm
Exhibit runs through Nov. 25, 2014

SLG Art Boutiki
44 Race St., San Jose CA

TWO BUCK Tuesday at KALEID Tonight!

?Join us for our monthly artist and quirky people get together featuring live art, demos, live music and $2 original art to take home!

TWO BUCK Tuesday Oct. 21st, 7pm–10pm
Free & open to the public. Free street parking after 6pm.
KALEID Gallery 88 S. 4th St., downtown San Jose


Participating Artists:


Mark Martinez - Live painting 



?Al Preciado, Nekyua, and Jay Cee - Live Painting
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Jesse Nelson – will do your portrait for a small fee.



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??Steve Borelli - Live art



Dave Mejia – will do your portrait for a small fee.
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?Darius Alexander - Live art
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Matt Lopez – Live art
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Michael David Denning - Live art



??Dug Stanat – Live Sculpting 



??Ryan McBride – Live Painting 



??James Pollard – Live painting 



??Deborah Merchant – Retail Therapy Jewelry



Noggin Mojica – Live art



??Thomas Morrow Photography



??Thérčsa Merchant – Live painting 
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Nora Hendrickson – Will have mini canvasses for $2 that people can use to make their own version of her art.
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LIve Music by:


Gianfranco and Griff?The squeeze box & The devil’s box – from 8 to 9
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The Narrators
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TWO BUCK Tuesday Oct. 21st, 7pm–10pm
Free & open to the public. Free street parking after 6pm.


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88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

November 2, 2014

REMINDER: Knight Cities Challenge Grant Proposals Due Nov. 14th

Knight Cities Challenge Grant:

The Knight Cities Challenge seeks new ideas from innovators – activists, designers, artists, planning professionals, hackers, architects, city officials, companies, educators, nonprofits, entrepreneurs, block captains, social workers, neighbors, anyone – who will take hold of the future of our cities.

From a pool of $5 million we're awarding grants at the city, neighborhood and block levels - and all sizes in between. No project is too small - so long as the idea is big.

We are looking for fresh ideas that focus on one or more of these three key drivers of city success: attracting and retaining talented people, expanding economic opportunity, and creating a culture of civic engagement.

DEADLINE: November 14th!

http://www.knightcities.org
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READ UP on the Knight Cities Challenge article on KQED Arts by Brian Eder: http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2014/10/13/knight-cities-challenge-a-5-million-innovation-incentive-for-urban-success/

NOV. 7th South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk

Join us for the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk this Friday November 7th, 7pm–11pm! Downtown San Jose's SoFA District (& beyond).

A self-guided nighttime tour through galleries, museums, and independent creative businesses featuring eclectic art exhibitions and special performances. All art venues are FREE & open to the public.

This Friday's Art Walk includes 15 new exhibit openings, 7 exhibits still on view (but closing soon) and several special performances in venues along the route.

------PARTICIPATING VENUES------

Anno Domini–366 S. 1st St.
On view in galleryONE: "In the Cave We Dance" by Joseph Loughborough (UK) solo exhibition
On view in galleryTWO: "The Bride Series" by Cake (Brooklyn, NY) solo exhibition
Outside of A.D.: Knight Cities Challenge Info Booth

Art Ark Gallery- 1035 S. 6th St.
“The More the Merrier V” Salon-Style Art Exhibition

The Citadel Art Gallery–199 Martha St.
Exhibitions by Sonya Kleshik and Kris Patton

KALEID Gallery- 88 S. 4th St.
“Scavengers and Cannibals” new works by Julie Bilyeu
"People and Places” wearable art by Mariya Milovidova

MACLA- 510 S. 1st St.
UNMASKED an exhibition on real and re-imagined superheroes.
Future Arts Now! hip-hop dance youth performance

Seeing Things Gallery- 30 N. 3rd St.
“Full Bellies And Empty Calories” by Sean Boyles

Works San Jose- 365 S. Market St.
“The Public is Personal” and Benefit Auction Preview

ZERO1 Garage- 439 S. 1st St.
Karolina Sobecka//“ The Cloud Collection”

Cafe Stritch–374 S. 1st St.
“No Zen Intended” solo exhibition by Kevin Tschaen

Caffé Frascati- 315 S. 1st St.
Opera Night presented by First Street Singers.

Circle-A Skateboard Shop–108 Paseo De San Antonio Walk
“Landscapes, Dreamscapes and Girlscapes” solo exhibition by Joseph Demaree

Discover San Jose- 150 S. 1st St.
Artist of the month: Tana Hart, Teezhandsuds
Live music by special guests: Samurai Gypsies
Local food sampling by All Honey Apiary

Downtown Yoga Shala– 450 S. 1st St.
New works by Jonathan and Joella Kermit

First to Market Restaurant–399 S. 1st St.
Community Arts Mosaic

Pho69- 321 S. 1st St.
Phantom Galleries presents “Definitely Not Digital:” an excursion into the abstract and surreal by artist Tom Dytko.

Psycho Donuts- 288 S. 2nd St.
Ongoing group exhibit.

The Sliding Door Co.–355 S. 1st St.
Oboist, Glenda Bates
Artist, Supraja Kolluri & Shishyia Art

South First Billiards–420 S. 1st St.
“Hope for Change” benefit Action for Children Zambia.

The Studio Climbing Gym- 396 S. 1st St.
“H2Ography: Undersea Images” by Dave Conner

TechShop San Jose- 300 S. 2nd St.
TechShop Collaborative Mosaic.


RSVP to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/577994412302794

For full listing of events and information: please visit www.SouthFirstFridays.com or call 408-271-5155

The South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk event is produced by Two Fish Design
in partnership with the participating art organizations and independent businesses.

November 16, 2014

”Healing The Planet, Healing Ourselves” at Studio Bongiorno


SVAC ”Healing The Planet, Healing Ourselves” at Studio Bongiorno
featuring: Janet Trenchard, Terry Adams, Mary-Marcia Casoly, Bea Garth & Chris Arcus, Howard Pugh and Al Preciado.

This exhibit addresses the problems of human suffering along with environmental issues that result from that suffering.

Greed & the loss of a connection with the world is due to the grasping of one's self.

Our current ways of living needs to change. It is crucial to have a balance with nature so we can continue to feel the world. Through action, education & meditation, we can all be a part of the solution.

Cafe Discussion Night: Nov. 21st, 7:30-10:30 PM
(on the topic of "Healing The Planet, Healing Ourselves"):
Sanhita Datta Ph.D, professor of Environmental Science at SJCC
Carolann Espino, environmentalist artist and Reiki Master
Alex Casbara, environmental activist 
Ruby Rutledge, philosopher of Greek, Asian & Comparative studies 
Lynn Rogers, New Age minister, artist and author 
Phil Bongiorno, artist, gallery owner 
Bea Garth (artist, poet, president of SVAC) will act as Moderator. 
Audience participation invited

Exhibition dates: Nov. 7th -- Dec. 5th, 2014
For more info visit: www.svartistscollaborativenews.com

Studio Bongiorno
500 Lincoln St.
Santa Clara, CA 95050
PH: 408 217-9346

HARK! Holiday Exhibition & Sale December 5th


Artwork by: (left) Joe Barajas, (center) Denis Korkh, (right) Jamie Azevedo


SAVE THE DATE for the KALEID Gallery annual HARK! Holiday Exhibition and Sale!

60+ Artists from KALEID Gallery and our broader art community participate in this exciting festive event. Multiple works by each artist will be available at holiday gift giving prices. Hundreds of one of a kind paintings, sculpture and jewelry will be available beginning First Friday December 5th at 7pm through January 16, 2015. First come, first served-all works may be taken home at the time of purchase.

Join our Facebook page for frequent updates: www.facebook.com/KALEIDgallery


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88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

TWO BUCK Tuesday Nov. 18th at KALEID Gallery


Join us for our monthly artist and quirky people get together featuring live art, demos, live music and $2 original art to take home!

Tuesday November 18th, 7–10pm, free & all ages.

Live painting and demos by:
Jeffrey Bramschreiber
Brandon Anderton
Gianfranco Paolozzi
Mark Martinez
Michael David Denning
Al Preciado, Jay Cee and Nekyua
James Pollard
Noggin Mojica
Erica Arteya
Steve Borelli
Jennifer Blake
April Burton
Darius Alexander
Dave Mejia
Vanessa Callanta
and Alexander Creationz will have delicious cheesecakes for sale

Music by DJ Blaze


KALEIDlogo_160
88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

January 14, 2015

SJ Artists featured on KQED.org

Check out these two recent articles on San Jose artists Jason McHenry, and Jai Tanju on KQED Arts.


Jason McHenry and His Quest for One Million Paintings


Seeing Things in San Jose with Jai Tanju

KALEID Gallery Feature Exhibitions for First Friday February

The South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk kicks off its 10th year on February 6th. KALEID Gallery will have two new solo exhibitions of all new work by Michael Borja, and Fernando Amaro, Jr.

Come out from 7–11pm and meet the artists, enjoy live music and check out all the venues downtown San Jose.

KALEID Gallery
88 So. First St.
San Jose, CA
www.KALEIDGallery.com

Untouched/ Corrupted at the Citadel Sat. Jan. 24th


Anthony Palomo and Al Preciado present Paintings and Sculptures in Untouched/ Corrupted Saturday, January 24th, 7-11pm.

Music by: Containher, Josh Waldman, Joe Knight


The Citadel Art Complex
199 Martha (at 5th)
Downtown San Jose

OtherLife Art Workshops at TechShop San Jose


Artist David Canavese of OtherLife Art announces a series of workshops at TechShop San Jose.


PIXEL ART
Friday January 23rd & Saturday 24th (2 separate offerings)
Do you enjoy the aesthetic of 8-bit or 16-bit videogames, or love the look of games like Minecraft? A lot of little dots can really add up to something neat! Drawing something one dot at a time might seem overwhelming at first, but in this class, you’ll learn how this “digital pointillism” is really fun and easy!

Learn the basics of creating pixel artwork in Photoshop, including videogame characters (known as “sprites”) as well as landscapes and architecture. Though the class will focus mainly on 2D pixel art (as seen in “sidescroller” video games), you will also gain a basic understanding of isometric (“3D”) pixel art.


PAPERCRAFT
Friday January 23rd & Saturday January 24th (2 separate offerings)
Learn basic papercraft skills as an outlet for your creative side in this class. Papercraft is a fun, impressive, inexpensive art form, versatile enough to create just about anything you can imagine!

In this class you will learn about design, construction methods, layering, part-cutting using precision scissors and hobby knives, piece placement, and gluing techniques. Use all of these and more to complete a small paper spaceship model designed by the instructor, or create your own project from scratch!


POLYURETHANE SCULPTURE
Saturday January 24th & Friday January 30th (2 separate offerings)
In this class, you will create lightweight sculptures from wire and expanding insulation foam--a fun medium with nearly endless potential! Learn how to control this challenging yet fun medium to create durable organic shapes that dry quickly. Practice armature building and foam application techniques, discover different textures you can achieve with foam, and find out how to avoid common pitfalls from an artist with several years’ experience with this foam.

This foam can be cut easily, so subtractive methods are also possible. Learn how the foam “behaves”, practice existing techniques or create your own! Your imagination is the only limit.


For signup info, please contact:
TechShop San Jose
300 South 2nd Street
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 916-4144
Email: info.sj@techshop.com

January 19, 2015

Joyce McEwen Crawford Exhibit at Triton Museum

Metamorphosis In this exhibition, artist Joyce McEwen Crawford takes us on a personal journey of overcoming adversity and the growth that is found through the introspective gaze.

Artist's reception Friday, February 20th from 6–8pm
Exhibition dates: February 21, 2015 – March 29, 2015


Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Ave.
Santa Clara, CA 95050

New ArtBox by LAuruS Myth


work in progress


Look for a new ArtBox by LAuruS Myth at the corner of 10th & Keyes in San Jose!

If you're an artist that's interested in connecting with community through your art please contact us at info[at]PhantomGalleries.com and we'll send you more details on how to participate.

TWO BUCK Tuesday at KALEID Gallery

Join us for our monthly artists and quirky people get together featuring live art, demos, and $2 original art to take home!

Tuesday January 20th 7–10pm
free & open to the public

Participating artists:
Al Preciado
Jay Cee
Nekyua
Mark Martinez
James Pollard
Erica Atreya
David Mejia
Noggin Mojica
Silk screen demo by Nelson Barneond
Sculpting by Dug Stanat
Skateboard art by Joe Perea

KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St.
Downtown San Jose
free street parking after 6pm.
www.KALEIDGallery.com/

February 4, 2015

Art Supply Swap Meet Feb. 7th at KALEID

Got a few too many art supplies taking up valuable studio space? Then it's time for a little winter purge! Bring your unwanted art supplies down to KALEID Gallery for a good old fashioned Art Supply Swap Meet! There are no booth fees, but space is limited. If you're interested in participating please email us at info[at]kaleidgallery.com

Cinequest Live Art Contest Artists Announced


(clockwise) Denis Korkh, Michael Borja, Frances Marin

Phantom Galleries is proud to once again partner with the Cinequest Film Festival on the festival's Live Art Contest to be held February 25 - March 8, 2015 at the Camera12 Cinemas. This year is our 7th year collaborating and is a special 25th year anniversary for Cinequest.

The selected artists: Denis Korkh, Michael Borja and Frances Marin, will create their visual interpretation of the festival's theme: "The Power of Creating".

We encourage everyone to stop by and visit the artists painting live during the festival and vote for your favorite one!

Visit the CINEQUEST website for festival & ticket information here.

FEB. 6th South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk


Taco de Ojo by Latino Toons at Anno Domini Feb. 6th.


The 10th year anniversary of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk kicks off this Friday, February 6th at 7pm. 20 galleries and indie venues have great exhibitions and special performances lined up, all free and open to the public.

View the full exhibition schedule and download the map here at the event page.

March 15, 2015

1st Annual Silicon Valley Bikes! Festval and Bicycle Show


Come celebrate the Santa Clara Valley's rich bicycling history and culture with our racing, road, recreational, mountain, custom, cruiser, fixie, vintage and lowrider bicycling communities and kick off National Bike Month!!!

The Festival is a collaboration of History San Jose (www.historysanjose.org), Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, the Silicon Valley Mountain Bikers and Gooseneck Bicycles.

Tours of the exhibit, Silicon Valley Bikes! Passion, Innovation & Politics Since 1880, in the Clyde Arbuckle Gallery.

Free bicycle valet parking will be provided by the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition.

Bring your children to the kids' space, hosted by San Josč Bike Party and San Josč Kidz Bike Party, for activities, face painting, balloon artistry, bicycle decorating, a children’s bicycle parade and parent chill out time.

Bring and show your bicycles and have them judged in the following categories: cruisers, custom, lowrider, vintage, fixies, kids, mountain, road and racing bikes.

The Hellyer Velodrome [the Northern California Velodrome Association] and the San Jose Bicycle Club will host a racing area. San Jose Bike Polo will host demonstration games. SJ Fixed Gear will offer fixed gear trick riding demonstrations AND! the Amgen Tour of California will be in the house! Stage 3 of this year's race starts and finishes in San Jose on May 12th.

Historian and author Dr. Andrew Ritchie will speak about History San Jose’s 1842 Lefebvre, thought to be the world’s oldest bicycle. Nationally known, Janet Lafleur, women’s cycling advocate and the author of the "One Woman. Many Bicycles" blog will give a talk and George Mount and champion racers from the 1960s through the 1990s will share their history.

DJ Malcolm Lee will be in the house with sound and tunes by the Guerillaz in Da Mixx (GiDM).

Sunday May 3rd, 11am–6pm
$5 admission at the gate with or without show bike, Children 10 and under free

History Park at Kelley Park
San Jose, California 95112

Visit the Facebook event page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1538254503091540/

Frances Marin Wins the Cinequest x Phantom Galleries Live Art Contest

Congratulations to Frances Marin for winning the most audience votes for the Cinequest x Phantom Galleries Live Art Contest this year!



MIke Borja


Denis Korkh


We'd like to thank all three artists: Michael Borja, Denis Korkh and Frances Marin for their exceptional creativity and talent during this year's event: and a special thank you to Cinequest for once again including us in their amazing film festival!

TWO BUCK Tuesday March 17th at KALEID Gallery


Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, March 17th, 7pm-10pm!

Come enjoy an inspired evening of performances, live painting, $2 art, drop-in sketching table & quirky people get together! It’s open to all ages and free!

Participating Artists include:
Dancer Zenna Weigant will model for a 2 hour still life drawing session, hosted by the infamous David Mejia! Paper and pencils will be provided if you don't already have your own.

Legendary Al Preciado will be doing an all ages demo of his sculptures on a stick. "Can I sculpt a hummingbird?" YES! Hummingbirds, Angels, superheroes and MORE!

Remember when you wanted to learn two dimensional concepts, but couldn't find the time or the right teacher? Well, our very own rock star James Pollard will be in house doing just that!

Thomas Morrow will be here freezing time with his camera and marking our place in history. So make sure to bring your best smiles!

"Man! I wish i could melt minds with super intricate mandala sharpie sketches like my hero Jojo Perea!" You're in luck, because Jojo will be spreading his knowledge of his mind melting techniques.

After seeing all this amazing art, you're probably gonna need to heal your now blown mind. Well luckily for you Jessica Neideffer will be on sight repairing mind, body, and soul with her sound healing bowls.

LIVE ART BY:
Alfred Preciado and Friends
Michael Borja
Steve Borelli
Jojo Perea
Gary Singh


TWO BUCK Tuesday is March 17th, 7pm-10pm!

Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaleidgallery


KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDGallery.com
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm
Free admission

April 9, 2015

Black & Brown 10 Year Anniversary Fashion Show

Black & Brown 10 Year Anniversary Fashion Show
The Ritz 400 South First Street
Saturday May 2nd, Doors @ 8pm. Show @ 9:30pm
21+

Hair : Bigsby House
Makeup: Adela De La Cerda + Team
Music: Cutso & Basura
Tickets $12
Event page here.

Amphibian Love: an artbook for the frogs by Leah Jay

Help artist Leah Jay get her beautiful book "Amphibian Love: an artbook for the frogs" printed.

It will be a hardbound, landscape format book full of beautiful watercolor art. Each illustration will feature a realistic frog, salamander, newt, or toad in richly detailed color, with a matching rhyme painted artfully into each picture. Opposite the art will be basic information about the animal you see, including scientific name, habitat, and endangered status. (And the book itself is eco-friendly utilizing recycled paper with soy-based inks.)

Visit & support her fund raising campaign here.

San Jose Poetry Festival Sunday April 12th

A day long poetry event featuring three halls of readings, workshops, small press books and open mics.

Check out our schedule here.

Sunday, April 12, 2015 9:00am–5:00pm
Tickets: Adults $20. / Students $5.

Le Petit Trianon
72 N. 5th Street
San Jose, CA

EYE TEA Exhibit at the Citadel April 11th


Studio 1039 and AtreyArt present “EYE TEA,” a lively art exhibition on Saturday April 11th, 2015 from 7-11:00 p.m. at the Citadel Gallery in San Jose, CA . The one night pop-up event is free and open to the public. Come view this amazing show featuring over 40 artists reflecting on the effect of social media in the modern world here in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Live music will be performed by: Chris Reed, Sweet Hayah, and MC-Dj Mandiesl

Co-curated by Erica Atreya and Thérčsa Merchant, the EYE TEA exhibition showcases work across a variety of mediums, including photography, painting and installation. From utilizing social media to share work, to confronting the possibility of theft or plagiarism, social media has specific consequences for artists. EYE TEA (as in I.T.) originally refers to Information Technology used to create, develop and support computers and the Internet. The artwork reflects both positive and negative responses that have arisen out of using these now ubiquitous machines and information technology. Not only does Information Technology (I.T.) help us organize and do various tasks far more easily, it also gives us the power to connect information and people from both across the street and across the world. What we are facing is a growing revolution in our social structures as a result

Saturday, April 11th, 7–11pm

More information and artist list here.


The Citadel Gallery
??199 Martha Street
San Jose, California 95112

Kitchen Session v. 4 _ “Wander” Or “Wonder”


If you read about Mike McGee & Benjamin Henderson's Kitchen Session events on KQED Arts last month, now's your chance to attend one in person! (And if you missed it, you can read it here)

Kitchen Session: “Wander” Or “Wonder”

Saturday Aprill 1th, 8pm

KITCHEN SESSION INSTRUCTIONS!
• Doors at 7pm. Show at 8:05 sharp!
• Admission: $3
• Bring a homemade dish and beverage to share. Beer & wine’s fine. No hard booze.
• Bring a friend, but RSVP with their name in the comments.
• Want to perform? Sign-up in person with McGee between 7pm and 7:45 the day of Kitchen Session. Sign-ups after this time will go on the "MAYBE LIST."
• PERFORMERS GET FIVE MINUTES!

MAIN ACTS
Musicality: Annelyse Gelman (Bay Area)
Annelyse is a California Arts Scholar, the inaugural poet-in-residence at UCSD’s Brain Observatory, and recipient of the 2013 Mary Barnard Academy of American Poets Prize and New Paci"c Studio’s 2013 Lavinia Winter Fellowship. Find her at http://www.annelysegelman.com/

Wordsmithery: Jon Sands (Brooklyn)
Jon Sands is a writer known for electric readings, and the author of The New Clean (2011, Write Bloody Publishing). His work has been featured in The New York Times, published widely in various journals, and anthologized in The Best American Poetry 2014. He starred in the award winning web-series Verse: A Murder Mystery from Rattapallax Films http://www.jonsands.com/

SPOTLIGHT ACT
Tatyana Brown (Bay Area)

Must RSVP for address here.

APE–POP ends Saturday April 11th


Artwork by James Turner (courtesy of SLG Publishing)


The Alternative Press Expo returns to San Jose, CA for the first time in 15 years when the 2015 edition of the event opens its doors on October 3-4 in downtown San Jose.

Founded in 1994 by SLG Publishing owner Dan Vado, The Alternative Press Expo (or APE as it is more commonly known) began life as a comics convention that spotlighted and celebrated independent publishers, cartoonists and creators. The spotlight widened soon after to include publishers of any size doing non-mainstream (superhero) comics. After the event moved to San Francisco, APE widened its scope yet again to include artists who were not necessarily producing comics.

APE-POP is a series of Pop-Up shops, gallery events and happenings that kicked off at Anno Domini during the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk on April 3rd.


We are honored that artists Mark Badger (Doctor Strange, Excalibur), Crab Scrambly (Everything Can Be Beaten, Your Skeleton is Showing), John Hageman Jr (Woodland Welfare Manifesto), Donny Foley, Michael Foley, and Jef Bambas (Model: A) will be showcasing their artwork along with having books and prints of their work available for purchase.

Exhibition ends Saturday April 11th at 5pm.


Anno Domini
366 So. 1st St.
downtown San Jose
Gallery hours: Tuesday–Friday Noon–7pm, Saturday Noon–5pm

Making New Art from Old Books with Shannon Amidon April 11th


In conjunction with her featured exhibition "In the End We All Return to the Earth" at KALEID Gallery, Shannon Amidon is offering a unique book arts workshop.

Making New Art from Old Books
Saturday April 11th
1:00-4:00pm (3 hour class)
Cost: $40 (includes materials)
Ages: 12 to adult

Give discarded books a new life in this altered books workshop. Projects are designed to show off your love of books and make use (or re-use) of their shape, format and content. We will be creating a variety of unique pieces including: A hanging bookmobile, book page envelopes, paper feathers, flowers and more.

In addition several other “Repurposed” book projects will be shown and discussed so you’ll go home with plenty of ideas.

For more information and to register, please visit the event page here.


KALEID Gallery
88 S 4th St
San Jose, CA

2nd Friday Art Walk Japantown April 10th

Petite Galleria features new work by Michael Mastre for tonight's artwalk in Japantown.

Read all about Petite Galleria on KQED Arts here.

Petite Galleria
205B Jackson Street
San Jose


Also on view tonight is "Alone Together" group photography show at Empire Seven.

These images explore the myriad ways we are isolated while in the midst of society. These images also examine the sometimes tenuous and fleeting connections that occur despite our isolation.

Solitude is an abiding fact of human existence; one could even say that our self-awareness and consciousness create isolation. To be self-aware is to understand the self-in relation to the world, as separate. Connection is also a defining human characteristic; as social animals we crave and rely on connection above all other conditions.

Isolation and separation have multiple dimensions. Social boundaries and rules divide us; we can be inches from another person on a bus or train but be separated by conventions of interaction. Class, color, and creed also establish or maintain barriers.

Connection permeates our lives; despite our need for occasional respite we require interaction and intimacy more. We are now intertwined by electronic means even as we are also crowded together in busy offices, factories, and streets. Even when we are alone memories of interaction, images, and digital linkages persist.

These photographs explore the duality and contradiction of our isolation and connection.

Photographers:
Joe Aguirre, Mike Avińa, Emilio Bańuelos, Troy Holden and Ben Molina

Friday April 10th 7–10pm

Empire Seven
525 N 7th St,
San Jose, CA

April 19, 2015

Resilence Group Exhibition May 2nd

Resilience: The ability to recover readily from illness, adversity, or the like. Curated by artist William Halleck and featuring; Chelsi Whiting, Miguel Machuca, Brande Barrett, Brandon Anderton, Masha Schultz, Bob Knight expressing through the adversity in their lives.

Saturday, May 2?nd at 7:30pm???

Studio Bongiorno
500 Lincoln St,
Santa Clara, California 95050?????

Arte nella Piazza April 26th


Come enjoy the art and music in this quaint setting. Meet some artists, talk to the musicians, take some tango lessons. Who knows what you will find at one of these mini art festivals this summer.

Sunday, April 26?th, 1:00pm -7:00pm

??Bel Bacio - Italian Cafe
350 W Julian St Bldg 4
San Jose, California 95110??

TWO BUCK Tuesday April 21st


Join us at KALEID Gallery for TWO BUCK Tuesday, April 21st, 7pm-10pm!
Free and great for all ages.

Enjoy an excellent evening of live painting, live model drawing, a drop-in sketch table, small workshops, and as always, $2 art! It's where awesome and quirky people gel together to make amazing things happen.

Participating Artists include:
Captain America's best friend, David Mejia will be hosting a live model drawing workshop, free to the public. Pencil and paper will be supplied if you forgot your own.

The man who steals the creatures of your dreams and makes them a reality; Dug Stanat will be onsite merging dreams and reality with his mixed media sculptures.

Elizabeth Turcotte will be here with her dazzling hand crafted Jewelry.

Ralph Davis, Jr will show you a world only seen through his eyes with his magical box of capturing time!

The bodacious John Hageman Jr will be here to promote his new book The Wooland Welfare Manifesto.

Local historian James Pollard is going to be giving a brief discussion on the background of the Renaissance and one point perspective.

LIVE ART BY:
Alfred Preciado
Nicolas Caesar
Mark Martinez
Force Onetwonine

MUSIC:
Gianfranco Paolozzi will be charming us through the night with the smoooooooth sounds from deep within his heart.


And if you haven't seen our featured exhibitions for April by Shannon Amidon (pictured), and PeeMonster, this event is a great opportunity to spend some time with these inspired works.


TWO BUCK Tuesday April 21st, 7pm-10pm!


KALEID Gallery
88 S. First St.
San Jose, CA 95112

November 19, 2015

HARK! Holiday Show & Sale at KALEID Gallery

HARK! is the annual holiday show & sale at KALEID Gallery featuring the gallery's resident artists as well as some invited guests from the art community. The sale begins First Friday December 4th at 7pm as part of the downtown monthly art walk.

Drawings, paintings, glass, photography, ornaments, jewelry and much more will be available by these amazing artists and may be taken home at time of purchase. All proceeds benefit your hyper local creative community.


KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St.
Downtown San Jose

Al Preciado 60th Birthday Retrospective Exhibit

Everyone is invited to celebrate artist Al Preciado 60th birthday at this retrospective and private collection show. There will be special guest artists, poets and musicians paying tribute to one of San Jose's most beloved and dedicated artists in our community.

One night only: Thursday December 17th, Noon–Midnight

Visit the online event page here.

The Citadel Gallery
199 Martha Street (at 5th)
San Jose

Phantom Galleries + Christmas in the Park Snowman Project

We here at Phantom Galleries are very proud of these five amazing artists that custom painted these snowmen & women for us in a collaboration project with San Jose's Christmas in the Park. These 5 foot tall sculptures will be placed at all the entry points and serve as donation boxes for this holiday tradition that is enjoyed by tens of thousands of families every year for free.

Be the first to check them out (& stuff a few dollars in the top hat!) at the annual tree lighting ceremony on Friday, November 27 at 6pm. The 36th annual Christmas in the Park will open with the official arrival of Santa Claus himself and there's a special line-up of entertainment and festivities to kick off the season.

Christmas in the Park
Caesar Chavez Park
Downtown San Jose

Comments or questions may be emailed to info@PhantomGalleries.com

Jive Java Artist Group At Work Exhibit Nov. 20th

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You are invited to an Artist Reception featuring 50 original works by members of Jive Java Artist Group on Friday, November 20 from 6pm-9pm.

The exhibition entitled, Jive Java Artist Group At Work, explores each artist’s own unique vision, experiences, and challenges living in Silicon Valley. 

Featuring Artists: Della Calfee, Jon Kwak, Trudy Levy, Marina Povalishina, and Joe Bastida Rodriguez

The group is focused on member’s vision, mission, and strategies, so she/he can progress, up the ladder of professional achievement, prosper mentally, and financially in their artistic career.

Also open to the public between 11am-5pm on Saturday, November 21th


Citadel Art Gallery
199 Martha Street, San Jose, (at 5th St.)
San Jose, CA

Phylum of the Free Mural by Artist Jeffrey Hemming

"Phylum of the Free" by Jeffrey Hemming is a recently completed epic mural we here at Phantom Galleries had the pleasure to curate and facilitate in partnership with the San Jose Downtown Association and the District Attorney's office. The 4,125 square foot mural was completed in 4 weeks, and is a vibrant, surreal portal that will stir the imagination and creativity of anyone that spends some time to take it all in.

View photo album here.

Read the Mercury News article here.

The mural is located on the side of Lido Nightclub at 30 S. 1st St. along the pedestrian walkway known as Fountain Alley in downtown San Jose.

Comments or questions may be emailed to info@PhantomGalleries.com

February 25, 2016

Lindsay Balfour at Cafe 488


Phantom Galleries presents:
“Colony” by Lindsay Balfour at Cafe 488

The installation is a mysterious, beautiful medley of textures and shapes inspired by on deep sea creatures made out of paper. Each piece interlocks together using paper engineering techniques to compose a colonies to make up an imaginary marine organism.

Lindsay Balfour is a paper engineer and designer who explores the mechanics of paper used in pop-up design, paper craft, and sculpture. She integrates electronics in her work to showcase technology as a tool and material to enhance ideas for creative expression. As an educator and artist, her work is an example of the intersection between fine art, physical computing, and fabrication techniques.

Cafe 488
488 Almaden Blvd (ground floor of PWC/Oracle building)
San Jose, CA 95113
Cafe Hours: 7:30am–2pm
Exhibition on view through March 31, 2016.

SoFA Street Design Installed in SoFA District


Congratulations to San Jose artist Scape Martinez for being selected for the SoFA Street Design at the intersection of S. 1st & E San Salvador streets.

“Symphony of Style; Color, Light, and Sound”. is a new street intersection art print design by San Jose artist Scape Martinez. The 30 foot art print was revealed during the First Friday Art Walk last month on February 5th. Martinez was awarded the commission (by a SoFA subcommittee in partnership with the San Jose Downtown Association) based on his vibrant funky design proposal that resonates with the neighborhood’s artistic and creative businesses and residents. “Looking at the architecture, the nightlife, the Creative Energy that is in the air; there is an element of newness there, so I wanted to create something that reflected this energy… this is my interpretation of these ideas.” ~Scape Martinez

The Empathic Art Exchange Performance


AUM and FRPArt.org invites you to The Empathic Art Exchange Performance on February 26th and 27th (7–9pm) at the AUM Center.

This project consists of an ongoing unspoken aesthetic conversation where the dancers of AUM will perform choreography for participating artists so that the artists create response art around whatever stories or emotions the performance stirred within them.

There will be tables set up for artists, as well as additional seating for audience viewing. NewGround Dance Co. has developed 7 new works that will be performed both evenings, and we would love to have you view our new choreography!

We also hope you artists will consider submitting a finished rendering from this event at our next NewGround Performance for viewing or possible purchase in the lobby. That show will be held the last weekend of May and the first weekend of June.


AUM Center
149 South Blvd
San Mateo, CA 94402

Art Supply Swap Meet at KALEID this Saturday


Come out to the Art Supply Swap Meet this Saturday and load up on barely used or unused surplus arts and crafts materials by other fellow artists.

Everyone from the serious artists to the hobbyist will find useful items at greatly reduced prices. It can also be a great resource for those of you that may be looking to start making art, or if you're an artist that wants to experiment with a new medium or technique withtout spending a lot of money on new supplies.

Saturday February 27th 1:00pm-5:00pm
Free and open to the public.


KALEID Gallery
88 South 4th Street
San Jose, CA 95112

March 10, 2016

TWO BUCK Tuesday March 15th


Join us this Tuesday for another evening of live art, entertainment, quirky people and of course $2 art!

This month's featured artist Jason McHenry will working with the public on how to create original paintings like those on exhibit in his One Thousand Thousand project.

"The finished pieces that I show from the One Thousand Thousand project are always secondary to me. It's the process of creating them is what matters the most and it's what I've found to be most valuable aspect to have come from doing that work for over 20 years. The best I feel I can do with regard to the project comes when I see other people trying their hand at this little artistic parlor trick [so to speak] and they are amazed by the results of their own hand.

I can guarantee the people that participate will have fun and I'll make sure they go home with a finished piece or two too. I have the supplies and everything they need. Just show up with an open and emptied mind." -Jason McHenry

TWO BUCK Tuesday is 7pm–10pm and is free and open to all ages, so bring the family out to KALEID Gallery for a memorable creative night.


KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St.
San Jose, Ca 95112
info@kaleidgallery.com
www.kaleidgallery.com

Final Performances of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time


Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design presents:

A Tribute to Olivier Messiaen and "The Quartet for the End of Time."

Quartet new paintings by Barron Storey
and
End of Time concert by Cellista and the Juxtapositions Chamber Ensemble

On January 15, 1941 French composer Olivier Messiaen premiered his seminal work "Quartet for the End of Time" within the confines of Stalag VIII-A, a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp in Silesian Germany. The ensemble (clarinet, violin, cello, and piano) played upon broken instruments in front of an audience comprised of his fellow prisoners and prison guards in the brutal cold.

Opening on February 5th, 75 years after this premiere performance, Anno Domini Gallery presents a Messiaen-inspired exhibition of new paintings by renown artist Barron Storey entitled "Quartet" and live performances entitled "End of Time" by Cellista (Freya Seeburger) and her Juxtapositions Chamber Ensemble.

"Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time' has always moved me. The composer's concepts of musical structure have influenced my own music for many years. It was, then, a delightful surprise to hear of Freya Seeburger performing the piece and an amazing example of synchronicity to be invited to accompany the performance with my artwork. The Quartet is not just an admired masterpiece to me, it is my favorite string quartet in classical repertoire, one that consistently brings me to tears. The pure beauty and the profound contrasts, hearing the songs of birds as the composer notated them in the cold forest adjacent to a Nazi concentration camp, the crashing fury of the sixth and seventh movements and the spiritual elevation of the final violin in the eighth, ascending to an eternity beyond time-this is music for the soul, written by a daring, innovative and fearless man of genius, composed and premiered by captive musicians before an audience of prisoners. Come listen!" ~ Barron Storey

This presentation at Anno Domini is a small immersive theater event building on Cellista's work in storytelling and interweaves San Jose's narrative into a piece, showing the immediacy of the Quartet to San Jose's past, present and future. Performing the Quartet is the Juxtapositions Chamber Ensemble: violinist Ishtar Hernandez, cellist Freya Seeburger (Cellista), clarinetist James Pytko and pianist Naomi Stine. Barron Storey will also be in attendance at the performances drawing insitu on his metamorphic temporary mural dedicated to Messiaen and his fellow prisoners of war.

End of Time concert dates and times:
February 20 8pm-9:30pm / Sold Out
March 12 8pm-9:30pm
March 13 2pm-3:30pm
TICKETS: http://www.artful.ly/theendoftime
(Tckets may be available at the door, but be advised that proper seating is limited. We encourage you to purchase tickets online in advance. No one turned away for lack of funds.)

Barron Storey exhibition dates: February 5-April 16, 2016
Exhibition admission free & open to the public during gallery hours Tuesday-Friday Noon-7pm, Saturday Noon-5pm.


Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design
366 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113

For more more information please visit www.galleryAD.com or email: rEvolution@galleryAD.com

Vote for Your Favorite Cinequest "Unite" Painting


Miguel Machuca


Jenifer J. Renzel


UPDATE: Congratulations to Miguel Machuca on winning the audience vote!


And that's a wrap!

We here at Phantom Galleries are very proud of Jenifer J. Renzel and Miguel Machuca for their excellent finished works of art completed over the last 8 days of Cinequest Film Festival. NOW is the time to cast your final votes for your favorite. Both artists will be present at the Cinequest Awards Ceremony on Saturday where the winner will be announced. (A tie would be more than fine by us!!)

Vote for your favorite: p2.gg/af5

The polling site will close Friday night March 11th.

Cinequest Awards Ceremony Event Info here.

July 12, 2016

Find Beauty in the Streets of San Jose This Summer


Find Beauty in the Streets of San Jose This Summer via KQED Arts.

Some San Jose street art history featuring Shepard Fairey (aka Obey Giant), a myriad of interesting and vibrant murals by talented local artists, and ArtMap SJ to show you the way.

VISION: AN ARTISTS PERSPECTIVE Reception Sat. July 16th

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VISION: AN ARTIST'S PERSPECTIVE

Presented by Gutfreund Cornett Art and UniteWomen.org
KALEID Gallery, San Jose, California

Artists reception: July 16, 2016, 4:30 - 7 p.m. with Artists' talks at 5pm. Free and open to the public.

Exhibition dates: July 5 -30, 2016

Envision, conceive of, imagine . . . In this turbulent time of political changes, women's rights, social, racial, gender and economic inequality, global conflicts, cultural instability, reproductive choice/health care issues, and environmental challenges of overconsumption and resource scarcity - how do we effect positive change through art? How do we listen, speak our minds, include, and act in collaboration or alone across generational differences, races, identities and cultures, to build our future, locally and globally?

VISION seeks to bring self-identified women artists into dialogue, retracing an account of the past manifesting in the present, to address major social themes, to define and bring forth what is important to themselves, their families, their communities, our nation and the world at large with art that either reflects on past injustices or focuses on a vision for a more positive, empowering future.

Gutfreund Cornett Art and UniteWomen.org ask self-identified women artists to respond to and take an active role in this conversation, to create an exhibition in all mediums and genres, art that ranges from literal to poetic, abstract to representational, and psychological, to social and political commentary, art that represents the prismatic, collective vision for our future, that inspires communities and provides a framework for true innovation in our time.

SPECIAL RECOGNITION JURORS: Suzanne Gray/Seager Gray Gallery, and Michelle Nye/SFMOMA Artists Gallery

Three works by each juror will be chosen from the approximately thirty-five installed works pieces to receive Special Recognition and these artists will receive an exhibition catalog. These pieces will be highlighted within the gallery, in the print and online galleries, at the top of the Gutfreund Cornett Art online gallery and on the UniteWomen.org website.

ARTISTS WITH WORKS INSTALLED IN GALLERY

Diyar Al Jazzi, Tara Booth, Nellien Brewer, Sara Cole, Spooky Boobs Collective, Katherine Collins, Lynn Dau, Emily Dvorin, Beth Fein, Lindsay Garcia, Yolanda Guerra, J Howard, Blond Jenny, Jennifer Jones, Joanna L. Kao, Marky Kauffmann, Eileen Kressel, Beth Lakamp, Mido Lee, Rebecca Levine, Kathryn McDonnell, Victoria Helena Mihatovic, Beverly Mills, Sarah Nguyen, Min Kim Park, Amy Pleasant, Michele Poindexter, Remedios Rapoport, Cherie Redlinger, Caren Helene Rudman, Sondra Schwetman, SPOOKY BOOBS COLLECTIVE, Nastassja Swift, Cynthia Tom, Natalie Waldburger, Ruth Waters, Corinne Whitaker, Janice Whiting, and Tina Ybarra

ARTISTS WHOSE WORKS WILL BE SHOWN ON A MONITOR IN GALLERY

In order to accommodate as many viewpoints as possible and expand the conversation beyond the physical limitations of the museum, additional works were selected to be shown in a looped slideshow in the gallery:

Salma Arastu, Lynn Arnold, Joanne Beaule Ruggles, Andrea Borsuk, Andrea Broyles, Carolyn Cohen, Linda King Ferguson, Anitra Frazier, Sara Friedlander, Sara Gallo, Caryl Gaubatz, Linda Gleitz, Tricia Grame, Georgie Humphries, Uma Rani Iyli, Shabnam Mottaghi, Olivia Jane, Kathryn Jill Johnson, Thuy Linh Kang, Kristin Kempa, Sameh Khalatbari, J. L. King, Epiphany Knedler, Susan Kraft, Biljana Kroll, Krista Machovina, Stela Mandel, Juliet Mevi, Jennifer Mondfrans, Jelisa Peterson, Sara Petitt, Lorena Pugh, Trix Rosen, Gerri Russell, Pallavi Sharma, Marlene Siff, Sean Sterzer, Elka Stevens, Kim Tepe, Diana Tremaine, and Jennifer Weigel with Laurel Luckey

About GUTFREUND CORNETT ART

Gutfreund Cornett Art is a curatorial partnership that specializes in creating exhibitions in venues around the U.S. on themes of "art as activism" to stimulate dialog, raise consciousness and create social change. Karen Gutfreund and Sherri Cornett are Curator/Exhibition Directors, Arts Administrators and practicing artists. Gutfreund has worked in the Painting & Sculpture Department for MoMA, the Andre Emmerick Gallery, The Knoll Group, the John Berggruen Gallery, Arc Gallery and the Pacific Art League. With degrees in Fine Arts and Art History, she is a consultant to galleries and for private and corporate collections. Over the past six years, Gutfreund has focused on creating exhibitions for women artists that travel around the country. Sherri Cornett, with degrees in political science and art, has a long history of advocacy, activism and campaign work around issues of human rights, women's rights, environment, education and the arts, in board leadership, as an employee and as a volunteer. She focuses on socially-engaged projects in her own art and the projects she directs. Cornett has created international exhibition opportunities for women artists as Director of the Women's Caucus for Art's Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art, an art-based cultural exchange in China, and as Co-Director ofWomen + Body, an exhibition in South Korea.

About UNITEWOMEN.ORG

UniteWomen.org seeks to equip and empower women to use their strengths, talents, and skills to further their participation as equal, valued voices in their communities, speaking out about the inequity of women's experiences as citizens in their communities, their nations, and the world. Its mission is to change the social and cultural conversation to bring about awareness of the benefits and the necessity of inclusion, providing a collective voice for women in all processes that affect their lives. Its objective is to cultivate the edification of society on these issues in order to make effective change that will improve the lives of women. Achieving these goals allows them to effectively empower women and girls to be equal, active participants in society, as well as in the political realm of our countries. A country cannot reach its highest potential until the voices of all citizens are acknowledged and manifested in a way that will positively impact the evolution of humanity.

View works online: http://www.gutfreundcornettart.com/gallery-vision.html

Contact: Sherri Cornett and/or Karen Gutfreund atgca@gutfreundcornettart.com

KALEIDlogo_160 88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando) San Jose, CA 95112 info@KALEIDGallery.com 408-947-1785Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, noon -7pm Free admission

January 19, 2017

Rare Appearance by Legendary Animator Ron Campbell at KALEID Gallery

Ron Campbell, director of the 1960's Saturday Morning Beatles Cartoon series and animator of the Beatles film Yellow Submarine will make a rare personal appearance at KALEID Gallery, 88 South Fourth Street, in downtown San Jose, CA, Friday, January 20th through Sunday, January 22nd. Ron will showcase his original Beatles cartoon paintings created specially for the show and create new Beatles pop art paintings at the exhibit. Ron will also feature other artwork based on his 50-year career in cartoons including Scooby Doo, Rugrats, Smurfs, Flintstones, Jetsons and more.

The exhibit is free admission and all works are available for purchase. Ron Campbell will be offering for sale original cartoon paintings of the Beatles both in their ABC Cartoon and Yellow Submarine roles as well as various other works from his 50-year career in animation including Scooby Doo, Smurfs, Rugrats and more.

Ron Campbell was the director of the legendary Saturday morning Beatles Cartoon series that aired on ABC from September 25, 1965 through April 20, 1969 and animator on the Beatles film Yellow Submarine.

The Saturday Morning Beatles Cartoon series received monstrous ratings in its time slot-.a 67 share! It continually fueled new music to the young kids of America as they followed the bouncing drumstick to each Beatles tune. Campbell also wrote the forward to the definitive book on the Beatles cartoon series Beatletoons, Yellow Submarine, recently celebrating its 48th anniversary, has become a permanent fixture in pop culture, defining the psychedelic 60s for generations to come. In his book, Up Periscope, Yellow Submarine Producer Al Brodax gives Ron Campbell a great deal of credit for saving the movie and tying it all together at the last minute.

Campbell has also been involved with some of the most beloved cartoons including, Scooby Doo, Winnie The Pooh, Krazy Kat, George of the Jungle, The Jetsons, The Flintstones, the Smurfs, Goof Troop, Rugrats, Ed, Edd & Eddy Yogi Bear and dozens more. Campbell's former studio was awarded a Peabody and an Emmy for his work in children's television. Since retiring after a 50-year career, he has been painting subjects always based on the animated cartoons he has helped bring to the screen. With particular emphasis on The Beatles, he shows his Cartoon Pop Art in galleries worldwide.

Pizarro: Beatles' animator Ron Campbell brings art show to San Jose in the Mercury News

Cartoonist Behind 'Yellow Submarine' at KALEID in the Metro News Weekly

Ron Campbell Event Dates / Times:
Friday January 20th Noon-7pm
Saturday January 21st Noon-7pm
Sunday January 22nd Noon-4pm
Free Admission & great for all ages.

KALEID Gallery
88 So. 4th St.
downtown San Jose
Email: info@KALEIDGallery.com

March 1, 2017

New paintings by Alice Lo at 488 Cafe

Phantom Galleries presents "Retrace" by Alice Lo at 488 Cafe

My inspiration is coming from the beautiful landscape in California. I am always amazed by the ever changing and always stunning cloudscape in the sky. I also love to find and capture disappearing nostalgic places and signs in the Silicon Valley.

Exhibit on view through March 30, 2017.


488 Cafe
488 S Almaden Blvd (ground floor of PWC/Oracle building)
San Jose, CA 95113
Hours: Monday–Sunday 7:30am–4pm

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk March 3rd

South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk
Friday, March 3rd from 7pm to 11pm
Free & open to the public.
www.southfirstfridays.com

This Friday's Art Walk SJ features several new exhibits by extremely talented local artists curated by Phantom Galleries in alternative art spaces and our sister gallery KALEID Gallery. Stop by and see a great show and meet the artists!


The Tiger in the Room new paintings by Mike Borja at KALEID Gallery

Mike Borja takes a creative journey through different mediums of art; come see his new works and explore his visual creations. Beware, you may run into a tiger...

Mike Borja is a creative from San Jose, CA, a part of the Dream Daringly Execute Fearlessly art studio (aka DDEF) and a KALEID resident artist since 2010. The subject matter of Borja's artwork spans from tigers to fishes, cartoons, electric sockets, mandalas, and dreams.


Skunk-Truck & Lucy new works by Donny Foley at KALEID Gallery

This March KALEID Gallery presents: Skunk-Truck & Lucy. This whimsical show features Donny Foley’s latest series of large scale Word Paintings. Each painting depicts a single story, but together they create one giant story; the tale of Skunk-Truck & Lucy.

Word Paintings seamlessly combines two of Foley’s favorite forms of creative narrative: story telling and painting. The creation of each piece starts with a painted focal point. Then, the background is formed by hand lettering a story of which the entire painting is based upon. When viewed from a distance a Word Painting is meant to convey a cheery anecdote, but on closer inspection the viewer can see the complex nature of a seemingly simplistic image.

Live music during the reception by Freddie Vega, and Avery Palmer (7pm–11pm).

KALEID Gallery
88 So. 4th St.,


Carbon Hand Print. A collection of charcoal drawings on paper by Jeffrey Hemming at The Studio.

These works are a result of spending many hours outdoors in the western landscape hiking, skiing, and showshoeing. I use charcoal for both its speed and flexibility. Achromatic works focus the effort on value, composition, and texture. My most inspirational times are usually spent outdoors. For me, these drawings are serve as a record of places traveled and time well spent.

The Studio Climbing Gym
396 So. 1st St.


Aesthetic Meditations paintings and beach art by Brandon Anderton at Phantom Galleries at The Pierce

Also on view: Washed Away a documentary short by KTF Films (also known for Batkid Begins) featuring Brandon Anderton and his work will screen throughout the evening from 7pm–11pm (on the hour) during the March 3rd art walk.

Music provided by: J. Swizza

The Pierce Apartments
2 Pierce Ave.


Sticker Critters Occupy SoFA by Darius B'Alexander at Caffe Frascati

Darius B'Alexander is the Sticker Critters creator. He is known to strike a conversation with just about anyone he meet in any day or anywhere, then surprise them with on the spot just specially created Sticker Critter by the end of the conversation. His multitude, one-of-a-kind creations will be on display and available for adoption for a small minimal fee. Come by Caffe Frascati and adopt one, two, or as many as you want.

Caffe Frascati
315 So.1st St.


Mine and Yours by Lydia Rae Black at Phantom Galleries at Pho69 Restaurant

The things which we curate out of our lives are also a source of constant inspiration for my works. The discarding of objects is undoubtedly necessary, but I am drawn to the process by which we eliminate things from our lives when we once found them needful or beautiful. We indentify through the things that we own, and by them, define ourselves and our lives. I commemorate the things that were once wanted, and through that process, recall the people that we once were. Curated by Robert Ragazza.

PHO 69 Restaurant
321 So. 1st St.


For full Art Walk lineup; please visit: www.southfirstfridays.com


Cinequest x Phantom Galleries Painting Contest 2017

We are so excited to have these super talented artists participate in this year's Cinequest Film & VR Festival x Phantom Galleries Painting Contest!

Brandon Anderton, Julie Meridian and Fernando Amaro, Jr. will all be creating their painting on the "Elevate" theme from their studios with daily progress pics and thoughts about their process over the next two weeks. Final voting will occur at the Cinequest Closing Party on March 12th.

Keep up with their progress on our Phantom Galleries Facebook page or on Instagram.


Fernando Amaro, Jr.
Hello my name is Fernando Force 129 Amaro Jr currently living & working in San Jose CA as a full-time artist & designer I like to work in mixed media in the studio. My work can be seen at KALEID Gallery.


Brandon Anderton
I'm both humbled and excited to be a part of this years live painting event for Cinequest 2017. Be sure to follow my friends #force129 and #juliemeridian as we will post daily updates of our progress of our creations from our studios centered around the theme "Elevate"


Julie Meridian
Julie Meridian is drawn to the hidden natures of things and the ways context can shift perception and behavior. She explores these through both art and design, seeking out the small truths whose presence can inspire serendipitous connections. Through painting and illustration she captures what is unique – to remix it or to hold it in isolation to gain fresh perspective. She has recently exhibited paintings at Works/SanJosé and KALEID Gallery.


March 11, 2017

Winner of the 2017 Cinequest Live Painting Contest

Congratulations to the winner of this year's Cinequest live painting contest BRANDON ANDERTON!

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pictured: Force 129, Brandon Anderton, Julie Meridian
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It's VOTING TIME! Click HERE to vote for your favorite Cinequest x Phantom Galleries #Elevate painting.

Brandon Anderton, Fernando Amaro, Jr and Julie Meridian will be painting live & finishing up their #Elevate paintings at the Cinequest Closing Party this Sunday night (at the Hyatt Hotel from 9pm–midnight) where the winner will be announced.

We're very proud of all three artists and their amazing work and very thankful to Cinequest for including us in their world-class festival!

Brandon Anderton

Last update before the final day tomorrow and still got tons of work to be done!

I've really enjoyed creating around the theme "Elevate"! It's given me a chance to reexamine how I look at things and began once again to take for granted.


Fernando Amaro, Jr (Force 129)

Illustrating my vision of California Theatre film festival attendants full of color & life after the films.


Julie Meridian

When I thought of "elevate" it made me think about how everyone is in a different place...and how no matter where each person is they have something to contribute. As I'm painting these gestures what started as solitary expressions has grown, and I've been noticing more of the connections between them. I've had a chance to see a few of these films too and learn how these tiny slices of expression fit into those larger stories.

July 5, 2017

No ArtWalkSJ This Friday July 7th

REMINDER! No South FIRST FRIDAYS #ArtWalkSJ this Friday July 7th but you can still attend these two great exhibits happening in downtown San Jose. The ArtWalk + STREET MRKT will resume on August 4th, 7pm–11pm, free & open to all as always.

KALEID Gallery is very proud to present this 40 year retrospective of art work by resident artist Gianfranco Paolozzi. Please join us for the artist's reception on Friday July 7th at 6pm.

"Art is life and only life. "
~Gianfranco Paolozzi

Gianfranco was born in a small Italian village in 1952. He has always been an artist and musician; he remembers drawing and creating art from as early as preschool and received his prized accordion at the age of 9 (which he continues to play while performing with his Paolozzi Tango Trio).

As a young man in the 60's, he sold two oil paintings to pay for a vacation around Italy with friends. It was then he started experimenting with photography. After completing his Italian military duty of service; he followed the love of his life to America in 1972, married her and now have 3 grown children. The 80's were full of art shows throughout Silicon Valley and the decade in which his first piece of the "Collagements" series was born (using photographs on plexiglass). The 90's brought several solo shows for Gianfranco which led to a greater expansion of his presence in San Jose's illustrious art and music scene. Presently, he continues to be prolific with his “Journals” series and has officially switched the titles of all his art pieces, past and present, to "Journals" because they are forever evolving until they are sold.

Artist Reception: Friday July 7th, 6pm–9pm
­­Exhibition Dates: July 7–August 19, 2017

KALEID Gallery
88 So. 4th St., downtown San Jose
408-947-1785 • info@KALEIDGallery.com
Gallery hours: Tuesday–Saturday Noon-7pm Free admission


One of a Kind: monoprints and more by Ray Ashley

opening night: Friday, July 7, 2017, 7-10pm
free refreshments and friends celebrating Ray!

This special July exhibition features the art of Ray Ashley, a patron saint of local artists and arts organizations, who was an artist himself. Works will show selections of Ray’s work coinciding with the first exhibit devoted to his vast collection of art at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara. One of Works’ most generous supporters, Ray passed away late in 2016. Works will provide the opportunity to collect Ray’s work just as he collected the work of so many regional artists.

Exhibition continues: July 8–23

Works San Jose
365 S Market St
San Jose, California

January 2, 2018

HARK! Sale at KALEID Continues thru Jan. 13th

KALEID Gallery's HARK! annual holiday show and sale continues through January 13th. There's still many works of art by our resident artists as well as invited artists from our broader community that have made their work very affordable and accessible for the holiday season. Treat yourself to an original art work by a favorite artist or discover someone new.

KALEID is open Tuesday–Saturday 12pm–7pm and is always free admission.

KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St.
San Jose, CA
408-947-1785
info@kaleidgallery.com

Airy Kurktchi Exhibit at 488 Cafe Downtown San Jose

Phantom Galleries is proud to present a new series of paintings by Erica "Airy" Kurktchi at 488 Cafe in downtown San Jose.

Airy Kurktchi combines her passions for color, the cosmos and the art of the pour to create her “space-scape” paintings. Viewing Airy’s paintings gives you the spectacle of the astral close up and as you move across the painting; the colors change and move with you.

This exhibit is currently on view during regular cafe hours through February 28, 2018.


488 Cafe
488 Almaden Blvd. (ground floor of the PWC/Oracle building)
San Jose, CA 95113

Cafe Hours: Monday - Friday
Breakfast - 7:30-10 am
Lunch - 11:00am-2:00pm
Snacks and coffee until 4:00pm

No ArtWalk Reminder and An Invitation to a Mural Unveiling Party

REMINDER: There's no South First Fridays Art Walk this Friday January 5th due to a holiday break. The art walk will return first Friday February 2nd.

In the meantime; get your art fix with us at Sara's new mural unveiling party!

Phantom Galleries is proud to present a new mural by Sara Tomasello entitled "Resonate" at Sofa Market in the SoFA District downtown San Jose.

Join us in celebrating the completion of Sara's on-site painting which evokes the energetic fluidity of the creative spirit and the poetic balance of feminine & masculine; art & music and the love of community commissioned by the amazing folks at SoFA Market.

RESONATE mural unveiling party on Friday JAN. 12th from 6pm to 9pm:
• 7pm: a few words from the artist
• Great music by EOM Sessions
• A tandem exhibition of Sara's canvas works will also be featured
• Happy hour prices at the The Fountainhead Bar when you mention Sara.
• Several delicious eateries on site for dinner with friends and family.
• Free admission & great for all ages.

Contact Phantom Galleries with any questions at info@phantomgalleries.com

SoFA Market is located at:
387 S First St., San Jose, CA 95113
www.sofamarketsj.com

October 29, 2018

New Feature Exhbitions Opening First Friday Nov. 2nd at KALEID Gallery

KALEID Gallery is proud to present two new feature exhibitions by resident artists Katie C. Gutierrez, and Gianfranco Paolozzi for the month of November 2018.

Please join us for these artists' receptions on first Friday November 2nd 7pm–11pm with music by Mark Camp.

The Regeneration Show by Katie C. Gutierrez

It is okay to re-work your work.

"The Regeneration Show" is about my way of growing as an artist through experimentation and risk and building upon lessons learned over time by reworking previously finished paintings. It has been liberating to let go of– and potentially destroy– pieces that seemed complete and precious at one time but later felt amateur, stagnant, and unremarkable to me. In their previous lives, most of them have hung in galleries, some have been part of large exhibitions, and a few were the result of testing a new technique or material and things just never went any farther than that (and I probably would have otherwise thrown away). Their evolution is the result of many years of learning what not to do while embracing what could actually be possible if I allow myself to experiment with different materials, meanings, marks, forms, and failures. It was important to me that hints of their former selves were still visible through the many translucent layers of wax not only because they would simply have more depth and be more visually interesting, but they would also remind me of my own personal and artistic progress.

Texture, depth, and color (or lack of) are very important aspects of my work, and my paintings and prints are typically created from a combination of encaustic paint and medium, paper, fabric, cold wax, ink, shellac, bronze powder, mica, watercolor, and acrylic. My experience has been a mix of learning how to do things properly while simultaneously experimenting in practices that would most likely result in epic failure – and as a huge fan of the “happy accident,” something I have learned not to worry about. I love the meditative and sensory experience of working with wax. It allows me to incorporate the “messy, yet graphic” feeling that I have always been attracted to in art that I like into the art that I make.

The Roundels That Become Journals new work by Gianfranco Paolozzi

I was looking in the recycle container full of paper from flexo printing presses.
That's when I felt the passion again; round surfaces screaming to be used.
I looked at them; changing on the floor of my studio.
I had to use my marks; my moments on the surfaces as a sign of me being there.
That's when the roundels were born.
These days I consider the Roundels “memory journals”....they evolve over time, just as our memories seem to.
The "finished" date of the Roundels are a date of abandonment rather than completion.

Gianfranco was born in a small Italian village in 1952, he was always an artist and musician. He remembers creating art and drawing pieces from as early as preschool, he got his prized accordion at the age of 9. As a young man in the 60s, he sold 2 oil on canvas paintings to pay for a vacation around Italy with friends and then he experimented with photographs. After his Italian military duty, he followed the love of his life to America in 1972, married her and had 3 children. The 80s was a full of shows around Silicon Valley. Also in the 80s was his first piece of the collagements series with photographs on plexiglass. The 90s brought solo shows. In the 2000s he really began to expand his presence in San Jose's illustrious art and music scene. Presently he has officially switched the title of all pieces of art, past and present, to "Journal" because they are forever evolving until they are sold. He formed the Paolozzi Tango Trio that plays all over Silicon Valley with Gianfranco on the Accordion and the composer, Nancy on the Piano, and Griff on the Violin and Viola.

Artists' reception: first Friday November 2nd 7pm–11pm with music by Mark Camp.
Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS ArtWalkSJ

Exhibition dates: November 2–24, 2018

KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St.
downtown San Jose

Gallery hours: Tuesdays –Saturdays 12pm–7pm & first Fridays til 11pm.
Free admission.

Symbiosis by Monica Valdez Artist Reception Nov. 2nd


Phantom Galleries is proud to present:

Symbiosis by Monica Valdez

Artist's reception: first Friday Nov. 2nd, 7pm–11pm
with music by Peter Benjamin Fowler.
Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS ArtWalkSJ

Symbiosis is a series of paintings inspired by botanical form resemblances combined with man-made structures that are experienced on a daily basis. In this body of work, I create a symbiotic relationship between these organic compounds and structures by harmoniously intertwining both. The viewer may experience a sense of tranquility and a moment of contemplation as a result of the varying gradients that intertwine opposites.

Monica Valdez is a San Jose based artist, who merges screen-printing and painting to create her own distinct style. Her work is inspired by waterfalls and plant life juxtaposed with man-made structures in which she creates a co-mingling between the two distinct forms. She is a San Jose State University graduate and has shown in several galleries in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and Beacon, NY.

Exhibition dates: November 2–January 12, 2019

The Pierce Apartments Lobby Gallery
2 Pierce Ave. (at Market St.)
downtown San Jose.

January 31, 2019

First Friday Feb. 1st Art Walk SJ at KALEID Gallery

Join us this First Friday Feb. 1st for the aritsts' receptions of two new feature exhibitions by resident artists Steven Reece, and Amy Steinberg.

Dreamscapes new work by Steven Reece

A collection of endangered species portraits and surrealist landscapes inspired by architectural and environmental elements that survive from fragments of forgotten dreams.

Artist Steven Reece creates compositions in multiple mediums often incorporating critically endangered species from all over the world. Mediums of presented works include pyrography, oil, acrylic, giclee print, and mixed media.


Missives in Symbols by Amy Steinberg

A collection of paintings about the state of being and communicating to the world through personal symbols. Amy uses her own visual language to paint short missives from a dictionary of symbols she has created to express her inner thoughts.


Artists' Reception: Friday February 1st 7pm–11pm
Free admission, part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk SJ
Exhibition Dates: February 1–22, 2019

KALEID Gallery
88 So. 4th St., downtown San Jose
408-947-1785 • info@KALEIDGallery.com
Gallery hours: Tuesday–Saturday 12–7pm. Free admission.

San Jose Journals by Gianfranco Paolozzi opens First Friday Feb. 1st Art Walk SJ

Phantom Galleries is proud to present “San Jose Journals” by Gianfranco Paolozzi at The Pierce Lobby Gallery.

Join us for the artist reception on First Friday Feb. 1st from 7pm–11pm with performances by the Paolozzi Tango Trio.

Gianfranco’s works are considered “journals” because they are never finished until they are sold. In this way, Paolozzi’s work is ever-evolving… until it is yours; once you have it, it is completely evolved…or…back in the studio they go where they continue to be added to or edited.

The works also have no “correct” top, bottom or sides when it comes to hanging the work. Paolozzi designed the frame with hardware so the collector can hang a piece in any orientation they’d like. Use your imagination.

Phantom Galleries at The Pierce Apartments
2 Pierce Ave. (at the corner of Market St. in SoFA District)
Free admission and all ages.
For full schedule of #ArtWalkSJ exhibitions please visit www.southfirstfridays.com

February 27, 2019

Flowing Phases by Brittni Paul at 488 Cafe

Phantom Galleries is proud to present:

"Flowing Phases" by Brittni Paul at 488 Cafe (ground floor of the PwC/ORACLE building) in downtown San Jose.

San Jose artist Brittni Paul's debut solo exhibition “Flowing Phases" is Inspired b her love of flora, fauna and all things made of stardust. Her work is magical-realism with deep attention to details. Stop by Cafe 488, grab some lunch and enjoy Brittni's exhibition anytime Monday – Friday 7:30am–2:30pm.

488 Cafe.
488 Almaden Blvd.
downtown San Jose

First Friday March 1st ArtWalkSJ at KALEID Gallery

KALEID Gallery is proud to present two new feature exhibitions by gallery resident artists Matty Heimgartner, and Rose Margaret for the month of March.

"Things Unsaid” by Matty Heimgartner

"Things Unsaid" is a visual narrative about the anxieties that we suppress by overconsumption of alcohol and drugs. It is a nostalgic tribute to the life that I lived, with watercolor and ink illustrations capturing feelings that I had and scenarios that I saw. Each painting is its own story, but together, they represent a lifestyle. Things Unsaid is a combination of biographical and autobiographical scenarios and situations, with hand-written text inside the paintings to speak the words that my anxious mind could not.

I started taking party drugs at eighteen years old and became dependent on alcohol at nineteen. Anytime that I had to deal with something even remotely stressful, I would drink until I no longer cared, or more so, remembered. Getting kicked out of my childhood home, flunking out of college, break-ups and identity struggles were some of the heavier triggers that I was eager to forget. It got to the point that some of my friends knew I would not remember the night before, so they would call or text me with a recap. At twenty-two, I recognized that I had a problem. I quit drinking for nearly three months, but as I felt “healed,” I resumed drinking. By twenty-three, it was out of control again. One week after my twenty-sixth birthday, I realized that no one could help me but myself. My body has been alcohol-free since May 2017. Every day is a new page, but for now, I am enjoying the chapter that I am in.

Matty Heimgartner is a twenty-seven-year-old San Jose native with undergraduate degrees in English and Art. For many years, Matty considered himself a writer who also enjoyed drawing. In 2017, that changed. He held his first solo Art show as a student at San Jose State University. His show, The Life of Antinda, featured eight one-page short stories and seven related illustrations about a character that he has been developing since he was seven years old. Since then, four of Matty’s short stories have been published with Defiant Scribe Literary Magazine and he has shown his artwork in San Jose and Oakland. Matty has been a resident Artist at KALEID Gallery since February 2018 and is currently extending The Life of Antinda into a full-length novel.

“Pollinators” by Rose Margaret

I pay tribute to the Earthlings that keep us in balance—the beings who pollinate food, ideas, and abundance.
May these artworks be a prayer for us to re-unify our fragmented ecosystem.
May we act in Truth, and bloom. ~Rose Margaret


Join us for the artists' receptions on First Friday March 1st 7pm–11pm featuring live music by Mariposa, and Ian-Carl. Free and all ages. Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS ArtWalkSJ.

KALEID Gallery
88 S. 4th St.
downtown San Jose
Free street parking after 6pm, $5 parking in the garage above the gallery.

March 6, 2019

Cinequest X Phantom Galleries Live Painting Event

Join Cinequest and Phantom Galleries as three local artists paint live to the festival theme of "The Unexpected"! Watch as these artists paint their masterpieces on site in the California Theatre in the VR Cinema on the 3rd Floor) from March 7 - 10th (10am–7pm each day). You can participate by voting for your favorite.

Gianfranco Paolozzi is as much a conceptual artist as he is a painter. Each painting is considered a memory journal....the painting evolves over time, just as our memories seem to. The "finished" date of the paintings are a date of abandonment rather than completion.

Rose Margaret is a painter, wood-burner, caregiver, composting enthusiast, student of permaculture, and muncher of plants. She does her best to support Mother Nature's wellness on a daily basis.

Harumo Sato is a California based Japanese visual artist who graduated from University at Buffalo in 2015. In questioning our busy and highly industrialized daily lives, she translates old mythological analogy and allegory imagery into modern, colorful, and unique visual images. She has a strong interest in pattern design which has traveled through many cultures and contexts over the centuries. With the various colorful materials like screen prints, Japanese watercolor, sumi ink, and acrylic she seeks visual pleasure and vivacious energy to open the viewer's mind. (Photo credit: Arabela Espinoza)

For more information on this year's Cinequest Film Festival, please visit: https://cinequest.org.

For more information about Phantom Galleries and its artists; please email us at info[at]phantomgallereis[dot]com

March 14, 2019

Recognition of Live Painters at Cinequest Closing Night Event

The Cinequest x Phantom Galleries Live Painting Event featuring Rose Margaret Gianfranco Paolozzi and Harumo Sato was a blast and they created incredible paintings inspired by this year's Cinequest theme "The Unexpected."

The paintings are currently on view in the lobby of the California Theatre this week. The artists will be in attendance and recognized at the grand Closing Night of the festival screening of Terry Gilman's "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" on Sunday March 17th at 6pm. We hope you'll join us and get a chance to attend this great event.

Cinequest Closing Night info here.

Cinequest Film Festival at The California Theatre
345 S 1st St.
San Jose, CA 95113

March 18, 2019

"Unexpected" Winner Announced at Cinequest Closing Night

Congratulations to Gianfranco Paolozzi, Harumo Sato and Rose Margaret on their moment in the spotlight at a packed house at the Cinequest grand Closing Night. Rose was presented with an award for her wining "Unexpected" painting and all the artists were recognized with a standing ovation.

The paintings are quite remarkable and available for purchase if you'd like to acquire one of them. Please email us at info[at]phantomgalleries[dot]com for pricing info.


“Its Center Everywhere & Circumference Nowhere” by Rose Margaret
“The ouroboros serves as a halo on the angel of Eternity. With its gaze turned to us, I am reminded of the elusive place between being awake and falling asleep— those strange and beautiful few seconds when reality bends just as the mind slips into unconsciousness. Our human parts can look so unexpectedly alien, can’t they? “

Rose Margaret
is a painter, wood-burner, caregiver, composting enthusiast, student of permaculture, and muncher of plants. She does her best to support Mother Nature's wellness on a daily basis.


“Over the River of Tears.” by Harumo Sato
“This piece is dedicated to people who suffered from a big earthquake in Japan 8 years ago, called 311 earthquake.

The final day of the live painting was March 10th (in Japan it’s March 11th), and it’s the day when the earthquake happened. Nobody could predict this “once-in-a-1000 years” level’s earthquake. It was a unforgettable disaster, but it also unexpectedly became a turning point when I really started focusing into making art as a practice of pray. “

Harumo Sato is a California based Japanese visual artist who graduated from University at Buffalo in 2015. In questioning our busy and highly industrialized daily lives, she translates old mythological analogy and allegory imagery into modern, colorful, and unique visual images. She has a strong interest in pattern design which has traveled through many cultures and contexts over the centuries. With the various colorful materials like screen prints, Japanese watercolor, sumi ink, and acrylic she seeks visual pleasure and vivacious energy to open the viewer's mind.


“Journal: March 7–10 2019” by Gianfranco Paolozzi
“The dripping of the colors, the rotation of the easel, and the presence of the people around me created the unexpected work.”

Gianfranco Paolozzi is as much a conceptual artist as he is a painter. Each painting is considered a memory journal....the painting evolves over time, just as our memories seem to. The "finished" date of the paintings are a date of abandonment rather than completion.

A very special Thank You to the entire Cinequest family for their support of these artists and Phantom Galleries each year.

TWO BUCK Tuesday at KALEID Gallery March 19th

Join us for the monthly artists + community creative get together. Draw, paint, chat with artists, view the feature exhibitions plus amazing work by 70 resident artists all on site with $2 art available ONLY at TWO BUCK. Free admission and all ages welcome.

This month features artists Jeff Bramschreiber, Jemal Diamond, Joe Mandrick, Alfred Preciado and Mark Martinez all onsite creating new works and available to chat about their process.

The life drawing session model is Aleena Saha - "a futurist stuck in the suburbs" - hosted by Matthew Heimgartner.

There's two excellent solo exhibitions in the feature gallery to check out: "Things Unspoken" by Matthew Heimgartner and "Pollinators" by Rose Margaret.

HAEZ ONE will be performing live music from his recent album "San Hopeless" (cassettes will be available).

Tuesday March 19th, 7pm–10pm
Free admission, all ages welcome.

KALEID gallery
88 S. 4th St.
downtown San Jose
free street parking after 6pm

July 22, 2020

"Espacio" by Force129 at KALEID Gallery


KALEID Gallery is proud to present "Espacio," a new body of work by resident artist Force129.

Force129 has been very productive during shelter in place creating new paintings diverse in themes and sizes. Unique characters, cactus, beloved animals and roses are all created in his signature style with spray paint, acrylic and marker.

KALEID is open for viewing this exhibit:
Friday July 24th & Saturday July 25th from 5pm–9pm.
Free admission.

We will have strict safety protocols including low capacity, social distancing and masks required at all times in the gallery.

KALEID Gallery
320 S. 1st St.
downtown San Jose
info@kaleidgallery.com

"Beautiful Garbage" by Sandi Billingsley at KALEID Gallery

KALEID Gallery is proud to present "Beautiful Garbage," a new exhibition of paintings and sculptures by resident artist Sandi Billingsley.

Sandi Billingsley is an American artist who has sold her art and painted in homes from coast to coast. As a professional faux finisher, she has over twenty five years of experience understanding and recreating surfaces, painting murals and combining them into trompe l’œil. For a decade and a half, she has applied these skills to gallery shows of paintings and sculptures which have attracted collectors from across the United States and several International destinations.

Sandi has always been wonderfully enthralled with creating but her first objective is to be friendly to the Earth. She explores diverse styles in her art. The majority of her projects start with recycling. She’s inspired by found and gifted materials. Sandi focuses heavily on structures created from used wood, discarded paper and packaging styrofoam.

Sandi’s art explores beauty and extreme color. Her many passions for life on this planet, for challenge, and for the plight of women have led her to create charged pieces in seemingly different styles. Sandi Billingsley is extremely grateful to have lived a life of creativity.

KALEID is open for viewing this exhibit:
Friday July 24th & Saturday July 25th from 5pm–9pm.
Free admission.

We will have strict safety protocols including low capacity, social distancing and masks required at all times in the gallery.

KALEID gallery
320 S. 1st St.
downtown San Jose
info@kaleidgallery.com

February 3, 2021

First Friday February Exhibit Openings at KALEID Gallery

KALEID Gallery is proud to present two new feature exhibitions by resident artists Steven Borelli, and Luis Jorge Mieses opening on First Friday February 5th, 5pm–9pm.

Conduits by resident artist Steven Borelli.

I am a conduit for creativity and my works are the results thereof. Through them we are able to pierce the fragile fabric of this reality and view other dimensions with unimaginable worlds, chaos and order, organic shapes juxtaposed with design elements and. . .

Just kidding. I really am just doodling. But they’re amazing doodles. And we are all conduits for creativity.

About the Artist:
Steven Borelli has been drawing since he was a fetus. The inside of his mother’s womb is tattooed with the ramblings of his fertile imagination. These days, between fever dreams and feeding his cat, Borelli continues to indulge his imagination by creating art. For art’s sake.

Lifecasting Series by resident artist Luis Jorge Mieses.

The idea behind this series is to show the numerous ways the body parts could be captured. I copy the human figure because as time passes the only things left are the beautiful memories embodied in the sculptures.I make them for different purposes; from getting a commission of an artistic piece to show to keeping memories of our loved ones.Making sculptures represents intimate time with myself. Through it, I get to relax, feel plenty and express my creativity trying to capture the beauty I see around me.I started modeling clay, wood carving and preparing molds for the bodies of animals that I needed for taxidermy, trying – in some way – to restore the animal’s lost life in an artistic form. Making that work lighted the sparkle of sculpture in my mind. Currently, I am devoted to reproducing human body parts using molds and seeking balance in my compositions.

About the Artist:
Luis Jorge Mieses was born in Peru, where he grew up, graduated, and worked as an Industrial Engineer. Mieses inspiration started many years ago when he saw many life size sculptures taken from the people of the Amazonia, at the Pacific International Festival in his country. At the exhibition he watched an explanatory video, where he could understand how the artist took the impressions from the people. Immediately his mind traveled into the jungle with its magnificent splendor and he imagined himself taking the molds from the people that used to live there, in natural way.

Since his move to California in 2001, Mieses has devoted his time to sculpture and taxidermy. Because of the taxidermy work – which required molds preparation, shaping and molding parts for mounting different animals – he discovered the fascinating world of sculpture. Mieses first devoted his time to research and studies of the human figure, and then took art classes at Foothill and De Anza Colleges in California. Consequently, Mieses is achieving his dream though sculpture, capturing hands, faces, feet and various body parts.Currently Mieses has refined his technique reaching a professional level in the preparation of Lifecasting sculptures.Mieses’ works are in private collections and galleries.

Exhibitions open: First Friday February 5th, 5–9pm
Exhibit dates: February 5–26, 2021

In-person gallery hours:
Fridays 5–9pm, Saturdays Noon–5pm and by appointment by emailing info@kaleidgallery.com
Free admission. Social distancing and mask required at all times in the gallery.

KALEID Gallery
320 S. 1st St.
SoFA District
downtown San Jose
info@kaleidgallery

September 2, 2021

New Exhibits at KALEID Gallery Open Sept. 3rd

KALEID Gallery is proud to present two new feature exhibitions by resident artists Karen Carlo Salinger, and Sarah Loyola for the month of September.

Opening receptions are on First Friday September 3rd 5pm–9pm.
Free admission, all ages, mask required.
Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS ArtWalk SJ.

Opening reception: SHIFT by Karen Carlo Salinger

Things are shifting everywhere, quickly and drastically. Our climate has been changing for a long time, but the pace of the shift has been speeding up, and we as humans have to shift to adjust to it, and change our ways drastically to try to ameliorate the damage we have been causing for way too long. Our culture is shifting, mostly for the good, for those who are waking up and trying to learn from history, to do better, and make our society a better place. Others are resisting this shift with all their might, and doubling down on the wrongs of history, because they fear change and what that might mean. We are in the midst of a massive pandemic, which is causing structural shifts throughout our world, and we as a species are trying to adapt and shift the way we live to hopefully combat this virus, and fighting massive waves of disinformation that threaten us all. Everywhere we look, massive changes are happening at breakneck speed, and it remains to be seen if we as humans can adapt to this change in a way that moves our world forward, or if our attempts to shift are too little too late.

As an artist I’ve been observing, reacting to, trying to adjust to this change as is all of humanity. My reflections are my way of processing the changes I’m seeing in the world, processing the fear I have, and the hope that I hold onto that the shifts we are seeing will cause the change we need to survive. I hold onto the beauty in this world as the hope that we need to spur us on to adjust to create change for the better, and not let the darkness consume us.

About the Artist
Karen Carlo Salinger lives and works in the beautiful and extremely flammable Santa Cruz Mountains. She spends much of her time ruminating on the precarious balance of the world we live in, and hoping that people wake the fuck up and put their collective minds and humanity toward undoing the damage that we have created, and trying to make this delicate planet a better place, for all of us, our children, and the numerous amazing creatures that are relying on us to fix our world. When she isn’t curled into a quivering ball of anxiety, she spends her time planting green things, teaching her children to be good stewards of this world and to make it a better place, and making weird art that is both an escape and a hope for a better future.


Opening reception: A Little Peace by Sarah Loyola

Unexpected gifts of the past year have been time – time outside in nature with my family and time to create in and embrace a new medium – cyanotype. This work is the joining of the two. Long having been fascinated with textures and inspired by natural processes in my painting and mixed media works, the addition of photography has brought another element. Printing using the sun further enhances the natural, the inexact, and the absence of complete control – as the medium directs the follow of the piece. Through a touch of sunlight, this body of work brings the peace of the outside in, in a close-up examination of a year in 3 San Jose parks: Alum Rock, Umunhum, and Santa Teresa – a glimpse into the passage of time through the large and the small.

About the Artist
Sarah Loyola is a San Jose based artist working in mixed media. Her work, combining painting, collage, and most recently cyanotype testifies to her love of the natural world and the diversity of Bay Area landscapes. She focuses on abstracted natural forms and processes and celebrates texture. Sarah studied painting at UCLA and at the Accademia di Belle Arti Bologna, in Italy. Her work has been shown all over California, including in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Jose, and San Francisco. She is also an educator and brings creativity and arts integration to her work with both students and teachers.


KALEID Gallery
320 S. 1st St.
Downtown San Jose
info@kaleidgallery.com

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