tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213533892024-02-20T18:24:43.451-08:00Welcome toJINGLETOWN JUNCTIONNews and happenings from Jungletown Junction Arts and Business District
in Oakland, CaliforniaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-79664890440380846052010-08-25T23:21:00.000-07:002010-08-25T23:26:54.244-07:00Institute of Mosaic Art Changes HandsResidents of Jingletown are tickled pink...(or purple?) ...over the change of ownership at Institute of Mosaic Art on the corner of Chapman and Derby. A big welcome to new owner Denise Bavier who will, hopefully, bring some much-needed good energy to the whole neighborhood. <br /><br />Best of luck, Denise!<div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-1075672917263132142008-06-22T17:56:00.001-07:002008-06-22T18:00:05.098-07:00AutoEroticia at the FLOAT Gallery<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:36;" >AutoErotica</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="font-size:14;">"It's All About The Car"</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >A Group show…</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >Phillip Hall - Digital light painted photography</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" ><span> </span>Bill Silveira - Auto inspired assemblage sculpture</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >Laurel True </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9;" >- </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >Asphalt Mosaics</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >Show runs 7/13 – 9/6/08</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><big><big><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >AutoErotica celebration party 8/09/08, 6-9pm</span></b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" > </span></span></span></span></span></span></big></big></p> <h1><span><span><span><span><span><a name="11ab2e6f518d32d2_OLE_LINK10"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >Let’s face it…. Big old beautiful cars are sexy!</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></h1> <h1><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >The US, with its love for the car, is fighting the need to become fuel efficient, healthy and green. But no, we don’t want to drive a Twinkie! Huge American cars are in our blood and we aren't letting them go easily.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h1> <h1><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >Each of these three Bay Area artists have their own unique take on the love of the car and travel. They honor our rapidly disappearing, uniquely American, decadent automotive past.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:11;" ></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h1> <span></span> <p><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >About the Artists:</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >-Philip Hall</span></b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" > </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" ><img alt="Phil" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=11ab2e6f518d32d2" align="left" height="333" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="500" />When it comes to capturing the fine art of automobiles, Hall understands that the beauty of light is in the details. For more than 30 years, Hall had looked at light from a different perspective. An award-winning lighting designer, photographer, filmmaker and lighting control specialist, it has always been his medium of expression. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >Philip’s lighting projects include; televised visits by The Pope, the Queen of England, 4 Presidents of the United States, celebration of the Golden Gate Bridge, feature films, commercials and thousands of permanent lighting systems in the Bay Area, his favorite being the renovation of the San Francisco Opera House. His work is included in the private collection of Jay Leno.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >Ever since Hall focused on the definitive detail in that 1953 Corvette, his subject has been the elements of the automobile. <span> </span>Artist statement: "What intrigues and stimulates me is how shadows detail life, enhancing or diminishing perceptions or emotional reactions to my artwork. Reality is defined in my work by revealing the mystery of an image -- its light and shadow -- through crystallizing or distorting pixels until the inherent beauty of an image is revealed."<span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.philhall.biz/" target="_blank"><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >www.philhall.biz</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" ></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" ><br /></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" ><br /></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" ><br /></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >-Bill Silveira</span></b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" > </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" ><img alt="Bill" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.2&disp=emb&view=att&th=11ab2e6f518d32d2" align="right" height="338" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="450" />Slightly curmudgeonly, a bit on the eccentric side, with a maniacal enthusiasm for the automobile since his early youth, Bill Silveira enjoys making art out of discarded auto parts, rusty scrap metal, and other unique items that seem to find their way into his vast collection of interesting and eclectic junk. A business owner and resident of Oakland's Jingletown arts district since the early 1990's, Silveira likes to think of himself as "Sanford and Son-ish with a slightly twisted bent." </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >Owner of Automania, this semi-retired used car dealer is also well known in the film industry as the guy who can provide you with just about anything you need from classic cars to caskets for your photo shoot. </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://kimlarsonart.blogspot.com/2008/05/more-on-bill-silveira-jingletown-junk.html" target="_blank"><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >Learn more about Silveira on Kim Larsen’s blog.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" > </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >-Laurel True</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" ><img alt="Laural" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.3&disp=emb&view=att&th=11ab2e6f518d32d2" align="left" height="418" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="300" />Laurel True is a Bay Area artist specializing mosaic, mixed media and public art. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" > </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" > <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >She travels widely to teach and facilitate large- scale, community based projects and maintains artistic or residential bases in Oakland, New Orleans and in Ghana, West Africa. She lectures internationally and has been featured in many books and publications.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size:11;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >"In her new series of mosaic relief panels, artist Laurel True turns away from more traditional mosaic materials such as ceramic, glass and stone, instead creating her works from asphalt, concrete and other roadway detritus collected from her Oakland neighborhood. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >True bases her works' designs on random and intentional road markings such as tar lines, cracks and skid marks made from sideshows and car spinouts. True's series is a visual and conceptual investigation of what beauty might be found in urban landscapes, exploring the ugliness, grit, solidity and underlying grace in both her materials and surroundings."</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >About FLOAT:</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >FLOAT, Floatation Center – Art Gallery is the only floatation center & art gallery in the San Francisco Bay Area, floatation therapy is a unique and powerful tool that allows you to shut out the world, and drift into the deepest possible level of physical and mental relaxation. FLOAT an urban art spa offers new, public exhibits of local artists to stimulate and challenge your senses. </span><a name="11ab2e6f518d32d2_OLE_LINK8"><span><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" lang="EN" ><br /></span></b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><a name="11ab2e6f518d32d2_OLE_LINK8"><span><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" lang="EN" ><br /></span></b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><big><span><span><span><span><span><a name="11ab2e6f518d32d2_OLE_LINK8"><span><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" lang="EN" >FLOAT, Floatation Center – Art Gallery</span></b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" lang="EN" > </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" lang="EN" >1091 Calcot Place, Unit # 116 (<i>located in a store front loft of the historic Cotton Mill Studios</i>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" lang="EN" > </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" lang="EN" >Oakland</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" lang="EN" >, CA 94606</span></span></span></span></span></span></big><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" lang="EN" ></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><i><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;color:blue;" >Media is welcome to "experience" a complementary float</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >For more information and high resolution images please contact: Allison Walton, 510.535.1702</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="mailto:info@thefloatcenter.com" target="_blank"><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >info@thefloatcenter.com</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" > , </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.thefloatcenter.com/" target="_blank"><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:11;" >www.thefloatcenter.com</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-83213344260566319232008-06-18T11:31:00.000-07:002008-06-18T11:35:55.738-07:00East Bay Open Studios<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">Jingletown's participation in the East Bay Open Studios </span></span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(20, 20, 20);font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#141414;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">the weekends of June 7 and 8, and 14 and 15 was reported to be a huge success. Saundra Warrens of In Saundra's Garden ceramics/mosaics and Kim Larson from the 420 Gallery are said to have made record sales this year. There was a lot of foot traffic and art fans. <br /><br />Institute of Mosaic Art had a community meeting to discuss changes that will be taking place in their future.<br /><br />Other artists, vendors and pedestrians were out in full force making this event one of the best to date.<br /><br />Way to go, Jingletown!<br /></span></span><br /><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-57128516818772042352008-05-24T18:03:00.001-07:002008-05-24T18:05:38.155-07:00FLOAT!!<h1 class="YfMhcb"><span id="1fdq" class="VrHWId">FLOAT Gallery in celebratin<wbr>g the Art of the Cotton Mill Studios</span><span id="1fdp"><table class="Ir5Jyf"><tbody><tr class="mSeIbe"><td class="rJ01J"><br /></td><td class="lgrHv" style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><br /></td><td class="ZceZf" style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><br /></td><td class="Ld3RD" style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><br /></td><td class="gx24Z"><br /></td></tr><tr class="Bdmgc"><td class="rJ01J lgrHv" style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><br /></td><td class="lgrHv" style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br /></td><td class="ZceZf" style="background-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br /></td><td class="Ld3RD" style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br /></td><td class="gx24Z Ld3RD" style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><br /></td></tr><tr class="mSeIbe"><td class="rJ01J"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></h1><div class="XoqCub"><div class="XoqCub aWL81"><div class="XoqCub"><div class="XoqCub"><div class="CNf1Cd InqsWb"><div class="R7iiN c1norb"><div class="R7iiN vHYYR" style="margin-left: 4px;"><div class="wWwc8d" style="margin: -10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="diLZtc"><div class="XoqCub"><div id="1fd0"><div class="HprMsc" style=""><div class="YrSjGe"><div class="ObUWHc qNeRme ckChnd"><table class="BwDhwd"><tbody><tr><td class="zyVlgb XZlFIc"><table class="O5Harb"><tbody><tr><td><div class="xUReW"><span email="wazmo1@earthlink.net" class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);"></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><img alt="Art of the Cotton Mill Studios" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a1d1669cd10128" height="612" width="466" /></span><span class="tQWRdd"> <span email="undisclosed-recipients" class="Zv5tZd">undisclosed-re.</span> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="i8p5Ld"><div class="XZlFIc"><span class="D05ws" idlink="">show details</span> <span id="1fcx" class="rziBod" title="Sat, May 24, 2008 at 3:30 PM" alt="Sat, May 24, 2008 at 3:30 PM">3:30 PM (2 hours ago)</span> </div></td><td class="i8p5Ld"><div class="JbJ6Ye"><table class="gQ8wIf" id="1fcv"><tbody><tr><td class="cTzXV LtBCcf t9K9Me" idlink=""><img class="DC6qBf" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gif" /></td><td class="cTzXV t9K9Me" idlink=""><div class="SvrlRe">Reply</div></td><td class="t9K9Me"><br /></td><td class="wtnCQd tP6gIf t9K9Me"><img class="S1nudd" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gif" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="1fcz" class="ArwC7c ckChnd"> <div bg="" text="#000000" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"> <span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-38823431618925333832008-05-08T12:51:00.001-07:002008-05-08T12:51:34.233-07:00Closing Art Party at FLOAT Galleries<div align="center"><big><b><big><big>Beneath The Surface</big></big><br />Visionary Paintings & Works on Paper by Liz Mamorsky<br />Interactive Assemblage Sculpture by Paul Baker</b></big><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><b><big><big>Closing art party will celebrate the FLOAT Galleries 2nd year anniversary </big></big></b></span><br /></div> <big><b>DJ BONSCOTT of WaxONWaxOff productions will be spinning funk, hip hop, and jungle<br /><big>Saturday 5/17, From 6-9pm<br /><br /><small>Last chance to see the amazing work of <a href="http://lizland.com/" target="_blank">Liz Mamorsky</a> and <a href="http://www.paulbakersculpture.com/" target="_blank">Paul Baker</a> in the gallery, with <span style="color:#3333ff;">free floats</span> & <span style="color:#3333ff;">amazing wine</span> by <a href="http://www.knoxbarrels.com/content/home.htm" target="_blank">Mel Knox Barrel Broker</a><br /><br /><img alt="Liz" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=119ca062192fc40c" height="300" width="404" /><img alt="Paul" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.2&disp=emb&view=att&th=119ca062192fc40c" height="300" width="236" /><br /><br />Check out what the local press have to say about this show:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/artsculture/the_depths_of_the_subconscious/Content?oid=678869" target="_blank">East Bay Express...</a><br /><a href="http://thefloatcenter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Piedmont Post...</a><br /><br />Many thanks for all your support!<br />Allison & Fil<br /><br /><big>FLOAT, Flotation Center - Art Gallery<br />1091 Calcot Place #116<br />Oakland<br />510-535-1702<br /><a href="http://thefloatcenter.com/location.html" target="_blank">Directions</a><br /><br /><span style="color:#330099;"><small>This is a free event, please feel free to forward this invitation.</small></span></big></small></big></b></big><div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-43305710326248856792008-04-30T21:20:00.001-07:002008-04-30T21:22:06.792-07:00Coming to Jingletown in June!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumB6Q3d7AeOde0KUZGPKrGRLg_7Dct-1QIrrYze25m3dAjXWIUdXyp7Kwl5EeFvAfuLj8FGJam04m4-WCfwW7zdvSGLOkeXYMg9errl5eYGolVLGwmr1S8zEOzRBy0PlainVC_Q/s1600-h/JTown+Postcard+08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumB6Q3d7AeOde0KUZGPKrGRLg_7Dct-1QIrrYze25m3dAjXWIUdXyp7Kwl5EeFvAfuLj8FGJam04m4-WCfwW7zdvSGLOkeXYMg9errl5eYGolVLGwmr1S8zEOzRBy0PlainVC_Q/s320/JTown+Postcard+08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195259746978847122" border="0" /></a><br /> (click poster to enlarge)<div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-57767378886153415082008-04-29T16:52:00.000-07:002008-04-29T16:53:34.972-07:00Jingletown Art Opening!<div align="center"><big><big><big>Art of the Cotton Mill Studios</big></big></big><br />Paintings, sculpture, photography and mixed media by:<br /><b>Keiko Nelson, Bill Stoneham, Elizabeth Tennant and Susan Tuttle</b><br />Show runs 5/19-7/12<br /><b>Opening party 5/31</b>, Closing party 7/12 <b>6-9pm</b><br /><b>Performing at the opening party will be DJ Daniel Berkman<br /><br /><img alt="Keiko" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=1199c8fbac773580" height="250" width="167" /><img alt="Bill" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.2&disp=emb&view=att&th=1199c8fbac773580" height="250" width="270" /><img alt="Susan" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.3&disp=emb&view=att&th=1199c8fbac773580" height="250" width="387" /><img alt="Elizabeth" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.4&disp=emb&view=att&th=1199c8fbac773580" height="250" width="192" /><br /></b></div><br />Driving down the 880 freeway in Oakland, you’ve probably seen a gorgeous brick warehouse towering over the freeway. Local history buffs will know this building as the Cotton Mill, one of the area’s oldest living landmarks. Originally a 1900’s manufacturing plant, the Cotton Mill Studios was renovated into work live lofts that house many diverse eclectic artists and businesses. It is a creative nexus that is fast becoming a hub of the surrounding Jingletown district.<br /><br />On display at the artist owned and operated FLOAT Gallery will be hand-picked group of Cotton Mill artists who live and work in the building: Keiko Nelson, internationally accomplished sculptor. Bill Stoneham, painter, sculptor and animator, Elizabeth Tennant, painter and Susan Tuttle photographer and mixed media artist.<br /><br /><b>About the Artists:</b><br /><br /><b>Keiko Nelson</b> is an international artist, who has exhibited her works and lectured about her art in the United States, Japan, Germany, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Egypt, Thai, China and Mexico. She was an artist in residence at the University of Chiapas in Mexico for the International Sculpture Symposium, and given a grant for a one –person exhibition by the Ministry of Culture in Egypt. She was given in the Artistic Achievement Award by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in New York in 2002, among her interests range from sculpture through fine art, design and textiles. Her works feature the subtle flow of natural force. Her work has been described by the Curator Emeritus of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco as “a unique fusion of the East and West, the retrospective and the progressive and delicate and the dynamic.” <a href="http://www.keikonelson.com/" target="_blank">www.keikonelson.com</a><br /><br /><b>Bill Stoneham</b>'s professional art career began in 1972 at Feingarten Galleries in Beverly Hills, CA. Feingarten bought Stoneham's paintings for two years and hosted a one-man show that was reviewed with statements like "...at their best when at their weirdest" and "The best works here deserve the attention of collectors". In 1992 Stoneham started working at ILM, sculpting in the creature shop, building feature film sets. When art went digital, Stoneham followed, mastering digital 3D modeling and cinematic production. During his career, Stoneham created inspiring digital and fine art for many entertainment companies including Lucas Arts Entertainment, Cyan Worlds, and Crystal Dynamics.<br /><br />Today Stoneham is painting and creating digital art and animations - all in surrealist style - exploring figurative and textural concepts influenced by the urban environment and the social/political forces at work in our world. <a href="http://www.stonehamstudios.com/" target="_blank">www.stonehamstudios.com</a><br /><br /><b>Susan Tuttle</b> moved from the East Coast to San Francisco in 1978. She is the Director of Montclair Gallery in Oakland, which she founded in 2003 with East Bay glass artist Janet Thompson. Susan is a photographer and jewelry designer, and her jewelry designs are on permanent display at Montclair Gallery. She graduated from Ithaca College in 1976 with a B.A. in Liberal Arts and a minor degree in Art History. She studied graphic design at the Academy of Art College beginning in 1982 and was involved in the profession for 20 years. She participates in the annual East Bay Open Studios, San Francisco Open Studios, well as other juried and non-juried exhibits in the San Francisco/Bay Area. From 1999 until 2004, she was involved with San Francisco’s ArtSpan, proofreading the annual San Francisco Open Studios Guide. In addition, she is an associate director at San Francisco SOMA’s new GarageGallery, where she has also exhibited her photography and jewelry designs.<br /><br /><b>Elizabeth Tennant</b> is a native California artist with a BA in studio art. Working in oils exclusively, she is committed to magical realism and the craft of painting. Her lifelong interests in psychology and mythology give her a perverse, fantastical visual language that conveys deep emotion. Her works can be found in collections throughout California and on the East Coast.<br /><br /><b>About the music:</b><br /><br />Daniel Berkman is a San Francisco-based multi-instrumentalist who has played with artists ranging from Essence to the San Francisco Ballet. Well<br />known for his inspired West African kora playing, he will be flexing his electronic muscle as Colfax, releasing his debut electronic album later this year.<br /><b><br />About FLOAT:</b><br />FLOAT, Floatation Center – Art Gallery is the only floatation center & art gallery in the San Francisco Bay Area, floatation therapy is a unique and powerful tool that allows you to shut out the world, and drift into the deepest possible level of physical and mental relaxation. FLOAT an urban art spa offers new, public exhibits of local artists to stimulate and challenge your senses.<br /><b><br />FLOAT, Floatation Center – Art Gallery 1091 Calcot Place, Unit # 116 (located in a store front loft of the historic cotton mill studios) Oakland, CA 94606</b><br /><a href="http://thefloatcenter.com/" target="_blank"><b><br /></b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-58810026446424881782008-04-19T12:00:00.000-07:002008-04-19T12:01:20.120-07:00Float Galleries closing art party!<p><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Oakland</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> – April 19th, 2008<span> <wbr> <wbr> </span><span> </span> Contact: Allison Walton</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span> <wbr> <wbr> </span><span> </span>Phone: 510-535-1702</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><b> </b><br /><a name="119680630fa882da_OLE_LINK14"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Beneath The Surface<br /></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Visionary Paintings & Works on Paper by Liz Mamorsky</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Interactive Assemblage Sculpture by Paul Baker </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b>Closing art party will celebrate the FLOAT Galleries 2<sup>nd</sup> year anniversary </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b>DJ BONSCOTT of WaxONWaxOff productions will be spinning funk, hip hop, and jungle during the event on Saturday 5/17, from 6-9pm</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <span></span><span></span> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><img alt="Liz" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=119680630fa882da" height="429" width="578" /><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <span></span><span></span> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /><a name="119680630fa882da_OLE_LINK12"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The capabilities of the human mind like the creative process, is nothing short of astonishing. Beneath the Surface gives us a taste of that brilliance, telling stories from deep within. During this two month show we challenge the audience to experience their own path through paintings, works on paper and assemblage sculpture that utilizes found objects to stir memories. </span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Our closing party will mark Float’s 2<sup>nd</sup> year anniversary in business and participants will have the ability to win a free floatation session every ½ hour during the event.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <h1><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Liz Mamorsky</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h1> <p><img alt="Liz" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.2&disp=emb&view=att&th=119680630fa882da" height="171" width="250" /><br /><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">An artist all her life Liz Mamorsky was a child star back in New York and currently does voice work for radio, television and games, including Sims 2, Sam & Max, and AVampyre Story. She is also the narrator for the recent PBS documentary, The Remarkable Red Hat Society. Since graduating from Bennington College, Mamorsky has exhibited her unique recycled-materials sculpture, studio furniture, and visionary paintings and drawings nationally and internationally. Her work resides in numerous public and private collections including: The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco; The Spertus Museum, Chicago; The Oakland Museum of California, Sony Corporation, Nektar Therapeutics, First National Bank of Arizona, Santa Clara Medical Center and Paramount Pictures for the set of <i>Star Trek:Voyager</i>. You can find her hard at work in her amazing </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.lizland.com/" target="_blank"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">LizLand</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Studio in San Francisco.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Paul Baker</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><img alt="Paul" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.3&disp=emb&view=att&th=119680630fa882da" align="left" height="200" width="250" /><img alt="Paul" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.4&disp=emb&view=att&th=119680630fa882da" align="right" height="382" width="300" />Paul Baker is an assemblage artist who creates interactive sculptures. His ongoing series: <b><i>Machines for Living</i> </b><span>are</span> built intentionally to help us examine our lives and evoke memories, though insight and humor</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A native of Boston, Baker moved to San Francisco ten years ago. He has been producing art in different mediums for the past 15 years; in 1991 he settled on assemblage sculpture, perhaps latently influenced by a boyhood passion for collecting shelf after shelf of what his mother called "junk". </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">His background includes exhibit design at the Cleveland Museum of Art; art instructor; bird house entrepreneur; and a stint as a sales clerk in a large department store. His education includes extensive travel abroad and a Masters degree in Medieval Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, England. Baker works as an advertising copywriter by day. <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.paulbakersculpture.com/" target="_blank"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>www.Paulbakersculpture.com</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span> <p><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">About FLOAT:</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">FLOAT, Floatation Center – Art Gallery is the only floatation center & art gallery in the San Francisco Bay Area, floatation therapy is a unique and powerful tool that allows you to shut out the world, and drift into the deepest possible level of physical and mental relaxation. FLOAT an urban art spa offers new, public exhibits of local artists to stimulate and challenge your senses.<br /></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><a name="119680630fa882da_OLE_LINK8"><span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN">FLOAT, Floatation Center – Art Gallery</span></b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN">1091 Calcot Place, Unit # 116 (located in a store front loft of the historic cotton mill studios)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN">Oakland</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN">, CA 94606</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-62667658497159787952008-04-08T12:44:00.000-07:002008-04-08T12:53:21.928-07:00Jingletown Junction featured on KQED Forum Radio<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLkw-pL7v2vE4FxmljUa5_dWNVZ2Bbd1hTT9Hly7DTYjnOaE3QLdRIey8hafrZK5WaPAUskfUnEyNISSa49h72iqhAL1WL28mg_uJZyBMT2objQkzaPAalumudOWzvx0NfHARfA/s1600-h/forum.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLkw-pL7v2vE4FxmljUa5_dWNVZ2Bbd1hTT9Hly7DTYjnOaE3QLdRIey8hafrZK5WaPAUskfUnEyNISSa49h72iqhAL1WL28mg_uJZyBMT2objQkzaPAalumudOWzvx0NfHARfA/s320/forum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186964861112496514" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="basicBlack">Jingletown Junction will be featured on<a href="http://www.kqed.org/programs/radio/forum/"> KQED's </a>live call-in program: </span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(214, 99, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" ><b><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></span> <table style="width: 373px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="373"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding: 0px 5px; width: 223px;" valign="bottom"><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207683613_0">Thu, Apr 10, 2008 -10 AM.<br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:10;"> <div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;" >Oakland's Jingletown Junction is hosting an exhibit showcasing neighborhood artists.<br /><br />The program will talk about the history behind this colorful</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"> name, as well as speak with some of the artists.</span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><b>Host:</b> with <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207683613_1">Michael Krasny</span><br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:10;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(214, 99, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" ><b>Call In</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" ><b>866-SF-FORUM</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >(<span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207683613_5">866-733-6786</span>)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 12px;"><br /></div></span></span><br /></div></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-37524053066787755392008-04-05T08:58:00.000-07:002008-04-05T08:59:10.460-07:00Ignacio De La Fuente's 2008 Campaign Kick Off!<div> <div><span style="font-family:Mistral;font-size:7;"> <div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Dear Friend - I hope you can join me for this important event. </span></strong></div> <div align="center"><strong>District 5</strong></div> <div align="center"><strong>For De La Fuente</strong></div></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:7;"> <div align="center">Join Ignacio for the</div> <div align="center">2008 Campaign Kick Off</div></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:7;color:#f40000;"> <div align="center">Saturday, April 5, 2008</div> <div align="center">Rally at 10:00 AM</div></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:6;"> <div align="center">Volunteers Needed from 10 AM to 2 PM</div></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:6;"> <div align="center">3411 E.12th Street, Suite 90</div> <div align="center">in the Fruitvale BART Transit Village</div></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:6;"> <div align="center">Bring your friends and family!</div> <div align="center">Lunch will be Provided</div> <div align="center">To RSVP or volunteer call (510) 535-2008</div> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.delafuente2008.com/" target="_blank">www.delafuente2008.com</a></div></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-64767555139558768972008-03-04T19:11:00.001-08:002008-03-04T19:12:57.297-08:00OPENING AT THE FLOAT GALLERY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_VMFfX1GBMNgbsQCddJZlfme950soZdsyD40fnZHU4Ys3uF1iip5Dhca2m_Qde7ZBVzhwFTKbEGI2ifuAL1Vp62lpm_fepzSt9G8Lev9uZW2DzsDy7DHD4pMay_MPhvMh_lcGA/s1600-h/peter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_VMFfX1GBMNgbsQCddJZlfme950soZdsyD40fnZHU4Ys3uF1iip5Dhca2m_Qde7ZBVzhwFTKbEGI2ifuAL1Vp62lpm_fepzSt9G8Lev9uZW2DzsDy7DHD4pMay_MPhvMh_lcGA/s320/peter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174089977986166210" border="0" /></a><br /><h1 align="center"><a name="1187ce6f92f601b4_OLE_LINK1"><span><span><span><b><span style="font-size:16;"><big><big>Material Evidence</big></big></span></b></span></span></span></a></h1> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><big><span><span><span><span><b>Mixed media work of Peter Boyer, and Master Plasma sculptor Ed Kirshner</b></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="font-size:14;"></span></b> </span></span></span></span></big></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><b><big><big>Closing Party March 15th 2008, 6-9pm </big><br /><big>with live music by Cornelius Boots</big></big></b></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><span><span><b><span style="color:blue;">Two architects collide with the 4th state of matter, a not to be missed event!</span></b></span></span></span></span></p> <span></span><span></span> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span><u><img alt="Peter Boyer" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=1187ce6f92f601b4" height="332" width="250" /><img alt="Plasma Sculpture" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.2&disp=emb&view=att&th=1187ce6f92f601b4" height="332" width="271" /><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></span></span></p> <p><span><span>Enter a world were materials come alive in an inspiring array of elements, both elegant and serene these masters of design transform materials designed for constructing buildings, into creations that seem to take on a life of their own. <span> </span>Set to live improvised ambient music by Cornelius Boots. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>Included in the display are the compilation plasma jellyfish sculptures by Ed Kirshner<b> </b><span style="color:black;">and Bernd Weinmayer, a master flame worker from Austria. </span></span></span><a href="http://www.weinmayer.at/" target="_blank"><span><span>www.weinmayer.at</span></span><span><span></span></span></a><span><span><span style="color:black;"></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span><span><b><u><span>Peter Boyer</span></u></b></span></span><span><span><b><u><span style="font-size:14;"> </span></u></b></span></span></p> <p><span><span>Boyer's art deals with physical and material elements. He builds paintings by successive applications and deletions of various materials: canvas, muslin, linen, paint, gesso, charcoal and graphite. His is a process of working and reworking the surface by tearing off and reapplying his materials until the work attains what he has described as "presence".</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Peter Boyer was born in New York in 1948, moving to the West Coast with his family in 1960. He studied art in California and Oregon, receiving his BA from San Francisco State University in 1977. He also studied architecture at The Southern California Institute of Architecture. Boyer operated a small design/build business in the 1970's, which acquainted him with the materials and techniques of building construction. Much of this knowledge has been applied to the process he follows in creating his mixed media works. </span></span><a href="http://www.peterboyer.com/" target="_blank"><span><span>www.peterboyer.com</span></span><span><span></span></span></a><span><span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><b><u><img alt="martini glass" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ba27e8896&attid=0.3&disp=emb&view=att&th=1187ce6f92f601b4" align="right" height="354" width="250" />Ed Kirshner</u></b></span></span><span><span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></u></b>Artist statement:</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Like Dr. Frankenstein in his lab, I hover over my glass and gas plasma work, spending many hours mixing, balancing and fine-tuning. Still, the plasma light behaves in a way that I can never completely control. I can change or direct its behavior by varying the pressure and mix of gases, or the frequency and the voltage of the power, but I can never fully predict the detailed effects any of my actions will have. Though frustrating at times, this unpredictability is at the very heart of my work. This is the personality, the mystery, the life that I try to create in my sculpture.<span style=";font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11;" > </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span>Ed Kirshner of Oakland, California was born in New York City in 1940.<span> </span>He studied architecture and sculpture at Cornell University, the University of California at Berkeley and the Oskar Kokoschka School of Vision in Austria.<span> </span>After thirty years of developing and financing affordable housing, he returned to study art at the California College of the Arts in Oakland as well as at Pilchuck and Corning glass schools and Northlands Creative Glass in Scotland.<span> </span>His glass and gas plasma sculptures have been exhibited throughout the U.S. as well as in Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Austria, France and Turkey. His work, “Cone of Chaos”, was a Corning Glass selection in 2000 and is included in Corning's recent book "25 Years of New Glass Review."<span> </span>His piece, "Java High," was a recent acquisition of the di Rosa Fine Arts Preserve in Napa, California.<span> </span>Ed has taught glass and gas plasma workshops in the U.S. as well as in Asia and Europe and is on the faculty of The Crucible Fire Arts School in Oakland and the Glass Furnace in Turkey.<span> </span>He is also a Trustee and the Treasurer of the Museum of Neon Art (MONA) in Los Angeles. <a href="http://www.aurorasculpture.com/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color:blue;">www.aurorasculpture.com</span></u></a> </span></span></p> <p><span><span><b><u>Cornelius Boots</u></b></span></span></p> <p><span><span>Closing night will showcase a live performance by Oakland reed renegade Cornelius Boots. A progressive rock composer, bass clarinet performance specialist, wu wei woodwind instructor and Zen flutist. Founder of Edmund Welles. Boots is currently undertaking more large-scale, primordial, avant-orchestral compositions. Recent pieces include a commission by Chamber Music America and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>The live performance for Material Evidence will reflect the elements of earthiness, experimentalism, and unpredictability found in the artwork. A primarily improvised ambient set which will combine the usage of the robot bass clarinet—an amplified, effected, mutated bass clarinet—and the sounds of the mendicant bamboo flute-playingcharacter "Shunyata Wu-xi" (wizard of the void), utilizing shakuhachi and staff flutes in addition to tape loops, and voice to create minimalist industrial-new age and existential blues<span style="color:blue;">. </span></span></span><a href="http://www.corneliusboots.com/" target="_blank"><span><span>www.corneliusboots.com</span></span><span><span></span></span></a><span><span><span style="color:blue;">, </span></span></span><a href="http://www.edmundwelles.com/" target="_blank"><span><span>www.edmundwelles.com </span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span><span style="color:blue;"></span></span></span></a></p> <p><span><span><br /></span></span></p> <p><span><span><a name="1187ce6f92f601b4_OLE_LINK9"></a><a name="1187ce6f92f601b4_OLE_LINK8"><span><b><span lang="EN">FLOAT, Floatation Center – Art Gallery</span></b><span lang="EN"> </span></span></a></span></span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN">1091 Calcot Place, Unit # 116 (located in a store front loft of the historic cotton mill studios)</span><span lang="EN"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN">Oakland</span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span lang="EN">, CA 94606</span></span></span><span><span><span lang="EN"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><big><b><span><span>510.535.1702</span></span></b></big></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><a href="http://thefloatcenter.com/home.html" target="_blank"><big><b><span><span><u>www.thefloatcenter.com</u></span></span></b></big></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-91509473457829291962008-02-15T16:26:00.000-08:002008-02-15T16:39:04.031-08:00Jingletown Junction Exhibition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqxxjX_USYz5GfZf9RMUaSkQL5Ytq_vgdMO-VyW2ISheRTElkNFxNivMNq166s7iDI8SsgWM8vuw9Ptq7TomTc8mXCki3dHGhdcoeWCxTbwa5or3-vD44rg3OTYhmgJwje15MwA/s1600-h/jingletownpostcard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqxxjX_USYz5GfZf9RMUaSkQL5Ytq_vgdMO-VyW2ISheRTElkNFxNivMNq166s7iDI8SsgWM8vuw9Ptq7TomTc8mXCki3dHGhdcoeWCxTbwa5or3-vD44rg3OTYhmgJwje15MwA/s320/jingletownpostcard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167369471256887202" border="0" /></a><br /> Ten JABC artists' experience of working and living in an artists' neighborhood.<br /><br />Jingletown Junction<br /><br />Dates: March 18 - April 25, 2008<br /><br />Reception: Thursday, March 20, 6-8 pm<br /><br />Artists' Talk: Saturday, April 5, 1-3pm<br /><br />PRO ARTS GALLERY - 550 Second Street, Oakland, CA.<br /><br />ALISON MCLENNAN - Furniture<br /><br />FERNANDO REYES - Painting<br /><br />JILL MCLENNAN - Painting, Encaustic, Oil<br /><br />HEATHER WHITEHEAD - Painting, Printmaking, Mixed Media<br /><br />RUSS OSTERWEIL - Photography<br /><br />JAN WATTEN - Photography<br /><br />JON ZAX - Photography<br /><br />KATHY CRONIN - Photography<br /><br />BILL SILVEIRA - Sculpture, Painting<br /><br />LAUREL TRUE - Mixed Media<br /><br />Music during reception provided by Cathi Walkup's Double Trio<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jingletown.com">Jingletown</a><br /><br />(Postcard design by Kim Larson)<div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-87214385903906783602007-03-04T20:36:00.000-08:002007-03-04T20:47:17.801-08:00Moving right along....It seems like there was more traffic for the White Elephant sale this year than in years past. This is good news for Jingletown merchants. Both Voila! and Institute of Mosaic Art reported a lot of foot traffic. The neighborhood just keeps getting better and better, but we still have the occasional unfortunate incident. Last night, the sideshow kids were back at the corner of Chapman and Derby. <br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GBWqpwwtjTg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GBWqpwwtjTg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />On the bright side, however, students at IMA were busy this weekend making sculptural garden benches using the sculpturing compound, Darjit! that is made of about 90% recycled materials. I walked over there with my video camera and shot the class in action. It looked like everyone was having a great time. <br /><br /><embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=2241549893469891109&hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed><br /><br />If any of you would like to have a similar Quicktime video made of your art, your business or of anything in particular, I am trying to devlop a video portfolio and would be happy to spend some time working with you on a volunteer basis. Just let me know when and where you would like to tape.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-54639466389804174292006-12-08T13:15:00.000-08:002006-12-08T13:16:05.500-08:00FLOAT OPENING<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"><strong>Please join the FLOAT gallery for the last art party of the year!<img alt="" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=10f63dce4891ddb2" align="left" border="0" hspace="0" /><img alt="" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.2&disp=emb&view=att&th=10f63dce4891ddb2" align="right" border="0" hspace="0" /></strong></span> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"><strong>Food - drink - a virtual theater of:</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:-0;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:6;"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">G</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">esture and Gestalt</span></b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Paintings of Albert Hwang and the Glass & Metal Sculpture of Victoria Skirpa</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></b> </p><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Opening Reception:<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:-0;"><b><span style="font-size:130%;">Saturday December 16th 06, 6pm-9pm<br /></span></b>Show runs 12/15/06 through 01/15/07</span></span></span></p><span></span></span></span></b> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:-0;"><b>What IS Gesture and Gestalt?</b> </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> A <b>Gesture</b> is a form of </span><a title="Non-verbal communication" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-verbal_communication" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">non-verbal communication</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> made with a part of the body, used instead of or in combination with verbal communication. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:-0;"><b>Gestalt</b>: A </span></span></span><a title="collection" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collection" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">collection</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> of </span><a title="physical" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/physical" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">physical</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">, </span><a title="biological" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biological" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">biological</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">, </span><a title="psychological" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/psychological" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">psychological</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> or </span><a title="symbolic" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/symbolic" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">symbolic</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span><a title="entities" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/entities" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Forms</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> that create a </span><a title="unified" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unified" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">unified</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span><a title="concept" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/concept" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">concept</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">, </span><a title="configuration" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/configuration" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">configuration</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> or </span><a title="pattern" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pattern" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">pattern</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> which is </span><a title="greater" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/greater" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">greater</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> than the </span><a title="sum" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sum" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">sum</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> of its </span><a title="part" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/part" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">parts</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span>The art exhibit <b>G</b></span><b>esture</b> and <b>Gestalt</b> is a meeting place of opposites, an experience that summons you closer. This provocative show is akin to the surreal and evocative of human drama. Together the never before displayed black & white spiral paintings of Albert Hwang and the bodily, organic sculptures of Victoria Skirpa create a virtual theater of gesture and <b>F</b>orm/Gestalt.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:-0;"> Who are the artists?</span></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><img alt="" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.3&disp=emb&view=att&th=10f63dce4891ddb2" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0" /></b></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:-0;"><b>Albert Hwang</b> began drawing from an early age. Hwang majored in studio art at UC Irvine and studied painting in NY before moving to San Francisco in 2005 in order to pursue his career as a painter. Much of his recent work deals with the duality of nature by rendering the tension between opposing pictorial forces. On display will be both his black & white spirals and color paintings. These works will be on public display for the first time.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: auto 0in;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">�There often comes a moment while working on a painting when it seems that the shapes and forms may actually spring to life. If this moment were realized, I may have found myself painting the perfect picture. This cycle of hope and despair is both stimulating and habit forming, acting as an impetus for each successive picture� � Albert Hwang</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><img alt="" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.4&disp=emb&view=att&th=10f63dce4891ddb2" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0" /></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:-0;"> </span></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:-0;"><b>Victoria Skirpa</b> is largely self-taught, gaining skills through apprenticeship and trial and error. As a result of her incredible creative and material breadth, her skills include glass casting, large and jewelry-scale metal smithing, and restoration. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Skirpas glass-work confronts and explores the tension in attraction and repulsion; the grotesque is a point of inquiry. Her metalwork tends to evoke futuristic universes. She often seeks a playful relationship with work, evocative of feminine iconography and sexual innuendo. However, a continual thread remains: the relationship of forms to living bodies - animal, human, and insect. On display will be glass, metal and mixed media sculpture. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">�A Gesture is a form of movement, is something that glides past its motion, resonating in space, moving beyond its initial expression. Gestalt formation is where a gesture stops gliding and is perceived as form.� � Victoria Skirpa </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:-0;"><b>FLOAT, Floatation Center � Art Gallery</b><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span lang="EN">1091 Calcot Place, Unit # 116<br />(located in the front of the historic cotton mill studios)<br />Oakland, CA 94606</span> </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">510-535-1702</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Give the gift of floatation</span></span></span></b></b></span></span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-size:-0;"><img alt="" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.5&disp=emb&view=att&th=10f63dce4891ddb2" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0" /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">A FLOAT gift certificate is an exceptionally unusual gift that says: �try something truly brilliant and out of this world�. It shows that the buyer has put some thought into the purchase. It's also a wonderful present to give yourself during the stresses of the holiday season.<br /></span><span style="color: black;"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Hope to see ya soon, Cheers! </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-size:-0;"> </span></p><em></em> <div><span style="font-size:-0;">Allison & Fil</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:-0;">FLOAT</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.thefloatcenter.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="font-size:-0;">www.thefloatcenter.com</span></a></div> <div><a href="mailto:info@thefloatcenter.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="font-size:-0;">info@thefloatcenter.com</span></a></div> <div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-87715800146592987872006-12-08T05:16:00.000-08:002006-12-08T05:25:40.085-08:00Update and AnnouncementsAfter a long break, the Jingletown Oakland blog has returned! Please email any updates, suggestions and requests to be interviewed to: jingletown.arts@gmail.com or to bayarts4u@gmail.com.<br /><br />Thanks!<br />Stacy<br /><br />___________________________________________________________________<br /><br />Of interest to Jingletown Oakland artists.....<br /><br /><h2><span style="color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">December Holiday Artist Happy Hour</span></span></h2><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Calling All Contemporary, Cutting-Edge Artists, Writers, Poets, </span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Gallery Owners, Photographers, Collectors, Actors, Sculptors, </span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Musicians and those who love the arts!</span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Thursday December 14, 2006</span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">4:30pm-7:00pm </span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);">No Host Bar</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"></span></b></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Speisekammer Restaurant</span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);">****meet inside restaurant ****</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"></span></b></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);">2424 Lincoln Ave (at Park St)</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"></span></b></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Alameda, CA 94501</span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);">Parking lot on the right!</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"></span></b></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Local artists, and those who love the arts, unite. The East Bay art scene is alive and growing; come experience our artist group getting together to talk about art and the local scene at Speisekammer German Restaurant, 2424 Lincoln Avenue, Alameda, CA, on Thursday December 14 from 4:30pm-7pm. Great German Beer, Mixed Drinks, Glogg, Hangar One Vodka and the </span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">best food!! </span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Bring 15-20 cards or brochures to pass around. </span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Free to attend. </span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">No-host bar. </span></span></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Little parking lot on the right of the restaurant.</span></span></b></span></p><p><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">______________________________________________________</span></span></b></span></p><p><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The next J.A.B.A. meeting will be held at Institute of Mosaic Art on<br /></span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">December 14, 2006 at 7:30 pm.</span></span></b></span></p><p><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Institute of Mosaic Art</span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">3001 Chapman Street</span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Oakland, CA. 94601<br /></span></span></b></span></p><p><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></b></span></p><p><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(165, 0, 33);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></b></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-1138159915178432562006-01-24T18:26:00.000-08:002006-01-24T19:31:55.210-08:00Art in JingletownA diverse culture has long been at the heart of Jinglteown life. It has played an especially significant role in the development of what has become a burgeoning arts district. Our active artist population has helped to revilalize and improve the economy of this area and is gaining more recognition all the time. The roles of the Jingletown artists and other creative characters have given this area a positive sense of identity and cohesion. The work helps instill a real sense of cultural literacy and bridges social barriers that span some of the area's most pervasive systemic problems. It is my pleasure to introduce some members of our community:<br /><br /> California native, <a href="http://www.darwinprice.com">Darwin Price</a>, webmaster of the official <a href="http://www.jingletown.org"> Jingletown web site.</a> lives and works at the famed Ford Street Studios (#2) here in Jingletown. When he isn't organizing labor unions, Darwin spends his time creating spectacular art. Shown here with one of his works in progress, he is a well-known figure in the Jingletown arts scene. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/1600/darwinprice.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/320/darwinprice.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://insaundrasgarden.com">Saundra Warren </a>makes unique and intriguing garden art in her 2908 Glascock Street studio. She works primarily in clay, specializing in beautiful garden fountains. Saundra makes her own ceramic tiles that she uses to create mosaic work also for outdoor use. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/1600/saundra.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/320/saundra.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/1600/saundrasgardenshot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/320/saundrasgardenshot.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/1600/ted.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/320/ted.jpg" border="0" alt="" />Ted Warren</a>, (Saundra's husband) is a bibilophile who collects rare and out-of-print books. Shown here with his expansive and ecclectic collection that is organized in shelves along one side of their loft. The couple is co-writing a novel based in seventeenth century France.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-1138048740778045792006-01-23T07:37:00.000-08:002006-01-23T12:40:51.620-08:00Jingletown Has Something for Everyone<span style="font-weight:bold;">Nestled close to the estuary between Oakland's Fruitvale and Park Street Bridges, the Jingletown art's district has something for everyone.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/1600/voila.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/320/voila.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /> New businesses such as Gary Boland's <i>Voila! Juice Bar and Cafe</i> at 510 Derby Avenue, have recently opened offering area residents a great place to hang out, have a bite and enjoy an ever-changing display of local art. Gary has plans to host events such as poetry readings and acoustic music concerts in the near future, and a group of Jingletown artists will be having a group show from Febuary through the end of March. (More details to come.) <br><br><br><br><br /><br />It is rumored that Jingletown got its' name in the 1930's when the predominantly poor Portuguese population would walk the streets in their Zoot Suits with hands in pockets jingling the little change that they had after they got paid for picking cotton. The area has changed a lot since those days, making it one of the most exciting arts districts currently in the Bay Area. There has been a tremendous growth as the influx of new residential lofts has appeared. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/1600/newconstruction.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/320/newconstruction.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> The new construction is matched by the strong community spirit of those residents and businesses who have been living and operating in the area for years. This diverse mix of different interests and people gives the neighborhood something for everyone.<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353389.post-1137965785044450612006-01-22T13:14:00.000-08:002008-02-15T16:43:04.699-08:00Welcome to the Jingletown Oakland blog!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/1600/jingletownlogo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/140/2159/320/jingletownlogo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Welcome to the </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">Jingletown Oakland</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> blog!<br /><br /></span>This is a community blog and gathering place for anyone who is interested in Oakland, California's <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Jingletown Arts District</span>. My name is Stacy Alexander and I'll be your host for the time being. I am a mixed media artist who lives here in the rapidly expanding <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> Jingletown Arts District</span>, one of the most exciting art districts in the San Francisco Bay Area. The purpose of this blog is to spread the word about Jingletown-related businesses, events and announcements as well as to inform the world about the thriving arts and diverse residential communities that exist here. <br /><br />Please feel free to jump right in and discuss any topics that are pertinent to Jingletown.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I will be updating frequently with <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Jingletown </span>news, photos, announcements and hopefully some pieces about Jingletown History and other subjects of interest. I welcome contributions, so please email me at: <span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">jingletown.arts@gmail.com </span>with any suggestions that you might have.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Oakland, California's up and coming Jingletown Arts District.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1