VIrtuoso indeed. By the end you'll be totally sucked in.
How the heck does he *do* this?
Wonderful
Friday, February 12, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
How To Achieve Inner Peace....maybe
My friend Steve Drace wrote me recently:
I am passing this on to you because it definitely works and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice heard on the Oprah show, you too can find a sense of inner peace.
Dr. Oz proclaimed, 'The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and have never finished.'
So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn't finished, and before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Zinfandel , a bottle of Tequila , a package of Oreos , the remainder of my old Prozac prescription, the rest of the cheesecake, some Doritos, and a box of chocolates. You have no idea how freaking good I feel right now.
Pass this on if you know anyone you think might be in need of inner peace.
--Steven Drace
Monday, January 11, 2010
Shock of the New?
A friend cited an article in the NYT, "The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s," By BRAD STONE (Jan 9 2010), which he called "thought provoking."
Another friends dismissed this as a couple of anecdotes supporting nothing (while conceding the quality of the writing).
I agreed, and in more detail, as follows -- along with another complaint about online newspapers.
* The generation gap thing may be overplayed; they've been singing that tune for twenty years - yet I don't feel, at 63, left behind by my 26-year-old twins who've lived with etc etc. If I weren't into all this stuff myself, I might be, but I'd equally be if I didn't follow their musical preferences or fashion sense (which I don't). Not much of a gen gap, if you ask me.
* If you want to see a more thoughtful take on speed-of-change and its impact on society and, more significantly, how people think, go get a copy of "The Shock of the New," the coffee-table version of the PBS TV series from the 1970s, where Time magazine art critic Robert Hughes did a fantastic job (despite the handicap of his Australian accent ;-) and a '70s hairstyle ) of conveying the enormous impact of change on the Western world of 1880 - 1920 era.
* When oh when will sites (even the NYT for God's sake) stop with the stupid, irrelevant, dumb, distracting, numbskull linking of random words and phrases? They link California State University, for God's sake, to "more articles about California State University," though this has zero to do with the article, or with anything any reader is likely to want to pursue -- a link to the quoted professor's research, OTOH, would have been valuable - but no. They don't even link to the specific school, Dominguez Hills -- there are several dozen Cal State Universities! It's like linking to "more articles about universities," and every bit as pointless.
This is what you get when some bright person creates a linking robot. Somebody please end the madness! Or at the very least, somebody at these pubs please look at your data -- I bet half your links get zero clicks! You simply add to a world of pointless distraction!
mac
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Mac's Art Events Calendar for January 2010!
Here's the January 2010 issue of Mac's Art Calendar for the SF East Bay area.
It includes art exhibits, art classes, and some music/theater.
Enjoy! Spread the word! Follow!
--mac mccarthy
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
*Diana Lynn Art Tour
*Frank Bette Used Art Auction
*Frank Bette Call for Photographers
*Frank Bette Classes: Watercolor, Drawing, Oil Painting, new classes in Perspective Drawing and in Digital Arts, and much much more!
*Feather River signups still available!
*San Mateo Society of Western Artist classes
*Carol Tarzier Oil Classes in Oakland
*Music at Cal State East Bay
*"Rent" At Castro Valley Center for Arts
*Links to local art resources
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**DIANA LYNN ART TOUR**
"Ceramics & Photography by Jane Grimm & Katherine Westerhout"
Sat Jan 23rd, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Location:
Studio of Jane Grimm
4th and Brannan
San Francisco, CA 94107
We meet at the studio of Jane B. Grimm to see her ceramics. From there, we will go to SF Electric Works for an exhibit of work by the photographer, Katherine Westerhout and will end the morning at a no-host cafe.
TOUR FEATURES & BENEFITS:
- Enjoy a well-planned customized tour
- Meet and network with art aficionados
- Have a culturally enriching experience
- Benefit from docent lectures
Cost: $25 -- sign up at http://www.dianalynnarttours.com/DLAT/Calendar.html
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** AT FRANK BETTE CENTER FOR THE ARTS **
1601 Paru St (corner of Lincoln), Alameda CA 94501
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**DEJA VU!
Daily through Jan 23rd.
Gently loved fine arta and crafts
-See what your friends and neighbors have kept tucked away in their attics & basements.
-Liberated art pieces looking for a loving home.
-Decorate your office and home for a song!
Silent Auction now thru Jan 23rd.
Auction closing Gala Jan 23 5 to 7pm
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**CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS -- FOR EXHIBIT: 'ALAMEDA ON CAMERA'
Deadline for applications: Feb 1
2010 "ALAMEDA ON CAMERA" - 48 Hrs, 48 Artists, 48 Pcs of the Map
A Juried City-wide Event Challenge & Exhibit
48 photo-based artists explore and document Alameda neighborhoods, favorite places, and secret hideaways. Traditions and cherished nostalgia, families, friends, and town characters, share the lens with candid shots of our skeletons and dirty laundry.
All “photo-based” artwork mediums and techniques welcome! Traditional, contemporary and experimental photo-based 2D, 3D, functional, decorative, wearable and jewelry artwork included. All photographic techniques and mediums welcome, including but not limited to, new photographic mediums, photo transfer, digital, Polaroid, snapshots, collage, pieces of film, altered books, assemblage, textile, creative manipulations, etc.
The Forty-eight Hour Photography Challenge Event: Forty-eight selected Artists will photograph a unique geographic area of Alameda between 9PM Friday, February 27 and 9PM Sunday, March 1.
Alameda On Camera Exhibit: Each of the forty-eight artists will exhibit their final artwork pieces created from the photographic images taken during the challenge event.
Get yourself signed up right now and please help spread the word!
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**ART CLASSES AT THE FRANK BETTE**
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*PERSPECTIVE: THE BASICS*
with Kevin Kihn
Sundays 3-5 PM
Session I - February 7, 14, 21 & March 7, 14, 21
Session II - April 4, 11, 18, 25 & May 9, 16
What makes objects appear smaller with distance? What principles govern light and shadows? How can an artist use this knowledge to create powerful, convincing depictions of nature? We will learn the answers to these questions and put them into artistic practice. Students will learn how to accurately depict nature, architecture, objects and their spatial relationships.
Cost: $100 members, $120 non-members
Sign up (and see examples of his pencil drawings) at http://frankbettecenter.org/kevin-kihn-prespective-basics.html
Bio:
Kevin Kihn learned advanced perspective by studying the works of M.C. Escher and others. He has developed a comprehensive integration of all known systems of vanishing point perspective. He is a graduate in Painting form San Francisco State University and has studied at the Accademia dell Bell Arti (Academy of Fine Arts) in Florence, Italy.
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**MARGARET FAGO'S FAMED WATERCOLOR AND DRAWING CLASSES RETURN IN FEB!**
Margo's wonderful classes start up again in February -- take classes in 6-class sequences starting in February-March, with morning classes or afternoon classes. Sign up quick -- they fill up fast!
** COLOR DYNAMICS IN WATERCOLOR **
Come develop your painting voice while learning watercolor techniques. We'll explore color mixing, color values, glazing and brush strokes, hard and soft edges, finding and defining a center of interest and much more. Perfect for both beginning and intermediate painters.
Classes Mondays 9:30-noon starting Feb 8, or Tuesday mornings starting Feb 9, $120 for either series.
** DRAWING DYNAMICS **
Working from Still Life and Plein Aire we will explore how to create design and form through line, shading, black and white shapes and tonal values. Release your inner artist through warm up exercises which will allow you to draw what you see. Beginners and intermediate artists welcome.
Monday afternoons 3:00 to 5:00 ~ Drawing Dynamics -- Starting Feb 8
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**OIL PAINTING CLASSES WITH CAROL TARZIER
Carol, a *wonderful* painter in oils, teaches this fall in her own studio at 1217 32nd St., Oakland, Saturday afternoons 1 to 5pm, from Feb 6 through May 3. $175. Sign up now -- class limited to 15 students.
I've taken her class and she's terrific and inspirational.
Painting takes place at her studio in Oakland, not at the Frank Bette in Alameda. Her studio is open, spacious, and brightly lit, 750 square feet, withi a kitchen/bar and patio flower garden for lunch breaks. The classes will incorporate some plein-air, landscapes, and working on still life, with still-life setups at each class. Location is 1217 32nd Street, Oakland.
(If you just can't get enough Carol, see below for more of her classes, not through Frank Bette.)
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**DIGITAL ARTS FOR TRADITIONAL ARTISTS**
Instructor: Eric J. Kos
Classes $225 -- Sign up at http://frankbettecenter.org/eric-kos-digital-arts-class.html
February 13, 20 and 27 1-5pm.
Beginning Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign/Quark
Bring your own laptop with software installed and finally learn how to use it in this 3-day beginner's course. Review the most powerful features of these artist's tools and bring your skills into the 21st Century. Learn skills to both create original art on the screen and convert your digital photos or artwork into various formats for use in the real world.
March 13, 20, 27 1-5pm
Intermediate Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign/Quark
Bring your own laptop with software installed and build on what you learned last month in this 3-day beginner's course. Students will learn to use applications for definite real-world purposes: printing art for portfolios, creating images for online purposes, creating a marketing brand image: logos, flyers and more.
April 10, 17, 24 1-5pm
Advanced Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign/Quark
Bring your own laptop with software installed and build on what you learned last month in this 3-day beginner's course. Students will initiate their own projects using the tools to complete real needs. By the end of the course, students will be prepared to print their own business cards and will have completed a project they devised themselves.
About Instructor Eric Kos:
Co-Founder, Creative Director, Alameda Sun Newspaper
Past President, Greater Alameda Business Association
Author, East Bay Then & Now, San Francisco in Photographs
Coming Soon: San Francisco Then & Now (Redux)
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**DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY POTENTIAL**
Are all the special features and creative options in your digital camera collecting cobwebs? Explore the inner workings of your camera and brush off the cobwebs! Learn to use the powerful tools which often go unleashed in most digital cameras. Turn those complex menus and extra buttons into something with real potential.
Thursdays 6-8:30 PM, Feb 11, 18, 25 & March 11, 18, 25
Cost: $100 members, $120 non-members
Bio:
Chris Rochette has been working with digital cameras for over four years and has experience with many different brands/models. After working as a ships-photographer in the Coast Guard and as a volunteer photographer for the Frank Bette Center he has gained valuable experience in working with digital cameras under various conditions.
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**FOR A FULL LIST OF THESE AND MORE FRANK BETTE CLASSES, VISIT
*INCLUDING WRITING CLASSES, VOCAL WORKSHOP, AND ART JOURNAL/BOOKBINDING WORKSHOP, plus a list of exhibits, children's classes, and more!
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** REGULAR EVENTS at the Frank Bette **
**LIFE DRAWING**
Frank Bette Center, every Tuesday 6:30 - 9:30 pm.
Gesture Poses with a nude model.
All skill levels welcome. Bring your own materials.
Space limited. Pay by the month to cover model fee: $45.
Limited Drop-in Spaces are available at $15 per session.
Frank Bette Members only please! (No Instructor)
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** BETTE'S BODACIOUS BEADING BEAUTIES **
Every Wednesday Evening, 6 – 9 pm - Ongoing - Free
Share your enthusiasm for beads and baubles. Share techniques with fellow beaders; everything from bead stringing to bead weaving. Share works in progress for support and feedback.
This is a supportive space to hang out with and bounce ideas off fellow beaders. Join us! Bring your own materials/project to work on. (No Instructor)
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**MORE ART CLASSES**
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** FEATHER RIVER ART CAMP IN JUNE **
Every year dozens of artists retreat to the mountains above Sacramento and spend a week living in tents and cabins (or the local motels if they prefer) and taking classes and painting, drawing, learning guitar, making glass beads and other crafts, and just getting away from it all. I went in 2008 and it was fun and intensive.
Dates for Feather River Art Camp for 2010: June 20 to 27, 2010 in the Sierras -- get away for a week of artmaking!
Our Class Lineup is pretty impressive. Classes include:
NEW: *Felting Class, Gayle Still
-*Bookmaking* with Rhiannon Alpers
-*Outdoor Installation Art from Nature* with Ron Brown
-*Landscape in Oil* with Kay Carlson
-*Watercolor* with Margaret Fago
-*Guitar* with Larry Ferrara
-*Mosaic Art* with Dmitry Grudsky
-*Papermaking* with Linda Lemon
-*Fused Glass with recyled glass* with Reddy Lieb
-*Writing from the Crazy Child* with Clive Matson
-*Hot Torch Glass Beadmaking* with Harlan Simon
-*Clay* with Blanka Soltys
-*Drawing with Chinese Brush* with Karen LeGault
Feather River Art Camp
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*CAROL TARZIER'S SPRING SCHEDULE OF OIL-PAINTING WORKSHOPS!*
Spring painting workshops are coming up! Beginning Painting is Friday Feb. 5th through June 4, 10 am to 2 pm, at the Methodist Church, 1600 Bancroft Avenue, in San Leandro. The first set of lectures focuses on landscape and the second on still life. The class provides both foundation information and a supportive studio environment for ongoing students.
Cost is $195 for 17 weeks. To enroll, send a check for $195 to the San Leandro Adult School, 2255 Bancroft Avenue, San Leandro, CA, 94577, write on the check "Fine Art-Painting Fridays.”
She's also teaching at her studio in Oakland, 1217 32nd Street in Oakland, Saturdays 1-5 p.m., Feb. 6th through May 29th.
The class is in two sessions, focusing on landscape, then on still life.
Class size is limited to 15 students.
The studio is open, spacious, and brightly lit, 750 square feet, with a kitchen/bar and patio flower garden for lunch breaks. Sign up through the Frank Bette Center, www.frankbettecenter.org, and receive a bonus 1/2 hour private critique.
Session 1 February 6 through April 3
Session 2 – April 10 - May 29
Cost: $175 per session or both for $310.
She will email you the supply list and schedule at your request.
Carol Tarzier
1217 32nd Street
Oakland, CA 94608
fax 510 652-9000
studio 510 652-9100
cell 510 507-2524
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** SOCIETY OF WESTERN ARTISTS IN REDWOOD CITY **
*ARTIST WORKSHOPS - 2010*
SWA announces the following workshops with local and nationally recognized artists:
Karen Frey - 2-Day Watercolor Workshop January 30, 31, 2010
Gil Dellinger - 3-Day Oil, Pastel, Acrylic Workshop April 23, 24, 25, 2010
Steve Curl - 2-Day Watercolor Plein Air May 22, 23, 2010
Floy Zittin - 3-Day Watercolor July 16, 17, 18, 2010
Randall Sexton - 3-Day Plein Air Oil Workshop August 6, 7, 8, 2010
Alan Flattmann - 5-Day Oil and Pastel Workshop September 20-24, 2010
Doug Dawson - 3-Day Pastel/Oil Workshop October 8, 9, 10, 2010
Workshops are held at the SWA Gallery in Redwood City and are open to everyone. For details, please visit http://societyofwesternartists.com/workshops2009and2010.html
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**LOCAL PLEIN AIRE PAINTING GROUPS
the organizing site for a number of Bay Area outdoor painting groups:
*Benecia Plein Air Group (aka DaGroup)
*Peninsula Outdoor Painters (aka POPs)
*A Few Other Painting Groups listed at http://www.pleinairlinks.com/Plein_Air_Links/Other_Group_Links.html
*See also http://www.pleinairlinks.com/Plein_Air_Links/Introduction.html for an overview of how to get on the mailing list(s) and what it's all about. The groups post photos of their weekend adventures every month so you can see what your competition looks like ;-).
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**MUSIC AND THEATER**
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CAL STATE HAYWARD (I mean, East Bay): Visit their Arts Calendar at http://class.csueastbay.edu/iraevents/artscal.pdf for details of concerts of jazz, choral, orchestral and other works this Spring.
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OPERA SAN JOSE: Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
Feb. 6-21
(408) 437-4450 or www.operasj.org
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** "RENT" AT CASTRO VALLEY CENTER FOR ARTS! **
Seven young artists struggle to survive and create in New York's East village in the 1990's. Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer-prize-winning Broadway rock musical is loosely based on Puccini's "La Boheme." Presented for the first time on an East Bay stage, come see what everyone has been talking about.
Tickets now on sale for this East Bay Premier. RENT opens January 29th at 7:30 p.m. for two weekends only! Tickets: click the RENT link at: http://www.cv.k12.ca.us/our-district/arts-calendar/?searchterm=Center%20for%20Arts
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GOOD LUCK -- AND GOOD ART TO YOU!
MAC
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Mac's SF East Bay Art Events for December 2009
This is my art-events calendar for December and the end of November 2009 for the San Francisco East Bay area -- Yes, I'm late; I'm an artist, hah hah.
Enjoy! Friends can get on the email list just by emailing me at mac.mccarthy at gmail.
AND when go to an event, tell 'em Mac sent you.
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* NATIONAL WATERCOLOR SOCIETY EXHIBITION
The National Watercolor Society's 88th Annual Exhibition is presenting 30 of its winners at the Castro Valley Adobe Art Center in this final stop on its nationwide tour.
Dates: To Dec. 8
Extended hours for Adobe for this exhibit: M-T 9-noon and 2-4; Thurs eve 5-8; Fri-Sat-Sun 11-3.
The Adobe Art Gallery is at 20395 San Miguel Drive in Castro Valley (down the driveway to the building in the back).
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* EXHIBIT: CHINESE TEAWARE
"Chinese Teaware by Modern Masters of the Zisha Tradition -- A Selection of Modern Masterpieces from Major American Collections"
Cal State Hayward (East Bay) to December 3 at the University Art Gallery, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd, Hayward. Hours 12:30-3:30 M-Thurs. Free, but parking (in lots E2, G, K & N) is $7, into a pay station, so bring change.
"Sixty never-before-exhibited teaware vessels--China's Zisha masters, considered national treasures, follow a Ming dynasty tradition established five centuries ago. The group of California collections from which this selection has been made is the largest outside China. These handmade vessels are known for being so porous that they absorb tiny amounts of tea each time it is brewed, eventually developing a coating that retains the flavor of the tea."
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MEETUP GROUP: ART TOURS OF BAY AREA ARTISTS
"Join art aficionados for intimate behind-the-scenes tours inside the studios of established mid-career Bay Area artists and selected exhibits at public venues. Mingle afterwards at no-host cafe."
To join, sign up for the Web site Meetup.com (it's free) and search for "Diana Lynn Art Tours," then Join. You'll get emails when she has an upcoming Tour to invite you to.
Or you can go directly to her site: http://dianalynnarttours.com/ .
There are 59 people in her Meetup group. A recent tour EXAMPLE: Sat. Oct 24, 10:30am-1:30pm: Studio of Lee Harvey Roswell in SF: "The inventive and prolific surrealist artist, Lee Harvey Roswell, is having us into his studio in Twin Peaks. Afterwards we will go to Braunstein Quay gallery in SOMA for an exhibit of works by Bean and Alan Finneran, a retrospective of thirty years of sculpture, performance and photography. These are cutting-edge artists whose work is also accessible and it promises to be an inspiring tour. The tour is followed by a stop at a no-host cafe."
NEXT TOUR: DEC. 3: "Art & Architecture Tour in San Francisco"
Xanadu Gallery & The Contemporary Jewish Museum
Antiquities in a Frank Lloyd Wright Building, and Maurice Sendak in a David Libeskind Building. "After the tour, we'll stop at a cafe for casual networking and a no-host nosh." Event fee: $25.
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** HOLIDAY ART BASH at the FRANK BETTE CENTER **
December 19 -- starting at 6pm -- Tickets $10 at door
A Feast of Music, Poetry & Storytelling
Plus holiday gift boutique - except their gifts are art! Plus face painting
** and the 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT BOUTIQUE at the FRANK BETTE**
Nov. 27 thru Dec. 20 -- special holiday hours DAILYI 11am to 7pm!
1601 Paru Street, Alameda, CA 94501 call: (510) 523-6957
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** ART EXHIBIT & SALE **
My friend Allison Wright’s creative partner and friend, Kathi Winker, is having a SHOW at Hayward Arts Council, AND at Sun Gallery! WAHOO!
It’s a very unique form of art, very fun, interesting. She is also an accomplished painter (oil, acrylic primarily) and other media but the shows focus on her current passion and it is wonderful. “Sculptural” and Wall Hangy but you HAVE to see it . . .
Holiday Shoppers, are you looking for that unique and special gift this season?
Kathi Winker, Artist, is currently exhibiting at the Green Shutter Gallery and Sun Art Gallery both in Hayward. Come and enjoy artwork guaranteed to bring a heart-warming smile to your day.
Visit the Green Shutter Gallery, 22654 Main St, Hayward http://www.haywardarts.org - thru Dec. 17
AND THE Sun Art Gallery, 1015 E Street, Hayward http://www.sungallery.org
thru Dec. 21
Reception 11/7/09 5 PM - 9 PM (food & music provided)
Tell your friends and please all come enjoy this unique opportunity! Any spreading of the word will be fabulous…do try to make it by either/both of the galleries; different pieces and timing for each!!!
While you are viewing Kathi’s work, you’ll also be able to look at other exhibiting artists and their various media! Well worth a visit!
Thank you so much for your time and consideration!
--Allison Wright
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**ART CLASSES**
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[Pictured Right: Travel Painting instructor David Savellano]
**MARGARET FAGO'S WONDERFUL WATERCOLOR AND DRA
WING CLASSES!**
Watercolor Dynamics: Monday mornings 9:30 to noon - Dec 7, 14 January 11, 18, 25 - $100
AND Thursday evenings 7:00 to 9:00 pm -- Dec 10, 17 January 14, 21, 28 - $100
Drawing Dynamics ~ Monday afternoons 3:00 to 5:00 ~ Dec 7,14 January 11,18, 25 - $100 . The December drawing classes will be held at 1524 Mozart St, Alameda, the rest at Frank Bette.
** ABOUT COLOR DYNAMICS IN WATERCOLOR **
Come develop your painting voice while learning watercolor techniques. We'll explore color mixing, color values, glazing and brush strokes, hard and soft edges, finding and defining a center of interest and much more. Perfect for both beginning and intermediate painters.
** ABOUT DRAWING DYNAMICS **
Working from Still Life and Plein Aire we will explore how to create design and form through line, shading, black and white shapes and tonal values. Release your inner artist through warm up exercises which will allow you to draw what you see. Beginners and intermediate artists welcome.
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**OIL PAINTING CLASSES WITH CAROL TARZIER
Carol, a *wonderful* painter in oils, teaches in her own studio at 1217 32nd St., Oakland, Saturday afternoons 1 to 5pm, from Nov. 13 thru Jan. 30th. $180. Sign up now -- class limited to 15 students.
Sign up at http://www.frankbettecenter.org/carol_tarzier_oil_painting_class.html and also see her 2010 class schedule.
I've taken her class and she's terrific and inspirational (even though I will never reach her level of artistry if I live to be 99).
"The studio is open, spacious, and brightly lit, 750 square feet, withi a kitchen/bar and patio flower garden for lunch breaks. The classes will incorporate some plein-air, landscapes, and working on still life, with still-life setups at each class."
Sign up at http://www.frankbettecenter.org/carol_tarzier_oil_painting_class.html . If you have questions, you can also reach Carol at tarzier@tarzier.com . There's a link there too for her
MORE CAROL: She also teaches beginner oil painting at her studio, not through Frank Bette -- see http://www.tarzier.com/workshops/ for full details. She;s teaching beginning oils I and II Fridays from February through June, and you might be able to catch the last half of her Fall class now, since it runs through the end of January.
She's also teaching "Life Sculpture Workshop: Sculpting the Figure" for 7 weeks over the summer, at Ft Mason, via City College SF.
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**A SONG IN YOUR HEART? COME TO OPEN MIKE DAY AT FRANK BETTER**
Saturday, December 5, from 2 to 4 -- sign up starting at 1:30. Hosted by musicians Susan Newman and Eliza Shefler. "Come and participate in, or simply enjoy, performances of live acoustic music, in a sunlit room full of fresh air, the latest art exhibit and delightfully congenial company."
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COMING IN 2010: "DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY POTENTIAL"
"Are all the special features and creative options in your digital camera collecting cobwebs? Explore the inner workings of your camera and brush off the cobwebs! Learn to use the powerful tools which often go unleashed in most digital cameras. Turn those complex menus and extra buttons into something with real potential."
Thursdays 6-8:30 PM, Feb 11, 18, 25 & March 11, 18, 25
Cost: $100 members, $120 non-members
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** REGULAR EVENTS at the Frank Bette **
**LIFE DRAWING**
Frank Bette Center, every Tuesday 6:30 - 9:30 pm.
Gesture Poses with a nude model.
All skill levels welcome. Bring your own materials.
Space limited. Pay by the month to cover model fee: $35 - $45 depending on number of artists.
Limited Drop-in Spaces are available at $15 per session.
Frank Bette Members only please! (No Instructor)
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** BETTE'S BODACIOUS BEADING BEAUTIES **
Every Wednesday Evening, 6 – 9 pm - Ongoing - Free
Share your enthusiasm for beads and baubles. Share techniques with fellow beaders; everything from bead stringing to bead weaving. Share works in progress for support and feedback.
This is a supportive space to hang out with and bounce ideas off fellow beaders. Join us! Bring your own materials/project to work on. (No Instructor)
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The Frank Bette Center for the Arts has lots more going on, including writing workshops, voice classes, and regular art exhibits - and they have an ongoing need for volunteers for the Center and for their events. Go to their Web site and scroll down to the bottom for links to everything on their rich palette!
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** SOCIETY OF WESTERN ARTISTS IN REDWOOD CITY **
Has released their 2010 schedule of workshops, including e.g. watercolor, oil-pastel-acrylic, plein-air watercolor, plein-air oil, oil-and-pastel workshop, and more!
For details visit http://societyofwesternartists.com/workshops2009and2010.html
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** FEATHER RIVER ART CAMP NEXT JUNE -- EARLY DETAILS! **
Every year dozens of artists retreat to the mountains above Sacramento and spend a week living in tents and cabins (or the local motels if they prefer) and taking classes and painting, drawing, learning guitar, making glass beads and other crafts, and just getting away from it all. I went in 2008 and it was fun and intensive.
Plans are under way for next year. Since it's so expensive, now is not too early for you to be starting your plans. Here's some early info from Karen LeGault, art camp director:
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Hello there,
Set your Calendars! Dates for Feather River Art Camp for 2010 are official! ... only 8 1/2 months away (but who's counting?).
We will convene from June 20 to 27, 2010 for another wonderful week at Art Camp.
I will be sending more information along as instructor commitments are firmed up. There will be a new 2010 registration form available online by mid-November.
Our Class Lineup is pretty impressive. Instructors who have already indicated that they may be offering a class are as follows :
-Bookmaking with Rhiannon Alpers
-Outdoor Installation Art from Nature with Ron Brown
-Landscape in Oil with Kay Carlson
-Watercolor with Margaret Fago
-Guitar with Larry Ferrara
-Mosaic Art with Dmitry Grudsky
-Papermaking with Linda Lemon
-Fused Glass with recyled glass with Reddy Lieb
-Writing from the Crazy Child with Clive Matson
-Hot Torch Glass Beadmaking with Harlan Simon
-Clay with Blanka Soltys
-Drawing with Chinese Brush with Karen LeGault
There will also be a kids class with a new format. I will send more information later.
Please pass the word!
In the Spirit of Feather River Art Camp,
Karen LeGault
art camp director
Feather River Art Camp
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**MISC**
Looking for inspiration? *Robert Glenn* has been handing it out to struggling artists for years via his twice-weekly email newsletter, which is now collected into a book: The Robert Genn Twice-Weekly Letters - 960 pages of musings on the actual life of a working artist, $30 from the large grey link at the top of http://clicks.robertgenn.com/new-book.php . You can also buy his first book, The Painter's Keys. Or just Subscribe and get his email newsletters for the *next* ten years and collect 'em yourself!
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**San Francisco Bay Area PLEIN AIRE PAINTING GROUPS
the organizing site for a number of Bay Area outdoor painting groups:
*Benecia Plein Air Group (aka DaGroup)
*Peninsula Outdoor Painters (aka POPs)
*A Few Other Painting Groups listed at http://www.pleinairlinks.com/Plein_Air_Links/Other_Group_Links.html
*See also http://www.pleinairlinks.com/Plein_Air_Links/Introduction.html for an overview of how to get on the mailing list(s) and what it's all about. The groups post photos of their weekend adventures every month so you can see what your competition looks like ;-).
GOOD LUCK AND GOOD ART TO YOU!
MAC
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Art Events for October 2009 (East Bay)
Looking for things to do? We GOT things for you to do -- in this case, artsy things, mainly ART CLASSES and crafts classes, and a few other things. These should keep you busy for the next couple of months!
mac
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As I have said before, this monthly series is not exhaustive -- just what flies by my mailbox and other source. I include art exhibits, art classes, and miscellaneous, mostly from the (San Francisco) East Bay. Many are from the Frank Bette Center in Alameda, which has wonderful classes and is probably the most robust operation offering art classes in the whole East Bay.
Hope you enjoy! Spread the word! Share! Tell people to just email me (mac at mcwong dot com) if they want to get on this email list! And when you go to one of these things, tell 'em Mac sent you! (They won't know who that is, but eventually they will catch on.)
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** SF Open Studios 2009 **
Weekend 1 is this weekend, October 10 & 11! And continues for the next couple of weekends, so if you can't make it with this last-minute notice, you can get to another one.
Get maps at http://artspan.org/
Open Studios includes galas, visit-the-artists (thus the maps), and a free exhibition thru Oct. 25 at SOMArts Main Gallery, 934 Brannan St., SF (Wed-Fri noon-4, Sat-Sun 10-5).
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Frank Bette Center for the Arts
At the Frank Bette Center for the Arts - 1601 Paru St (corner of Lincoln), Alameda CA 94501 www.frankbettecenter.org
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** SKETCHBOOK ALAMEDA**
Come out and sketch the beautiful sites of Alameda Island with friends. Free, open to all--everyone is welcome! Saturdays and Wednesdays each month, varying schedules.
Upcoming: Wed. Oct. 14, meet at 10am at Alameda Point former Naval station. Old hanger buildings, SF skyline, glorious old naval ships. "We may do a sketch crawl," they say, whatever that is! Details and what art and other supplies to bring are at
Bring a picnic lunch and chat and critique around noon. Just Show Up!
Sat. Nov. 14 and Wed. Nov. 18, at The Marketplace in Alameda, Park St. and Buena Vista, 10am. This shopping center has a lovely brick facade to practice your perspective, and boutique shops who are artist-friendly. Restrooms and restaurant and other eating opptys inside.
Bring a picnic for chat and critique around noon. Just Show Up!
TO GET ON THE MAILING LIST AT FRANK BETTE FOR THIS AND OTHER ART OPPORTUNITIES, CLICK THIS LINK AND FILL OUT THE FORM:
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**DAVID SAVELLANO: THE ART OF TRAVEL SKETCHING AND PAINTING**
[David's classes are wonderful - the guy is a genius painter himself, and also a wonderful teacher. Highly recommended! --mac]
"Learn to capture the essence and feel of a scene.
"This intermediate-level course builds on the foundation of basic drawing and watercolor techniques to take your sketches and paintings to a higher level.
"We will sketch on location to capture cityscapes, outdoor markets, indoor public spaces, landscape and water scenes."
Cost: $140 members, $175 non-members
Maximum 10 students to ensure quality teaching
Class schedule:
November 13, 2009
Friday evening introduction 7-9 pm
at the Frank Bette Center, 1601 Paru St., Alameda, CA
November 14 & 15, 2009
Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm,
on location in San Francisco and Oakland (BART accessible).
**BONUS: A DAY OF SKETCHING & PAINTING CRITIQUES WITH DAVID SAVELLANO! **
A one-day class, on November 7, 2009.
Agenda for the day:
-10 to 11:30 am Review artist's sketchbooks and paintings at FBCA
-11:30 am to 3pm Paint on location in Alameda
-3pm to 4pm Final critique/review at FBCA
The purpose of the critique session is obtain constructive feedback on your current artwork and coaching tips for improving your sketches and paintings.
The critique sessions will follow a structured format based of the Elements and Principles of Design.
Cost $75/person - max 10 artists
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** PLEIN AIR PAINTING GROUP ON PENINSULA **
[Next get-together is TOMORROW (Sunday Oct 11), and here's organizer's Kim Holl's info on it:]
Time to get another Sunday painting in before the storm hits next week. This week we will be going to Gamble Gardens in Palo Alto. It was part of the old Gamble estate (as in Proctor and Gamble) which was donated to PA at some point. (Their website has all the specifics). Beautiful property with many different gardens. http://www.gamblegarden.org/index.html
Date: 10/11/09
Location: Elizabeth Gamble Garden, Palo Alto
Time: 9:00 on ( I am usually slow on weekends . . . )
See http://www.gamblegarden.org/ for directions.
No charge.
Rules:
1. Stay on paths and do not set up on brick or tile areas.
2. No painting may take place in the garden beds.
3. Plant material may not be moved, picked or pruned in any way.
4. Restrooms available during business hours only. (the PA library is close by)
5. No smoking
6. No disposal of artist material. Please dispose of these at home.
Happy painting,
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** FRANK BETTE HOLIDAY BASH **
Music, poetry & storytelling. Sat. Dec. 19, in Alameda. Tickets only $10.
Support both Frank Bette Center for the Arts & Rhythmix!
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**ART CLASSES**
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**MARGARET FAGO'S FAMED WATERCOLOR AND DRAWING CLASSES!**
"If you have been thinking of taking or rejoining one of my watercolor or drawing classes the new class sessions start Oct 5th for the Monday morning watercolor, and Monday afternoon 3-5 PM drawing class, and Oct 8th for the Thursday evening watercolor class. The drawing and Thursday evening watercolor class have several spaces open.
** COLOR DYNAMICS IN WATERCOLOR **
Come develop your painting voice while learning watercolor techniques. We'll explore color mixing, color values, glazing and brush strokes, hard and soft edges, finding and defining a center of interest and much more. Perfect for both beginning and intermediate painters.
Space is available for the Thursday evening classes, which are 7:00 to 9:00 pm -- Oct 15, 22, 29 & Nov 12, 19
** DRAWING DYNAMICS **
Working from Still Life and Plein Aire we will explore how to create design and form through line, shading, black and white shapes and tonal values. Release your inner artist through warm up exercises which will allow you to draw what you see. Beginners and intermediate artists welcome.
Monday afternoon 3:00 to 5:00 ~ Drawing Dynamics ~ Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 & Nov 9, 16
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**OIL PAINTING CLASSES WITH CAROL TARZIER
Carol, a *wonderful* painter in oils, teaches this fall in her own studio at 1217 32nd St., Oakland, Saturday afternoons 1 to 5pm, from Nov. 13 thru Jan. 30th. $180. Sign up now -- class limited to 15 students.
I've taken her class and she's terrific and inspirational (even though I will never reach her level of artistry if I live to be 99).
The studio is open, spacious, and brightly lit, 750 square feet, with a kitchen/bar and patio flower garden for lunch breaks. The classes will incorporate some plein-air, landscapes, and working on still life, with still-life setups at each class.
Sign up at http://www.frankbettecenter.org/carol_tarzier_oil_painting_class.html . If you have questions, you can also reach Carol at tarzier@tarzier.com .
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** HONOR YOUR WRITER'S VOICE:
A 4-HOUR CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP **
Saturday November 7th, 10am – 2pm
Cost: $50
(and scroll to the bottom to see other "Literary Arts" activities at the Frank Bette!)
"Everyone has a unique voice. And everyone has stories inside them that are waiting to be written. If we leave our stories unwritten, no one will tell them for us. And if our stories remain untold, then the world will be a less rich and beautiful place as a result.
"This four-hour workshop will help you discover the stories you need to tell. And it will help you develop the tools you need to tell them. Filled with exercises, prompts and discussion, it will offer inspiration, encouragement, and support so you can find and honor your unique writer’s voice. Appropriate for beginning writers as well as for more experienced writers looking for a creative jolt.
"Instructor and novelist Elaine Beale will be offering a weekly creative writing class at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts starting in 2010. You can also meet Elaine at Frank Bette on Monday October 19th when she will read from her new novel and answer questions about this workshop and her upcoming weekly class."
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** HALLOWEEN CARDMAKING WORKSHOP with Briana Learnihan **
Sunday – October 25, 2009 – 2:00 pm until 5:00 pm at the Frank Bette in Alameda. Sign up and get DETAILS of what to bring etc. at http://www.frankbettecenter.org/Learnihan-briana.html
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LEARN TO PAINT THE FIGURE FROM THE INCOMPARABLE SUSAN LEA HACKETT
**EXPRESSIVE FIGURE PAINTING WITH WATERCOLOR**
Watercolor techniques to develop the expressive quality of value, color, and composition with the figure.
Hackett is one of the finest watercolor figure painters, and the opportunity to learn from her is a privilege not to be missed! More info and enroll at
and see samples of her wonderful work!
Classes, $135 (nonmembers) for three-day sessions, 9:30am to 12:30pm: Nov 13-20-27
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**"LIQUID THERAPY--DRAMA BY DESIGN"
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP WITH TERRI HILL
Oct 23-25 at the Southwest Artists Gallery in Redwood City, $247.
Limited to 15 students.
"3-Day Workshop in transparent watercolor works that tell a story by going deep with pigment, reflecting the past with juicy material incorporating our personal framework. There will be demos on painting liquids, both contained and not. We will get wet and wild under it all, painting from photographic references. Demos and discussions each day followed by painting in class.
SWA--Society for Western Artists, 2625 Broadway St, Redwood City 94063; more info and registration form available at SocietyofWesternArtists.com; or email mzsherrylee@msn.com, or call Sherry Vockel (650) 873-0118.
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** 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT BOUTIQUE AT FRANK BETTE**
Nov. 27 thru Dec. 20 -- special holiday hours DAILY 11am to 7pm!
CALL FOR ARTS & CRAFTS!
If you want to SELL your arts and crafts at this annual Boutique event, apply by filling out the form at
and dropping it off at Frank Bette (1601 Paru St., Alameda) and bring two samples of the kinds of artwork/craft--which must be stuff you have made! -- for approval (this is a juried show, and space it limited, so hurry!)
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** REGULAR EVENTS at the Frank Bette **
**LIFE DRAWING**
Frank Bette Center, every Tuesday 6:30 - 9:30 pm.
Gesture Poses with a nude model.
All skill levels welcome. Bring your own materials.
Space limited. Pay by the month to cover model fee: $35 - $45 depending on number of artists.
Limited Drop-in Spaces are available at $15 per session.
Frank Bette Members only please! (No Instructor)
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** BETTE'S BODACIOUS BEADING BEAUTIES **
Every Wednesday Evening, 6 – 9 pm - Ongoing - Free
Share your enthusiasm for beads and baubles. Share techniques with fellow beaders; everything from bead stringing to bead weaving. Share works in progress for support and feedback.
This is a supportive space to hang out with and bounce ideas off fellow beaders. Join us! Bring your own materials/project to work on. (No Instructor)
** AND! UPCOMING EVENT FOR YOU BEADERS! **
Sunday Nov. 8 from 1 to 5pm
"Join Bette's Bodacious Beading Beauties for a fun afternoon of earring-making at this fund-raiser for the Frank Bette Center for the Arts. For $25 you will take home a pair of earrings that you designed yourself, and 100% of the proceeds will go to the Frank Bette Center, so bring your friends and help us raise lots of money.
"The informal, free beading group meets at the Frank Bette Center on Wednesday evenings from 6 to 9, creating beaded art of all kinds, and on November 8th, they will be sharing their expertise with YOU.
"They will provide beads from their personal collections, findings, and know-how to help you create a beautiful pair of earrings for yourself, for a friend, for your mom, your wife, or maybe your girlfriend. Male and female earring makers welcome."
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** SOCIETY OF WESTERN ARTISTS IN REDWOOD CITY **
Has released their 2010 schedule of workshops, including e.g. watercolor, oil-pastel-acrylic, plein-air watercolor, plein-air oil, oil-and-pastel workshop, and more!
For details visit http://societyofwesternartists.com/workshops2009and2010.html
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** FEATHER RIVER ART CAMP NEXT JUNE -- EARLY DETAILS! **
Every year dozens of artists retreat to the mountains above Sacramento and spend a week living in tents and cabins (or the local motels if they prefer) and taking classes and painting, drawing, learning guitar, making glass beads and other crafts, and just getting away from it all. I went in 2008 and it was fun and intensive.
Plans are under way for next year. Since it's so expensive, now is not too early for you to be starting your plans. Here's some early info from Karen LeGault, art camp director:
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Hello there,
Set your Calendars! Dates for Feather River Art Camp for 2010 are official! ... only 8 1/2 months away (but who's counting?). We will convene from June 20 to 27, 2010 for another wonderful week at Art Camp.
I will be sending more information along as instructor commitments are firmed up. There will be a new 2010 registration form available online by mid-November.
Our Class Lineup is pretty impressive. Instructors who have already indicated that they may be offering a class are as follows :
-Bookmaking with Rhiannon Alpers
-Outdoor Installation Art from Nature with Ron Brown
-Landscape in Oil with Kay Carlson
-Watercolor with Margaret Fago
-Guitar with Larry Ferrara
-Mosaic Art with Dmitry Grudsky
-Papermaking with Linda Lemon
-Fused Glass with recyled glass with Reddy Lieb
-Writing from the Crazy Child with Clive Matson
-Hot Torch Glass Beadmaking with Harlan Simon
-Clay with Blanka Soltys
-Drawing with Chinese Brush with Karen LeGault
There will also be a kids class with a new format. I will send more information later.
Please pass the word!
In the Spirit of Feather River Art Camp,
Karen LeGault
art camp director
Feather River Art Camp
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**AFGHANISTAN SINCE THE PREVIOUS WAR**
This is more culture and current affairs, but there is art involved too -- read on.
At Cal State East Bay (Hayward):
Get in on the pulse of the Bay Area’s Afghan and Iranian persons at the Global Knowledge Conference Oct. 22-24 at California State University, East Bay.
Community leaders and academics will be discussing Afghanistan and India’s Common Cultural Heritage, Afghanistan Since the Withdrawal of the Soviet Union’s Army, 1979 – 30 Years Hence, personal and immigration narratives, new directions in Afghan and Iranian scholarship, and numerous perspectives on women’s health issues, and the arts of the culture, and much more. Fremont sculptor Sami Nadi and several Afghan and Iranian artists will show their work, Homayoun Sakhi will perform on the rubab, and a film will explore the making of “Beyond the Mirror” by Bond Street Theatre and Emile Theatre of Kabul. There will be both Afghan and Iranian poetry, a dance demonstration and displays of Afghan and Iranian literature and art.
Pre-registration through Oct. 15 at $35 per person includes a light reception on the opening day, an Afghan dinner Friday, and continental breakfast and Indian lunch Saturday.
The registration form and details are at: http://class.csueastbay.edu/Global_Knowledge.php
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**LOCAL PLEIN AIRE PAINTING GROUPS
the organizing site for a number of Bay Area outdoor painting groups:
*Benecia Plein Air Group (aka DaGroup)
*Peninsula Outdoor Painters (aka POPs)
*A Few Other Painting Groups listed at http://www.pleinairlinks.com/Plein_Air_Links/Other_Group_Links.html
*See also http://www.pleinairlinks.com/Plein_Air_Links/Introduction.html for an overview of how to get on the mailing list(s) and what it's all about. The groups post photos of their weekend adventures every month so you can see what your competition looks like ;-).
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GOOD LUCK AND GOOD ART TO YOU!
MAC
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