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
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