From expo at lists.artsandmedia.net Tue Oct 9 15:41:29 2007 From: expo at lists.artsandmedia.net (expo@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Tue Oct 9 15:46:11 2007 Subject: Bay Area Arts Events * October 9-27 * CounterCorp, Big Deal, Manga Workshop, more ... Message-ID: ======================================================================== ===== BAY AREA ARTS EVENTS * September October 9-27, 2007 ........................................................................ ..... A free service of Expo for the Artist & Musician http://artsandmedia.net/expo/ ........................................................................ ..... Edited and compiled by Melinda Adams * http://lilycat.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- * Many more events online!: http://artsandmedia.net/calendar/events - All events, workshops, activities and services listed are produced by Bay Area organizations and community members that participate in the Expo each year. - Event listings provided by producing agencies. Details are not verified, edited or spell-checked by Expo volunteers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- CONTENTS: ........................................................................ ..... * Favorites - Art & Politics: Hugh d'Andrade - Visual Aid Big Deal CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival * Benefit/ Social - Cancer Awareness Benefit - SF Children's Art Center's 4th Annual Benefit Art Auction * D.I.Y. Workshops - Manga Workshop - Employment Workshop @ 924 Gilman - Boot Camp for Artists (DIY fundraising, publicity & production) - Family Art Activities - Honeymoon for Muses: A Class for Artists & Musicians * Exhibits/ Performances - Snoopy in Fashion - Second Saturday Cartoonist Shaenon Garrity - Urban Landscapes - Rutu Modan: Exit Wounds - Edward Gorey's Dracula * Show Your Talent - A Taste of Sex: Erotic Poetry Readings - Poetry & Jazz Jam - BERZERKELEY SLAM * Film & Video - San Francisco Documentary Festival - VANAJA FILM EVENT - Trance Cinema #2' - BAVC co-presents at United Nations Association Film Festival! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- FAVORITE ........................................................................ ..... * Art & Politics: Hugh D'Andrade - 10/17/07 7:30 p.m., CounterPulse, FREE http://counterpulse.org/fall-winter-talks.shtml Hugh will present a slideshow of his diverse body of work, ranging from rock posters to anti-war flyers to original paintings, and talk about the ways his politics have informed his art--and vice versa.... free. * Visual Aid -- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Big Deal, Tuesdays in Oct http://visualaid.org/ Dropoff at the Visual Aid office is scheduled for Tuesdays during October, 10am-5:30pm, 116 NEW MONTGOMERY, Ste. 640, San Francisco YOUR ART MAKES THE DIFFERENCE! Help artists with life-threatening illnesses and earn your BIG DEAL 14 Merit Badge, by contributing your artwork for Visual Aid's BIG DEAL. If you haven't responded already, please EMAIL OR CALL TODAY TO CONFIRM YOUR PARTICIPATION: bigdeal@visualaid.org or 415-777-8242 * The 2nd Annual CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival - 10/18-20/07 http://www.countercorp.org/countercorp-festival.htm Oct. 18-20 The Victoria Theatre 2961 16th Street (@ Mission Street) Wit, critique and insight at this breakthrough film event. Featuring "Before the Music Dies," "Freedom of Expression," "The Method," "Overdrawn" and more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- BENEFITS/ SOCIAL ........................................................................ ..... * Cancer Awareness Benefit - 10/12/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1374 Performing: Ceremony, Lifelong Tragedy, Knuckle Puck * SF Children's Art Center's 4th Annual Benefit Art Auction - 10/16/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1070 This year's event will kick-off the Art Center's 30th anniversary celebration. Next year marks thirty years of bringing art to children as a member of the Bay Area non-profit art community! The Auction will showcase work from Bay Area artists in various media that include painting, fine art prints, and photography. Admission includes two complimentary drinks and unlimited hors d'oeuvres. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ........................................................................ ..... * CALL FOR ENTRIES - BIG BANG FILM FESTIVAL - Deadline-10/11/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=771 We are pleased to announce the Big Bang Film Festival, a celebration of exciting and inventive films in the Action, Adventure, Suspense and Asian Action Cinema genres. We're also looking for exciting documentaries of sports and athletic events and activities. * WHY ARE FAGGOTS SO AFRAID OF FAGGOTS?-Deadline-11/26/2007 Flaming challenges to masculinity, objectification and the desire to conform. *CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- DIY WORKSHOPS ........................................................................ ..... * FAMILY ART ACTIVITIES - Saturdays http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=395 The Red Poppy now offers creative activities for children and families every Saturday on the sidewalk of the Art House. Every Saturday our volunteers pull out the supplies and suddenly the sidewalk is bursting with young painters and beautiful colors! * Honeymoon for Muses: A Class for Artists & Musicians -09/10/2007 --11/01/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1153 Most artists and writers love their creative work, but in order to thrive, all love relationships need special attention sometimes, a chance to cut loose, grow, and deepen. * Manga Workshop - 10/13/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1314 Kids in grades 3-8 are invited to join a hands on cartooning workshop taught by professional cartoonist, Shaenon Garrity and the Curator of the Cartoon Art Museum, Andrew Farago. Call for cost and reservations. * Special afternoon event - 10/13/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1375 Employment Workshop Guest Speakers and Resources Location: 924gilman * Boot Camp for Artists (DIY fundraising, publicity & production)- 10/13/2007- 10/27/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1410 Whether you're a choreographer who's self-producing for the first time, a director who's ready to expand your company, an experienced artist looking to brush up on skills, or a performer looking to get a part-time job in arts administration, this crash course will give you the skills you need to kick-start your career. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- EXHIBITS/ PERFORMANCES ........................................................................ ..... * Snoopy in Fashion - 10/06/2007 - 11/08/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1261 See 5 Peanuts inspired fashions by some of today's top designers, straight from New York City's Fashion Week. (Creations to be auctioned off later on Ebay to benefit the non-profit organization Dress for Success). * Second Saturday Cartoonist Shaenon Garrity - 10/13/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1315 Meet, watch and talk to Shaenon Garrity, creator of the comic strip "Narbonic." Shaenon also edits manga for Viz Media. * Urban Landscapes - 10/13/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1405 Thematically exploring the urban landscapes that we traverse daily, from unnoticed details of graffiti to shoes hanging on a telephone wire, the light glinting off of buildings at sunset, lines of people standing, waiting for their morning coffee, a plant growing through the cracks in the sidewalk, this juried exhibit will feature oil paintings, monoprints and etchings, photography and mixed media. * Rutu Modan: Exit Wounds - 10/18/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1406 The Cartoon Art Museum and The Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest are proud to present Israeli children's book illustrator, cartoonist, editor and Graphic Novel author Rutu Modan for a presentation and book-signing on Thursday, October 18th from 7pm to 9pm. Modan will be speaking about and signing her first full-length graphic novel, Exit Wounds, a powerful tale of a man's search for his father, who is presumed to be killed in a suicide bombing. * Edward Gorey's Dracula - 10/02/2007 - 01/08/2008 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1074 The Cartoon Art Museum is proud to present Edward Gorey's "Dracula," an amazing exhibition of the master cartoonist's original set and costume designs, rare production photographs and memorabilia from the Tony Award-winning Broadway production. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- SHOW YOUR TALENT ........................................................................ ..... * A Taste of Sex: Erotic Poetry Readings (1st & 3rd Mondays) http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1362 Come share your turn-on at this Erotic Open Mic Night * Poetry & Jazz Jam (Tuesday) http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1365 An open mic with Jazz music accomplishment * BERZERKELEY SLAM - Wednesdays http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=872 Bring on your best poetry and hear the best. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- FILM ........................................................................ ..... * San Francisco Documentary Festival - 09/28/2007 - 10/11/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1349 Check out the great schedule of funny and political documentaries at: http://www.sfindie.com * VANAJA FILM EVENT - 10/05/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1563 Emerging Pictures and Varija Films present VANAJA. After winning a remarkable 16 awards from over 82 film festivals in 35 countries around the world, the acclaimed film VANAJA will begin its theatrical run in the Bay Area on Friday, October 5, 2007 * 'Trance Cinema #2' - 10/06/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1372 'The Power of Possession' featuring 'Holy Ghost People', San Franciscan Peter Adair's legendar cinema verite documentary about Pentecostal snake handlers in rural West Virgina.... * BAVC co-presents at United Nations Association Film Festival! - 10/17/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1567 7:30 pm HOLY WARRIORS (Russia/USA) 8:10 pm WAR DANCE (Canada/Uganda/USA) * BAVC co-presents at United Nations Association Film Festival! - 10/18/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1568 6:00 pm SALUD! (Cuba/USA) 7:40 pm HIDDEN WOUNDS (Iraq/USA) 8:45 pm SAUDI SOLUTIONS (Saudi Arabia/USA) ======================================================================== ===== Thank you for reading -- go out and create! ........................................................................ ..... Your address is secure. We do not share our email lists. Email listserv provided courtesy of Group D Communications: http://www.groupd.com/ ---=--- Expo for the Artist & Musicians is a service of Independent Arts & Media: http://artsandmedia.net/ ---=--- SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE http://lists.artsandmedia.net/mailman/listinfo/expo/ ======================================================================== ===== From expo at lists.artsandmedia.net Tue Oct 30 16:47:19 2007 From: expo at lists.artsandmedia.net (expo@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Tue Oct 30 16:48:12 2007 Subject: Bay Area Arts Events * Fua Dia Congo, The Big Deal, Sins Invalid, Workshops, More ... ! Message-ID: <445f74b5db538f5094756d9990371e15@artsandmedia.net> ======================================================================== ===== BAY AREA ARTS EVENTS * September October 30-November 13, 2007 ........................................................................ ..... A free service of Expo for the Artist & Musician http://artsandmedia.net/expo/ ........................................................................ ..... Edited and compiled by Melinda Adams * http://lilycat.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- * Many more events online!: http://artsandmedia.net/calendar/events - All events, workshops, activities and services listed are produced by Bay Area organizations and community members that participate in the Expo each year. - Event listings provided by producing agencies. Details are not verified, edited or spell-checked by Expo volunteers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- CONTENTS: ........................................................................ ..... * Favorites - BIG DEAL 14- Visual Aid's Art Sale and Fundraiser - Kongo Odyssey from Fua Dia Congo - Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisibility - The Kvetsch anniversary show * Benefit/ Social - San Francisco Children's Art Center 5th Annual Fall Open House * Call for submission - Why are faggots so afraid of faggots? * D.I.Y. Workshops - Family Arts Activities - Freedom of the Blog? - Prospect Research Basics: Researching Individual Donors - Copy and Sample: Copying and Sampling Other Artworks - Introduction to Fundraising Planning - alla prima' technique Painting Class * Exhibits/ Performances - Creativity Explored Exhibition: Super Heroes Super Villains - Snoopy in Fashion - Edward Gorey's Dracula - Special Features speakers - Hot Earth - Artisans Art Gallery presents War and Peace - Second Saturday Cartoonist - What's the BIG DEAL? * Show Your Talent - A Taste of Sex: Erotic Poetry Readings - Poetry & Jazz Jam - BERZERKELEY SLAM * Film & Video - Special Halloween Screening - Calling Betty Page: Surveying Sex in Cinema * Coming Soon! - Junkestra ... music & videos from the dump ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- FAVORITE ........................................................................ ..... * BIG DEAL 14 - Visual Aid's Art Sale and Fundraiser - 11/11/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1428 Visual Aid's wildly popular, signature event will include 600+ artworks available for purchase at a fixed price of $160 each and an exciting live auction featuring contemporary art and luxury items in a fun party atmosphere. All proceeds will directly benefit Visual Aid's programs for artists with HIV/AIDS, breast cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. * Kongo Odyssey - Congolese Heritage Performance - 11/03/07 http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eve/457981860.html Kongo Odyssey marks a 30 year history of the Fua Dia Congo Congolese Performing Company, founded by the late Master artist, Malonga Casquelourd. A commemorative multi-media theatrical production, with a cast of over 30, including International special guests, and a host of Bay Area Alumni in celebration of this Bay Area homecoming event ... Two countries, ONE HERITAGE! * Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisibility - 11/02/2007 - 11/03/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1598 Sins Invalid invites a re/view of embodiment, with performers and video artists stripping taboos off of sexuality and disability. * The Kvetsch anniversary show - 11/04/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1910 featuring Charlie Anders, Logan Knight, Shawna Virago, Lauren Wheeler, Mattilda, horehound stillpoint and others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- BENEFITS/ SOCIAL ........................................................................ ..... * San Francisco Children's Art Center 5th Annual Fall Open House - 11/11/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1425 Bring your children to an afternoon of FREE creative fun in our studio! We welcome all our regulars and encourage new families to visit the Art Center. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ........................................................................ ..... * WHY ARE FAGGOTS SO AFRAID OF FAGGOTS?- Deadline - 11/26/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=936 As back rooms are shut down to make way for wedding vows, and gay sexual culture becomes little more than straight-acting dudes hangin' out, where are the possibilities for a defiant faggotry that challenges the assimilationist norms of a world that wants us dead? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- DIY WORKSHOPS ........................................................................ ..... * Family Art Activities - Saturdays http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=395 The Red Poppy now offers creative activities for children and families every Saturday on the sidewalk of the Art House. Every Saturday our volunteers pull out the supplies and suddenly the sidewalk is bursting with young painters and beautiful colors! * Freedom of the Blog? - 11/01/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1743 Josh Wolf, the twenty-five-year-old video blogger and San Francisco mayoral candidate tackles the controversies between new media and old media and advocates for participatory and transparent journalism. * Prospect Research Basics: Researching Individual Donors - 11/06/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1907 Find out the answers to the most frequently asked questions about researching individual donors. * Copy and Sample: Copying and Sampling Other Artworks - 11/07/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1904 What is fair to use and when do you need permission? Fair use, public domains and licensing will be discussed. For artists of all disciplines. * Introduction to Fundraising Planning - 11/08/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1906 Introduction to Fundraising Planning will show you how to analyze your organization's situation and develop a fundraising plan that will include a variety of revenue sources. * alla prima' technique Painting Class - 11/10/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1854 Discover the "alla prima" technique of oil painting with this sfternoon demonstration by Elio Camacho. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- EXHIBITS/ PERFORMANCES ........................................................................ ..... * Creativity Explored: Super Heroes Super Villains - thru 11/15/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1577 Fly, leap or zoom over to Creativity Explored for a special exhibition straight off the pages of your favorite comic book. Studio artists reinterpret famous saviors of the universe and those who would thwart them. * Snoopy in Fashion - 10/06/2007 - 11/08/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1261 See 5 Peanuts inspired fashions by some of today's top designers, straight from New York City's Fashion Week. (Creations to be auctioned off later on Ebay to benefit the non-profit organization Dress for Success). * Edward Gorey's Dracula - 10/02/2007 - 01/08/2008 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1074 The Cartoon Art Museum is proud to present Edward Gorey's "Dracula," an amazing exhibition of the master cartoonist's original set and costume designs, rare production photographs and memorabilia from the Tony Award-winning Broadway production. * Special Features speakers - 11/03/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1433 Join the sculptor of many Schulz courtyard features, Michael Hayden, Snoopy Labyrinth designer, Lea Goode-Harris and others as they share insights into their work and the building of the Schulz Museum. * Hot Earth - 11/09/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1582 WING IT! Performance Ensemble turns its creative gaze directly on questions of global warming and earth care. Are we going to burn to a crisp in 10 years? Come find out! This multi-talented and exuberant InterPlay-style improvisational performance ensemble seamlessly weaves storytelling, movement, and live music while confessionally exploring all the personal and political angles of this "hot" issue. * Artisans Art Gallery presents War and Peace - 11/09/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1663 Exploring internal or external conflict and resolution, this widely inclusive and eclectic show (just in time for fall) will feature oil paintings, monoprints and etchings, photography, mixed media, drawing and sculptures. * Second Saturday Cartoonist - 11/10/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1434 Meet Bay Area artist, Lark Pien. She works as an artist, writer and cartoonist and has created Long Tail Kitty and many other mini-comics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- SHOW YOUR TALENT ........................................................................ ..... * A Taste of Sex: Erotic Poetry Readings (1st & 3rd Mondays) http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1913 Come share your turn-on at this Erotic Open Mic Night * Poetry & Jazz Jam (Tuesday) http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1365 An open mic with Jazz music accomplishment * BERZERKELEY SLAM - Wednesdays http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=872 Bring on your best poetry and hear the best. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- FILM ........................................................................ ..... * Special Halloween Screening - 10/31/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1745 Special Halloween Screening -- The Last Man on Earth, Introduced by Local Filmmaker Dave Taylor * Calling Betty Page: Surveying Sex in Cinema - 11/09/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1912 featuring a intriguing and offbeat history of sex in cinema from the archives of Portland film collector Ian Sundahl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- COMING SOON! ........................................................................ ..... * Junkestra! Symphony & Music from the Dump! - 11/16/2007 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? com=detail&eID=1665&year=2007&month=11 Oboes and violins will make way for serving trays and copper pipes when musicians perform local composer Nathaniel Stookey's "Junkestra" -- an original symphony in three movements -- under the baton of San Francisco Symphony Resident Conductor Benjamin Schwartz and played by the percussion section from the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. The evening will begin with short videos created by five of the program's artists, including "I Am Your Appetite" by Banker White, "Dining at the Dump" by Robin Lasser, "The Why of the System" by Nomi Talisman, and untitled video works by Don Ross and Reddy Lieb. ======================================================================== ===== Thank you for reading -- go out and create! ........................................................................ ..... Your address is secure. 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