Bay Area Arts Events * Ethio-Jazz, Paris Noir, classes, exhibitions, dance, film and more

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  BAY AREA ARTS EVENTS * February 1-15, 2008
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 CONTENTS:
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    * Favorites
      - DAY LONG MARDI GRAS COUNTDOWN!!
      - Ethio-jazz with Mulatu Astatke and the Either/Orchestra
      - Paris Noir: African-American Expatriates in France

    * Call for submissions
      - CAll for Art 'Alameda On Camera - 48-Hrs, 48 Artists, 48 Pcs of the
        Map'
     - East Bay Open Studios - Call for Artists

    * D.I.Y. Workshops/ lectures
      - Free Film and Media Literacy Workshops
      - Card Making Family Workshop: One-of-A-Kind Valentines!
      - Paris Noir: African-American Expatriates in France
      - California Lawyers for the Arts presents: Insurance Issues for
        Artists w/ Marc Paisin
      - Workshop: SoulCollage and Creativity
      - Cal Lawyers for the Arts presents: Legal Issues for Screenwriters

    * Exhibits/ Performances
      - Exhibit:'In Love :Schulz originals from the community'
      - New Exhibit-'Beyond Words'
      - Small Press Spotlight - featuring Joey Sayers
      - Juried Annual 2008 at Pro Arts
      - The ZGAC's Black History Month 2008 Original Art Exhibit
      - Compass!
      - New Exhibit-'The Language of Lines'
      - Second Saturday Cartoonist

    * Music/ Dance
      - Ethio-jazz with Mulatu Astatke and the Either/Orchestra
      - CounterPULSE Presents New Work by Winter Artists in Residence:
       'Bodily File' by Brittany Brown Ceres  'Clean' by Maya Gurantz

    * Film
      - Screening of "Walkabout"
      - SF IndieFest
      - A comic-book documentary film screening

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  FAVORITE
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* DAY LONG MARDI GRAS COUNTDOWN!! - 02/02/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4784

   Join Michelle Jacques and "CHELLE and Friends" for a day-long
   celebration of New Orleans, its people, and its music.

* Ethio-jazz with Mulatu Astatke and the Either/Orchestra - 02/02/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4608

  The concert unites the Massachusetts-based 10-piece Either/
  Orchestra (E/O) with composer/vibraphonist/percussionist
  Mulatu Astatke, the inventor of Ethio-jazz. This is
  Mr. Astatke's first-ever appearance on the West Coast,
  and the first time the E/O has performed in the Bay
  Area since 1994.

* Paris Noir: African-American Expatriates in France - 02/05/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=5085

   Renowned historian and UC Berkeley professor, Dr. Tyler
   Stovall writes about the inversion of the American myth of
   success: a group that had to leave the States in order to
   make good. They were African-American expatriates: writers,
   musicians, artists, scholars, scientists, and businessmen who
   made new lives for themselves in Paris.

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  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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* CAll for Art 'Alameda On Camera - 48-Hrs, 48 Artists, 48 Pcs of the Map'
  - Deadline 02/03/08
  http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3328

  48 photo-based artists will explore and document Alameda
  neighborhoods, favorite places, and secret hideaways. Traditions
  and cherished nostalgia, families, friends, and town characters,
  will share the lens with candid shots of our skeletons
  and dirty laundry.

* East Bay Open Studios - Call for Artists- Deadline 2/9
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=5105

  Since 1979, Pro Arts_ East Bay Open Studios is the largest
  art event in the East Bay, drawing over 50,000 visitors to
  artists_ studios during the first two weekends in June. The
  EBOS program includes a preview exhibition at the Pro Arts
  Gallery, the Preview Gala, the Brake for Art: Art Bus
  Preview Tour, artist workshops, an online gallery, networking
  events for artists and the Directory of East Bay Arts -- it's
  the definitive guide to the visual arts in the East Bay.  

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  DIY WORKSHOPS/ LECTURES
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* Free Film and Media Literacy Workshops - 01/15/08 -08/29/08
  http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2560

  Take advantage of free Film and Media Literacy Workshops offered
  exclusively to youth groups (ages 13-24). The purpose of these workshops
  is to further media education and film appreciation through the non-profit
  Ninth Street Independent Film Center organizations.

* Card Making Family Workshop: One-of-A-Kind Valentines! - 02/03/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3637

  Join us to create Valentine's Day cards with character, using
  stamps, stencils, collage, printmaking, and more at this popular
  family event! Parents, caregivers, and children welcome. Please
  call in advance to reserve a space, yummy beverages and
  snacks provided.

* California Lawyers for the Arts presents: Insurance Issues for Artists w/
Marc Paisin - 02/06/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4589

  For visual artists, musicians, and presenters, this workshop
  will discuss insurable or contractual ways to avoid losses to
  your property at your studio, in your car, at a gig, at a
  gallery or when being shipped. Translates insurance lingo
  into plain English.

* Workshop: SoulCollage and Creativity - 02/09/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4785

  We explore the sources that motivate, nourish, and inspire us.
  We discover how SoulCollage can empower a creative practice.

* Cal Lawyers for the Arts presents: Legal Issues for Screenwriters -
02/13/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4630

  This workshop will cover legal issues for screenwriters,
  including the procedures for submitting scripts, how to protect
  your script when submitting it, copyright protection and
  the right to privacy.

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 EXHIBITS
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* New Exhibit-'Beyond Words' - 01/16/08 - 05/11/08
  http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3479

  "Beyond Words" examines those Peanuts strips in which Charles Schulz
  dipensed with dialogue and used only "pictures" to tell the story.

* Small Press Spotlight - featuring Joey Sayers - 01/26/08 -05/04/08
  http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3801

  Joey Sayers is a cartoonist living in Oakland, California.  She has been
  drawing comics since she was very young.  Her first strip, P.O.W. (Play on
  Words), drawn at age 7 was considered hilarious by herself and her
  co-author/father.

* Juried Annual 2008 at Pro Arts - 01/30/08 -03/08/08
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4929

  Once a year, Pro Arts hosts Juried Annual, a juried exhibition
  of work by its member artist constituency. The exhibition showcases
  work by artists of all ages who live and work in the Bay Area.
  Hundreds of artists submit work digitally in a variety of media
  (including painting, photography, sculpture, textile, glass,
  installation, digital, installation and performance art) for
  consideration, and over 1,000 pieces are reviewed for
  exhibition inclusion by an esteemed member of the Bay
  Area art world.

* The ZGAC's Black History Month 2008 Original Art Exhibit- 01/30/08
-02/27/08
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4493

  Jazz legend Betty Carter captured in pencil, graphite,
  charcoal, and watercolor, by artist b jAXON, E.C.A.D.,
  for tHE ART oF MUZICK

* Compass!- 01/30/08 -02/28/08
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4796

  Micaëla Gallery announces the opening of "Compass!" a group
  exhibition referencing new directions in artwork by emerging
  artists at Micaëla Gallery. Featured artists include recent
  MFA graduates from the San Francisco Art Institute, offering
  a collection of work that reference landscape and the
  effect of place.

* New Exhibit-'The Language of Lines' - 02/02/2008 -- 08/10/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4302

  This exhibit explores the "visual shorthand" of comic art
  and how speed lines and other graphics are used to convey
  emotions and ideas. Exhibit runs till August 11, 2008.
  Museum closed on Tuesdays in winter.

* Second Saturday Cartoonist - 02/09/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4189

  Meet and talk to writer Nat Gertler, the creative force
  behind the storylines and dialogue of many comic artists.

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  DANCE
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* CounterPULSE Presents New Work by Winter Artists in Residence: 'Bodily
File' by Brittany Brown Ceres  'Clean' by Maya Gurantz  - 02/07/2008 - -
02/08/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4098

  It's an old adage that the "personal is political." But in
  these times of environmental degradation and increasing
  political polarization, the conflicts in our bodies and our
  own lives take on new urgency as they play out in larger and
  larger arenas. CounterPULSE's Winter 2008 Artists in Residence
  begin with intensely personal stories, weaving outwards to
  address issues with global relevance. Choreographer Brittany
  Brown Ceres explores how emotions are stored in our bodies
  and their implications in our actions, while experimental
  theater director Maya Gurantz focuses on the lives of Silicon
  Valley workers as they challenge the mythology of a "Clean"
  Silicon Valley.

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FILM
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* Screening of "Walkabout" - 02/02/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=5066

   Screening of Nicholas Roeg_s rarely screened mystical
   masterpiece _Walkabout_. The film chronicles the physical,
   emotional and spiritual journey film of a brother and sister
   abandoned in the harsh Australian Outback and joined by
   Aborigine boy on his _Walkabout_.

* SF IndieFest - 02/07/2008- - 02/19/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=5115

  Your best chance to see the best indy films

* A comic-book documentary film screening - 02/12/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4715

  About the Film:  The question most regularly asked of any
  creative professional is "Where do you get your ideas?" People
  are eager to participate in the process of artistic invention
  and imaginative expression, yet many seem to believe there
  is some magic involved.

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