From expo at lists.artsandmedia.net Mon May 12 13:59:03 2008 From: expo at lists.artsandmedia.net (expo@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Mon May 12 14:01:37 2008 Subject: Expo Newsletter! May 12-30 2008 Message-ID: <20080512135903.o6l5qdfdq8wos4sc@webmail.artsandmedia.net> ======================================================================== WELCOME TO BAY AREA ARTS EVENTS * MAY 12th ? 30th, 2008 A FREE service of Expo for Independent Arts! www.artsandmedia.net/expo/ SAVE-THE-DATE!! This year?s 2008 Expo for Independent Arts has some exciting changes in store. Firstly, the name has changed (from the former Expo for the Artist and Musician, to promote the inclusiveness for all art mediums that The Expo upholds. Secondly, The Expo will be held at our first ever outdoor venue: Dolores Park on Saturday, September 27th from 11am-6pm! Please contact Katie Hennessy, Community Arts Program Director at the phone number or e-mail below for information about tabling, hosting a workshop and/or performing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This newsletter is edited and compiled by Katie Hennessy Community Arts Program Director Independent Arts & Media Katie@artsandmedia.net 415-677-9877 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * In addition to this newsletter, you can also view an expanded listing of Bay Area arts events by visiting: 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 event producers. Details are not verified, edited or spell-checked by Expo volunteers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Performances - Always on a Sunday and Every Full Moon...free live music at Red Hill * D.I.Y. Workshops/ lectures - Free Film and Media Literacy Workshops - Plein Air Oil Painting Workshops - Boot Camp for Artists with Jessica Robinson - Setting Up Your Music or Entertainment-Based Business * Exhibits - New Exhibit-'Beyond Words' - ?Sight & Sensibility, a Contemporary View of Drawing? - New Exhibit-'The Language of Lines' - New Exhibit:'Outside the Frame' - New Exhibit: ?Baseball as Allegory? * Literary Events - Guest Cartoonist @ Charles Shultz Museum * Film - ?Jam Z Jammerz: See, Reappear + Breathe? * Faires/Art Markets: -Mission Bazaar: A Creative Gift and Performance Expo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERFORMANCES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Always on a Sunday and Every Full Moon...free live music at Red Hill - Sunday http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=6373 Always on a Sunday and every full moon you can find great live music at Red Hill. Search the shelves or sit down with a cup of wine, a neighborly cheeseplate of delectables, let the kids browse the board books, and enjoy your Sunday afternoon with some of the best music by the best musicians San Francisco has to offer. All shows are from 3 to 5 pm. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIY WORKSHOPS/ LECTURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 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. * Plein Air Oil Painting Workshops - 04/03/2008- - 12/28/2008 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=6250 About the Instructor: Born in 1972 on the island of Madeira, hundreds of miles south of Portugal in the North Atlantic Ocean, Elio Camacho immigrated to California with his family in 1975. Long an admirer of the master impressionists such as Bongart, Sorrolla, and Fechin, in his mid-twenties Camacho decided to follow his childhood passion of fine art. Intensive studies with Ovanes Berberian led to the development of distinct representational style with abstract brush work. * Boot Camp for Artists with Jessica Robinson - 04/14/2008 - - 05/29/2008 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4669 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. * Setting up Your Music or Entertainment - Based Business 5/21/2008 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=6514&year=2008&month=05 Whether you?re a part of a band, a media production business, or other creative collaboration, this workshop will cover the essential issues facing pairs or groups who aspire to work together within the music and entertainment industries. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXHIBITS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 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. * 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. and get well wishes that he presented to friends over the years. * New Exhibit:'Outside the Frame' - 03/19/2008 - 07/14/08 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=5148 In Peanuts there are many instances of people(and a few things!) that never appear in the strip. Adults, The Red Baron, The Little Red Haired Girl to name a few. Exhibit runs through July 13, 2008(museum closed on Tuesdays till summer) * ?Sight & Sensibility, a Contemporary View of Drawing? ? 5/22/2008 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=7277&year=2008&month=05 An exhibition presenting drawing as both an essential part of the contemporary visual artist?s process and as authentic, independent artworks complete in themselves. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LITERARY EVENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Guest Cartoonist Book Signing ? May 18, 2008 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=6872&year=2008&month=05 Keith Knight, creator of the "K Chronicles" and winner of the 2007 Harvey Award for Best Comic Strip will available to speak with visitors and sign books. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * ?Jam Z Jammerz: See, Reappear + Breathe? ? May 23, 2008 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=7260&year=2008&month=05 An Evening of Culture Jamming Interactive Cinema with Los Angeles Media Archivist Gerry Fialka in person.?See Reappear+Breathe is a critical. forward thinking, entertaining and subversive looks at media pranksters and their victims amidst the electronic landscape. With rare clips of Lenny Bruce, Ernie Kovacs, Marshall McLuhan. James Joyce and many more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FAIRES / ART MARKETS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Mission Bazaar: A Creative Gift and Performance Expo ?May 16 & 17 2008 http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=7265&year=2008&month=05 Set amidst one of San Francisco?s most dramatic historical landmark buildings, Mission Bazaar is a giant gift and performance expo that showcases some of the Bay Area?s most vibrant creative talent. ============================================================================ Thank you for reading and participating in the Bay Area?s vibrant art scene. -- Katie Hennessy Community Arts Program Director Independent Arts & Media www.artsandmedia.net [ph]415.677.9877 [e]katie@artsandmedia.net From expo at lists.artsandmedia.net Fri May 30 16:32:32 2008 From: expo at lists.artsandmedia.net (expo@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Fri May 30 16:34:51 2008 Subject: Free Performances in Union Square - Dance/Climbing Fusion Message-ID: <20080530163232.ovmcwrndc8wc0w88@webmail.artsandmedia.net> Hello All, Below is a blurb about several upcoming FREE performances for the 2008 San Francisco International Arts Festival! Show your support for a great organization. Details about these performances can be found at: http://ascendanceproject.com For the San Francisco International Arts Festival, AscenDance Project will present Levitate, a free site specific dance performance at Union Square. Artistic director, dancer and rock climber, Isabel von Rittberg, creates work that explores the aesthetics of climbing, the effects of and the ability to overcome gravity. Performance Dates: Sunday, June 1 at 12, 1, 2, and 3 pm Monday, June 2 at 5, 6, and 7 pm Friday, June 6 at 5, 6, and 7 pm Saturday, June 7 at 12, 1, 2, and 3 pm The price is right! Check it out! Bring your youth! For more information, check out the Ascendance Project website at: