From iam at lists.artsandmedia.net Mon Sep 11 12:41:20 2006 From: iam at lists.artsandmedia.net (iam@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Mon Sep 11 12:47:12 2006 Subject: Expo Free Workshops: Week Two Message-ID: Independent Arts & Media is excited to present WEEK TWO of the Expo for the Artist & Musician's free workshop series. Programs commence tonight, and continue through Thursday with workshops and skillshares ranging from home printmaking to grant fundamentals. And on Thursday night, join us for the first Expo Salon Show and reception at CELLspace. The following workshops, publications and services are offered to the pubic free of charge. For more details, visit us online at: http://www.artsandmedia.net/expo/. 1 -- NEWSPAPER -- * Pick up your free copy of The Messenger, Indy Art's new quarterly for voices and ideas that investigate and represent independent culture and community. Features include: Utopia Hunters, Art Interventions, DIY Resources, community profiles and more. Get The Messenger in SF at CELLspace (2050 Bryant), SomArts (934 Brannan), Le Video and The Canvas (Sunset), Green Apple Books (Richmond) and throughout the Mission and Haight. Please contact us about East Bay or snail-mail options. 2 -- EXHIBIT -- * The Expo's First Annual Expo Salon Show Sept. 11-16 @ Crucible Steel Gallery CELLspace, 2050 Bryant St, SF Reception, Thursday Sept. 14, 7-9pm This year the Expo will debut a week-long exhibition of recent work by a wide variety of local artists, hosted by the Crucible Steel Gallery at CELLspace. 3 -- WORKSHOPS -- * MONDAY, Sept. 11 -- Printmaking You Can Do In Your Kitchen Cellspace, 5:45-7pm, 2050 Bryant St, SF Real printmaking techniques using materials you can use on the go. Experiments with linoleum block, collograph, monoprinting and more. With: Matthew Searle (Zeum). -- Bookbinding 101 Cellspace, 5:45-7pm Learn the basics of making an art book. With: Nicole Passeratti (CELLspace). -- Making a Demo Tape: Get that first recording down Sadie's Flying Elephant, 5:45-7pm, 491 Potrero, SF. With: Killian MacGeraghty (Gun & Doll Show), Jesse Townley (Alternative Tentacles), Charlotte Summer (recording artist), Jim Fourniadis (recording engineer). TUESDAY, Sept. 12 -- Show Your Work @ the San Francisco Int'l Arts Festival Noon, Flood Building, 870 Market St., Ste. 1185 The San Francisco International Arts Festival is currently looking for artists, arts organizations and presenting partners to participate in the May 2008 Festival. Bring a brown-bag lunch! -- Foundation Center-San Francisco, Grantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts: Two Classes! Foundation Center-SF, 312 Sutter Street, Ste 606 * 2:30-4pm: For individuals involved in the arts and looking to fund any arts-related project. * 4-4:45pm: For students, artists, academic researchers, libraries, financial aid officers. Learn to search through detailed descriptions of more than 6,000 foundation programs. -- Cut-out Animation Demonstration Cellspace, 5:45-7pm Dive quickly into the process of animation with magazine cut-outs. See a variety of techniques and get some ideas for your own film. With: Matthew Searle (Zeum). -- Guerrilla Stencils Cellspace, 5:45-7pm Cheap, easy to generate, readily distributable: Stenciling plays a key role in the arsenal of the guerrilla artist. Learn some stencil history while you learn to create your own stencils in text, line art & photorealism forms. PLEASE BRING EXACTO KNIFE AND CUTTING SURFACE. With: Guillermo Godinez (CELLspace/Exit Media). -- 'Zine Making: Publishing Your Own Annie's Social Club, 5:45-7, 917 Folsom St, SF An overview of all production and design aspects of making your own 'zine, including a sample layout, handouts and special secrets. With: Matt Holdaway (A Multitude of Voices). WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13 -- Grant Fundamentals CELLspace, 5:45-7pm CELLspace executive director Zoe Garvin will lead you through the fundamental steps of researching, writing and applying for grants that suit the needs and goals of for your NPO, community agency or for individual artists. -- Cyanotype Photography CELLspace, 5:45-7pm Hands-on demo about how to create your own photos with the simplest of equipment. With: Katie Hennessy (CELLspace). -- Blogging: Tell us about it Sadie's, 5:45-7pm Learn how to tell your life story or just rant via blogging. Becoming a "reality internet" star is just this class and a few key strokes away. With: Kevin Smokler (Citizen Media Press Corps). -- 10 Tips for Successful Grant Proposals Annie's Social Club, 5:45-7 Learn to "sell" your work to funders with a well- crafted grant proposal! We'll focus on their interests and how best to tell them your story. With: Dalya Massachi (Writing for Community Success). THURSDAY, Sept. 14 -- Artist's EDGE: Causing a World of Prosperous Artists Cellspace, 5:45-7pm Debra Russell, Certified Artist's Success Coach -- "F@#k, I can't say that anymore" Location TBA, 7-9pm Censorship: Learn what you are and aren't allowed to do, say, and show these days, and if there is any way to change or get around it. With: Annalee Newitz (Other Mag, techsploitation.com), Mark Kliem (LavenderLounge.com), LadyMonster (ladymonster.com), Thomas Roche (eros-zine.com). -- Contract Basics w/ California Lawyers for the Arts Location & Time TBA This workshop will review basics of the agreement process, and cover the alternatives to formal "contracts," such as memoranda of understanding and letter agreements. The principle of "Get it in writing," will be emphasized, along with a primer on when to seek legal advice. -- Comix With Madhappys Location and time TBA. Hang out with the folks behind this free San Francisco comix newspaper for an open drawing session, exquisite corpse and group mini comics. (www.madhappys.com) -- The Expo's First Annual Expo Salon Show Reception At Crucible Steel Gallery CELLspace, 2050 Bryant St, SF 7:00-9:00 Join us for wine and snacks at this reception and pre-Expo Mixer for a chance to meet the artists and the Expo exhibitors. -- Coming up Saturday, September 16, 2006 @ SomArts in SF: The SEVENTH ANNUAL EXPO for the ARTIST & MUSICIAN ++ http://artsandmedia.net/expo/ ++ ++ http://artsandmedia.net/expo/participate/ ++ The Expo is a service of Independent Arts & Media, a 501(c)(3) organization the increases civic dialogue by supporting independent voices. From iam at lists.artsandmedia.net Fri Sep 22 16:21:08 2006 From: iam at lists.artsandmedia.net (iam@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Fri Sep 22 16:22:36 2006 Subject: Sept. 27: Fall Talks 2006 debuts at CounterPulse Message-ID: Fresh from another successful Expo for the Artist & Musician, Independent Arts & Media is excited to let you know about the return of Shaping San Francisco's Talks series. The details are below -- and the whole series kicks off next Wednesday, September 27, with an in-depth look at the pre-colonial Bay Area ecosystem. Thanks for your interest and support! Independent Arts & Media http://artsandmedia.net/ --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- * Shaping San Francisco's Fall Talks 2006 * September 27-December 13 8:00 p.m., FREE CounterPulse, 1310 Mission St. x 9th St. Details & Full Schedule: It all started this past January, when the good folks at Shaping San Francisco contacted Indy Arts about a new speaker and conversation series. Each session of Spring Talks 2006 was been a revelation, bringing overflow audiences of intelligent, active folks who ask questions, raise points, expand the dialog, and help shatter the standard Q&A format of most speaker and panel events. Next up is Fall Talks 2006, a new series of six dialogue events on topics ranging from Sexual Freedom and Trash & Toxics to Frog Restoration and the new South American left. In a time when big decisions are often made without community input, Fall Talks 2007 aims to open doors and open the conversation about the issues that define life in the Bay Area and beyond. Fall Talks 2006 is presented by Shaping San Francisco, CounterPulse, City Lights Foundation, Nature in the City and Independent Arts & Media. -- History & Politics -- 2nd Wednesdays Oct. 11: Bolivar, Zapata, & Sandino Nov. 8: Sexual & Reproductive Freedom Dec. 13: Tactical Evolution: Protest & Dissent -- Nature in the City -- Last Wednesdays Sep. 27: The Bay Ecosystem Oct. 25: Trash & Toxics Nov. 29: Frog Restoration in SF For the full schedule, visit www.counterpulse.org/fall-winter-talks.shtml From iam at lists.artsandmedia.net Thu Sep 28 11:01:34 2006 From: iam at lists.artsandmedia.net (iam@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Thu Sep 28 12:11:10 2006 Subject: Join ArtsForum at CounterPULSE Oct 8 Message-ID: <50e356620609281101k5f6e589epf7dfb221a8d2f6f0@mail.gmail.com> Get Political A Party Hosted by San Francisco Arts Forum Sunday, October 8, 2006 7pm CounterPULSE 1310 Mission Street (@Ninth) San Francisco FREE Calling artists, arts administrators, and community-makers of all stripes and persuasions?this is your opportunity to find out how this November's elections affect you, your art, and your life. Find out who your supervisor is, how they vote on the arts, and who's up for election. Get politically engaged while enjoying free food, drinks, performance, and appearances by local arts heroes. Special Guest Speaker: Supervisor Tom Ammiano. Arts Forum SF is an inclusive and collaborative community forum for sharing ideas and resources, grappling with issues, and imagining and implementing solutions that will result in sustainable and forward-thinking arts programming, partnerships and policies. Arts Forum is coordinated by a wide range of organizations and arts activists including Theatre Bay Area, Intersection for the Arts, Independent Arts & Media, San Francisco International Arts Festival and CounterPULSE. Listserv and website provided courtesy of Independent Arts & Media (www.ArtsandMedia.net). More information at www.CounterPULSE.org Hope to see you there! -- Kari Gray Independent Arts & Media 415-861-5302 415-786-9935 cel 509-756-4078 fax www.artsandmedia.net