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I like this take on being a beginner, stumbling...

give-a-way happening!

We've got a give-a-way of a handmade, fully reclaimed materials notebook happening over at ROOTMIX!

Check it, yo!

i'll be here next thursday...

Fear Not at the Trickster Arts Salon, January 27

from Jennifer... Trickster is a monthly Arts Salon that describes itself as a clubhouse for artists, seekers, thinkers, and players dedicated to community, creativity, and openness. This month's theme is appropriate for the start of the new year: the Juke Joint at the Crossroads, with a juke joint being a place to eat, drink, and dance your blues away, and a crossroads being a place to make new decisions. This one-night event will include an installation of Fear Not Radio and Fear Not Indirect Mail, performances by We are the unReal, Tom Jonesing, Wesley Frederick, and DJ Fact.50, a workshop on connecting with your Wild Self by Gino Dante Borges, body painting, a photo booth, and general merrymaking. Costumes are encouraged, though not required, and drinks are BYO. I hope to see you there! Jennifer Trickster Arts Salon 2519 mission street san francisco, ca january 27, 2011, 8 p.m. - midnight

Copyright (C) 2011 Jennifer Maria Harris All rights reserved. www.tallpainter.com www.fearnotproject.com

looks like some fun stuff happening at workshop!

check out all the classes available, plus heavy metal aerobics!

valentine's crafting next thursday at paper source!

 

from the paper source website...

Valentine’s Keep Sake – Crafter's Night Out!

Back by popular demand - "Valentine's Keep Sake – a Crafter's Night Out!" (Not just for the ladies - as we heard from the men about this one last year!) Our event last year provided inspiration for so many new ways to say “Happy Valentines Day” or “Be Mine” that this year we knew we needed to do a repeat. We’ve kept our favorite A7 box mailers for delivering your very special Accordion keepsake – with all new indulgences our buyers have found to sweeten the project! We know you’ll enjoy our new stamps, punches, and embellishment accents, as well as our beloved PS best sellers. Mark your calendar and register early for this one – it’s always a huge hit across the country! As a matter of fact, come with your sweetheart, friend, or secret admirer - and you both get 10% off when you sign up for two seats! This is an adult class - designed for those with beginning to intermediate crafting skills. Don't miss this event – we'll show you all the best ideas for your amour while you sip some beverages* and nibble on snacks! 

 
We have other opportunities for you to be creative. Visit us online or your local store for current classes & samples. This image represents a sample made in this workshop conducted around the country - your projects might end up even more creative!

$30.00 - See Paper Source to sign up or to see other cities this workshop is happening.

In San Francisco, you get to choose between the Fillmore location or the Marina location, both on Thursday, January 27th, from 6:30 - 8:30pm


from me...
p.s.  hey, i have that xo stamp in the photo!

next thursday in oakland!

ONLY MAKE: Limited edition prints + handmade rugs

Next Thursday-- January 27, 5 to 8pm "Nothing is a mistake, there's no win and no fail, there's only make." -Sister Corita Kent Creative Growth has long felt a kinship with legendary artist and teacher Corita Kent. ONLY MAKE takes its inspiration from Kent's words and the medium she is known for, printmaking. Join us for an exhibition of Creative Growth artist prints and limited edition handmade rugs--with a nod to an artistic process rooted in the insatiable desire to make. Also on display: CreateRelate: A Creative Growth Art Center / Musuem of Craft and Folk Art collaboration. Our artists team up with MoCFA, San Francisco and visiting artists The Limits of Fun to produce a limited edition series of art boxes using Sister Corita Kent's seriagraph silkscreen images. Exhibition Opening: Thursday, January 27 11:00am Member opening (Join now at creativegrowth.org and get in early!) 5:00pm Public opening MUSIC, DRINKS and TACO TRUCK! ALSO OPEN Saturday, January 29, 11:00am to 4:00pm AND open late Friday, February 4, 6:00 to 9:00pm for Oakland Art Murmur Creative Growth Art Center Gallery 355 24th Street, Oakland, CA 94612 510-836-2340 x 15 creativegrowth.org

sf event!

Friday, January 21 & Saturday, January 22, 2011 San Francisco Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions: Work by Ferris Plock, Suzanne Husky, and Bill Russell Location: 503 Tunnel Ave. San Francisco, CA 94134 Environmental Learning Center Gallery at 401 Tunnel Ave. Date/Time: Friday, January 21, 2011, 5pm to 9pm Saturday, January 22, 2011, 1pm to 5pm Cost: Free http://www.recologysf.com/AIR

The Artist in Residence Program at Recology San Francisco will host an exhibition and reception for current artists-in-residence Ferris Plock, Suzanne Husky, and Bill Russell on Friday, January 21st, from 5-9pm and Saturday, January 22, from 1-5pm. This exhibition will be the culmination of four months of work by the artists who have scavenged materials from the dump to make art and promote recycling and reuse. Friday night’s exhibition reception will include food provided by the El Tonayense Taco Truck.

Ferris Plock: Hunt and Gather While at the dump, painter and character illustrator Ferris Plock has continued to build on a recent body of work that incorporates elements of Japanese ukiyo-e prints and iconography from world religions with other motifs that hold personal significance. Meticulously rendered paintings simultaneously contain an elegant reverence and Plock’s characteristic humor and playfulness. Much like Plock, who had to proverbially hunt and gather at the dump for materials to make his paintings, figures in the works are engaged in their own mythic quests. Plock has used scavenged and recycled paints on panels crafted from old shipping crates and other wood retrieved from the Public Disposal and Recycling Area. Background patterns were created from stenciling found materials such as planter trays and milk crates, and found fabrics and papers served as sources of inspiration for the colorful patterns that appear in the garments of his characters. Plock’s work has been exhibited widely and included in exhibitions in Tokyo, London, and Paris. His experiences while at the dump have been documented on Fecalface.com where he is serving as a guest blogger.

Suzanne Husky: Sleeper Cell Raising The wealth of materials available to Suzanne Husky during her residency at the dump enabled her to construct small habitable structures that had previously existed only in her drawings. The artist’s intention for these forms, which appear like tiny homes for characters in a folk tale, is that they be placed in a forest or garden, potentially to be slept in. While the shelters in nature-inspired shapes such as a porcupine convey a humorous charm, Husky’s description of them as “sleeper cells” alludes to more sober concerns—people living off the grid in anticipation of an environmental apocalypse, ecoterrorists mobilizing in forest hide-outs, and a metaphorical rising up of nature against encroaching industry and technology. Structures are furnished with the cast-offs of consumer culture and are even on wheels, allowing for the easy deployment of this woodland force. Husky received her MFA in 2000 from the Beaux-Arts School in Bordeaux, France. She has had residencies at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco and at Pollen Monflanquin near Bordeaux; her work will be included in Bay Area Now 6 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2011.

Bill Russell: Recology Sketchbook: Portraits and Stories Visual journalist Bill Russell spent his four-month residency getting to know the people who work at Recology and metaphorically scavenging for their stories. He drew and interviewed employees and produced a book, Recology Sketchbook: Portraits and Stories, which features these biographical profiles presented in the form of an artist’s sketchbook. Route drivers, welders, company executives and recycling sorters are just some of the people featured in this book whose subplot is the story of San Francisco’s consumption and waste and what is required daily to manage it. For his exhibition, Russell will present prints of drawings made during his residency, many of which are included in his book. The publication will also be available for purchase. Russell has frequently documented the lives of workers, including in his Bay Folk Sketchbook which ran for two years in the San Francisco Chronicle. His monthly series on cabdrivers appeared in TODO magazine and a regular feature on chefs preparing basic recipes was included on Chow.com. He is currently working on a book about Civil War reenactors.

The Artist in Residence Program at Recology San Francisco is a one-of-a-kind program started in 1990 to encourage people to conserve natural resources and instill a greater appreciation for the environment and art in children and adults. Artists work for four months in studio space on site, use materials recovered from the Public Disposal and Recycling Area, and speak to students and the general public. Over eighty professional Bay Area artists have completed residencies, and applications are accepted annually in August.

Directions to 503 Tunnel Ave.
Directions from downtown San Francisco & East Bay
Go south on Highway 101 and get off at the exit marked "Candlestick Park / Tunnel Ave". After the stop sign, continue forward on Beatty Road until you reach Tunnel Avenue. Turn right on Tunnel Avenue. Go a half block to 503 Tunnel Avenue.

Directions from Cow Palace
Go east on Geneva Avenue. until you reach Bayshore Boulevard. Turn left on Bayshore Boulevard. After a few blocks, turn right on Blanken Avenue, then a quick right turn on Tunnel Avenue. 503 Tunnel Avenue will be on the left.

Direction from The Peninsula
Go north on Highway 101 and get off at the "Candlestick Park" exit (this is the first Candlestick Park exit). Turn left at the first stop sign you see on to Alanna Way and go under the freeway. The road curves before you reach the second stop sign. Turn right on Beatty and continue to the end of the road. Turn right on Tunnel Avenue. Go a half block to 503 Tunnel Avenue.

Parking
Street parking is easy on Saturday unless there is a football game at Candlestick Park.

Public Transit
The T-Third streetcar and bus lines 9. (The 9 bus stops at Bayshore Boulevard and Arleta Avenue, three blocks away from our location.) There is also a Caltrain Station right across the street from us. It’s called the Bayshore Station. For a Caltrain schedule, please visit Caltrain for a train schedule.