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Juried Art Show Call for Artists

Monday, September 2nd, 2013

The Piedmont Center for the Arts announces a call to SF Bay Area Artists to feature their work in a juried art show premiering November 1, 2013 in Piedmont, CA.

The Piedmont Center for the Arts is honored to have Rene de Guzman, Senior Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California, selecting works for our first juried art exhibition, entitled Return to Simplicity. The theme is meant to reflect the current emphasis on a return to basics, much like there was during the Arts & Crafts movement of the early 20th century where artists found refuge in using organic materials and handcrafted products. Open to artists working in all 2 dimensional media and living in Bay Area. This juried show offers a window into the most current developments in contemporary art of the region. Cash prize will be given courtesy of the John P. Thornborrow Memorial Endowment Fund. Awards: 1st place – $2,500, 2nd – $1,000, 3rd- $500 plus Honorable Mentions.

All artwork must have been created within the past 3 years. Artists can submit a maximum of five (5) images and a minimum of (3) images. Entry fee is $40. All works must be able to be hung on the wall to be considered (wired for easy hanging) and are limited to 48 x 36 inches including frame and may not exceed 30 lbs. Media ranging from photography, wall sculpture, fabric, mixed media, all paintings and drawings including oil, acrylic, pastels, ink, graphite. Please submit your work online using SlideRoom.com at https://piedmondtcenterforthearts.slideroom.com/#/Login.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS SEPTEMBER 2, 2013. If you have any questions, please contact info@piedmontcenterforthearts.org.

KEY DATES:

Deadline for Submission: Monday, September 2, 2013
Selected Artists Notified: Tuesday, October 2, 2013
Artwork Drop-Off Date: Sunday, October 20, 11:00-4:00 pm
Exhibition Dates: Friday, November 1 – Sunday, December 1, 2013
Opening Date: Friday, November 1, 6:00-9:00 pm
Artists’ Reception: Friday, November 1, 2013, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Public Art Opportunity

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

City of Emeryville
Request for Proposals for Artists Services
Deadline May 16, 2013

The City of Emeryville’s Public Art Committee is inviting proposals from artists (individual or teams) to design and fabricate, or to design and work with a fabricator, to create artwork at the Joseph Emery Park Skate Spot.

Artists are asked to use the visual language of art to:
• Reveal the dynamic culture and imagery of skateboarding.
• Excite and engage the broad-based community that will use the site.
• Make the skate spot reflect the unique Emeryville culture.
• Make the skate park an attraction and point of community pride for both skaters and non-skaters alike.

The total budget for the design and fabrication of artwork is $50,000. For a complete copy of the Request for Proposal, please visit the City of Emeryville website at the following link: http://www.ci.emeryville.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=904

Call for Emeryville 2nd Poet Laureate 2013-2015

Friday, May 17th, 2013

An Interested Emeryville resident is being asked to serve as the 2nd Poet Laureate:
• The Poet Laureate will serve as the City’s literary ambassador during a two-year term from July 2013 to July 2015.
• The selected poet must live or work in Emeryville, and be at least 18 years of age.
• The selected poet must demonstrate a commitment to poetry through prior publication and submission of a body of work of no less than ten poems, and/or a performance record such as spoken word, poetry slams, film, new media or other performance-related venues.
• The selected poet must embrace a willingness to engage the community in a discourse about poetry, to present his or her work to the public and Emeryville K-12 students.
• The selected poet must be willing to allow selected poems to be published on the City website, to be duplicated as posters for distribution at events or in the schools, to be framed for installation in City Hall, and possibly for use in visual art installations, and agree to be photographed or video graphed at readings and other events for distribution in City newsletters and broadcast on City-sponsored cable television.
Please see teh Call at the link above if interested and respond by the May 17th Deadline or pass the call on to literary residents you know!

Unity Council in Oakland looking for Poster Artists for Dia de los Muertos Festival Poster!

Friday, April 19th, 2013

The Unity Council is looking for artists to design our 2013 Día de los Muertos Festival Poster!

Artists will be generously compensated !
Fruitvale and East Oakland artists are strongly encouraged to apply!

About Día: The Fruitvale Día de los Muertos festival is one of the biggest and oldest festivals in the bay area- each year drawing 60,000- 80,000 people to Fruitvale to enjoy vendors, music, dance and folkloric art, and to celebrate this great Latin American tradition.

Are you interested in submitting a design?

Send a proposal letter of your idea, including sketches, colors, graphics or past work to unitycouncildia@unitycouncil.org by April 19th.

Artists will be generously compensated !
Fruitvale and East Oakland artists are strongly encouraged to apply!

Your poster will be featured widely around the East Bay and San Francisco, will be featured on festival signs and banners, and will be reproduced on t-shirts and merchandise.

Please keep in mind that final poster size will be 11”x17”, and must include our event information and space for our Día de los Muertos logo and sponsors’ logos.

About the Unity Council: The Unity Council is a community development nonprofit with a 49-year history serving over 10,000 people in the diverse Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. Our mission is to help families and individuals build wealth and assets through comprehensive programs of sustainable economic, social, and neighborhood development. To learn more about the Unity Council, visit our website www.unitycouncil.org
Like Us! – Facebook.com/theunitycouncil
Follow us on Twitter! – @theunitycouncil

Call for submissions for 2013 Dia de los Muertos Festival Poster

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Calling all artists!

The Unity Council is looking for artists to design our Día de los Muertos Festival Poster!

About Día: The Fruitvale Día de los Muertos festival is one of the biggest and oldest festivals in the bay area- each year bringing more than 60,000- 80,000 people to enjoy vendors, music, dance and folkloric art, and to celebrate this great Latin American tradition.

Are you interested in submitting a design?
Send us a proposal letter of your idea, including sketches, colors, graphics or past work to unitycouncildia@unitycouncil.org by April 19th.

Fruitvale and East Oakland artists are strongly encouraged to apply!

Your poster will be featured widely around the East Bay and San Francisco, will be featured on festival signs and banners, and will be reproduced on t-shirts and merchandise.

Please keep in mind that final poster size will be 11”x17”, and must include our event information and space for our Día de los Muertos logo and sponsors’ logos.

About the Unity Council: The Unity Council is a community development nonprofit with a 49-year history serving over 10,000 people in the diverse Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. Our mission is to help families and individuals build wealth and assets through comprehensive programs of sustainable economic, social, and neighborhood development. To learn more about the Unity Council, visit our website (www.unitycouncil.org), like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter @theunitycouncil.

Alameda County Arts Commission 2013 Artist Registry

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Alameda County Arts Commission
Artist Registry

Application Deadline: April 30, 2013 (10:59 pm Pacific Time)

The Alameda County Arts Commission invites artists and artist teams from the 9 counties of the San Francisco Bay Area* to apply for potential inclusion in the 2013 Artist Registry, a prequalified artist pool that will be used for upcoming public art opportunities. Many of the opportunities will be for artists to make a new series of smaller artworks in the studio, therefore, artists who make two-dimensional, low-relief, or wall sculptural artwork are encouraged to apply. Artists selected for the Artist Registry will always be notified prior to being placed into consideration for specific projects. Project sites include: San Lorenzo Library Expansion Project, East County Hall of Justice (Dublin), Highland Hospital (Oakland), and other sites to be determined.

* Includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties. Additional eligibility restrictions apply. Review the full application for complete eligibility requirements.

Complete application information is available at www.acgov.org/arts (click on “Opportunities”) or call (510) 208-9646 to receive the information by mail. To be considered for these opportunities, artists must register and submit an application through the CaFE website, www.callforentry.org (search for \"Alameda County\" in the list of current calls).

For questions regarding this opportunity, please contact the Office of the Alameda County Arts Commission at (510) 208-9646 or artscommission@acgov.org.

Woodminster Summer Musicals Adds spring show in 2013

Sunday, February 24th, 2013

The Woodminster Summer Musicals expands into the spring in 2013, by adding a March show indoors at Regents\' Theatre at Holy Names University, just one freeway exit away from the group\'s summer home in Joaquin Miller Park. Little Shop of Horrors is an affectionate spoof of 1950\'s sci-fi thrillers. Lovable but nerdy Seymour discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon it grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite. Charming, tuneful, and hilarious. Good family show, especially for older children and teens. Performed by professional actors and musicians, in cooperation with Holy Names\' Drama Department.

Interfaith Art Exhibit: Call for Entries

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

The Faith Trio (an alliance of Kehilla Community Synagogue, Montclair Presbyterian Church, and the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California) is excited to be planning an interfaith art exhibit to be held in May and June 2013 at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California in downtown Oakland. We seek artwork that incorporates words, text or letters. We seek creative ways of expressing our commitment to interfaith understanding, coexistence, peace, and cultural exchange.

Our interfaith art exhibit in September and October of 2011 featured 90 works of art from 40 artists. The fascinating and colorful array of paintings, photography, sculpture, ceramics, metal art, beadwork and textile art won high praise from viewers and the local media.

The deadline for submissions of artwork for the exhibit is February 28, 2013.

Contact Lea Delson at (510) 528-6725 or lea@lmi.net for more information and with any questions.

Oakland\'s Downtown Recognized as One of America\'s Top 12 \"Artplaces\"

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

The City of Oakland\'s downtown has just been named among the top 12 arts-driven neighborhoods in the United States. The ranking comes from ArtPlace America, a collaboration of 13 leading national and regional foundations, eight federal agencies including the National Endowment for the Arts, and six of the nation\'s largest banks to accelerate creative placemaking across the U.S.

As selected by ArtPlace, \"America\'s Top 12 ArtPlaces\" are communities that have most successfully combined art, artists and venues for creativity and expression with independent businesses, retail shops and restaurants, and a walkable lifestyle to make vibrant neighborhoods.

Beautiful Sustainable Lighting Made From Recycled Bottles

Friday, January 11th, 2013

PRESS RELEASE
Metro Lighting Launches Recycled Glass Line Through Kickstarter

Berkeley, California - January 11, 2013 - Metro Lighting, a sustainable business leader, is launching a line of recycled glass lamps and fixtures through Kickstarter.com. The shades are made from clear bottle glass that is crushed, melted, and poured into molds. Metro Lighting builds the lamps and fixtures in their workshop in Berkeley, California.

"We designed a custom mold for lighting after we found a studio that could cast recycled glass," says Lawrence Grown, who owns Metro Lighting with is wife and business partner Christa Rybczynski. Both hold degrees in architecture. "The glass has a wonderful texture that is evidence of the casting process," says Rybczynski, "Each shade is a beautiful work of illuminated art." The shades are offered in seven colors, each available clear or sandblasted. LED light engines pair well with the sandblasted shades.

Metro Lighting (metrolighting.com, facebook.com/metrolightingCA) has been an Alameda County Certified Green Business since 2006. A rooftop solar array provides 100% of the energy needs for their retail showroom and manufacturing facility in Berkeley, California. The showroom features many fixtures built from repurposed items including glass insulators (from telephone poles), liquor bottles, bicycle rims and gears, and traffic light lenses in green, yellow, and red.

See www.kickstarter.com/projects/1074586595/recycled-glass-lighting-beautiful-and-sustainable for details.

Skyline Gold June 9 Celebrates High School's 50th Birthday & Honors Performing Arts Alumni

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

PRESS RELEASE:
Skyline High School Performing Arts Celebrates Skyline's 50th With Alumni Showcase
Over a Hundred Performing Arts Students and Alums to Perform June 9

(Oakland, CA – May 22, 2012) Skyline High School Performing Arts will present a June 9 performance on the Skyline campus to honor performing arts alumni and celebrate the high school's 50th birthday.  The event, titled "Skyline Gold: A 50th Anniversary Showcase," will feature performances by more than a hundred current and former performing arts students.  Money raised through the event will help fund Skyline's well-respected performing arts program, which has provided high-level education and training to Oakland teens since the school opened in 1962. 

Tickets to Skyline Gold are available through the school's PTSA Performing Arts Committee for a requested donation of $40 per person.  Tickets may be reserved and additional contributions made at http://skylinegold.eventbrite.com/

The June 9 event will be held on campus at Skyline High School, in the Rawley T. Farnsworth Theater in the Selmer Berg Auditiorium.  A reception will begin at 6 p.m. in the breezeway outside the theater, with the performance inside at 7:30.  The school is located at 12250 Skyline Boulevard, in Oakland, with parking available on campus adjacent to the theater building.

Alumni performers will represent a number of graduating classes, ranging from vocalist Pam Adams (class of '69) to several members of the class of 2011.  Other alum performers (in many cases performing professionally today) will include Ethan Lavelle (class of '02), Alexis Johnson (class of '03), Will F. Chapman (class of '04), Danielle Turner (class of '05), Jaredt Robinson (class of '06),  Nick Johnson (class of '07), Donald Antoine (class of '08), and many more. About 50 former members of the school's advanced choir, Voices of the Sky, will perform a song together under the direction of former Skyline vocal teacher Everett Baines. Class of '11 Dance Production students will reprise one of their most popular numbers.  Former theater students and teachers will be onstage for short pieces, ranging from a reflection from a former Skyline drama teacher (Virginia Buckner, at Skyline 1983-1991) to short excerpts from Hamlet (Paul Pugh and Donald Antoine, class of '08) to stand-up comedy (Robin Higgins, class of '06).

The show will also include performances by current Skyline students who are members of the Jazz Band, Advanced Choir, Dance Production, and the cast of the 2012 spring musical, Across the Universe.

Says Jan Hunter, Skyline drama teacher since 1996, "Our Skyline Performing Arts grads go out into the world and make successful careers -- some as actors, musicians, dancers, directors, and technicians, and others as attorneys, teachers, CEOs, and stockbrokers.  We're so excited about welcoming them back to the Skyline stage, where they got their start on the roads they travel today.  When I put out the call asking graduates to perform, I was inundated by enthusiastic response – and some of our wonderful performing arts alumni will travel long distances to be here June 9."

Proceeds from the event will help support Skyline Performing Arts program costs as well as maintenance costs for the facility.  The Farnsworth Theater was renovated a decade ago in a project spearheaded by the parents and teachers of the school's PTSA Performing Arts Committee.  Funding came from hundreds of individual donations from Skyline alumni and supporters, and major gifts from several foundations including the Tom and Rita Hanks Family Trust.  Tom Hanks, class of '74, is perhaps Skyline's most famous performing arts alumnus, though only one of hundreds who have enjoyed successful careers in the arts.

Says David Kahn, who was Co-chair of the Performing Arts Committee at the time of the facility renovation, "The theater is still an excellent performance laboratory that lets Skyline provide great training.  But to keep it that way and prevent it from falling into disrepair again, we need to invest some money now. The sound system needs repair and enhancements, the stage curtains need attention after 10 years of hard use, some lighting instruments need replacement, and so forth.   With district support gone, we also need to find a way to fund supplies like lighting gels and lamps, lumber, and paint.  Program costs -- like royalties for musicals and plays, music rental, costs for guest artists and tickets for professional performances -- are also much harder to fund than they were ten years ago."

From the time Skyline High School first opened in 1962, it has maintained a reputation for academic excellence accompanied by strong extracurricular programs, particularly in the performing arts.  Like all California public schools, though, especially those in poorer urban districts like Oakland, Skyline has struggled to maintain its excellence with diminished resources and crumbling facilities.  Performing Arts has helped give the school a unique identity, has drawn students from all over the city who are interested in studying theater, music, dance, and media arts – and perhaps most important, has helped maintain the "titan spirit" that has brought much alumni support to the campus over the years.

Says Peter Seidl, President of Skyline's PTSA and parent of two 2012 graduating seniors, "It is absolutely clear to me that the excellent performing arts programs and the excellent academic programs go hand-in-hand.  My sons, who will be attending Harvard and UCLA in the fall, certainly benefitted from the AP classes at Skyline.  But being in the Jazz Band, performing for the Skyline community and beyond, winning honors at the Reno Jazz Festival -- that's where they really learned those character lessons, like commitment, persistence, confidence.  For the sake of all the kids coming up, it's crucial that in these hard times Skyline's extraordinary music, theater, and dance programs be supported by the community."

Jan Hunter says, "Though Mr. Hanks can't attend this time, this show is one way of thanking him for his generosity now and over the years.  Our students' success has often been inspired by his, and we think the very best way to show our gratitude is to show him how well our students are doing in the arts.   He's such a cool, down-to-earth, true artist with a great heart; I just know that seeing professionals come out of this space gives him joy.  And what we feel about Tom Hanks, we also feel about all the other alumni who have been so generous with money and support.  Once a Titan, always a Titan.  Skyline alumni keep this program alive."

Alumni and other supporters who wish to make contributions and reserve tickets may do so at http://skylinegold.eventbrite.com/   Further information about the event may be found at http://sykahn.com/Skylinegold/skylinegoldhome.html, or via email at kathrynkahn@gmail.com.

$1,000 Prize - International Design Contest

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

The Rainbow Honor Walk seeks to honor heroines & heroes of the LGBT communities through a sidewalk tribute in San Francisco’s historic Castro district to honor their contributions. For more information visit http://rainbowhonorwalk.org/

Spring Jewelry Art Showcase

Tuesday, December 31st, 2069

Friends, music, one of a kind jewelry...

6:00pm-10:00pm
FREE ADMISSION

Addis Habana Dance &Art Studio 366 Grand Ave. Oakland


Jewelry Artisans:
Birds of a Feather
Rachel Paula
Lauren Harvey
Ariyele Ressler
Macrame Hair Wraps
...more artisans to be confirmed.

Visual Art by: Biniam Gbremeskel

National Call for Artists: Pt. Emery Sculptural/Environmental Art Installation, City of Emeryville, CA

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Pt. Emery Sculptural/Environmental Art Installation --
For the full RFQ, please visit the City of Emeryville's open bids page at
http://ca-emeryville.civicplus.com/bids.aspx

The City of Emeryville invites artists and design professionals, as individuals or teams, to submit qualifications for the design and implementation of a public art project at Point Emery on the City's western shoreline. An undeveloped site on the San Francisco Bay, Point Emery presents a unique opportunity for artists to engage in creative place making by means of an environmental installation, earthwork, sculpture or inter-disciplinary approach that will consider - with great care - how to celebrate the extraordinary geography and ecology of this spectacular location.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: APRIL 27, 2012  

Firehouse Gallery North hosts Art Makers trunk show for the holidays

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Gotta come check out our "Holiday Pop Up Art Makers Trunk Show" at the Gallery North in the Berkeley Gourmet Ghetto.

EVERY Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
6 to 10pm

Through December 23, 2011...

Our friends of the "Etsy Eastbay Art and Crafts Collective" will be having a full on group show Friday December 16th, and a lot of their members will be showing two or three times, so definitively come check us out, they have the coolest handmade, creative gifts on earth!

If you would like to be a vendor for any of the dates you can get your donation based ticket here: http://gallerynorth.eventbrite.com/

It would be awesome if you could tweet about this and tell all your friends in the bay area.

Richmond Art Center's Annual Holiday Arts Festival to be held December 2nd & 3rd

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

The Richmond Art Center (RAC) will hold its annual Holiday Arts Festival on Friday, December 2nd, from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm and Saturday, December 3rd, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. The festival is one of the East Bay's favorite community art events; each year, established and emerging regional artists and artisans donate and sell their work at the festival in support of the Richmond Art Center. This year will feature more than 30 artist-vendors and a Silent Auction of the works of preeminent Bay Area artists. The Center’s popular pottery sale also returns, with hundreds of functional and decorative pieces handmade in the center’s ceramics studio. A portion of all arts and crafts sales directly benefits the RAC and its educational programming, exhibitions and community arts initiatives. Admission is free.

“With a wonderful variety of locally-made art, live music, a wine bar on Friday night, a holiday café and kids activities on Saturday and ample free parking, there is every reason to shop local and join the celebration of the arts this holiday season,” said Nancy Servis, Executive Director of the RAC.

What’s Available:
Prices of art, crafts and artisan goods range from $5 to $250. Offerings include a wide variety of ceramics, jewelry, textiles, prints, ornaments, custom-made chocolates and art by artists from around the East Bay and creations by artists from the Richmond Art Center’s Studio Program. The Richmond Art Center’s Ceramic Department will offer nearly 1,000 unique pieces.

When:
Friday, December 2nd, 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
30 artisan vendors, silent auction of fine art, live music and wine bar.

Saturday, December 3rd, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
30 artisan vendors, silent auction of fine art, live music, café, art activities, and the RAC’s famous ceramics sale! Silent auction closes at
3:00 pm.

Where:
The RAC is located at 2540 Barrett Avenue (at the corner of Barrett and 25th Street), Richmond, CA 94804, adjacent to Civic Center Plaza. Wheelchair accessible, free parking, BART accessible.
 
About The Richmond Art Center:
The Richmond Art Center is a membership-based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public benefit corporation that is committed to the vision that a place for the arts and the creative process is essential to personal, social, and economic growth. The
center engages creative exploration and learning through studio art classes, innovative exhibitions, and transformative community projects. The RAC was named 2010 non-profit of the year by the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, a 2011 City of Richmond Historic Preservation Award recipient for John Roeder sculptures, and Best of 2011 for art classes in Contra Costa County by Parent’s Press. 

For membership, class, and exhibition information please visit www.therac.org or call (510) 620-6772. Exhibition hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Exhibitions are free to the public.

Make Your Mark: Summer Art Classes at Kala for Youth and Adults

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Whether you're a true beginner or professional artist, Kala's education programs for youth and adults offer hands on learning and creative exchange. Kala classes are taught by exhibiting, professional artists and utilize the exceptional equipment available in our printmaking studio and electronic media center. Develop a new skill, build on previous experience, or take a class just for fun!

 

Our signature summer program for youth, Camp Kala, is filing up fast. We only have a few spaces available for your middle or high school students. If your kids love printing, drawing, painting and book making—Reserve a space today!

 

Educators, it’s time to do a little something for YOU this summer. Check out Access Points to Printmaking, Kala's professional development workshop that will get your creative juices flowing and help you structure great lesson plans for next year.

 www.kala.org

 

AXIS is looking for YOU!

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

 YOU: looking for a new physical and creative endeavor

DANCE: the pursuit you haven’t yet considered 

You + Dance = AXIS Dance Company


AXIS seeks athletes and aspiring dancers with disabilities for an exciting and rewarding career path: DANCE

· Create, experiment and collaborate with fiery dancers

· Perform & Tour nationally
· Teach and Educate; Act as a powerful role model
· Impact people’s perceptions about dance and disability
· Live in a beautiful metro area that is a hub of the disability community

· Commit to a 2 year contract with salary and benefits

AXIS Dance Company, based in Oakland, CA, is one of the world’s most acclaimed and innovative ensembles of performers with and without disabilities. Founded in 1987, AXIS will change the way you think about dance and the possibilities of the human body forever. 


Apply online at www.axisdance.org/apply 
Questions?  Email judy@axisdance.org

Oklnd Undrgrnd Visions of the Dark Traveler visits The Severed Talisman

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

Oklnd Undrgrnd Visions of the Dark Traveler visits The Severed Talisman. See for yourself. Includes blood and adult subject matter. Viewer Discresion is advised.

www.severedtalisman.weebly.com

Berkeley Rep Wins A Grammy!

Monday, February 14th, 2011

For photos, interviews, videos, etc. contact:

Terence Keane, Director of Public Relations

(510) 647-2917, tkeane@berkeleyrep.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CAST ALBUM FROM BERKELEY REP’S AMERICAN IDIOT WINS GRAMMY AWARD

FEBRUARY 13, 2011 – Tonight, at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards, American Idiot – the raucous show that was born at Berkeley Repertory Theatre before bursting onto Broadway – won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. Produced by Billie Joe Armstrong, the recording features Green Day and the original Broadway cast, who performed together on national television during last year’s Grammy ceremony. Reprise Records released the album on April 20, 2010, the same day the show began its Broadway run. The musical features music from Green Day’s most recent albums, American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown, both of which won Grammy Awards as well.

In the last nine years, Berkeley Rep has helped develop seven Broadway shows: American Idiot (2010), Bridge & Tunnel (2006), Ghetto Klown (2011), In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (2009), Metamorphoses (2002), Passing Strange (2008), and Wishful Drinking (2009), which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Audio Book last year. Berkeley Rep also celebrated its second London transfer last fall: following in the footsteps of Continental Divide, which played at the Barbican in 2004, Tiny Kushner transferred to London’s Tricycle Theater in September.


The smash-hit, Tony Award-winning musical American Idiot tells the story of three lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia. Their quest for true meaning in a post 9-11 world leads them on an exhilarating journey. The result, according to the Toronto Star, is “the first great musical of the 21st century!”

The Broadway engagement of American Idiot is produced by Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman in association with Berkeley Rep. The show made its world premiere in Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre in September 2009. Its record-breaking run brought in the biggest advance sale in the Theatre’s 42-year history, the biggest day at the box office, 18 of the top 20 days ever, and due to demand had to announce its first extension before it played its first performance. Now it’s rocking the St. James Theatre in Manhattan, which is located at 246 West 44th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue.

Green Day – vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool – created one of the best-selling albums of all time with the groundbreaking rock opera American Idiot. Then the band collaborated with one of theatre's most acclaimed creative teams – Tony Award-winning director of Spring Awakening Michael Mayer, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and orchestrator Tom Kitt, and Olivier Award-winning choreographer Steven Hoggett – to bring this explosive, iconic story to the stage.


The show features Tony Award-winning scenic design by Christine Jones (Spring Awakening), costume design by Baryshnikov fellow Andrea Lauer (The Butcher of Baraboo), Tony Award-winning lighting design by Kevin Adams (Hair), sound design by Olivier and Obie Award-winner Brian Ronan (Cabaret), and video design by Darrel Maloney. The music director is Carmel Dean and Lorin Latarro is the associate choreographer. For more information, visit  AmericanIdiotonBroadway.com.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre has grown from a storefront stage to a national leader in innovative theatre. Known for its core values of imagination and excellence, as well as its educated and adventurous audience, the nonprofit has provided a welcoming home for emerging and established artists since 1968. The Theatre welcomes an annual audience of 180,000, serves 20,000 students, and hosts dozens of community groups, thanks to 1,000 volunteers and more than 400 artists, artisans, and administrators. With two stages, a school, and a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, Berkeley Rep is proud to premiere exhilarating new plays.

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Terence Keane, Director of Public Relations
Berkeley Repertory Theatre... Break out of the ordinary!
2025 Addison Street / Berkeley, CA 94704
T: (510) 647-2917 / F: (510) 647-2910

For releases, photos, and more, visit www.berkeleyrep.org/press

RAW

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

RAW is coming to the east bay. Real exposure for working artists

submit your work here

http://www.rawartists.org

Local band donates album to Richmond Book Drive contributors

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

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It is an inspiring local story about local independent music, Christmas cheer and encouraging underserved Richmond students to read. 

 

Tyler Hester (27) is running a book drive for four Richmond, CA public high schools where he teaches (www.richmondbookdrive.com). He is a bright young teacher who wants to get his class excited about books because the students are not currently reading at grade levels. 

 

Pomplamoose (Bay Area indie musicians of YouTube fame) just completed an exclusive Christmas album that people can download for free if they donate a book to the drive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNM8g5ZZN0Y). They are hoping their millions of online fans will step up to support the effort. 

 

Here are some photos of books starting to arrive and the excited kids who will be reading them: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2289097&id=210362&l=226dafb87f

 

If you'd like more information about the project, please watch the video on www.richmondbookdrive.com.

Photography Exhibit by Mona Reeva

Saturday, October 30th, 2010

ElCerrito Art Association presents a Photography Exhibit by Mona Reeva, a Berkeley based photographer, at the El Cerrito Library  in El Cerito, CA from October 30, 2010 through January 6, 2011. Mona Reeva is a member of the El Cerrito Art Association, the Berkeley Camera Club and the Photography Society of America. She has exhibited with other photographers in several venues including Downtown Berkeley Storefront, Red Oak Realty and Solano Grill and Bar. This is her first solo show. A Reception will be held on Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the El Cerrito Library.

Included in the show are Creative, Nature, Landscape and Floral images. Two examples of her photographs are “Poppies and Olive Trees” taken on a trip to Greece and “Great Blue Heron with Fish” taken on a walk at Jewel Lake in Tilden Park.

 

 

 

For more information, contact Mona Reeva at 510.525.8556, or grnmtna@greenmountainartistry.com

Themes of Childress' play reflect her struggle

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Aurora Theatre Company opens its 19th season with Alice Childress’ vibrant, humorous, and heartbreaking look at racism through the lens of the theater, TROUBLE IN MIND. Set during the early years of the Civil Rights movement, this disconcerting yet disarmingly funny look at the inequalities of American life in the 1950’s highlights the half-truths we tell ourselves about race relations and societal progress in America.

ViolaMania

Monday, August 30th, 2010

See and be part of a whole lot of violists eating good food, listening to a great concert, and trying to set a record for the most violists playing the Telemann concerto at the same time.  Bring your viola and/or your ears and be prepared to be entertained!

Jazzschool Rising Stars Summer Noon Concerts

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

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The Downtown Berkeley Association and Jazzschool present the Jazzschool Rising Stars Summer Noon Concerts, a series of four free concerts, Thursdays at noon beginning August 5, 2010  in downtown Berkeley.  Focused on jazz standards and original compositions, these concerts held in Bartlett’s Patio on Kittredge St. next to the Berkeley Public Library, showcase the Jazzschool’s Rising Stars summer workshop. The tenth year of these free outdoor summer celebrations is just a small sampling of the performing arts happening nightly in clubs, cafes, schools, theaters and concert halls in downtown Berkeley.

 

The Jazzschool is dedicated to the study and performance of America’s indigenous art form — jazz, and related styles of music from around the world. Founded in 1997, the Jazzschool is located in the historic Kress Building on the northwest corner of Shattuck and Addison streets, situated in the heart of the burgeoning Downtown Berkeley Arts District which houses a number of unique resources complementary to jazz study and performance including Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Aurora Theater, Berkeley Repertory School of Theatre, East Bay Media Center, The Marsh, and the Art & Music Room in the Berkeley Public Library.

Hailed as one of the most comprehensive schools for jazz in the country, the Jazzschool offers instrumentalists and vocalists of all ages and levels a broad spectrum of performance and lecture classes, short-term workshops and private instruction through two distinct educational programs: the Jazzschool Community Music School, encompassing the Adult Music Program and the Young Musicians Program, and the Jazzschool Institute, a post-secondary degree program offering a B.Mus in Jazz Studies. Classes are designed for the professional musician, the serious student, and the jazz aficionado seeking personal enrichment. Jazzschool Books and Records serves as a resource for first-rate reading and listening materials and provides students, educators, and the public with supplemental educational materials, out-of-the-ordinary books, recordings, videos and music-related accessories. The Jazzcaffè and The Jazz Image, a photography gallery featuring works by Lee Tanner, contribute to an intimate setting for faculty and student performances. The Jazzcaffè also serves as a gathering place for musicians and their families and friends to exchange ideas, listen to great music and enjoy a bite to eat. Grab food to-go from The Jazzcaffè or bring a brown bag lunch and join us each Thursday for these noon concerts.

 

These concerts are the warm up to the Downtown Berkeley MusicFest which runs August 20-29 on 10 nights, with over 40 performances, and at 10 venues in Downtown Berkeley. Enjoy diverse musical styles spanning bluegrass to salsa to rock and roll. These concerts have been made possible in part by a generous gift from David and Beth Sawi. Thanks to AT&T California for sponsorship.

 

Take BART to the Downtown Berkeley BART station two blocks from the concert site at 2020 Kittredge next to the Berkeley Public Library. For parking and transportation, or other information about Downtown, please visit www.downtownberkeley.org.  Seating will be available.  This event is produced and sponsored by the Downtown Berkeley Association and the downtown business community. The site is wheelchair accessible.

Public-art project strives to reveal the real East Oakland

Monday, May 31st, 2010

ArtsChange Summer Arts Workshops

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

ArtsChange announces open registration for free art workshops this summer for Richmond youth ages 14-21. Workshops range in content from writing and performance to aerosol art and are designed for all experience levels. For more info and to download a registration application please visit http://artschange.wordpress.com

East Bay Zip Code Free Days @ BAM/PFA

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

BAM/PFA ANNOUNCES ZIP CODE PROGRAM FOR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES

Berkeley, CA, May 11, 2010—Thousands of East Bay residents will have two opportunities to visit the BAM/PFA galleries and also to attend L@TE: Friday Nights @ BAM/PFA free of charge during the summer months of 2010.

2 Berkeley Rep plays garner 6 Tony nominations

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Two plays that premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre — "American Idiot" and "In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)" — received a total of six Tony nominations Tuesday. The development means that Green Day, the East Bay trio that rose from the ranks of 924 Gilman Steret regulars to global rock superstardom, can now add a Tony nomination to its list of accomplishments.

World Premiere of La Peña - Ayer, Hoy y Pa’lante

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

35th Anniversary Series Presents

Community history comes alive through music, song and spoken word!

La Peña Cultural Center Celebrates its 35th Anniversary with the World Premiere of

La Peña - Ayer, Hoy y Pa’lante

La Peña presents the world premiere of La Peña - Ayer, Hoy y Pa’lante, an original suite of music by three time Grammy nominee, Wayne Wallace with libretto by Aya de Leon and performed by the La Peña International Orchestra. This work, integrates La Peña oral histories, archival footage and photos into a contemporary musical suite about the social and cultural movements that make up the La Peña community.

Grupo Raiz reunites in Berkeley

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Grupo Raiz returns to the stage where they were born 30 years ago to celebrate La Peña's 35th anniversary.

La Pena's 35 Anniversary Gala Concert with Grupo Raiz

Saturday May 15, 2010. $20 adv. $25 dr. - 8pm
(Strongly recommend buying tix in advance)

La Peña Celebrates 35th Anniversary

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

A local cultural center with a national reputation and a global vision. The 35th Anniversary Series Presents Like Brand New!
La Peña Celebrates its 35th Anniversary Main Event: Street Festival during June 5th, La Peña Day in Berkeley

Since 1975, La Peña has served as a community gathering space for people of diverse cultures; provided opportunities for artists to pass on specific cultural traditions, to create and perform work, while interfacing with and supporting diverse social movements. After 35 years, La Peña's mission of creating a welcoming & affordable space to promote cultural understanding, peace, solidarity, and community action through the arts and education remains as fresh and vital as ever: Like Brand New!

Collapse, Inspired by a Minnesota Tragedy, Will Get World Premiere in California

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Aurora Theatre Company announces productions for 19th season line-up.

Aurora Theatre to stage little-known Tennessee Williams play

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Aurora Theatre Company announces line-up for 19th season.

Berkeley's Aurora Theatre sets 2010-11 schedule

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company announces the line-up for its 19th season.

Oakland arts community rallying against proposed deep cuts

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

OAKLAND — The city's arts community may be able to breathe a bit easier.

City Council members were just about unanimous Thursday night in voicing opposition to cutting city arts grants by 50 percent as Oakland struggles to fill a budget gap of $43 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

But the council held off from actually voting on the plan.

The proposal to cut the grants would solve only about $500,000 of Oakland's general fund budget problems, but would have devastating effects for a city known as a haven for artists, supporters of the grants said.

Oakland artists: Budget cuts a too-common theme

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Oakland prides itself on its arts scene, a place where hip-hop thrives, Burning Man installations are born and strapped artists actually make a living.

But city funds that help keep many of the city's artists and organizations afloat are shriveling. City administrators have proposed halving the money for arts grants to help Oakland bridge a $42 million shortfall in its $400 million budget.

Richmond Silly Parade

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

PRESS RELEASE: RICHMOND SILLY PARADE

Time to get ready for the 4th Annual Richmond Silly Parade on Saturday, April 10th from 10:30 – 11:23 a.m. at the corner of 23rd and Macdonald. Come march with us, or bring the kids and chuckle.

Building on the success of the city’s great Cinco de Mayo and Juneteenth events, the Richmond Silly Parade welcomes all Richmond families to celebrate our creativity and imagination and have fun.

Visualize once again the Synchronized Nap Team, the Portable Hibachi Grill Team, the Senior Citizen Dry-Water Swim Team, the World’s Only Windchime Band, and the Jennifer Lopez Look-Alike Brigade winding their way through downtown accompanied by djembes, kazoos, and glockenspiels.

So get together with your friends, neighbors, classmates, bowling league, union brothers and sisters, bridge club, or support group, and put together something silly. All you need is a prop (lawnmowers, baby strollers, fly swatters, aprons) and an idea.

As time marches on, the Richmond Silly Parade should grow and more attract more people to our city. Check out these other famous community spectacles: “The Doo Dah Parade” of Pasadena or “In the Heart of the Beast” in Minneapolis.

For information and free registration, or to help, contact richmondsillyparade@gmail.com or Michael Beer at 235-5519.

Slide Show Remembering the Storytelling Tea Party!

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Patricia Bulitt, interdisciplinary artist/ dancer produced the annual women's and girls' tea party and storytelling ceremony in Berkeley. Come hear about this unusual, site specific performance where hundreds of women and girls came to share with others, their stories of women who influenced their life. Original prose, poetry, costumes, and inspiration. TIME: 7-830PM 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, 94804 Phone: ( 510) 620-6772

Paper Dress Making Workshops

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Patricia Bulitt, Guest Artist at the Richmond Art Center, will present a slide lecture on Friday, May 7 from 7-8:30PM on the annual storytelling tea party in Berkeley. ON Saturday, May 8, from 10-1PM will be a paper dress making workshop for adults. Family workshop to commemorate mother's day will be on May 8 from 2-4 PM --a free workshop. Contact Richmond Art Center: 510 620-6772

Paper Dress Making Workshops

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Remembering My Grandmother's Honey Cake: A Paper Dress Making Workshops for Women and girls ( 8 years old and older) attend a paper dress making workshop to commemorate a woman who influences your life! We will form a story telling circle, sharing our heroines. You will be given brown craft paper template to embellish as you wish. Location: LIve Oak Center, Live Oak Park, Berkeley TIME: 1-4PM Fee: $35-$65. per person. REGISTRATION NECESSARY: Contact: Patricia Bulitt, Artist. For 14 years she produced the women and girls tea party and storytelling ceremony in Berkeley! creek.dancer@earthlink.net

San Pablo Arts District Fund

Friday, March 5th, 2010

San Pablo Arts District Fund (SPAD), an Oakland based non-profit organization, begins its storefront art program with a collaborative installation by Oakland artist Michael Louis Young. 5512, a vacant storefront on San Pablo Avenue in economy-stricken North Oakland's Golden Gate District, is being transformed into SOS/SOL, a dynamic multimedia installation. SOS/SOL explores a narrative of sorrow and solitude on the high seas. The beautified storefronts lessen blight and undesired activities.

51 Years of Oakland's Fairyland

Monday, January 4th, 2010

The Big Bad Wolf has been huffing and puffing and blowing houses down for years. Honestly, doesn't he ever get tired? Not at Oakland's Fairyland, on the shores of Lake Merritt, where he's been keeping people of all ages entertained for 59 years with stories, rides and performances. And it's not just for kids - Adults can also take a journey through the magical world. Well as long as they bring a child. That's what reporter Dalia Cuenca found out, here's more.

Tomorrow's Sounds and Stars at Crowden

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Crowden Music Center shines a spotlight on exciting new music and emerging artists from the Bay Area this March, presenting a Crowden alumnus Sundays @ Four concert and two John Adams Young Composers Program events over the course of just four days, all featuring Crowden's special blend of outstanding classical music in an intimate, neighborly atmosphere.

AURORA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS HENRIK IBSEN'S "JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN"

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Aurora Theatre Company presents Henrik Ibsen's fiercely relevant JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN. Written in 1896, and recently revived in a new version by David Eldridge at London's Donmar Warehouse to great critical acclaim, Ibsen's penultimate play is a pointed indictment of capitalism, selfish ambition, and greed. The Borkman family fortunes have been brought low by the imprisonment of John Gabriel Borkman, who used his position as a bank manager to speculate illegally with his clients' money, ultimately losing the financial investments of hundreds of people. After serving eight years in prison for embezzlement, Borkman has spent the last five years making plans for a comeback, pacing alone in an upstairs room. Meanwhile downstairs, his estranged wife and her sister vie for the loyalty of Borkman's only son. Aurora Theatre Company founding Artistic Director Barbara Oliver, who directed the company's hit production of Ibsen's The Master Builder, returns to helm this drama about a family confined by an inescapable, unappeasable past, featuring James Carpenter and Karen Grassle.

Haitian musicians & dancers perform at Ashkenaz in two concerts to benefit Haiti earthquake relief

Friday, January 15th, 2010

TWO BENEFIT CONCERTS are planned at Ashkenaz in the coming weeks. Please help to spread the word:
  • January 28th: SOPHIS & KALBASS KREYOL (Afro-Haitian/Caribbean)
  • February 6th:MYSTIC MAN & LAKAY (Afro-haitian/Caribbean) with Afro-Haitian dance troupe RARA FUSION and a Haitian dance lesson before the show!

Alameda County Arts Commission Public Art Registries Open for Applications

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

The Alameda County Arts Commission is now accepting applications for two new public art registries. There are opportunities for a wide range of artists to work on several upcoming projects, for contracts ranging from approximately $4,000 to $200,000. The application deadline is March 19, 2010.

Brief Encounter With Tony Taccone

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Tony Taccone photo by Kevin Berne Tony Taccone may very well be the most prominent artistic director in America right now.

Taccone has, for 12 years, been the head of Berkeley Rep in California's Bay Area. Always a respected company, the theatre has in the last few years rocketed to the top of the regional heap, turning out nationally prominent productions at an impressive rate.

Berkeley Library & La Pena Art Exhibit

Monday, December 21st, 2009

The Berkeley Library & La Peña present the work of Claudio Talavera-Ballon.

Mercurial Farid

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Playwright channels the spirit of Freddie Mercury at this week's Hecho en Califas Festival.

A Lot to Love About 'Fat Pig'

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

This is LaBute at the best of his bad-boy sensitive mode. A provocative hit in New York in 2004... Barbara Damashek's Aurora staging is even richer, funnier and more disturbing. Damashek coaxes revelatory performances from a first-rate cast as she builds the action to an understated but affecting climax.

Crowden School in Berkeley Receives $365,000 Grant

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

The Crowden Music School in Berkeley received a $365,000 gift from Jacqueline Hoefer Trust to renovate concert hall. State-of-the-art performance and recording space to be named the Jacqueline and Peter Hoefer Auditorium at Crowden Music Center. http://www.crowden.org/About%20Us/PressReleases/HoeferPressRelease_FINAL .pdf

Mayors of Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Richmond Jointly Launch East Bay Cultural Corridor and 510Arts.com Portal Website

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The Mayors of Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Richmond convened a news conference and series of public events today to announce the launch of a nationally unprecedented public/private/community partnership that shines the spotlight on the arts and culture as proven catalysts for urban development, economic vitality, quality of life and community sustainability. Mayors Tom Bates of Berkeley, Richard Kassis of Emeryville, Ron Dellums of Oakland (represented by Rebecca Kaplan, Councilmember-at-large, City of Oakland) and Gayle McLaughlin of Richmond together “flipped the switch” to launch the new portal website, 510Arts.com, that is the first pilot activity of the newly formed East Bay Cultural Corridor (EBCC). The day will culminate with public arts activities in the four partner cities that celebrate this forward-thinking arts and business alliance, which is designed to broaden awareness of the East Bay as one of the country’s most culturally rich and diverse arts regions. The 510Arts.com and EBCC launch coincide with the October 2 California Arts Day and National Arts & Humanities Month.

Call to Artists: Oakland - BART 17th Street Gateway

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The Oakland Public Art Program and the Oakland Redevelopment Agency are seeking an artist to collaborate on the transformation of an existing, strategically located public transportation entrance site into a memorable, distinctive arts-centered gateway for Oakland’s re-emerging Uptown arts and entertainment district. The qualified applicant will have demonstrated experience working with a six- or seven-figure budget, as part of a design team, on integrated architectural design, and preferably with experience in the creation of light-based / new media art installations project costs, including the artist’s design fees, is $600,000.

Statement of Operating Principles East Bay Cultural Cooridor

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

We, the Mayors of the cities of Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Richmond have come together to state our strong commitment to strengthening the regional economy through creating the East Bay Cultural Corridor (EBCC). The intention of the EBCC is to heighten awareness of our cultural landscape, deepen the impact of the arts on their cities, and further the sustainability of artists and arts organizations through arts marketing, economic development and cultural tourism.

Four East Bay Cities Team Up In Nationally Unprecedented Arts Collaboration

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Mayors of Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Richmond Jointly Launch East Bay Culture Corridor and 510Arts.com Website October 2. Public/Private/Community Partnership Shines Spotlight on Diversity, Quality, Volume and Accessibility of Arts in the East Bay as one of America’s Highest Per Capita Arts Regions.

Berkeley's UC Theatre to become a concert venue

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

There was a time when just about every refrigerator in Berkeley was affixed with a UC Theatre schedule.

People went for the Swedish triple features, Hitchcock festivals and animation marathons. They donned wigs for Rocky Horror, brought umbrellas for "Singing in the Rain" and endured six-hour Samurai epics.

Now, nine years after the theater closed, Berkeley's refrigerators may soon be adorned once more with UC Theatre schedules, as the historic theater is reborn as a premier East Bay nightclub.

The Birth of Green Day's "American Idiot" Musical

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Billie Joe Armstrong and director Michael Mayer reveal the Broadway bonding behind the punk-rock opera.

Mayor Bates Announces Public/Private Partnership for New Berkeley Film Foundation

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

City of Berkeley, Wareham Development, The Saul Zaentz Company Berkeley Convention, and the Visitors Bureau Establish a $100,000 Fund for Local Independent Filmmakers

Fall 2009 Emeryville City News and Activity Guide is Here!

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

The first half of the City News and Activity Guide provides everyone with important news such as the Bay Bridge closure, Marina construction, or Center for Community Life updates. The second half of the production is Emeryville’s resource for recreational activities, senior services, child development programs, free special events and much more. Hard copies can be found at all City facilities, many commercial facilities, and distributed to the local schools.

The City of Emeryville Bus Shelter Temporary Art Project

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The City of Emeryville launches its Bus Shelter Public Art Program during 510 Arts month. The project expands the reach of the City’s Art in Public Places Program to four bus shelters located throughout the city at 40th at Emery, Bay at Shellmound, Powell at Commodore and Hollis at 63rd Streets. Through a juried process, nine artists were chosen to exhibit images based on the theme of “flora and fauna,” a reference to the rich plants and wildlife that have been a part of the area over time. The selected artists and exhibition periods are, as follows: Nora Pauwels, October 2009-January 2010; Catherine Courtenaye, February 2010-May 2010; David D’Andrea, June-September 2010; Robert Ortbal, October 2010-January 2011; Lenore McDonald, February 2011-May 2011; Dean Hunsaker, June 2011-September 2011; Kevin Twomey, October 2011-January 2012; Laura Anderson, February 2012-May 2012; Shawna Peterson, June 2012-September 2012.

Artist's electrifying canvas in Emeryville

Monday, June 16th, 2008

It's getting harder to be noticed in the bulging, big tent of public art, but a project in tiny Emeryville (population 6,882) is causing heads to swivel.

Alan Osborne: Expressionist Enamel at The Richmond Art Center

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Sculptor Alan Osborne’s more than 40 enamel paintings on bronze and copper at The Richmond Art Center are brightly colored abstractions that illustrate his skill as sculptor, printmaker and painter.

The Craneway Pavilion Announces July 3rd Independence Day Celebration Featuring the Oakland East Bay Symphony

Friday, June 5th, 2009

The Craneway Pavilion, inside the historic Ford Point Building on the waterfront in Richmond, will host a patriotic celebration for the whole family featuring live music, food and fireworks at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 3.

Richmond to celebrate 'grand re-opening' of Civic Center

Friday, August 28th, 2009

From the outside, Civic Center looks pretty much the same as it did when it opened in 1949. What's new is the fountain in the middle of the plaza. A fountain was in the original design renderings in the 1940s, said Steve Duran, community economic development director, but it was never built.

When the Gallery Is a Classroom

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

At the Oakland Museum in California, for example, where the collection spans art, history, the natural sciences and other disciplines, educators are showing schoolchildren how objects on exhibit are connected to their lives.

2010 Exhibition Proposals

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

Pro Arts and Oakland Art Gallery are accepting proposals for group exhibitions. One proposal will be selected to be shown in the gallery during 2010. Participation is open to all artists and curators, of any age.

Oakland Museum of CA Reinventing Visitor Experience

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

$58 Million Campaign to Create Dynamic, Welcoming Exhibition Spaces New Art, History, and Natural Sciences Galleries

Oakland Museum of California Awarded $3.1M in New Grants

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

NEH, IMLS, Bechtel, James Irvine, and Kresge Foundations fund new models for visitor engagement and participation.

First Fridays and Oakland Art

Monday, August 24th, 2009

For those of you that have not experienced an Oakland First Friday, you are in for a treat. It is an evening when Oakland comes alive, there are people in the street, the coffee is flowing, as is the wine and good spirits. All of this over gallery openings on the first Friday of every month.

Newhouse: Oakland artist hardly old at 79

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Jose Ramon Lerma, son of a tomato farmer, won his first artists prize at 8. He knew right then that he would never take over the farm.

He needed to paint to escape that rural existence, and he needs to paint today to feel fulfilled, even though he's 79 and has led a full life.

Art cart spotlights neighborhood's diversity

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Twice a week for the past two months, artists Lisa Rasmussen and Lauren Odell Usher have pushed their big red art cart with its red-and-yellow umbrella to a different corner in the KoreaTown-Northgate district.

The cart is stocked with paper, crayons, pens, paint and charcoal for making art.

Oakland artists launch rocket at Burning Man

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

The rumor at this year's Burning Man Festival was spreading. Was that 40-foot-tall rocket ship hailing from a West Oakland warehouse planted in the harsh desert soil going to launch?


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