With more than 100 pieces of art donated by scores of the area’s artists, Works/San Jose’s exhibition of auction pieces will launch on Thursday, Nov. 20. and culminate with its long-awaited benefit auction on Saturday, Dec. 6.
First Friday Auction Preview: Dec. 5 will be 7 pm till …
Benefit Auction: Saturday, Dec. 6, Last Preview at 5 pm, Bidding at 7 pm till …
Don’t Forget! Works’ current Artist in Residence, Fanny Retsek, continues to work on her on-going “printstallation” entitled “Casualty”. View her progress anytime on the Market Street-side window of the Works’ gallery location.
This friday night, Works/San Jose has a great lineup of FREE entertainment and activities going on.
Throughout the night, there will be live music from these performers:
Nate Kavanaugh (Cast Iron Songs)
Mike Hugenor (Shinobu/Hard Girls)
Sim Castro (The Albert Square)
Works/San Jose will continue its showcase the talents of local Intermediate and High School students in Hope & Fear. Come and see the artists of tomorrow as they learn to explore hope and fear through artistic expression. Also, Works’ current Artist in Residence.
Fanny Retsek, continues to work on her on-going “printstallation” entitled Casualty. View her progress anytime on the Market Street-side window of the Works’ gallery location.
Save the date: Benefit Art Auction, Saturday, December 6!
The following night at Works/San Jose (Saturday November 8th 6:00 pm+, all ages, $5 donation requested) is “SIDESCROLLER ]I[: Shmup Love“, a night of retro and not-retro video games.
it’s hard to believe, but it was a year ago that we did the last SIDESCROLLER event, so we’re WAY overdue. Come join us Saturnday, November 8th, from 6:00pm to midnight-ish for a night of retro and not-retro games in the genre of the futuristic side scrolling shooter. $5 donation is requested so we can help pay the rent and electricity bill at Works/San Jose. OMGWTF?! Sidescroller is t3h awesome!1!
Official Call for Artists:
Heart of Chaos (http://www.heartofchaos.net) once again brings “UpRoar” to San Jose with it’s second annual exhibit at South First Billiards. Anything goes in this open themed exhibit juried by the attending reception audience. You remember last year, we are doing it up even BIGGER this year! So bring on the ART!
Theme: Open, anything goes! All mediums and forms of expression welcome.
Submission Drop Offs: October 27 - November 1, 2008 from 4-10PM at South First Billiards, 420 South First Street, San Jose, 95113. You must be 21+ to enter South First Billiards. Exhibit entry is open to artists under 21 please contact Freddie Vega at upbeat111@yahoo.com for special drop off arrangements if needed.
Opening Night Party: November 7th, 8pm-2am ($5 admission waived for exhibiting artist)
The Arts Council is awarding one $4,000 fellowship to an individual artist for work in each of six categories:
2-Dimensional Visual Arts: photography, film, or video.
3-Dimensional Visual Arts: Sculpture (all media)
Literary Arts: Poetry
Music: Instrumental Performance
Dance: Choreography
Theatre: Stage direction
No specific project needs to be carried out with the funds awarded.
SAVE THE DATE
INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOPS on submitting a grant application will be held:
Tuesday, September 9, 6:15pm at San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
520 South First Street, San Jose
Wednesday, September 10, 4:00pm at the Arts Council Silicon Valley
Suite 200 Conference Room 1, 4 North Second Street, San Jose
APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 14, 2008
For Guidelines and Application, go to
http://www.artscouncil.org/grants/grants/forindividual/artist.asp
Arts Council Silicon Valley offers Individual Artist Fellowships each year in six different categories. Fellowships are funded by the California Arts Council, County of Santa Clara, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Silicon Valley Art Fund at Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
8PM ’til LATE - ART WALK venues are open late & are free
The SoFA District is So. First Street between San Carlos and E. Reed streets
Works San Jose - 451 South First Street
After months of mostly darkness, a dedicated band of artists and patrons are excited to reopen Works with Works re: group, the 2008 member exhibition. This annual salon style show is the South Bay’s most inclusive and eclectic. Works is your community art and performance center and is completely volunteer-run, so come to see the exhibition and find out how you can participate!
Whitney Aiken The biggest most influential thing that has ever happened to me presented under the mentorship of Space 47 as part of 01SJ Adobe Global Youth Voices Project and The Second Biennial 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge with exhibition space provided by Works/San José
This work, originally installed at TheTech’s New Venture Hall, was deemed too mature in subject matter by the museum and was removed from the exhibition. Works/San José has provided this space so that the work can be seen as part of 01SJ.
Whitney Aiken’s, The biggest most influential thing that has ever happened to me, features two life-size portraits side-by-side, one of Aiken and the other of her mother. A companion video piece features an intimate conversation between the two. During the spring of 2008, Aiken posted private journal entries on a public Internet blog every day for six weeks. The entries conveyed her six-year relationship to cancer, with sentiments ranging from resentment to empowerment.
Come join us Saturnday, November 8th, from 6:00pm to midnight-ish for a night of retro and not-retro games in the genre of the futuristic side scrolling shooter. $5 donation is requested so we can help pay the rent and electricity bill at Works/San Jose. OMGWTF?! Sidescroller is t3h awesome!1!