Works/San José News

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION—In the Main Gallery: All For One!… the 2009 Works Member Exhibition. Over 100 local and regional artists who have banded together to support your community art and performance center. No judge, no jury—from gentle to startling, a cross section of our community of artists.

In the P2 Installation Space: Failure, a mixed media installation by artist Lisa Noble.

When: Friday, October 2nd from 7pm-late!

Where: Works/San Jose, 451 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113

Questions? Contact gallery@workssanjose.org or call (408)286-6800

BENEFIT COMEDY NIGHT
“Funny Women” comedy night with lesbian comedians Janine Brito and Natasha Muse. Friday, September 25, 7pm, at Works, 451 South 1st Street, $15 donationa benefit for Works/San Jose and the Billy de Frank Community Center. The related exhibit “That’s So Gay!” with work by Annie Sprinkle and 17 other artists ends Saturday. Works is open Thursday noon to 7pm; Friday and Saturday noon to 4pm

WORKS MEMBER MEETING
Saturday, September 26, 2pm
All members please attend the member meeting to make suggestions, listen, and find a way forward. Help Works to survive and thrive by getting involved. Deliver your art for the member exhibit at the same time if you like!

MEMBER ART EXHIBIT
For Artists who want to both help community art and show their work, Works’ member exhibit DEADLINE is this Saturday. Just become a member and place a piece in the exhibition.
Bring your art this Thursday, Friday, or Saturday!
Exhibition opens First Friday, October 2.
Download the exhibit form with details at www.workssanjose.org

NEW MUSIC NIGHT
Saturday, September 26, 7pm
Karen Mullally and indie band Deathat
$5 donation at the door

Become a Member of Works and exhibit in downtown San Jose!

Open call for regional artists, friends of Works and everyone else!

We hope you will help represent regional art in the south bay by participating in All For One!…, the Works 2009 member exhibition. Not a member yet? Become one and you’re in the show–no judge, no jury–just our wide and varied community of artists! Please see the call-for-artists posted below to participate. Please forward the call to your friends in the arts!

key dates (all are also on the call): ART DUE BY SEPT 26
art delivery days: Sept 24 (noon to 7), Sept 25 (noon to 4), and Sept 26 (noon to 4)
opening day and reception: First Friday Oct 2, 7pm till late
closing reception: First Friday Nov 6, 7pm till late
exhibition closes: Nov 13
pick up work: Nov 14 (noon to 4)

CALL FOR ART—DOWNLOAD PDF HERE

Location and Phone:
451 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
Gallery: 408-286-6800
Voicemail:408-256-6250
Email: gallery@workssanjose.org

On View Now: THAT’S SO GAY!
September 17 to 26, 2009

“That’s So Gay” is a juried exhibition that both a funny and cutting response to the dire straits that individuals and organizations are experiencing in the current recession. The show is a humorous-light-hearted- comic look at survival in tough times. Laughter brings together community and community creates sustainability. Join Us for two great gay weeks of art, comedy and music.

Benefit Comedy Night: FUNNY WOMEN!

“Funny Women” comedy night with lesbian comedians Janine Brito and Natasha Muse
Friday, September 25, 7pm, at Works, 451 South 1st Street, $15 donation
a benefit for Works/San Jose and the Billy de Frank Community Center

exhibition artists:
John Agcaoili
Terry Berlier
Ed Clapp
Kimberly Cook
David Duckworth
Gene Erickson
Sean Gyshen Fennell
Jesse Harod
Patricia Hulin
Durga Krummer
Diane & Rick Malone
Sheila Malone
Rebecca Mason
Kim Navarre
Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens
Brian Tepper
Lynne Todaro

juried by:
Michele Rowe-Shields
David Duckworth

This exhibition and events presented by The South Bay Queer Arts Project (SBQAP) and Works/San Jose. All Proceeds benefit Works/San Jose and the Billy De Frank Community Center. The SBQAP’s mission is to create opportunities for Queer artists in the South Bay. The SBQAP is made up of queer artists, educators, non-profit professionals and activists who live and work in the South Bay.

Haptic Synapses came through again with another performance with additional guests. Tonight’s show was particularly strange because right down the street was the san jose zombie walk and outdoor showing of Shaun of the Dead, so we had a relatively huge crowd of zombies hanging out inside and right outside the door, all night. Click above to check out some of the action!

Global climate change has far reaching ramifications, and as a result the world as we know it will not be the world of 100 or perhaps even 10 years. Armed with an awareness of how our actions impact the environment, how will this affect our ideas about who we are? This was the question posed by CADRE New Media Lab at San Jose State University in an open call to artists earlier this summer.

From entries all over the world, six finalists were chosen. Leading artist Andrea Polli, seen at 01SJ 2008, will be exhibiting her work Sonic Antarctica We are also excited to feature the work Markers and 10,000-year journey by Xavier Cortada. Other works exploring the poles include Jerome Gueneau and Catherine Rannou, Phil Boissonnet, Andrea Juan, and Erika Blumenfeld. The jurors for the exhibit include surveillance artist Hasan Elaji, new media artist Robin Lasser and writer/curator Annick Bureaud.

Beginning August 7, Polar Identity can be experienced both online at SWITCH the online journal for art and technology, as well as at WORKS/San Jose. Throughout the event there will be public lectures and panels sponsored by ZERO1.

Exhibition details:

OPENING:
August 7, 2009, during South First Friday Art Walk, 7pm-11pm
Meet Artist Phil Boissonnet
WORKS/ SJ
451 south first street
san josé, ca 95113
www.workssanjose.org

Work and articles also exhibited virtually
SWITCH Journal for Art and Technology,
http://switch.sjsu.edu/v26/

CLOSING:
September 11, 2009, 7pm
Meet Artist Xavier Cortada
WORKS/San Jose
451 south first street
san josé, ca 95113

Workshops and Panels TBA

Further questions please contact:
Danielle Siembieda
dsiembieda@wildmail.com

WORKS/San Jose invites you to ‘A Box of Strange’ the encore performance of the Cardboard Box Theater Project July 25 and 26th! Reserve tickets by email, pay what you can at the door!

The Cardboard Box Theater Project is a newly formed South Bay theater company founded by Santa Clara University Alumni, dedicated to presentation of new works and old works in new ways! The company features both SCU alumni and current students from the departments of Theater, Dance, Music, and English!

WHAT: A Box of Strange: a world populated by unique, odd, and engaging characters, including tree actors, lawn gnomes, and a breast-enhancing chorus. Production explores the line between reality and absurdity, asking the tough questions: What would happen if Shakespearean characters came together to discuss their sexual afflictions? How wrong can a first date go before lunacy sets in? And, who can resist the desire to turn a traditional dream ballet into a hip-hop/bollywood-inspired extravaganza?

WHERE: Works/San Jose, 451 South First Street, San Jose, 95113

WHEN: Sunday, July 25th and Sunday July 26th, 2009. Doors open at 7:30pm. Show begins at 8pm.

TICKETS: Reserve your tickets at this email address: tickets@thecardboardbox.org . Pay what you can at the door to support these two non-profits! No one will be turned away! Also Cardboard Box Theater Website for more details here.
MORE INFORMATION: See this link to the Cardboard Box Theater Project website at http://thecardboardbox.org/news+shows/Entries/2009/7/25_A_Box_of_Strange_Encore_Shows!.html

Haptic Synapses played at WORKS/San José, july 15th, 2009. Here’s what it sounded like:

They’re still dialing in the broadcasting settings, but here’s the ustream recording…

They would love to recruit a person to help take photos and handle the video camera at their next live performance… if you’re interested, please contact steve@sc-fa.com

Technorati Tags: improvised, live, music, san jose, San José, sanjose, techno

JOIN US AT WORKS FOR A WEEK OF FREE WORKSHOPS FOR ALL AGES! DROP IN AND DO ART! ALL KIDS AGES FROM 1-99 INVITED!

QUESTIONS? Write Stephanie Battle, Gallery Coordinator at gallery@workssanjose.org or call (408)286-6800 or cellphone (520)245-7821!

Join us for the opening of the exhibition ‘remote/control’ during the SubZERO Festival. The show consists of eight Bay Area artists including John Bruneau, Jason Challas, Joe DeLappe, Joseph Kohnke, Sheila Malone, James Morgan, Tom Riebold, and Shannon Wright. , who will utilize electronic reproductions, signals, and transmissions to reflect concepts of mass media production, representations of “self” in virtual spaces, and the illusion of control that personal electronic devices create in our world. The show was guest curated by Sheila Malone and Jason Challas.

Where: WORKS/San Jose 451 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113

When: First Friday June 5, 2009, 6pm-11pm.
The Subzero Festival goes on until midnight!

What:The 2nd Annual SubZERO FESTIVAL takes place on South First Street between San Carlos and Reed streets. It’s a diy, artistically bent, hi/lo-techno-mashup where street meets geek presented by ZER01 and South First Fridays.

From 6pm ‘til midnight you’ll find two stages of entertainment plus 100 artists, performers, and musicians celebrating the indie creative spirit!

Have Questions or Want More information, write to or visit: gallery@workssanjose.org or visit the SubZero Website http://www.SubZEROfestival.com