7th January 2011, 01:18 pm
Set in a New York police department where police are baffled by the identity of a serial killer, the show has a cast of six, one of whom is revealed at the end to be the man – or woman – they have been looking for. Suspenseful, fast-paced and edgy, the show will keep an audience guessing right up to the final showdown.
The Zahsman Murders is part of the ‘Sparklight Play Development Series’, created by Arclight to nurture and develop new Bay Area voices in the theatre. Sparklight provides emerging playwrights with the opportunity to refine their scripts through initial readings, feedback from the actors, directors and designers, and through post-show discussions with the audience, which can often lead to lively and invaluable dialogues.
The show will be staged at WORKS/San Jose as part of a community partnership with Arclight. This deliberately intimate gallery setting will place the audience in the world of the play, where they will preside like members of a jury while motives and evidence are presented to them, clues are examined, and the murderer is finally exposed. Multimedia elements will be used in lieu of exposition to acquaint the audience with the history of the Zahsman murders and engage them directly in the shadowy world inhabited by the serial killer.
January 14th – 29th, 2011
Thursdays – Saturdays 8pm
Sundays 2pm
WORKS/San Jose Art & Performing Art Center
451 S. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113 in downtown San Jose
(800) 838-3006
$25 general / $15 students & seniors (65+)
www.arclightrep.org
5th November 2010, 05:50 pm
JOIN or RENEW NOW to participate!
One extra day to bring your art: Monday, November 29, 3pm to 7pm
You are invited to participate in the 2010 Members’ exhibition at Works/San José, your community art and performance center. The exhibition, entitled Ring in the New, will open with a reception on First Friday, December 3 and close with a member party and annual meeting on First Friday January 7, both events from 7pm to 10pm.
Each member of Works is invited to place one work of art into the exhibition, your single piece must be ready-to-hang (framed/mounted with all hanging hardware). Space is limited for this popular exhibition and we must limit wall pieces to 24 inches in width by 24 inches in height; and sculptural pieces to 24 inches in width and depth. Please include instructions for pedestals, suspensions, or any other special display requests. please also provide a resume and artist statement.
All work must be hand-delivered to 451 South 1st Street on Thursday, November 18, noon to 4pm; or Friday November 19, noon to 6pm. or Saturdays, November 20 and 27, noon to 4pm. The exhibition entry form and exhibition agreement can be completed when you deliver your work or can be downloaded from this site soon. Performance artists who would like to present a work during one of the receptions must provide a description by 4pm november 27.
Volunteers are needed for installation and receptions—please sign up to help when you deliver your work!
Work will be available for pick-up on Saturday, January 8, from noon to 4pm.
Join or renew your membership now to take part in the south bay’s most inclusive and eclectic exhibition. Basic membership is just $35 per year, with dual membership at just $60. for greater rewards and acknowledgement on our donor wall, please support Works at $100 or above if you can.
If you have questions, please email gallery@workssanjose.org.
Thank you for your participation!
21st October 2010, 10:10 am
My Favorite Nightmares
An Art Show curated By Lacey Bryant
Nightmares. As creepy or repulsive as they may be, they fascinate us. They linger in our minds long after we’ve woken, leaving us distracted by thoughts of otherworldly fears. It is often the strange things that play in our heads at night that inspire us to create upon waking. Sometimes these unsettling dreams are rearranged from the events of our daily lives; our brains p…utting them into a senseless order, helping us to see our thoughts from an inside out perspective. Other dreams seem to make no sense at all and yet perhaps it is this “otherness” that causes us to dwell, at times giving rise to an almost a manic need to recreate the scenes that dance across our sleeping eyes, if only to have some relief once the images have been transferred to the canvas.
When we celebrate the bizarre terrors which overtake us in our sleep we are able to see what base fears we share. This will be a show of real and imagined nightmares, monsters, things that go bump in the night or cause us to gasp awake. The reoccurring night terrors that we just can’t get enough of. An admission that we kind of like to be scared.
Reception on Halloween, October 31 7-11pm & November 5 8-11pm
The art will be on display from October 31-November 25.
451 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
Gallery: 408-286-6800
Voicemail:408-300-6405
gallery@workssanjose.org
25th August 2010, 12:01 pm
WHAT: The Cardboard Box Theatre Project presents its first-ever One Acts Festival this August — featuring new works by four Bay Area playwrights.
Adeline by Julie Jigour
It Ain’t Over Easy by Phi Le
Sex Ed by Molly Murphy
Migration by Chad Eschman
The four works present very different worlds, ranging from heightened realities to noir-style mysteries. They also feature both new and returning actors and directors.
Extending beyond previous CBTP productions, the works in A Box of One Acts offer not only comedic moments but also serious contemplations of relationships, personal obstacles, and the desire to evolve or change.
WHEN: Friday, August 27 – 8pm, 2010 (doors open at 7:30)
Sunday, August 29 – 7pm, 2010 (doors open at 6:30)
WHERE: Works/San Jose, 451 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
HOW MUCH: Pay-what-you-can at the door. Reserve tickets by emailing tickets@thecardboardbox.org
WHO: Brought to you by the Cardboard Box Theatre Project.
QUESTIONS: Write to Stephanie at gallery@workssanjose.org or see the Cardboard Box Theater Project Website, www.thecardboardbox.org for more information.
20th August 2010, 02:03 pm
Friday, August 20, 2010 from 6-10pm!
a wild one-night all-ages, everyone invited, collaboration of live painting, open mic poetry, and drum session—all happening in a simultaneous soup of creativity! drums, canvasses, drawing tables, and even some supplies provided! refreshments will be available. bring your still life materials to add, or any instruments, poems, etc, that you desire!
all donations and proceeds benefit works/san josé, your community art and performance center.
6th August 2010, 02:38 pm
Opening August 6 from 8pm-late is “Murals of Silicon Valley”. Join us!
This exhibition organically grew out of WordsPaintingMusic and Left Coast Live, two events that provided community artists with a platform to express their creativity in a collaborate and larger format. While a mural usually is defined as an artwork that fits the contours of a building, wall, or structure, a mural can now also be defined in a wider context. The free standing boards and the wide range of interpretations from various artists on what constitutes a ‘mural’ are examples of that expansion.
As artists worked in the gallery, a sense of play and engaging collaboration evolved that does not exist in a solo studio environment. Artists, by the nature of the artistic process, are relegated to solitude, but most like to be social and so the various teams that formed around each board as the art was in process made for more engaging and unexpected results, as instant critiques and suggestions were given in a manner of good will and generosity.
Individual murals also known as ‘signature murals’ were added to the mix. Great signature artists like Emigdio Vasquez and John Pugh, were the inspiration for adding works by local artists such as Ben Alexy, Francesca Lovecchio, and Paul J. Gonzalez. These three are San José artists whose artwork serves as a counterpoint to the collaborative pieces in the exhibition.
San José has a rich array of murals. Photographer Reuben Rutledge photographed many of the murals hidden in and around Silicon Valley for this exhibition. Many reflect an historical and cultural perspective, like one of the at the Mexican Heritage Plaza or the one facilitated by MACLA at the corner of Sunset and Alum Rock in East San José. Others reflect a more contemporary view of modern life.
The artists in this exhibit put in a lot of hours, and Works is proud to show the great effort that went into these murals. Although Silicon Valley has many murals, there is room for more, and the most compelling reason to see more of this genre is not just because it is culturally enriching, but because it facilitates dialogue between communities and artists.
18th June 2010, 04:54 pm
Friday, June 18, 2010, 6 to 10pm
a wild one-night all-ages, everyone invited, collaboration of live painting, open mic poetry, and drum session—all happening in a simultaneous soup of creativity! drums, canvasses, drawing tables, and even some supplies provided! refreshments will be available. bring your still life materials to add, or any instruments, poems, etc, that you desire!
all donations and proceeds benefit works/san josé, your community art and performance center.
26th May 2010, 02:17 pm
WORKS/ San Jose is holding its 1st Annual “Out of State” Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition this weekend. The show acknowledges the culmination of four years of comprehensive study by students in the undergraduate Pictorial Art program at San Jose State University. The exhibition features painting, drawing, printmaking, and mixed media, and includes works by: Ginger Burrell, Matthew Campbell, Jose Estrada, Gloria Gardner, Onna Hui, Minal Jeswani, Jeremiah Kille, Colin King-Bailey, Gabriela Lujan, Craig Anthony Mele, William Muir, Kristin Shinoda, Kate Stewart and Sebastian Vido
The show opens with a reception on May 28, 2010 from 7-9 p.m. at WORKS/San Jose and will be on view through June 12.
26th May 2010, 02:15 pm
The Board of Works would like to thank the artists who generously donated their work, the bidders who laid claim to new artwork, and all the volunteers that made Saturday a terrific event! Special recognition to Stephanie Battle for her amazing work in hanging the show and Joe Miller for his stylish auctioneering!
25th May 2010, 06:18 pm
exhibition: May 28 to June 12, 2010
reception: Friday, May 28, 7 to 9pm
and join us for SubZero on First Friday, June 4, from 6pm till late
Out of State: the debut exhibition of San José State University 2010 BFA graduates in pictorial art:
Ginger Burrell
Matthew Campbell
Jose Estrada
Gloria Gardner
Onna Hui
Minal Jeswani
Jeremiah Kille
Colin King-Bailey
Gabriela Lujan
Craig Anthony Mele
William Muir
Kristin Shinoda
Kate Stewart
Sebastian Vido
With a wide range of media and fresh points of view, this is the exciting first appearance of the Out of State collaboration between Works and SJSU since 2002!
gallery hours: thursday noon to 4pm, friday noon to 7pm, saturday noon to 4pm
451 South First Street, downtown San José
images: top: Jeremiah Kille, bottom: Gloria Gardner
The Zahsman Murders CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! 
