The South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk + STREET MRKT is this Friday, September 3rd! It all kicks off at 7pm and goes 'til late!

Here's some highlights from KALEID Gallery and Phantom Galleries coordinated exhibits:

Coexist & Bisect Two new manifestations by René Lorraine

René Lorraine's latest work is a fascinating take on man coexisting with unfamiliar species, ideals, and life styes that one may find on this earth. Coexist deals with embracing differences between souls and the shells they reside in, and is an unbeatable experience involving a harmonious dance between crisp clean line, and free-flowing watercolor pigments. Bisect is about the challenges one person may have desiring two very different life styles. The delicate graphite mimic's the fine line of having balance and not.

René Lorraine is a graduate of San Jose State University with a BFA in Pictorial Arts, and an A.A in Painting.

Shadows of Light, from the Hidden Sun A vision of the Authentic self by Ras Lowe.

This Art message is about deep personal inner visions, a progressive transmission of sacred information for the 21st. century, from the ancient temples of Egypt, to the jungles of Holy Peru. Remembering every moment in Life is a gift, and is precious, not to be wasted.

Ras Lowe is a graduate from San Jose State University, MA, Urban Planning, and BA, in Black Studies-( African American Studies) He has lived in San Jose since 1969 and is retired currently teaching (Japanese Swordsmanship) Ken-do at SJSU.

(7-9pm) KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street

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Opening Reception: Scrap Facet by Sandi Billingsley
A collection of distinctive monochrome portraiture on rescued & re purposed material.

Good Karma Cafe
37 South First Street

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Opening reception of Gravity by artist Valerie Runningwolf

New encaustic works as well as mixed- media pieces that are of traditional and contemporary ideas that awaken and encourage exploration.

First Fridays are Opera Night! at Caffé Trieste with some of the Bay Area’s best opera singers performing your favorite arias and duets.

Caffe Trieste
315 South First Street

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On view: Freedom. Experience Reality. by abstract artist Nathan Belomy
Phantom Galleries Location: 386 South First Street

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This Friday is also the last STREET MRKT of the season! Live music by Sean Hayes, Lisa Dewey & Lotus Life, and Jhameel plus 40 regional artists and indie vendors 7pm-11pm out on South First Street between San Carlos & San Salvador streets.

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For full listings of all participating venues including Anno Domini, MACLA, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, South First Billiards, SLG Art Boutiki, Higher Fire Clay, Downtown Yoga Shala, METRO Photo Exhibit and Art Ark, visit http://www.SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com!

Arc Studios and Gallery DOLLHOUSE" exhibition Dec 4th - Jan 15th

"Dolls are substitutes for humans, and are used in both childhood and adult play. A plastic doll, robot, sock monkey, paper doll, rag doll, nutcracker, marionette, soldier, voodoo effigy and blowup sex toy, they are all repositories of our fears, fantasies, and desires. We love them, we fear them; we cherish them, we tear them apart; we talk to them, they talk to us. We imbue them with our imaginary life and in return they transport us into their worlds. For the Holiday Season, Arc Gallery will be figuratively transformed into a giant dollhouse for one-of-a-kind dolls and dollhouses. Artists are invited to liberally interpret their concept of 'dolls' and 'dollhouses,' and bring to life a creature or world from your wildest imaginings."

JUROR: Jack Fischer is the owner of Jack Fischer Gallery at 49 Geary in San Francisco. His gallery exhibits work from a diverse group of artists that fall under the rubrics of outsider, folk, contemporary, naive, visionary, self-taught, and intuitive.'
www.jackfischergallery.com

EXHIBITION DATES: December 4, 2010 – January 15, 2011

DOLLHOUSE RECEPTION: Saturday, December 4 from 7:00 - 10:00 pm

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Works must be submitted online by October 31, 2010 to be considered for jurying.

Continue reading "DOLLHOUSE call for submissions" »

Eden Under the Canopy Subtropical Gardens of the Mata Atlantica, Brazil is a series of new large format photographs by Barbara Boissevain.

Opening reception is Tuesday, August 31, 6pm-8pm in the Herbert Saunders Gallery (2nd Floor of the San Jose Art Building.)

KALEID Gallery Featured Exhibits for September 2010: René Lorraine, Ras Lowe

Opening receptions: Friday, September 3rd, 7-9pm

(part of downtown San Jose's South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk.)

Free and open to the public.

Coexist & Bisect

Two new manifestations by René Lorraine

René Lorraine's latest work is a fascinating take on man coexisting with unfamiliar species, ideals, and life styes that one may find on this earth. Coexist deals with embracing differences between souls and the shells they reside in, and is an unbeatable experience involving a harmonious dance between crisp clean line, and free-flowing watercolor pigments. Bisect is about the challenges one person may have desiring two very different life styles.  The delicate graphite mimic's the fine line of having balance and not.

René Lorraine is a graduate of San Jose State University with a BFA in Pictorial Arts, and an A.A in Painting. 

Shadows of Light, from the Hidden Sun A vision of the Authentic self by Ras Lowe.

This Art message is about deep personal inner visions, a progressive transmission of sacred information for the 21st. century, from the ancient temples of Egypt, to the jungles of Holy Peru. Remembering every moment in Life is a gift, and is precious, not to be wasted. 

Ras Lowe is a graduate from San Jose State University, MA, Urban Planning, and BA, in Black Studies-( African American Studies) He has lived in San Jose since 1969 and is retired  currently teaching (Japanese Swordsmanship)  Ken-do at SJSU.

Exhibit on view through September 24, 2010.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street, Downtown San Jose
www.KALEIDgallery.com
408.947.1785

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday Noon - 7pm, Saturday Noon - 5pm

Empire Seven Studios presents Sean Boyles: First 10 Years.
Features a new free standing mural consisting of 21 doors and a collection of current work and art dating back to 2000.

Opening Reception: September 10th 8pm - midnight with music by Cutso.

Exhibit on view September 10-30, 2010

Empire 7 Studios
525 N. 7th St. San Jose, CA
Email: empiresevenstudios@yahoo.com
Phone: 408.668.4434

Surgery presents [ Resuscitation ]

A night of dark music and art.

A group exhibition featuring work of Bay Area artists specializing in Dark Art. Resuscitation explores and decomposes various interpretations and conceptions of loneliness, depression, alienation, death and decay, as applied to both human and inanimate objects, architecture, conditions of matter, expressed through texture, color and shape and sound. The goal of the exhibition is to portray impermanent microcosm, created for one short night, by fusion of different artistic styles, mediums, philosophies and cultures.

Featuring live performance by James Perry.

2 rooms of auditory therapy by: Krankenschwester BatKat, Dr. Bonepeeler Ron, Dr. Stats, Dr. Kevorkian, Dr. Smith, and Holy Filament

Visual stimulation by MinMAX.

Dark artwork by: J. Howe, M. Dvorkin, K. Bronson, G. Smith, A. Viksne, S. Vickers, K. Nelson, R. Hyodo, H. Goodlett, and R. Ruteledge

Curated by: Mu'Izza

When: Sept 10 2010 10PM-2AM

Co-pay: $5.

Where: The British Bankers Club
1090 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA

Must be 21+ with valid ID

End of the World, oil on canvas

Nathan Belomy is an abstract artist working in oil on canvas. With a strong appreciation for Art, he has pursued studies in Art throughout his life, his expertise in a variety of talent range; but Art is the focus.

Freedom by Nathan Belomy
386 South First Street
Downtown San Jose
http://pupples.blogspot.com/

Cardboard Box Theatre Project’s A Box of One Acts presents four new one-act plays by Bay Area playwrights and features both new and returning actors and directors. The collection of works extends CBTP beyond its previous productions, as the works offer not only comedic moments but also serious contemplations of relationships, personal obstacles, and the desire to evolve or change. Although each one-act play presents a very different world, all works feature common threads of transition and redefining relationships. (Parental guidance suggested due to language and content.)

A Box of One Acts: Julie Jigour’s Adeline provides a glimpse into the psychological ramifications of lost love as a mother and daughter struggle in different ways to battle their personal demons. Chad Eschman’s Migration introduces us to a restless young assistant who develops an unexpected friendship with an unusual, but remarkably astute young boy. Molly Murphy’s Sex Ed charts a realistic and contemporary vision of sex, relationships, and codes between brothers. Phi Le’s It Ain’t Over Easy offers a noir-style murder mystery with philosophical and feline undertones.

A Box of One Acts
Time:
Friday, August 27, 2010 8PM (doors 7:30PM)
Sunday, August 29, 2010 7PM (doors 6:30PM)

Location:
WORKS/San Jose
451 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113

Price: Pay what you can. Tickets at the door or by reservation.
To reserve seats email tickets@thecardboardbox.org

www.thecardboardbox.org

Acrylic paintings by Tamar Belson at Red Berry Cafe

"In this series of paintings I used basic colors and their combinations to create a play of contrasts. Warm and cold colors, lines and shapes on colorful surfaces and circles on squares - being some of them. I am always attracted to the powerful interaction between these contrasts and offer the viewer a surprising and vivid outcome." ~Tamar Belson

Tamar Belson was born and raised in Israel. She earned a civil engineering degree from the Technion, Israel in 1991 and worked as an engineer in the following years. In 1998, Tamar and her family moved to California, where she studied photography and art.
She lives in Los Altos, California with her husband and four sons and actively pursues further development as an artist.

Exhibition on view through October 18, 2010

Red Berry Coffee Bar
231 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 286-0508

Hours: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 6pm and Saturday - Sunday 9am - 3pm

Dax Tran-Caffe, artist, Museum Proper puppeteer genius, and accordianist of music group Corpus Callosum has a new series of watercolors entitled Ghost showing at Faux Salon in Campbell.

Faux Salon 378 E Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA
Salon hours: Tue, Fri 10 am - 5 pm, Wed-Thu 12 pm - 8 pm, Sat 9 am - 3 pm & Sun 11 am - 4 pm