Art Objects Gallery invites you to the opening reception of Four two-n-two Four featuring Art of Democracy: Bread and Circus, paintings by satirical artist Mark Bryan (pictured above), Weapons of Mass Distraction, clay pots, bowls and sculpted collage by Mattie Leeds, Ajust your perceptions, motocycle sculpture by Michael Leeds and stone and glass by Ken Matsumoto in the Grotto.

Enjoy a wildly visible feast with Brassfield Estate Winery pouring, The Cook Club of San Francisco serving Japanese tapas, and live music.

Artist's Reception: November 15, 7-10pm

ArtObjectGallery
592 North Fifth Street, San Jose 95112

Michelle Waters will be exhibiting 3 paintings, including the above Land of the Free.

Congratulations! to current participating KALEID artist Michelle Waters for her invited inclusion into a very impressive group show amongst the likes of Laurie Anderson, Sue Coe, Milton Glaser, Guerrilla Girls, Joel-Peter Witkin and many others.

The exhibit runs November 1 thru December 20th, so if you find yourself in Albuquerque be sure to check it out.

Speak Out - Art, Design & Politics
516 ARTS
516 Central Avenue SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102

A great gift idea: Oil Painting Classes by Kushlani Hall

Kushlani Hall is offering two oil painting classes Tuesday and Saturday mornings in Santa Clara. You may purchase a class for you or a loved one for $75 (for the first session or $60 for any additional sessions). Contact her directly by email kushij@sbcglobal.net or by phone (408) 942-5087.

Kushlani Hall has been painting for more than 15 years. She has won awards
for her paintings and is represented by three galleries in the Bay Area.
Find out more about her work and what her students are painting and saying
about her classes at www.KushlaniHall.com

Gary Coleman has 27 paintings on display at the Pacific Grove Art Center through December 12th.

The show simply named Gary Coleman / Landscapes drew about 200 people to its opening reception on October 24th.

Pacific Grove Art Center
568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, CA
Oct. 24 - Dec. 11, 2008

Artists' Reception this Friday, November 14th for Jennifer Ahn and Nancy Ahn's exhibit Panchan, a collection of various works at Empire Seven Studios from 8pm til late.

Empire Seven Studios
525 North 7th St.
San Jose

Exhibit on view through Nov. 30th (by appointment only - call 408-668-4434.)

Good Hustle will be headlining at the Cellar (below the Agenda on South First) this Friday, Nov. 14th with two other bands we've been meaning to check out for some time: Ambience, and Case in Theory. Show starts at 8pm, costs just $5 and is 21+.

Benjamin from GH also announces the release of a 2nd edition of Dirty Birdies, (which I hear through the grapevine also includes live recordings from his performance at Anno Domini gallery) which will be available at Friday's show. OR, if you can't wait, you can download it for free directly from Good Hustle here.

The $2.00 sale begins at noon and culminates with a cool gathering that Eddie Flores, Pellet and Matthew Seigel has prepared for you.

From 6-8pm there will be four interesting speakers that will talk about their passions and ideas for 10 minutes each, with an opportunity afterwards to hang out and continue the conversation.

Local Artist & Photographer Sarah Taylor will be discussing her thoughts on art, community, and overall human curiosity.

Aspiring film director Franklin Pham will be speaking about how the relationships between the photographer, the camera, the photograph and the audience affect us all today.

Andrew Alvarez, Membership Associate of the San Jose Museum of Art will give an engaging presentation

Current KALEID artist Mariana Barnes will talk about her art. She is a self taught artist who has been painting for 20 years. Her unique and recognizable style has appeared in numerous Bay Area galleries and venues, including TV shows, one of which "Talk Art: Mosaic patterns of life" is currently showing in Manhattan,
New York.

TWO BUCK TUESDAY ARTISTS
Shannon Amidon
Mariana Barnes
Sandi Billingsley
Tessa Cavazos
Dotti Cichon
Mark Damrel
Cecilia Deck
Pia DiStephano
Eddie Flores
Michael Foley
Sarah Beth Goncarova
DonnaSue Jacobi
Kushlani Jayasinha Hall
Maneesha Khandekar
Joyce McEwen Crawford
Trina Merry
Woody Miller
Gianfranco Paolozzi
Pellet
Al Preciado
Jen Renzel
Linda Ritter
San Jose Glass Artist Alliance – Janett Peace
Yelena Shabrova
Matthew B. Seigel
Rachel Tirosh
Michelle Waters

Join us for fun, crazy affordable art and wild conversation!

Tuesday, Nov. 18th, 6-8pm
Free and open to the public

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (between Santa Clara & San Fernando)
Downtown San Jose

Thanks to everyone that participated in the first TWO BUCK TUESDAYS at KALEID. We'd especially like to thank the artists that created work for TBT, to the speakers who gave wonderful insightul presentations, and to all of those that attended the event.

We hope you'll join us for the next one on December 16th!

Sincerely,
Eddie, Pellet, Matthew

Sarah Taylor - hula hoopin'

Photographer / Film Director Franklin Pham

Andrew Alvarez, SJMA Membership Associate

Artist Mariana Barnes

Andy Gouveia is currently working on a 14' x 100' mural on the side of a building at 83 South Second Street (facing the parking lot). We'll post more photos as it progresses as well as the finished mural along with some comments from Andy.

The South Bay Area and Peninsula Women's Caucus for Art Chapters would like to invite all California women artists to submit work for "Control", a fine art exhibition that will be juried by the Guerrilla Girls West.

All media accepted, and we encourage installation, video and large works. Please read prospectus for details on "Control". What controls you?

Venue: SomArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan St. San Francisco, CA 94103
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, August 6, 2009 to Thursday, August 27, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday August 6, 6 to 8 pm.

Deadline: Postmarked April 1st, 2009

Download prospectus at: http://www.sbawca.org/events.html

Contact KarenGutfreund@gmail.com with any questions.

The Artists of Art for Well Beings invites you to an artists' reception and holiday party with dancing, singing and hors d'oeuvres on Sunday, November 30th from 3-5pm.

Art for Well Beings
Emerson Center
2800 West Bayshore Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303

Tribute of Light (photo via kotobuki711)

It seems that every time we hear about a cool new public art installation and/or intervention going on in NYC, you come to find out that CREATIVE TIME is behind it.

They are non-profit and well funded, and yet, are still able to put profound challenging works out in the public realm but don't seem to surrender to the typical pitfalls of public art, typically the diminishing of meaning because of public sector committee and fear of negative public opinion.

One of my all time favorite works of public art is the Creative Time produced Tribute in Light on the six month anniversary of 9/11 (and subsequent tributes thereafter). A seemingly simple idea, two super powered spotlights placed where the towers once were, beaming strong and dignified into the heavens.

The Great Cities Spearkers Series is bringing Anne Pasternak, the Executive Director of Creative Time.

Anne Pasternak will be in San Jose on December 1st to speak about the role that artists can play in reframing people's everyday experiences of their surroundings, the importance of having artists involved in the dialogue regarding enriching public space, and the benefit to artists of providing opportunities for visual dialogue with the public.

Ms. Pasternak has been the Executive Director of Creative Time since 1994. She is committed to initiating projects that give artists the opportunity to innovate their practice and reflect on contemporary society while engaging millions of people with art that permeates everyday urban life. Creative Time derives its values from a historic impetus to foster artistic experimentation, enrich public space and the everyday experience, and forefront artists as key contributors to democratic society.

Creative Time: How Artists Enrich Public Space
Anne Pasternak, president and creative director, Creative Time
Monday, December 1 6:00-7:00 pm
Venue: San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo De San Antonio
Free admission.

Los Gatos Art Association announces a CALL FOR ARTISTS for Los Gatos Art Association 25th Annual Open Juried Show, a California statewide competition, held April 2 to May 1, 2009.

Up to $7500 in awards. David Ogle, sculptor and monoprint artist, Dale Laitinen, watercolor artist, and Kenney Mencher, oil and dry media figure artist are the jurors. Randall Sexton, plein air artist, is the Awards Juror.

Open to 2-D paintings of all media, mixed media, printmaking, digital and film photography, and 3-D sculpture. This competition is open to all artists (18 years old or older) who are residents of California. Only digital entries will be accepted.

Deadline: Entries must be received by Friday January 16th, 2009. Visit http://www.lgaa.org/ojs2009.html for the application and prospectus.

Join us for the South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk this Friday, December 5th. Begin at KALEID for a spectacular glass ornament installation, then head over to the SoFA District for Tamsinn Cowart's exhibit at Caffe Trieste featuring performers of the SJ Opera, Anno Domini hosts FRESH PRODUCE the 8th Annual affordable art exhibit by national and international urban artists (all priced $250 and under) and stop by the Phantom Galleries exhibit by Evergreen Valley College Advance Painting class for their sidewalk reception.

Visit SouthFIRSTFRIDAYS.com for full schedule of participating galleries.

KALEID gallery - 7pm to 9pm Featured Artists' Reception: More than 30 glass artists from the San Jose Glass Artist Alliance (SJGAA) will exhibit their one-of-a-kind glass ornaments in a mammoth art installation at the 1st Annual Glass Ornament Show held at Kaleid Gallery. Hundreds of delicate, hand blown glass ornaments arrayed in every color, shape, and size will be available for purchase by the public. Ornaments are priced between $10-$75.

This opening night reception will feature holiday tunes sung by selected quartets and small groups from the internationally acclaimed Mission Valley Chorus and Bay Area Showcase.

At Caffé Trieste: Artist's Reception in the mezzanine gallery featuring work by Tamsinn Cowart. Tamsinn's work is autobiographical, using collage as the perfect medium to layer thoughts and images upon which to build her story.

Also featuring: Performers Alexandra Cowell, Soprano, Heather Curry, Mezzo-Soprano and Simona Snitkovskya, accompanist from Opera San José singing your favorite arias beginning at 8:30pm.

Phantom Galleries is a project that enlivens areas in the downtown core by presenting exhibitions by local artists in vacant storefronts.

Sidewalk Reception from 8pm - 10pm at 386 and 388 South First Street- Mixed media exhibition by Evergreen Valley College Advanced Painting students: John Barrick, Felisha Caruso, Emma Rose Laughlin, John Salomon and Monica Valdez, who have been working on developing unified bodies of work that expresses their personal visions.
Also on view: 455 South First Street- Switch[ed] by Anhony West Patane is a project about the duality between the printed material as we normally see it and as viewed when backlit.
460 Market Street - Yumiko Kayukawa, photographic exhibit, Rhys Sanchez, stencil exhibit