A small exhibition featuring art by patients and clients of Momentum.

It is said that there are several well-known recognized famous fine artists of the past whom were very creative, talented and prolific, and were mentally ill, and enjoyed by everyone for many many years. Who knows, --- maybe we have talent artists here that can find recognition and acceptance through our show, and future shows.

Art is a great communicator, such that everyone can find relevance to it. It presents matters of question, and points to ponder, it presents feelings, and emotional issues in a visual way, and it can show events, and circumstances, and leaves itself open to
interpretation.

February 10, 2009, 2 - 5p.m.

Momentum For Mental Health
2001 The Alameda, San Jose, Ca. 95126

Art Ark Gallery is calling for your BIG your RED your SHINY artwork!

This is the third iteration of the Big Red Shiny Show, with all new artwork (art that has not been previously shown at the Big Red Shiny Show). Due to space limitations and growing interest the selection process will be more competitive this year.

Please email to express your interest by January 16th.

If the art is preexisting, email an image of the work you would like to submit, with dimensions, title, materials, and any special display needs. For work that is not yet produced submit a short description, a sketch if applicable and the expected space and display needs. If I am not familiar with your artwork, I may ask to see images of past work.

For accepted entries there is a $5 exhibition fee to cover operating expenses.

Art drop off: Saturday, February 7th 2-5pm
Opening Reception Saturday, February 14th (Valentines Day) 5-8pm
Pick up art Saturday, March 14th 2-5pm

All entries must be red.

Thank you,
Andrew Hedges
hedgesindustries@gmail.com

"If you can't make it good, make it big, if you can't make it big, make it red."
-Audrey Flack on being commercial, from Art and Soul

Art Ark Gallery 1035 South 6th street San Jose, CA 95112

Jason's been working on this broad body of work for nearly a year now based on Medici era Rome. They are beautifully done in oils and have a satisfying tension of stoic gaze with gothic beauty.

23 Paintings by Jason Arnold
Artist's Reception: Weds., Jan. 14, 2009, 7pm
Fly Bar
762 Divisadero @ Fulton, San Francisco

Eli Geiser, Screw, mixed media on rice paper, 18” x 18” x 3/4”, 2008

RUST: German American Artists

The Sanchez Art Center will host an exhibition of works by German American Artist from January 16 through February 21, 2009. A reception with the artists will be held on January 16, 2009.

Participating artists are: Ines Tancre, Inge Infante, Werner Glinka, Silke Henkel-Wallace, Natasha Juelicher, Bertolt Schmidt, Susanne Kaspar, Heike Seefeldt, Eli Geiser, Susannah Jackson and Anne Siems.

Sanchez Art Center
1220-B Linda Mar, Pacifica, CA 94044
650.355.1894

http://www.germanamericanartists.com

Reception with the artists on Jan 16 from 7 to 9pm.
Exhibition dates: Jan 16 - Feb 21 2009

Creative Time is welcoming 2009 with Creative Time Comics, an online-only series of graphic works fusing comic art with current issues and popular culture. Each month, Creative Time will commission a new work, giving the world a chance to see itself through national and international artists' eyes.

Click here to see the first installment!

San José Public Library will be hosting “Let’s Talk About It – Jewish Literature" with a selected theme of “Modern Marvels – Jewish Adventure in the Graphic Novel.”

The series will be led by scholar Victoria Harrison, PhD, San José State University’s Coordinator of Jewish Studies. She will be joined by guest lectures David Mesher, Dalia Sirkin and Mary Salzman.

The graphic novel, as a genre, has broad appeal to people of diverse cultural backgrounds.

The 2009 “Let’s Talk About It – Jewish Literature” series will be held on Sundays, beginning January 25th, at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library.

January 25: A Contract With God: And Other Tenement Stories, by Will Eisner
February 22: Maus I/II, by Art Spiegelman
March 22: Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories, by Ben Katchor
April 26: The Quitter, by Harvey Pekar
May 31: The Rabbi's Cat, by Joann Sfar

For more information, click here.

Kaleid artist Trina Merry will be throwing an Alice in Wonderland birthday event at a house in South San Jose and wants to turn the space into a temporary, one night only, Wonderland gallery.

Bring your fantastical, Wonderland inspired art: 3-D stand alone or 2-D work (ready to hang.) If you have an installation idea email Trina. We are trying to come up with something creative for the patio/dance space and the pathway to the house. In addition to wall space in the house there is also a patio covering where we can suspend (lighter) art from wooden beams. Please bring title cards with your info on them or at the very least, business cards.

Email Trina at trinamerry@gmail.com to arrange to bring, set-up & install your art anytime between 3pm on Jan. 23rd to 3pm on the 24th. Pick up art by the evening of Jan. 25th.

Wonderland Party: Saturday, January 24th, 5pm - midnight
Feel free to come out! San Francisco DJ Ian Hixx will spin from 8-10pm. Acoustic music with Grant Averill from Picture Atlantic (opened for Coldplay). Hookahs & S'mores 10:30-midnight. (Costumes encouraged...)

Location: 13 Kittery Rd. San Jose, CA 95139

Kaleid Gallery and Pellet Factory are proud to present:

Melt Yo’ Face Off! - New Works on Paper
January 16, 2009-January 30, 2009

Reception: Friday, January 16, 2009, 8pm ‘til late (with live music by Panthelion)

Kaleid Gallery
88 South Fourth Street [street level of the 4th St. Garage]
San Jose, CA 95112
www.kaleidgallery.com
408-947-1785

25 of the gnarliest artists from all over the country scheduled to be part of this show.

Here’s a list of artists involved:
Jesse Balmer
Randy Bastos
Francisco Cervantes
George Chen
Vice Cooler
Mark Damrel
Ryan de la Hoz
Mike DeForge
Liam Devowski
Gabriel Dieter
Danny Espinoza
Eddie Flores
Michael Foley
Yoko Furusho
Andy Gouveia
Ben Henderson
Wei Hwu
Evan Meister
Woody Miller
Pellet
Greg Pizzoli
Matt Pugnetti
Brittany Rediger
Centa Schumacher
Matthew Seigel
Kate Stewart
Andrew St. Lawrence
Sara Taylor
Roan Victor
Amberlin Wu

This exhibit is cash and carry, so make sure to check it out sooner than later!
For more information, please visit www.kaleidgallery.com, or contact exhibit curator: kylepellet@yahoo.com or call 408-947-1785.

We have a wonderful lineup for the January 20th TWO BUCK Tuesday speaker portion of the evening from 6-8pm:

TWO BUCK Tuesdays – $2 art sale and eclectic speaker series on the third Tuesday of every month.

Tues., January 20, 2009
free and open to the public

12noon – 8pm: $2 art all day (over 100 works to choose from!)

6pm-8pm: art related speaker series- 10mns each including:

Trina Merry paints on human canvas whilst Gio sings opera.

Christine Benjamin will be speaking about her art influences while creating a painting that her audience can get into literally!

Craig Parada will talk about how he converts found objects and garage detritus into useless and annoying electro-mechanical creations, and bring some to show.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
San Jose, CA 95112
info@KALEIDgallery.com
408-947-1785

Last Tuesday's TWO BUCK Tuesday was great fun- we want to thank the speakers and presenters for their time and creativity:

Christine Benjamin spoke about her interests and influences in her paintings while transforming Kyle Pellet into a robot.

Craig Prada talked about his found electronics art he creates from other people's discards.

Trina Merry painted human canvas whilst Giovanna Hutchison sang opera.

DJ Egnytion kept the energy going with great beats and rhythms.

Join us for the next TWO BUCK Tuesday February 17th!

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In celebration of the new issue of "Fretboard Journal" magazine (with a feature article written by Careless Hearts guitarist Derek See), guitarist James Williamson will be signing copies of this magazine along with the seminal Stooges records he played on (Raw Power, Metallic KO, Kill City). James Williamson is considered the 'father of punk rock guitar'; his aggressive, manic style as heard on "Raw Power" (1973) became the benchmark sound of British punk rock, adopted by the Sex Pistols and The Damned. On display will be many early photos of James and the Stooges never before published - seriously folks, this is a once in a lifetime get-together so DO NOT MISS IT!

DJs Derek See and Matt G will spinning punk & garage classics all night plus we'll have our usual drinks, snacks, and NO TAX on all LPs and CDs...

Friday, Jan. 23rd, 8pm-Midnight
On The Corner Music
530 E Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA 95008
408-871-0305 for info/directions

Join us in urging President Obama to appoint a "Secretary of Arts" position in the U.S. Sign here: www.petitiononline.com/esnyc/petition.html

KALEID gallery artist Al Preciado is launching his home-base gallery called 10TEN Gallery with openings every last Friday of the month.

Participating KALEID artist Therese May will be having a solo exhibition of new works at the Triton Museum from Feb. 28 thru May 10th called "Riding the Horse".

Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Avenue
Santa Clara, CA

Dear Artists-

We are part of a SoFA Identity sub-committee that's looking to have three murals done in SoFA (South First Street, between San Carlos & Reed Streets, downtown San Jose.)

This is a wonderful opportunity to have your work enliven the streets of SoFA and contribute to the unique pedestrian experience that's developing here.

Please Download RFQ here. Feel free to let us know if you have any questions.

Persistence of death.

we live with that fact that they are dead.
and that we don't know them
we don't know what happened
we don't know the reasons, the causes.

Ok
I know how to say it in English
those pictures is tv news as I see it.
But I want to believe that every day is a second chance.

Reception: February 3, 2009, 6:00 PM
proceeds to benefit the Global Understanding Institute

Exhibit dates: February 2-5, 2009

San Jose State University Student Galleries
Art Building, Gallery 5
San Jose State University (SJSU)
San Jose, CA
408-924-4330

above artwork by Philo Northrup

Philo Northrup is an invited artist in the Assemblage + Collage + Construction show at the Santa Cruz Museum which opens this weekend and will continue through April 12, 2009.

The artist list is quite impressive and includes Bruce Conner, Jack DeVore, Ruth Boerefijn, Amy Sollins, Tobin Keller, Charlotte Kruk, Jack Howe and many others.

Many venues in Santa Cruz County are participating in this Assemblage + Collage + Construction theme, and Philo will have work in several of the locations.

Visit the The Assemblage + Collage + Construction website for full information.

The 13th Annual Rivers of Chocolate event to benefit the Youth Division of EHC LifeBuilders will be taking place on Sunday, April 26th, 2009 from 1pm to 5pm at the newly renovated Mountain Winery in Saratoga.

They will be hosting a record number of wineries, fine restaurants, chocolatiers and microbreweries this year. They'll also be having a live and silent auction, raffle and some wonderful entertainment lined up.

Visit http://www.riversofchocolate.org for full schedule of events.

Rhythm of the Fields, Joyce Savre

Painted Poems: Collage and Pastels by Joyce Savre

Reception: Friday, February 6, 5-8 pm
Exhibition dates: February 1-28th

Gallery 9
143 Main Street
Los Altos, CA

KALEID gallery is pleased to present featured exhibitions by Steven Borelli and Woody Miller for the month of February, 2009.

Steven Borelli, Right Brain Rebel

Steve Borelli will be showing new, large-size, limited edition, gicleé canvases of his black and white pen and ink work as well as using this opportunity to debut the first of his abstract oil paintings.

About Steve Borelli:
Steve Borelli has been drawing since he was a fetus. The inside of his mother's womb is tattooed with the nonsensical scribblings of his overactive imagination. Upon birth, greeted by a world that idolizes imitation, praises repetition, and disdains individuality, he vowed to always use his talent and creativity as weapons in the never ending battle with mediocrity, a battle he fights on many fronts: graphic design, drawing, photography, animation, and now, painting.

1,001 Nights New paintings and curiosities by Woody Miller.

Taking the 1,001 Nights as inspiration, these paintings are snippets of stories, or small views into a long journey. Paintings that reflect mythical forests, forbidden cities, talking birds and singing sirens lushly filled with color.

Based on the idea that life is a series of stories or events, each one lovely in it's own way, but combined make a powerful story together. There will be mixed media paintings along with handmade felt trinkets all full of color, shape, and textures inspired by children's book art, moonlit nights, exotic locales, Chagal, Alma-Tadema, orientalist paintings, Tin-Tin, music, and much more.

About Woody Miller:
Fueled by the soothing sounds of Bossa Nova, the hip-shaking kick of Bebop, and many mugs of hot Moroccan spiced tea, Woody’s art creates a world that is strangely familiar, yet mysteriously distant. His work draws inspiration from the exotic ancient days of Egypt, Persia and Morocco, to the swingin’, hip, relaxed jazz of the 50’s and 60’s.

Woody’s work has been telling whimsical narratives with a bent towards children’s art since his art school days at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. His work is often playful and colorful, while evoking strong atmospheric qualities.
http://www.woodymiller.com

Aritsts' Reception: First Friday February 6th, 7-9pm

This event is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk and is free and open to the public.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street, downtown San Jose
408-947-1785

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday thru Friday, Noon - 7pm
Saturday Noon - 5pm
First Fridays til 9pm