Open Licensing 101: How to Get the Most Out of Your Copyrights in the Informational Age

*To receive $10.00 off this program enter PHAN as the discount code.*

Thursday, February 5, 2009
Arts Council Silicon Valley
4 North Second Street, Suite 200
San Jose, CA 95113

An introduction to open licensing, followed by a question and answer session.

Presenters: Raghu Seshadri, Technology Transactions Associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Before attending law school, Raghu worked as a composer, writing and producing music for radio and television ads, television programming, music libraries, short films, and the Web.

Mike Linksvayer, Vice President of Creative Commons

Mike Linksvayer joined Creative Commons as CTO. Previously he co-founded Bitzi. He has over ten years' experience as an enterprise software, web, and multimedia developer and consultant and holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Registration: 6:30-7:00 pm
Presentation: 7:00-7:45 pm
Q&A: 7:45-8:30 pm

*Pre-registration for this program is required at http://clasj02052009.eventbrite.com/

C.L.A. Members $11.00
Non-Members $20.00
(Free with purchase of membership!)

For more information, please contact sanjose@calawyersforthearts.org
(408) 998-2787 ext. 216

Co-sponsored by Phantom Galleries.

We look forward to seeing you!

THURSDAY GIG'S Art & The Spoken Word presents

Artist Elizabeth Parashis
Poet John Kurtyka, Open Mic follows

Thursday, February 19, 2009, 6:30 - 9:30 pm

This is a Pot Luck BYOB event. Donations of $1 would be appreciated

NEW LOCATION!
STONE GRIFFIN GALLERY
411 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell
Email artpages@earthlink.net for more information

SLG Publishing presents The Center for Comic Book Study. Throughout the year SLG will be holding workshops, panels, classes and seminars in its warehouse with the hope of helping aspiring comic book creators of all ages and experience levels to learn more about their chosen craft and get perspectives from working professionals.

Saturday, March 7th, 10am - 5pm the featured panels will include: Comics Econ 101, Imagining the Page and Conjuring the Page.
Cost: $15.00/Space is limited, advance registration is recommended.

SLG Pubishing
577 So. Market St., San Jose

Soula Power Yoga opens its studio in downtown San Jose on March 6th with a grand opening event and is looking for one or two artists to feature.

If you feel you have work that would be in harmony with their event and mission (view press release here.), please email me a few jpgs of your proposed images and we'll pass them along.

Selected artists will be notified with more details next week.

info@PhantomGalleries.com

Founded in 1981, Women In Photography International (WIPI) is the most recognized organization for women photographers worldwide. "The 2009 Competition" - call for entries of traditional and non-traditional images will be juried in three categories, Family Gatherings, Landscapes and Self-Portraits.

For the "2009 competition", WIPI welcomes all images including mixed media, color, B/W, alternative or any digital photo image, manipulated, scanned film or scanned prints and submitted as a JPEG file, will be accepted. There is no date restriction. Cash prizes will be awarded in all three categories.

Women In Photography International juried Call for Entries for 2009.
Minimum 2 images,
Submission Deadlines Member & Non-Member:
Savings thru March 15
April 1, Deadline
Notification by e-mail of Juror Selection: May 1st
Online Exhibition, June 1, 2009
All submissions, online JPEG's, only
"2009 Competition" Guidelines & Fees here.

Women In Photography International
(323) 462-1444
E-mail: 2009competition@womeninphotography.org
Web site, http://womeninphotography.org

TWO BUCK Tuesdays is coming up this Tuesday February 17th. If you'd like to participate, please:

- create original, or limited edition work sized 4" x 6" or smaller
- there is no limit as to how many works you can submit
- make sure all of your contact information is written legibly on the back.
- all work is priced $2, you keep all the proceeds
- drop off these works no later than Saturday, Feb. 14th at 3pm, at KALEID gallery
- then join us Tues. the 17th from 6-8pm for a cool speaker series and get together!

KALEID gallery
88 South Fourth Street
dowtown San Jose (btwn Santa Clara/San Fernando)
408-947-1785

Photographer Craig Scoffone invites you to an Art, Chocolate and Wine Pot Luck.

Craig will be hosting an art show featuring his stunning imagery of both the landscape and the nude.

In honor of Valentine's Day, bring a bottle of your favorite port or quarter pound of your favorite chocolate to share!

Craig will have his photographs for sale at discounted prices. There will be a fine art poster give away.

February 14th, 3-6pm
The Citadel
855 S. 5th St. #43
San Jose 95112

Come and check out new paintings by local artist Christine Benjamin at her reception "Real and Imagined Creatures" at Caffe Trieste on Friday, February 20th 2009 from 7PM to 10PM! Enjoy the art, coffee and live music by RS2 Solid Sound and Contain Her! All ages welcome!

Exhibit dates: Jan. 29th to March 2nd

Caffe Trieste
315 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408.287.0400

Art Ark Gallery presents BIG RED SHINY III a group exhibition of 40 artists

Artists Reception: Saturday, February 14th, 5-8 p.m.

Art Ark Gallery
1035 S. 6th St. S.J., CA 95112

Curious Details by Cindy Stokes

This exhibit includes 63 black-and-white photographs that explore what I find curious and interesting about the world—both manmade and natural—when I look closely.

Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Reception: February 18, 4:30-6 pm
Exhibition on view thru March 30
(contact Lisa Fahey, 650-812-4489, to arrange a visit anytime Monday-Friday 8 am-5 pm)

Multi-talented artist Kate Stewart will present Permeable, an installation of resin, burnt paper & string.

Artist's Reception- Tues., Feb. 17th at 6:30pm
Exhibition dates - Feb. 16- 19, 2009

Gallery 8
San Jose State University Art Bldg. (map)

KALEID Gallery & the Two Buck Tue Crew presents:

TWO BUCK Tuesdays - February 17th.
an all day $2 art sale and eclectic speaker series on the third Tuesday of the month.

12noon - 8pm : $2 art all day

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

Fernando Amaro -Fernando Amaro will explore the fusion of graffitti art and fashion.

Kevin Park , "Less-than-perfect"
Less-than-perfect expression with less-than-perfect media for better-than-before results.
What you already know: I am rocket scientist from Caltech who doesn’t like technology.
What you may not know: I don’t know how to juggle.

and $2 portraits throughout the evening by Manny Silva
Locally grown illustrator Manny Silva, who’s clients include the Fillmore, Belle and Sebastian, Sufjan Stevens, and Old Navy, will be drawing portraits in the spirit of Adrian Tomine and sixties comics for two bucks a pop.

music by DJ Egnytion

To view pics of past TBT events, click here.

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (street level of the 4th St. Garage)
downtown, San Jose
408-947-1785

free and open to the public.

"Momentum" a Group Show at Art Object Gallery

Silicon Valley Artists’ Collaborative’s Premier Event:

February 4th to 28th at Art Object Gallery, San Jose

Closing reception for the artists: Friday, February 27th, 5-9pm

Art Object Gallery
592 North 5th Street (at Jackson)
San Jose, CA, 95112

Gallery Ten10 presents:

Howard Pugh - Abstract Photography
Roberto Duran - Spoken Screams
Al Preciado - Bus Stop Studio

Artists' Reception Friday, February 27, 6:30pm
with spoken word at 8pm, drum circle to follow

1010 East Taylor St., San Jose
for more info: apreciado@bcp.org

Trina Merry will be selling her LPs & Geisha Wine Boxes at the upcoming Noise Pop & Shop on February 28th at Verdi Club, San Francisco.

About the event: San Francisco’s Premiere Celebration of Independent Music, Film and Art since 1993. Join us for our ever-popular independent design fair - featuring over 40 Bay Area designers and artists selling the latest chic and unique clothing, jewelry, limited edition screen-printed posters, and other fun stuff all at affordable prices. There will be tasty snacks for sale as well as a full bar. And of course it wouldn’t be Noise Pop without some excellent music!

Trina has other shows coming up soon - visit her site here for all the info.

The City of Redwood City has asked Art on the Square to provide an art component to the Sing Tao Street Fair. We will have close to 50 spaces along Broadway. Other vendors will be mainly Asian owned businesses; massage, herbs, home repair companies, non-profit groups, and others. It’s a great opportunity to reach a new demographic.

Sing Tao is a local Chinese language newspaper. Their Expo celebrating Asian culture has previously been held at the San Mateo Expo Center, and typically draws 30,000 attendees who pay an entrance and parking fee. Redwood City successfully partnered with Sing Tao in August for the Olympic Telecast at Courthouse Square, attended by over 4,000 people. Sing Tao decided they would like to hold Sing Tao as a street fair and found working with the City of Redwood City to be very easy. In 2009 the event will be held on Broadway in downtown Redwood City and is expected to draw large crowds, given its history of strong community support, and the fact that it’s now free and close to a CalTrain station.

Sing Tao Street Fair application will be available next week. Please e-mail ArtontheSquare@sbcglobal.net if you're interested in getting it. Please note that this is a separate application from our summer Art on the Square shows. Application packets must be postmarked no later than 3/20/09.

ALSO: Art on the Square 2009
Apply now for Art on the Square 2009. Four juried outdoor shows this summer at downtown Redwood City's beautiful Courthouse Square. Fine art and fine craft only. 10' x 10' and 10' x 20' spaces available. Download application here.

Dates & times:
Fri 6/19, 5 - 8:30 pm with Music on the Square
Fri 7/24, 5 - 8:30 pm with Music on the Square & Sat 7/25 11 am - 8 pm with the PAL Blues Festival
Fri 8/28, 5 - 8:30 pm with Music on the Square
Fri 9/25, 5 - 8:30 pm with Music on the Square & Sat 9/26, 11 am - 8 pm with the Redwood City Salsa Festival

Art auction and show featuring art on record covers from 25 artists - all the art is affordably priced and sales benefit the American Heart Association.

Reception: Friday, February 27th 2009 8PM-12 Midnight
With Atomic DJ Basura spinning all night with Indie, 80’s, New Wave & More!
All ages welcome!

On The Corner Music
530 E Campbell Ave.
Campbell, CA
408.871.0305

Sponsored by: Good Karma

Call for Entries at MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana

Exhibition: June 5 - August 15, 2009

MACLA is pleased to announce its third Chicana/o Biennial, an exhibition and public forum conceived to take inventory of and invite reflection every two years on the continuously emergent energy, critical edge, and aesthetic interventions within contemporary Chicano art.

MACLA is looking to challenge the questions and concerns that are currently being brought forth in the contemporary art world. As such, this year's biennial takes a thematic approach by asking the following questions:

1) What are the pressing concerns at this moment in time (politics)
2) What does Chicana/o art look like today? (aesthetics)
3) How do artists engage the community? (activism & organizing)

We are looking for artwork that is politically charged and aesthetically innovative on many different levels and that addresses one or more of the above mentioned questions. We are also interested in work that depicts the intersection of art, technology and new media. We welcome proposals and projects from disciplines/genres/ activities that are not normally displayed in the gallery setting. All artwork must have been created within the last three years (2006 to 2009).

Looking to invert the dynamics of the art world biennial, this exhibition is a no-fee juried exhibition open to all artists who self identify as Chicana/o. This biennial is about contemporary art through the lens of the Chicano experience, as nuanced and varied as that might be. MACLA is interested in work that is both about identity politics and beyond. This exhibition is open to artists whose work deals with all issues and is created in all mediums.

Submit artwork and for more information go to www.callforentry.org (this is a free service)

Timeline: Deadline to submit work: Friday, March 20, 2009, 11:59 pm PST for online submission.

Jurors: Favianna Rodríguez, artist Eugene Rodríguez, artist and professor of Art at De Anza Community College and Alejandra Chaverri, MACLA's Associate Curator.

Questions: email to biennial@maclaarte.org

Submit your work for consideration to be included in an exhibition of ten Bay Area collage artists this June which will present the widest range of approaches to collage possible. Searching for straight collages, not mixed media or assemblage. Minor elements of assemblage and mixed media, however, are acceptable.

Details:
-Each artist will be required to pay a $40 “hanging” fee.
-The gallery will collect a 30% commission on all works sold.
-Organizer will hang the show along with a few volunteers
-Each artist will have from eight to ten feet of wall space in which to hang their work.
-All pieces must be framed. No floating frames.
-Labeling details tba.

Important Dates:
Deliver Pieces – Saturday, May 30th.
Hang Show - Saturday and Sunday, May 30th and 31st
Show Opens - June 3rd
Reception - Saturday, June 13th
The show ends June 28th. (Pick up dates tba)

Please contact Robert to submit work for consideration:

Robert Magginetti
450 Craven St.
Hayward, CA 94541
tranqbase@earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~tranqbase/

Gallery information:
Sun Gallery
1015 E. St.
Hayward, CA 94541
510-782-8843
http://www.sungallery.org/

Playing it fast and furious for the past year, Panthelion has established themselves as one of the best live performances to see in the region.

For the one year anniversary, a very special show is planned featuring animator M dot STRANGE, the classical string metal trio JUDGEMENT DAY from Oakland, and San Jose's own Case In Theory.

We'll see you there this Friday 2/27 @ 9pm

The Cellar (lower level of the Agenda Restaurant at So. First & San Salvador)
399 S. 1st St. San Jose Ca 95113
21+ venue / $5 at the door