Craig Scoffone's figurative photography is part of the Nude & Erotic Show at the Aspect Gallery in San Francisco.

Artists' Reception: Friday, May 15th, 6-9:30pm

Aspect Gallery
731 Polk Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
www.aspectframing.com

Join MACLA and members of the San Jose Arts Alliance* to make a visual statement in support of Arts Funding at the San Jose City Council Meeting on Tuesday, May 12 at 7pm.

As you may know, the City of San Jose is currently projecting an $84 million budget deficit for FY09-10. As such, we need to show a strong presence in order to ensure the arts are a priority in the City Budget.

We need you to join us at the evening session of the Tuesday, May 12 San Jose City Council meeting. Our goal is to mobilize as many artists, community members and supporters of San Jose arts organizations to attend the Public Hearing on the Proposed Operating & Capital Budget for FY09-10.

(At the May 7 Budget Study Session, District 3 Councilmember Sam Liccardo, who is also the Arts Commission Liaison proposed that the City figures out a way to backfill the arts grants for art organizations, like MACLA and the San Jose Arts Alliance. Other council members supported this proposal.)

As a follow up we need to show a major presence at the May 12, 7pm session Council Meeting.
- Wear a black shirt
- We will provide a sticker with a red letter A that says "Support SJ Arts."
- If you really want to speak you can, but the main goal is to have a visual representation for the City Council regarding the number of constituents who support the arts.
- Our message is simple - the Arts add value to our city and we are requesting that the City backfills the declining TOT (Transient Occupancy Tax, i.e. Hotel Tax) to ensure our grants at the current levels.

The San Jose City Council Meeting takes place:
Council Chambers
San Jose City Hall
200 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA 95113

Click here to view the May 12th Agenda, the budget is item 3.4.

Thank you in advance for your support of a flourishing, healthy and multicultural arts community in San Jose!

Best wishes,

Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez
MACLA, Executive Director

Bill Gould Design's annual art reception is this Thursday, May 14th from 4-8pm.

Featured artists include: Wayne Jiang, Charlotte Kruk, Katherine Levin-Lau, Eugene Rodriguez, and Lucy Traeger. Live music by Jimmy Dewrance Blues Band.

Bill Gould Design
394-A Umbarger Road
San Jose, CA 95111

INTERPRETIVE ARTWORKS – WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT

GENERAL INFORMATION
The City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs and Environmental Services Department are seeking an artist to create interpretive artworks for long-term display at the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP). The interpretive artworks are intended to be an integrative aspect of the current WPCP tours that encourage visitors to reflect upon the issues that impact water conservation and use. WPCP tours are conducted in busses; therefore the artworks must be visible at a distance, or incorporate aspects that take this in consideration. There may also be opportunities to develop interpretive artwork for the WPCP lecture hall, or for the introductory element of the tour.

During project development the selected artist will tour the WPCP individually and with tour groups, meet with ESD staff, and learn about the WPCP master plan, which is currently in development.

The artwork will be in addition to signage that will be created for the tour by WPCP staff. The focus of this project will be on the creation of an artwork(s) that enhance the experience of and information about the WPCP provided through the tours.
Artist Eligibility: Artists based in the United States are invited to apply. Applicants must have all necessary documentation and permits to work in the United States at the time of submittal of qualifications.
PROJECT BUDGET: $100,000

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Submissions must be received as a complete application in CaFÉ™ by no later than MIDNIGHT (MDT) on Friday, June 19, 2009.

APPLICATION PROCESS: All materials will be submitted online, via CaFÉ™ website (www.callforentry.org). There is no application fee to apply or to use the CaFÉ™ online application system. To view the application, go to www.callforentry.org, register a username and password, navigate to “Apply to Calls”, and search the list for “City of San Jose – ESD Interpretive Artworks.”

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PHOTOGRAPHER-IN- RESIDENCE: ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

GENERAL INFORMATION
The City of San Jose’s Office of Cultural Affairs and Environmental Services Department (ESD) are seeking a “photographer-in-residence” to document the people, places and operations involved in the daily workings of the Environmental Services Department Storm Water, Water Pollution Control and Water Recycling Services. The photographer-in-residence will spend approximately 20 hours per week documenting the Department’s work over a six month period and will be provided with a work station at the Water Pollution Control Plant, which will act as home base for this project. At the end of the residency period, the photographer will create a proposal for presenting the photographs (e.g. as a suite of framed photographs, web pages, a publication, etc.) and a separate production contract will be negotiated.

Artist Eligibility: Photographers who are residents of one of the following California counties are invited to apply: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma. Applicants must have all necessary documentation and permits to work in the United States at the time of submittal of qualifications.
PROJECT BUDGET
Residency Period: $30,000
Production Period: Up to $20,000 based on proposed presentation format(s)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Submissions must be received as a complete application in CaFÉ™ by no later than midnight, Mountain Daylight Time on Friday, June 5, 2009.

APPLICATION PROCESS: All materials will be submitted online, via CaFÉ™ website (www.callforentry.org). There is no application fee to apply or to use the CaFÉ™ online application system. To view the application, go to www.callforentry.org, register a username and password, navigate to “Apply to Calls”, and search the list for “City of San Jose – ESD Photographer-in-Residence.”

Contact: Patricia Walsh, Arts Program Coordinator, Public Art Program
City of San José, Office of Cultural Affairs
365 S. Market St., San José, CA 95113
p: 408.277.5144, x18; f: 408.277.3160
patricia.walsh@sanjoseca.gov; www.sanjoseculture.org

artwork by Selena, 6th grade, Selby Lane School

Join us in celebrating the creativity and artistry of students in Redwood City School District as student drawings, paintings, collage artwork from each of the district’s 15 schools is displayed in the storefronts at the corner of Broadway and Jefferson Street in downtown Redwood City, from May 11 through the end of June.

An artists’ reception will be held on Sun., May 17, from 3:30-5:30, in the space at 2107 Broadway to honor these student artists. Family, teachers, and friends are invited to join the celebration. (MAP)

The event includes musical performances by Corpus Callosum, live painting by Lacey Bryant and Pellet Factory as well as food and refreshments.

The Phantom Galleries project brings together community artists to enliven vacant storefronts and alternative spaces with vibrant art exhibitions and murals.

The project is produced by Two Fish Design in partnership with the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency. For more information, please call 408-271-5151 or email info[at]PhantomGalleries.com

KALEID Gallery & the Two Buck Tuesday Crew presents:

TWO BUCK Tuesdays - May 19, 2009

an all day $2 art sale and quirky speaker series (6-8pm) on the third Tuesday of the month.

12noon - 8pm : $2 art all day

6pm -8pm : interesting people speaker series- 10mns each, with additional performances and demos before and after the speakers.

Speakers:

David Ramsey will cater this evening's event and speak about creativity in cooking

Blaise Rosenthal: American Painter. Talks about a piece from his series “An Initial Approach to Knowing Everything," a body of work in which he has explored the nature of free will and the conflict of good & evil. He’ll discuss his pursuit of contextualizing himself and the human condition as well as his process of combining classicist considerations and contemporary dialogue.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20965327@N03/3398639275/

Carolina Harris, owner of “Beyond Wonderland," will talk about how to get an Etsy shop started and give advice on participating in DIY fairs and events. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=33738

Before / after speaker series performance by:

Cello Joe – The wildest beatboxing celloist in the west will be performing before and after the speaker series before heading to Utah on the “Shake Your Peace Utapia Now! Tour”. http://cellojoe.com/

and workshop demo by:

Beyond Wonderland (Bazaar BizarreVendor) will do a workshop on creating textile fortune cookies. FREE!

To see past Two Buck Tuesday events, click HERE.

Two Buck Tues Crew:
Christine Benjamin
Lacey Bryant
Eddie Flores
Maria Inocencio
Trina Merry
Kyle Pellet
Matthew Seigel
Kate Stewart
Two Fish Design

KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street (@San Fernando/next to Flames Restaurant)
Downtown San Jose
info[at]KALEIDgallery.com

Free & open to the public!

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR ARTIST/PLANNER TEAM TO CONSULT ON DIRIDON STATION AREA PLAN

RFQ release date: May 1, 2009
Deadline for questions and objections: May 22, 2009
RFQ due date: May 26, 2009 at 3 p.m. (PST)

The City of San José Office of Cultural Affairs is seeking an experienced public artist/planner team to collaborate with the consultant planning teams for the Diridon Station Area Plan and Station Reuse Plan. The Diridon Station Area Plan will be a comprehensive plan for a new Transit Oriented Center that will incorporate existing rail service (Caltrain, VTA, Amtrak, and ACE), plus the new California high-speed rail and BART in addition to retail, entertainment and residential opportunities; and the adaptive re-use of the existing Diridon Station. The selected artist/team will work collaboratively to provide ideas and concepts for inclusion of public art opportunities (by other artists), and to add an artistic perspective to the overall design.

ARTIST ELIGIBILTY
This opportunity is open to individual artists or artist-led teams working or living in California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, or Arizona.

HOW TO APPLY
All applicants must register with the City of San José Bidsync system and download the RFQ to receive all required directions, information and to post questions. http://www.sanjoseca.gov/purchasing/consulta.asp

Sell your work at the first of four Art on the Square fine art and craft shows on the streets surrounding Courthouse Square in the heart of downtown Redwood City. Art on the Square is a series of four juried outdoor shows where artists exhibit painting, jewelry, photography, glass, fiber, sculpture, and more. We are looking for high quality work that people can buy for themselves, their home, or to give as gifts while supporting the local economy and the best of handmade American craftsmanship. Join other CA artisans on Friday 6/19 from 5 until 8:30 pm and hear Santana tribute band, Caravansarai.

To promote sales the public can enter a drawing to win gift certificates to spend at the artist's booth(s) of their choice. Artists will be re-imbursed the full amount of any gift certificate they receive. Download an application at www.redwoodcityevents.com. Email us at ArtontheSquare@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions.

The June show is filling quickly so please apply soon to be considered.

APPLICATIONS FOR JUNE ART ON THE SQUARE MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 6/10/09.

Mariana Barnes' Mosaic Movement a solo exhibition of acrylic paintings at the Center for Performing Arts Mountain View.

Exhibition dates: April 21 - June 22, 2009

500 Casto Street, Mt. View, CA 94039

Lobby is open on Mon., Weds & Fri. from 12pm-1pm and one hour prior to every public performance.
May also be accessed during Cafe open hours.
http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/mvcpa/visualarts.html

Andrew H. by Joe Claus

Joe Claus and his new portrait project Let Go: photographs of talented people in Silicon Valley who’ve been dumped by local businesses is a feature story on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (some of which was shot on location at KALEID gallery)

from the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer website:

At the end of last year, Joe Claus was working at a small electronics company in Silicon Valley doing photography, marketing and design. And then he got laid off. "I was pissed," he said. But there was an unforeseen upside to his loss. No longer stuck behind a desk all day, he devoted more time to his photography.

Claus has turned the personal conflict of unemployment into the basis of his artistic practice, photographing people who have lost jobs in the recession. He asks them to close their eyes as he gets closer to them, saying it "brings down a barrier" between subject and viewer.

To see the full story and video segment, click HERE.

To view more portraits from this series, visit: http://www.joeclaus.com/Let_Go.html

And if you have been laid off and would like to participate in this ongoing project, email Joe at: joe.claus[at]gmail.com

The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) is pleased to announce that the Guidelines and Application Form for Round IV of the Investing in Artists grants program are now available for download at www.cciarts.org/funding.

The Investing in Artists grants program was established in 2007 to enhance the working lives and strengthen the creative support system for California artists working in all disciplines. Following an initial three rounds of funding made to 54 artists in 2007 and 2008, CCI is pleased to continue the grants program from 2009-2011, supported by The James Irvine Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

The Investing in Artists program now provides grants in two categories, for: 1) Artistic Equipment and Tools; and 2) Artistic Innovation. Beginning in 2009, the grants program will contain significant guideline changes, including a new Artistic Innovation grants category, the rotation of application deadlines according to discipline-specific groupings, and the requirement of online application submissions only. Round IV is designated for Performing and Media Arts applicants only, and the deadline for submission of online applications is July 15, 2009.

Featured Artists' Reception for RHYTHMS - exhibitions by Joe Decker, Valerie Runningwolf

Desert Rhythms by Joe Decker - Joe's newest body of photographic work exposes a vibrant beat within the details of desert sand dunes.

Spirit Rhythms by Valerie Runningwolf - mixed-media art that reflects the traditional and contemporary ideas inner peace and awakens the spirit.

Featured Artists' Reception: First Friday June 5th, 7pm-9pm

This event is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS artwalk in downtown San Jose. 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