The South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk takes place every first Friday of the month (except January and July) featuring 15 art venues and art friendly businesses in the SoFA District and beyond.
The art walk is 8pm 'til LATE and is free and open to the public.
art by Lacey Bryant
KALEID Gallery?- 88 South Fourth Street (at San Fernando)
7pm–9pm Opening reception: The Sketch Book Show
Take a rare peak into the twisted minds of 29 artists! Peer into the depths of their sketchbooks and see what makes them tick. Step into their brain space and enjoy by DJ Coco, catering by Fundamental Gourmet, coffee by Red Berry Coffee Bar and conversation with the sketchers themselves!
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Phantom Galleries - art exhibits in vacant storefronts
Guy Brookshire
386 South First Street: Illustrations from the Book of Dreams are book art collages, created with precision blades and glue by destroying reference, art, history, and science publications. They illustrate uncanny narratives of which no knowledge is required. The universe they describe is the work of Guy Benjamin Brookshire.
Andy Gouveia
388 South First Street: Fault-lines an installation by Bay Area artist Andy Gouveia.
A spray can and house paint mural painted live in Golden Gate park as part of the Indy Arts Fest 2009. This exhibition also hosts an array of his smaller paintings dealing with the myth and mystery of the ancient world.
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Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design - 366 South First Street
Artist's Reception: Indoctrination debut solo exhibition of Dante Horoiwa
Under the skin of his everyday life in Brazil lies Horoiwa’s Japanese heritage. His paintings portray the spiritually lost and lonely. Through his work, from life-size paintings in São Paulo to the side of a 4 story building in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Horoiwa is able to cope with his want to hide from the world and his need to be a part of it.
Also on view in galleryONE: Art of Zines 2010
featuring hundreds of zines from basements, bedrooms and midnight copy shops throughout the US and abroad.
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Art Glass Center of San Jose - 465 South First Street
The SJGAA invites you to get a special sneak peek at their new fine art gallery extension as they expand the Art Glass Center of San Jose. Lionel Chapital and Lori Peterson will be on the torches creating precious little works of art just in time for Easter.
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Mariana Garibay, Tangle Weed, monotype, collage, acrylic and string mounted on wood, 2009.
MACLA - 510 South First Street
Currently on view Conceptual Landscapes: recent work by Castillo and Mariana Garibay. Ancestry, nature and form are reflected in this two person show featuring site specific installation and works on paper.
Join us for the Artist Talk on Friday, March 5 at 7:30pm for a gallery walk through and an engaging conversation about their work.
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The Angel Equation by Joan Schulze
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles - 520 South First Street
In the Main Galleries: Poetic License: The Art of Joan Schulze is a retrospective of the prolific 40-year career of innovative Bay Area collage artist Joan Schulze.
Also on view: Navajo Weaving in the Present Tense: The Art of Lucy and Ellen Begay, a rare collection of a remarkable body of work by two contemporary Navajo weavers, a mother and daughter, whose work is deeply rooted in the traditional lifestyle they still lead.
Special event 8-9pm: Reading of original poetry by Joan Schulze.
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SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery - 577 South Market Street
Web comics are all the rage these days and SLG presents artwork from one of the most popular webcomics on the internet as artist Ethan Nicolle shows of his work from AXE COP. For the uninitiated Axe Cop is the web comic created by Ethan and his five-year-old brother. Have you ever read something and said to yourself "Was this written by a five year old?" Well, Axe Cop IS written by a five year old and it's one of the funniest thing on the web. Entertainment Weekly and NPR agree and we are sure you will too.
Also, the Andy Ristaino Escape from Dullsville show continues. Live music by Jazz Trio Quasimodal.
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Blue Canyons by Terenia Offenbacker
Works San José - 451 South First Street
Opening reception: Female Found Mixed Media Contemporary Art, curated by Terenia Offenbacker, presents the work of eight women that create art together through weekly sessions for the past seven years. The materials used are common: paper, sand, metals, textiles, etc., but each artist works in a different creative way. Featured artists: Rosine Ferber, Ann Gordon, Camille Ball, Ricky Gumbrecht, Shuang Zhang, Sheryl Tealdi, Annette Legallet and Terenia Offenbacker.
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Caffé Trieste - 315 South First Street
Opening Reception: Venezia Revisited is a collection of paintings made by San Jose artist Eillen Graham after a 2007 trip to Italy.
Live music by Opera San José, featuring your favorite arias and duets starting at 8:30pm.
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Downtown Yoga Shala - 450 South First Street
Opening Reception: Yoga Inpired Art by Angeles Moreno
Simplicity, harmony, color, and strong outlines define her art, influenced by her life’s work as a graphic designer. Yoga came to her at its own time. It was in discovering consistent yoga practice that revealed a more profound significance and a fresh inspiration for her artwork.
Seeking a deeper understanding of the disciplines at the core yogic principles, Angeles completed the Ashtanga Teacher Training at Mount Madonna, founded 35 years ago by the silent Guru, Baba Hari Dass.
To capture and (re)express the many universal, positive messages from this ancient philosophy, the canvases began to fill with the Spirit of Yoga, compassion - balance - harmony.
Angeles Moreno is a yoga teacher at Downtown Yoga Shala. To see more of Angeles' work, please join us after Candlelight Yoga (6:15-8pm) as we open our doors to the art patrons and the downtown community for an Artist Reception beginning at 8pm.
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art by Wendy Neff
Good Karma Vegan Café - 37 South First Street
Opening Reception Group exhibit by Good Karma Staff
A mixed media, mixed artist show to celebrate the creative bunch that work at Good Karma. Featuring: Tony Buccino, Julia Lang, Otessa Crandell, Sarah Cade, and Wendy Neff.
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METRO Photo Exhibit- 550 South First Street
Opening Reception: I'm With the Band? photos by the First St. Photo Collective
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South First Billiards Club & Lounge - 420 South First Street
Opening Reception: Group Show by Illuskrate
Illuskrate is an art blog started and contributed to by Dion Bello and Anabella Pinon. The blog is an exhibit symbolizing work created after the day job some artists have to maintain to be able create the pieces displayed in these galleries.
The show is a collection of very talented South Bay artists that include; Anabella Pinon, Dee Jae Pa’este, Noel Huh, Nicole Terzic, Mike Borja, Daniel Valadez, Kristine Taormino, Kim Christman and Dion Bello.
Live musical performances by Fake Public and Can’t Find a Villain.
South First Billiards is now an ALL AGES venue.
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Art Ark - 1035 South Sixth Street
6-9pm Opening Reception: The Art of Truth, Compassion, Tolerance curated by David Zhang
This traveling exhibition has been shown in more than 40 countries and over 200 cities worldwide. Last year a preview was held at the San Jose City Hall Rotunda. The show features oil paintings by 12 artists including: Kunlun Zhang, Xiaoping Chen, Yuan Li, Kathleen Gillis, and Xiqiang Dong whose art portrays the experiences, visions, and hope of Falun Dafa followers as they attempt to safeguard justice and peace while upholding their values in truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.
Free shuttle service from South First Street to the Art Ark Gallery every 15 minutes between 5:45 - 9:15pm. Meet in front of the Miami Beach Club
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For more information: please visit www.SouthFirstFridays.com or call 408-271-5155
Enjoy FREE PEDICAB RIDES between art venues courtesy of South First Fridays and Eco City Cycles!
This event is produced by Two Fish Design with additional support provided by 1st ACT, the San Jose Downtown Association and the San Jose Redevelopment Agency.
Media Sponsor: Metro Newspapers