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FOG Design + Art Returns to Fort Mason Festival Pavillion Jan. 13-17, 2016
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FOG Design + Art Returns to Fort Mason Festival Pavillion Jan. 13-17, 2016

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FOG Design + Art Returns to Fort Mason Festival Pavillion Jan. 13-17, 2016

Pair of Stools
by Axel Einar Hjorth
Nordiska kompaniet, Sweden, ca. 1930
Pine/Hostler Burrows

In the next four days San Francisco becomes the exciting epicenter of art and design, celebrating architecture, modern art and technology & design with dynamic exhibits, unique installations and pop-up galleries. This celebration of innovative design also features presentations and discussions with top gallerists, design dealers, architects and style-makers, from famed art collector Peggy Guggenheim to Northern California’s Woodworking Renaissance of the 1970s.

FOG Art + Design showcases 40 prominent 20^th Century and contemporary art and design dealers from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.

FOG Design + Art Schedule:

WED., JAN. 13 5–10pm Preview Gala benefiting SFMOMA
To attend the FOG Preview Gala, purchase tickets here. FOG will take place at the Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion. Get directions.

More info. about FOG Design + Art 2016

THUR., JAN. 14
11am– 6pm Open to the public

Niamh Barry, Walking, IRE, 2015 (Artist pictured with piece) Light sculpture made of hand-formed mirror-polished bronze, black-patinated bronze, glass opal tiles, LEDs 133" L x 84" H x 40.5" D Unique/Todd Merrill Studio

Walking by Niamh Barry, IRE, 2015 (Artist pictured with piece)
Light sculpture made of hand-formed mirror-polished bronze, black-patinated bronze, glass opal tiles, LEDs
133″ L x 84″ H x 40.5″ D
Unique/Todd Merrill Studio

FRI., JAN. 15
9–11am ArtBites presented by SFMOMA’s Modern Art Council
9am Breakfast, coffee, and high-design delights by Jane
10am Panel Discussion
Deconstructing Design: Inside the New SFMOMA
David Brenner, founder, Habitat Horticulture
David Darling, partner, Aidlin Darling Design
Jon McNeal, senior architect, Snøhetta
Moderated by Joseph Becker, associate curator of architecture and design, SFMOMA
To attend ArtBites, purchase tickets here.

11am– 6pm Open to the public
Presentations–FOG Theater
1pm. Impolite Wallpaper: Design through an Artist’s Eyes
Beth Katleman, artist
3pm Visionary Wood: Northern California’s Woodworking Renaissance, 1970-79, with a spotlight on J. B. Blunk, Robert Strini, and John Bauer
John Bauer, sculptor
René de Guzman, senior curator of art, Oakland Museum of California
Mariah Nielson, curator, director, J. B. Blunk Estate
Gerard O’Brien, owner and curator, Reform Gallery and the Landing
Robert Strini, sculptor
5pm Film Screening: The Incredible San Francisco Artists’ Soapbox Derby with an introduction by director Amanda Pope

Studio Vases by Stig Lindberg
Gustavsberg, Sweden, ca. 1955
Glazed Porcelain, embossed patterns
Left to right: 18.5” H, 2” H, 22” H/Hostler Burrows

SAT., JAN. 16
11am– 7pm Open to the public

Presentations–FOG Theater
1pm Film Screening: Peggy Guggenheim – Art Addict
Introduction by Janet Bishop, Weisel family curator of painting and sculpture of SFMOMA
Screening followed by a conversation with director Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Presented by Christie’s

3pm Developing the Confidence to Trust Your Instinct: Todd Hosfelt and David Breskin Discuss Collecting
David Breskin, writer, record producer, culture worker
Todd Hosfelt, Hosfelt Gallery

5pm Site-Specific: Creating an Immersive Moment
Charles de Lisle, designer
Tali Jaffe, executive editor, Cultured magazine
Presented by Cultured magazine

SUN., JAN. 17
11am– 5pm. Open to the public

Presentations–FOG Theater
1pm The Changing Face of San Francisco’s Art Scene
Alison Gass, associate director for collections, exhibitions, and curatorial affairs, Cantor Arts Center
Jonn Herschend, co-founder, The Thing Quarterly
Deborah Rappaport, co-founder, Minnesota Street Project
Claudia Altman Siegel, Altman Siegel Gallery

More info. about FOG Design + Art 2016

Pictured Above: Concrete Garden Pots from Germany circa 1880, sitting on a 13′ long suspended French pine floorboard… On the wall to the left, Club Der Visionare, 2012, oil on canvas by Goran Djurovic… On the wall to the right, Public Viewing, 2012, oil on canvas by Goran Djurovic… In the center of the room, To Honor to Treasure, 2012, cast concrete, antique wooden chair frames by JAMESPLUMB and Chesterfield Table, 2014, cast concrete, oak pew bench, antique chesterfield sofa by JAMESPLUMB/Obsolete

By Mary Lou Thiercof|2016-01-13T14:35:29-08:00January 13th, 2016|Tags: architecture, art scene, design, fort mason, galleries, san francisco|0 Comments

After Hours
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After Hours

It couldn’t get any easier. After the 29th Emeryville Annual Art Exhibit – all you have to do is walk across the street for a bite to eat at The Broken Rack and Honor Kitchen & Cocktails.

The Broken Rack Sports Bar & Billiards

Full bar plus 12 beers on tap. Besides 20 pool tables and 8 TVs, they have all kinds of Burgers, Quick Bites such as Chicken Wings and Quesadillas, lots of Salads, Soup, Sandwiches and Fries, Chips, Rings and Things. Wings are tossed in your choice of Buffalo, BBQ or Sweet Chili Sauce Buffalo and BBQ served with Ranch or Bleu Cheese Dressing. Salads include Chicken and Shrimp Caesars, Shrimp and Avocado and even Buffalo Chicken Salad – Buffalo chicken bites on a bed of kale & mixed greens with vegetables, crumbled Bleu Cheese & Bleu Cheese Dressing!
The Broken Rack is located at 3796 Peladeau St. across from the 29th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition. Phone: 510-652-9808. And the kitchen is open until Midnight on Friday nights!

Honor Kitchen & Cocktails

Honor Kitchen revolves around its grill, which is right in the middle of the bar. A few fun and delectable suggestions:

Bucket O’ Yard Birds –buttermilk fried chicken, macaroni salad, sausage biscuit and house-made hot sauce
Bone Marrow Brulee -Yelp reviewers rave about this dish– it’s a must, they say
Hand-Cranked Sausages – their in-house butcher grinds and cases their sausages and serves it with house-made mustard
Charcuterie & Cheese – basic board includes house-pickled vegetables, house-made white lardo spread, lemon-apricot mostarda, rustic French bread. Then you add Honored Meats & Cheeses of your choice from the menu
And there’s the Five Cheese Mac ‘n Cheese with aged Gouda, Cheddar, Gruyere, Jack, Parmesan and bread crumbs.
Cocktails include reserve wines and lots of high-end spirits.

Honor Kitchen & Cocktails is located at 1411 Powell Street, at the corner of Hollis Street, in Emeryville and across from the 29th Emeryville Annual Art Exhibit, sharing the Parking lot with the Broken Rack.. Phone: 510.653.8667

By Mary Lou Thiercof|2016-09-30T10:41:12-07:00September 30th, 2015|0 Comments

Be Seen at the Art Scene on Opening Night!
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Be Seen at the Art Scene on Opening Night!

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Be Seen at the Art Scene on Opening Night!

Frank Cole “Heart Pine (if You Ask Me)”, 2015, acrylic on canvas drop cloth, 106”x69”

WHEN: Fri., Oct. 2 6-9pm

WHERE: 5745 Peladeau St. in Emeryville*

WHAT: Opening Night Reception – Emeryville Annual Art Exhibition

Meet the artists as you view their artwork
Enjoy music by The doRiaN Mode: Vintage Jazz & Blues
Visit their no-host bar and raise funds for the Emeryville Youth Art Program

“Every day hundreds of artists are working in Emeryville and this juried exhibition is their yearly showcase,” explains Sharon Wilchar, exhibition coordinator.

By Opening Night over 100 artists who work or live in Emeryville will have transformed Grifols DIagnostic Solutions’ donated space at 5745 Peladeau St. in Emeryville into a living exhibit of paintings, sculptures, photographs, ceramics and textile arts. In its 29th year, running from Oct. 3-25, the show will again integrate poetry readings and dance performances into Emeryville’s Annual Art Exhibit, celebrating the talent and creativity that abounds in this 1.2 square mile city. Read more about this fun and inspiring community gathering.

*Parking for Opening Night only is further down Stanford at 5353 Horton St.

Trudihope Schlomowitz “Road Taken”, 2015, encaustic and oil on wood panel, 20”x20”x1.75”

By Mary Lou Thiercof|2015-09-30T12:36:42-07:00September 30th, 2015|0 Comments

Preview of Woodcut Print Artist’s Entry
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Preview of Woodcut Print Artist’s Entry

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Preview of Woodcut Print Artist’s Entry

Café, woodcut, 2015, 21″ x 23 1/2” – Linda Lee Boyd

Café, Linda Lee Boyd’s, 2015 entry in the Annual Emeryville Art Exhibit (Oct. 3-25), was inspired by her trips to Paris with her late husband. In 2010 she captured these people in a café near Sacre Coeur, showing the cosmopolitan diversity of the wonderful city of Paris.

Linda is a longtime supporter and board member of the Celebration of the Arts – since 1992 – as an entrant in the exhibit and as a volunteer. According to Linda, “The Annual Emeryville Art Exhibit is a real celebration of the arts of the residents and workers in Emeryville. For me, it’s a chance to exhibit as well as a way to work with the community.” Linda’s woodcuts are in the collection of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, the Janet Turner Print Museum in Chico and in the Fetterly Gallery collection at the Vallejo Community Arts Foundation. View more of her work.

“Linda Lee Boyd’s woodcut prints are a continuation of the figurative tradition. The most salient quality of Boyd’s woodcuts, aside from their technical finesse, is their personalness. What we are seeing is the quiet yet studied and thoughtful work of an artist who lives in an ordinary, day-to-day world inhabited by ordinary day-to-day people. Subjects are chosen and then rendered from a time consuming and labor-intensive process of woodblock printing to become anything but ordinary. Boyd’s technical abilities as an artist are readily apparent; her work has been described as ‘sonnets in wood.’ It is perhaps her ability to take her friends and co-workers and create poetry from them that is her highest achievement. “ Daniel Robesky, Curator & Director, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA

How do you create a woodcut print?

The twitter version: draw on a board, cut away the white areas, ink up the raised areas, put down a sheet of paper and run it through a press. Each color is a separate board. Learn more.

By Mary Lou Thiercof|2015-08-31T09:24:11-07:00August 31st, 2015|0 Comments

Wondering Where to Hang on Halloween?
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Wondering Where to Hang on Halloween?

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Wondering Where to Hang on Halloween?

EMERYVILLE – Fri. evening

11am-6pm Emeryville Art Exhibition

Susan Avila's Garden Delights - Photo EOB

Susan Avila’s Garden of Delights – Photo EOB

Open until 6pm tonight and tomorrow night (11am-6pm) visit the incredible Emeryville Art Exhibition at 6121 Hollis St. next to Bucci’s. in Heritage Square This is the largest collection of artwork in its 28 year history. The 117 artists are either residents or work in Emeryville. Experience the fountains of creativity spilling over the space and pause to immerse yourself in the texture and colors of Susan Avila’s 2012 Garden of Delights, a digitally printed silk backed creation with industrial felt and recycled muslin, completed with free-motion machine stitching. Amazing! The exhibit closes on Sun., Nov. 2 after the Nancy Karp & Dancers perform their site specific Double Portraits dance piece at 3:30 and 4pm. Space donated by Wareham Development.

Location: Heritage Square, 6121 Hollis St. in Emeryville

5-7pm Bay Street Trick or Treat Halloween Party

4:45pm Free Trick or Treat bags distributed while supplies last

5pm Free face painting and balloon making

6-7pm Trick or Treating with participating Bay St. merchants

Location: Bay Street in Emeryville

BERKELEY

9:30am – 4:30pm A Not So-Spooky Halloween With The Kids

Come to Habitot Children’s Museum for our Not So-Spooky Halloween celebration for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Children and their caretakers can play miniature golf in the garden graveyard, paint miniature pumpkins and fly paper ghosts in the Wind Tunnel. Other activities also include the witches’ apothecary in the grocery store, treats, and prizes. Come in costume for this not so-spooky event!

Location: Habitot Children’s Museum, 2065 Kittredge St. in Berkeley

8-11pm Wake the Dead

Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street in Berkeley

Wake the Dead is a Halloween celebration with Celtic all-star Grateful Dead Jam band. After 11 years of solid success blending Celtic traditional music and the songs of the Grateful Dead, this hot Northern California septet now embraces the entire Summer of Love, delighting Deadheads, folkies, rockers and adventurous lovers alike around the world.

Location: Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street in Berkeley

SAUSALITO

8-11pm Pirates Halloween Party!
Come aboard for a Pirates Halloween Party

The James Moseley Band fronted by lead vocalist and guitarist James Moseley has been wowing audiences in the Bay Area for over ten years at a wide range of music venues, festivals and special events. Their continually growing fan base, one of the most loyal in the Bay Area, is no doubt due to their high energy live performances that get everyone up and dancing with tunes by Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley and many more. The James Moseley Band showcases the very best in Motown, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Funk and Reggae.This exceptional eight piece band features outstanding musicians and three top notch vocalists.

Location: Sausalito Cruising Club – 300 Napa St.

OAKLAND

8pm – 11:30pm Hiromi: The Trio Project @ Yoshi’s

HIromi on keyboard at Yoshi’s

Shows at 8 and 10pm

Pianist and composer Hiromi whose passionate and incendiary keyboard work has been a shining light on the jazz landscape since her 2003 debut, believes that sometimes the voice that never speaks is the most powerful of all. The Trio features Anthony Jackson on Bass and Steve Smith on Drums. Read more.

Location: Yoshi’s, 310 W. Embarcadero in Jack London Sauare

By Mary Lou Thiercof|2014-10-31T18:18:22-07:00October 31st, 2014|0 Comments