March 2007 Archives

Chris Johanson, Can I Say Something Nice To You About Something Nice That Someone Told Me (2/12), 2006, Lithograph, 13.5" by 17.5"

Intersection for the Arts 2007 Auction Fundraiser - SF's oldest alternative non - profit art space Intersection for the Arts is in (or rather IS) the heart of the Mission District. With Theatre, Dance, Gallery, Literary and artist resources, they do a hell of a job for local artists. This year's auction has over 50 artists many of whom we greatly respect and you'll recognize including: Kathy Aoki, Sandow Birk, Victor Cartagena, Carolyn Ryder Cooley, Binh Danh, Matt Gonzalez, Xylor Jane, Chris Johanson, Aaron Noble, Andrew Schoultz, and Deth P. Sun.

Intersection's 2007 Auction Fundraiser
446 Valencia (@ 16th), SF
Exhibition: March 14-28, 2007
Auction: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 7pm (Live Auction Starts at 8:30pm)
$5-$20/sliding scale admission

Perhaps you were like us back in December, stuck somewhere in the depths of your city's own Zero Tolerance instead of being able to get yourself out to 11 Spring Street in NY. A place that (even if for a brief moment in time) celebrated the essence of urban culture that gives so many of us our daily inspiration; Our raison d'etre.

If you're in need for a little inspiration today, a reason to RISE UP! and make a difference, check out the video that the folks of GOOD Magazine put together of the 11 Spring Street project.

[via Wooster Collective]

Francis Ford Coppola Presents is looking for you to create and submit short movies that represent everyday life. Besides having your work viewed by Mr. Coppola and his wife, 10 lucky folks will get an image from their film on a bottle of Rosso & Bianco wine. Enter as many times as you like. Good luck!

Rosso & Bianco Theater Movie Contest

In 1985 the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas first exhibited "In the American West: Photographs by Richard Avedon." Avedon had spent the years of 1979-1984 photographing oil field and slaughterhouse workers, drifters, mental patients, and waitresses; the results shattered stereotypes of the previously glorified inhabitants of America's frontier. Following its highly acclaimed tour more than twenty years ago, the project has not been seen in its entirety here in the United States. For the 20th anniversary exhibition on tour, 78 images, representing the project's most famous and important works, were selected. This is the final stop on the exhibit's tour. We highly recommend it.

Cantor Arts Center
at Stanford University
Feb. 14 – May 6, 2007
admission is free

Thursday, March 22nd, the Perpetual Motion Roadshow rolls into Anno Domini in downtown San Jose. The last West Coast Roadshow of this season features...

acoustic storytellin' avant-jazz guardian improv-i-sensationalist!
Ben Henderson
locally grown!

percussive rock guitarist
JOANN RIEDL
from Milwaukee!

the spirit of poetry
NORMAN CRISTOFOLI
from Toronto!

neoclassical futuristic poet
PETER HASKELL
from Vancouver!

Special thanks to M Dot Strange for spending the night at Anno Domini creating stop-motion animations with everyone that dropped in last week. If you weren't able to make it out for his First Friday opening reception you're still in luck, he posted the results on YouTube with a nice soundtrack. Click above to watch the clip!

The last Cinequest screening of WE ARE THE STRANGE is this Saturday, March 10th at 10:15pm at the San Jose Repertory Theater. Get your tickets here, have a great time at the movie and then come back to AD for M Dot's behind the scenes exhibit of original works of art, character dolls and sets from the movie.

This Friday, March 9th, Heart of Chaos presents Work & Play, a great lineup of exhibition, live painting, music, spoken word and silent auction.

Artists include: Krissy Everett, AD Trooper Anabella Pinon, Michael Foley, Susie Zarate, Steve Cooley & Miguel Machuca

Live Graffiti Wall includes: Willie Ray, Ivan Gonzalez, Summer Munoz and others

Friday March 9th, 4-9pm
all ages, free admission
Center for Training & Careers
1600 Las Plumas Ave., San Jose

12th & Taylor is back for another season of "educated young artists" in a homey setting. In the garage gallery is Perry Doane & Mike Lowell, and in the gazebo gallery is Anton Orlov & Ben Hunt.

Reception is Friday, March 9th, 8pm - midnight.
723 No. 12th Street (@ Taylor), San Jose

Our buddies at Time Tunnel have put together another massive toy & collectible show at the Santa Clara Fairgrounds for Saturday, March 24th, 11m - 4pm. Admission is $5 general, $15 for Early Bird hours (9-11am) and kids under 12 are $2.50

First for someone that does it right:

Overpass Gallery exhibition Permission and Consent exploring the politcs of gender has a reception on Saturday, March 24th at 859 West Hedding, San Jose, 3pm - midnight.

Artists include: Howard Pugh, Anabella Pinon, Joe Miller, John Kurtyka, Tim Cottengim, Al Preciado, Bette Linderman, Francesca Lovecchio, Monika Rose, Paul Gonzales, Julie Batista, Linda Churchill and others.

Now for the one's I'm not posting, and here's why:

If you're having an art show....list the artists' names! I wanted to post three exhibits coming up, two in businesses and one benefit auction, but there's no artists' names listed on the flyers, and no info on the websites.

We Are the Strange has its Cinquest premiere tonight at 7pm at the California Theater. It also plays tomorrow night (March 2), after the artist's reception of the exhibit here at AD at midnight at Camera 12. We'll all be there and invite you to get your tickets here and join us!!