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Calling All ART MONKEYS!

Anno Domini is proud to announce that we are an official chapter of DR. SKETCHY'S ANTI-ART SCHOOL!

Dr. Sketchy's is the world's premier alternative drawing movement. Every month, over 3,500 artists gather in nearly a hundred cities (including New York, Hollywood, Sao Paolo, London, Rome, Paris, Tokyo, and Melbourne) to sketch glamorous, subcultural models and compete in drawing contests in an atmosphere of artistic mayhem.

Dr. Sketchy's was started in December 2005 by a 22 year old art school dropout in a dive bar in Brooklyn (Miss Molly Crabapple). An artist and former model, Molly has created an alternative to the dull drawing classes she had posed for and now Dr. Sketchy's has exploded into an international phenomenon.

"If art class had been this cool growing up, 90 percent of Americans might be painters instead of lawyers and presidential candidates." ~New York Post

Join us for the inaugural launch of Dr. Sketchy's San Jose at Anno Domini Gallery!

Thursday, February 18th at 7pm. Come early as seating is limited!
$10.00/Door Bring your sketchy pads and favorite drawing materials.

Special thanks to Mistress Trina Merry & Master Drew Clark, our resident MCs!

Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design
366 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
www.galleryAD.com  408.271.5155

Remember BLOODWORK:SLEEVES exhibition at Anno Domini? It just opened in Japan today kicking off its tour. First stop OSAKA on February 5th at Three Tides Gallery, then off to TOKYO for a booksigning at Tokyo Tower on February 13th and exhibition at The Last Gallery opening on February 14th. Watch for coverage on Analog Weather Report and some great behind the scenes posts on photographer, Max Dolberg's blog.


Here's a timelapse below from the Osaka setup posted on youtube.

RVCA / VASF is delighted to present 'Hand Over Fist', a collection of new and recent work by 8 excellent emerging contemporary artists from around the west coast. Curated by Gabe Scott.

An opening reception will be held @ 6pm on February 4th with some of the artists in attendance. The exhibition will run from Thursday, February 4th - March 26th.

Featured artists in this exhibition are: Jason Jagel (San Francisco, CA), Ryan Bubnis (Portland, OR), Katy Horan (Austin, TX), Derek Albeck (Los Angeles, CA), Paul Urich (San Francisco, CA), Jessie Rose Vala (Portland, OR / Brooklyn, NY), Tahiti Pehrson (Nevada City, CA) and Marco Zamora (Los Angeles, CA).

RVCA / VASF 1485 Haight St. at the corner of Ashbury open 7 days a week, 11am-7pm.

2010 Sundance Film Festival: Exit Through The Gift Shop

In the late 1990s, a hybrid form of graffiti began appearing in cities around the world. Enlisting stickers, stencils, posters, and sculpture and spread by the burgeoning Internet, it would be labeled "street art" and establish itself as the most significant counterculture movement of a generation. Los Angeles-based filmmaker Terry Guetta set out to record this secretive world in all its thrilling detail. For more than eight years, he traveled with the pack, roaming the streets of America and Europe, the stealthy witness of the world's most infamous vandals. But after meeting the British stencil artist known only as "Banksy," things took a bizarre turn.

Sundance has shown films by unknown artists but never an anonymous one. Banksy turns the tables on the only man who has ever filmed him, creating a remarkable documentary that is part personal journey and part an exposé of the art world with its mind-altering mix of hot air and hype. In the end, Exit Through the Gift Shop is an amazing ride, a cautionary modern fairy tale . . . with bolt cutters.

The San Jose Comics Fest is sponsored by SLG Publishing, America's Coolest Comic Book Publisher.

A quarterly mini-convention, Comics Fest celebrates independent comics, DIY culture and everything cool and good in life.

Produced by the founders of the Alternative Press Expo (APE) Comics Fest hopes to bring the worlds of independent and alternative comics to a general audience.

The first show of the year showcases mostly local talent and mainly SLG creators including: Jamaica Dyer (Weird Fishes), Tom Hodges (Clone Wars web comic), Mel Smith (Gumby) and Vernon White (Birdhouse).

Eric Searlman (VIZ Comics) and Dan Vado (SLG Publishing) will be on hand to review portfolios.

Saturday January 16th, 12pm - 5pm Admission is FREE

SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery 577 S. Market Street San Jose, CA 95113 408-971-8929 www.sjcomicsfest.com

We at Anno Domini are resurrecting our ART of ZINES exhibition (a former annual event) and we are still in need of great zines. We believe zines are one of the last frontiers for freedom of speech and self expression and we need it now more than ever.

We are especially interested in art, music, poetry, photography and other creative disciplines but are open to all zines in any format and content. Current and past issues are accepted, one copy of each is adequate. (If you choose, you may send zine multiples and/or promo cards and we'll put it out on the counter for the taking.)

Our audience is very diverse at our openings, we typically expect 800+ people to come through and the exhibit will run for approximately 6 weeks.

The opening is on First Friday February 5th, 8pm 'til late. We'll have live bands and zine makers in the area are invited to be present to sell their zines (please let us know if you'd like to sell at the opening, there are no vendor fees nor commission on sales, but all spaces must be reserved.)

2009 marked the 4th season of Anno Domini's STREET MRKT. This year we recorded performances in our efforts to continue to promote the musicians and bands that help us make the event so successful. We hope you enjoy the music! Be sure to come out and join us for the 2010 series.

SubZERO Festival 2009 by Anno Domini


Panthelion on the Jazz Beyond Stage at STREET MRKT on August 7, 2009 by Anno Domini


Corpus Callosum perform at STREET MRKT on September 4, 2009 by Anno Domini

Thanks to the Los Angeles Dr. Sketchy's for coming through last Wednesday night. We appreciate all the hard work by Bob, Click and D.D. to tour such a great event, and we appreciate all the talented artists that came out and made it a fantastic night!

For photos of the event, click here and here.