Here is the website for San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

(sorry about the two I posted below are in error...)

http://www.sjica.org/

SmartZone Communications Center: 2 New Exhibitions Opening This Week

Hey everyone there is an art Opening Reception at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art on the Friday, Nov. 6th from 6-8pm.

info@sjica.org

SmartZone Communications Center: 2 New Exhibitions Opening This Week

pink stuff

I was out trick or treating and look at all the great stuff I got!

Works is progress

Hello fellow artists!

Just wanted to show some work that I am currently trying to finish...the theme is music which is very appropriate coming from me since I adore all types of music. The materials I used are broken CD shards and hot glue on canvas. Some of the shards are painted but some of the CDs I purchased came in black which was really neat. Feel free to let me know what you think, feedback would be great! Enjoy...

Claire Morgan

I found an Irish artist, Claire Morgan, who creates sculptural installations of geometric shapes and natural processes using organic materials, plants, and animals (leaves, strawberries, birds, insects, etc.) and hangs each by string. Some of her works remind me of Kathleen's post on the "fly art."

http://www.claire-morgan.co.uk/index.htm

Untitled

I can't wait to see the movie "Untitled" with Adam Goldberg, who plays an avant-garde composer. The movie is a parody of the contemporary art scene. Making fun of artist, collectors, critics and patrons. Should be a good one.

using art to advocate and educate

Hope everyone had a sweet and safe halloween! I was a butterfly and Kris was a butterfly catcher, hehe. This weekend my girlfriend Juliet from Seattle came to visit me and our other friend Hazel who goes to Mills but grew up with us in Seattle.

We went to the city to do some major retail therapy and decided to chill at the Yerba Buena park after. While we were walking up we came across a really project by the students, staff, friends and family members of the community college of sf. The project is called Student Success Stories: Using art to advocate and educate. A response to the budget cuts. There are around..uh..a lot..of life-size sculptures that tell a student story on the back. They are tactile and visual reminders of how community colleges have changed and are changing the lives of the students. I think I read that the sculptures have been or will be traveling around to numerous community colleges. We should think of something to do at East Bay!



The faces are created by headshots of students and the bodies are open to whatever the artist wants to put on it. On the back are the stories. Here is my favorite:



For videos of the process and information visit the website: www.ccsf.edu/ccsss. If anyone has the time, I think I read that its not too late to participate in this project