Our lovely table neighbors Susie Cagle & Joey Alison Sayers

Our other lovely neighbors Jen Oaks & Will Scovill

So many generous donations were made and we swapped them duplicates from our library!

Rockin the first ever RPSCollective Stroller

Emeryville Babies showcasing the ever popular Zombies Attack Oakland choose your own adventure zine

You can look forward to reading these zines in our library soon!

They’re finally up in the picture gallery.  Here’s the link!

Hey folks -

Are you tired of wasting energy on your washing machine. Feel like lowering the ol PG&E bills and raising the power of your legs? Well we’ve got just the thing for you!

Aaron, who built the human-powered washing machine that appeared in Beyond Bicycles this month, is looking for temporary home for the washer. It’d be good if it gets a lot of use, so if you live in a big house and are open to letting your friends and neighbors in on the action, it’s a plus!

interested – send an email to beyondbikes _[at]_rpscollective(dot)com

Photo courtesy of Allison Smith

Join us on this Memorial day weekend presentation to contemplate the price of peace and exchange ideas about how art can be used as both disruptive and constructive social action for change.

The act of crossing the line in civil disobedience is presented as a metaphor in clarifying the intention of one’s artistic practice in working toward peace.  By ” loving the soldier and loathing the war,” this inclusive metaphor holds a space of honor for service women and men who walk the line for us, and how as artists we hold and cross the line to preserve their sacrifice.

Suellen Semekoski will show digital portraits – faces of the unreported that creatively graced the marches from various peace marches (Chicago, London, DC) over the eight years of the Bush reign. Their stories and ideas from Pace e Bene non-violence training are woven together to form what was once  described as ” a strange family album, where nobody looks alike but, I feel like I know these people”.

Suellen is an artist, art therapist, adjunct associate professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has done the facilitator training at Pace e Bene non-violence service in Oakland. She is delighted to be joining Rock Paper Scissor Collective for this Memorial Day weekend!

Sunday, May 30, 2010
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Event is free with a suggested donation of $5  to $10.

Also consider going to see her at SFMOMA’s event
War Memorial Veterans Building, Room 207 (pictured above)
401 Van Ness Avenue at McAllister Street
Saturday, May 29, 2010

Come see RPSCollective as well as performances by many talented local and Bay Area musicians,  martial arts demonstrations, dances from around the world, a car show, booths, children’s rides, pet adoption and much more! Sunday May 16, 11am – 6pm

Beyond Bicycles is opening this Friday!  The street will be filled with amazing machines!  It is going to rule.

Good job to Kristi and our Street Style crew!

Oakland after-school fashion program fuses street style with business savvy by Allison Davis at Oakland North

Ava was voted in after the spectacular volunteer appreciation/recruitment party! We are now up to 5 voting members! As our Volunteer Coordinator she is eager to meet you and welcome you as a volunteer at RPSC. Keep a look out for Orientations on our calendar and sign up!

February 12, 2010; 7:30 p.m. @ L@TE: Friday Nights @ BAM/PFA

Come dance and draw the night away with Rock Paper Scissors. The floors, ceilings, ramps, and nooks of Gallery B will be covered in paper for your drawing pleasure. Artist DJs will be spinning tunes while we cover the blank space with marker. You are invited to draw and then dance, to dance and then draw, or to do both at the same time! The artwork will remain on display through the weekend. Come and leave your mark in the museum!

Preceded at 6 p.m. by one of our favorite KALX DJs spinning in the lobby, where wine and beer are available for purchase.

We are proud to announce that we will be doing a screening of Handmade Nation, a documentary about DIY culture in America.

Faythe Levine traveled 19,000 miles to document what has emerged as a marriage between historical technique, punk culture, and the d.i.y. ethos. For HANDMADE NATION she and Cortney Heimerl have selected 24 makers and 5 essayists who work within different media and have different methodologies to provide a microcosm of the crafting community. Participants in this community share ideas and encouragement through websites, blogs, boutiques, galleries, and craft fairs. Together they have forged a new
economy and lifestyle based on creativity, determination, and networking.
twenty-four artists from Olympia, Washington to Providence, Rhode Island, and everywhere in between show their work and discuss their lives.

The screening will be held on February 12th at 7pm, followed by a talk with director Faythe Levine. Admission is a sliding scale of $7-$10 at the door.

Rock Paper Scissors is hosting a volunteer appreciation and recruitment party on Saturday, January 30th at 6:30 pm. There will be food and some wonderful local musicians helping us celebrate. Please stop by if you have ever volunteered or are interested in doing so. This is a chance for us to celebrate the RPS community and have a good time!

Questions? Wanna distribute the flier? Email Ava at volunteer@rpscollective.com