Gallery Shows
Tibetan Memorial Quilt Project
The intention of the Tibetan Memorial Quilt Project is to raise awareness about human rights. The Tibetan Association of Northern California organized the Tibetan Memorial Quilt Project (TMQP) in 2009 to commemorate 50 Years of Tibet’s Occupation by China. The quilts, made by the Tibetan community members, memorialize more than 1.2 million Tibetans who have died in the struggle for justice and freedom. Many of these Tibetan s/heros are monks and nuns persecuted for their belief in Tibetan Buddhism and their uncompromising loyalty to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Like the AIDS Quilt Project, this series of quilts juxtaposes human pain and suffering with the warmth and comfort of quilted fabric.
This project was launched on April 25, 2009 during His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to the Bay Area. At the occasion, the Dalai Lama was presented with the first quilt for his blessing. TANC’s goal is to have at least 50 Quilts (each with 25 patches). To date, 16 quilts have been completed, each measuring 36 square feet.
The ultimate vision is to transform TMQP from a “TANC project” to a “Tibetan-wide project”. To this end, invitations to Tibetan Associations in North America to participate in this endeavor in their local communities were sent. To date, the Tibetan Association of Southern California and Tibetan Community of New York/New Jersey have expressed interest to do something similar in their local communities. We welcome their interest and look forward to working together with TASC and TCNYNJ in the near future.
Volunteers & Sponsors
The TMQP project would not have happened without the contributions from many people such as:
- - Lindsay Kelly (quilter and volunteer), Gyen Pega la (master tailor), and John Scottdugger (professional banner-maker) for giving up many voluntary hours with me on the TMQP Committee & of course, to the TANC Board for their moral support to this project.
- - All the Tibetan Sunday School parents/teachers and other community members who have sewn the panels consistently since the project began in April 2009.
- - Ingrid Good of the former (no longer in business) Sew Your Own of Waterside Workshops in Berkeley for her initial support with community sewing space.
- - Sunflower Fabrics (no longer in business) that made generous donations of the very first reels of fabric to begin the TMQP.
- - Suzan Steinberg, co-owner of Stone Mountain and Daughters Fabrics in Berkeley that generously gives us free use of its sewing space, 20% discount on all purchases for the project, and highlights TMQP as one way to “give back”
- - All our project endorsers so far with ongoing search for more endorsers.
- - Virginia Cambour for her donations of exquisite clothes.
- - Tibetan Gift Corner in San Francisco for the beautiful Rajasthani quilt that adorns borders of one of the TMQP quilts.
- - Tenpa Jamyang la and Amchi Kelsang la for their respective calligraphy in Tibetan and sewing.
AND so many more Tibetans in the community who have quietly contributed to this project over time!
Funders
In addition to the in-kind support from volunteers, the TMQP received financial support from Catherine Shine and a grant from the Office of Tibet in New York.
Find out more on their website – http://www.tanc.org/programs/quilt-project/
READ ABOUT THE OPENING NIGHT ON THE TANC WEBSITE
The intention of the Tibetan Memorial Quilt Project is to raise awareness about human rights. The Tibetan Association of Northern California organized the Tibetan Memorial Quilt Project (TMQP) in 2009 to commemorate 50 Years of Tibet’s Occupation by China. The quilts, made by the Tibetan community members, memorialize more than 1.2 million Tibetans who have died in the struggle for justice and freedom. Many of these Tibetan s/heros are monks and nuns persecuted for their belief in Tibetan Buddhism and their uncompromising loyalty to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Like the AIDS Quilt Project, this series of quilts juxtaposes human pain and suffering with the warmth and comfort of quilted fabric.
This project was launched on April 25, 2009 during His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to the Bay Area. At the occasion, the Dalai Lama was presented with the first quilt for his blessing. TANC’s goal is to have at least 50 Quilts (each with 25 patches). To date, 16 quilts have been completed, each measuring 36 square feet.
The ultimate vision is to transform TMQP from a “TANC project” to a “Tibetan-wide project”. To this end, invitations to Tibetan Associations in North America to participate in this endeavor in their local communities were sent. To date, the Tibetan Association of Southern California and Tibetan Community of New York/New Jersey have expressed interest to do something similar in their local communities. We welcome their interest and look forward to working together with TASC and TCNYNJ in the near future.
Volunteers & Sponsors
The TMQP project would not have happened without the contributions from many people such as:
- - Lindsay Kelly (quilter and volunteer), Gyen Pega la (master tailor), and John Scottdugger (professional banner-maker) for giving up many voluntary hours with me on the TMQP Committee & of course, to the TANC Board for their moral support to this project.
- - All the Tibetan Sunday School parents/teachers and other community members who have sewn the panels consistently since the project began in April 2009.
- - Ingrid Good of the former (no longer in business) Sew Your Own of Waterside Workshops in Berkeley for her initial support with community sewing space.
- - Sunflower Fabrics (no longer in business) that made generous donations of the very first reels of fabric to begin the TMQP.
- - Suzan Steinberg, co-owner of Stone Mountain and Daughters Fabrics in Berkeley that generously gives us free use of its sewing space, 20% discount on all purchases for the project, and highlights TMQP as one way to “give back”
- - All our project endorsers so far with ongoing search for more endorsers.
- - Virginia Cambour for her donations of exquisite clothes.
- - Tibetan Gift Corner in San Francisco for the beautiful Rajasthani quilt that adorns borders of one of the TMQP quilts.
- - Tenpa Jamyang la and Amchi Kelsang la for their respective calligraphy in Tibetan and sewing.
AND so many more Tibetans in the community who have quietly contributed to this project over time!
Funders
In addition to the in-kind support from volunteers, the TMQP received financial support from Catherine Shine and a grant from the Office of Tibet in New York.
Find out more on their website – http://www.tanc.org/programs/quilt-project/
READ ABOUT THE OPENING NIGHT ON THE TANC WEBSITE
The Good The Bad and The West
West Oakland neighborhoods are full of rich histories; Nenna Joiner and Demondré Ward are exploring old and new work in West Oakland neighborhoods. Collecting interviews of this history and showing the people behind the place. Be prepared to experience a myriad of community and individual stories of West Oakland around family and merchant history, and to take time to reflect on what West Oakland means to you.
The Artists
Nenna Joiner is a Las Vegas native and now a 16 year resident of Oakland. Graduated from Florida A&M University with a B.S. in Public Management; and an AA Degree from Merritt College. With artistic roots in Photography and Videography, Nenna, continues to push every imaginable boundary with various expressions in both Photography and Video.
“Given my own experience in historical communities, West Side of Las Vegas, Nevada, that has recently been gentrified to suite the political and economic plight of the city and not the community. It is refreshing to see West Oakland residents staying steadfast in their hold on West Oakland. The books I read, photos saw, and movies viewed, those landscapes that depicted Oakland, most are still here! The streets are vibrant with information of the Black Panther as well and Ruth Beckford’s dance routines. Photography was the standard now Video has somewhat replaced this.”
With no institutional instruction, she was taught by her Uncle Henry. But her style is undeniable and introduces a new angle upon which to view the story. One of her goals has always been to fuse photography and video for story telling. Given the evolution of photography and video, it was only right that both married in this exhibit to tell a story from various perspectives to add a new dimension to West Oakland. She continues to work in the Oakland community on various commercial media projects.
Demondré Ward attended Oakland Senior High where he was moderately involved in art photography as an avocation. Without any traditionally institutionalized form of photographic education. Demondré Ward is self-taught in conjunction with being mentored by Shane Nash, A Cooper Union School of the art graduate; and now being currently mentored by Nana Kofi Nti in Oakland California. Now with photography as his preferred medium he plans on pursuing a career in commercial photography.
This project was made possible with support from the East Bay Community Foundation-East Bay Fund for Artist Matching grant.
West Oakland neighborhoods are full of rich histories; Nenna Joiner and Demondré Ward are exploring old and new work in West Oakland neighborhoods. Collecting interviews of this history and showing the people behind the place. Be prepared to experience a myriad of community and individual stories of West Oakland around family and merchant history, and to take time to reflect on what West Oakland means to you.
The Artists
Nenna Joiner is a Las Vegas native and now a 16 year resident of Oakland. Graduated from Florida A&M University with a B.S. in Public Management; and an AA Degree from Merritt College. With artistic roots in Photography and Videography, Nenna, continues to push every imaginable boundary with various expressions in both Photography and Video.
“Given my own experience in historical communities, West Side of Las Vegas, Nevada, that has recently been gentrified to suite the political and economic plight of the city and not the community. It is refreshing to see West Oakland residents staying steadfast in their hold on West Oakland. The books I read, photos saw, and movies viewed, those landscapes that depicted Oakland, most are still here! The streets are vibrant with information of the Black Panther as well and Ruth Beckford’s dance routines. Photography was the standard now Video has somewhat replaced this.”
With no institutional instruction, she was taught by her Uncle Henry. But her style is undeniable and introduces a new angle upon which to view the story. One of her goals has always been to fuse photography and video for story telling. Given the evolution of photography and video, it was only right that both married in this exhibit to tell a story from various perspectives to add a new dimension to West Oakland. She continues to work in the Oakland community on various commercial media projects.
Demondré Ward attended Oakland Senior High where he was moderately involved in art photography as an avocation. Without any traditionally institutionalized form of photographic education. Demondré Ward is self-taught in conjunction with being mentored by Shane Nash, A Cooper Union School of the art graduate; and now being currently mentored by Nana Kofi Nti in Oakland California. Now with photography as his preferred medium he plans on pursuing a career in commercial photography.
This project was made possible with support from the East Bay Community Foundation-East Bay Fund for Artist Matching grant.
Eesuu Orundide & Marcel Diallo vs. Rock Paper Scissors
eesuu orundide:
my flesh is California
my roots grow upward
from Texas and Louisiana
Barbados
Ireland
Germany
my spirit vibrates
African frequencies
been professin’ painter
eighteen years
Shona style stone sculptor
eleven years
visual artist
lifelong
prefer candlelight over
incandescent or florescent
running into my people
on the street
over driving
and smoking over drinking
first art instructors:
Uncle Butch
Grand Daddy Early
Pops’ photography
Isley Brothers
Mama’s craftwork
long black cadillacs
and panthers
afros
Chuck D.
reached into my ears
and opened my eyes
El Haj Malik El Shabaz
modeled clear conviction
Picasso
Mondrian
Gladys Knight
the whole
Harlem Renaissance Movement
moves me
Basquiat
Curtis Mayfield
NWA
Omiiroo massive
our collective
I paid academy of art college
to instruct
their instructors
was humbled and blessed
with careful guidance
at Laney college
made family by
Nicolas Mukomberanwa
at home in Africa
still a nigga
to galleries and police
at home in america
my art speaks
these experiences
intending to be
beautiful and attractive
harsh and cold
rich
textured
smooth and refined
hot like fire
coexisting within
one body of work
with many varied chapters
visual music
soul stirring imagery
raw-ass mindfunk
blackstrap molasses
straight to the bloodstream
I been called on
To do this
by ancestors
forever
and I
will
not
stop
eesuu orundide:
my flesh is California
my roots grow upward
from Texas and Louisiana
Barbados
Ireland
Germany
my spirit vibrates
African frequencies
been professin’ painter
eighteen years
Shona style stone sculptor
eleven years
visual artist
lifelong
prefer candlelight over
incandescent or florescent
running into my people
on the street
over driving
and smoking over drinking
first art instructors:
Uncle Butch
Grand Daddy Early
Pops’ photography
Isley Brothers
Mama’s craftwork
long black cadillacs
and panthers
afros
Chuck D.
reached into my ears
and opened my eyes
El Haj Malik El Shabaz
modeled clear conviction
Picasso
Mondrian
Gladys Knight
the whole
Harlem Renaissance Movement
moves me
Basquiat
Curtis Mayfield
NWA
Omiiroo massive
our collective
I paid academy of art college
to instruct
their instructors
was humbled and blessed
with careful guidance
at Laney college
made family by
Nicolas Mukomberanwa
at home in Africa
still a nigga
to galleries and police
at home in america
my art speaks
these experiences
intending to be
beautiful and attractive
harsh and cold
rich
textured
smooth and refined
hot like fire
coexisting within
one body of work
with many varied chapters
visual music
soul stirring imagery
raw-ass mindfunk
blackstrap molasses
straight to the bloodstream
I been called on
To do this
by ancestors
forever
and I
will
not
stop
Beyond Bicycles
The Gossamer Albatross crossed the English Channel in 1979. For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossamer_Albatross
In May of 2010, Rock Paper Scissors Collective is hosting BEYOND BICYCLES a celebration of the art, science, and politics of harnessing human power. Our inspiration is the bicycle, a simple machine that has transformed our experience of moving through the world. We see the bicycle as possibility, the tip of the big ol’ iceberg of human potential energy.
BEYOND BICYCLES will be an exhibition documenting the many ingenious uses of human power past and present. The Gallery space at Rock Paper Scissors Collective is limited so large works will be displayed on 23rd st during opening night. For the rest of the month, they will be displayed at 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza – on the west side of Broadway between 14th and 16th streets. The RPSC Gallery space will host a collection of color photographs of works as well as a few select examples in our storefront windows. There will be a printed zine that accompanies the exhibition with more in depth information on all the Human-Powered Machines and their makers.
In addition to Human-Powered Machines, Beyond Bicycles will also feature Bicycle-Powered Organizations. There will be a map of all the awesome bicycle projects in the East Bay (there’s a lot more than you think!) as well as a printed zine of bicycle resources in the East Bay.
OPENING NIGHT
Friday May 7th, 6 – 9pm.
23rd Street between Telegraph Avenue and Valley St.
Get ready for a hands-(and feet)-on human-powered night! In conjunction with Oakland Art Murmur and the month of Bike to Work Day, the street will be filled with the Human-Powered Machines of Rock Paper Scissors Collective’s Beyond Bicycles Exhibition and many of their makers! It will be your chance to try them out and ask lots of questions.
MAY EVENTS
Check the exhibition calendar for a complete list of bicycle and human powered events during the month of May!
Bike to Work Day!!!
Thursday May 13th,
8am – 10am,
@ RPSC.
RPSC will be hosting an energizer station for bike to work day – we’ll have 50 bags of goodies to give out and they will have some awesome patches and zines from the show!!!
Bike Away from Work party
Thursday May 13th,
5pm – 9pm,
on Telegraph Ave between 16th and 19th Streets.
The Beyond Bicycles Machines will be on display during EBBC’s giant street party to celebrate Bike to Work Day – come by and check them out!!!
Mess with Bikes
Monday May 3rd, 17th, & 31st,
6pm – 9pm,
@ RPSC.
Come down and learn how to fix your bike – by fixing your bike with our tools! RPSC’s long-running workshop will happen three times during the exhibition.
Bike Shorts
Sunday May 30th,
Sundown – two hours later,
Mosswood Park Ampitheather.
Come watch some movies about bicycles and human-powered machines in the park!
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THANKS TO ALL OUR PARTNERS AND FUNDERS
- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -
Rock Paper Scissors Collective would like to thank our partners in this project Cycles of Change, East Bay Bicycle Coalition,Walk Oakland Bike Oakland, and Ace Arts for their help.
This programming is part of RPSC’s Community Collaborations. It is possible through the generous support of The San Francisco Foundation, The City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program, and The Clorox Foundation.
The Gossamer Albatross crossed the English Channel in 1979. For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossamer_Albatross
In May of 2010, Rock Paper Scissors Collective is hosting BEYOND BICYCLES a celebration of the art, science, and politics of harnessing human power. Our inspiration is the bicycle, a simple machine that has transformed our experience of moving through the world. We see the bicycle as possibility, the tip of the big ol’ iceberg of human potential energy.
BEYOND BICYCLES will be an exhibition documenting the many ingenious uses of human power past and present. The Gallery space at Rock Paper Scissors Collective is limited so large works will be displayed on 23rd st during opening night. For the rest of the month, they will be displayed at 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza – on the west side of Broadway between 14th and 16th streets. The RPSC Gallery space will host a collection of color photographs of works as well as a few select examples in our storefront windows. There will be a printed zine that accompanies the exhibition with more in depth information on all the Human-Powered Machines and their makers.
In addition to Human-Powered Machines, Beyond Bicycles will also feature Bicycle-Powered Organizations. There will be a map of all the awesome bicycle projects in the East Bay (there’s a lot more than you think!) as well as a printed zine of bicycle resources in the East Bay.
OPENING NIGHT
Friday May 7th, 6 – 9pm.
23rd Street between Telegraph Avenue and Valley St.
Get ready for a hands-(and feet)-on human-powered night! In conjunction with Oakland Art Murmur and the month of Bike to Work Day, the street will be filled with the Human-Powered Machines of Rock Paper Scissors Collective’s Beyond Bicycles Exhibition and many of their makers! It will be your chance to try them out and ask lots of questions.
MAY EVENTS
Check the exhibition calendar for a complete list of bicycle and human powered events during the month of May!
Bike to Work Day!!!
Thursday May 13th,
8am – 10am,
@ RPSC.
RPSC will be hosting an energizer station for bike to work day – we’ll have 50 bags of goodies to give out and they will have some awesome patches and zines from the show!!!
Bike Away from Work party
Thursday May 13th,
5pm – 9pm,
on Telegraph Ave between 16th and 19th Streets.
The Beyond Bicycles Machines will be on display during EBBC’s giant street party to celebrate Bike to Work Day – come by and check them out!!!
Mess with Bikes
Monday May 3rd, 17th, & 31st,
6pm – 9pm,
@ RPSC.
Come down and learn how to fix your bike – by fixing your bike with our tools! RPSC’s long-running workshop will happen three times during the exhibition.
Bike Shorts
Sunday May 30th,
Sundown – two hours later,
Mosswood Park Ampitheather.
Come watch some movies about bicycles and human-powered machines in the park!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THANKS TO ALL OUR PARTNERS AND FUNDERS
- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -
Rock Paper Scissors Collective would like to thank our partners in this project Cycles of Change, East Bay Bicycle Coalition,Walk Oakland Bike Oakland, and Ace Arts for their help.
This programming is part of RPSC’s Community Collaborations. It is possible through the generous support of The San Francisco Foundation, The City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program, and The Clorox Foundation.
The Hero Within Us: A Night for Heroes
Join us for “The Hero Within Us”
A joint event at Rock Paper Scissors Collective, 21 Grand and Creative Growth Art Center in honor of Art IS Education, a countywide celebration of youth arts learning.
Rock Paper Scissors Collective
2278 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612
“The Hero Within Us: A Night for Heroes” 6-9 pm, March 5th
- Find your inner super hero at RPSC by investigating what special abilities you bring your community.
- Compose poetry signs to take on the Illuminated Art Walk.
- Add to a wall of hero actions in our community.
- Make yourself a hero cape after taking action on behalf of the arts.
21 Grand
416 – 25th Street, Oakland, CA 94612-2409
The Hero Within Us: Subtitle TBA” 7-10 pm
- View the Super Heroes exhibit by Art Esteem artists.
- Meet the youth artists and hear what inspired their work.
- Experience student performances and video screenings by youth groups including Opera Piccola’s Art Gate Players, OakTechRep, and other youth groups.
Creative Growth Art Center
355 – 24th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
The Hero Within Us: Postcards to Heroes” 6-9 pm
- View postcard art that Creative Growth artists have made for their personal heroes.
- Join the action and make a postcard to your own personal hero!
- Listen to the band Woom perform on their ingenious instruments made out of everyday and recycled objects.
- Play along with the band!
Illuminated Art Walk
Every hour a guide riding a bicycle projecting art images will lead an illuminated art walk from venue to venue. The route will go from Rock Paper Scissors Collective to Creative Growth Art Center to 21 Grand and back to Rock Paper Scissors Collective. Gallery goers are encouraged to bring their poetry signs and capes from Rock Paper Scissors Collective on the walk. The Illuminated Art Walk is a project of The Illuminated Corridor.
Join us for “The Hero Within Us” A joint event at Rock Paper Scissors Collective, 21 Grand and Creative Growth Art Center in honor of Art IS Education, a countywide celebration of youth arts learning.
Rock Paper Scissors Collective
2278 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612
“The Hero Within Us: A Night for Heroes” 6-9 pm, March 5th
- Find your inner super hero at RPSC by investigating what special abilities you bring your community.
- Compose poetry signs to take on the Illuminated Art Walk.
- Add to a wall of hero actions in our community.
- Make yourself a hero cape after taking action on behalf of the arts.
21 Grand
416 – 25th Street, Oakland, CA 94612-2409
The Hero Within Us: Subtitle TBA” 7-10 pm
- View the Super Heroes exhibit by Art Esteem artists.
- Meet the youth artists and hear what inspired their work.
- Experience student performances and video screenings by youth groups including Opera Piccola’s Art Gate Players, OakTechRep, and other youth groups.
Creative Growth Art Center
355 – 24th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
The Hero Within Us: Postcards to Heroes” 6-9 pm
- View postcard art that Creative Growth artists have made for their personal heroes.
- Join the action and make a postcard to your own personal hero!
- Listen to the band Woom perform on their ingenious instruments made out of everyday and recycled objects.
- Play along with the band!
Illuminated Art Walk
Every hour a guide riding a bicycle projecting art images will lead an illuminated art walk from venue to venue. The route will go from Rock Paper Scissors Collective to Creative Growth Art Center to 21 Grand and back to Rock Paper Scissors Collective. Gallery goers are encouraged to bring their poetry signs and capes from Rock Paper Scissors Collective on the walk. The Illuminated Art Walk is a project of The Illuminated Corridor.
Fun-A-Day
2nd Annual Fun-A-Day In the Bay
Artclash Collective West
Rock Paper Scissors Collective
Feb. 5th, 2010
6pm-9pm
www.artclash.comrpscollective.com
Friday, February 5th: Rock Paper Scissors hosts the Artclash Collective’s second annual Fun-A-Day in the Bay. Organized by a group of Philly ex-pats, Fun-A-Day in the Bay builds on Artclash’s annual tradition (6 years strong) of organizing Fun-A-Day shows in Philadelphia.
Fun-A-Day is a simple concept that produces beautiful results. Participants choose a project and produce one piece of artwork every day for the entire month of January. The 31 resulting pieces create a narrative outlining each artist’s journey through the first month of the year. Projects vary from lighthearted to serious, high-brow to low-brow. This year’s list of mediums includes photos, drawings, paintings, dances, songs, textiles and more!
The desire to create is a fundamental expression of humanity that we are often alienated from or fearful of. Fun-A-Day seeks to remove the barriers to creativity by offering opportunities and invitations for participation. We believe everyone is an artist and everything you make is art; we seek to create a welcoming forum for people to share what they do, to strengthen existing communities of artists, and to kick-start new ones.
The Fun-A-Day show will be held at Rock Paper Scissors, 2278 Telegraph Ave in Oakland. RPS is “is a volunteer-run organization that fosters creativity and collaboration in order to strengthen local communities and encourage sustainable practices and alternative models”. Visit rpscollective.com for more information about the gallery. The Fun-A-Day show will be up in the gallery for the entire month of February. The show is free and all-ages and will feature performances on opening night. Come out and see what your friends (and future friends) have been up to during the first month of 2010!
Participating Artist Sites
Julie Langlois - http://danceaday.wordpress.com/
Tim Lillis – http://www.flickr.com/photos/narwhalbot/sets/72157623394693338/
Emily Meghan Morrow Howe – http://myevolvingprojects.blogspot.com/2010/01/16-x-48.html
2nd Annual Fun-A-Day In the Bay
Artclash Collective West
Rock Paper Scissors Collective
Feb. 5th, 2010
6pm-9pm
www.artclash.comrpscollective.com
Friday, February 5th: Rock Paper Scissors hosts the Artclash Collective’s second annual Fun-A-Day in the Bay. Organized by a group of Philly ex-pats, Fun-A-Day in the Bay builds on Artclash’s annual tradition (6 years strong) of organizing Fun-A-Day shows in Philadelphia.
Fun-A-Day is a simple concept that produces beautiful results. Participants choose a project and produce one piece of artwork every day for the entire month of January. The 31 resulting pieces create a narrative outlining each artist’s journey through the first month of the year. Projects vary from lighthearted to serious, high-brow to low-brow. This year’s list of mediums includes photos, drawings, paintings, dances, songs, textiles and more!
The desire to create is a fundamental expression of humanity that we are often alienated from or fearful of. Fun-A-Day seeks to remove the barriers to creativity by offering opportunities and invitations for participation. We believe everyone is an artist and everything you make is art; we seek to create a welcoming forum for people to share what they do, to strengthen existing communities of artists, and to kick-start new ones.
The Fun-A-Day show will be held at Rock Paper Scissors, 2278 Telegraph Ave in Oakland. RPS is “is a volunteer-run organization that fosters creativity and collaboration in order to strengthen local communities and encourage sustainable practices and alternative models”. Visit rpscollective.com for more information about the gallery. The Fun-A-Day show will be up in the gallery for the entire month of February. The show is free and all-ages and will feature performances on opening night. Come out and see what your friends (and future friends) have been up to during the first month of 2010!
Tim Lillis – http://www.flickr.com/photos/narwhalbot/sets/72157623394693338/
Emily Meghan Morrow Howe – http://myevolvingprojects.blogspot.com/2010/01/16-x-48.html
Members Only
January’s exhibit is a group of work from people who have made RPS Collective happen by volunteering or being a member from the very beginning to the present. While we did not manage to get work from everyone who’s ever helped out at RPSC we are showing a large slice of who we are. Come see us!
January’s exhibit is a group of work from people who have made RPS Collective happen by volunteering or being a member from the very beginning to the present. While we did not manage to get work from everyone who’s ever helped out at RPSC we are showing a large slice of who we are. Come see us!
HOME
Home. This conjures up different things for each of us. These twelve featured artists have hand printed a variety of works on their interpretation of this theme. They range from items that were in their home to houses to home plate (think baseball) to more conceptual ideas of where or what home can be.
Our featured artists for this twelfth and final month of 2009 are Amy Jean White, Brian Schuck, Brice Ben Hobbs, Clare Szydlowski, Fonda Murray, Greta Aalborg-Volper, Kacie Erin Smith, Kathe Welch, Laura K Alger, Laurel Prieto, Patricia Miye Wakida, and Trish Foschi.
Opening night:
Friday, Dec 4th from 5-9pm
The show will be up December 4 – 25
Rock Paper Scissors Gallery
2278 Telegraph Avenue,
Oakland, CA 94612
Home. This conjures up different things for each of us. These twelve featured artists have hand printed a variety of works on their interpretation of this theme. They range from items that were in their home to houses to home plate (think baseball) to more conceptual ideas of where or what home can be.
Our featured artists for this twelfth and final month of 2009 are Amy Jean White, Brian Schuck, Brice Ben Hobbs, Clare Szydlowski, Fonda Murray, Greta Aalborg-Volper, Kacie Erin Smith, Kathe Welch, Laura K Alger, Laurel Prieto, Patricia Miye Wakida, and Trish Foschi.
Opening night:
Friday, Dec 4th from 5-9pm
The show will be up December 4 – 25
Rock Paper Scissors Gallery
2278 Telegraph Avenue,
Oakland, CA 94612
Social Structures
A social structure is something that is constructed to enhance the relationship between people through design. Designers of these structures feel that they are solving social problems through their projects, which affects communities and individuals on a personal level. Projects are related to addressing some basic needs such as shelter, communication, food security, safety, and intimacy.
As part of our Community Collaborations program local designer-builder Matt Wolpe will be worked with City Slickers Farms on a collaborative design project to teach community members build their own chicken tractors. The chicken tractor is an element in City Slickers’ vision to help residents of West Oakland to be more self sufficient and food secure. This project is an example of designers trying to engage underserved communities and provide innovative solutions to problems.
More information about the class can be found here – http://chickentractorproject.wordpress.com/
Check out the story the Oakland Tribune wrote – Residents get ready to raise chickens in West Oakland
A social structure is something that is constructed to enhance the relationship between people through design. Designers of these structures feel that they are solving social problems through their projects, which affects communities and individuals on a personal level. Projects are related to addressing some basic needs such as shelter, communication, food security, safety, and intimacy.
As part of our Community Collaborations program local designer-builder Matt Wolpe will be worked with City Slickers Farms on a collaborative design project to teach community members build their own chicken tractors. The chicken tractor is an element in City Slickers’ vision to help residents of West Oakland to be more self sufficient and food secure. This project is an example of designers trying to engage underserved communities and provide innovative solutions to problems.
More information about the class can be found here – http://chickentractorproject.wordpress.com/
Check out the story the Oakland Tribune wrote – Residents get ready to raise chickens in West Oakland
HUMAN FACE
Join us October 2nd at 7pm for the opening reception for an exhibition of paintings from three men – Kevin Cooper, James Anderson and Eddie Vargas. Two of them are condemned – on death row; the third has a life sentence – the other death penalty.
Prisoners are people that society is willing to throw away and ignore. But they are fathers, they are mothers, they are sons and daughters. They are artists. Some are guilty of heinous crimes, some are innocent, and all were too poor to have an attorney fairly represent them. But they are all human beings and have a story to tell.
These three men use art to express themselves. We hope you will, see their work, hear their stories, and take away an understanding of their humanity from viewing it.
Opening night:
Friday Oct 2nd from 5-9pm
The show will be up October 1st – 31st
Rock Paper Scissors Gallery
2278 Telegraph Avenue,
Oakland, CA 94612
Additional Events:
JUSTICE FOR OSCAR GRANT: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH - 7 TO 9 PM – a memorial movie to Oscar Grant, with members of his family and Jack Bryson
STAN TOOKIE WILLIAMS LEGACY NETWORK: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH – 4 TO 6 PM – with Barbara Becnel and Stan Tookie Williams’ books for children.
LIVE FROM DEATH ROW: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23RD – 7 TO 9 PM – with Kevin Cooper, an innocent man on San Quentin’s death row calling (at 7:30 sharp). Q&A with Kevin Cooper and members of the Kevin Cooper Defense Committee.
Presented by the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, the only national membership-driven, grassroots organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment in the United States.
website: www.nodeathpenalty.org email: California@nodeathpenalty.org
Also by Art for a Democratic Society, an Oakland based art and activism group specializing in participatory grassroots interventionist art.
website: www.a4ds.org email: a4ds@earthlink.net
Join us October 2nd at 7pm for the opening reception for an exhibition of paintings from three men – Kevin Cooper, James Anderson and Eddie Vargas. Two of them are condemned – on death row; the third has a life sentence – the other death penalty.
Prisoners are people that society is willing to throw away and ignore. But they are fathers, they are mothers, they are sons and daughters. They are artists. Some are guilty of heinous crimes, some are innocent, and all were too poor to have an attorney fairly represent them. But they are all human beings and have a story to tell.
These three men use art to express themselves. We hope you will, see their work, hear their stories, and take away an understanding of their humanity from viewing it.
Opening night:
Friday Oct 2nd from 5-9pm
The show will be up October 1st – 31st
Rock Paper Scissors Gallery
2278 Telegraph Avenue,
Oakland, CA 94612
Additional Events:
JUSTICE FOR OSCAR GRANT: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH - 7 TO 9 PM – a memorial movie to Oscar Grant, with members of his family and Jack Bryson
STAN TOOKIE WILLIAMS LEGACY NETWORK: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH – 4 TO 6 PM – with Barbara Becnel and Stan Tookie Williams’ books for children.
LIVE FROM DEATH ROW: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23RD – 7 TO 9 PM – with Kevin Cooper, an innocent man on San Quentin’s death row calling (at 7:30 sharp). Q&A with Kevin Cooper and members of the Kevin Cooper Defense Committee.
Presented by the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, the only national membership-driven, grassroots organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment in the United States.
website: www.nodeathpenalty.org email: California@nodeathpenalty.org
Also by Art for a Democratic Society, an Oakland based art and activism group specializing in participatory grassroots interventionist art.
website: www.a4ds.org email: a4ds@earthlink.net