coming up at rps

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

6:00pm: Academy for Subversive Cardboard - Theater Group

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

6:00pm: Fashion Design for Absolute Beginners

Thursday, July 10, 2008

12:00pm: Street Style Summer - Youth Fashion

Saturday, July 12, 2008

3:00pm: Intro to Knitting
3:00pm: Underwear Making

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

7:00pm: East Bay Bicycle Coalition Meeting

Gallery: Call for Work

The Rock Paper Scissors Collective is seeking submissions for an open-call photo show opening in August at our Oakland gallery & community arts space.

We are seeking your photographic interpretations of

cityscapes

Please interpret this call as literally or as figuratively as you see fitting

Submissions (no greater than 8 mbs at a time) may be sent digitally to rpscsubmissions_at_gmail[dot]com

Deadline for submissions is July 15th, 2008

Please email us with any further questions!

Screenprinting Update

You're probably wondering..

Where did the screenprinting go? Well, it's not around for the moment, but it's coming back. we're joining a group of screen printing homies at a new lab. And it's still getting set up.

But when it does - and when we get our teaching staff and schedule all worked out - there will be some new screen printing classes offered, namely:

a six week master screen printing course
a tee shirt screen printing class

We'll also be keeping around some old standards - Photo and Non-Photo Screen printing. But let's call them "Screen printing on Paper" and "Screen printing at home."

I can see you raising your hand over there. you want to know when right? Well, I can tell you that it will be going on by June - hopefully earlier.

And by the way - thank you, thank you, thank you to Lobot Gallery for being so kick ass and letting us host a weekly night at their Screen Printing Lab for the past TWO YEARS!!!

Buy Bulk Food

Bulk Food Group for Collective Households

Starting in January of 2008, RPS will be hosting a monthly meet-up for households to go in together on Bulk Food. We will be ordering through The Peoples Grocery and 5% of every order will go to benefit their awesome organization! Get more information on the event here.

Sunday, Feb 17th, 7 - 8pm. Bring a way to put your money (cash or check yo). And if you can make it by to look at the catalog (we've go one that lives at rps), we recommend it. It's got way more than you think!

If you'd like, you can sign up for the bulk food email discussion list here.

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did you know

Our fiscal sponsor is in Oakland?

Yup, they are

21 Grand

our neighbors and "a volunteer-run interdisciplinary arts space hell-bent on presenting a macrocosmic panoply of emerging and experimental artists, focusing on genre-bending and innovative works of visual arts and live art (i.e. performative and media art presented to a live audience). Events range from the populist to the academic."

Visit www.21grand.org and check out their awesome art shows and events!

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rps news

05.02.08

Things to do after artmurmur

lesse here. there's always tons and tons. here's a few

first friday follies - FREE @ stork club
Dead Science + Sholi + Active Crime Transplant - ?? @ 21 grand
oakland indie awards afterparty - $20 @ sweets ballroom

don't forget we close the street at 9pm. so get down here early.

05.01.08

pics of april first friday

weekend wakeup has some good pics of "whispers of the revolution: tremors of change" - the performances on 23rd st. during last first friday up on flickr.

04.02.08

Are you an artist? Do you teach?

Got this email from the Alameda County Arts Commission and thought it'd be good to pass along...

Teaching artists and community artists interested in teaching in schools are invited to participate in conversations about new opportunities for professionalizing the field of teaching artists and current steps to re-energize Teaching Artists Organized (TAO) to support the resource needs of teaching artists. The gatherings are free and new ideas and feedback are encouraged. Information collected at the meetings and through the attached survey link will be used to evaluate the needs of local teaching artists and guide future planning.

Saturday, April 19, 9:00am to noon
Berkeley Rep School of Theatre, 2025 Addison Street, Berkeley.

Monday, April 28, 3:30pm to 6:30pm
Chabot College Little Theater, 25555 Hesperian Boulevard, Hayward, Bldg 1200.
South and East Alameda County artists especially are invited to attend this meeting.

03.13.08

pics from bike prom are in!

come check out your bad self with your bike! and everybody else too. It's all in here.

03.06.08

Bring Out Your Bikes!!

This first friday, along with the bicycle art show, there will be a whole mess of bike activities:

Cyclecide will be appearing with a bike ride (that means a ride made out of bikes).
There can get your bike prom photo taken (that means your bike is your date).
Just like every month, Oakland Critical Mass will be riding by.
And there may even be some bike polo going on!

Also, you should check out all the cool bike classes happening throughout March.

02.24.08

we're glad you were there!

thanks to everyone who came to rock out for rps at the benefit show yesterday -- for donning rain-gear, buying 12-packs, sharing your licorice rope, showing up, and most of all, showing your support.

every thing you do helps RPS get back in the swing of things post-break-in, whether that's donating your living space for the event (thanks carey, amanda, aaron, and all of the boat parking house!), cooking super tasty vegan tacos (thanks Digestive Systems Catering, mmmmmm), or drawing out a crowd by playing music (extra special thanks to maus haus, kreamy lectric santa, wave and particle, saything, and miguel and rosie (who came out sick as can be on her birthday no less!).

you all made it a really awesome afternoon!

02.22.08

RPS benefit show this Saturday

Hey,
We appreciate all the support we've been getting since our major-bummer-break-ins! Thank you! Thanks for your emails, donations, volunteering, and attending our events.

*Kreamy 'Lectic Santa
*Saything
*Wave and Particle
*Maus Haus

Playing at 3617 San Pablo, Oakland, CA
From 1p-4p

It'll be a great way to spend a rainy (or even a sunny) Saturday afternoon in Oakland.
Bring some beer, soda, or tea-- food will be provided by digestive systems catering.
all proceeds go to the RPS Collective!

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rock paper scissors collective is a volunteer-run organization that fosters creativity and collaboration in order to strengthen local communities and encourage sustainable practices and alternative models. We promote the sharing of ideas, skills, and resources through the celebration of art, craft, education, and performance.

rpscollective -[at]- gmail -[dot]- com
2278 telegraph ave., oakland, ca 94612
510.238.9171
Hours: 12 - 7pm, Wednesday - Sunday. Closed Monday and Tuesday.

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