Join us Saturday Oct 28 at 7:30 pm for a Halloween + Día De Los Muertos Bash with Troker, a cutting edge jazz band from Guadalajara, Mexico that fuses jazz, funk, DJ scratching and mariachi horns.
Costume Contest, Taco Bar, Sweet Treats, Beer, Wine, and Spirits!
Doors open at 7pm.
Artist-in-Resident, Chari Godakanda talks about the Student Exhibition and Photography Project, “Portraits of a City” followed by a panel discussion describing collaborative arts programming in Palm Springs.
Panelists include: Louisa Castrodale, Arts Coordinator, Palm Springs Unified School District; Sally Hedberg, Desert Art Center Board member and head of the Middle School Art Project; and Jennifer Henning, Public Arts & Special Projects Coordinator, City of Palm Springs.
Stop by the VillageFest Information Booth to learn more about Public Arts programming in Palm Springs and meet some local art partners.
The sixth annual Medium Festival of Photography celebrates creative photographers from across the globe with a series of lectures, exhibitions, book signings, and film screenings. In addition to numerous free events, the Festival kicks off with a Keynote Lecture by revered photographer and book artist, John Gossage, on Oct.
Join Medium for the Size Matters exhibition opening at Helmuth Projects in Little Italy. As the signature exhibition of the Medium Festival, we present a curated selection of works smaller than 10″. The exhibition echoes our belief in small gatherings, small works, and exhibitions that highlight these values. Curated by Katherine Ware of the New Mexico Museum of Art, this event is FREE and open to the public. 7-10pm
Join participating photographers from the Medium Festival of Photography for a viewing of their original prints at this FREE public event. The Open Portfolio Walk brings together collectors, photographers, and curators for an inspiring look into the creative work of photographers from across the country. Check out our POP-UP Shop, mingle, and grab a drink while you take in exceptional prints from emerging and established artists.
Celebrate Art & Artists in Emeryville
Explore what it takes to develop an effective arts board of directors in this facilitated 3-segment discussion. The session begins with a collective conversation to identify the characteristics of an “effective” arts board. Next, in facilitated breakout circles, participants identify strategies for cultivating, onboarding, developing, and retaining board members. Participants share insights in the concluding segment and identify additional resources needed to support long-term board effectiveness.
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Are you an arts professional in Oakland striving to thrive in your career? Please join us in this highly interactive Fishbowl session Participants craft a vision for sustainable and inspirational arts management career pathways in Oakland.
Together we will explore:
RBA Gallery presents Money Wisdom for Creatives
In this 90 minute workshop, you will learn new behaviors that will immediately transform your relationship with money.
This workshop is perfect for Creatives, Visionaries and anyone who wants to improve their financial condition. During the workshop, we will cover ways you can:
Be Together. Make Together. Craft Together.
Help us continue the great tradition of crafting as community. Party with us, after hours, to keep alive the heritage craft of embroidery.
Food - Drink - Music - Live stitching demos from embroidery experts - Hands-on embroidery activities - Exhibition art - Meet the Challenge artists A Photo booth - Goody bagels. Prizes
Description:
Leaders have to know themselves before leading others toward a shared vision. Explore your Myers Briggs Personality Type as the foundation for developing your Emotional and Social Intelligence. Build your leadership toolkit for effectively partnering and leading a creative venture.
Learning Objectives:
-Identify the 16 unique Myers Briggs Personality Types
-Discover the foundations of Emotional Intelligence (EI)
-Apply the six characteristics of a Socially Intelligent (SI) leader
Description:
Evolve your creative project, business or career using the Lifecycle. Chart your current Lifestage - Idea, Start-up, Ground & Grow, Maturity, Decline, Turnaround, or Dissolution. Identify pathways for advancing your development.
Learning Objectives:
-Discover characteristics of lifestages on the lifecycle
-Practice the language of creative, business and career development
-Utilize knowledge to craft pathways and solutions
Who should attend:
Artists
Arts Managers
Explore how you can play a leadership role in the arts by joining an arts board of directors. Meet Bay Area professionals who are passionate about arts leadership. Arts insight networking circles facilitated by San Francisco Bay Area C2Arts coaches and consultants. This is your opportunity to ask candid questions, receive expert guidance and connect with creatives who are passionate about the arts.
Explore how you can play a leadership role in the arts by joining an arts board of directors. Meet Bay Area professionals who are passionate about arts leadership. Arts insight networking circles facilitated by San Francisco Bay Area C2Arts coaches and consultants. This is your opportunity to ask candid questions, receive expert guidance and connect with creatives who are passionate about the arts.
Creative Conversation: Explore How You Can Thrive as a Bay Area Arts Manager
Are you an arts manager in the Bay Area striving to thrive in your career? Please join us in this highly interactive Fishbowl session facilitated by Artsightful Founder Amy Kweskin. Participants craft a vision for sustainable and inspirational arts management career pathways in the Bay Area.
Exhibition: Alexandra Hart: A Solo Show / symbiosis
// Exhibition on view SEPTEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 3, 2017
// OPENING PUBLIC RECEPTION: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 – SIX TO NINE PM
Opening reception wine sales to benefit Ethical Metalsmiths.
FREE EVENT but RSVP is required via http://sparksgallery.com/exhibitions/exhibition-alexandra-hart-solo-show-symbiosis
Family Day at Sparks Gallery
Sunday, August 13, 2017 1PM to 4PM
Sketch Night at Sparks Gallery
Thursday, August 10, 2017 6PM to 8PM
Exhibition: "Gallery Selections 2017 / A Group Show"
Opening Reception, Thursday, August 3, 2017 6PM to 9PM
FREE EVENT but RSVP is required via (http://sparksgallery.com/exhibitions/exhibition-gallery-selections-2017-a-group-show)
Exhibition on view August 3 - October 29, 2017
Join us for Arts For The Schools' 2nd annual WOODEN BOAT CHALLENGE fundraiser that combines the festival culture of our lively region with a unique new competition event that promotes community involvement. Join us for food, drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), live entertainment, local artisans and vendors, kids activities, and a competition that requires teams to build and race their own wooden boat built by hand (no power tools allowed!). Bring the whole family for a fun day on the beach!
Join genARTS Silicon Valley for a vibrant conversation with Bay Area artists, advocates, creatives, gallerists, and non-profit workers on the theme Are the Arts for Everyone? The panel will consist of 4 speakers and one moderator all of whom represent different aspects of the Bay Area arts and culture sector through their field of work and own creative practices. The audience will have the opportunity to ask questions by way of Twitter in advance of, and during the conversation.
http://www.theintersection.org/workshops
In this 3-hour workshop, we will review each others' San Francisco Arts Commission Organizational Project Grant (OPG) applications to strengthen for final submission. This grant opportunity is for small to mid-sized San Francisco-based organizations or fiscally sponsored projects in all mediums seeking project-based funding (arts education excluded).
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 27, 2017 6PM-9PM
FREE EVENT – RSVP is required for the opening reception via http://sparksgallery.com/exhibitions/exhibition-material-obsessions-a-group-show#rsvp
// Exhibition on view May 27 – July 9, 2017
The San Diego Pro Arte Voices, a chamber choir that performs with a “vibrant, solidly tuned sonority” and who “threw down the gauntlet to other choral organizations in San Diego’s flourishing choral scene” (Ken Herman, San Diego Story), is offering a free concert event on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, at 4:00 p.m. This concert, titled Disarm Hate: a musical response to gun violence, consists of newly-commissioned music that has been written in response to the gun violence epidemic in this world.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 6pm to 8pm
Cost: $35
Purchase Tickets Here: http://sparksgallery.com/shop/wine-paint-with-hillstump
Arts For The Schools presents GuGu Drum Group, a theatrical music group hailing from Shanghai. GuGu Drum Group tells ancient Chinese fables and tales through theatrical drum vignettes. Their high-energy dance and music combine with their traditional and fantastical Chinese costumes to enchant people of all ages.
VIP Seating: $25-30
General Admission: $20
Seniors/students: $15
Children: $5
Family of 4 Special Price: $45 ($5 for each additional child)
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 6:30-8 PM
FREE EVENT - NO RSVP REQUIRED
Topic:
Artist as a Producer
This talk will cover many angles related to aesthetic, social, political and economic issues. As a part of the talk, artist Li Huai will demonstrate Chinese calligraphy as a part of her artistic background and current teaching - linking everything back to areas of increasing public interest.
Saturday, March 25, 2017 12pm-4pm
Please join us during the annual San Diego Open House architectural tours on March 25 to learn more about the history of the gallery building and peruse some of our featured vendors. FREE and open to the public.
// Featuring local & handmade accessories and art from:
Briar & The Rose
Lee Sie
Jon Barnes
Penny Sparkle Designs
Vika Artisan Boutique
More about the Architectural Tours: http://sdarchitecture.org/program/openhouse/
Thursday, March 30, 2017 from 6:30-8 PM
FREE EVENT - NO RSVP REQUIRED
Artists Evgeniya Golik (Evgola), Brennan Hubbell, Alex Miller, and Christina Ilene Thomas will speak about their work on display at the gallery and discuss their process and inspiration.
Refreshments served at 6:30pm
Talk will begin promptly at 6:45pm
Parking:
Parking is most available at the Park It On Market parking structure at 614 Market St (and 7th Ave) for $1 per hour
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