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Be Seen at the Art Scene on Opening Night!

Frank Cole “Heart Pine (if You Ask Me)”, 2015, acrylic on canvas drop cloth, 106”x69”

Frank Cole “Heart Pine (if You Ask Me)”, 2015, acrylic on canvas drop cloth, 106”x69”

WHEN: Fri., Oct. 2 6-9pm

WHERE: 5745 Peladeau St. in Emeryville*

WHAT: Opening Night Reception – Emeryville Annual Art Exhibition

  • Meet the artists as you view their artwork
  • Enjoy music by The doRiaN Mode: Vintage Jazz & Blues
  • Visit their no-host bar and raise funds for the Emeryville Youth Art Program

“Every day hundreds of artists are working in Emeryville and this juried exhibition is their yearly showcase,” explains Sharon Wilchar, exhibition coordinator.

By Opening Night over 100 artists who work or live in Emeryville will have transformed Grifols DIagnostic Solutions’ donated space at 5745 Peladeau St. in Emeryville into a living exhibit of paintings, sculptures, photographs, ceramics and textile arts. In its 29th year, running from Oct. 3-25, the show will again integrate poetry readings and dance performances into Emeryville’s Annual Art Exhibit, celebrating the talent and creativity that abounds in this 1.2 square mile city. Read more about this fun  and inspiring community gathering.

*Parking for Opening Night only is further down Stanford at 5353 Horton St.

Trudihope Schlomowitz “Road Taken”, 2015, encaustic and oil on wood panel, 20”x20”x1.75”

Trudihope Schlomowitz “Road Taken”, 2015, encaustic and oil on wood panel, 20”x20”x1.75”

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Preview of Woodcut Print Artist’s Entry

Café, woodcut, 2015, 21" x 23 1/2” - Linda Lee Boyd

Café, woodcut, 2015, 21″ x 23 1/2” – Linda Lee Boyd

Café, Linda Lee Boyd’s, 2015 entry in the Annual Emeryville Art Exhibit (Oct. 3-25), was inspired by her trips to Paris with her late husband. In 2010 she captured these people in a café near Sacre Coeur, showing the cosmopolitan diversity of the wonderful city of Paris.

Linda is a longtime supporter and board member of the Celebration of the Arts – since 1992 – as an entrant in the exhibit and as a volunteer. According to Linda, “The Annual Emeryville Art Exhibit is a real celebration of the arts of the residents and workers in Emeryville. For me, it’s a chance to exhibit as well as a way to work with the community.” Linda’s woodcuts are in the collection of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, the Janet Turner Print Museum in Chico and in the Fetterly Gallery collection at the Vallejo Community Arts Foundation. View more of her work.

“Linda Lee Boyd’s woodcut prints are a continuation of the figurative tradition. The most salient quality of Boyd’s woodcuts, aside from their technical finesse, is their personalness. What we are seeing is the quiet yet studied and thoughtful work of an artist who lives in an ordinary, day-to-day world inhabited by ordinary day-to-day people. Subjects are chosen and then rendered from a time consuming and labor-intensive process of woodblock printing to become anything but ordinary. Boyd’s technical abilities as an artist are readily apparent; her work has been described as ‘sonnets in wood.’ It is perhaps her ability to take her friends and co-workers and create poetry from them that is her highest achievement. “ Daniel Robesky, Curator & Director, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA

How do you create a woodcut print?

The twitter version: draw on a board, cut away the white areas, ink up the raised areas, put down a sheet of paper and run it through a press. Each color is a separate board. Learn more.

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Art Scene Illuminates Heart of Emeryville

Frank Cole “Heart Pine (if You Ask Me)”, 2015, acrylic on canvas drop cloth, 106”x69”

Frank Cole “Heart Pine (if You Ask Me)”, 2015, acrylic on canvas drop cloth, 106”x69”

Over 100 artists who work or live in Emeryville will transform Grifols’ donated space at 5745 Peladeau St. in Emeryville into a living exhibit of paintings, sculptures, photographs, ceramics and textile arts. In its 29th year, running from Oct. 3-25, the show will again integrate poetry readings and dance performances into  Emeryville’s Annual Art Exhibit, celebrating the talent and creativity that abounds in this 1.2 square mile city.

“Every day hundreds of artists are working in Emeryville and this juried exhibition is their yearly showcase,” explains Sharon Wilchar, exhibition coordinator.  “The positive transformation of our city over the past 30 years is impressive. As a player in enhancing the cultural vibrancy of our city and engaging the community through the arts, Emeryville Celebration of the Arts is proud to have been a partner in this transformation.”

Along with the exciting collection of visual art , the 2015 Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition will host poetry readings with Emeryville’s Poet Laureate Sarah Kobrinsky, joined by poets Tim Donnelly, Salame Samiat, Kathleen McClung, Vernon Keeve III and others, and will culminate on the closing day with a site-specific dance performance by Emeryville dance troupe Nancy Karp + Dancers.  Calendar the schedule of readings and performances.

Trudihope Schlomowitz “Road Taken”, 2015, encaustic and oil on wood panel, 20”x20”x1.75”

Trudihope Schlomowitz “Road Taken”, 2015, encaustic and oil on wood panel, 20”x20”x1.75”

The City of Emeryville and its business community generously support the Celebration of the Arts, as do its volunteers, whom make this event happen year after year. Grifols* generously donated the space this year. The beauty of it all is that you can purchase artwork on Opening Night and meet your artist during our grand celebration of Emeryville art. Opening night reception is Fri., Oct. 2, 6-9pm, featuring a Taste of Emeryville and live music by The doRiaN Mode: Vintage Jazz & Blues band.

Show run: October 3 – 25, 2015. The show is open daily from 11 am to 6 pm; admission is free. Sponsors for the 29th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition include the City of Emeryville through a substantial grant; 4Terra Investments, Eric S. Schmier and Kenneth J. Schmier, Kava Massih Architects, Libitzky Holdings LP, Orton Development, Pixar Animation Studios, Madison Park, Ruby*s Cafe and Wareham Development.

* About Grifols

Grifols is a global healthcare company whose mission is to improve the health and well being of people around the world. We accomplish this mission by producing life-saving protein therapies for patients and by providing hospitals, pharmacies and healthcare professionals with the tools they need to deliver expert medical care. They have three primary divisions — Bioscience, Diagnostic and Hospital – which develop, produce and market our innovative products and services to medical professionals in more than 90 countries around the world.

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Wondering Where to Hang on Halloween?

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EMERYVILLE – Fri. evening

11am-6pm Emeryville Art Exhibition

Susan Avila's Garden Delights - Photo EOB

Susan Avila’s Garden of Delights – Photo EOB

Open until 6pm tonight and tomorrow night (11am-6pm) visit the incredible Emeryville Art Exhibition at 6121 Hollis St. next to Bucci’s. in Heritage Square This is the largest collection of artwork in its 28 year history. The 117 artists are either residents or work in Emeryville. Experience the fountains of creativity spilling over the space and pause to immerse yourself in the texture and colors of Susan Avila’s 2012 Garden of Delights, a digitally printed silk backed creation with industrial felt and recycled muslin, completed with free-motion machine stitching. Amazing! The exhibit closes on Sun., Nov. 2 after the Nancy Karp & Dancers perform their site specific Double Portraits dance piece at 3:30 and 4pm. Space donated by Wareham Development.

Location: Heritage Square, 6121 Hollis St. in Emeryville

5-7pm Bay Street Trick or Treat Halloween Party

4:45pm Free Trick or Treat bags distributed while supplies last

5pm Free face painting and balloon making

6-7pm Trick or Treating with participating Bay St. merchants

Location: Bay Street in Emeryville

BERKELEY

9:30am – 4:30pm A Not So-Spooky Halloween With The Kids

Come to Habitot Children’s Museum for our Not So-Spooky Halloween celebration for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Children and their caretakers can play miniature golf in the garden graveyard, paint miniature pumpkins and fly paper ghosts in the Wind Tunnel. Other activities also include the witches’ apothecary in the grocery store, treats, and prizes. Come in costume for this not so-spooky event!

Location: Habitot Children’s Museum, 2065 Kittredge St. in Berkeley

8-11pm Wake the Dead

Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street in Berkeley

Wake the Dead is a Halloween celebration with Celtic all-star Grateful Dead Jam band.  After 11 years of solid success blending Celtic traditional music and the songs of the Grateful Dead, this hot Northern California septet now embraces the entire Summer of Love, delighting Deadheads, folkies, rockers and adventurous lovers alike around the world.

Location: Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street in Berkeley

SAUSALITO

8-11pm Pirates Halloween Party!
Come aboard for a Pirates Halloween Party

The James Moseley Band fronted by lead vocalist and guitarist James Moseley has been wowing audiences in the Bay Area for over ten years at a wide range of music venues, festivals and special events. Their continually growing fan base, one of the most loyal in the Bay Area, is no doubt due to their high energy live performances that get everyone up and dancing with tunes by Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley and many more. The James Moseley Band showcases the very best in Motown, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Funk and Reggae.This exceptional eight piece band features outstanding musicians and three top notch vocalists.

Location: Sausalito Cruising Club – 300 Napa St.

OAKLAND

8pm – 11:30pm Hiromi: The Trio Project @ Yoshi’s

HIromi on keyboard at Yoshi's

HIromi on keyboard at Yoshi’s

Shows at  8 and 10pm

Pianist and composer Hiromi whose passionate and incendiary keyboard work has been a shining light on the jazz landscape since her 2003 debut, believes that sometimes the voice that never speaks is the most powerful of all. The Trio features Anthony Jackson on Bass and Steve Smith on Drums.  Read more.

Location: Yoshi’s, 310 W. Embarcadero in Jack London Sauare

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Be Seen at the Art Scene on Opening Night!

 

Everyone needs an iPhone portrait by Tony DeMartile on Opening Night

Everyone needs an iPhone portrait by Tony DeMartile on Opening Night

Opening Night is  Fri., Oct. 10, from 6-9pm in Heritage Square at 6121 Hollis St. next to Bucci’s.  The buzz: local artist Tony DeMartile will create digitally evocative iPhone portraits of reception attendees* and an astounding 117 artists and craftspeople, who live or work in Emeryville, will transform the exhibition space into a fountain of creativity with their visions and talent. On Opening Night visitors can meet the artists and talk about their artwork (all pieces are for sale), as they nibble on tasty treats. A no-host bar will feature wine and beer and donate proceeds to the Emeryville Youth Art Program. Food and beverage donors include Doyle Street Café, Watergate Market, Townhouse Bar & Grill, The Broken Rack and Ruby*s Cafe.

Don’t miss this unique Emeryville community event as the Bob Johns Trio will jazz up the  art exhibit vibe.  Read more about the 28th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibit.  

Each year the exhibition location is generously donated by an Emeryville business. This year the space at 6121 Hollis St. in Heritage Square is donated by Wareham Development. 

* Opening Night is free and iPhone portraits are a $25 donation to benefit the non-profit Emeryville Celebration of the Arts.

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