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The Experience, Alameda: Frank Bette Center for the Arts Plein Air Art Exhibit
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The Experience, Alameda: Frank Bette Center for the Arts Plein Air Art Exhibit

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The Experience, Alameda: Frank Bette Center for the Arts Plein Air Art Exhibit

The Experience:

Artists Painted Alameda With Vigor!

The Frank Bette Plein Air art exhibit painted a lively picture of Alameda throughout the plaza at South Shore Center last Saturday. Some scenes were serene and others quite vibrant, capturing Victorian houses, produce markets, boats on the water, yacht clubs, scenic gardens, iconic storefronts, and even city hall. En Plein Air means ‘in the open air’ and refers to painting outdoors with your subject in full view, capturing it in that moment of time.

Artists came to Alameda from all over the U.S. to participate in this annual event. Marie Massey came from Colorado for the week-long paintout. “Painting in Alameda is a homecoming for me,” says Massey. ” I grew up in Alameda and walked to and from my home on Mozart Street through the Gold Coast to Franklin Elementary, Will C. Wood Middle School, and then Encinal High School. I remember when I was 8, the first time we turned onto Mozart Street and how magical it seemed: a one block, tree lined street with colorful Victorians. It was so fun to return and paint with the Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout.” Her painting ‘The Red Umbrella’ is featured here and is the winner of the PAPO Award, which means is will be featured for the 2022 Frank Bette Plein Air Exhibit.

Marie uses a Painting in Layers method, developed by Artist, Barbara Marquardt, that combines the Renaissance artists’ concepts of Chiarscuro with color ideas from the Impressionist painters. Marie’s work has been described as American Impressionism, distinguished by exciting use of brilliant color, unique composition, and elements of expressionism.

Paintings from the 2021 Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout will be on view August 13 – September 25 in the Main Gallery, with the Opening Reception on Friday, August 13 from 7-9pm.. The Frank Bette Center for the Arts is open Fri – Sun, 11am-5pm.

About Frank Bette Center for the Arts

Frank Bette Center for the Arts is committed to three objectives: Support Personal Artistic Growth, Enrich the Art Experience of Everyone in Our Community, and Cultivate Appreciation for the Value of the Arts.

Where:

1601 Paru St.
Alameda

https://www.frankbettecenter.org/

By malagateam|2023-09-14T15:34:42-07:00August 11th, 2021|Tags: Alameda, Art Exhibit, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Plein Air Paintout|0 Comments

The Experience, Alameda: Frank Bette Center for the Arts Plein Air Exhibit
The Experience, Alameda: Frank Bette Center for the Arts Plein Air Exhibit

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The Experience, Alameda: Frank Bette Center for the Arts Plein Air Exhibit

The Experience:

Artists Painting Outdoors All Over Alameda!

You may have noticed lots of artists out on the sidewalks, at the beach, or in someone’s garden painting Alameda scenes this week during the Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout. The great news is that you can purchase these and more paintings of both Alameda and San Francisoco this Saturday at South Shore Center in Alameda. Artists will be demonstrating techniques and there will be music during the exhibit. Join them from 10am until 5pm Saturday, August 7.

En Plein Air means ‘in the open air’ and refers to painting outdoors with your subject in full view.

“Plein air artists capture the spirit and essence of a landscape or subject by incorporating natural light, color and movement into their works. Painting en plein air allows artists to capture the emotional and sensory dimensions of a particular landscape at a particular moment in time. It thus expressed a new spirit of spontaneity and truth to personal impulse within art.” ~The Art Story, https://www.theartstory.org/definition/en-plein-air/

South Shore Center is located at the corner of Otis Drive and Park St in Alameda and is across from the beach on Shoreline. Don’t miss this great Plein Air exhibit and sale. And while at South Shore, stop by Whales & Friends and Modern Mouse for any gift shopping on your list.

About Frank Bette Center for the Arts

Frank Bette Center for the Arts is committed to three objectives: Support Personal Artistic Growth, Enrich the Art Experience of Everyone in Our Community, and Cultivate Appreciation for the Value of the Arts, The Frank Bette Center for the Arts is open Fri – Sun, 11am-5pm

Where:

1601 Paru St.
Alameda

https://www.frankbettecenter.org/

By malagateam|2021-08-03T14:28:38-07:00August 3rd, 2021|Tags: Alameda, Exhibit & Sale, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Plein Air Paintout|0 Comments

The Experience, Alameda: Frank Bette Center for the Arts Photography Exhibit
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The Experience, Alameda: Frank Bette Center for the Arts Photography Exhibit

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The Experience, Alameda: Frank Bette Center for the Arts Photography Exhibit

The Experience:

Egret–Making Contact Runs Through August 6!

Egret – Making Contact, an interactive photography exhibit at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts, portrays the striking personalities of egrets at home in cities around the San Francisco Bay Area. With his lens, Gerry Traucht captures egrets standing gracefully at city entrances, by freeways, lagoons, and parks. He has taken special notice of Egrets in Alameda.

Traucht’s photographs reveal movement that looks like dance, close-up images of individual birds looking into the camera, and wild feathers caught in a frenzied fraction of a second. This collection of photographs is an invitation to appreciate the place where art, history, and nature convene and to celebrate the wild elegance, practically in our own backyards.

“What makes this exhibit special,” says Traucht, “is that my photographs were lucky enough to witness egrets in their apparently more mystical and otherworldly states. It is quite astounding to look into the eyes of these natural sentient ambassadors. Alameda folks should have a chance to see and experience the egrets in their transformative behavior.“

28 photographs displayed in the gallery and more in the video shows. An interactive photography exhibit not to miss!

The Frank Bette Center for the Arts is open Fri – Sun, 11am-5pm – July 23-25, July 30-Aug 1, and Fri, Aug 6, 2021.

Where:

1601 Paru St.
Alameda

https://www.frankbettecenter.org/

By Mary Lou Thiercof|2021-07-21T09:16:10-07:00July 21st, 2021|Tags: Alameda, Egrets, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Gerry Traught|0 Comments

The Experience, Alameda: Frank Bette Center for the Arts New Shows
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The Experience, Alameda: Frank Bette Center for the Arts New Shows

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The Experience, Alameda: Frank Bette Center for the Arts New Shows

The Experience:

Besties + The Egret-Making Contact Shows Open!

June 4^th – Aug 7^thBesties + Egret – Making Contact Shows
Virtual Opening Reception Friday June 11, 7-9 pm
7pm Besties Show Main Gallery Opening Reception
7:30pm Egret – Making Contact Signature Gallery Opening Reception

What does it mean to be ‘Besties’? Ask any dog owner. Frank Bette Center for the Arts is known for its wonderful Gallery of Pet Portraits. This summer FBCA’s Main Gallery features artists’ captures of their Besties through August 7. 16 artists are showing their works about companions, companionship, and caring for each other. It’s about hanging out with a best buddy.

Ellie Fidler, a Berkeley artist and painter showcases three pieces in this exhibit, one of which is titled ‘Polar Bear & Red Dog’ (featured here, print of an original painting, framed 11″x14″).

Egret – Making Contact captures through photography the striking personalities of egrets at home in cities of the San Francisco Bay Area. During the opening reception photographer Gerry Traucht will also show a couple of short video clips of the egrets, the babies, and nests that you cannot see from the ground.

The Frank Bette Center for the Arts show dovetails with the annual return of these magical birds to Alameda’s Bay Farm Island. Every spring through summer a joyous —clatter from a tribe of great and snowy egrets overflows into Alameda, mating, building nests, feeding and teaching their young. Gerry Traucht is a Bay Area photographer, focusing on birds and dogs and has been recognized by the City of Berkeley by proclamation for his environmental and creative contributions. Having a show in the Signature Gallery is a privilege of being a FBCA member.

Join the Opening Receptions on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84866968724?pwd=WEY3cnNEV2l0NGNlZUFocVJzTnQ2QT09#success

Current Center hours: Friday – Sunday 11am- 5pm

About Frank Bette Center for the Arts

The non-profit, volunteer run Frank Bette Center for the Arts is housed in the lovely yellow turn-of-the-century Victorian at 1601 Paru Street at Lincoln Avenue in Alameda, California.Benefactor Frank Bette was well known as a master antique furniture restorer. Upon his death in 1999 at the age of 99, he bequeathed the house as “a place for meetings, readings, showings, and other creative doings.”

Where:

1601 Paru St.
Alameda

https://www.frankbettecenter.org/

By Mary Lou Thiercof|2021-06-11T09:33:30-07:00June 9th, 2021|Tags: Alameda, Besties, Egret - Making Contact, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Opening Reception|0 Comments

The Experience, Alameda: The Hangar 1 Distillery
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The Experience, Alameda: The Hangar 1 Distillery

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The Experience, Alameda: The Hangar 1 Distillery

The Experience:

Vodka Tasting Flights Are Back!

On their outdoor patio with views of SF Bay, enjoy six (6) of Hangar 1’s flavored and straight vodka expressions while learning how to fully taste and appreciate the subtleties of vodka. Their vodka flights include both their fundamental expressions and their distillery exclusives, which can only be found at this Alameda distillery.

For example, their Core Tasting Flight includes Rosé vodka, Hangar 1 Straight, Makrut Lime, Mandarin Blossom, Buddha’s Hand Citron, and Bentwing Brandy.

Hangar 1 experts will help guide you through the tasting, answer questions, and provide ideas for new cocktail recipes. And you get to learn about the craft of making Vodka the California Way with grapes and grains in an old WWII era Hangar at Alameda Point. While visiting you’ll immerse yourself in the fresh produce and botanicals locally sourced as you learn about the distillation process in the old WWII era hangar on Alameda Point. You may want to stay and soak in the beautiful sunsets over the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges!

Where:

2505 Monarch St.
Alameda

http://hangarone.com

By Mary Lou Thiercof|2021-06-02T09:14:21-07:00June 2nd, 2021|Tags: Alameda, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Gerry Traught, New exhibit|0 Comments