Art in a Box

Benny and I are just loving this new art concept!!  Join The Compound Gallery’s in launching this new Art Subscription Service! If you subscribe at the party you'll get $10 off your subscription! For $30 a month you can pick up your very own Art in a Box at The Compound on the second weekend of each month, or for $50 a month you can have your Art mailed to you with a bonus piece! Art in a Box is like a wine club, but with art….start collecting art for yourself or give away a subscription as a gift.

Featured artists: Adrian Van Allen, Audrey Roy, Ben Belknap, Crystal Morey, Eric Sanchez, Kerri Lee Johnson, Lena Verderano Reynoso, Matt Reynoso, Obi Kaufmann, Tallulah Terryll, YaChin Bonny You

When:  Launch Party  Tonight  7pm - 10pm
Where:  The Compound Gallery  6602/6604 san pablo ave, oakland

the art starts early... (part deux)

The amount of art is overwhelming! Here are a few more thurday night events we thought were worth mentioning...Enjoy!

Friends of Imaginary Friends

Hotel Biron, a sweet little wine bar/gallery, will be hosting a fantastic exhibit of artist Tara Knutson's wire sculptures.  We are loving no only the art up the exhibition title!!  So stop on by and take in some art with a glass of wine in hand!

When:  (opening reception) June 4th  7pm
Where:  Hotel Biron  45 rose st, san francisco

Cutter Photozine Issue 2: Leaving a Mark

Help Cutter Photozine celebrate the release of there second issue at SF Camerawork Gallery.  Cutter Photozine is a Bay Area-based documentary photo magazine dedicated to featuring people telling their own stories and documenting their own existence. Cutter seeks to undo a traditional voyeurism of the "other" and place the power of sight in the focused home of the author.  The gallery will be showing works by keith aguiar, lauren anderson ,rhiannon argo, erin ashford, bill basquin, karl beck, cole blevins, dianne brennan, scott aaron bulleit, norma cordova, cory cunningham, angela decenzo, ale formenti, charles gatewood, talia herman, ethan indorf, lary jones, kate kaluzny, kean, forest kelley, erica kenia, ace lehner, amos mac, alexandra mandel, rick marr, jillian mayer, archie mckay, marilyn mcneal, zach nesmith, linda nguyen, alison o’connell, caroline paquita, jesse pollock, trevor powers, david pujol, jesse rose roberts, mateo roberts, nica ross, heather renee russ, andrew w schmidt, sara seinberg, darcy sharpe, elisa shea ,kerri sohn, rachel styer, courtney trouble, matthew van saunt, sophia wang, nick wortham, michael yurgeles & erik zo.

When:  Thursday June 4th  5pm - 8pm
Where:  SF Camerawork Gallery

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You've Got Light in Your Eyes

For the last two years Boston's Meighan O’Toole has been blogging about contemporary art that she's passionate about. Over the course of that time, from her site, My Love For You Is A Stampede of Horses, she's interviewed, posted about, and reviewed a countless range of amazing exhibitions and a plethora of artists from around the globe.

YOU'VE GOT LIGHT IN YOUR EYES, O'Toole's first foray into curating a physical art exhibition. The show is a stellar assemblage of some of her favorite artists that have been featured on the site. With a grouping of almost two dozen reputable international artists displaying work, this show is sure to be a visual stunner that's not to be missed!(text taken from Needles & Pens website) So come on by tonight for the opening reception where you can meet and greet these very talented people!

When:  Tonight May 2nd  6pmn - 9:30 pm

Where:  Needles + Pens 3253 16th st, san francisco

we smell art...it must be First Friday!!

The first weekend of the month always gets off to an artistic start and this Friday is no exception!  There is art everywhere this evening and to make it easier for you to explore tonight we have put together a list of some shows that caught our imaginative eye.

The Home Show

FiveTen Studio and artists Linda Braz and Elyse Hochstadt present The Home Show, an exhibition featuring six Bay Area based artists working with the concept of ‘home’ defined by its origins in a historical and contemporary context.  The Home Show explores and expands the well-worn definitions that suggest a singular space or construct could identify one ideal designation equating the concept of home. Two of the participating artists explore origin myths and the psychological site of home, while others present vivid representations through a range of media.

When:  Tonight May 1st   6pm - 9pm
Where: Five Ten Studio 831 broadway, oakland

Out of the Woods

Rare Device will be showing Portland Artist Rachel Denny's amazing knitted sculptures May 1 to June 2.  Stop on by the opening reception tonight to meet Rachel in person and see her awesome art!

When:  Tonight May 1st  7pm - 9pm
Where:  Rare Device 1845 market st, san francisco

Bathing in the Crystal Light

Bathing in the crystal light is a show of Kristine Reano sweet drawings. To make the opening reception a little more entertaining Lulacruza will be performing some awesome beats!  Stop on by tonight and show some love and support!!

When:  Tonight May 1st  7pm - 10pm
Where: Gallery Extrana 2912 telegraph ave, berkeley

Swarm Intelligence

Million Fishes, a live/work collective & gallery based in the mission, is having their bi-annual group show.  For the exhibit resident artists were asked to demonstrate the process of Swarm Intelligence. Swarm Intelligence is typically considered to be a population of simple agents interacting locally with one another and their environment. These agents follow very simple rules/commands without a

SAVE THE DATE: oakland DIY Spring Craft Show!

We are stoked to announce our participation in oakland DIY's Spring Craft Show and we are sure it is to be bigger and better than the holiday show!!  The show will be taking place on saturday May 9th in this amazingly awesome abandoned factory turned into artist living/show space.  This place even has a kitchen where oakland DIY will be whipping up some fantastic treats!  So mark your calendars...we'll see you soon!

When:  Saturday May 9th  doors open at 6pm

Where:  Sunshine Biscuit Factory  851 81st ave, oakland

*To make this show just a bit sweeter benny & I are offering 10% off one item of your choice if you use the code word "stenciled geese"!!

Open Endless at Tartine

Our planet is amazing, so why not check out some earth inspired drawings to help celebrate Earth Day? David Wilson has an awesome little art show, Open Endless, opening this wednesday at Tartine bakery.  The show is a collection of drawings of the ocean and the cliffs at Rodeo Cove in the Marin Headlands. Wilson has been working on these drawings for the past 8 months, including a twenty two foot wide watercolor of the ocean and a very small drawing of the sand!

When:  Opening Wednesday April 22nd   9pm

Where:  Tartine 600 guerrero st, san francisco

check out some of Wilson's drawings after the jump...

Feed Your Soul with IndieFixx

IndieFixx is spreading the love of handmade art through a new free art project called "Feed Your Soul".  Each month IndieFixx gives you free downloads of prints by participating artists.  In this hard economic time what better way to spread a little beauty and help artists promote thier work for free!

Check out some of these awesome prints/participating artists  below.  Then head on over to IndieFixx and download a snack for your soul!

Art by Mandy Sutdiffe

more artists after the jump...

You can hear the art calling...

There is no better way to start off your month then taking in some awesome local art.  Well for those in Oakland, here are a few spots getting down with the Art Murmur.

RSP Collective: Heroes and Villians



When: TODAY  6pm - 9 pm

RPS is touching on one of our favorite subject matters, the classic struggle of good versus evil!  Hero stereotypes beware, these artists offer a new take on chivalry, life & death, caricature and beauty.  Participating artists:  Arnell Ando, Teppi Ando, Graham Annable, David Ball, Ben Catmull, Mary Cook, Alika Cooper, Matt Hart, Matt Hewitt, Obi Kaufman, An Nguyen, Jonah Olson, Deth P. Sun, Mark Todd and Derek Wood.

21 Grand:  [Print] RUN



When:  TODAY 6pm

21 Grand presents the artist reception for the exhibit [Print] RUN which features prints by Patricia Wakida and paintings by Jason Byers.  Here are a few things 21 grand had to share about the artists...(after the jump)

Looks like a good week...

As we compiled our plans for the week throughout the day, we began to realize this week is going to be awesome!  Then we got so excited we started jumping up and down (well, in our heads), but it is only a matter of time before you do the same...

Here is a sneak peek of the exciting posts to come this week:  a website devoted to pie and nothing but pie, the launching of new bennykelly styles (yay!!), a possible craft party announcement, oakland art events, & free art.

And to tops things off on the home front we get to finish off this fantastic week up with a few days in the sierras!!  Looks like a good week.

Nostalgia’s No Good at L'Keg Gallery

We recently heard of this show and subsequently L'Keg Gallery so we just had to share.  "Nostalgia's No Good" is a show featuring flier art, video and photography that has helped perpetuate the DIY movement in the indie art and music scene, mostly focusing mainly on the punk movement.  The show will highlight art from groups/collectives such as The Smells, PPM, Sean Carnage, Videothing, Club Ding-A-Ling, Part Time Punks, and more.

"Nostalgia's No Good"  will only be up for the next (4) days so be sure to make sometime if your in the la area.  In honor of its closing, there will be a show reception on Feb 20th.  Be there or miss out on music by Pizza, drinks and nourishment.When: NOW thru Feb. 20th,   closing reception Feb 20th at 8pm (cost $5)

Artist descriptions by L'Keg Gallery after the jump...

Friday at PP is the place to be!

Location:  Pretty Penny

5488 college ave, oakland

ArtNow SF visits Arizona

ArtNow SF, a great local promoter of bay area up and coming artists, is visiting Arizona this weekend to take part in Tucson's Gem & Jam 2009.  Gem & Jam is a (3) days music and art festival, with live shows (both painting and musical) and handmade goodies from a variety of vendors.

We wish we were closer, to join in all the frivilities and hear some great music!!  But sadly we will settle on living vicariously through pictures sent to us by others.  So if you go send us pictures!!!

When:  February 6th thru 8th

Location: Plush (Friday), Tucson AZ

Rialto Theather (Saturday & Sunday), Tucson AZ