Shark in the Mission

From our friend Debbie Sciales:

This last semester, I helped my dear friend, neighbor, and mosaic artist, Sarah Dorrance, teach an art class to children of the Synergy School. After a semester of work, the piece is finished. We installed the mosaic (6′ x 25′ ) at the corner of 25th and Valencia over the [...]

Women, Art, Politics show closing June 29

Judy Johnson-Williams and I went to the opening of this show back in March, and it is weird but I haven’t talk to one other woman who has seen it - SO GO IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT! It is a great show with some very provocative installations.
Organized by Yerba Buena Center of the Arts [...]

Summer afternoon deeelite

DAS had a most splendid fashion show and sale at the Woodside home of Jonathon and Miss Laura. Spiked lemonade, a guest doggy, models galore, barbecue, and splashy hot tub made for a wonderful summer Saturday.

Deborah Sciales, the designer herself

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One Stitch at a Time: The Healing Power of Storytelling

I am working on a research project about Art and Social Justice for ISKME and I am learning about the most incredible artists! I thought I would feature some of them on my blog.
Tonight I read about Devora Neumark. She incorporates performance, sound and photography installations, storytelling and community art. I like her “emphasis on [...]

Shirley’s mom

I had put out a call for “mother stories” around Mother’s Day and Shirley McClure responded with a story below. Thanks Shirley!
I remember being with my mom before I went to kindergarten and her teaching me how to write my name and a few other things that were about numbers. She spent time with me [...]

Steam punk technology

you’ll get steam punk after this:

via: petpeeving

Eerie singing tree

From youtube: “Looking like the wreckage of an Alien space craft, this Futuristic Sculpture is Art Jim, but not as we know it. Commisioned by a forward thinking Burnley Council, The collection of tubes makes the strangest sounds when the wind blows, which is often round the location at Crown POint, on the moorland overlooking [...]

She will be seen!

My Venus sculpture will be featured in the Intertidal Art Show at Alta Bates Hospital! Hurrah! I was concerned that she may not meet the criteria because of a nudity restriction. I thought it may be iffy and so I am glad she will be displayed.
She really was created in the spirit of celebration and [...]

Some People Project

This week the theme has been story telling for me. I came across this great website called some people.
Here is how Harrell Fletcher, one of the artists who started the some people project explains it:
The idea is that people select other people that they know or would like to know and make a web documentary [...]

Invitation to write a story about your mother

Since Mother’s Day is coming up, maybe you are thinking about your mom like I am.
I’d like to invite you to write a story, an experience about your mother. It could be a story you heard or an interaction you had with her. Anything really that you would like to share. You could add it [...]