Baker Beach bliss

Our friends Samir and Lisa had a most beautiful, sunny, calm, sunset wedding. It was a very sweet, simple, and wonderful ceremony. Congratulations to the gorgeous couple!

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 [...]

Glass gardens and more at de Young Museum

(fyi, if the slideshow stops, click the “X” in the upper right corner)
We went to opening night of Chihuly at the de Young, June 14 - September 28 and it was spectacular. The de Young did not disappoint with the terrific lighting and installation that really showed of the beauty of the magical environments [...]

A Sotheby’s Appraisal Event

 
My partner got a beautiful Buddhist painting handed down to him. His mom’s aunt brought it back from China. We have always wanted to know more about it and have wondered what it may be worth. Now we will get a chance to ask the experts!
A Sotheby’s Appraisal Event in Celebration of
Power and Glory: Court [...]

Healing arts at the Asian Art Museum, SF

Healing Arts
Thursday, June 5
5 to 9 pm
FREE with Museum Admission ($5 after 5 pm)
The Asian Art Museum kicks off its third season with multi-sensorial offerings of healing
arts from all over Asia: acupuncture, cupping, Japanese shiatsu, Thai foot massage,
and more. Sample tea, check out medicinal herbs from China, Japan, India and Tibet,
have your pulse diagnosed, tour [...]

Debbie and Oliver Open Studio, 4/26-27

 
DAS Wear at Open Studios ‘08
The Fashionable Artistry of Deborah Sciales
Saturday, April 26 & Sunday, April 27
12 Noon to 4:00 pm
In the upcoming April 26th anf 27th Open Studios, Deborah Sciales and Oliver Lowe will be featuring exciting, timeless and forward fashions and paintings. The DAS OWL collection is comprised of the finest cast-off and [...]

rainy days bring waterfall journeys

What a nice idea! Put on my boots and hike to where the ferns thrive and the water is falling. It always feels so magical. The smell of the mud and pine needles…ummmm.
This from a guide in SF Chronicle to waterfalls in the area:
“…throughout the Bay Area, the recent storms have turned waterfalls into a [...]

Make ‘em with your cell, camera, disposable film

This sounds really fun - a Disposable Film Festival! It is a shorts film festival to be screened in January at ATA , Artist Television Access in San Francisco. Eligible submissions are made with disposable media such as cell phones, point and shoot, webcams, and other inexpensive, readily available, non-professional flash video cameras. Pros and [...]

Invisibles in San Francisco

Inspired by the international humanitarian work of Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontière, Javier Bardem worked with the organization to produce a film which highlights five neglected humanitarian crises taken from MSF’s yearly “Top Ten” list of underreported humanitarian stories. Each topic is addressed in a separate short film, shot by different directors, creating the five-part [...]