Giorgi Gallery Presents: The Portrait Show

Portraits by 11 contemporary bay area artist will be on display at the Giorgi Gallery along with an abbreviated encore of the previous show: Nina Katz, a year in portraits.

The essence of portraiture is explored in drawing, painting and sculpture. The unifying theme of the show is the striking sense of humanity captured with widely divergent styles, sensibilities and subject matter.

Can a person's life be affirmed in one picture? Nina Katz has explored this and other questions with a daily ritual of sketching portraits from the Obituary section of the New York Times. Intrigued by repetition and process, Nina took her daily interest in reading NY Times obits to drawing them every day. A series of oil portraits evolved from this process as an obvious next step to creating a personal interpretation of public memory.

Nina's full year of original pencil drawings on accordion fold Moleskin sketchbooks will be displayed along with the Portrait Show. All portraits will be for sale including 5 limited edition reproductions of Nina's sketchbooks.

May 6 - June 4, 2010 Reception : Thursday, May 27th, 6-9 p.m..

Giorgi Gallery

"Where Art Stops Time"

2911 Claremont Ave.

Berkeley, CA 94705

510-848-1228

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www.giorgigallery.com

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Avi and I are both showing our art in an exhibition called REFRAME: Making Sense of Waste at ARC Studios, a new gallery in San Francisco. It is curated by Hanna Regev. Join us for the opening reception on Friday, May 7 from 7 -10pm. 1246 Folsom Street in San Francisco.

Come celebrate
Brisbane's creative spirit
at the 9th Annual Artists' Evening of Sharing.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

The event starts at 7:30pm at Mission Blue Center, where Brisbane artists will showcase their works of music, theater, dance, literary reading, singing, visual artwork, photography and film.



So come on over to Mission Blue Center this Saturday, February 6th and join us to meet and honor these talented artists and arts advocates living and working in town. Admission is free and refreshments will be served during intermission...adding to the perfect setting of celebrating Brisbane's artistic stars!

475 Mission Blue Drive, Brisbane, CA 94005

Sponsored by the City of Brisbane
Organized and MC'ed by Beth Grossman

ART TO SOUP! Video

Thank you Keith and Sam Moreau for creating this video about the ART to SOUP! Food Drive Sculpture at Brisbane City Hall. Folks need food all year round, so please remember to contribute to your local food banks on a regular basis.

ART to SOUP! Brisbane Food Drive Sculpture

From soup to nuts, Brisbane residents brought canned and packaged foods to the City Hall lobby and arranged the donations in an evolving sculpture.

Visual Torah at the Contemporary Jewish Museum

Artists reflect on new work for AS IT IS WRITTEN 304,805

Date/Time:	Sunday, December 6, 2009, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Buy Tickets
Admission:	Free with Museum admission.
Contact:	info@thecjm.org or call 415.655.7881

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About the Program

The Museum has commissioned contemporary artists from diverse backgrounds to create a new work of art in response to the Torah. Come hear four renowned local artists describe their experiences creating visual commentaries on the Book of Genesis as part of a new form of dialogue with the Jewish Bible.

The artists participating in the conversation include John Bankston, Beth Grossman, Jordan Kantor and Paul Madonna. As part of the exhibition As It Is Written: Project 304,805, newly commissioned art will be presented in groups according to the Five Books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy). Recalling the Western art historical tradition in which artists have elucidated religious concepts by creating visual representations of beliefs, narratives and practices, the work presented here reflects a lively and open-ended dialogue with the ancient text through a wide range of artistic approaches and cultural perspectives.

ART TO SOUP!

ART TO SOUP!
Brisbane Food Drive Sculpture

From soup to nuts, please bring canned and packaged foods to the Brisbane City Hall lobby during the months of November and December 2009. Add your artistic flavor by arranging your food contributions into a daily evolving sculpture.
Second Harvest Food Bank will be picking up our donations before Thanksgiving and the winter holidays.

Beth and Avi will be on site canstructing from 6:30 - 7:30 pm Wednesday evenings November 18th, December 2nd and December 16th

(No glass, perishables or bulk grains please.)

Brisbane City Hall, 50 Park Place, Brisbane, CA 94005
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 8am – 5pm, Wednesday 8am – 8pm, Friday 8am – 1pmFor more information contact Wendy Ricks (415) 508-2114