Oakland Shopping this weekend

Tonight from 6-8 pm Oakland will be alive with Shoppers and Music. Oakland merchants all over the city have agreed to stay open late and offer special deals or holiday treats. Many districts have also arranged to have musicians play on the streets. Lakeshore will have rides around Lakeshore & Grand Avenue by Backseat Pedicabs and face painting. For a complete list of particiapting merchants and musicians check out ShopOakland.com

Districts with many participating businesses include:Grand/Lakeshore, Fruitvale, Piedmont, Rockridge and Laurel. Also, staying open for the event are stores on 17th St., MacArthur Boulevard, Seminary/Bancroft Avenues, and in Downtown, Uptown, Old Oakland, Foothill Square, West Oakland, and in the Golden Gate, Montclair and Temescal Districts. Go to ShopOakland.com for a complete updated list.


Great Gift Ideas for $50 and under available at Blankspace
Remember this is the last weekend for Holidayland!! we are open tonight until 8pm, Sat-Sun 12-8pm

Bird vs. Bird bags, wallets, stickers, magnets and pins $1.50 - $39


Mark Poulin Studios-assorted necklaces and earrings, $32- $45


Alena Rudolph- Potluck Pals, $40 each


Rowan Morrison-found paper journal, $10 each


Cubbyhole sleeves-keep your electronic devices and phones safe from scratches during transport or storage, $10 each

Plaid Friday, November 27th, Indie Biz Shopping day

Hey All.

It has been a while, but boy do I have some great new Indie Biz news to tell!

First, Lena Reynoso (of The Compound Gallery fame) created an idea for an indie biz shopping alternative to the post Thanksgiving "Black Friday", November 27th. We are calling it PLAID FRIDAY.

In the past 6 weeks we have been able to mobilize over 50 local businesses and online shops to become part of the day. We were also able to get some amazing support from The EastBay Express, Yelp, OakBook, and Oakland Grown..they have all given us ad space and have been sending out eblasts and announcements for us. To top it off, we had an amazing web designer, Nicole Neditch of Objet d'art donate her services to come up with the awesomely cute website plaidfriday.com.

Go to the website to check out all of the great deals everyone is offering for the day. There is even an afterparty being hosted with drink specials for those wearing Plaid!!

I am so excited about all of the community organizational support and hope that you will help make this a successful campaign by supporting all of the local businesses, on November 27th and throughout the holidays!! Remember, Wear Plaid on November 27th While you shop.

Here is a link to some great press:
The Daily Californian :: Local Shops Hope 'Plaid Friday' Will Boost Sales

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HOLIDAYLAND 2009
featuring local artists, designers and crafts people

November 27 - December 20, 2009



Opening Reception:

* Plaid Friday, November 27th 6-9pm

First Friday Reception:
Friday, December 4th, 6-10pm

additional holiday cheer events Dec 13th and 20th 4-8pm

This is our 4th annual Holiday sale featuring over 100 local artists, designers and crafts people.
This gift sale has become a Blankspace tradition and for the second year we will be joining forces with The Compound Gallery located next door to create a holiday Extravaganza!

Both galleries will be themed with rustic Paul Bunyan decor and will feature small works of art, ceramics, accessories, paper goods, household goods, gifts for kiddies, jewelry and many more affordable indie gifts.

Many fun activities through out the sale including-
Getting your holiday photo taken in our themed photo booth (proceeds go to Art in Oakland Schools) and spin the Wheel o' bounty for prizes.

Galleries are open extended hours during the sale:
WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY 12-8pm
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Sponsored by: Yelp and the EastBay Express

blankspace news, open calls and indie biz

OPENING RECEPTION THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th 6-9PM

It's Gonna be Awesome
New work by Narangkar Glover

September 10 - October 11

*Sunday Tea: September 20th 3-6pm
First Friday reception: October 2nd, 7-10pm

*sponsored by NUMI Tea of Oakland

It's Gonna To Be Awesome features large scale oil paintings, one large scale (40 x 60 inch) embroidered painting, and a number of smaller studies. In this body of work Glover deals with personal space and individuality. The curvilinear shape depicted in her paintings is the homemade concrete skate bowl in her back yard. This is a landscape built for a single leisurely and social activity: skateboarding. The paintings serve as homage to the individualistic lifestyle around it, and the efforts made by individuals to sustain it.go to blankspacegallery.com for more info.GALLERY HOURS: THURS-SUN 12-6pm

image: Today, oil on canvas, 2009
60" x 72"
PS- there are 2 other opening receptions happening next door at The Compound and Swee[t]art galleries during the same hours 6-9pm on Saturday Sept. 12th....3 great reasons to come to the Golden Gate Gallery District!!

INDIE BIZ NEWS

Things over here at the Blankspace camp have been very busy. So I apologize for slacking on the Indie Biz of the Week section of the blog.

Sadly I have to report that Magnet, one of my favorite boutiques on the East Bay is closing their doors next week. It is not all doom and gloom, Camille jsut had a baby and the decision to close came more from starting a new chapter in her life and not from the messy economy. Sad for me, but I wish her many happy days with her new baby. I have feeling we will be seeing other projects from her in the future.

I have not been out of my Blankspace bubble in the pasr few weeks, so I have not much to report, but I did go to Slash jeans today and they have tons of great new jeans in stock.

Open Calls

Pro Arts has a new open call:

Juried Annual 2010

Selections by Sherman Sam, Independent Curator, London

Registration Deadline: Friday, October 2, 2009, 6 pm

Exhibition Dates: November 24, 2009 - January 15, 2010

more info and to register online go to proartsgallery.com

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Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue is now accepting applications for the Artadia Awards 2009
from all visual artists living and working in the 5-county San Francisco Bay Area.
APPLY NOW! APPLICATIONS CLOSE OCTOBER 15, 2009

Individual artists and collaboratives working in all media and at any point in their career are strongly encouraged to apply. Awardees will be selected in the fall of 2009 through Artadia’s two-tiered jury process. This is Artadia’s seventh awards cycle in the San Francisco Bay Area.

For eligibility requirements and to access the web-based application, please visit:

www.artadia.org

Indie Biz of the Week and more

INDIE BIZ OF THE WEEK
Brown Sugar Kitchen in West Oakland.

I drive by this cute triangle shaped restaurant all the time on Mandela Parkway. When I lived in the neighborhood the building was vacant, then it was a series of unsuccessful restaurants...but I think Brown Sugar has found the right recipe for success.

Admittedly I have not even been into the location yet...but I attended the **Oakland Indie Awards this past Friday and had the pulled pork sandwich they were serving and it melted in my mouth, the flavors were strong, but not over powering and the smell of the sandwich made my mouthwater from across the building.

The next day I was talking to an artist Tellulah Terryll who works at Magnolia Editions located right in the neighborhood. She eats there all the time and she told me the Mac & Cheese is the best she ever had, and if that is not enough to entice you, they serve beignets.

I love Mac & Cheese and beignets and after that pulled pork sandwich experience I will be heading over to Brown Sugar Kitchen very soon.

Brown Sugar Kitchen
2534 Mandela Pkwy (between 26th St & Campbell St)
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 839-7685
www.brownsugarkitchen.com
Hours: Tues-Sat 7am - 3pm, Sunday 8am-3pm

**(if you have never attended this annual event is the best Oakland feel good event around, great food, vendors and vibe...and Blankspace was nominated in 2 categories this year... this event reminds me of why I choose to live and have a business in Oakland, it rocks!!!)



WHAT'S UP AT BLANKSPACE
Cal Jam Too curated by Keith Boadwee
May 1 - May 24, 2009
Blankspace is proud to present another dynamic group show of emerging Bay Area artists curated by Keith Boadwee. When it comes to bringing together new talent, Boadwee always delivers the goods. His shows have historically delivered a mixture of cheekiness, intelligence and conceptual potence.

This year's exhibit is no different.

Artists: Chris Hood, Kevin Hauser, Sean Niesen, MUISTARDEAUX COLLECTIVE, Jee Kim, Ace Lehner, Matt Gordon, Sean Leake, Isaac Grey, Eduardo Gomez, Maggie Haas, Carmen Winant, Calvin Trezise, Gareth Spor, Matthew Waldbillig, Matthew Hughes Boyko, Project Space featured installation by-Brandon Olsen

BLANKSPACE HAS NEW GALLERY HOURS: THURS-SUN 12-6pm


COMMUNITY BOARD
ART IN THE BOX
Subscribe to The Compound Gallery’s Art in a Box!

Each month you will receive a new piece of fine art by a different artist. Give the GIFT of ART for someone special or for yourself. By subscribing, you receive high quality works worth much more than the subscription cost AND you support local artists AND The Compound Gallery!

Our 11 featured artists are talented and creative individuals that create amazing and collectible, marvelous works of art. All artwork will be accompanied by the artist’s bio and will be contained in an 11” x 17” x 3” box.

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

Open call opportunity, indie biz of the week and more...

OPEN CALL OPPORTUNITY
Oakland Art Gallery and Pro Arts Present
Bay Area Currents 2009
Selections by Kevin B. Chen, Intersection for the Arts
Oakland Art Gallery and Pro Arts Present
BAY AREA CURRENTS 2009
Selections by Kevin B. Chen, Intersection for the Arts

Registration Deadline: May 15, 2009
Studio Visits: May 29 - 31, 2009
Exhibition: June 23 - July 24, 2009

click HERE to register online

Juror: Kevin B. Chen has been involved in the San Francisco Bay Area arts community for over 15 years as a curator, arts administrator, and visual artist. He has been the Program Director for the Visual Arts, Literary Series, and Jazz at Intersection at the Intersection for the Arts since 1998. He has served on selection panels for Creative Capital Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grants and Public Art Programs, City of San Jose Cultural Affairs Office, Alameda County Arts Commission, Arts Council Silicon Valley, WORKS/San Jose, San Francisco Recycling & Disposal, Inc., and the Headlands Center for the Arts. He has served on the Community Advisory Board of the San Francisco Art Institute, the Board of Directors for San Francisco Camerawork and Locus Arts, and currently serves on the Program Committee for the Headlands Center for the Arts and the Artist In Residence Program Advisory Board for San Francisco Recycling & Disposal, Inc.

Eligibility

Artists must live or have a studio in one of the 9 Bay Area Counties. Studio visits are scheduled May 29, 30, and 31. Artists or representatives must be available during the scheduled time.

How do I apply?

Standard entries must be submitted online. Works in all media are accepted. New media will only be accepted by mail.
For best results images should be sized to 800 x 800 pixels per inch and at a resolution of 72.

Submission & Fees: Basic entry fee includes up to 3 submissions, additional submissions are $5 each. Five (5) submission max per artist. No refunds. Online Registration: $25 basic entry fee + any additional submission fees + applicable membership. Participating artists must have current Pro Arts membership through July 24, 2009. Visual Aid vouchers accepted.


Completed Entries Include:

1. Completed Entry Form click HERE to register online
2. Up to 5 images
3. Artist Statement: The statement must be no longer than one page. Include your name and contact information on the top.
4. Entry Fees

click HERE to register online
Deadline for entries: May 15, 2009

Click here for the Pro Arts Gallery Open Call page with online registration
form and more info.

WHAT'S UP AT BLANKSPACE

Cal Jam Too
curated by Keith Boadwee

May 1 - May 24, 2009

Blankspace is proud to present another dynamic group show of emerging Bay Area artists curated by Keith Boadwee.

When it comes to bringing together new talent, Boadwee always delivers the goods. His shows have historically delivered a mixture of cheekiness, intelligence and conceptual potence. This year's exhibit is no different.

Artists: Chris Hood, Kevin Hauser, Sean Niesen, MUISTARDEAUX COLLECTIVE, Jee Kim, Ace Lehner, Matt Gordon, Sean Leake, Isaac Grey, Eduardo Gomez, Maggie Haas, Carmen Winant, Calvin Trezise, Gareth Spor, Matthew Waldbillig, Matthew Hughes Boyko, Project Space featured installation by-Brandon Olsen

BLANKSPACE HAS NEW GALLERY HOURS: THURS-SUN 12-6pm

INDIE BIZ OF THE WEEK
Pastime Ace Hardware in El Cerrito.

This Ace Hardware has been family run for over 40 years and this neighborhood institution has many things going for it. Top on the list is their great customer service, there is always someone to (happily) help you if needed. They also have convenient and fun price check machines everywhere, so if you can't wait for a salesperson or want to play ( I confess I love to use those machines, it reminds me of being a child and playing pretend grocery store)...

Beyond the customer service, this family run store is clean and has a great housewares department,a great lighting department and they carry many ramdom hardware store items, which is perfect for me as an artist. I love to wander the aisles and think about how I can use these mystery items.

Pastime Ace Hardware
10057 San Pablo Ave
El Cerrito, CA 94530

(510) 526-6615

Hours: Mon-Fri. 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., Sat-Sun. 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

COMMUNITY BOARD

ART IN THE BOX

Subscribe to The Compound Gallery’s Art in a Box!

Each month you will receive a new piece of fine art by a different artist.

Give the GIFT of ART for someone special or for yourself. By subscribing, you receive high quality works worth much more than the subscription cost AND you support local artists AND The Compound Gallery! Our 11 featured artists are talented and creative individuals that create amazing and collectible, marvelous works of art. All artwork will be accompanied by the artist’s bio and will be contained in an 11” x 17” x 3” box.

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