Grant R Marcoux – Artist Blacksmith – Tool Repairs

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Garden Tool Sharpening & Repair

At the Pilgrim Soul Forge, Alameda, CA
101 West Tower Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501
(On the old Navy Base)

I can sharpen and repair the following tools:

Shears, hatchets, axes, machetes shovels, garden
forks, knives (and many more)

Times are tough….Don’t throw that fine old tool away – FIX IT!

Grant R Marcoux – Artist Blacksmith
510-918-6840
www.grantsforge.com
Custom metalwork also available!

Plastic Camera Show at Rayko Photo

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Our own Jan Watten will be exhibiting in the Plastic Camera Show
RayKo Photo Center
428 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

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And here’s a bit that the SFWEEKLY wrote about the show to entice you to get a cheap plastic camera and work some magic:
Most of our smartphones contain digital cameras that rival the best that money could buy less than a decade ago. We often pay hundreds of dollars for these devices. And what do we do with them? Filter our 8-megapixel masterpieces through apps such as Hipstamatic and Instagram, to lend that elusive “shitty camera” sheen of yesteryear’s cheap point-and-click models. It makes a persuasive case for Devo’s grand theory of devolution — as a race, we’re going backward. But whether the trend toward faux-distressed photos with blown-out colors is mindless fun or the worst kind of kitsch, the results definitely lack the authentic charm of photos taken with a real, bottom-shelf, analog camera. Said cameras are becoming harder to find, but RayKo gallery director Ann Jastrab must have a secret stash, which she dispatched for “the International Juried Plastic Camera Show,” an exhibition of “the best images from the worst cameras.” From a slew of entries, RayKo curated 100 photos taken by professionals such as Robert Holmgren, proving that a talented photographer can capture an indelible image using any lens, and that no sophisticated image-processing algorithm can match the warm, serendipitous imperfection of analog.

Friday, January 13th, 2012 Bridgehead Studios in Estuary Art Attack

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Dear Friends and Art Lovers,

Bridgehead Studios’ “Idols on the Third Shelf” exhibit will feature paintings, sculptures, and digital artwork by artists Tom Franco, Ilene Segalove, Saumya Kodippily, Mark P. Fisher, Yi Yan, Winnie Wong, Ed Holmes, and Arianna Kordestani.

I will be showing my jewelry along with exhibiting artists Bill Silveira (kustom license plate signs), Sue Marek (glass designs), and Marion Kassbohrer (dog fashions). Additionally, there will be other jewelry designers, potters, and more.

Come join us for some wine and munchies, DJ music, and rooftop deck for stargazing.

Friday the 13th, 6 to 9 p.m.

Bridgehead Studios, 2516 Blanding St., Alameda (across from Nob Hill Foods)

I hope to see you!

Susan

Your Art Bunky

6th Annual Holiday Art Walk December Sat. & Sun. 3 & 4 11-6

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The Jingletown Arts & Business Community announces the 6th Annual Holiday Art Walk, 
Saturday and Sunday, December 3 & 4, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.



An opening reception will kick off the Holiday ArtWalk on 
Friday, December 2, 6:00 to 9:00 pm at
420 Gallery, 420 Peterson Street, between Ford and Glascock Streets, 
Oakland, 94601.

The reception and weekend open studios event are free and open to the public.

The annual holiday open studios in this thriving arts district 
will highlight the work of artists who
live and/or work in the area known as Jingletown, which is situated
 between the Park and Fruitvale
Street bridges adjacent to the Oakland Estuary.

Among other notable artistic enterprises, it is the location of the 
Institute of Mosaic Art, as well as
studios of many other renowned artists who are living and working in
 one of the most recognized
artist warehouse districts in Oakland.

Jingletown got its name from Portuguese cannery workers whose earnings
 would "jingle" in
their pockets at the end of the day as they walked home from the factories in the area. As time
went on the neighborhood went into disuse, but in the early 1980’s artists
 realized the potential
and converted many of the neglected warehouses into functioning live/work spaces. 
It is now a
flourishing artist community and one of the fastest growing arts districts 
in the Bay Area.

The goal of the Jingletown Arts and Business Community is to heighten
 awareness about the
rich and diverse population of working and exhibiting artists in the neighborhood, 
and to promote
creative opportunities in the Jingletown Arts District. Visitors to this historic arts district
 will see
colorful mosaic murals on converted warehouse walls, intersection 
street painting art and the
Peterson Street Community Wall, a work in progress which features 
murals by many of the
residents of Jingletown.

For a complete listing of Jingletown artists, businesses and upcoming
 events in the area, please
visit our website at http://www.jingletown.org.



Jon Zax, photography & stuff, www.lotuscolor.net

2889 Ford Street – Gray Lofts
Mary McDonald, oil on canvas, www.marymcdonaldfineart.com, #32
Nancy LaRose, leather, paper, ceramics, www.nancyklarose.com, #32
Jan Watten, photography, www.janwatten.com #32
Stephanie Williamson, photography, www.swilliamsonphoto.com #32
Karyn Yandow, photography, www.artslant.com/karynyandow #32
Russ Osterweil, Photography, www.rofoto.com #41

2899 Ford Street
Lisa Levine, photography, www.LisaLevinePhotography.com
Peter Tonningsen, photography, www.petertonningsen.com

Institute of Mosaic Art
3001 Chapman Street, Multiple Artists, mosaics,
www.instituteofmosaicart.com

Ford Street Studios, 3934 Ford Street
Elena Baikova, painting #37
Peter Dreyfuss, Steel Sculpture, www.peterdrefuss.com #35
Todd c. Hartman, photography, www.LIGHTBondage.Info, #40
Chris Kanyusik, ceramic sculpture, www.chriskanyusik.com, #39
Larry Lesterud, photography #37
Sage Moore, sculpture -- clay, plaster, #3
Stan Peterson, wood sculpture & drawings, www.stan-peterson.com, #4
Fernando Reyes, painting, printmaking, drawing, www.freyesart.com, #26
Anatasia Schirpani, textiles, painting, sculpture,
 www.anastasiaschipani.com, #30

Exchange Studios
527 - 23rd Avenue
Mariah Carle, photography, www.bayareaboudoir.com #104
PJ Reptilehouse, photography, www.pjreptilehouse.com #104

519 Lancaster Street
Petey Barma, resin jewelry, sculpture, furniture
Laurel Davis, found objects, concrete wares, resurrected vintage furniture, 
www.lancasterlaboratory.com
Danielle Feinberg, photography, ink drawings, mixed media, 
www.daniellefeinberg.com
Bret Parker, prints, textiles, clothing, accessories and pillows

400 Derby Avenue #6, Kimberly Russell, watercolor,
 www.kimrlustudios.com