Starting Thursday, there is a whirl wind of art shows, but it's not just first Thursday! Lets start, first things first, Helen Bayly , "OH MOTHER", all new paintings at Cafe Royale Thursday April 1st. I am excited because this is my friend that helped me make " Find yourself in natural history", the mural I did on 6th and market for the San Francisco Arts Commission last fall. Her new work is amazing, well painted and has an interesting concept. Cafe Royal is located at 800 post st. at Leavenworth in the TL. Also on Thursday, The Evergold will have " American Cinema and Viva Novelitas".
Friday is the Haight st Art walk, though Pure Beauty is really the only long lasting main stay of the first fridays event. Any how, Katie Gray, a truly bay area artist, went to UC Santa Cruz, CCA and lives in Oakland. She does tattoo's in oakland, and makes her mixed media paintings there also. Her newest work is painting and drawing combined, on paper, and there are a few paintings on panel as well. She has morphed human and animal together with stark backgrounds. Come and see her new work, 6-8 pm, 1560 Haight st, Haight at Clayton, Friday April 2nd!
Saturday there are two shows going on, It will be hard to decide which to go to. White walls is having a group show, " New Territory". My friend {and Helen Bayly's Beau} Akira Beard will be in this show, but the other exciting part is that I helped Helen paint a mural/ backdrop on a wall for aki's paintings there! Aki's work is amazing, and has a high entertainment value, pop culture turned on it'd head, add a little portraiture with a splash of philosophy and you have Aki's newest works. Only Akira could put Snoop Dog and Walt Whitman in the same room and make it make sense. White walls gallery is at835 larkin st betewwn geary and o'farrell.
Also on saturday in the TL, Micke Tong is at the public barber salon, in "Ground Control". micke is an old friend o' mine from back in the day when Ar+space gallery was rockin the SOMA hard. His new work is about faith, philosophy, and shedding light on such things as MECCA. It's very interesting, and they are 3 dimensional paintings, sculptures, very different and cool, what a brain on that guy huh? see his interview at his studio at www.the sardonian.wordpress.com, or micketong.com.
O.k, guys, good stuff, I'll see youat all of these events this weekend!!
-Leanne C. Miller
fanciemammal
Murals by, and/or facilitated by Leanne C. Miller, as well as art, interviews etc. For my website, please see www.leannecmiller.com.
