Join Erik Otto for his Open Studio at Fabric 8

"Moment of Reflection" - recycled house paint and spray paint on found materials, 48" x 48", 2009

Erik Otto seeks to visually narrate dreams battled by undercurrents of destruction. His work takes his viewers to a place where chaos meets peace and loose meets refinement.   Erik’s pieces and installation will be on view at Fabric 8 for his open studio on May 16th from 2-8pm.

Erik will have signed copies of his new book, Paper Fabric Wood, as well as screen prints and paintings.  The day will consist of a backyard BBQ, a live DJ/music set by Grown Kids Radio and live painting by Erik.  The entire show will be broadcasted live within the Mission District on 94.7 fm.

Fabric 8 is located at 3318 22nd Street, San Francisco
Artwork on view: May 14 – 17

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Studio Visit With Jessica Hess

Meighan O’Toole of My Love For You recently conducted a studio visit with Jessica Hess which is posted to the site. I’m working with the artist on “Temporal Surfaces”, the two-person show with Kevin Cyr I curated for White Walls Gallery. The show opens on Saturday March 6th as part of The Shooting Gallery‘s seven year anniversary. Hope to see you there!

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Behind the Scenes With The Date Farmers

Yesterday I had the chance to hang out with my dear friends and extraordinary artists, The Date Farmers (Carlos Ramirez and Armando Lerma), while they installed the work for their new show,

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Studio Visit with Elizabeth Kunath

Back in March, before I started this blog, I had the pleasure of going by the studio space of San Francisco artist, Elizabeth Kunath. I knew she had been busy creating a new body of work so I was really excited to see the new direction in which she was going.

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Studio Visit With Jane Kim: Part II

I took a jaunt down to the San Francisco Recycling & Disposal center to visit Jane Kim who is their newest Artist in Residence (AIR). She showed me around the amazing

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Studio Visit With Jane Kim: Part I

I took a trip down to the SF Recycling & Disposal center – aka The Dump – to visit San Francisco artist, Jane Kim at her studio. The Dump offers a fantastic Aritst in Residence program that Jane was selected for this year and she was kind enough to give me the grand tour.

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The Day’s Agenda

Good morning and happy Monday!

How would you like this handsome guy to wake you up every day? Might not be so bad…

Anyway! I have a big day planned today with lots of visits with some of my favorite artists. First, I’ll be swinging by the studio of Jane Kim – she’s doing a residency at The Dump. If anyone is considering applying for this residency you won’t want to miss the post on this visit.

Next, I’ll be heading over to check out Silver’s new work. I’ve been wanting to curate a show with him for a while so hopefully we’ll get to work together soon!

Then, I’m off to see Kelly Ording to return the lovely artwork she let me borrow to show to a couple of galleries on her behalf.

And last, I’ll be visiting my friend and inspired seamstress, Amanda Asbury of Panhandle Handmade, to work on a little project of my own and take some pics of her sewing studio.

Keep an eye out for all of these posts to show up soon…

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Studio Visit With Skinner

I was up in Sacramento on business and decided to drop by Skinner’s studio to say “hey”. The big, barn-like structure he uses for a studio

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