FREE see art at the SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART Thursday March 18

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The Sketch Book Show

Lacey Bryant of Kaleid Gallery has curated a great show for tonight, March 5th, 7-9pm

The Sketch Book Show

29 artists, their art, their sketchbooks and their chairs!

i'm psyched to have been invited to be in it, here is scroll I submitted . for a chair i put a zabuton .

ohh, and made a mini promo video give you a reason to go out tonight and only 29 seconds

what do you need to achieve as an artist . when/what is good enough?

Alex Katz is one of those artists who have enjoyed tremendous commercial and museum success but whose art historical importance remains an open question.


Oh, OK, so it is no longer enough to get into a gallery, you need to get  into a museum, ohh, woops, that is not good enough, you need to have historical importance.


He is not a bad painter, just not original enough — or even good enough — to suggest that his will be a lasting contribution to American art.

two buck tuesday kaleid gallery february 16

two buck tuesday, curated by matthew bailey seigel

tuesday, february 16, 2010

family friendly free for all ages

$2 art starts @12

fun talks start @7

featuring:

Chef Patti Searle is a professional chef, caterer, and owner of Thrivin’ Edibles, a 100% vegan food enterprise. Raw vegan food is her passion, both as a creator and a consumer and she will be giving a talk called, “Super Foods? How about Foods that are Super?” She’ll include hints on how to prepare these everyday GIANTS in the fruit and vegetable world. Arrive on time at Two Buck Tuesday as Patti will get the evening started at 7pm. Oh, and she is bringing samples of her world-famous HuuRaw chips!
thrivinedibles.com

Gary Coleman, oil and pastel painter, will explore artistic priorities. LIKE: Does painting to sell have to mean selling out? If it does (just a little), does the artist hoard his/her own work? Is it selling out to paint for recognition and respect? Is fun more fun than suffering? Is it necessary to continue to “build a body of work”, or is it OK to move on to something else when the body seems to be getting old? Gary will show some of his own work to illustrate his own decisions. He is over 70 years old, and so you should listen to and respect his wisdom.
garycolemanartist.com

Lisa Fisher-Mejia has been performing bellydance in the Bay Area for the past 5 years. She has also performed in Seattle and Los Angeles. She sews a lot of her own costumes. She likes to experiment with a fusion of dance forms, including gothic, tribal, East Indian, and Burlesque. At Kaleid, she’ll be performing the standard Cabaret style bellydance taught to her by her Mother (who was a bellydancer in the 1970s).
myspace.com/staribun

sketch artists 6-10

featuring:

Gary Coleman (read above)

M.P. Nothing, you may know him as Mo from barefoot coffee, now you will also know him for his graffiti & graphic novel inspired art, and perhaps his friend Jeff will attend as well.

Emonic's artwork has been featured all throughout the west coast in various shows and events. He currently works as freelance illustrator in addition to working on his own personal projects. You can see his work at www.emonic.net

Chemix is relatively new to the art world; while he has focused mostly on collaborating on projects and managing his brother Emonic for the last 3 1/2 years, he has only recently started his foray in actively creating work and hopes to expand and learn along the way.

Carol Ponsaran is an artist and teacher.

carolponsaran.com

Mahoney Perkins draws zines, prints and publishes.

jwlk.com

Chuck Hepburn, descended from Mary, Queen of Scots, and yes, related to (and met) Katherine Hepburn. He was physicist on the Mars lander mission. And he opened for Beck in Las Vegas. However for us, he will be modeling for the sketch artists, dressed as a cowboy, playing guitar! as he too is a professional model!

Also ALL artists are invited to bring their art supplies, and take a place at the sketch table! Space is first come first serve.

LIVE music @9

featuring:

Matt Geddes solo live blues act www.musicalcarrion.com

food, coffee & ceramics

featuring:

Chef Patti is bringing samples of her world-famous HuuRaw chips!

Red Berry Coffee Bar, artisan roasted, single origin coffees, are on location to serve and explain their selection and vision.

redberrycoffeebar.com

Keith Bunnell will demonstrate his ceramics all evening in front of Kaleid. He has been throwing for almost 5 years now and is currently going to Foothill college to get his major in art. He mostly does Raku firing but he has been experimenting with Soda firing as well.
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two buck tuesdays is an all day $2 art sale and evening quirky speaker series that happens on the 3rd tuesday of the month.

see past events @Flickr: flickr.com/photos/phantomgalleries

kaleid gallery
88 s 4th st, btwn santa clara & san fernando

downtown san jose, ca 95112
kaleidgallery.com
408 947 1785

parking:

curbside: (meters take nickels, dimes, quarters & dollar coins) $1 per hour 9am-6pm, m-sa; free after 6pm.

4th st garage (above kaleid gallery, 44 s 4th st @e san fernando): $3 after 6pm, m-f (& free 6am-6pm, weekends & holidays); entrances on 4th & san fernando.

park & go lot (10 s 3rd st): 6am-2am, $1.25 per hour, $7 per day, $2 after 5pm; entrance on 3rd st.

4th & st john garage (50 n 4th st): free after 6pm-1am, m-f (& after 6am-1am weekends); entrances on 4th & 5th sts.

tips4lovers

tips4lovers.com will be in san jose ca friday february 5 2010 at

Anno Domini Gallery ART OF ZINES 2010 

with ZINEs "How to Date" and "How to Keep a Boyfriend" and we got lucky charm button buttons and sleep shirts in PINK and BLUE and valentines and of course art and conversation

while you are knocking about in san jose, please visit

WORKS San Jose anti valentine exhibit where we have some more lovey dovey themed art 

please send us a hug, tell us a tip that works for you

hugs then AT thingy tips4lovers.com

TEAM SKUNK at WORKS noon2noon 24 hour art marathon

see this empty space? Friday Dec 3 it will be filled with artists. For 24 hours... OK, actually, will anyone last to 3 AM? We don't know. What we do know is I reserved a space at WORKS. In a room with plenty more spaces and artists. You are invited to visit. So far, at some time or another should see, Lacey, Michael, Kate, Drew, Trina, Eddie and Matthew. Christine, Kyle, Brian and Cherri - maybe sneak down from FRESH PRODUCE? As we certainly will be sneaking up there all night. If we run out of room, going to spill over into the Canvas Ghost booth.


works/san jose presents ‘noon2noon’, a 24-hour art marathon: make art, buy art, support works


And everyone needs to go everywhere tomorrow night.


Finally, please, make sure to visit Kaleid Gallery, they close earlier than the South First Friday area, so start your tour there.  Glass ornament show and available for purchase is original works of art and creative gifts by over 60 regional artists. Including my blue holiday shop wall across from Christmas Hell and lots of other interesting affordable fun holiday gifts. (not Crate and Barrel)


Here is what I suggest!
start at Kaleid Gallery
[7-9pm] Opening Reception for the 2nd Annual Glass Ornament Show presented by the San Jose Glass Artists Alliance.


Head over to Fresh Produce next, preview 7pm, event starts 8pm


eventually make it all the other galleries, and finally, hang out to 3 AM at works

Holiday Shop @ Kaleid Gallery, San Jose $5-$90

THE BLUE HOLIDAY SHOP IS OPEN, NOW, at Kaleid Gallery. New Specials every week. Things happening all the TIME.


$5 hand painted, hand made ornaments/cards
(please someone take home the sad bear with winter scarf)

$15 illustrations (ink, Japanese brush, worn out markers, good markers)  100% cotton paper, mounted on black mat (all done @ & of McDonald's)

$40 paintings on 1 inch cradled wood panel

$90 paintings on cigar boxes

& plenty of other quality art & holiday deals... why just the other day i was looking at the board across from my all blue Holiday Shop & what did I notice, but lots and lots of all wintery ornaments & paintings: Christmas Hell - Ornaments Available now!


so there is double the reason to visit - don't waste your recession holiday money on pricey glass ornaments, when you can get so much more for your loved ones & have cash left over for fun!

new cigar box paintings

exhibiting with 18 other artists

Fine Craft Sale

Today, Friday, Nov 6 6:00p to 9:00p, Saturday Sunday Nov 7, 8, 11:00a to 4:00p

at Pacific Art League of Palo Alto
668 Ramona St
Palo Alto, CA 94301

The Pacific Art League is pleased to announce our first Fine Crafts Sale, featuring works in all media and styles—including ceramics, glass, jewelry, handmade artist’s books, fiber art and more, all by local crafts artists. A wonderful opportunity to find unique, handmade gifts for the holidays. Preview exhibition and sale: Friday, Nov. 6, 6-9 pm; continues on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7 and 8, 11am – 4pm. For more information please call the League at 650-321-3891.

ongoing results of FREE halloween CAT cards

i'm exploring free art

(sometimes in conjunction with pellet (info here) who, also, right now, has a free art contest)

why?

been asking friends and strangers to email me cat photos, in return I mail them spooky halloween cards with their cat photo, somehow, worked into the art - example above of Silas

2 more in the mail, not putting them up until I'm sure they've been received, to not spoil the surprise

other free cat and/or halloween card project was held in person, last Saturday, at the Pacifica Art League in Palo Alto

this is even more direct, they get to watch the art created in front of them

examples below

much thanks go to Liz Lada and Chrystelle for promoting, eBlasts, twitter, balloons, posters & candy

Liz, I still want to make a card for you

one result, continue to notice with these, is everyone appears happy, even when the art is, ... questionable (kind of make a decision and go with it, so turning Nila & Ila into pumpkin and ghost. well, I'd just like another chance to do it again)

FREE CAT halloween cards at The Pacific Art League

I'll be at The Pacific Art League in Palo Alto this Saturday, October 24, 11-3 hand creating halloween cards.

And GIVING THEM AWAY. As in FREE.

First come first served. And the cards will be made JUST FOR YOU. Bring along a photo of your cat & I might just work him/her into the art!

While you are there, be sure to peruse the 10 scrolls, on view in the new hall gallery. These modern interpretations of the traditional scroll form first showed in August at the Kaleid Gallery in San Jose. I was fortunate that Dotti Cichon, of PAL, invited me to show them in Palo Alto. So for those of you who missed the Kaleid Gallery show, they are up until the end of October.

hope to see you and your cat photos this Saturday (or you and your cat!)

interview and sketches

Phantom Galleries, thank you for the interview. After re-reading, realized I meant to also conclude with comments on how what I'm doing now picks up again what I did when younger. I'm again making things out of paper, making strange recordings, hanging out with friends doing ink draw. 

These drawings are examples of just the sort of "ink draw" did at multiple middle of the night drawing and painting sessions.

Been asked, process for painting the TANGLE paintings. I start with these, many of them. The ones above are from the 10 in the show. There were hundreds.  Would refer to them before starting a painting. Sometimes tape 1 or 2 on the wall. But the paintings were never a copy, instead, just as these were rapid, feeling driving, developing as they went - the paintings were as well. With the sketch just as a starting point.

meet the TANGLE artist today, and surprise musical act, 3PM

final week for TANGLE show at Kaleid Gallery in San Jose

go to today to meet the artist. 12-5 , Saturday August 22

scroll art AND wonderful inspired glass

stop in, enjoy light refreshments

ask questions of the artist, pester him, find out what TANGLE really means

and while there, don't forget to say hello to one of the 2 gallery managers, Eddie (Lacey done a great job as well, she, however, is locked in a wedding today)

make sure you stay for surprise musical guest at 3PM

eddie said it is "watermelon"

this surprised me, sort of an on the edge out of control painting, as in, not exactly planned, or planned at all

rather, a series of moves, that are in reaction to previous and further moves, all slightly in the "oh shit" where is this going, how to save it, how to keep it alive, until, OK, STOP, done

so what surprised me, was the reaction, to me, it is rather unusual

turns out, getting positive critical response

which good, as want to take this further

which is scary, as the process to make this is not repeatable in any normal way that I think of, other than, do another OH crap edge of disaster painting which will not look like this one, at all

3 "tree paintings"

valuable for me to see ALL the works together on the painted wall, instead of one-at-at-time in my little kitchen studio

american apparel "fleur face" shirts @ kaleid gallery

there are still some American Apparel brown shirts with light blue flower face TANGLE image silk screened on front at Kaleid Gallery

check them out at Two Buck Tuesday

2001 men Fine Jersey Short Sleeve T-Shirt &

2102 women Fine Jersey Short Sleeve T-Shirt

$25, if you don't find your size/style please write your name/contact size sex in guest book at Kaleid Gallery OR email me mbseigel AT gmail DOT COM, I'll consider a 2nd run, which may include AA hoodie or other garments for those that request, sorry Reuben, no thongs, and yes, he did ask

thanks to models jesse & lacey ( & maria as ice cream hostess)

thanks to Bob Cool for providing ice cream sandwiches at Kaleid Gallery TANGLE opening

a big THANK YOU to Bob Cool of KICKS COOKIES + ICE CREAM for providing samples! yes, samples of his delicious ice cream sandwiches in innumerable flavors.

Bob & his wife are big supporters of the San Jose art scene. Wanted to do something for us. In return, I was happy to hand out samples, and everyone was more than happy to eat them.

They delivered freezer, Maria cut the sandwiches in quarters, then, wearing a white apron, walked around with them on a silver tray.

Again, a big thank you to Bob Cool, I know I and many others at Kaleid look forward to working with you on further events - Matthew

local celebrities & paparazzi get sneak preview of TANGLE

thistle lizard

Painting inspired by a photograph from Lon (location, Illinois), the lizard loosely based on photo I took while hiking with Lacey, Reiji & Maria in the Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve.

If you go, visit the vineyard. Further info on hike.

Might be a California Alligator Lizard?

5x2 feet, acrylic on industrial Tyvek

rose raccoon

i did say these are scroll paintings - did I not? but what did I mean?

after all, much of my output is small, mostly postcard sized.

these are larger, much larger. 5x2 feet.

yes, 3 paintings  3x8 feet on paper about a year ago. they were all written/word/letterform based.

these instead are nature based. although, there will be some letter-forms sneaking in. and maybe even something to read, depending.

but they are not on paper

I'll let a more educated friend of mine describe better

"... 5x2 foot scrolls on synthetic rice paper."

"what is not obvious realized ... rice paper a technical marvel when invented ... perfect for the time as a painting surface, so it is with the industrial Tyvek Matthew is using"

"his residency at a young age in Nagasaki Japan where he extensively
studied the scroll arts, further followed up with paintings on rolls
of paper found about to endlessly copy the classic forms of crabs & pine cones"

Donguri Bear MFA

and he continues, don't need to read more

collab w/janett

wow. it's my painting (below). but in glass! by janett peace. she can really throw it down, so to speak. so if want to see more of her/our work, stay tune and or come to our show—in less than 3 weeks!