Annette Aust

Annette's Art at Anioman

Karl Bielik Q&A

A little while ago, we noticed the work of Karl Bielik. We checked out his site, and liked what we saw so we sent him some questions...and he responded with some answers...

Swizzlestix // Marcia Copeland

Marcia Copeland is a San Francisco based textile designer and founder of Swizzlestix.

Designer Bio: Raised and educated in St. Louis, Marcia studied fine art at Webster University with an emphasis in painting and printmaking. Soon after, she expanded into the world of graphic design, where she’s been using pixels and pantones to splash her creativity for over 12 years. Unable to contain her passion to create greeting cards, she allowed herself to unleash her designs in 2003, selling to various boutiques and gift stores in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Encouraged by her clients and friends, she has recently developed an array of home decor products which include pillows, tea towels, placemats and coasters.

About Swizzlestix: Swizzlestix is a San Francisco based design pad which creates tea towels, placemats, coasters, decorative pillows and greeting cards. All textiles are 100% cotton and hand silk screened in India, however the aprons and greeting cards are all hand-made and printed locally in San Francisco.

Yvonne Gossett

Yvonne Gossett has been painting in oils for 20 years. Yvonne paints on a variety of unique and one of a kind items with colorful wilderness scenes. She currently sells her work to local gift shops throughout Alaska, the Yukon and lower 48. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she moved with her three children to the wilds of Alaska in 1981. She worked the oil fields and other construction jobs and took up painting as a hobby, which eventually turned into a career. Yvonne now has nine grandchildren and lives in the foothills of the Talkeetna Mountains. To see more of Yvonne's work, check out her Myspace page.

Punk Rock Flea Market

Manufactured Dissent has a table at this event...stop by if you're in the area...

Saturday July 21st 10:00am to 5:00pm at The Starlight Ballroom / Club Polaris (460 N 9th Street - Just Below 9th and Spring Garden [Philadelphia])

All Ages - 21+ To Drink / $3 entry donation (100+ tables of vendors selling old records, clothes, art, music, food, junk, bicycles, stereo equipment, instruments, automobiles, tools, posters, furniture, computers, skateboards and lots of other stuff ! All proceeds goto making sure that all ages shows remain a reality at the first unitarian church !)

It's that time again for the bi-annual (twice a year) PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET. R5's most popular reoccurring event/show/whatever (by far). They had over 2400 visitors and 100 tables of old records, clothes, art, music, food, junk, bicycles, stereo equipment, instruments, automobiles, tools, posters, furniture, computers, skateboards and lots of other stuff this past December. It's all going down at The STARLIGHT BALLROOM located at 9th and Spring Garden Sts - a big spacious venue - giving them ability to host over 100 vendors in one single room - including yours truly.All proceeds raised will goto the purchase of necessary equipment and supplies to ensure that all ages shows continue to remain a reality at The First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia - mainly an annual payment for their liability insurance policy. Do not let the "name of the event" lead you to believe that it's just punk records, clothes etc. - it's a full on flea market with everything from furniture, to laptops / computers , to stereo equipment, to handmade apparel, to vegan treats, information from various non profit groups, book stores, artists selling their work, bicycles & skateboards and whatever else they can fit onto the ballroom floor at The Starlight Ballroom.In addition to the normal flea market stuff there will also be a full bar and food service kitchen to make the day go by a little faster.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE SELLERS LIST, and see what UWISHUNU's got to say about the PRFM.

Berrin Yavuzer

Berrin Yavuzer currently lives and works in El Cerrito, California, though she was born and raised in Turkey. Berrin received her BA degree in film and television production from Marmara University in Istanbul where she worked as a film editor and painter for many years. She came to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2001, when she was 34.

Berrin Yavuzer will be exhibiting in October at the Stave Wine Lounge.

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Jai-Alai Savant Video: White on White Crime

or click HERE to see the video

Jai-Alai Savant
DJ Major Taylor

Jessica Stafford

Jessica Stafford lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jessica graduated from San Diego State University in May 2006 with her BA in Painting and Printmaking with an Art History Minor. Jessica enjoys oil painting, photography, drawing and mixed media. She is interested in examining ideas of gender and exploring ideas of femininity. Artists that inspire Jessica are Frida Kahlo, Cindy Sherman, and Barbara Kruger. Check out our Q&A w/ Jessica by clicking HERE or go to http://mandisinterviews.blogspot.com/search/label/Jessica%20Stafford.

Diego Marcial Rios

Diego Marcial Rios has been professionally showing art for over 20 years. Diego's early academic career began at UC Berkeley where he received his BA. He later went on to receive his Masters Degree in Art, as well as in Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Afterwards, Diego went on to study Law and received his C.P.L. from the University of San Francisco. Diego's work has been featured in Galleries and Exhibitions across the country and in Mexico.

Artist's Statement:
The artist's work is characterized by the synthesis of political content with haunting modern elements. The resulting images are sometimes startling, even disturbing, as we are made more aware of the violence and discrimination that surrounds us. It is the artist's intent to never let us forget or ignore the injustices of our world. Rather, he seeks to show to us the undiluted truths...overwhelming us with the realities of war, poverty, and ignorance."Art can be a product and reflection of society, it's hardest critic, and a catalyst to action."

http://www.artxpo.com/indv/drios/index.shtml

Sarah Huxtable Mohr

Sarah's current series of paintings is based on the beautiful names of God, or al asma al husna.

Artist statement:

'I am interested in art as sacred space - like those who once and still make sacred space -European Iconographers/any artist who sees the sacred as a malleable force, open to containment in ways that serve GOD's expansion. I see art as effective for good in human affairs."

http://www.sarahhuxtablemohr.com/