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Art Works Downtown is happy to announce a new program designed for AWD resident, studio, and associate aritst to curate rotating exhibits in the Founders Lounge. New shows will provide a warm background for the AWD community to gather for lunch, meetings, small receptions, private parties and special events via the soon-to-open Odalisque Café

Current Show through November 30

"Art from the Labyrith" featuring lower level AWD artists: Fiammeta Castaldi, Deborah Darling Gray, Eric Hoffman, Wendy Lilienthal, Susan McCormick, Susan Searway, Phyllis Thelen, Susan Ticken, Janelle Schneider and Sweet Spirit Ceramics Center artists, Barbara Andino Stevenson, Pamela Aparicio, Richard L. Wooster

http://www.artworksdowntown.org/founders-lounge-current-exhibit/blog

A great time was had by all at this month's 2nd fridays Art Walk at Art Works Downtown!
You should seriously consider coming out next month! I'll be in studio #20 :)

Here is a crop of Earth Gaia Dream, which is nearly done. It would be done already if I had more time lately to spend in my painting studio :)

My studio will be open and participating in MarinArts 2011 Open Studios, May 7, 8 & 14.
In studio 20, at Art Works Downtown 1337 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901

10% of sales of paintings and fine art prints will be donated to The Pachamama Alliance, an organization committed to:
' bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet.'

http://vimeo.com/2217073

Come see me in Studio #20 - I'll be there around 6!

Three of my paintings - Enshrine - Outward Heart, Enshrine - Inward Heart, and Enshrine - Mindfulness will be on exhibit in the Marin Jeweler's Guild.


Friday, February 11 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location downtown San Rafael
Fourth St + beyond
San Rafael, CA

2nd Fridays Art Walk | San Rafael
More Info
During San Rafael’s next 2nd Fridays Art Walk, participating merchants will be celebrating Valentines Day!

RED food, RED drinks, RED art! COME DRESSED IN RED!

SPECIAL FEATURE! experience a preview of HOMEGROWN MARIN MARKET vendors at Art Works Downtown, ROOM Gallery and Marin Arts Council
...http://www.facebook.com/pages/Homegrown-Marin-Market/129283717099193

HIGHLIGHTS:

1611 Fourth St:
Rebound Bookstore: works by Lorna Stevens, red wine, sparkling cranberry juice, XOX Truffles of North Beach

1337 Fourth St:
Art Works Downtown will feature art by Edythe Bresnahan in the main gallery and Susan Ticken in the Underground Gallery.

1331 Fourth St:
reception in the Marin Jewelers Guild featuring RED art by AWD artists.

1016 B St:
"Africa" photography exhibit by Jennifer Lesback, regional food, red delicacies and wine at Avalon

1138 Fourth St:
Rileystreet Art Supply: "France, Nepal + Marin" paintings by Harry Simpson, live music by Wishbone

906 Fourth St:
reading + booksigning by Elizabeth Rosner at Marin Arts Council
($5, $7 at the door)

905 Fourth St:
reception for Steve Emery at Crome Architecture

851 Fourth St:
Donna Seager Gallery presents Michael Cutlip (reception on Feb 5), live music by Foxtail Brigade

827 Fourth St:
MFA Art Space at Marin Fencing Academy, featuring paintings by Laura Kiskaddon, Laura Lengyel, Richard Weinberger


See: http://artworksdowntown.org/2ndFridays.html for full REDception! listings and map

Science Tarot Wands Artist Janelle Schneider will be at Wonderfest at the UC Berkeley Campus Sun, Nov 7th, along with the rest of the Science Tarot artists. Prints of original artwork will be available for sale, as well as opportunities to request commissioned work. Also to hear from all the Science Tarot artists about their collaborative experiences.

The launch was a great success! Thank you everyone who came to see us at The California Academy of Sciences Thursday NightLife event. You can purchase your very own Science Tarot deck from www.sciencetarot.com.

Martins photos on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fonziecalypso/sets/72157625031297330/

Science Tarot's photos on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/sciencetarot/pool/with/5023593208/

some of my own:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paintbetty/5020702816/in/set-72157618578258104/

The Science Tarot Decks Are Here!


Pre-order your Science Tarot deck at the Science Tarot Website! The decks are printed, and they are beautiful! We'll start shipping in October, following the Science Tarot Launch Party. If you can't join us in person on September 23, and would like a deck of your own, order your deck to be part of the first delivery shipment. At the Launch Party or online (for a limited time) the decks are $20, discounted from the $25 retail.










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For those of you in the S.F. Bay Area

- Tickets are now on sale for the Science Tarot Launch Party with
Velocity Circus! Join us at the CA Academy of Sciences NightLife
'Carnival' on Thursday Sept 23.

- Enjoy the masquerades of Gregangelo's Velocity Circus

- Receive a professional Science Tarot reading

- Purchase your own Science Tarot deck from the its creators ($20,
cash only)

- View the original artwork from the deck and chat with the Artists

- Visuals of animated science stories projected onto the exterior of
the planetarium dome

- Explore astronomy from the deck by telescope on the Living Roof with
Paul Salazar

- Swoon to live performance by Geographer and Kill Moi

- Move to sounds of DJs Mad Science

- Sample "The Science of Absinthe" presentation as part of SF Cocktail
Week

Hope to see you there!


-janelle

moving along on these, never enough time it seems. Working in acrylic and matte gel medium transparent layers takes some time. More to come, will post further progress :)