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2010
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April
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MILLION FISHES ARTISTS COLLECTIVE GROUP SHOW
“TAKSU and the Dusk of Time”
 What: Million Fishes Artists Collective premieres their new group show, TAKSU and the Dusk of Time, featuring original music, dance, performance, and a diversity of visual art & installation. Focused on the persistence of humanity’s creative fire — despite the cataclysmic conditions of any age — this show presents a flood of artistic offerings set amidst a Living Room from the Dusk of Time.
Who: Million Fishes Artists Collective’s 15 resident artists:
Tyson Ayers, Walker Babington, Brent Bishop, Frank Callozzo, Wendy Darling, Rich DDT, Mary Franck, Mikie Graham, Damon MacGregor, Carlos Marulanda, Marilyn McNeal, Lex McQuilkin, Christina Miglino, Joel Stockdill, Jonathan Warner
Why: Twice per year, Million Fishes’ diversity of resident artists band together to create a multi-disciplinary show of epic proportion. “TAKSU and the Dusk of Time” captures the spirit of this artistic community’s current ethos, debuting new work from its members, and celebrating its fleet of new faces.
Where: 2501 Bryant Street (at 23rd Street), San Francisco 94110
When: Saturday, April 3 2010 (in conjunction with MAPP: Mission Arts and Performance Project)
8pm-11pm
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March
2010 |
RUBBISH
Friday, March 19
6:00 pm on
Million Fishes Art Gallery
2501 Bryant Street, San Francisco
more info at:
www.wekillyou.net
www.theneverneverworld.com
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A Funraiser for:
The Sound Cave's Traveling Road Show Airship
& Collective Autonomy Network Tour
Saturday, March 20th
7 pm - midnight
Million Fishes Gallery
2501 Bryant St @ 23rd Street
$10-30+ suggested donation, notaflof
Performances by:
Tango La Melodia (Roaring 20's Gypsy, Tango, and old school jazz styles - www.tangolamelodia.com) - 10p
Paper Doll Militia (Aerial Theatre - www.paperdollmilitia.com) - 9p
DJ Rich DDT - 11p
DJ Joel Dean playing early, dirty rock and soul - 7p
and secret guests - 9p and throughout
plus silent auction, drinks, dancing, wonderful people, speakeasy outfits, and an opportunity to participate in creating a couple great projects.
$10-30+ suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds
why?
Come participate in creating two wonderful projects, the Sound Cave's Traveling Roadshow Airship and tour in collaboration with the Collective Autonomy Network, by enjoying a great party. With music, dancing, drinks, aerials performances, and silent auction we will raise the funds needed to purchase a 16' flatbed truck ($3000) to install the Sound Cave permanently on, transform the whole thing into a moveable art installation / performance venue / fantastical airship, and tour both projects to communities all across north america this summer. Come play!
want to:
purchase advance tickets?
contribute to the projects but can't attend the party?
contribute to the projects in a larger way?
please make a tax-deductible donation by mailing a check (attn: tyson; 2509 bryant st; san francisco, ca 94110) payable to "Intersection for the Arts" (our fiscal sponsor who allows us to use their non-profit status) with "Million Fishes - Sound Cave" in the memo line.
To make a credit card donation go to: https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=1380 , fill in the information you want, choosing "Million Fishes Arts Collective" as who you want to direct your donation to, and email me at firebrandart@yahoo.com so i verify with our fiscal sponsor that your donation was credited.
Thanks for any and all help with these projects!
more info at:
www.soundcave.org
www.collectiveautonomy.net
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2009
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November
2009 |
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DISH ON FASION
A Monthly Dinner & Fashion Series Showcasing Urban Artwear
A Table Side Fashion Show featuring Kittenhawk
Thursday, November 19
7:30 -9:30 pm
XYZ Restaurant
181 Third Street @ Howard
San Francisco
To reserve a table, please call XYZ at 415-817-7836
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October
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September
2009 |
SIZE NEVER MATTERED, SIZE ALWAYS MATTERED
Featuring artists Ace Lehner, Crow Cianciola, Dallas Kavanagh,
Emmett Ramstad, James Giotta, Micah Bazant and Torreya Cummings.
Saturday, September 5th
7 - 9pm
Million Fishes Gallery
2501 Bryant Street @ 23rd
San Francisco
Show closes Sunday, September 20th
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August
2009 |
Tuition Free Design Classes in
Photoshop,
DreamWeaver and Flash
The classes run
5 - 9 weeks in length and meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Some meet on Friday
mornings.
All classes are at the downtown campus at 4th and Mission (Powell
BART).
More
info at www.ccsfweb.org
PHOTOSHOP
ELEMENTS > LEARN HOW TO EDIT DIGITAL PHOTOS, MAKE
GRAPHICS
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
5:00 - 7:10 PM
AUGUST 18 - OCTOBER 15, 2009
Course Number: 84936
Subject Code: COMP
Course Code: 9959
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
5:00 - 7:10 PM
OCTOBER 20 - DECEMBER 17, 2009
Course Number: 84937
Subject Code: COMP
Course Code: 9959
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FRIDAYS
9:00 - 11:40 AM
AUGUST 21 - SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
Course Number: 84931
Subject Code: COMP
Course Code: 9957
FRIDAYS
9:00 - 11:40 AM
SEPTEMBER 25 - 0CT0BER 23, 2009
Course Number: 84934
Subject Code: COMP
Course Code: 9958
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FLASH > LEARN ANIMATION
& HOW TO PUT VIDEO / AUDIO ON THE WEB
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
7:30 - 9:40 PM
AUGUST 18 - OCTOBER 15, 2009
Course Number: 84894
Subject Code: COMP
Course Code: 9922
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DREAMWEAVER > LEARN HOW TO
MAKE YOUR OWN WEBSITE
FRIDAYS
9:00 - 11:40 AM
OCTOBER 30 - DECEMBER 11, 2009
Course Number: 85211
Subject Code: COMP
Course Code: 9949
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
7:30 - 9:40 PM
OCTOBER 20 - DECEMBER 17, 2009
Course Number: 84887
Subject Code: COMP
Course Code: 9919
TO
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PRE BURNING MAN TRUNK SHOW
An Impromptu Market with One of A Kind Designer Treasures
Thursday, August 20th
7-11 pm
Million Fishes Gallery
2501 Bryant Street @ 23rd
San Francisco
Burning man is just a few weeks away! Don't wait.... come mingle and shop with a Million Fishes when we invite SF's top underground designers to set up an impromptu market of one of a kind duds and adornments in our gallery space.
We'll have libations, beats, treats, and all the gear you'll
need to rock the playa in style!
Featuring one of a kind vintage reconstructed treasures by KittenHawk, steampunk jewelry by Jurneka Designs, exotic dance-wear by Minerva's Antennae, high glam feather earrings by Kukoon Desgins and much much more!!!! |
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June
2009 |
SEED
Featuring Million Fishes resident artist Frank Callozzo
Opening Reception:
Friday, June 19
7 pm
Location:
Blue Studio
2111 Mission St @ 17th Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94110 |
I HAVE THE POWER
Featuring Million Fishes resident artist Frank Callozzo
Opening Reception:
Saturday, June 20
7 pm
Show Dates:
June 20 - July 19, 2009
Location:
Double Punch Gallery
1821 Powell Street @ Filbert
San Francisco, CA 94133 |
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THREADS
Opening Art Reception
Sunday, June 7, 2009
SOMArts Cultural Center
934 Brannon, San Francisco, CA
3 pm
FREE
Curators: Tirza True Latimer, Rudy Lemcke, Matt McKinley, Pamela Peniston,
Allison Smith, and Tina Takemoto Exhibition
Co-ordinators: Courtney Dailey & Tamara Loewenstein
 Join Qcc and an amazing international group of talented visual/media artists for the opening of our art exhibition, Threads. Threads is not just about fabric and costume but also how queerness weaves the threads of our physical, social and moral existence together into a multi-dimensional fabric of community and our selves. What are the threads that bind, mend and sometimes unravel this spectacular fabric?
How do we fashion, perform, subvert or display queerness in our art and lives? So fashion yourself high or low and don your hottest threads for the opening! There will be a photo booth and photographers roaming about capturing the fabulousness of it all with music and performance in the galleries—not to mention, food and drink. All for free and fun.
Featuring work by Million Fishes resident artist Zee Boudreaux.
Leaving a Mark: Cutter Photozine
Includes photos from Million Fishes artist Marilyn McNeal
June 4 - August 22, 2009
Opening Reception: June 4, 2009
5 – 8 pm
Location:
SF Camerworks
657 Mission Street, 2nd floor
(btw Third & New Montgomery)
Cutter Photozine is a Bay Area-based documentary photo magazine dedicated to featuring people telling their own stories and documenting their own existence. Cutter seeks to undo a traditional voyeurism of the "other" and place the power of sight in the focused home of the author.
This special exhibition celebrates the launch of the second issue, Leaving a Mark, with more than 25 artists featured. This exhibition has been organized by Cutter editors Jesse Rose Roberts, Heather Renee Russ, and Rachel Styer.
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May
2009 |
UP
A dance/theatre work in progress
RAW (residents artist workshop) presents UP (a work in progress)
Thursday, May 14
Friday, May 15
8:00 pm
THE GARAGE
975 Howard Street @ 6th
San Francisco
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April
2009 |
SWARM INTELLIGENCE
Million Fishes Group Show
Opening: Saturday, April 25, 2009
7:00 - 11:00 pm
Million Fishes
2501 Bryant Street
San Francisco
Gallery Hours: Saturdays 1 - 4 pm
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March
2009 |
CLEAN IS NEVER
BFA Exhibtion of Zee Boudreaux
Opening: Wednesday, March 25, 2009
5:30 - 7:30 pm
California College of the Arts
Isabelle Percy West Gallery
5212 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94618
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11am-6pm
Zee Boudreaux is a resident artist of Million Fishes
xyzboudreaux@gmail.com
IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU MOVE
SATURDAY, MARCH 7
7 - 11 PM
2501 Bryant Street @ 23rd
Mission District, San Francisco
Curated by Katrina Lamb and Jeff Ray
Opening reception: March 7th 7-11PM,
with performances by Christian Oittinen, Kevin Parks Hauser,
Katrina Lamb, Radius 1
Through March, gallery hours TBA
The Way That You Move showcases artists who use bodies to explore issues around ritual,
performativity, the social body, the body in context. For the purpose of this exhibition,
the term "ritual" is used as a wide umbrella to encompass the body and social performance
in a broad and diverse number of ways, ranging from ritual involved in religious practices,
to the ritual and the body in exercise/fitness culture, to frat culture,
to the body in relationship to daily and private routines.
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February
2009 |
BEGINNER'S BLOOD
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31
7 PM
2501 Bryant Street @ 23rd
Mission District, San Francisco
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January
2009 |
PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS, DREAMWEAVER, FLASH
FREE CLASSES
STARTING TUESDAY, JANUARY 13
5 PM
88 Fourth Street @ Mission
City College Downtown Campus
(Near Powell BART)
For more information, visit www.ccsfweb.org
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December
2008 |
JUDGEMENT DAY | THE DEFINITE ARTICLES | GRASS WIDOW
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13
8 PM
2501 Bryant Street @ 23rd
Mission District, San Francisco
$5
"Judgement Day has all the makings of a classic superhero: gritty back-story, freakish features, and extraordinary powers. And for a mutant that's half-string quartet, half-power trio, this triple threat of violin, cello, and drums turns out to be mighty tough."
- SFBG
Article about Judgement Day
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"All-female trio Grass Widow is rapidly commanding attention in a local music scene that has grown tired of the same old garage-rock racket. A year into the group's existence, after months of courting drummer Lillian Maring to relocate from Seattle, the band has solidified an aesthetic combining ethereal harmonies and sharp postpunk melodies, racking up a dedicated local following just in time for its debut record.
Grass Widow's acute guitar riffs, wound around three-way harmonized vocals, have inspired much affection on the live circuit." - SF Weekly SF Weekly Preview |
MONIKERS OF FATE
Group art show consisting of six Californian emerging artists showing
new work in large scale painting, drawing, sculpture and video installation.
OPENING
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6
8 - 11 PM
(Art on display through December)
FREE
Million Fishes
2501 Bryant @ 23rd
ARTISTS INCLUDE:
Jon Casey Clary, Kylea Borges, Kevin E. Taylor, Lisa Chou, Ryan de la Hoz, 1451 Four
Curated by Kevin Scott Hailey
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November
2008 |
MAMA CALIZO'S VOICE FACTORY
& RESIDENT ARTIST JESSICA FUDIM
PRESENT . . .
THE DANCE ANIMALS
PLEASE FEED MY ANIMAL
Featuring Million Fishes Resident Artist
Christina Miglino
EVENT LOCATION
Mama Calizo's Voice Factory
1519 Mission Street @ 11th
San Francisco
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TWO WEEKS ONLY
Friday, November 14
8:00 pm
Saturday, November 15
8:00 pm
Sunday, November 16
3:00 pm
Friday, November 21
8:00 pm
Saturday, November 22
8:00 pm |
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"CHAMPAGNE AND OTHER MOVIE DRINKS"
PRESENTS
JENNY PRITCHETT'S CHAPBOOK RELEASE PART
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
7 PM
featuring readings by jenny pritchett & toni mirosevich
7 pm
million fishes gallery (23rd / bryant)
Jenny Pritchett is the author of At or Near the Surface, the 2008 Michael Rubin Chapbook Award winner, judged by Tin House managing editor Holly MacArthur. Stories from the collection have appeared or are upcoming in Southwest Review, Northwest Review, Boulevard, Salt Hill, and Fiction Attic; one was chosen by Steve Almond for the Best of the Web 2008 anthology from Dzanc Books.
Jenny has been a writer-in-residence at the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, Illinois, and a fellowship recipient at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. She holds a degree in magazine journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and an MFA in creative writing from San Francisco State University. She has taught or spoken to students about writing and literary journals at SFSU, California College of the Arts, and Ex'Pression College for Digital Arts. She lives and writes in San Francisco.
Fourteen Hills Press, funded by the Humanities Department of San Francisco State University, publishes a book of poetry or fiction on alternating years, with a contest judged by an independent writer or editor. Fourteen Hills also publishes a biannual, international, award-winning literary journal of fiction, poetry, and one-act plays, including work from writers such as Gina Ochsner, Robert Gluck, Lydia Davis, Mary Gaitskill, Denise Levertov, Kim Addonizio, Ray Bradbury, Peter Orner, Pam Houston, Robert Creeley, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
"In fifteen wonderful stories, Jenny Pritchett stirs up a remarkable amount of grit and glory. These characters, as they stumble through their loves and losses, will remind you just how dangerous it is to be alive."
- Robin Romm, author of The Mother Garden and The Mercy Papers
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CALAVERA OAXAQUENA
MENSAJES DE LA LUCHA SOCIAL
A DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EXHIBITION EVENING
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1
7 PM
Calavera Oaxaqueña: Mensajes de la Lucha Social
Cost: $3-5 Suggested Donation
Million Fishes Gallery in the Mission of San Francisco * 2501 Bryant Street (at 23rd)
Opening reception: music by OneManBanjo!, Skyler Fell, Luz Gaxiola, Kip Williams
The exhibit is a Bay Area collaboration with Oaxacan artists honoring the dead by using art as the voice of justice. Including the 38-Artist collaborative series ‘Calavera Oaxaquena’, community altars, projected documentaries, and great live music.
Including artwork from nearly seventy artists in the theme of los muertos and social struggle. Featuring the print and stencil works from three Oaxacan art collectives that formed during the movement of 2006, and the works of many local artists.
Please bring your sweet tooth and an article of clothing you would like to print, as there will be a silk screening station or two.
Open Gallery hours every Sunday of November
12 - 4pm
Closing Brunch Nov 30th, 12-4pm
Music by OneManBanjo!
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ANAPHYLACTIC
MOUNT EERIE, THANKSGIVING, WHITE FANG, COMMON EIDER KING EIDER
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1
8 PM ALL AGES
2501 Bryant @ 23rd
Cost: $8
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October
2008 |
MILLION FISHES GROUP SHOW
CLOSING BRUNCH
WAFFLES, PANCAKES, MIMOSAS & LIVE MUSIC BY . . .
QUINN DEVREAUZ, CATHAL O'BRIEN, AMMIE BACON
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
12 - 4 PM
CAFE CALAVERA BENEFIT
A DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EXHIBITION EVENIING
TO BENEFIT OAXACAN ARTISTS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11
7 PM
Join us for Café Calavera, Saturday Oct 11th, 7pm
for a Dia de los Muertos exhibition evening to benefit Oaxacan Artists at the:
Million Fishes Gallery in the Mission of San Francisco * 2501 Bryant Street (at 23rd)
 A celebration of the dead and the living with delicious food, drinks, yummy baked goods, live music, jangely dancing skeletons, live silkscreening, circus antics, projected documentaries of the Oaxacan movement of 2006, and much more! Many incredible bakers have offered to contribute their skills of tasty oven alchemy to turn out fresh cakes, pan muertes, flans, cupcakes and other delicious delights.
Please bring your sweet tooth and an article of clothing you would like to print, as there will be a silk screening station or two.
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All proceeds of this event go to the supporting artists in the upcoming art installation scheduled for the month of November at the Million Fishes Gallery: Calavera Oaxaqueña: Mensajes de la Lucha Social. The month long exhibit is a collaboration of over 65 Oaxacan and Bay Area Artists, featuring the collections of three revolutionary Oaxaquena artist collectives which formed as a result of the social and political movement of 2006.
Perhaps you are wondering about Oaxaca and the APPO movement of 2006? What is happening over there now?
Here's a couple worthwhile links:
http://www.asambleapopulardeoaxaca.com/appo/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Oaxaca_protests
http://www.narconews.com/Issue43/article2191.html
FEATURED ARTISTS
LAPIZTOLA
Lapiztola is a collective of 3 local oaxacan artists who focus in the media of street based stencils and silk-screening. It was founded by two artists in direct action to the movement of 2006. Today, they continue to be great contributors in the street art movementof Oaxaca.
ASARO
ASARO (Asamblea de Artistas Revolucionarios de Oaxaca) is a collective of approximately 25 artists who call upon the creative strength of community for positive social transformation. They use public art as a means to create a dialogue of image and word, allowing people to view the conditions of existence, standards and contradictions from the society in which we live. ASARO emerged from the search to create a new reality of support, morality and communication, as well as from the need to reject and transcend authoritarian forms of power and culture that has been characterized as discriminatory and dehumanizing.
TALLER BAMBU
Taller Bambu is a Oaxacan printing workshop and art space founded by Abraham Torres. He is a local artist, teacher and great contributor to the Oaxacan Art Community. Taller Bambu housed the production of the 38 artist collaborative series Calavera Oaxaquena created in response to the movement of Oaxaca in 2006.
WORLDS
MILLION FISHES GROUP ARTISTS SHOW
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4
6 - 12 PM
EXHIBITION THROUGH OCTOBER 26
Gallery hours Saturdays 12 - 4 PM
THE OPENING RECEPTION WILL HOST
TUSSLE, LEMONHEAD, EATS TAPES
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ABOUT THE SHOW
Million Fishes presents Worlds: a resident artist exhibition. Million Fishes, founded in 2003 is an artist collective consisting of 14 artists working in all disciplines. Our October exhibition Worlds, features our resident artists in an endeavor to explore the limits of traditional installation techniques, all with a strong focus on cross-discipline collaboration.
Worlds is an exercise in exhibiting the singular vision of each artist: all artists who live in close proximity to each other and whose lives, aesthetics and ideas in various degrees begin to blend.
In choosing to push the boundaries of each artist’s medium as collaborations are formed and known exhibition techniques are discarded Worlds emerge: unexplored, unsettled. Million Fishes design and curate our exhibitions as a collective: head curator for world is Lindsay King.
Participating artists in worlds are Ulrika Andersson, Tyson Ayers, Brent Bishop, Zee Boudreaux, Ryan de la Hoz, Allysun Dutra, Kevin Scott Hailey, Lindsay King, Carlos Marulanda, Marilyn McNeal, Christina Miglino, Tania Padilla, Aaron Selverston, as well as select invited collaborators.
Million Fishes is also a music venue, and our practice is in concert with the vibrant artist communities that surround us: our opening reception will host San Francisco luminaries Tussle, Lemonade and the Blank Tapes.
The music section of our programming is curated by Marcella Gries.
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September
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THE WAY OF ALL FLESH
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
7 PM - 12:00 AM
New works by Ryan DeLaHoz and Jesse Balmer
Photo Collaborations with Greg Speck
Installations by Lauren Lester
Visual display by John Jansen
BIG UMBRELLA STUDIOS
906 1/2 Divisadero Street @ McAllister
San Francisco, CA
415.359.9211
ERIKA SHUCH PERFORMANCE PROJECT
AFTER ALL, PART I
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
7 PM - 12:00 AM
World Premiere!
$25 Regular, $20 Member/Student/Senior/Teacher
Buy tickets online here
After All, Part 1 was originally conceived as part of a larger project with Intersection for the Arts,
where Erika Chong Shuch and the ESP Project have been in residence since 2004.
Development with Intersection is supported by the San Francisco Arts Commission/Cultural Equity Initiative.
Please go to theintersection.org for further information.
Million Fishes Resident Artist Christina Miglino will be part of the performance.
Front page article at SF Weekly |
August
2008 |
HIGHLANDER CENTER - FUNDRAISING PARTY
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22
6 - 8:30 PM
You are invited you to a fundraising house party in celebration of the 75th Anniversary
of a place where history is made.
Friday, August 22, 2008
6:00 to 8:30 pm
Million Fishes Gallery
2501 Bryant Street @ 23rd Street
About The Highlander Center
Highlander is a popular education workshop center in east Tennessee that started in 1932 and today still brings together grassroots organizers, artists, educators, and workers to address the most pressing issues facing the people of the South.
Rosa Parks came to Highlander just 4 months before refusing to give up her seat on the bus, and the civil rights anthem We Shall Overcome was developed and spread by Highlander and friends.
Today, Highlander stands as a world renowned beacon for progressive, cutting edge organizing and is a leading resource for people working together across race, culture, and generations.
FEATURING SPECIAL GUESTS
Francis Wong, The Rockin' Solidarity Labor Chorus & Vukani Mawethu Choir
Meet Highlander Director Pam McMichael and staff Monica Hernandez and Anasa Troutman
Hors d'oeuvres will be served
R.S.V.P.
Please R.S.V.P. by email to newman@highlandercenter.org or by phone 865-933-3443 ext 234
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Please contact Kip Williams 865-766-7502 or kipgwilliams@gmail.com or
Tami Newman (865) 933-3443 X 234 or newman@highlandercenter.org
DONATE
You can donate
online at www.highlandercenter.org
Saturday, August 2
Between
Curated by Amie Leeking
Machine, Maya Hayuk, Ealish Wilson, Caitlin Sweet, Charlene Tan
Jimmy Robson, Jonathan Casella, Peter Max Lawrence
Opening
7:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Viewing Hours for the month of August
Saturdays 12 noon - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 9
Anapphylactic!
Curated by Marcella Gries
Bands
Death Sentence: Panda!, Casy and Brian, High Castle, 60 Watt Kid
Show starts
8:00 p.m.
All ages
Enter on 2823 23rd Street (@ Bryant)
$5
Sunday, July 27
Erase Errata
$10
5:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 26
Resonance: A night of electronic music played through a canopy of 100 gourds.
Music by miba (Kristin Miltner and Mark Bartshcer), Elise Baldwin, Xopher Davidson and Cliff Caruthers.
8:00 p.m.
2501 Bryant Street @ 23rd
$5
GALLERY HOURS
Saturday 1 - 4 pm
Sunday 1 - 4 pm or by appointment
Contact (415) 459-5728 for an appointment
SHOW DATES
July 12th - 28th, 2008
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Friday, July 18
8:00 p.m.
Mission Creek Music Festival presents
Mochipet, Yoko Solo, Patrice Scanlon, Bloody Snowman, Blankethead.
Curated by Joel St. Julien
Cost : $7 |
Saturday, July 19
8:00 p.m.
Mission Creek Music Festival presents
Anaphylactic: Little Teeth, The Fucking Ocean, Nat Baldwin, Extra Life, Goo:
DJ sets by Steve Summers
This show is all ages.
Cost : $5 |
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Sunday, July 20
3:00 p.m.
Mission Creek Music Festival presents
What Cheer? Brigade, Tiger Honeypot, MGM Grand
Suggested Donation $5 - $15 |
Saturday, July 12
Resonance A Sound Installation by Alex Potts
Curated by Carlos Marulanda with Performances by Participating Artists
Opening: Saturday July 12, 2008
7:00-11:30 p.m.
Installed: July 12-July 30, 2008
2501 Bryant Street @ 23rd
FREE
Through a canopy of 100 gourd speakers, form and vibration combine to create a unique sensory experience of enveloping sound and otherworldly song. Entwining the natural resonance of gourds with multi-channel electro-ambient music, this sound sculpture fuses organic vessels and technology in an extraordinary way.
A dynamically changing sound score has been created from the acoustic samples of the gourds as well as electronic music that utilizes their reverberant characteristics. Additionally, live input is collected from gallery visitors and embedded in the sound score. The installation is intended to travel from gallery to gallery, collect sounds from different environments and accumulate a collective memory of sound.
Alex Potts is a composer, installation artist and filmmaker. His work includes large-scale interactive sound and video installations, film and dance scores, and narrative and experimental films. His work has been shown throughout the U.S., in the UK, Italy, and the Netherlands. Participating artists will be performing their music through the installation as well.
Sunday, July 13
Stellar The First Annual San Francisco Fashion Awards
Runway Showcase
Featuring: Kittenhawk
3:00 p.m.
Bambuddha Lounge | Hotel Phoneix
601 Eddy Street @ Larkin
www.sanfranciscofashionawards.com
Tickets $10 advance, $15 door
Sponsored by : Citizen:Citizen & City Model Management
In Support by : AMMO Films, Mere Fashion, Poser and Fashion Replant Magazine |
June
2008 |
Saturday, June 20
A benefit with performances by Mary Ann Brooks, Fauxnique,
Juanita MORE! Jupiter, Suppositori Spelling & The Lady Meat
and . . .
Music by D.J. Texx and Stanley (chilidog)
9:00 p.m.
$5
Million Fishes Gallery presents Queerity
Curated by Zee Boudreaux and Tamara Loewenstein
Opening:
Saturday June 7, 2008 /
7:00-11:30 p.m.
Show Open:
June 7-June 28, 2008
Million Fishes Gallery 2501 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94110
How does one decipher a queer body? Today, there exist more options than ever to express oneself through the canvas of the body. People identifying as queer have not always been in a position to publicize their queerness, but as the demarcations of gender and sexuality continue to shift and melt away, the freedom and opportunity for expression are increasing. This exhibition demonstrates the ways queerness expresses itself through the body in a multitude of ways; at times it is invisible to the eye, at other times it is more subtle or completely transparent, but always transgressive and provocative.
Queerity, a group exhibition of queer identified artists, reflects on matters pertinent to a queer body and the ways it is perceived, acknowledged or misunderstood. The artists in Queerity make visible an internal experience through an array of external mediums from photography to sculpture. Their work, like their bodies, act subversively against gender norms still in place throughout much of the world and offer up diverse perspectives about queerness and what it means to identify as such.
Featuring works by: Jai Carrillo, Miles Conrad, Torreya Cummings, eddie gesso, Patrick Hillman, Gregory Kaplowitz, Ace Lehner, Jason Fritz Michael, Matt Momchilov, Job Piston, Emmett Ramstad, Jennifer Rarick, Hilary Schwartz, Maxx Sizeler and Taylor Ward. Million Fishes Arts Collective is a Mission District-based live/work arts collective comprised of a diverse group of artists dedicated to working collaboratively.
Million Fishes creates an environment for artists to develop critical skills to engage in the processes involved in producing art and sharing it. The collective is a resource to the diverse community of the Mission District, as well as the communities of our resident artists. Programs include innovative exhibitions of work by members and non-members, an artist-in-residence program for sixteen artists from international backgrounds, and calendar and workshops open to the public.
For more information and images please contact Tamara Loewenstein or Zee Boudreaux at queerbodies@gmail.com |
May
2008 |
Friday, May 16
Turning Heads Benefit
Turning Heads is a San Francisco based non profit that focuses on "Changing the Economic Outlook of Young People Through Vocational Arts, Business Education and Micro-Enterprise."
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Sunday, May 18
11 - 3 p.m.
Access Cafe - an all volunteer nomadic restaurant event
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Wednesday, May 21
7 - 9:30 p.m.
Champagnge & other movie drinks - featuring readings by;
*mimi lok
*suzanne kleid
*amira pierce
*richard loranger
come say bon bon voyage to champagne and other movie drinks! we're taking the summer off but will be back with an already-amazing lineup in september. also come and confess your lifelong crush on ms. amira pierce, whom is leaving us to teach skydiving in virginia come july. don't forget to deliver enormous hugs to miss mimi lok whom is off to hong kong for god knows how long, where she will be starring in the forthcoming feature film "mimi lok, we love you!" wish suzanne kleid a belated happy birthday and tell her all about YOUR experiences with "saturn returns."
don't forget richard loranger, he likes attention too! but we're getting ahead of ourselves. these are 4 of our favorite, fiercely talented writers and readers. come hear them so you can say you were there. don't blow it! see your there! wet bar and popcorn for sale! Xoxoxoxo, the other movie drinks
mimi lok is a writer and educator whose work has appeared in McSweeney's, nimble, Hyphen, Washington Post and elsewhere. A lecturer in Creative Writing at San Francisco City College, she is currently shortlisted for the 2008 Arts & Letters/Susan Atefat Prize for Nonfiction. Learn more about this person at mimilok.com.
Suzanne Kleid's fiction and critical writings have appeared in Pindeldayboz, Watchword, the Believer, and other places. She is the book reviewer for the KQED.org arts and culture blog.
Amira Pierce is moments away from receiving her M.A. in creative writing from SFSU, has barely been published, and is about to move to the other coast of this great land known as the united states.
Richard Loranger is a writer, performer, and visual artist who wandered back to San Francisco, the love of his bodily life, last fall, after fifteen years in less savory climes. He is the author of Poems for Teeth (We Press, 2005), as well as The Orange Book and eight chapbooks, including Hello Poems and The Day Was Warm and Blue. He enjoys smelling flowers, composing names for demons and saints, and singing with many hairy men
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Thursday, May 22
7 - 10 pm
Re/Search Press "Counter Cultural Hour"
 On May 22nd, Million Fishes will begin a new screening series with Re/Search Publications. "The Counter Cultural Hour" is a monthly series of screenings where Re/Search founder V. Vale interviews creative movers-and-shakers who have not yet given up on changing the world. These screenings are produced in collaboration with filmmaker Marian Wallace.
May features a video interview with Lyle Tuttle, the first world-famous tattoo artist of the 1960s. There will then be a live interview with Tanja Nixx, tattoo artist and owner of Lyle Tuttle Tattoo.
Re/Search books will be available for purchase and local body jewelry artists from Little Seven will be on hand to showcase their wares.
Some history about Re/Search: In San Francisco, Spring 1977, V. Vale, a worker at City Lights Bookstore, began documenting the rise of the early Punk Rock Cultural Revolution as an amateur anthropologist and historian, heavily influenced by Andy Warhol, the Dadaists, Surrealists and the Situationists. His magazine, SEARCH & DESTROY, was made possible when Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti each gave him $100 to start publishing.
In 1980, SEARCH & DESTROY morphed into book publishing with RE/ SEARCH, a pun on Search & Destroy. The goal is to produce primary source, undiluted, uncensored, ideas, conversations, and just plain inspiration to Do-It-Yourself Artist/Scientists who value independence, anti-authoritarianism, and Black Humor above all else. Vale's best-seller of all time was MODERN PRIMITIVES, which in 1989 sparked the global tattoo-and-body-piercing art-practice.
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BAY AREA NATIONAL DANCE WEEK
@ MILLION FISHES
Sunday, May 4
Improvisational Lab & Jam
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Sunset Yoga Class
6:00 - 7:00 pm
LOCATION
Million Fishes Dance Studio
2829 23rd Street @ Bryant
San Francisco, CA
CONTACT
maryann@millionfishes.com
415-515-3632
See Bay Area National Dance week website for more info
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April
2008 |
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BEATBEAT WHISPER
LOVE MENU
YES PLEASE
Friday, April 18
7:30 - 12:00 a.m.
Beatbeat Whisper CD release party with Love Menu (PDX) and Yes, Please (OAK)
This is an all ages show that will end early, so come early!
Million Fishes Gallery
2501 Bryant Street @ 23rd
San Francisco, CA
MILLION FISHES GROUP SHOW
Opening Reception
Saturday, April 5
Million Fishes Gallery
2501 Bryant Street,
San Francisco, CA
Doors Open
7:00 - 11:00 p.m.
| Million Fishes is a Mission District-based live/work collective & gallery composed of a diverse group of artists dedicated to collaborative, creative exploration. For the bi-annual group show the 14 resident artists create a space in which to present recent work; viewing this show is akin to studio-hopping each of the artists' workspaces. Transcending categorization, Medicine runs the gamut of work from video installation to dance, from puppetry and sound performance to textile arts. The mediums presented vary as much as the themes of the work. Congealing around the concept of Medicine is a sense of renewal, protection and transformation; on a personal level for the resident artists, and in light of the recent reworking of the gallery space. |
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March
2008 |
A Benefit For:
CARLITOS AND THE MAGIC GARDEN
An ArtsChange’s Traveling Theatre Benefit
Please join us on International Women’s Day to support art,
good food and theater for East Bay Youth.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Million Fishes Gallery
2501 Bryant Street,
San Francisco, CA
Cost : $45 - $100
Carlitos and the Magic Garden: an ArtsChange’s Traveling Theatre Benefit:
Please join us on International Women’s Day to support art, good food and theater for East Bay Youth.
• Wine and Cal-Mex Supper from asparagus to tamalitos with fresh, organic and local ingredients by Chef Tere Robles.
• Sneak Preview of Carlitos and the Magic Garden Puppet Show by Tania Padilla.
• Jugglers! Accordionists! Abuelas! Stilt Walkers! Clowns!
• Funny Puppet Jokes By René Yañez!
Hosted By ArtsChange, David Donner, Julie Friedman, Fred Jackson, Maria Padilla,
Stan Padilla, Alice Prussin, Laura Brainin Rodriguez, Ann Schnake, Alan Siegel, Rosa Valdez, and Kip Williams.
Phone 510-231-1348 for more information. |
February
2008 |
SOFT MONKEY PUZZLES
Freeform
crochet, soft sculpture, pen / ink drawings
from Eden Veaudry
February 2, 2008
8 pm
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Eden
Veaudry is a Victoria-based visual artist who works in
a wide range of media including drawing, soft sculpture,
embroidery, painting, crochet, and film. She is primarily
interested in expressing everyday sensations by manipulating
her immediate impressions of the forms she finds around
her.
Her work is driven by a need to re-imagine the many ways
in which the natural world and one's own body may be combined
to form a new, emotional entity. She believes in the concept
of the remix, and frequently re-works a single idea in
a variety of media.
Often a drawing will evolve into a mask, or a crocheted
garment will reappear in a watercolour painting inspired
by an embroidery. Her work has been shown in solo and
group exhibitions in several cities across Canada and
the U.S.
www.eveaudry.com
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Wine Cellar Dances
A Benefit for Million Fishes Dance Studio
Sunday, January 27, 2008
7 - 9 pm
Help us fund the renovation our Dance Studio!
This event will feature Dance Film and Performances, Acrobalancing, Live Music, Wine and Raffle Prizes.
Our studio was formally a turn of the century wine cellar.
Join us in a celebration of it’s history and future!
Donations can also be sent to:
Million Fishes Dance Benefit, 2509 Bryant Street, SF CA 94110
and checks made payable to Lindsay King
Thank You!
Wine Cellar Dances
A Benefit for Million Fishes Dance Studio
Sunday, January 27th
7:00-9:00pm
$10-100 Donation
2829 23rd St. @ Bryant, San Francisco
ticket info: maryann@millionfishes.com
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December
2007 |
The
Centennial Celebration of the Elationists
(1907 - 1915)
A
Retrospective of San Francisco's Lost Movement
December 7, 8
December 13, 14, 15
8 pm
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The
Centennial Celebration of the Elationists
is a Retrospective of a group of incredible
artists and musicians that rose from the
ashes of the 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire
to bring joy back to their city.
The
event will feature the Elationists' rediscovered
artwork, music, archival film, and musical
instruments--built from the shattered remnants
of Victorian homes. It will also include
a re-creation concert of their fantastic
"Buzz" music.
And!
The exhibition will also feature generous
helpings of the Elationists' signature chocolate
elixir.
DATES
& TICKET INFO:
December 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 8pm
$15-35 sliding scale
adv tickets and info: elationists.org
Each
night of the Celebration is expected to
sell-out, so please get your tickets ahead
of time.
Advanced tickets can be purchased through
our website: elationists.org
LOCATION:
Foundation for the Preservation of Fantastic
Possibilities:
444 Clementina Street, San Francisco CA
94103
Parking lots nearby, MUNI and BART accessible
elationists.org |
In
Search of Good Food
Saturday, December 15
7 pm - 11 pm
A 5 course organic dinner prepared by LEIF
Live entertainment by Divas de los Meurtos &
Hannah the Raven
$40
- $100
MENU
saltbush-young golden beet-blossom bluff fuyu-pomegranate-cave
aged marisa-filbert-pedro ximenez
~~~~~
soup of dirty girl cannelini shelling beans, carola
potato, golden turnip, celeriac, and baby mustard
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tahini/porcini cauliflower-rapini and rainbow
chard with chanterelles and wild rice-brussel
sprouts with knoll horseradish
~~~~~
roasted delicata-shallot/apple/yam puree-chestnut-seed
brittle
~~~~~
maple/buckwheat gingerbread-spiced quince-quince/bourbon
redux-cranberry creme fraiche-candied pecans
~~~~~
mignardise
RSVP
Only
45 spaces available
RSVP: insearchofgoodfood@gmail.com
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 1
Even
More Bazaar Holiday Show
Saturday, December 1
2 pm - 11 pm
Sunday,
December 2
12 pm - 5 pm
The
Even More Bazaar Holiday Sale at Million Fishes is coming up
again!
It will
be held on Saturday & Sunday, Dec 1 & 2.
The
Saturday hours are 2 pm - 11 pm, with DJs and an art opening
for PJ
Reptilehouse in the evening.
Sunday the hours are from 12 pm - 5 pm.
Both days will feature a bar & refreshments.
The
event will be held in the Million Fishes gallery, at 2501 Bryant
(@ 23rd.)
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August
2007 |
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4
Lost
in a Fog
the artwork of
Campbell Whyte and Elizabeth Marruffo
Saturday, August 4
7:00 p.m.
The Gallery at Million Fishes
2501 Bryant Street @ 23rd
After
recently arriving here from Australia, Campbell
Whyte and Elizabeth Marruffo will be holding a
collaborative painting exhibition at Million Fishes
Art Gallery. The exhibition titled 'Lost in a
Fog' will be running from August 4th-18th 2007,
opening on Saturday August 4th at 7pm until 11pm
The
works are based on personal observations while
ravelling through Japan and Europe and also their
recent experiences here in the Mission District.
Their
work can be described as urban art with a magic
realist edge. These figurative paintings feature
a mix of delicate, sensitively rendered details
along with intriguing and thoughtful imagery that
engages the viewer on many levels.
Their
self-portraits and other imagery can evoke ideas
of contrasting individual and collective energies
that exist and that can become more apparent as
a traveller. Our increasingly important connection
to the weather and its patterns is also strongly
referred to.
After
their stay in San Francisco, Campbell and Elizabeth
will be travelling to Mexico to further develop
their ideas and artistic practice.
MEDIA
RELEASE: Please click here
WEBSITE: qualityevent.blogspot.com
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July
2007 |
SATURDAY,
JULY 28
TANGO
LA MELODIA
will be performing at the
Stevenson Street Soiree
Saturday, July 28
8:00 p.m.
$15 includes two drinks
Red
Ink Studios
1035
Market Street @ 7th
www.redinkstudios.com
Featuring!
Tango
La Melodia
Locura
Hot
Pink Feathers
Spaceheater |
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TANGO
LA MELODIA comes to Red Ink Studios for
the Stevenson Street Soiree
--an intoxicating evening of Music, Art,
and Dance!
We will be joined by the beautiful, heart-thumping
LoCura!, the delectable Samba-Burlesque
of Hot Pink Feathers Dance Troupe, the
funky jazz of Spaceheater, and a few fantastic
surprises we're keeping under our hat.
This
will be our last San Francisco show before
we hit the road, bringing the multimedia
theatre show to the Bus
Barn Theater, Los Altos (near Stanford). |
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June
2007 |
FRIDAY,
JUNE 22
Frameline
31
San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
Loving
Transgressions - Queer Women of Color
Screening of Erzulie's
Tears by Mary Anne Brooks
Roxie Film Center
8:15
pm
Curated
by Madeleine Lim, these works were created
through Queer Women of Color Media Arts
Project, which promotes the visibility of
queer women of color through the creation,
exhibition and distribution of films that
reflect our life stories.
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60
Years of the Same
USA , 2007 , 11 min.
Director: Jolie Harris
Erzulie's
Tears
USA , 2007 , 9 min.
Director: Mary Ann Brooks
Fashion
Resistance to Militarism
USA , 2006 , 10 min.
Director: Kimberly Alvarenga
Flower
Fokes
USA , 2007 , 11 min.
Director: Belinda "Beli"
Sullivan
Infinite
Breath
USA , 2006 , 8 min.
Director: Christine Liang
Las
Ma-anitas
USA , 2007 , 9 min.
Director: Celestina Pearl
Pagsalig/Faith
USA , 2006 , 9 min.
Director: Maianam Minahal
The
Saint
USA , 2007 , 6 min.
Director: Erin Wood
Slang
It Like You Own It
USA , 2007 , 7 min.
Director: Tesa Bruce
That's
Why I Hate Females
USA , 2007 , 10 min.
Director: Vassilisa Johri
to
transgress: a meditation
USA , 2006 , 7 min.
Director: Maya Santos
Search Films |
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Total
Running Time: 97 min
Co-presented
by
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project |
About
Frameline:
Founded
in 1977, Frameline's mission is to strengthen
the diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
community and further its visibility by supporting
and promoting a broad array of cultural representations
and artistic expression in film, video and
other media arts.
Frameline
is the nation's only nonprofit organization
solely dedicated to thefunding, exhibition,
distribution and promotion of lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender media arts. |
THURSAY,
JUNE 14
Kevin Hailey @ Minnie Wilde
Gallery Opening
7 - 9 pm
SATURDAY,
JUNE 9
3rd
Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival
San
Francisco Premiere Screening of Erzulie's
Tears by
Mary Ann Brooks
BRAVA
Theater
2781 24th Street
San Francisco, CA
7
P.M. FREE
FESTIVAL FOCUS:
"Reels
of Resistance" - Queer Black Women's Films
& Filmmakers
Sometimes
humorous and tender, always courageous,
these evocative films paint the vibrant
and kaleidoscopic experiences of queer Black
women and infuse our lives with a spectrum
of hilarity, hope and meaning.
Followed by Q&A Panel with Filmmakers.
All
works created through Queer
Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP),
which promotes the visibility of queer women
of color through the creation, exhibition
and distribution of films that reflect our
life stories.
Founded by Executive Director & award-winning
filmmaker
Madeleine
Lim.
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ERZULIE'S
TEARS (Mary Ann Brooks, 2007)
CHILD OF GOD (Kisha Montgomery, 2006)
NEED TO TALK (Jackie Loville, 2006)
ACTS OF LOVE (Crystal John, 2007)
60 YEARS OF THE SAME (Jolie Harris, 2007)
PRACTICE MAKES... (Brenda
Williams, 2006) WALLOW (Sarah Beth Harris,
2006) THE SAINT (Erin Wood, 2007)
FLOWER FOKES (Belinda Sullivan, 2007) SLANG
IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT (Letesa Bruce, 2007)
Program: 80 minutes |
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April
2007 |
APRIL 27
No
Fat Haitians: Images from Haiti's Central Plateau
A Photo Show / Fundraiser for Haiti
Photos
by Garrett MacLean
Opening
Reception
April 27, 7 - 10 PM
bluespace gallery
593 Guerrero Street
415-431-BLUE
www.sfbluespace.com
APRIL
22
National
Dance Week - Contact Improv Jam
Intro to Contact
1:00 - 2:00
Open
Jam
2:00 - 5:00
Free
of charge
National
Dance Week website
Dancers:
Mary Ann & Ali Woolwich / photo credit: Lacey
Johnson
APRIL
21
Living
Pulse Project Fundraiser * Red Party
Cost : $7-$20 donation / no one turned away for
lack of funds
Live
music! Dancing! Silent auction! screen printing!
Luscious heart themed cocktails!
The
Living Pulse Project is a dynamic participatory
sound sculpture that consists of a circle
of musical trees that you can climb in and
play, with a larger listening tree in the
center that has a glowing pulsing red heart
inside.
Also
we are inviting 6 Bay Area community groups
to participate with us by painting banners
that will stretch between the trees. We
are creating a playa wide game to interact
with the installation and the other art
works and camps on the playa.
This
project will be experienced in the Bay Area,
at Burning Man, and beyond. |
Live
music! Dancing! Silent auction! screen printing!
Luscious heart themed cocktails! |
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LoCura
will play 9:45-11
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Tango
La Melodia will play! |
APRIL
7
Be
Honest . . .
Visual, Sound, & Performance Works
from the members of Million Fishes and other Mission
District artists.
Saturday,
April 7
7:00
p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
2501
Bryant Street, Mission District, San Francisco
Admission is free, sliding scale donations of
$5-15 accepted
BE
HONEST engages with the essential quagmires
of attempting to creatively re-interpret
and re-present non-fiction narratives. Artists
investigate the tools, license, and responsibilities
inherent in the endeavor to artfully document
and re-tell a 'real' story. Other artists
explore the sphere of false or fabricated
narratives and the complicated choice to
present these stories as if they were 'true'.
The show will feature work from photographers,
painters, mixed-media artists, film, video
and sound artists, and performers.
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March
2007 |
MARCH
23
VidyA
with special guest poet ALYSSA NICKELL
$10
donation. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Show at 8 pm.
WHERE: Million Fishes Artist Collective, 2501
Bryant St. @ 23rd
(Enter through 23rd Steet gate.)
For more info, call: 415-826-2402
 Vidya
is an adventurous new group that merges the virtuosity
of jazz with the melodic and rhythmic nuance of
South Indian classical (Carnatic) music. Led by
critically-acclaimed saxophonist, Prasant Radhakrishnan,
vidyA has emerged with a soulful, penetrating
sound that pushes the labels of "fusion"
or "world music."
The drums and bass lock into one another, driving
the music forward like a jazz rhythm section,
while the tenor saxophone and violin elaborate
and improvise on Carnatic ragas. The group weaves
in and out of the two genres while all the time
merging them into one. vidyA translates the language
of Carnatic music into the idiom of Jazz.
This night's collaborative performance includes
poet Alyssa Nickell. Nickell has been actively
engaged in creative writing since she was 14,
inspired by Mrs. Bouma's grey-and-white houndstooth
suits, Jenny's pink-pink sweats, and the threat
of getting stuck in Home Economics learning how
to sew buttons and boil eggs. In the late eighties,
she discovered spoken word at Chicago's Green
Mill, one of Al Capone's roaring-20's speakeasies,
and has been playing and procrastinating with
rhyme and rhythm ever since.
This evening is part of a series of performances
for vidyA as Red
Poppy Artist-in-Residence. The group will
be featured in a special
performance series with events happening twice
per month through May. Future shows will include
a variety of interdisciplinary
collaborations, including work with painters,
dancers, poets and filmmakers. Keep your eye on
the schedule for more!
VidyA's website is http://vidyamusic.com/
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February
2007 |
FEBRUARY 27
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Jeff
Jarvis
Blogger, BuzzMachine.com |
News
War: What's Happening to the News
A PBS Frontline documentary
Tuesday, February 27
9 pm
check local listings
Million
Fishes resident artist Aaron Selverton is the
associate producer for this program which is part
of the award-winning investigative documentary
series, "Frontline," on PBS. See the
preview on PBS's website.
FEBRUARY
15
Tango La Melodia Live in Concert 
Thursday, February 15
10 pm
MAKEOUT
ROOM
3225 22nd Street/Valencia, SF 94110
415 647 2888
www.makeoutroom.com
FOR
MORE INFO VISIT: brentbishop.com
TANGO
LA MELODIA will be playing live in concert next
Thursday, February 15 at the Makeout Room at 10pm!
We will be playing the music from the multimedia
media performance, and then some!
It is the night after Valentine's Day, and we
will delight the lovers, the broken-hearted, and
the unaffected with the sounds of Tango, Gypsy
Jazz, Blues, and the madness of the moon.
We will be joined by two outstanding bands, Sweet
Crude Bill & the Lighthouse Nautical Society
(11pm) and Valerie Orth (9pm).
It's going to be a party, so put on your dapperest
clothes, and gets those dancing feet ready! The
evening
starts and 9pm, and the cover is $7. Just follow
the sounds of the accordion, and we will see you
at the show!
Cordially,
Brent, Paige, Carly, and all of TANGO LA MELODIA
FEBRUARY 13 & 16 
Breath, Death and Prayer
"Breathing Chamber"
Screens @ SF IndieFest
Location:
Roxie Cinema
ROXIE
Cinema is located in the heart of San Francisco's
Mission District at 3117 16th Street between Valencia
and Guerrero streets.
Tuesday
Feb 13 @ 9:30
Friday Feb 16 @ 2:15
Please join Million Fishes resident artist Carlos
Marulanda for the screening of his short film
“Breathing Chamber”. It will be playing
at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival
and is part of a program of shorts called “Breath,
Death and Prayer”.
More
info about this screening at SF Indiefest website
FEBRUARY 3
Februatus . . . Love, Lust, Romance & Textiles
Photos by Keith Aguilar ©
2007
As
part of the Mission Arts & Performance Project
(MAPP), Million Fishes presents Febratus, a show
featuring Zee Boudreaux and Kabrina
Sky Buck, and Jason Fritz Michael.
There
will be a performance by the Butoh dance troup
Habitus Coalition and music by Manhaterrr
(still from video to the right) and The Ghoulz.
Photo
by Keith Aguilar © 2007
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Zee
Boudreaux
"valentine"
deconstructed fabric, manipulated heat transfer
(a detail of a larger work) |
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This show was curated by Zee Boudreaux.
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January
2007 |
JANUARY 12
MAPP Retrospective
3 Years of Live Art in
the Community
 More
than 55 artists, music, dance, performing art,
video, live painting,
installations, all visual arts, coffee & cerviche
Participating
Million Fishes Artists:
Andrei, Brent, Carlos, Doug, KT, Kevin, Marilyn,
Tyson, Z
Opening Reception - Friday, January 12, 2007 at
7pm
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2868 Mission Street @ 25th
Admission for the Opening $5
Exhibition January 12 - 25, admission $2
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2006
*2006 *2006 *2006 |
December
2006 |
DECEMBER 9
Million
Fishes Holiday Craft Bizarre
Art,
jewelry, clothing, body care & other wonderful
gift items.
Live music and performance
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October
2006 |
OCTOBER 21
Visions
of A New State: Photos by Matthew Savage
8
p.m.
These
pictures are an exploration of California. Indeterminate
areas on the
periphery of cities hold a transitory energy that
gives them a marked importance.
If our cities are the core of a body, then these
places would represent the skin of that body,
in a state of constant transition and flux.
Matthew
Savage's website
OCTOBER
21
Queer
Films from Hamburg
Queer
Films From Hamburg
11 Short Films, 1 Documentary
8 p.m.
Wine,
beer, soda and sparkling water bar. Popcorn and
snacks as well!
Donations
go toward the archives at Bildwechsel,
an umbrella organisation based in Germany for
women in media, culture and art.
See
below for full schedule.
Film
Schedule Shorts |
Schwule Mädchen - Gay Girls
(Island, 3:08 min, 2005, Hamburg Germany)
Mit
den besten Wünschen - all the best wishes
(Durbahn, 7 min, 1982, Hamburg Germany)
Toi,
Toi, Toi - Good luck!
(Essig und Osthaarchic, 1:47min, 200?, Hamburg
Germany)
Ganz
Oben - On the top
(E+T, 2 min, 1997, Hamburg Germany)
CharakerX
- in front of
(Nkid, 1:12 min, 2004, Cologne Germany)
the
garden films
(heldin_der_abgrenzung, 2:12 min, 2006,
Hamburg Germany)
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Kein Licht am Ende der Welt - No light at
the end of
the world
(Schwarz and Schleppegrell, 4 min, 2004,
Hamburg/Berlin Germany)
BCN
- who needs love
(Nkid, 4:22 min, 2006, Hamburg Germany)
welke
und blume
(Lou Sturm und Wiltrut Cordes, 13 min, 2005,
Hamburg)
Jesses
Maria - my dear be Jesus
(besilly productions, 3:02 min, 1993, Hamburg
Germany)
Feetish
(Pornova Productions, 3:52 min, 2005, Hamburg
Germany) |
Film
Schedule Documentary |
Jungs wie ich und du - boys
like me and you
(Anton Binnig, 46min, 2006, Hamburg Germany)
"boys like me
and you" is a documentary on the ftm-topic
based on interviews with 3 persons. The
subjects of this film talk quite personally
about enjoying their lifes and bodies and
reject the binary sex/gender-system.
Bildwechsel
was founded in 1979 as an umbrella organisation
for women in media, culture and art. Based
in Hamburg it acts as a platform and as
an infrastructure which women/lesbians/transgenders
can tap into to support and develop their
own work / projects / ideas, to find out
about the work of others, make connections,
develop new initiatives and build up archival
collections that represent their work and
that of other women/lesbians/transgenders.
You can get more information about us on
our website at www.bildwechsel.org |
OCTOBER 14 I
Follow A Terrible Profession
A Million
Fishes Group Show
A
selection of new works by the members
of the Million Fishes Art Collective.
Doors open at 7:30 pm
This event is part of MAPP, Mission
Arts Performance Project
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Doug
Weigel |
Andrei
Boutyline |
Marilyn
McNeal |
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OCTOBER 11
MCCLA Video Fest 2006
Program II Screening @
The Roxie Cinema
 The
Mission
Cultural Center of Latino Arts in San Francisco,
California, presents its third annual VIDEO FEST
web 2006. All video artists are invited to participate:
video reporters, documentarians, experimental
video makers, and young producers. The work should
demonstrate interest in the Latino community that
is positive, creative, and multicultural.
MCCLA
VIDEO FEST is working in collaboration with New
College of California's Roxie Film Center to show
the OFFICIAL SELECTION and WINNERS of the VIDEO
FEST and special guests in 4 different programs
during the days 11 & 12 of October.
Videos
are produced by filmmakers from Peru, Colombia,
Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Canada, Venezuela
and San Francisco.
For
more info, go to the event
website.
ROXIE Cinema is located in the heart of San
Francisco's Mission District, at 3117 16th Street
between Valencia and Guerrero
Films by two Million Fishes artists were chosen
to be screened as part of this festival.
“Breathing
Chamber” (15 min) by Carlos Marulanda,
was chosen as Best short fiction film.
“Club
Foot Queen”, (13 min) by Brent Bishop,
silent short movie with live organ music by the
author was an Official Selection |
September
2006 |
SEPTEMBER 16 & 17
Illusion
5
Tyson
& Brent perform in front of the de Young
Museum as part of Illusion
5.
30 artists, 30 dreams, 2 days, 5 hours each
day
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SEPTEMBER 28
Mind
Over Matter
Photo
Exhibit by J. Danielle Hubbard
My father's diagnosis of "Terminal
Brain Cancer"
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SEPTEMBER 30
Haunted,
A Show Curated by The Blood Rainbow Family
Ulrika
Andersson takes part in Haunted,
a show curated by The Blood Rainbow Family
at Disjecta
in Portland, Oregon
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SEPTEMBER
15
US
Military Abroad
A Documentary on
CNN by Aaron Selverston & Najlae
Benmbarek
 Please
tune in to Anderson
Cooper 360 this Friday, 9/15, on CNN,
at 8:00 PM / PST (11:00 PM / EST) to see my
most recent documentary in addition to an
interview with myself and my partner, Najlae
Benmbarek, conducted by Anderson Cooper.
The
piece is one of three produced under a Carnegie
/ Knight Fellowship focusing on the
US Military abroad, outside of Iraq and
Afghanistan. Our  piece
follows US troops in Djibouti,
East Africa, as they attempt a modern "hearts
and minds" campaign using civil affairs
techniques. That this piece is airing during
the week of 9/11 is no coincidence.
The full-length,
uncut version of the Djibouti piece can
be viewed online here.
To read how viewers responded to the CNN
piece visit the Anderson Cooper 360 blog.
Promos
aired all week on CNN and Aaron blogged
live on cnn.com during the actual broadcast.
Aaron also
created a blog with video clips that was
made while during his stay in Djibouti.
It can can
be viewed at http://news21usmilitaryabroad.typepad.com/
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August
2006 |
Brent
Bishop and Paige bring you TANGO LA MELODIA, a new
multimedia performance in which audiences are transported
to a speakeasy world of Tango, Gypsy Jazz, and faded
Americana. Have a laugh, shed a tear, and join us
for a Night of Music, Film, Dance, Love, Beauty
and Tragedy.
The curtain
opens August 11 & 12 at 8pm at the EXIT Theatre,
home of the San Francisco Fringe Festival. For
more info and online ticket reservations, please
visit www.whatshewrote.com
and www.theexit.org
We will see
you at the show!
-Brent, Paige, Carly, and the rest of TANGO LA
MELODIA
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July
2006 |
JULY 6
Paradigm
Brass Benefit Concert
Thursday,
July 6, 2006 6pm-9pm
 Paradigm
Brass presents a benefit concert to raise
much needed funds for their participation in the
upcoming Brass Residency Program at the prestigious
Banff
Centre Summer Arts Festival in Canada. The
group has been awarded a full scholarship to attend
the programs but will need assistance in travel
and lodging expenses, sheet music, and recording
materials. This benefit concert will include performances
by Paradigm Brass and friends, an art exhibit
by the Million Fishes Art Collective, and raffle
prizes. Wine and light snacks will be served.
Gifts
in any amount for admission will be accepted.
No one will be turned away for a lack of funds.
The suggested contribution amount is $35.00. Cash
and personal checks for gift contributions will
be accepted at the event or in advance by  contacting
Jason.
Who is Paradigm Brass ?
Paradigm Brass, based in San Francisco with members
around the States and Canada, creates a new model
of brass ensemble, a hybrid of styles to create
a distinct sound and reach a broader range of
listeners. From church stages to nightclub scenes
Paradigm Brass brings Bach to the bars and groove
to the concert halls. We strive to make music
that listeners of all types can connect with,
and to create new paths of emotional connectivity
with out culture by transcending the barriers
between performer and listener.
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May
2006 |
MAY 27
Epithemia:
to touch and be touched
felt
dances by mary ann brooks and andrew wass
date:
saturday, may 27th
place: 2501 bryant @ 23rd st
corner
time: 9:00pm
donation:
$5-15 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
epithemia
is an investigation into mediated and unmediated
realms of dance and touch. how is dance as well
as touch experienced through media and technology?
television monitors, video cameras, cell phones,
live feeds, and on line chats versus a conversation
face to face or a hug, for instance. how much
of your life experience is mediated through technology
or not?
"real
art is play, & play is one of the most immediate
of all experiences...art will go on, in somewhat
the same sense that breathing, eating, or fucking
will go on." hakim bey
MAY
20 
Grasping
the Nettles
On Saturday, May 20th 8-11pm Million Fishes will
host Grasping the Nettle.
Grasping the Nettle an evening of performance
art by nationally and internationally acclaimed
artists Marilyn Arsem (Boston), Krista DeNio (San
Francisco), Hiroko Kikuchi (Boston), Kristina
Lenzi (Salt Lake City), and Natalie Loveless (Santa
Cruz). It is curated by Dillon Paul.
Hailing
artists from throughout the country, Grasping
the Nettle is a night of stunning performance
by five women artists linked by their artistic
bravery, unique visual language, and generous
engagement with the audience. Marilyn Arsem, founder
of Mobius, Boston's oldest artist collaborative,
has been creating live events since 1975. Recognized
throughout the world for her powerful, site-specific
work, Arsem uses multiple media and engages all
the senses to provide audiences with a visceral
and intellectual experience that is both intimate
and haunting.
San
Francisco's beloved Krista DeNio is returning
to San Francisco after a two-year hiatus in Boulder,
Colorado, where she has been earning her MFA in
Theater at Naropa University. DeNio is known for
her own dance theater work, which she produced
in San Francisco between 1997-2004, as well as
for her collaborative work with Flyaway Productions,
Epiphany Productions, and Rachael Lincoln, among
others. A co-founder of the Experimental Performance
Institute at the New College in San Francisco,
DeNio is specifically interested in creating complex
environments that engage all the senses through
movement, sound, texture and media.
Born
in Tokyo, Japan, Hiroko Kikuchi creates sculptural
installation and performance work that draws upon
Japanese culture and ritual to create a visual
and physical language that has stirred and captivated
viewers throughout the United States and abroad.
Kristina Lenzi currently lives and works in Salt
Lake City, where she regularly upsets the status
quo by engaging in physical, visceral, and politically
charged performance art that actively engages
and challenges viewers. Originally from Montreal,
Natalie Loveless is an artist, critic and theorist
interested in dialogic space, performance practice,
critical and cultural theory. She has exhibited,
presented, and performed across North and South
America, Europe, and Asia.
Grasping
the Nettle is a project of recess, founded by
Dillon Paul in 2004 to serve as an umbrella organization
for collaborative projects among artists in all
media. For more information about this event,
contact Dillon Paul at 415.254.7711 or freshdill@hotmail.com.
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April
2006 |
APRIL 22
Empirical Nostalgia
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| "chora"
by Danielle Giudici Wallis |
On April 22nd and 23rd, Million Fishes Arts Collective
will present Empirical Nostalgia, an art exhibit
of systematic works concerning the passage of
space and time.
Empirical
Nostalgia is an exhibition of attempts at the
objective capture of personal experiences, as
well as responses to the failures of memory. We
are interested in work that is systematic in nature,
showing both artistic understanding and an analytic
approach to experience.
Captured
in varied media and processes, the curators focused
on pieces that presented an analytic or mechanical
component.
Gallery
hours are APRIL 22nd and 23rd, 12-5pm
The performances and opening reception are April
22nd, 7pm-midnight
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garrett
maclean |
"mosaic"
by Maria Bonn |
3
Performers
Mary
Ann Brooks (performance, Million Fishes)
Elizabeth Foster-Shaner (performance)
Miriam Wolodarsky (living installation)
11
Visual Artists
Garrett
Maclean (photography, Million Fishes) Mischa Shoni
(photography, Million Fishes)
Tyson (audio art, Million Fishes) Marilyn McNeal
(multimedia installation, Million Fishes)
Peter Foucault (mylar installation) Tamera Ferro
( fabric art) Dean Gustafson (calendar installation)
Danielle Giudici Wallis (kinetic sculpture) Maria
Bonn (mixed media) Jose Maro (lithograghy)
Jane Porter ( sculpture, possible video)
The
Big Question
How do they fix transience? How do we?
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March
2006 |
MARCH 31
Paint, Concept & Wood: The
Work of Kevin Clarke
On Friday March 31st, Million Fishes will showcase
the artwork of founding member Kevin Clarke. We
will open up two of our exhibition spaces to show
Kevin's painting, conceptual art and wood working.
This show will explore Kevin's work from the last
three years at the California College of the Arts
(formerly known as CCAC), where he received a BFA
in Painting and Drawing December last year.
MARCH 2
SMALL GALLERY PRESENTS BIBA
BELL: GALLERY GIRL
Kevin Clarke's Small Gallery will feature its first
performance when it hosts Biba Bell: Gallery Girl.
Biba will sit in the gallery and perform her function
at 49 Geary St this Thursday March 2nd from 5:30
- 7:30 PM
Time:
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Location:
49 Geary
Contact:
kevin@millionfishes.com
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2005
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December
2005 |
December 10
Mashup
Salon
Installation / Video / Sound / Theater / Movement
/ Mixed Media
Saturday,
December 10
7:00 -11:30 pm
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ARTISTS:
Ivy Chuang, tyson, Clare Droney, Adrian Arias,
Aydasara Ortega, Indira Urrutia, Andrei Boutyline,
Denzil Meyers, John Flournoy, Matthew Gleeson,
A. P. Saito, Brad Hornsby, Masumi Patzel, Phoebe
Seligman, Thomas Frangillo
PERFORMANCES:
8 (for map tour) – Mary Ann Brooks (dance)
9 - The Mercurial Gay Beings (sound: banjo, objects,voice)
9:30 - Matt Gleason (storytelling)
10 – Interarts Project (sound, film, words)
10:30 – Nature Theatre of Oklahoma
11 – Soundtest (sound)
CONCEPT:
Applying
the same tactics behind the new mashup genre of
music that is fusing different music categories,
we are proposing a mashup of artists and mediums.
The Million Fishes Gallery will be divided into
‘work spaces’ that are allocated among
15 artists. The artist is given creative freedom
of the space and is allowed to develop that space
over the course of a week. The result will be
displayed in an evening of art, music, and performance
on Saturday, Dec. 10. |
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December
4 
Tyson Performs with Chrysalis
Ensemble
Tyson
from Million Fishes performs as part of the Chrysalis
Ensemble
in the 2005 Chrysalis Concerts
Saturday,
December 3rd, 8 p.m.
Sunday, December 4th, 4 p.m.
 Chrysalis
New Music Studio
275 Clara Street
San Francisco, CA
These
concerts will feature music composed by Cris Forster
for seven original acoustic instruments, played
by the Chrysalis Ensemble.
Joining
the ensemble for these concerts are five musicians
who have participated in our internship program,
funded by a generous grant from the Argosy Foundation
Contemporary Music Fund.
Harmonic
Melodic Canon (pictured above)
design & constructed by Cris
Forster (photo above right)
photo by Will Gullette |
December 3
No Mo Tour
8 dancers from Brooklyn original
music by
Mike Brown
Lani Rowe
installation by
Phoebe Seligman
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starring
Biba Bell
Liz Boubion
Jacqueline Fritz
Nancy Garcia
Targuin Gill-Kehoe
Jessie Gold
Jbird Leary
Hope Mohr
Andrew Wass
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October
2005 |
October
22
Mission Arts & Performance Project
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May
2005 |
May
28
Shelter: A Million Fishes Show
Curators:
Mike Shankman and Yes Duffy
We
occupy shelters our whole lives. Some we build,
others we tear down. They are physical habitats,
cultural institutions, personal ideologies, and
artistic vernaculars.
Shelter
Exhibition was a conceptual exploration of shelter
as a social construction, environmental distinction,
behavior pattern, and ideology.
Presenting
works in 2D, 3D, large scale installation, film,
video, performance and sound, Shelter Exhibition
challenged the traditional gallery showcase, channeling
an array of ideas and approaches, generating an
experimental forum that was both an exhibition
and an interactive experience.
Artists:
Suha Araj, Biba Bell, Heather Bernard, Mike Brown,
Kevin Clarke, Tess Donohoe, Lesley Ehrenfeld,
Orion Harbour, Sarah Hirneisen, Clint Imboden,
Ryan Mulroney, Heather Palmer, Anne Regan, Airyka
Rockefeller, Jim Saliba, Phoebe Tooke, Tyson,
Melissa Wyman
Curators:
Mike Shankman and Yes Duffy
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July
2005 |
July
15
Mission
Arts & Performance Project
 Featuring
solo artist showcase - Peter and performances
by The
Get Down Funk Band and local breakdancers.
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March
2005 |
MARCH
19 
Mission
Arts & Performance Project
Our
participation is the last Mission Arts and Performance
Project: MAPP was a huge success. In our Million
Fishes Cellar we had bodies of work by three photographers:
Charlie Schneider, Lars, and one of our own resident
artists, Ivy Chuang. In the Million Fishes Gallery,
we housed a collection of exquisite works of cut
paper by Casey
Watson and great musical performances by Ian
Shaul, Anna
Laube, and Pirate Radio. The MAPP tour that
connected us with the other 5 participating spaces
was also well attended and we look forward to
doing it again.
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January
2005 |
January
15
Mission
Arts & Performance Project
MF
showcase of photography by Travis Lutz, paintings
by Tyson Ayers, performances by Naomi
Adiv. Also featuring a bluegrass jam session.
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2004
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August
2004 |
August
13
Barbi
Speed & Graffitti:
A Million Fishes Show
On
Friday August 13th, 2004, Million Fishes presented
2D &3D mixed media works of Altered Barbi's,
live dance & performance art painting, photography
and a Precita Eyes mural in a show titled 'Barbie,
Speed, and Graffiti. The gallery was open to the
public that weekend and the following weekend.
The
concept of the show was to explore Barbie as an
icon and symbol of feminity and how the parallels
to reality and emotion are often distorted.
Artists
included: Miriam Blachman, Kevin Clarke, Michael
Shankman, Jenn Crawford, Mischa Purcell, Phoebe
Seligman, Ben Flax, Yes Duffy, Sari Pace, Nick
Brubaker, and a show window mural by Precita Eyes.
photo
credit: Alan Bamberger, artbusiness.com |
June
2004 |
June
10
Submerge: A Million Fishes Show
On
Thursday, June 10th , 2004, Million Fishes Art
Collective presented Submerge, an eccentric art/fashion
show, in their Mission art space. Four designers'
work was on display in an aquatic, dream-like
environment,
nuanced with experimental soundscapes and original
showcased art. The gallery was open through that
weekend.
photo
credit: Alan Bamberger, artbusiness.com |
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