Million Fishes Monthly Newsletter Issue 1:Inaugural Issue April 2005  
Yes, it is finally here, the first issue of the REEL, the Million Fishes Monthly Newsletter. It's an exciting time for Million Fishes, we recently got accepted to the incubator program with the Intersection for the arts.(www.theintersection.org) and our biggest, most ambitious show, the Shelter Exhibition, is just a month away. Our call for artist's has passed the deadline but we are actively seeking volunteers to help with street marketing, organizing, set up, and operations. If you would like to get involved with a phenomenal art project contact us ASAP. Additionally, our yoga program has been a regular occurrence, as well as our art critique group. We were involved with our second MAPP project on March 19 and will continue to be involved, the next MAPP event will coincide with the Shelter show. Additionally, Check out our Fish Happenings.


Table of Contents
UpComing EVENTS
  Shelter Exhibition
ONGOING EVENTS
  Million Fishes Yoga
Amedium Art Critique
FISH HAPPENINGS
 

Michael Shankman's Painting at Bucci's
Miriam Blachman's work at Blue Room Gallery
DJ Cabal's(Shane Heiman) May gigs

EVENT RECAP
  March 19 MAPP










Show goers enjoyed ink and paper works, photography, and live music at the March 19 MAPP show.
Upcoming Events


Art Opening
Shelter Exhibition

when: Opening night Sat, 5.28, 7pm-12am
Sun, 5.29 12pm-6pm.
Mon~Thurs 5.30~6.2, by appt only.
Closing night-Sat, 6.4, 7pm-12am
where: 2501 Bryant St. San Francisco
Price: Free, donations for refreshments
links: Event Info |


Million Fishes Art Collective hosts its largest show to date, opening three exhibition spaces showcasing the works of fifteen artists, performers, architects, musicians and designers collectively responding to the concept of “Shelter”.

Shelter Exhibition is a conceptual exploration of shelter as a social construction, environmental distinction, behavior pattern and ideology. Challenging the traditional gallery showcase, Shelter Exhibition channels an array of ideas and approaches, generating an experimental forum that is both an exhibition and an interactive experience.

A message from the curators Mike, Kevin and Yes:
After sorting through a vast number of outstanding art submissions from artists working all over the US from California, Oregon, to Massachusetts and even New Zealand, we have finally distilled the work down to 15 artists! We are very excited to showcase and experience the works and collaborations of this diverse team of artists, each engaging in creative dialogue about Shelter.

Both the opening and the closing events are going to be energetic and exciting, as our visual artists, performance artists, musicians, poets and gallery-goers breathe life into a cohesive, collaborative, experimental show for the public.



Ongoing Events


Yoga
Million Fishes Yoga
when: Mon~Thurs (4:30pm-6:00pm)
where: 2509 Bryant St. San Francisco
price: $7-11
links: Event Info

Million fishes offers Community Yoga Classes open to
all levels of practice and experience. The beautiful
studio located in the collective (at 23rd and bryant)
gives people a space to practice yoga, offering all
classes on a sliding scale/donation basis.

The teachers, Biba Bell and Begonia Caparres, teach
ashtanga based classes. This is also a space for yoga
teachers to have the opportunity to teach, offering
this service without the pressure of finance.

The Million Fishes Yoga Studio is available and
accessible to all those in the community wishing to
practice yoga, and classes are open to all who are
drawn to the practice.





Art Critique Group
Amedium
when: Every other Tuesday evening 7:30-9:30pm
where: 2509 Bryant St.
price: Free
links: Event Info


Amedium is a springboard for artists and critics to connect and provide valuable input for each other. An ongoing event where a group of self motivated artists can augment their intellect with that of their peers.



Fish Happenings


Art Opening
Michael Shankman Painting

when: 4.23~5.20
where: Bucci's
price: Free
links: Event Info

Michael Shankman will be showing his new painting series, "nightfall", at Bucci's Restaurant in the East Bay, from April 23rd to May 20th.
Bucci's is located at 6121 Hollis Street in Emeryville.


 

Art Opening
Out of the Woodwork

when: 4.26~5.14 (1-8pm)
Opening Reception 5.6 (6-9 pm)
where: Blue Room Gallery
price: Free
links:

Event Info
Gallery Info



Out of the Woodwork, the upcoming
exhibition from California College of the Arts
Wood/Furniture graduates explores unconventional
interpretations of furniture. Pieces exhibited range
from finely crafted furnishings to compelling
conceptual installations.

Wood/Furniture program director, Donald Fortescue has suggested, "The department should be referred to as the"/" (Slash) program" as it occupies the fertile and largely unexplored space between woodwork, sculpture, and furniture design. Out of the Woodwork features seven artists; Miriam Blachman, Emily Glotch, Yekaterina Lutsker, Christine Pyers, Mei-yen Shipek, Andrew Utt and Portia Wells.



 

Music
DJ Cabal (Shane Heiman) May Gigs

when+ Where:

5.5 Club Deluxe
5.6 Nickies BBQ
5.10 222 Club
5.20 Oxygen Bar

price: Varies
contact: shane@millionfishes.com


DJ Cabal (Shane Heiman) will be performing on May 5th @ Club Deluxe with a dub band, Roy G Biv, May 6th for a funk night Radio Station promo @ Nickies BBQ, May 10th @ The 222 Club for the first of a series of monthly parties called The House of Rising Funk, May 20th @ the Oxygen Bar, and later in the month @ Madrone with the same dub band, Roy G Biv.


 

 

Event Recap

Art Opening
March MAPP show

when: March 19,2005
where: 2501 Bryant
links: Event Info
 


Our participation in 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.

Highlights from other spaces for the night include: interactive street art performance by Jeff Cowherd on 23rd St between our space and the Red Poppy art house, performance art at the Orange garage and Garage De La Folsom, a free yoga class taught by Million Fishes Yoga instructor Begonia Lamparros, a photography exhibit at the Red Garage, and nearby Mixed-Use’s first participation in MAPP. This was the largest MAPP yet, with more participating spaces, artists, performers, and the largest attendance to date and we hope to build upon this success by making the next MAPP occurring on Saturday, May 28th even better.





2005 Million Fishes Collective

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