UPCOMING EVENTS 2009:

May 30th, 7pm: Debut Lit returns to the Hive
Debut Lit hosts a release party for Sung J. Woo's debut novel, Everything Asian, from Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press with Andy Raskin, author of the debut memoir, The Ramen King and I, from Gotham Books, a Penguin imprint, at The Hive, San Francisco.


Local Jewelers Make the Holidays Sparkle

The Jewelry Artisans Collective Trunkshow
Saturday, December 13th

The Jewelry Artisans Collective will be holding its annual holiday trunk show on Saturday, December 13th from 12 PM until 7 PM.

Founded in 2007 by students at the renowned Revere Academy of the Jewelry Arts in San Francisco, the JAC is comprised of more than a dozen Bay Area metal artists. The artists invited to join are dedicated to developing a creative network within the jewelry community, while fostering personal growth through design projects. These themed projects encourage each artist to explore new techniques and challenge them to design pieces that are stylistically different from their other work. Some themes are very specific (“Art Nouveau,”) while others (“Layers,” “Action Jewelry”) are left open to interpretation. These design projects will be on display and offered for sale at the show.


Holiday Bizarre Hosted by Velvet Valentine

Sunday, December 7th , 12 PM - 7PM
At the Hive

Vendors: Velvet Valentine, The art of Accessories, JD Crayne Photography, Nika Tang Fashion, Kysha Kids Clothes

Local art, accessories men & women, fancy wears, kids clothes, and much more!!!


  • Yet another music video shot at the Hive. Candy Gold, by Rykarda. Filmed Xavier Gomez. View video here>
  • VON IVA at the Hive. In early 2008 the VI ladies did a video shoot here at the Hive styled by Flock. View here>
  • Secret Poetry Series: "How secret" is right? Reacquaint yourself with the classic poetry works or bring your own composition. The Hive invites it’s bees to get cozy and read each other poetry. For members only.
  • Fall of 2008: This fall we hope to partner with our friends, the Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, for a special exhibit this fall at the Hive.
  • TBA: Rykarda and friends are plotting a large installation to be housed for a month at the Hive. It should be terribly goth and in poor taste. Plans for the exhibit will be announced soon.

Nov-December 2007: San Francisco painter, Christopher R. Wade, uses oils and acyclic on large-scale wood surfaces to produces textured and layered images. More of Wade's work here >

Artist Reception Nov. 30, 5.30-9.30pm, Open to the public


Decadence in Design:
Artful Apparel at The Hive

Cocktail Couture, an exhibition of artful apparel from rising designers in San Francisco and New York. Danielle Scarpulla Millinery (San Francisco) Handmade cocktail hats that are sophisticated, elegant and occasionally fanciful. Danielle's hats feature vintage fabrics, feathers, ribbons and netting. Each is a gorgeous creation as artful as it is wearable.

 

 

 


 

August Exhibition
Beginning August 9th-Sept 8

Featuring Matt Gonzalez
Mixed media collage
and found objects
Click here to view samples

Opening reception:
Friday August 10th, 6:30pm
open to the public

Also featuring new works by:
Rykarda Parasol, Teddi Dean Bennet, Julie Lesperance, Brenda McLeran, and others.


ART LTD / WEST COAST ART & DESIGN, ART REVIEWS, JULY 2007
SAN FRANCISCO
Matt Gonzalez at LINCART

"Here is the relevant information: In 2003, Matt Gonzalez was the president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and at that time he also made an insurgent, under-funded run for mayor as a Green Party candidate, coming alarmingly close to winning the office. Soon thereafter, he returned to private life, no doubt contenting himself with the fact that many of his innovative political ideas found some implementation in the city’s new and forward-looking government. Now Gonzalez is back in the public eye, but not because of his political activities. Instead, he returns as a self-taught artist who makes intimate, witty and charming collage works, 25 of which are on view in this exhibition. The temptation to read these works as imaginary records of the process of a “picking up the pieces” that we might assume comes along with the retreat from public life is all but irresistible..



May/June, 2007,Featured Visual Artists:

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
First Thursday: Thursday June 7th, 5-7:30pm

Featuring painting and works by Kevin Price, Teddi Dean Bennett
Tanja Nixx, Rykarda Parasol, and jewelry by Julie Lesperance

Teddi Dean Benett
Sea and the sky were a single ash-gray thing and the sands of the beach, which on the March nights glimmered like powdered light, had become a stew of mud and rotten shellfish. The light was so weak at noon that when Pelayo was coming back to the house after throwing away the crabs, it was hard for him to see what it was that was moving and groaning in the rear of the courtyard. He had to go very close to see that it was an old man, a very old man, lying face down in the mud, who, in spite of his tremendous efforts, couldn't get up, impeded by his enormous wings.

 

Kevin Price
Kevin Price is a local self-taught artists. A traditionalist exploring the human forms, abstract relationships with apathy, desperation, love and hunger.


Debut Lit, May 26th:
DEBUT LIT is a national nonprofit arts event series dedicated to helping new writers gain a wider audience. Its mission is to combine the release of a new literary work with parties that merge art, music and readings. DEBUT LIT believes that new work deserves a new idea and literature can come alive in ways it never has before.

This was Debut Lit’s first West Coast event spotlighting RANDOM HOUSE author Phil LaMarche and his acclaimed debut novel American Youth. In addition DEBUT LIT introduces Julian Kudritzki, whose short story "Blood on Blue Lawns" is forthcoming in NY Tyrant.

Above: Video artist, Tod Regan, and Debut Lit organizers Mazza and Rebekah
with author, Phil LaMarche.

 


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