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January started the year off with a bang! On January 18th we opened Elizabeth Cruz's solo exhibit titled "When Memories Speak: Child Abuse" at the Gardner Community Center. If you haven't had the opportunity to check out this exhibit Elizabeth's work will be on display at Gardner until January 31st, see the Events section for details.
On February 1st Lacey Bryant's solo exhibit, Share Love, will open at Gardner with an opening reception from 6PM-9PM. This is an event you won't want to miss! If you have been to any of our shows in the last year then you have seen Lacey's amazing and vibrant work, you may have even seen her painting live at Up Roar back in November or painting faces during the First Annual Chalk Art Festival last summer. You can read more about her in this issue's Featured Artist section.
During the month of February you can also check out the work of Heart of Chaos Founder, Curtis Manzano, at Riga's European Bakery and Café in San Jose which will be on display until the 21st. You can also find details about this exhibit in the Events section.
If you are an artist interested in doing a solo or duo exhibit be sure to check out the Call for Artists section to learn more about 2 locations that have invited Heart of Chaos to put on monthly exhibits. This is a great opportunity to show your work! Heart of Chaos will even help you design a flyer and promote the exhibit and you will be the featured artist in our bulletin the week of your opening reception!
As you can see we have a lot going on this month and in the months to come. Be sure to mark your calendars for all of our events listed in the Events section. The events listed in this bulletin are just the tip of the iceberg! Next month we will do a feature on a school age chapter of the Heart of Chaos program that we are working on, so stay tuned!
Have a good month, hope to see you on Friday for the Share Love exhibit!
Sincerely Your Editor,
Jenifer "Jen" Sluga
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Lacey Bryant - Share Love
By: Leon Morimoto
Lacey Bryant loves art. The evidence is seen in her work as a visual artist. Ms. Bryant works as a part-time graphic artist, here in the valley, and freelances as a muralist and scenic painter. She spent her youth painting, drawing, sculpting, acting, singing, dancing, and climbing trees in Milpitas, Ca. After many years of experimenting in varying modes of expression, Lacey discovered painting to be her method of choice.
Oil pastel and oil paint are frequent in Lacey’s work, along with vibrant color and bold strokes, which have become her signatures. Lacey’s fondness for the human figure and expressive portraiture is apparent. She often uses her friends as subjects, recalling their mannerisms from memory, and utilizes several photos as references for dynamic poses. These works are intimately detailed, and full of humor and other joyous emotions that would make one smile when thinking of pals. Lacey has the precious ability to illustrate a genuine sense of what recess meant to many of us in elementary school. It is a gift like none other.
Lacey’s latest series of paintings entitled “Share Love”, was originally conceived as small trading cards with the specific intent of sharing love in the form of free art. The card printings have been distributed by Lacey and her accomplices at various public spaces, with hope that the recipient might pay the gesture forward throughout their day, resulting in more acts of caring and goodwill. The work is a departure from the urban seriousness of being too cool for school, and is refreshingly welcoming and willing to hug any viewer in sight. The common element in most of the series is the heart shape, a simply accessible symbol that represents words, thoughts and actions of love. The use of hearts can be interpreted in many ways, but is mainly shaped as the idea of what it is most easily recognized as. Lacey’s work is a colorfully bright, upbeat, humorous and lighthearted achievement that will definitely prompt dialogue to get viewers thinking, feeling, and having fun.
Lacey’s work will be on display for the enduring month of February, beginning with the opening reception on Friday, February 1st at the Gardner Community Center.
Lacey will be painting live, and has planned an interactive element during the reception for those that attend. Admission is FREE, and the reception is from 6pm to 9pm. For more details, see events.
To check out more of Lacey's work, you can visit her website at: www.laceybryantartist.com.
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Would you like to do a solo or duo exhibit? Read on...
Heart of Chaos has been invited to showcase its artists at Riga's European Bakery and Café, located at 1338 The Alameda, Suite 3, San Jose, CA 95126, with monthly solo exhibits. Heart of Chaos founder Curtis Manzano is currently showcasing until February 21st.
We have also been invited to put on monthly solo exhibits at Gardner Community Center, located at 520 W. Virginia Street in San Jose. We kicked off the series in January with Elizabeth Cruz and February will feature Lacey Bryant, this issues featured artist. Gardner is currently booked for 2007 however we are accepting applicants for the 2008 series.
If you have enough work to put on a solo exhibit or wish to do a duo exhibit with a friend please email Jen at jen@heartofchaos.net with the following information.
Location you wish to exhibit at: Gardner Community Center or Riga's European Bakery and Cafe
Your full contact details
Link to your portfolio or 5-10 web resolution images of your work
(If you wish to put on a duo exhibit, please send the other person's details and portfolio)
Have you registered for the
Heart of Chaos :: Virtual Exhibit yet?
Our online artist community is growing every day. Have you checked it out yet? You can post images, documents, music and movie files for access from our website.
The Heart of Chaos Virtual Exhibit was created to showcase artists and provide a portal for artists to sell their work. Create a FREE profile by visiting http://www.heartofchaos.net/artup.
For details on creating a profile and posting your work, click here.
We will be choosing future featured artists from the Virtual Exhibit to spotlight in upcoming issues of this newsletter, We look forward to seeing your work!
Check out more calls for artists from other organizations on our website!
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Catalyst for Youth Juvenile Hall Garden Program
Winter gardening began with planting seeds in peat pots and rigging up a greenhouse using the tomato cages and a plastic drop cloth. Other gardening projects began in the classroom next to the Juvenile Hall garden as the rains came down in the last couple of weeks and soaked the soil. The young men painted river stones as a signature and statement that their energy went into the garden. The stones are placed around the garden area and will remain there for all to see. |
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HOC Juvenile Hall Art Program
The Heart of Chaos art program at SCC Juvenile Hall ended the year 2007 and began 2008 with a clay sculpture workshop offered by Bellarmine College Preparatory art teacher and visual artist Al Preciado. The classes were big hit with the B9 living unit young men and they expressed their individuality and creativity with great satisfaction. Great appreciation goes to Al for giving his time and talent to these teens.
Also in the HOC weekly art program HOC artist Miguel Machuca began a series of painting workshops in mid January in the same unit by sharing his own journey as expressed in a series of paintings. He held the minors' attention with his passionate and heartfelt delivery. More on the painting workshops as they progress. Thanks Miguel!
For more information & pictures or to volunteer as a guest artist please visit www.catalystforyouth.org and www.heartofchaos.net. |
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We are very excited about the upcoming year and already have a calendar full of events! Beginning Friday, February 1st, you can check out the work of our featured artist, Lacey Bryant at the Gardner Community Center. See details below!
Be sure to mark your calendars for all the exciting events we have planned. For updates on future event locations and times please visit our website
or check out our online calendar on myspace.
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When Memories Speak: "Child Abuse"
Original Paintings by Elizabeth Cruz
Exhibit Dates: Jan 7 - 31
Gallery Hours: 9am-7pm M-F
Closed Jan 21
Opening Reception
Friday, January 18th
6pm - 9pm
Admission is FREE
Gardner Community Center
520 W. Virginia Street
San Jose
If you didn't make it to the opening reception be sure to stop by Gardner before the close of Elizabeth's exhibit on January 31st.
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Share Love
Original Oil Paintings by Lacey Bryant
Exhibit Dates: Feb 1 - 28
Gallery Hours: 9am-7pm M-F
Opening Reception
Friday, February 1st
6pm - 9pm
Admission is FREE
Gardner Community Center
520 W. Virginia Street
San Jose
Curtis Manzano, Heart of Chaos Founder, exhibiting until February 21st
Riga's European Bakery and Café,
1338 The Alameda, Suite 3, San Jose, CA 95126
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Miguel Machuca Solo Exhibit
Exhibit Dates: Mar 3 - 31
Gallery Hours: 9am-7pm M-F
Opening Reception
Friday, March 7th
6pm - 9pm
Admission is FREE
Gardner Community Center
520 W. Virginia Street
San Jose
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Friday, April 4th
Chicano Heritage/Graffiti Show
Gardner Community Center
520 W. Virginia Street
San Jose
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Ivan Gonzalez Solo Exhibit
Exhibit Dates: May 1 - 30
Gallery Hours: 9am-7pm M-F
Opening Reception
Friday, May 2nd
6pm - 9pm
Admission is FREE
Gardner Community Center
520 W. Virginia Street
San Jose
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2nd Annual Chalk Art Festival
Details to come later in the year.
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Art Expo
This will be an opportunity for artists to purchase booth space and sell their work. If you are interested in purchasing an artist booth space, please email Jen at jen@heartofchaos.net.
Date and time to be announced.
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Lara Lenta Solo Exhibit
Exhibit Dates: Aug 1 - 31
Gallery Hours: 9am-7pm M-F
Opening Reception
Friday, August 1st
6pm - 9pm
Admission is FREE
Gardner Community Center
520 W. Virginia Street
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James Persinger Solo Exhibit
Exhibit Dates: Sept 1 - 30
Gallery Hours: 9am-7pm M-F
Opening Reception
Friday, Sept 5th
6pm - 9pm
Admission is FREE
Gardner Community Center
520 W. Virginia Street
San Jose
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Suzie Zarate Solo Exhibit
Exhibit Dates: Oct 1 - 31
Gallery Hours: 9am-7pm M-F
Opening Reception
Friday, October 3rd
6pm - 9pm
Admission is FREE
Gardner Community Center
520 W. Virginia Street
San Jose
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Friday, November 7th
South First Friday's Exhibit
Time and location to be announced.
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Michael Denning Solo Exhibit
Exhibit Dates: Dec 1 - 31
Gallery Hours: 9am-7pm M-F
Opening Reception
Friday, December 5th
6pm - 9pm
Admission is FREE
Gardner Community Center
520 W. Virginia Street
San Jose
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We always welcome new volunteers and are in need of as much help as we can get! Below are some volunteer opportunities, if you are interested in volunteering with Heart of Chaos, please email Joanne Hobbs.
Teach a Workshop - Juvenile Hall
Visual Artist and Bellarmine College Preparatory art teacher Al Preciado has been a guest artist at Juvenile Hall since June 2007. Below is an image from a workshop he taught in December 2007 focusing on drawing portraits. A big thank you to Al for the time he devotes to teaching!
Teacher/Guest Artists
Would you like to teach a workshop at Juvenile Hall? We need two guest artists a month to teach a two hour Wednesday evening session from 6pm to 8pm. Contact Joanne Hobbs for more information.
Heart of Chaos Crew
Help plan, set up and breakdown events. Contact Jen for more information.
Promoter
We need some people who are willing to pass out pre-printed fliers for Heart of Chaos events to local business and/or at local events in the bay area
Graphic Designers and Editors needed for collaboration on
Heart of Chaos Zines
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| In San Jose you can find plenty of art exhibits to fuel your creativity. Here are just a few, local options. If you are an artist and have an upcoming exhibit you would like to include in this section, please send details to Jen at jen@heartofchaos.net. |
Heart of Chaos artist Ivan Gonzalez will be exhibiting at Death Before Dishonor tattoo shop in San Jose during the month of February. An opening reception will be held on Friday, February 1st from 8pm til late.
-solo art show and installation featuring Ivan T. Gonzalez @
130 East Gallery(@Death Before Dishonor tattoo shop- formally known as new sckool tattoos)
food,beverages.art. live paintng. dj spining live
opening reception is:
feb.1- 8p.m. til late
130 east san carlos st.
san jose, ca
free
You can also catch Ivan painting live every Friday at:
- the cellar(under agenda)
show name:TRUTH
399 south first st.
san jose, ca
true hip-hop themed: live painting,break dancing, dj's
free
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South FIRST FRIDAYS
An eclectic evening of Arts & Culture in downtown
San Jose's SoFA district every First Friday of the month
KALEID gallery
88 South Fourth Street
Downtown San Jose
Gallery Hours
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T-F Noon-7pm
Saturday Noon-5pm
works/san josé
451 south 1st street
san josé, california 95113
408.286.6800
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