In This Issue - September 2008
South First Friday's at South First Billiards: Featuring Mike Borja and the Flying Artistas
Calls for Artists: Exhibiting and Event Participation
Future Exhibits: Upcoming Heart of Chaos Events
Volunteer: Teach a Workshop or Help at an Event

First and foremost I would like to thank everyone who came out to the 2nd Annual Chalk Art Festival final event this past Saturday. We had a blast and are glad you could all join us! If you haven't already seen it you check out this great San Jose Mercury News Article about Heart of Chaos and the Chalk Art Festival.

The winners for the juried portion of the chalk art event were:

1st Place - Jaclyn Alderete
2nd Place - Athena Lorente
3rd Place - Miguel Machuca

Heart of Kids Winners
Most Inspiring - Desira Bel Rose Gonzalez
Most Colorful - Juan Rios
Most Whimsical - Amanda Zarate
Most Unique - Anthony Mingus (Collaboration with Freddie Vega)

We would like to send special thank yous to the artists who worked away in the hot sun, DJ Rayz, DJ Shea, DJ Bittersweet, 3rd Eye as well as The Blank Manuscript, Tree House City, "Candy Man", "Black Lavender", Hybrid Crew and A1. Last but most definately not least the Heart of Chaos crew, you always come through to lend a hand!

Slam Poets "Black Lavender" left and "Candy Man" right


A big thank you to our sponsors for supporting this event!

 
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You can see more photos from Saturday's event on our Flickr album, more will be added soon! We have lots more coming up so read on to find out what's going on!

Sincerely Your Editor,
Jenifer "Jen" Sluga

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09/05/08 - South First Friday's at South First Billiards
We are proud to announce that South First Billiards, our proud exhibit partner, has been added as a venue for South First Friday's. September's First Friday will feature a preview of works by Mike Borja, who will be showing in October, and continuation of the Oh Sheet! exhibit by the Flying Artistas. In addition South First Billiards is hosting a fundraiser for Jeremiah's House of Hope which will feature live music, a pool tournament and an art auction.

Event Date/Time:
Friday, September 5, 2008 6:00pm - 12midnight
South First Street Billiards
420 South First Street
San Jose, CA
Admission: $5 at the door for those not participating in the pool tournament


09/27/08 - Let the Children Play Music Festival
Heart of Chaos, Heart of Kids and Catalyst for Youth will be providing art activities at this year's Let the Children Play Music Festival, a free festival and celebration of children, art and music in Downtown San Jose. We will be live painting murals to be auctioned off at the event and proceeds will be donated to Feed the Children. This is a great event for the entire family and best of all it's FREE! Be sure to oin us in the Kids Zone to contribute to a community patchwork mural and stop by the Catalyst for Youth booth to say hi!

We are currently seeking sponsors to help fund our supplies for the event. If you are interested in sponsorship please visit our website.

Event Date/Time:
Saturday, September 27th 11:30am-8pm

Location: Discovery Meadow San Jose (Right next to the Discovery Museum)

Admission:
FREE


11/07/08 - UpRoar 2008 Group Exhibit

Mark your calendar for our annual open themed group exhibit, UpRoar, juried by YOU! This year's event will be bigger and badder than last year and feature live music, a dance showcase and tons of art by local artists! Performers to be announced soon!

Opening Reception:
November 7th, 9pm-1am
(21+ please)

Reception Admission:
Exhibiting Artists Admission: Free
Everyone else $5 at the door (all door proceeds benefit Heart of Chaos)
21+ at the reception please

Location:
South First Street Billiards
420 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Exhibit on Display:
November 7, 2008
- January 29, 2009

We have many more events in the works, so be sure to check our website often!

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UpRoar 2008

Heart of Chaos once again brings "UpRoar" to San Jose with it's second annual exhibit at South First Billiards. Anything goes in this open themed exhibit juried by the attending reception audience. You remember last year, we are doing it up even BIGGER this year! So bring on the ART!

Up Roar is open to artists of all mediums. We are also seeking dance crews for a planned dance showcase.

View Full Call for Artists>>

Chalk Art Festival - Behind Bars
We are seeking chalk artists for participation in a chalk art event "Behind Bars" to be held at San Jose's Juvenile Hall. The 2008 event was very successful and highly appreciated by the incarcerated youth and staff at the Hall. Time and date details will be announced soon! If you would like to participate as an artist please contact Joanne Hobbs
Applied Art Fundraiser
We are seeking artists to participate in an applied art fundraiser to take place in early 2009. We will supply furniture for artists to paint. Completed works will be sold in an online auction. We are also seeking donated household furniture for the event. Get more info>>
Check out all of our calls for artists and other artist opportunities on our website!
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Catalyst for Youth, the non-profit organization that funds Heart of Chaos, sends out monthly newsletters with updates on current Juvenile Hall programs including our Community Outreach Task Force. To check out current and past issues, please click on the links below. The InsideOut archives are always available on our website.

July 2008 Issue

June 2008 Issue

May 2008 Issue

April 2008 Issue

March 2008 Issue

February 2008 Issue


January 2008 Issue

December 2007 Issue

November 2007 Issue

October 2007 Issue

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