Excited to see some great musician friends of the gallery get some coverage in this week’s East Bay Express!

Members of the featured band, Kapowski, are past (and future) performers at the gallery in our slowly-growing and ever-evolving series featuring talented people performing all kinds of sounds.

Swarm’s Jeff Eisenberg is in a solo exhibition that opened in December at POVevolving Gallery in LA. The show, Convergent De-evolution, features new graphite drawings that “suggest multiple readings of a single image; friend or foe; decay or past.” Check it out before it comes down next weekend! Click through for images from the show.

TONIGHT at 8pm we will be hosting the release party for Oakland-based Lawson’s debut, Tales from the Land of Lawson!

Lawson is a project of local saxaphonist Jacob Zimmerman and an ensemble comprised of Theo Padouvas (trumpet), Cory Wright (tenor sax), Rob Ewing (trombone), Michael Coleman (keyboard), Dan VanHassel (keyboard), Dan Good (electronics, trumpet). The evening will open with a performance by Zunu, featuring Zeina Nast (voice/guitar) and Alex Vittum (drums/synth).

Come on down at 8 and make sure to bring a little cash ($10 suggested donation) to support the musicians!

In case you missed out on this book during John Casey’s Tall Tales show here back in the fall, you have another chance to score a copy of Call & Response at our shop!

We’re really thrilled to present Of Course Not, a two person show by Oakland locals Jessalyn Aaland and Paul Morgan, opening this Saturday January 14th from 6-8! Jessalyn and Paul will be DJing some tunes of the dancehall/international/jazz variety. We will also have kettlecorn treats and handcrafted cocktails on hand!

Happy new year, everyone! It certainly feels new with a brand-new show opening here next week. We are very excited to welcome Oakland artists Jessalyn Aaland and Paul Morgan for their first two-person show, opening next Saturday January 14th, 2012.

Laura Ball, Charge (2011), Watercolor on paper, 22 x 30 inches

If you are looking for a place to bring your out-of-town visitors in the next few days, come check out the current show, Mystical Menagerie, before the gallery closes for the holidays from December 24th to January 3rd.

Casey Jex Smith, Untitled (Colorful Pencil) (2008), Collage on paper, 7.5 x 5.5 inches. $150.

Do you want to give something meaningful to the folks on your list this year? Here are our picks for an affordable, memorable gift this holiday season…

Photo courtesy of Oakland North
Oaklanders are hungry. For food, and drinks and what not, but also for just…more good stuff in to happen in the town.

Come down to the gallery next Thursday, December 15 from 5-8pm to support the local students of College Track Oakland at their annual Winter Showcase 2011!

The event will feature student performances, music, dancing, and speakers to promote College Track Oakland and to raise funds for student leadership programming and donations for the Toys for Tots foundation. There will be raffles, local food vendors, dozens of prizes and many ways to give—simply donate online, bring in a toy for the Toys for Tots, or donate at the gallery. This is a community event to celebrate our youth, the belief in a brighter future, and the role of education and community to improve society for all.