December 2011
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Holiday Hours + Current/Upcoming
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.
Jessalyn Aaland, Trying To Reach the Point of Largest Growth (2010), Collage on paper, 15 x 20.5 inches
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Make your holidays happier: Give an original piece...
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…
Give a truly unique gift to a special person in your life and support a great artist by purchasing an original piece of artwork from Swarm!...
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Grand opening for popuphood this Friday!
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. Well, something really innovative is upon us this Friday, December 9, with popuphood, a new urban initiative in Old Oakland offering six new retail shops in five previously vacant store fronts with six months free rent.
Local entrepreneurs...
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College Track Oakland presents: Winter Showcase...
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 ...
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Yelp Elite Event @ Swarm gallery!
The cool folks over at Yelp hosted a very successful Yelp Elite Event here at the gallery last week. Their fun and creative project included creating name tags from Shrinky Dinks. Check out the review for more photos and info about the event straight from the Yelpers who attended!
Also, in case you haven’t heard, we rent out our great space for all kinds of events. Want to get married in...
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Ethan Worden in 2 shows opening this week
The space above the Golden Gate Bridge, postcard by Ethan Worden
Ethan Worden is having quite a busy month around these parts. Perhaps he should consider hibernating for the winter after his three current shows wrap up?
Ethan has a few pieces in a show opening tomorrow, 12/8, at the Bedford Gallery for an exhibition of photography called SNAP: A National Juried Photography Exhibition. The...