From katie at cellspace.org  Wed Jan 16 19:24:09 2008
From: katie at cellspace.org (katie at cellspace.org)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:24:09 -0500
Subject: [Community] Upcoming Painting Class and Silkscreen/Clothing Swap
Message-ID: <20080116192409.j7ga12f7a8gc4kkg@mail.cellspace.org>

Hey everyone...2 things.

1.) Upcoming Painting Class: Below is a blurb about an upcoming  
PAINTING CLASS being taught by a talented  Bay Area painter, Gage  
Opdenbrouw. He has taught painting at CELLspace and in his private  
studio and is now offering a class at a.Muse galery in the Mission.  
Read below for info and e-mail HIM directly if you are interested in  
signing up. gage1027 at yahoo.com (There are 9 spots left.)

2.) There is a CLOTHING SWAP being held at CELLspace this Saturday,  
the 19th, from 11am-4pm. There will be hand-printed silkscreened  
posters and art for sale made with love and bloody tears by myself and  
the super rad novice silkscreener Jenney Costello. (Victor Ayala threw  
in his sweat and 2 cents too). Stop by and check it out!!!
$5 with a bag of clothes, $10 without. I need help with the printing  
onto clothes part so pretty please, e-mail me katie at cellspace.org if  
you want to help out. You get free beer and food. xo katie

HERE IS THE PAINTING COURSE DESCRIPTION!!! (Directly below)
 From the studio of Gage Opdenbrouw:
Hi Everyone,
I'm teaching a ten week painting class, beginning February 6th, at  
A.Muse Gallery, a beautiful space on Alabama St, between 18th & 19th  
Streets.

  The class size will be limited to a maximum of 12 students, in order  
to ensure that everyone gets all the attention they need, so sign up  
early!

  The class is intended as a solid introduction to painting, from the  
the ground up, with an emphasis on fundamental concepts.  The class  
will be focused on oil painting (though students are welcome to use  
other media if they prefer, as most topics covered apply to all  
media), but, topics covered will include:

  Technical primer on traditional art materials and their properties  
and proper uses and preparations, including how to stretch a canvas,  
build a panel, and priming, and more.

  Observation
  Value/Light & Shadow
  Drawing, and how it relates to painting
  Composition/Design
  Basic Color Theory and application
  Painting from life vs. Painting from photographs and other approaches
  Paint application
  Approaches :  Underpainting and more classical approaches vs.   
Direct or "Alla Prima" painting.

  And more!  Students will develop at least 2 paintings through the  
course of the ten week period, and have critiques and discussion pf  
their works in class.

  Easels will be provided, but students will need to bring all  
materials to and from each class, including paintings.  There will be  
NO STORAGE available.

  The format of the class will be split between lecture, for the 1st  
portion, and painting for the second and third hours, with feedback,  
and demonstrations from the teacher.

  Class will meet Wednesday evenings, once a week, from 6:30-9:30 pm,  
from  2/6/08, through 4/16/08 (class will not meet the night of 2/20).  
  At $600, the class is a bargain for anyone really interested in  
learning about painting with a knowledgeable, personable teacher,  And  
it's less than half of the cost of my private lessons!  Tuition/Class  
fees must be paid before the class begins.  A suggested materials list  
will be provided.

  Please contact me if you have questions, or to reserve a spot in  
class!  Hope to see you there,

  Gage Opdenbrouw
  gage1027 at yahoo.com
  www.engageingart.com
  415 595 8859

  Biography

  A Bay Area artist, Gage Opdenbrouw was born and raised in San Jose,  
California, and resides in San Francisco. He is a painter who works in  
a variety of different modes and sizes, ranging from realism to  
near-total abstraction. Working primarily from the memory and  
imagination, he attempts to distill his images to a point where there  
is a powerful emotional resonance.

  He paints primarily in oil, and the vast majority of his works  
involve the figure or the landscape in one way or another.  
Opdenbrouw?s paintings comprise several distinct, yet interrelated  
bodies of work. His body of landscape paintings, often painted from  
memory or the imagination, explore color and the vastness of space as  
ways to evoke an emotional response. The ?Strangers? series began as a  
grid of blurred portraits of unrecognizable figures, and has grown  
into an exploration of identity and often incorporates landscape  
imagery as well. His figurative paintings span a wide range of styles,  
ranging from portraits to a series of compositions based on snapshots  
of anonymous crowds in public places.Recently his figurative paintings  
have been mainly of close friends and family members, including a  
current series of works based on photos of friends taken during the  
Day of the Dead parade. These paintings constitue a highly personal  
meditation on the more universal themes of
  love and loss, friendship and family, life and death, and the  
intertwining of all of the above. In addition to his studio work, he  
also teaches painting & drawing in a private capacity. His paintings  
have been widely collected, and exhibited across the country.

  a.Muse mailing address is:
  a.Muse Art Gallery and Meeting Place
614 Alabama St.
san francisco, CA 94110