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Flax interviews local artist Bob Armstrong Tell me about your current work, what inspires you as an artist, and what you’ll be showing at this year’s Open Studios.Lately I have been intrigued by the beauty of wood panels, because they are such expressive artifacts of nature. They inspire my Carved Paintings, where I carve in shallow relief and then add thin glazes of Acrylic paint. These are the pieces that I will show at Open Studios. That which is removed also reveals what is undern …

Date of event: November 9, 2013, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Michael Capozzola is a Bay Area Based stand up comedian and a published cartoonist. Engaging, smart and funny, we always welcome Mike and this will be his fifth appearance at Flax as a Live Artist! He’s contributed to The San Francisco Chronicle, The Bay Guardian, The Pacific Sun, The Bold Italic, TED Talks, The Humor Times, National Lampoon, McSweeney’s and Mad Magazine. His cartoon, “Surveillance Caricatures” ran fo …

Date of event: October 26, 2013, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Born and raised in Ireland, Annie Galvin moved to San Francisco in 1989, two weeks before the earthquake. Feeling quite at home in San Francisco, Annie loves the tidy size of the City, having the ocean at her doorstep, the diverse neighborhoods, and of course, the amazing creative people she meets here. Her paintings and collage are inspired by California, overheard conversations, comic books, textile patterns, very sh …

Date of event: August 3, 2013, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Traveling the world and his local neighborhoods with sketchbook in-hand, San Francisco artist Todd Berman continuously gathers information and ideas for his artwork. Todd’s art reflects a collaboration between his vision, and neighborhood. Don’t be surprised if he stops you on the street and asks you to draw your portrait. In fact, he will ask our FLAX customers to participate and draw. He then takes those personalized drawings and …

Date of event: April 6, 2013, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Shan Jones is a paper artist who lives in Oakland, teaching and creating art with upcycled materials. Always curious, making and creating has been a way of life for Shan. With a love of travel, the different countries have had an impact on her art. She explored glass, wood, metal and ceramics in Manchester, England at Three Dimensional Design, before being won over by paper and its versatility. Shan spent …