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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 …

Date of event: March 30, 2013 POP, WOW, VIBRANT, HEARTFELT, these words describe how we feel about the murals Meagan Spendlove (aka Siloette) creates. The walls of various office buildings, churches and schools have been her blank canvas and her style has been compared to Art Nouveau & stained glass. Meagan’s portrait work has become recognized primarily for the bold lines and vivid color spectrum. Having traveled around the world – more than 80 cities in the last 10 years, Meagan calls …

Date of event: March 24, 2013, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pmFugitive Memories: Contemporary Photo-AssemblageWhat an anonymous photograph does not, cannot and never will reveal is why that subject, at that moment in time, was selected to be captured and visually frozen like some fly in amber.–William Boyd from the introduction to Anonymous: Enigmatic Images From Unknown Photographers by Robert Flynn Johnson, Curator Emeritus, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San FranciscoIn Fugitiv …

Date of event: March 16, 2013, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pmWhen you see inspiration in everything, as does Courtney Cerruti, the overlooked and mundane become whimsical and magical art. Maker extraordinaire, Courtney may turn a discarded candy wrapper into a paper flower petal, or use old books and toilet paper tubes to create a menagerie of animals that come to life from the repurposed paper. She makes something everyday and works in many mediums.Courtney studied painting at UC Santa Cruz and the Universi …