An ecletic evening of Arts & Culture in downtown San Jose's SoFA district every First Friday of the month
PLEASE NOTE: There will be no FIRST FRIDAY gallery crawl in July.
Please join us for the next South FIRST FRIDAYS event, on August 7, 2009!
8 p.m. 'til late - ART WALK All art venues are free and open to the public.
The SoFA District is South First Street between San Carlos and East Reed Streets
Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design - 366 South First Street map
Anno Domini will be closed for Summer break from June 22-August 6th. Please join us August 7, 2009 for the debut solo exhibition of Pjota from Sao Paolo, Brazil.
STREET MRKT returns with over 30 artists and creative vendors and in collaboration with the San Jose Jazz Festival we will be hosting the official Jazz Beyond stage featuring: Midival Punditz with Karsh Kale; Panthelion!
Petrified Coral, mixed mediaCaffé Trieste - 315 South First Street map
Opening Reception: 2 in 1 by Sandi Billingsley - a showcase of two art styles: series of fantastic landscapes painted on canvas, and a series of three-dimensional shapes made from recycled materials.
Live Music: Opera San José presents several resident artists performing your favorite arias and duets, including Baritone, Krassen Karagiozov.
MACLA Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana - 510 South First Street map
Opening Reception: The Chicana/o Biennial featuring works by Linda Arreola, Jose Arenas, Joe Bravo, Margarita Cabrera, Cristina Cantu Diaz, Paula Castillo, Juan R. Fuentes, Quintin Gonzalez, Jaime Guerrero, Consuelo Jiménez Underwood, Ester Hernandez, Yolanda M. López, Gustavo Martinez, Viviana (Viva) Paredes, Armando Ramos, Rio Yañez, Linda Vallejo, Mark Vallen and Deborah Kuetzpalin. Works on display deal with immigration, civil rights, culture.
7-8pm Join us in celebrating the second publication of the A Ver: Revisioning Art History series, highlighting the artistic contributions by Yolanda M. López. A group of artists will be outside MACLA with interactive activities.
In the Castellano Playhouse: MACLA presents Summer Slumberfest ‘09, at 24-hour international open mic. Local poets and musicians will sign up at the event. Out of state and international artists will perform via a video chat that’s projected larger than life on the theater walls. Hosted by Mike McGee and David Perez the event goes for a full 24 hours, ending on Saturday June 6th. Times: 6pm 6/5 to 6pm 6/6
METRO Photo Exhibit - 550 South First Street map
Artists' Reception: The Metro Photo Exhibit is a photography gallery based on a monthly theme showcasing local Bay Area photographers of all levels. Visit the artists and their work, also participate in voting on the piece that best represents the given theme of the month.
artwork by ARMOgedon 2057Phantom Galleries - temporary exhibits in vacant storefronts
386 South First Street: Alta Modern Graffiti by ARMOgedon 2057
Armogedon blurs the line of typography and graffiti striving to find relationships between the two forms of communication.
artwork by Blaise Rosenthal388 South First Street: An Initial Approach to Knowing Everything by Blaise Rosenthal
Painter Blaise Rosenthal has fused post-pop iconographic sensibilities with an expressive and painterly style to create a dynamic and fresh body of work. And a body of work it truly is as the paintings work together to create a greater context, within which each individual painting communicates its message and achieves its goal.
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art - 560 South First Street map
The ICA SubZERO Passport. Stamp It. Enter to Win a BIG Prize! Pick one up at the ICA or at any of the gallery’s 4 art booths in the festival. On view in the gallery: It’s Not Us, It’s You, an exhibition that explores the inevitability of rejection in our lives. The show is guest curated by artist Ray Beldner and includes paintings, sculpture, video, and multi-media work. Lift Off, the 5th Annual San Jose State University MFA Graduate Exhibition featuring artwork from 15 artists.
Sue Benner, Wisconsin Wetlands II: River BendSan Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles - 520 South First Street map
Reservoir: John M. Walsh III Collects, a stellar collection of art quilts exploring water themes; also on view: Connections: Small Tapestry International contemporary tapestries in an intimate scale.
SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery - 577 South Market Street map
ROBOTS! One man's junk is another man's droid! SLG proudly presents the robot sculptures of Paul Loughridge. Made from common household items, these sculptures range from in style from Steampunk to retro.
Live music by Vinnie and the C-List.
artwork by Nichole CamarilloSouth First Billiards & Lounge (21+) - 420 South First Street map
Heart of Chaos and South First Billiards proudly present an art showcase for the 2009 SubZERO Festival, featuring an innovative interactive showcase by Haptic Synapses and works by fine artist Nichole Camarillo.
Haptic Synapses is an improvised techno jam featuring 4 of Silicon Valley's finest electronic musicians. The performance will include innovative techniques to modify sound parameters using physical interfaces and electronic algorithms. The audience is invited to participate by interacting with data sensors and controls. Musicians performing: Steve Cooley, Derek Scott (aka the Rhythmist), Charles Johnson (aka QORSER), Jono Kane (aka Noka). Live painting by Heart of Chaos artists and live music by Relapse plus other special guest performers. (21+ venue)
Space 47 - 47 East William Street map
On view: Stay Gold: New Work by Shizu Saldamando. “Stay Gold” is taken from the 1923 Robert Frost Poem, interpreted so eloquently by the character “Johnny” in the novel and 1980’s teen social drama “The Outsiders.” In this exhibition the title, Stay Gold, becomes a plea for optimism in an otherwise bleak social context.
Works San Jose - 451 South First Street map
Opening during the SubZERO Festival is the exhibition Remote/Control - Six Bay Area artists, John Pierre Bruneau, Jason Challas, Chris Cryer, Sheila Malone, James Morgan and Shannon Wright, will utilize electronic reproductions, signals, and transmissions to reflect concepts of mass media production, representations of "self" in virtual spaces, and the illusion of control that personal electronic devices create in our world.
On South Fourth Street (7-9 pm)...
artwork by Joe DeckerKALEID gallery - 88 South Fourth Street map
Featured Artists' Reception for RHYTHMS - exhibitions by Joe Decker, Valerie Runningwolf.
Desert Rhythms by Joe Decker - Joe's newest body of photographic work exposes a vibrant beat within the details of desert sand dunes.
artwork by Valerie RunningwolfSpirit Rhythms by Valerie Runningwolf - mixed-media art that reflects the traditional and contemporary ideas inner peace and awakens the spirit.
For more information on South FIRST FRIDAYS email sff [at] southfirstfridays.com or call 408.271.5155.
See you downtown!
Shuttle between the galleries with the complimentary South FIRST FRIDAYS Rickshaw Service courtesy of Eco City Cycles!
Thank you to Metro, our media sponsor.
