Local Arts for Healthy Hearts

Just finished up this piece to donate to this weekend's Local Hearts for Healthy Hearts at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara. The art auction benefits The American Heart Association. We'll be heading south for the event on Saturday, hope to see you there.

Triton Museum of Art 1505 Warburton Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95050

Saturday, April 23
5:30pm: Doors Open
6pm: Sponsors and Artists  VIP "Thank You” Mixer
7pm: General Admission: Includes: refreshments, entertainment, contests, giveaways and more.
8pm: Live Auction Begins

Get Pre-Registered here to get n the mix.

Event site: http://localartsforhealthyhearts.org/
FB Event page

Pre-Register for the Live Auction at Triton Museum or for the Online Auction from anywhere in the world with LiveAuctioneers….

Contributing artists: Shinyung Schwartz, Kristen Van Diggelen , Tahiti Pehrson , Julie Jacobs, Thomas Christopher Haag, Ernest Doty, Daryll Peirce, Scott Greenwalt, Arin Fishkin, Robert Knight, James Seevers, Lori Krein, Jason Adams, Mike Ritch, Kelly Page, Debbie Cain, Sergio Navarro, Peter Dimick, Dennis Mcnulty, Ryan De La Hoz, Lisa Schmaltz, Morgan Slade, Ted Lincoln, Maryam Tohidi, Kathryn Arnold, Jan Blythe, Azar Vaghefi, Aimee Alexander, Adrian Litman, Shawn Whisenant, Wendy Bloom, Melissa Hellman.

Extras include Live Entertainment, Live Music, and Performances, Wine & Cheese Bar, Chocolate Tasting  Bar, Gourmet Finger Foods, Raffles, Contests, and Giveaways.

Prints now available: http://society6.com/Peirce/Arrested-Vascular-Fusion-of-Two-Entities-In-Need_Print

Madrid Street Advertising Takeover

You may remember the New York or Toronto Street Advertising takeovers? This round in Madrid was a bit more direct and simplistic. Public Ad Campaign recently asked 106 artists to provide quotes to swap out in place of various Madrid street advertising. My quote is shown above. Read more about the MaSAT project here: 

http://www.publicadcampaign.com/masat/about/

Rise Japan

Surreality in Reality x Gallery Heist x Kokoro Studio presents:

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fundraiser

"RISE JAPAN"

Saturday April 2nd, 2011 | 7PM - 12AM
Gallery Heist: 679 Geary St, SF
Kokoro Studio: 682 Geary St, SF

In response to the devastating disaster that has struck Japan, S.I.R, Gallery Heist & Kokoro Studio have joined together to raise money in an effort to provide relief and aid for the people effected by the earthquake and Tsunami.

Please join us for one night only salon-style art exhibition and performances on Saturday April 2nd, 2011 from 7PM-12AM.

100% of the proceeds will be donated to

Give2Asia: Artists Help Japan - Earthquake&Tsunami 2011
http://give2asia.org/artistshelp
http://artistshelpjapan.blogspot.com/ (blog)

GALLERY HEIST

Artists:
Artworks / Prints by:

Aaron Bo Heimlich, Akira Beard, Alex Braubach, Alex Ziv, Alice Koswara, Alicia Escott, Amir H. Fallah, Andy Baron, Aoi Yamaguchi, Aya Kakeda, Brett Amory

Brian Barneclo, Chantrrell Li, Daryll Peirce, Eddie Colla, Ferris Plock, Fumiha Tanaka, Gage Opdenbrouw, Helen Bayly, Hugh Leeman, Jason Yim, Jeremy Fish, Jesse Balmer, John Felix Arnold, Justin Lovato, Kelly Tunstall, Ken Goto, Many Fabregas, Mario Ayala, Mario Martinez, Mattew MacDonald, Matthew Dean, Merkely, Mildred, Misk, Nathan Waren, Noa-, Robert Bowen, Ryan De La Hoz, Seth Armstrong, Stacy Tang, Steve Javiel, Eric Otto, Ray Potes, Brian Barneclo, Brad K Alder, Mildred, Henry Gunderson, Ben Coliision, John Casey, 2051, Autograph, Galo, and more...

(Gallery Heist musical performances will start at 9PM)
Musical Performances by:
Mark Aubert
Travis Miller
Rachel Toups

KOKORO STUDIO
Artists:
Artworks / Prints by:

Aaron Lawrence, Akko Terasawa, Belle and Isaak, Bob Nozawa, Casey McGonagle, Catrine Bodum, Dan Stromberg, Elsa Kawai, Freegums, Friendswithyou, Gregory Ito, Ignacio Murua, Jacob Thornton, Jason Ashley, Jason Jaworski, Jeff Meadows, Jonathan Wallraven, Julia Mazawa, Junko Maegawa, Justin Winslow, Kenta Shimbo, Koji Nagao, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Kristin Farr, Maria Berrio, Maria Lobo, Mark Warren Jacques, Mayumi Tanaka, Megumi, Konishi, Mia Christopher, Miart Jmiart, Micke Tong, Ryan McGinness, Sarah Applebaum, Satoshi Terawaki, Superdeux, Susan Wu, Taiko Fujimura, Takashi, Akamatsu, Timothy Sullivan, Tomoko Takahashi, V!nce, Yanick Blanchet, Yu Komatsu

(Kokoro Studio musical performances will start at 9PM)
Performances by:
9pm- Julia Mazawa (turntablism)
9:20pm- Mr. Hungry (from Three Day Stubble)
9:40pm- Cactus (KUSF, field recordings)
10pm- Cyclub☆ (Junko Suzuki Parsons trumpet)
10:30pm- TIGER HONEY POT, R&R duo
11pm- The Ass Baboons of Venus (Naoko Nozawa and stupid guy)
11:30pm- SpoBra (Live Idol)
DJ Ray&Seb

Books by:
Last Gasp Books

Media Sponsors:
Warholian.com http://www.warholian.com/
Society Theory http://www.societytheory.com/

Food by:
ONIGILLY http://onigilly.com/
Onigilly [Oh-Knee-Ghee-Lee] is traditional Japanese food made with brown rice and gourmet filling wrapped with seaweed!

Drinks by:
Sapporo USA Inc.
Rye Bar (In conjunction with the benefit, Rye Bar will be offering "Rising Sun Cocktail" for $10 and $5 will be donated!)

Sponsor:
Public Barber Salon http://publicbarbersalon.com/
Mochi Media, Inc. http://www.mochimedia.com/
Psprint http://www.psprint.com/

Organizers:
Surreality in Reality x Gallery Heist x Kokoro Studio
http://www.sir-sf.net/
http://galleryheist.com/
http://kokorostudio.us/