1. Save the Date: Private Preview Gala October 6th
2. Important Dates for Artists
3. August Mixer
4. Premier and Participating Artist Bulletin: The Place to Go to Know Your Arts
5. For the Artists

Save the Date: Private Preview Gala October 6th Mark your calendars for SF Open Studios Private Preview Gala on October 6th. Here's your chance to preview the SF Open Studios Exhibition at SomArts Gallery, featuring more than 400 artworks by different participating artists. Tickets will be on sale soon.

Important Dates for Artists August 7th: SF Open Studios 101 Workshop. All participating SF Open Studios artists are invited to attend. Tuesday, August 7th, 6-7:30pm at California College of the Arts, SF Campus, Timkin Hall, 1111 Eight Street. August 30th: Participating Artist Membership deadline. Click here to sign up online.

August Mixer Join ArtSpan volunteers and SF Open Studios artists at Public Glass, 1750 Armstrong Avenue, on Sunday, August 12th from 4pm to 7pm for the August Artist Mixer. Don't miss your chance to sign up for SF Open Studios Participating Artist Membership before the August 30th deadline. Enjoy a potluck, cash bar, the music of "De Vez en Quando," and glass blowing demonstrations. Public Glass 1750 Armstrong Avenue, 94124 Sunday, August 12th 4pm to 7pm

Premier and Participating Artist Bulletin: The Place to Go to Know Your Arts All announcements are from 2007 SF Open Studios Artists.

d'Arci Bruno's painting Love American Style was chosen Best in Show for the "Breaking Ice" exhibit on the African Diaspora. The painting will be on display July 3rd through 21st at ArtworkSF Gallery, 49 Geary Street at Market Street, 2nd Floor. Stephanie Spanjian will show her work at Crunch, 1000 Van Ness, now through July 23rd, 2007. Public reception: Thursday, July 19th, 5-8pm. Kayla Garelick will present her work in "Patterns Potions and Pieces" at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts in Alameda now through July 28, 2007. For more information on this show and others, visit daydreamingarts.blogspot.com. Roxanne Worthington will present new photography in "Postcards (from the Outside)" at ArtWaves Gallery, 3848 Judah Street, July 21 - August 12, 2007, Thursday & Friday, 4-7pm and Saturday & Sunday, 12-6pm. The Reception will take place on July 29, 2-5pm. For more information, email roxwor@aol.com or visit www.roxanneworthington.com. Paul Madonna will present a limited run of 10 folios of his illustrated short story "Out of the Grapevine," as well as several All Over Coffee originals, single panel cartoons, and a limited edition print created for 826 Valencia's 5th anniversary at SF Electric Works, 130 8th Street, San Francisco, July 19 - August 18, 2007, Opening Reception: Thursday, July 19, 7pm. Ari Salomon will present work in a photography group show presented by the SF Arts Commission Gallery with PhotoAlliance, "Our World: From the Document to the Expressive Image" now through September 21, 2007 at City Hall's Ground Floor Gallery, Monday through Friday, 8am to 8pm. The reception will take place on Tuesday, July 31 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

For the Artists

ArtSpan is pleased to announce that Rocket Postcards is offering 20% off their regular prices* to participating SF Open Studios 2007 artists! Just $76 for 500 4.25x6 4/1 postcards and save even more on larger quantities. How to place your order and get the discount: Go to www.rocketpostcards.com Order page Discount code will be emailed to eligible SF Open Studios 2007 artists Upload your Photoshop TIFF files (flattened, 300 dpi, CMYK color mode) or Illustrator EPS (with all links embedded an dfonts converted to outlines) in the correct size for your postcard Offer ends November 1, 2007 *Offer good on order quantities of 500 or more only. Questions? Visit www.rocketpostcards.com or send an email to rocket@rocketpostcards.com Please take a moment to take the California Artists' Health Insurance Survey. This information is being gathered for Artists United for Healthcare. For more information, please go to http://artistsunitedforhealthcare.org. Call to Artists: ArtAuction 2007, Thursday, September 13, 2007, SomArts Main Gallery, 934 Brannan Street, a Live & Silent Auction will benefit the work of the Coalition on Homelessness. COH seeks donated artwork in all mediums. Participating artists receive free admission to the event and in addition may elect to receive up to 20% of sales value. Donations should be made directly to the COH office located at 468 Turk St (between Hyde and Larkin). Business hours are Mon-Fri 9am thru 5pm (ring buzzer after 2pm). The deadline for submissions is Friday, August 31st. A brief bio and completion of contract is required. Please note this is a juried event. Questions? Email ArtAuction@cohsf.org or call 415-346-3740. Learn about Encaustic Painting by exploring collage and texture techniques; from layering beeswax medium and collage elements to exploring different techniques in surface development. Sunday, July 22, 2007, 11am-3pm, at the Noonan Building Painting Studios. All tools and materials provided. Feel free to bring along any materials you enjoy working with. This is a multi-dimensional workshop with many examples of encaustics represented from basic techniques to more advanced effects. For more information, contact Adele Shaw at adelelouise@gmail.com or 415-948-3093. Two studios are available in a 2400 sq. ft. space with high ceilings and a strong and active community of artists in 1890 Bryant Street Studios. The brand new space will have 9 studios, a large gallery/hangout space, a kitchen, and a space for a utility sink. Email Elsa for more details and with info about yourself and your work at emadesign@yahoo.com. The Center for Cultural Innovation will award a $5,000 - $15,000 grant over two years (2007 & 2008) to artists in two categories: 1) Grants for Equipment and Tools and 2) Grants for Presenting and Marketing Work. The deadline is August 3, 2007, January 11, 2008, and June 6, 2008. Download the guidelines and application at www.cciarts.org/funding. Call for art. Entry deadline: July 28, 2007. Ode to the beauty of the "California Wine Country," exhibit from August 25 - September 22, 2007. Aurora Colors Gallery, 145 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, is seeking art indigenous to the area with its vineyards, seascapes, majestic landscapes and the people of the regions throughout Mendocino, Monterey, Napa Valley, Paso Robles, Healdsburg and Russian River, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz Mountains, Sierra Foothills, and Sonoma Valley - proudly referred to as California's wine country. All artists working in any medium, 2D and 3D, are invited to apply. Opening reception: Saturday, August 25th, 6:30-7:30pm. For a prospectus, call 707-762-0131 or write to events@auroracolors.com.

Please enjoy the following examples of work from a few of our many ArtSpan artists. Click on the image or name for more information. Search our full artist database, by name, medium, style, or location.

Leslie Andelin

Benedict Cressy

Melisa Phillips

Robert Reed

Rebecca Bennett

Rachel Hornaday

Vera Costa

Raymond Difley

Kathryn Shantz

Michael Griffith

Mark Faigenbaum

Kate Dopheide

Faye Zhang

Philippe Jestin

Hadley Northrop

Marc Ellen Hamel

Kim Smith

Riley McFerrin

dk haas

Susan Grote

Andrea Fono

Anita Green